Horseed FC

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Horseed SC
Full nameHorseed Football Club, "Horseed Sports Club"
Nickname(s)Cawo iyo Maalin, (Day and Night)
GroundBanadir Stadium, Somalia
Capacity15,000
ChairmanCol Ahmed Mohamed Hassan
CoachAbdihakin Mohamed Moalin Ahmed
LeagueSomali First Division
20211st

Horseed FC is a Somali football club based in Mogadishu, Somalia. It was founded in 1971 by Lt. Col Mohamed Ahmed Alim, who started the Somali Armed Forces Sports Directorate recruiting from the ranks of the Army. It is a seven time champion of the Somalia League. A team of Somali Armed Forces, Horseed SC was among the most formidable and recognized football clubs in the country. After the civil war broke out, it discontinued operations, but has been revived in 2013 by Gen Dahir Aden Elmi Commander of the Somalia Armed Forces. Gen Elmi revived all the different teams of Horseed Sports Club with emphasis on the Football Team which again began to compete in the Somalia Serie A league. In 2017, Col Ahmed Mohamed Hassan, was appointed as its chairman, and since then the club has seen positive changes and developments which have catapulted the club to regain its former glory.

CECAFA Club Cup[edit]

Horseed were the first Somalia League team to reach the CECAFA Club Cup final.[1] In 1977, they were runners up to Luo Union of Kenya, losing 2–1.[2] In the following seasons, they reached the semi-finals of the competition twice, narrowly losing out in the finals to Simba SC of Tanzania in 1978, and Abaluhya FC of Kenya in 1979. The matches were held in Somalia.[3] Abulahuya FC went on to win the Cup.

Achievements[edit]

1972, 1973, 1974, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 2021.
1972, 1975, 1976, 1982, 1983, 1987, 2015, 2019, 2020.
2015.
Runner-up – 1977

Squad[edit]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
GK Somalia SOM Suleyman Madey Ali
GK Somalia SOM Hassan Abdullahi Karaama
GK Somalia SOM Muhammad Osman Jama Ali
DF Somalia SOM Ali Adde Ahmed
DF Somalia SOM Mohamud Ali Ibrahim
DF Somalia SOM Mohamed AbdiRahim Ali
DF Somalia SOM Omar Shariff Kale
DF Somalia SOM Mahad Nur Farah Samatar
DF Somalia SOM Ismail AbdulKadir Ahmed
DF Somalia SOM Nur Ali Hassan
DF Somalia SOM Hassan Hussein Ahmed
MF Somalia SOM Ibrahim Abdi Mohamed
MF Somalia SOM Hanad Mohamed Ibrahim
No. Pos. Nation Player
MF Somalia SOM Nuune Hashim Ahmed
MF Somalia SOM Hassan AbdiNur Geesey
MF Somalia SOM AbdiKarim Abdalla Mohamed
MF Somalia SOM Ahmed Hassan Mohamed
MF Somalia SOM Naef Mohamed Hamid
FW Somalia SOM Farhan Mohamed Ahmed
FW Somalia SOM Abdullahi Ali Bile
FW Somalia SOM Adani Barre Isse
FW Somalia SOM Brian Mugisha
FW Somalia SOM Bernard Tangui Nankan Montheu
FW Somalia SOM Mahad Mohamed AbdiKadir
FW Somalia SOM Nur Omar Haydar
FW Somalia SOM Jude Otieno Onyango
FW Somalia SOM Ahmed Mohamed Yusuf

References[edit]

  1. ^ CECAFA Archived 2009-06-23 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ "Cecafa Kagame Inter Club". Archived from the original on 2009-11-28. Retrieved 2009-11-28.
  3. ^ CECAFA Club Championship