Sharjah FC

Sharjah
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Full nameSharjah Football Club
Nickname(s)Al-Malik (The Kings)
Short nameSharjah
Founded1966; 58 years ago (1966)[1]
GroundSharjah Stadium
Capacity18,000[2]
OwnerSultan bin Muhammad Al-Qasimi
ChairmanAli Al Midfa
Head coachCosmin Olăroiu
LeagueUAE Pro League
2023–24UAE Pro League, 4th
Websitehttps://sharjahclub.ae/en/
Current season

Sharjah Football Club (Arabic: نادي الشارقة لكرة القدم) is an Emirati professional football club based in Sharjah that competes in the UAE Pro League. Their home stadium is Sharjah Stadium.

Founded in 1966, Sharjah FC is considered to be one of the pioneers and top institutes in UAE Football since its inception, Achieving success throughout the years made Sharjah one of the most prestigious clubs in the country. Sharjah FC is also the most successful team in the Emirate of Sharjah, winning 6 Pro League titles, 10 Presidents Cups, 1 League Cup and 3 Super Cups. The club was also the first official UAE league champion since its establishment in 1974.

History

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Golden Age

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Sharjah FC was founded in 1966 under the name of Al Oruba Club, they were the first official champions of the UAE League winning it in 1974 after beating Al Ahli and Oman. The club would merge with Al Khaleej in 1974 to form Al Sharjah SCC and relocate their headquarters in Sharjah City. The club would later see itself win the league in 4 more occasions during the 80s and 90s and 8 out of the 22 players in the UAE's 1990 squad were players from Sharjah, more than any other club at the time.[3]

Decline

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During the mid-2000s however, Sharjah would see a decline as they would finish in mid-table consecutively and in 2012, the club got relegated for the first time in their history. However, the club were quickly promoted back to the top tier division in 2013.

New Era

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Sharjah FC won their first title since 1996 in 2019 with a record of only one loss. On 14 September 2019, Sharjah won their first UAE Super Cup title since 1994 after beating Shabab Al Ahli in penalties 4–3. The club went on to win the UAE League Cup in the 2022–23 season for the first time in the clubs history, the club also won two more UAE President's Cups back to back after reaching the final in 2022 and 2023 beating Al Wahda 1-0 and Al Ain 14–13 on penalties, making Sharjah FC the champions a record of 10 times, the most in the country.

Honours

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Domestic

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Leagues

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Cups

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Regional

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Season-by-season record

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Season Lvl. Tms. Pos. President's Cup League Cup
2008–09 1 12 10th Quarter-Finals First Round
2009–10 1 12 6th Round of 16 First Round
2010–11 1 12 7th Preliminary Round First Round
2011–12 1 12 12th Semi-Finals First Round
2012–13 2 14 2nd Quarter-Finals —
2013–14 1 14 7th Round of 16 Semi-Finals
2014–15 1 14 12th Round of 16 Runner-ups
2015–16 1 14 11th Quarter-Finals First Round
2016–17 1 14 9th Semi-Finals First Round
2017–18 1 12 6th Quarter-Finals First Round
2018–19 1 14 1st Semi-Finals First Round
2019–20a 1 14 4th Semi-Finals Quarter-Finals
2020–21 1 14 4th Semi-Finals Quarter-Finals
2021–22 1 14 2nd Champions First Round
2022–23 1 14 7th Champions Champions
2023–24 1 14 4th Quarter-Finals Quarter-Finals

Notes^ 2019–20 UAE football season was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Arab Emirates.

Club officials

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Position Staff
Head Coach Romania Cosmin Olăroiu
Assistant Coach Romania Cătălin Necula
Romania Gabriel Caramarin
Goalkeeper Coach Romania Eugen Nae
Technical Staff United Arab Emirates Abdulrahman Al-Haddad
Fitness Trainer Italy Ferdinando Hippoliti
Rehab Trainer Brazil Leandro Aiub
Analyst Romania Rareș Ene

Current squad

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK United Arab Emirates UAE Khaled Tawhid U23
2 DF United Arab Emirates UAE Hamad Fahad U23
3 DF United Arab Emirates UAE Al Hassan Saleh
4 DF United Arab Emirates UAE Shahin Abdulrahman
5 DF Croatia CRO Maro Katinić U23
6 MF United Arab Emirates UAE Dhari Fahad U23
7 MF United Arab Emirates UAE Caio
8 MF United Arab Emirates UAE Mohammed Abdulbasit
9 FW Spain ESP Paco Alcácer
10 MF Tunisia TUN Firas Ben Larbi
11 MF United Arab Emirates UAE Luanzinho
13 DF United Arab Emirates UAE Salem Sultan
14 MF United Arab Emirates UAE Khaled Ba Wazir
16 MF Croatia CRO Darko Nejašmić
17 GK United Arab Emirates UAE Mayed Mohsen
18 DF United Arab Emirates UAE Abdullah Ghanem
19 DF United Arab Emirates UAE Khaled Ibrahim
20 DF South Korea KOR Cho Yu-min
No. Pos. Nation Player
21 FW United Arab Emirates UAE Mayed Al-Kass U23
22 MF United Arab Emirates UAE Marcus Meloni
23 FW Suriname SUR Tyrone Conraad
24 MF United Arab Emirates UAE Majid Rashid
27 MF Brazil BRA Guilherme Biro U23 (on loan from Corinthians)
28 FW Brazil BRA Alison Matheus U21
29 DF Brazil BRA David Gondim U21
30 FW United Arab Emirates UAE Ousmane Camara
34 DF United Arab Emirates UAE Ali Al-Hadidi U23
40 GK United Arab Emirates UAE Adel Al-Hosani
43 MF United Arab Emirates UAE Matar Zaal U23
44 DF Serbia SRB David Petrović U23
53 GK United Arab Emirates UAE Abdulla Zaal U23
70 FW United Arab Emirates UAE Badr Al-Sowaidi U23
71 DF United Arab Emirates UAE Ali Taher U23
77 MF United Arab Emirates UAE Khalifa Sembaij U23
88 MF United Arab Emirates UAE Majed Hassan
92 MF United Arab Emirates UAE Abdelrahman Murad U23

Unregistered players

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
25 MF United Arab Emirates UAE Saeed Al-Kaabi
No. Pos. Nation Player
32 DF United Arab Emirates UAE Abdullah Al-Hammadi

Out on loan

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
26 GK United Arab Emirates UAE Darwish Bin Habib (on loan to Al-Bataeh)
No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF United Arab Emirates UAE Majed Suroor (on loan to Al-Wasl)

Performance in AFC competitions

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2004: Quarter Finals
2009: Withdrew
2020: Group Stage
2021: Round of 16
2022: Group Stage
2023–24: Group Stage

AFC Champions League history

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Season Round Club Home Away Aggregate
2004 Group C Iraq Al-Shorta 2–0 3–2 1st
Saudi Arabia Al-Hilal 5–2 0–0
Bahrain Al-Ahli 3–0 3–0
Quarter-finals South Korea Seongnam 2–5 0–6 2–11
2020 Group C Saudi Arabia Al Taawoun 0–1 6–0 4th
Iran Persepolis 2–2 0–4
Qatar Al-Duhail 4–2 1–2
2021 Group B Iraq Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 1–0 3–2 1st
Iran Tractor 0–2 0–0
Uzbekistan Pakhtakor 4–1 1–1
Round of 16 United Arab Emirates Al Wahda 1–1 (p) (4–5)
2022 Playoffs Iraq Al-Zawraa 1–1 (p) (6–5)
Group A Saudi Arabia Al-Hilal 2–2 1–2 3rd
Qatar Al-Rayyan 1–1 1–3
Tajikistan Istiklol 2–1 0–2
2023–24 Preliminary round Bangladesh Bashundhara Kings 2–0
Play-off Iran Tractor 3–1
Group B Qatar Al-Sadd 0–2 0–0 3rd
Jordan Al-Faisaly 1–0 1–2
Uzbekistan Nasaf 1–0 1–1
1989: Group Stage
1994: First Round

Asian Club Championship history

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Season Round Club Home Away Aggregate
1989 Group 2 Saudi Arabia Al-Ettifaq 0–1 3rd
Bahrain West Riffa 2–0
Kuwait Kazma 0–3
Oman Fanja 4–1
1994 First Round Bahrain Al-Muharraq 1–1 1–2 2–3

Record by Country

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Country Pld W D L GF GA GD Win%
 Bahrain 5 3 1 1 10 3 +7 060.00
 Bangladesh 1 1 0 0 2 0 +2 100.00
 Iran 5 1 2 2 5 9 −4 020.00
 Iraq 5 4 1 0 10 5 +5 080.00
 Jordan 2 1 0 1 2 2 +0 050.00
 Kuwait 1 0 0 1 0 3 −3 000.00
 Oman 1 1 0 0 4 1 +3 100.00
 Qatar 6 1 2 3 7 10 −3 016.67
 Saudi Arabia 7 2 2 3 14 8 +6 028.57
 South Korea 2 0 0 2 2 11 −9 000.00
 Tajikistan 2 1 0 1 2 3 −1 050.00
 United Arab Emirates 1 0 1 0 1 1 +0 000.00
 Uzbekistan 4 2 2 0 7 3 +4 050.00

Managerial history

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Name Nat. From To Ref.
Faouzi Benzarti Tunisia January 2001 2001 [6]
Dragan Gugleta Federal Republic of Yugoslavia December 2001 2002 [7]
Pavle Dolezar France July 2002 October 2002 [8][9]
Pedro Rosello Spain October 2002 November 2002 [10]
Juma Rabea United Arab Emirates November 2002 June 2004
Youssef Zouaoui Tunisia June 2004 2005 [11]
Henri Stambouli France 2005 January 2006 [12]
Wajdi Essid Tunisia January 2006 February 2006 [13]
Rainer Zobel Germany February 2006 2006 [14]
Srećko Juričić Croatia June 2006 October 2006 [15]
Renê Weber Brazil October 2006 May 2007 [16][17]
Juma Rabea United Arab Emirates May 2007 May 2007 [18][19]
Gerard van der Lem Netherlands July 2007 March 2008 [20]
Wajdi Essid Tunisia March 2008 2008
Youssef Zouaoui Tunisia June 2008 February 2009 [21][22]
Manuel Cajuda Portugal July 2009 May 2011 [23]
Abdulmajeed Al Nimr United Arab Emirates May 2011 2011
Carlos Azenha Portugal June 2011 September 2011 [24][25]
Valeriu Tița Romania September 2011 December 2011 [26]
Jorvan Vieira Brazil December 2011 February 2012 [27]
Valeriu Tița Romania February 2012 April 2012 [28][29]
Abdulmajeed Al Nimr United Arab Emirates April 2012 June 2012
Faouzi Benzarti Tunisia June 2012 November 2012 [30]
Ayman El Ramadi Egypt November 2012 2013 [31]
Paulo Bonamigo Brazil June 2013 November 2015 [32][33]
Abdulaziz Al Anbari United Arab Emirates November 2015 2016 [34]
Georgios Donis Greece July 2016 January 2017 [35]
José Peseiro Portugal January 2017 October 2017 [36]
Abdulaziz Al Anbari United Arab Emirates October 2017 November 2021 [37]
Cosmin Olăroiu Romania November 2021 Present [38]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Sharjah". UAE Pro League Committee. Archived from the original on 16 January 2019. Retrieved 20 September 2016.
  2. ^ "2019 AFC Asian Cup Welcome Guide". Asian Football Confederation. Archived from the original on 25 January 2019. Retrieved 11 January 2019.
  3. ^ https://www.sharjahfc.gov.ae/تأريخ-تأسيس-النادي/ Archived 2018-12-13 at the Wayback Machine [bare URL]
  4. ^ "Joint League" (in Arabic). UAEFA.ae. Archived from the original on 2014-07-02. Retrieved 2019-09-02.
  5. ^ "Al Arabi clinch Qatar-UAE Super Cup title". Gulf Today. 13 April 2024. Retrieved 17 April 2024.
  6. ^ البنزرتي مدرباً للشارقة الإماراتي
  7. ^ بطولة الامارات: مواجهات قوية في المرحلة السادسة
  8. ^ الشارقة الإماراتي يتعاقد مع المدرب الفرنسي دوليزار
  9. ^ المدرب دوليزار اول ضحايا الموسم الاماراتي
  10. ^ مدرب الشارقة الضحية الثالثة!
  11. ^ التونسي الزواوي مدرباً للشارقة خلفاً لجمعة ربيع
  12. ^ الشارقة الإماراتي يقيل مدربه اسطنبولي
  13. ^ التونسي وجدي الصيد مدرباً للشارقة
  14. ^ الشارقة يتعاقد مع المدرب الألماني راينر تسوبيل
  15. ^ ستريشكو يقود مران الوداع في الشارقة
  16. ^ ويبر يقود تدريبات الشارقة.. والفريق يطوي صفحة ستريشكو
  17. ^ الشارقة يقيل ويبر ويكلف جمعة ربيع لقيادة الفريق
  18. ^ تفاؤل حذر في الشارقة بعد تولي جمعة ربيع المسؤولية
  19. ^ جمعة ربيع يعتذر عن عدم الاستمرار مع الشارقة
  20. ^ Van der Lem is new Sharjah senior coach
  21. ^ الشارقة يتعاقد رسمياً مع الزواوي
  22. ^ الزواوي يستقيل من تدريب الشارقة
  23. ^ Sharjah coach Kajuda sacked
  24. ^ Sharjah get Portugal's Azenha as new coach
  25. ^ Azenha resignation stuns Sharjah
  26. ^ Tita takes over as new Sharjah coach
  27. ^ Saleh move pays off for Calderon and Baniyas
  28. ^ Sharjah about-turn on Tita sacking seven weeks on
  29. ^ Tita dismissed as Sharjah coach for the second time
  30. ^ Benzarti Sharjah coach
  31. ^ الرمادي: هدفي مع الملك بناء الفريق والصعود للمحترفين
  32. ^ Paulo Bonamigo's rebuilding job at Sharjah starts with Ze Carlos
  33. ^ Paulo Bonamigo leaves struggling Sharjah; Walter Zenga linked with return to UAE
  34. ^ Sharjah denied victory by ten-man Al Dhafra in 0-0 draw
  35. ^ Donis arrives to take charge of Al Sharjah
  36. ^ Coach Peseiro sacked by Sharjah
  37. ^ Al Anbari takes Sharjah hotseat
  38. ^ Cosmin: My ambition is great with Sharjah team to achieve titles
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