Baniyas Club
Full name | Baniyas Sports & Cultural Club | ||
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Nickname(s) | Al-Smawi (The Sky Blues) | ||
Founded | 1982[1] | ||
Ground | Baniyas Club Stadium | ||
Capacity | 9,047[2] | ||
Chairman | Sheikh Saif bin Zayed Al Nahyan | ||
Head coach | João Pedro Sousa | ||
League | UAE Pro League | ||
2023–24 | UAE Pro League, 11th | ||
Website | http://www.baniyasclub.ae | ||
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Baniyas Sports & Cultural Club is an Emirati sports club based in Al Shamkha, in the Baniyas area of Abu Dhabi. The club's football section competes in the UAE Pro League.[3]
Presidency
[edit]Position | Name |
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President | Lt. General Sheikh Saif bin Zayed Al Nahyan |
First Vice-president | Sheikh Hamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan |
Second Vice-president | Sheikh Omar bin Zayed Al Nahyan |
- Source: Presidency
Honours
[edit]- President's Cup
- Winners: 1991–92[4]
- Division One
- Gulf Cup
Pro-League record
[edit]Season | Lvl. | Tms. | Pos. | President's Cup | League Cup |
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2008–09 | 2 | 16 | 1st | Quarter-Finals | — |
2009–10 | 1 | 12 | 4th | Round of 16 | First Round |
2010–11 | 1 | 12 | 2nd | Round of 16 | First Round |
2011–12 | 1 | 12 | 9th | Runner-ups | First Round |
2012–13 | 1 | 14 | 4th | Quarter-Finals | First Round |
2013–14 | 1 | 14 | 9th | Round of 16 | First Round |
2014–15 | 1 | 14 | 8th | Quarter-Finals | Semi-Finals |
2015–16 | 1 | 14 | 9th | Semi-Finals | First Round |
2016–17 | 1 | 14 | 14th | Round of 16 | First Round |
2017–18 | 2 | 12 | 1st | Round of 16 | — |
2018–19 | 1 | 14 | 6th | Round of 16 | Semi-Finals |
2019–20a | 1 | 14 | 9th | Semi-Finals | First Round |
2020–21 | 1 | 14 | 2nd | Semi-Finals | Quarter-Finals |
2021–22 | 1 | 14 | 9th | Semi-Finals | First Round |
2022–23 | 1 | 14 | 11th | Quarter-Finals | First Round |
2023–24 | 1 | 14 | 10th | Round of 16 | First Round |
Notes^ 2019–20 UAE football season was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Arab Emirates.
Key
- Pos. = Position
- Tms. = Number of teams
- Lvl. = League
Current technical staff
[edit]Position | Staff |
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Head coach | João Pedro Sousa |
Assistant coaches | Abdulla Yaqoob Saad Bashir |
Goalkeeping coach | Ibrahim Sahib Al Baloushi |
Fitness coach | Abbas Mohammed |
Squad (2024)
[edit]Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Continental record
[edit]Season | Competition | Round | Opponent | Home | Away | Aggregate |
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2012 | AFC Champions League | Group B | Al-Arabi | 2–0 | 4–0 | 2nd |
Pakhtakor | 2–0 | 1–1 | ||||
Al-Ittihad | 0–0 | 0–1 | ||||
Round of 16 | Al-Hilal | 1–7 | ||||
2013 | GCC Champions League | Group D | ||||
Al-Faisaly | 1–1 | 3–4 | ||||
Busaiteen | 0–0 | 2–1 | ||||
Quarter-finals | Al-Muharraq | 1–1 (p) (4–3) | ||||
Semi-finals | Najran | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | ||
Final | Al-Khor | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | ||
2014 | AFC Champions League | Qualifying play-offs | Al-Qadsia | 0–4 | ||
2022 | AFC Champions League | Qualifying play-offs | Nasaf Qarshi | 0–2 |
Record by country
[edit]Country | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win% |
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Bahrain | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 33.33 |
Kuwait | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | −4 | 0.00 |
Qatar | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 1 | +8 | 75.00 |
Saudi Arabia | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 14 | −7 | 14.29 |
Uzbekistan | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | +0 | 33.33 |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Baniyas Club - History". Retrieved 2023-10-30.
- ^ "Bani Yas – Clubs – UAE Pro League Committee". Archived from the original on 2017-10-24. Retrieved 2017-09-21.
- ^ "Bani Yas". soccerway.com. Perform. Retrieved 25 October 2014.
- ^ "Abu Dhabi Football Clubs". Abu Dhabi Government. Retrieved 25 October 2014.
- ^ "Bani Yas: Trophies". Soccerway. Perform. Retrieved 22 November 2016.
- ^ Yasir Abbaser (24 May 2013). "Bani Yas bring more football glory to UAE". Gulf News. Retrieved 24 October 2014.