<p>How has an exiled football club won league titles in three countries in the space of 12 months?</p><p><br /></p><p>In this episode, we tell the extraordinary story of Sudan’s Al Hilal Omdurman and their unprecedented African odyssey.</p><p><br /></p><p>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.</p><p><br /></p><p>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?</p><p><br /></p><p>Plus, the first indigenous pro club in Brazil get off to a winning start and a 42-second Dutch replay goes comically wrong.</p><p><br /></p><p>‘Around The World In 80 Clubs’: <a href="www.amazon.co.uk/Around-World-80-Clubs-Wonderful/dp/1399637886" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">www.amazon.co.uk/Around-World-80-Clubs-Wonderful/dp/1399637886</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Ali Howorth’s Substack newsletter: <a href="www.alasdairhoworth.substack.com" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">www.alasdairhoworth.substack.com</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Chapters:</p><p>00:00 – Intro</p><p>02:20 – The move to Mauritania</p><p>05:55 – The return home to Sudan</p><p>07:34 – The relocation to Rwanda</p><p>12:55 – Al Hilal’s next destination</p><p>14:45 – Champions in foreign countries</p><p>19:06 – Brazil’s first indigenous pro club</p><p>22:50 – A 42-second Dutch replay</p>