Horseed FC

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.

Horseed SC

Full name	Horseed Football Club, "Horseed Sports Club"
Nickname(s)	Cawo iyo Maalin, (Day and Night)
Ground	Banadir Stadium, Somalia
Capacity	15,000
Chairman	Col Ahmed Mohamed Hassan
Coach	Abdihakin Mohamed Moalin Ahmed
League	Somali First Division
2021	1st
Home colours Away colours

CECAFA Club Cup

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

• Somalia League: 8

1972, 1973, 1974, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 2021.

• Somalia Cup: 9

1972, 1975, 1976, 1982, 1983, 1987, 2015, 2019, 2020.

• Somalia Super Cup: 1

2015.

• CECAFA Club Cup: 0

Runner-up – 1977

Squad

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   SOM Suleyman Madey Ali — GK   SOM Hassan Abdullahi Karaama — GK   SOM Muhammad Osman Jama Ali — DF   SOM Ali Adde Ahmed — DF   SOM Mohamud Ali Ibrahim — DF   SOM Mohamed AbdiRahim Ali — DF   SOM Omar Shariff Kale — DF   SOM Mahad Nur Farah Samatar — DF   SOM Ismail AbdulKadir Ahmed — DF   SOM Nur Ali Hassan — DF   SOM Hassan Hussein Ahmed — MF   SOM Ibrahim Abdi Mohamed — MF   SOM Hanad Mohamed Ibrahim

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF   SOM Nuune Hashim Ahmed — MF   SOM Hassan AbdiNur Geesey — MF   SOM AbdiKarim Abdalla Mohamed — MF   SOM Ahmed Hassan Mohamed — MF   SOM Naef Mohamed Hamid — FW   SOM Farhan Mohamed Ahmed — FW   SOM Abdullahi Ali Bile — FW   SOM Adani Barre Isse — FW   SOM Brian Mugisha — FW   SOM Bernard Tangui Nankan Montheu — FW   SOM Mahad Mohamed AbdiKadir — FW   SOM Nur Omar Haydar — FW   SOM Jude Otieno Onyango — FW   SOM Ahmed Mohamed Yusuf

References

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