Khor Fakkan Club

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Khor Fakkan Club
نادي خورفكان
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Full nameKhorfakkan Sports & Cultural Club
نادي خورفكان الرياضي الثقافي
Nickname(s)Al Nusur (The Eagles)
Founded1981; 41 years ago (1981) as Al Khaleej
2017; 5 years ago (2017) as Khorfakkan
Ground, Khor Fakkan
Capacity7,500
ManagerCaio Zanardi
LeagueUAE Pro League
2020–21UAE Pro League, 10th

Khor Fakkan Club (Arabic: نادي خورفكان الرياضي الثقافي, formally known as Al Khaleej), usually known simply as Khor Fakkan, is an Emirati football club from Khor Fakkan. Founded in 1981, the club won a UAE Federation Cup in the 1993–94 season. In June 2017 the club was rebranded with a new name and logo now it is known as Khor Fakkan.[1] The team were promoted back to the top flight in 2019 after winning the UAE Division 1, it was their first experience in the UAE Pro League since 2008.[2]

Current squad[]

As of UAE Pro-League:

No Position Player Nation
2 DF  United Arab Emirates
3 DF Abdullah Al-Noubi  United Arab Emirates
4 DF Khalifa Mubarak (on loan from Shabab Al Ahli)  United Arab Emirates
6 MF Falah Waleed (on loan from Al Ain)  United Arab Emirates
7 MF Ismail Al Hammadi  United Arab Emirates
8 MF Osama Rashid  Iraq
9 FW Caíque (on loan from Al-Nasr)  Brazil
10 MF Dodô  Brazil
12 GK Ahmed Al-Amri U21  United Arab Emirates
14 DF Ibrahim Saeed  United Arab Emirates
15 MF Mohanad Khamis (on loan from Al-Nasr)  United Arab Emirates
17 FW Jassim Yaqoob (on loan from Al-Nasr)  United Arab Emirates
19 DF Adel Sabeel  United Arab Emirates
20 DF Masoud Sulaiman  United Arab Emirates
23 DF Ahmed Al-Zeyoudi  United Arab Emirates
24 MF (on loan from Shabab Al Ahli)  United Arab Emirates
30 MF Salem Ali Ibrahim  United Arab Emirates
32 MF Amer Mubarak  United Arab Emirates
36 GK Zayed Al-Hammadi (on loan from Al-Dhafra)  United Arab Emirates
38 MF Mohammed Khalfan  United Arab Emirates
40 GK Abdullah Yousef  United Arab Emirates
60 DF Hamdan Nasser (on loan from Shabab Al Ahli)  United Arab Emirates
66 GK Ahmed Mahmoud  United Arab Emirates
70 FW U21 (on loan from Shabab Al Ahli)  United Arab Emirates
74 DF Abdalla Al Refaey (on loan from Al-Wahda)  Egypt
92 FW Douglas Tanque  Brazil
93 MF Paulinho  Brazil
94 MF Juninho  Brazil
98 MF Fahad Hadeed  United Arab Emirates

Unregistered players[]

No Position Player Nation
18 FW  Brazil
25 FW Arthur Bessa  Brazil

Honours[]

The club has gained the following honours:

Winners: 1993–94
  • UAE Division One: 6
Winners: 1978–79, 1981–82, 1993-94, 2000-01, 2007-08, 2018–19
  • UAE President Cup:
Runners-up: 1986–87

Notable Players[]

Pro-League Record[]

Season Div. Tms. Pos. President's Cup League Cup
2008–09 1 12 12th Quarter-Finals First Round
2 8 6th Round of 16 —
2 8 6th Preliminary Round —
2 8 5th Round of 16 —
2 14 8th Preliminary Round —
2 13 6th Preliminary Round —
2 11 9th Preliminary Round —
2015–16 2 9 8th Preliminary Round —
2016–17 2 12 7th Preliminary Round —
2017–18 2 12 5th Preliminary Round —
2018–19 2 10 1st Preliminary Round —
2019–20a 1 14 12th Round of 16 First Round
2020–21 1 14 10th Round of 16 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

Futsal Team[]

  • UAE PRESIDENT CUP - FUTSAL: 1
Winners: 2012–2013
  • UAE FUTSAL LEAGUE: 1
Winners: 2013–2014
  • UAE Federation Cup: 1
Winners: 2013–2014
  • UAE FUTSAL SUPER CUP: 1
Winners: 2014–2015
  • UAE YOUTH FUTSAL CUP: 1
Winners: 2018.

References[]

  1. ^ اليوم, خورفكان-الإمارات (14 June 2017). "تغيير اسم نادي الخليج إلى "خورفكان"". الإمارات اليوم.
  2. ^ "Khor Fakkan and Hatta earn Arabian Gulf League returns on dramatic final day". Sport360. Retrieved 27 April 2019.

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