The club that has won the league in 3 countries – Plus Brazil’s all-indigenous team & a 42-second Dutch replay
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The club that has won the league in 3 countries – Plus Brazil’s all-indigenous team & a 42-second Dutch replay
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Summary
How has an exiled football club won league titles in three countries in the space of 12 months?
In this episode, we tell the extraordinary story of Sudan’s Al Hilal Omdurman and their unprecedented African odyssey.
After escaping conflict at home, they first conquered Mauritania’s Super D1 in May 2025, before winning a short championship in their native Sudan last summer and the Rwandan Premier League this month.
But why have they been playing in other countries? Will their tour of the continent continue next season? And which other clubs have become champions of another nation?
Plus, the first indigenous pro club in Brazil get off to a winning start and a 42-second Dutch replay goes comically wrong.
‘Around The World In 80 Clubs’: www.amazon.co.uk/Around-World-80-Clubs-Wonderful/dp/1399637886
Ali Howorth’s Substack newsletter: www.alasdairhoworth.substack.com
Chapters:
00:00 – Intro
02:20 – The move to Mauritania
05:55 – The return home to Sudan
07:34 – The relocation to Rwanda
12:55 – Al Hilal’s next destination
14:45 – Champions in foreign countries
19:06 – Brazil’s first indigenous pro club
22:50 – A 42-second Dutch replay