Sharjah FC

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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.

Sharjah
Logo
Full nameSharjah Football Club
Nickname(s)Al Malek (The King)
Short nameSharjah
Founded1966; 58 years ago (1966)[1]
GroundSharjah Stadium
Capacity18,000[2]
OwnerSultan bin Muhammad Al-Qasimi
ChairmanAli Al Midfa
ManagerCosmin Olăroiu
LeagueUAE Pro League
2022–23UAE Pro League, 7th
WebsiteClub website
Current season

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

Golden Age

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

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

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

Domestic

Leagues

UAE League

UAE Division One

  • Winners (1): 1992–93

Cups

UAE President's Cup

  • Winners (10): 1978–79, 1979–80, 1981–82, 1982–83, 1990–91, 1994–95, 1997–98, 2002–03, 2021–22, 2022–23

UAE League Cup

  • Winners (1): 2022–23

UAE Super Cup

Joint League Cup

  • Winners (1): 1977[4]

Regional

GCC Champions League

  • Winners (1): 1991

Qatar–UAE Super Cup

  • Runners-up (1): 2023–24[5]

Season-by-season record

SeasonLvl.Tms.Pos.President's CupLeague Cup
2008–0911210thQuarter-FinalsFirst Round
2009–101126thRound of 16First Round
2010–111127thPreliminary RoundFirst Round
2011–1211212thSemi-FinalsFirst Round
2012–132142ndQuarter-Finals
2013–141147thRound of 16Semi-Finals
2014–1511412thRound of 16Runner-ups
2015–1611411thQuarter-FinalsFirst Round
2016–171149thSemi-FinalsFirst Round
2017–181126thQuarter-FinalsFirst Round
2018–191141stSemi-FinalsFirst Round
2019–20a1144thSemi-FinalsQuarter-Finals
2020–211144thSemi-FinalsQuarter-Finals
2021–221142ndChampionsFirst Round
2022–231147thChampionsChampions
2023–241144thQuarter-FinalsQuarter-Finals

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

Club officials

PositionStaff
Manager Cosmin Olăroiu
Assistant Manager Catalin Necula
First Team Coach Gabriel Caramarin
Goalkeeper Coach Eugen Nae
Technical Staff Abdulrahman Al-Haddad
Fitness Trainer Ferdinando Hippoliti
Rehab Trainer Leandro Aiub
Analyst Rareș Ene

Current squad

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

No.Pos. NationPlayer
21FW  UAEMayed Al-Kass U21
22DF  BRAMarcus Meloni
23FW  UAESalem Saleh
24MF  UAEMajid Rashid
25MF  UAESaeed Al-Kaabi
26GK  UAEDarwish Bin Habib
27MF  UAELuanzinho
28FW  BRAAlison Matheus U21
29DF  BRADavid Gondim U21
30FW  GUIOusmane Camara
33DF  KORCho Yu-min
34DF  UAEAli Al-Hadidi U21
40GK  UAEAdel Al-Hosani
71DF  UAEAli Taher U21
77MF  UAEKhalifa Sembaij U21
88MF  UAEMajed Hassan
91FW  MLIMoussa Marega
92MF  UAEAbdelrahman Murad

Out on loan

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

No.Pos. NationPlayer
MF  UAESaif Rashid (on loan to Ajman)

Performance in AFC competitions

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

AFC Champions League history

SeasonRoundClubHomeAwayAggregate
2004Group C Al-Shorta2–03–21st
Al-Hilal5–20–0
Al-Ahli3–03–0
Quarter-finals Seongnam2–50–62–11
2020Group C Al Taawoun0–16–04th
Persepolis2–20–4
Al-Duhail4–21–2
2021Group B Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya1–03–21st
Tractor0–20–0
Pakhtakor4–11–1
Round of 16 Al Wahda1–1 (p) (4–5)
2022Playoffs Al-Zawraa1–1 (p) (6–5)
Group A Al-Hilal2–21–23rd
Al-Rayyan1–11–3
Istiklol2–10–2
2023–24Preliminary round Bashundhara Kings2–0
Play-off Tractor3–1
Group B Al-Sadd0–20–03rd
Al-Faisaly1–01–2
Nasaf1–01–1
1989: Group Stage
1994: First Round

Asian Club Championship history

SeasonRoundClubHomeAwayAggregate
1989Group 2 Al-Ettifaq0–13rd
West Riffa2–0
Kazma0–3
Fanja4–1
1994First Round Al-Muharraq1–11–22–3

Record by Country

CountryPldWDLGFGAGDWin%
 Bahrain5311103+7060.00
 Bangladesh110020+2100.00
 Iran512259−4020.00
 Iraq5410105+5080.00
 Jordan210122+0050.00
 Kuwait100103−3000.00
 Oman110041+3100.00
 Qatar6123710−3016.67
 Saudi Arabia7223148+6028.57
 South Korea2002211−9000.00
 Tajikistan210123−1050.00
 United Arab Emirates101011+0000.00
 Uzbekistan422073+4050.00

Managerial history

NameNat.FromToRef.
Faouzi Benzarti January 20012001[6]
Dragan Gugleta December 20012002[7]
Pavle Dolezar July 2002October 2002[8][9]
Pedro Rosello October 2002November 2002[10]
Juma Rabea November 2002June 2004
Youssef Zouaoui June 20042005[11]
Henri Stambouli 2005January 2006[12]
Wajdi Essid January 2006February 2006[13]
Rainer Zobel February 20062006[14]
Srećko Juričić June 2006October 2006[15]
Renê Weber October 2006May 2007[16][17]
Juma Rabea May 2007May 2007[18][19]
Gerard van der Lem July 2007March 2008[20]
Wajdi Essid March 20082008
Youssef Zouaoui June 2008February 2009[21][22]
Manuel Cajuda July 2009May 2011[23]
Abdulmajeed Al Nimr May 20112011
Carlos Azenha June 2011September 2011[24][25]
Valeriu Tița September 2011December 2011[26]
Jorvan Vieira December 2011February 2012[27]
Valeriu Tița February 2012April 2012[28][29]
Abdulmajeed Al Nimr April 2012June 2012
Faouzi Benzarti June 2012November 2012[30]
Ayman El Ramadi November 20122013[31]
Paulo Bonamigo June 2013November 2015[32][33]
Abdulaziz Al Anbari November 20152016[34]
Georgios Donis July 2016January 2017[35]
José Peseiro January 2017October 2017[36]
Abdulaziz Al Anbari October 2017November 2021[37]
Cosmin Olăroiu November 2021Present[38]

See also

References