Fursan Hispania Football Club (Arabic: نادي فرسان الإسباني لكرة القدم) is an Emirati football club that started as an academy in Al Sufouh, Dubai. They currently play in the UAE First Division League, after promotion from the Second Division in the 2021–22 season.

Fursan Hispania

Full name	Fursan Hispania Football Club
Short name	Al Fursan
Founded	October 2020; 2 years ago (2020-10)
Owner	Míchel Salgado Faisal Belhoul
Manager	Ignacio Beni Ayerbe
League	UAE First Division League
2021–22	1st (Promoted)
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours

History

In 2014, former Real Madrid defender Míchel Salgado founded a football academy in 2014 to help develop potential footballers in the United Arab Emirates. In 2020, Salgado formed a partnership with Belhoul to form a professional team to join the newly-established UAE Second Division League.[1][2]

They finished in first place in the 2021–22 UAE Division 2, gaining promotion to the UAE First Division League, the second tier of football in the United Arab Emirates.[3]

Current squad

As of 2021–22 season

No Position Player Nation 1 GK Ayoub Atib  Morocco 3 DF Raymond Adams  Ghana 4 DF Kaito Kumakura  Japan 5 DF Talla Thioune  Senegal 6 DF Vitor Quadros  Portugal 7 FW Abdulrahman Shaker  United Arab Emirates 8 MF Louka Masset  France 9 FW Jonatha Pereira  Brazil 10 FW Mohammad Markabawi  Lebanon 11 FW Raynner Silva  Brazil 12 MF Nasir Al Maazmi  United Arab Emirates 13 GK Massourang Fall  Senegal 15 MF Mounji Ilias  Morocco 17 DF Christian Timonian  France 22 MF Yuri Fujikawa  Japan 28 MF Zakariya Tahar  Morocco 29 MF Theo Sacker  Ghana 30 MF Mohammadreza Eisa  Iran 31 MF Hassan Arab Khazaeli  Iran 33 DF Abdalrahman Mohammed  Egypt 37 DF Sora Shinozaki  Japan 74 DF Amen El Sayed  Egypt 99 FW Precious Earnest  Nigeria

Honours

• UAE Second Division League
  • Winner (1): 2021–22

References