Full name Islah Football Club Ground Aweil Stadium President Gabriel Ayom | Nickname(s) The Prison Warders Ground Capacity 1,500 | |
Founded 4 February 2010; 7 years ago (2010-02-04) | ||
Islah Football Club is a South Sudanese federation soccer club professionally known as Islah or Sejune otherwise Sijn, currently based in Aweil, South Sudan. Islah, Sejune and Sijn are Arabic words which are translated to English as "prison". It was established on February 4, 2010 by Aweil Prison Service (APS), so it is rumoured as governmental soccer club. It shares Aweil Stadium with various teams namely Tuek Tuek, Madiria, Apada, Ayat Stars, Merreikh Aweil, Salaam Aweil and Aweil Stars. It participates in the South Sudan Premier League, South Sudan National Cup and South Sudan Football Championship. Islah is one of the victorious teams of South Sudan.
Club history
Islah was promoted to the second division from the third division, and in 2012 it reached the first division. It won its first major trophy, the South Sudan Cup, in 2015. Salaam Aweil won an independence cup against Islah and in the same year Salaam won a local cup against Islah. In April 2016 Islah defeated Aweil Stars 1-2 in Aweil State qualification for the South Sudan Cup. After the match, Islah FC received donations of £10,000 from the governor, £ 3000 from the state legislative assembly, and £ 3000 from the government of Wanyjok. On August 29, 2016 Islah beat Apada 8-0.