Emirates Club

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Emirates Club
نادي الامارات

Full name	Emirates Cultural Sport Club
Nickname(s)	Falcons
Founded	1969; 53 years ago (1969), as Oman Club
Ground	Emirates Club Stadium Ras Al Khaimah, United Arab Emirates
Capacity	5,200
Chairman	Mahmoud Hassan Al Shamsi
Manager
League	UAE Pro League
2020–21	UAE Division 1, 2nd, (promoted)
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours

Emirates Club (Arabic: نادي الامارات) is a professional football club based in the city of Ras Al Khaimah, United Arab Emirates. They play in the UAE Pro League after being promoted from the UAE First Division League. They play their home games at the Emirates Club Stadium in Ras Al Khaimah.

History[]

Establishment[]

The club was established in 1969, from a merger of three local football teams: Al Ittihad, Al Ahly and Al Shaab under the name Oman Club. They were one of the first three teams along with Al Ahli and Al Oruba to play in the UAE league, however they would finish at last place with only 1 point.

In October 1982 the club name was changed to Al Qadsia, Two years later in July 1984 Al Qadsia was merged with Al Taliya and Al Nassr and became the club known today as Emirates Cultural Sport Club.^[1]

On 29 May 2011, Sheikh Ahmed bin Saqr al-Qassimi, Sheikh Mohammed bin Kayed Al Qasimi, Chairman of Emirates and Ras Al Khaimah Clubs, announced the merger of the two clubs in one club under the name Emirates Club, To be representative of the Emirate of Ras Al Khaimah. Decision to merge came on the recommendation of Sheikh Saud bin Saqr al Qasimi, Ruler of Ras Al Khaimah.^[2] On 11 June 2011, the new composition of the club was announced.^[3]

Honors[]

• UAE Division One: 6
  • 1977–78, 1983–84, 1996–97, 2002–03, , 2019–20
• UAE President Cup: 1
  • 2009–10
• UAE Super Cup: 1

Current squad[]

As of UAE Pro League:

No Position Player Nation 2 DF Ali Moustafa  United Arab Emirates 3 DF Yousef Hizam  United Arab Emirates 4 MF Abdullahi El Kory  Mauritania 5 DF Saif Al-Dera U21  United Arab Emirates 6 DF Ahmed Eisa  United Arab Emirates 7 FW Yaqoub Yousif  United Arab Emirates 8 MF Walid Sabbar  Morocco 10 MF U21  United Arab Emirates 12 FW  Brazil 13 GK Ali Saeed Saqer  United Arab Emirates 14 FW Joseph Guédé Gnadou (on loan from AS FAR)  Ivory Coast 15 DF Ismael Khaled (on loan from Shabab Al Ahli)  United Arab Emirates 16 MF Mohammed Al-Hammadi  United Arab Emirates 17 DF Salem Al-Eedi (on loan from Al Jazira)  United Arab Emirates 18 MF Abdullah Malallah  United Arab Emirates 20 FW Faisel Al-Matroushi (on loan from Al Jazira)  United Arab Emirates 22 GK Marwan Al-Khodaim  United Arab Emirates 23 MF Ahmed Mahmoud (on loan from Al Jazira)  United Arab Emirates 24 MF Khaled Amber  United Arab Emirates 25 MF (on loan from Al-Sharjah)  United Arab Emirates 27 DF  Oman 29 MF Hassan Yousuf  United Arab Emirates 30 DF Abdullah Mohammed  United Arab Emirates 33 FW U21  Brazil 34 FW U21  United Arab Emirates 44 MF U21  United Arab Emirates 55 MF Suhail Abdulla (on loan from Al-Wasl)  United Arab Emirates 64 DF  Brazil 70 DF U21  Nigeria 77 MF Adam Ennaffati  Morocco 80 MF Khaled Khamis  United Arab Emirates 82 DF Sultan Al-Sowaidi (on loan from Al Dhafra)  United Arab Emirates 88 MF Waleed Hussain (on loan from Shabab Al Ahli)  United Arab Emirates 96 DF  United Arab Emirates 97 GK  United Arab Emirates 99 FW Zakaria Boulahia  Algeria — MF Edarlyn Reyes  Dominican Republic — FW Blair Turgott  Jamaica Unregistered players[] No Position Player Nation 21 DF Mohammed Jamal  United Arab Emirates Out on loan[] No Position Player Nation 9 FW Pavle Obradović (on loan to Al-Taawon)  United Arab Emirates Staff[] Board Members[] Title Name Chairman Yousef Abdullah Al Batran Vice Chairman Khaled Humaid Al Suwaidi Financial Manager Thani Salem Al-Shehhi Youth Supervisor Ahmed Jaber Al-Awadhi Investment Manager Muhammad Abdullah Al-Hammadi Public Relation Manager Vacant Last updated: 17 July 2021 Source: Al Bayan Former managers[] Zoran Đorđević (1981–82) Akram Ahmad Salman (1996–97) Reinhard Fabisch (2005–07) Ebrahim Ghasempour (1 January 2009 – 10 September 2009) Ahmed Al-A'ajlani (2009–10) Ghazi Ghrairi (2010–11) Khaled Al Suwaidi (13 December 2011 – 31 December 2011) Lotfi Benzarti (1 January 2012 – 8 October 2012) Júnior dos Santos (2012–13) Sérgio Alexandre (2013) Eid Barout (30 May 2013 – 8 December 2013) Paulo Comelli (9 December 2013 – June 2016) Theo Bücker (June 2016 – December 2016) (caretaker) (December 2016) Ivan Hašek (28 December 2016 – 31 October 2017 ) (caretaker) (1 November 2017 – 5 January 2018) Nour Al Obaidi (5 January 2018 – 20 April 2018 ) Nizar Mahrous (20 April 2018  – 28 May 2018) Jalal Qaderi (28 May 2018 –8 June 2019) (9 June 2019 –31 October 2019) Gjoko Hadžievski (3 November 2019 –30 June 2021) Tarik Sektioui (18 August 2021 –26 December 2021) (27 December 2021 – present) Pro-League Record[] Season Lvl. Tms. Pos. President's Cup League Cup 2 16 2nd Round of 16 — 2009–10 1 12 11th Champions First Round 2 8 2nd Quarter-Finals — 2011–12 1 12 11th Round of 16 First Round 2 14 1st Preliminary Round — 2013–14 1 14 11th Round of 16 First Round 2014–15 1 14 10th Round of 16 First Round 2015–16 1 14 12th Quarter-Finals First Round 2016–17 1 14 11th Quarter-Finals First Round 2017–18 1 12 11th Round of 16 First Round 2018–19 1 14 13th Quarter-Finals Quarter-Finals 2019–20a 2 11 1st Preliminary Round — 2020–21 2 11 2nd Quarter-Finals — 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 References[] ^ "منتديات كووورة". forum.kooora.com. Retrieved 10 November 2018. ^ "Merge Emirates and Ras Al Khaimah club" (in Arabic). emaratalyoum.com. 29 May 2011. Retrieved 11 June 2011. ^ "the new composition of the club" (in Arabic). emaratalyoum.com. 11 June 2011. Retrieved 11 June 2011. External links[] (in Arabic) Official Website This article about an Emirati football club is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by . v t