Al Sharjah SC

Sharjah SC

Full name	Sharjah Sports Club
Nickname(s)	The White Bees, The King
Founded	1966
Ground	Sharjah Stadium (Capacity: 20,000)
Chairman	Abdullah bin Mohammed Al Thani
Manager	Abdulmajeed Al Nimr
League	UAE Pro-League
2011-12	UAE Pro-League, 12/11 (relegated)
Home colours Away colours

Sharjah Sports Club (Arabic: نادي الشارقة الرياضي‎) is a United Arab Emirates professional football (soccer) club. It is based in Sharjah city. The home stadium is Sharjah Stadium.

Al-Sharjah was established in 1966 under the name of Al-Orouba Club and in 1974 it merged with an existing club named Al-Khaleej (which was later reestablished). Its name "Sharjah Sports and Culture Club" was officially registered in 1978.^{[citation needed]}

History

Al-Sharjah (Arabic: نادي الشارقة) is a United Arab Emirates professional football (soccer) club. It is based in Sharjah city. The home stadium is Sharjah Stadium. Al-Sharjah was established in 1966 under the name of Al-Orouba Club and in 1974 it merged with an existing club named Al-Khaleej (which was later reestablished) to become the main sports club in the emirate of Sharjah. Its name "Sharjah Sports and Culture Club" was officially registered in 1978.^{[citation needed]}

Al-Sharjah is embedded in UAE football history as it is the first winner of the official UAE football league in the 1973–1974 season. The club went on to win four more titles in the late 1980s and early 1990s in a period of great prosperity for UAE football. In a decade when the UAE qualified for the FIFA World Cup (ITALIA 90), Al-Sharjah supplied the national team with no less than nine players which helped in promoting the club and creating supporter groups across the country.

The club is also nicknamed "The King", as it holds the record for the most President's Cup winner with 8 victories, the first in 1978/1979 and the last in 2002/2003.

Also, there is bright point in Sharjah history. It is the only team that has more winning of matches against any team in the UAE. There is no club in UAE preponderate on Al-Sharjah in situation of winning the game against Al-Sharjah.

Achievements

• UAE League: 5

1973/74, 1986/87, 1988/89, 1993/94, 1995/1996

• UAE President Cup: 8

1978/79, 1979/80, 1981/82, 1982/83, 1991/90, 1994/95, 1997/98, 2002/03

• UAE Super Cup: 1

1994/95

• GCC Champions League: 0

runners-up 1991

Performance in AFC competitions

• AFC Champions League: 2 appearance

2004: Quarter-Finals

2009: Withdrew

• Asian Club Championship: 4 appearances

1989: Qualifying Stage

1991: Group was cancelled due to the crisis in the region.

1994: Qualifying – Second round

1997: Withdrew in First Round

• Asian Cup Winners Cup: 1 appearance

1991/92: First Round

Sharjah leaders

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• Sultan Bin Mohamed Al-Qasimi (Ruler of Sharjah as (Honorary President of the honor council))
• Abdullah Bin Mohammed Al Thani (Chairman of Sharjah Airport & President of SAIF Zone as (Honorary President of Sharjah club and The president of the honor council))
• Essam Bin Saqer Al Qasimi (The president of Sharjah athlete council)
• Ahmed Bin Abdullah Al Thani (The president of the club administration)
• Ahmed Al Fardan (The vice-president of Sharjah athlete council)

Club managers

• Joe Kinnear (1983), (Assistant manager)
• Ghazi Ghrairi
• Rainer Zobel (2006)
• Manuel Cajuda (July 2009–May 11)
• Carlos Azenha (June 2011–Nov 11)
• Valeriu Tiţa (Sept 2011–Dec 11)
• Jorvan Vieira (Dec 2011–12)
• Valeriu Tiţa (2012)

Current squad

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

No. Position Player 1 GK Rashid Ahmad 2 MF Mohamed Masoud 3 MF Omran Abdulrahman 4 MF Esam Darwish 5 DF Yaser Al-Juneibi 6 MF Hassan Zayed 7 MF Timur Kapadze 8 DF Khamees Ahmed 9 FW Abdulla Ali Kamali 10 FW Mohamed Sroor 11 FW Saeed Al Kass 12 MF Salim Jasim 13 DF Mousa Abdulrahman 14 MF Sulaiman Yousuf 15 FW Yousif Saeed 18 FW Abdulaziz Sanqour 20 FW Marcelinho

No. Position Player 21 DF Adel Al-Hammadi 22 GK Mohamed Abdalla Al-Junaibi 24 DF Fayez Jumaa 25 GK Yahya Mohammad 26 GK Hassan Al-Sharif (on loan from Al Shabab Al Arabi) 27 DF Mohamed Taymor 28 MF Humaid Ahmed 30 FW Edinho 31 DF Nadir Mohamed Ahmed 32 DF Shahin Abdulrahman 34 DF Naser Gomaa 39 DF Fahad Mohamed 80 MF Algashmi Ali Obaid 81 FW Abdulla Malalah 88 MF Lee Sang-Ho (on loan from Suwon) 90 GK Gassem Mohd 99 DF Ali Al Saadi

Notable former players

• Anderson
• Marcelinho
• Abdul Nafiu Idrissu
• Iman Mobali

External links

• Al-Sharjah official website
• Al-Sharjah official VB website