Al Jazira Club is an Emirati professional football club based in Abu Dhabi, that currently competes in the UAE Pro League.[3]
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Full name | Al Jazira Club | |||
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Nickname(s) | Al Ankabout (The Spider) Fakhr Abu Dhabi (Pride of Abu Dhabi) | |||
Founded | 19 March 1974; 48 years ago (1974-03-19) | |||
Ground | Mohammed bin Zayed Stadium[1] | |||
Capacity | 42,056[2] | |||
Chairman | Mansour Al Nahyan | |||
Coach | Marcel Keizer | |||
League | UAE Pro League | |||
2021–22 | UAE Pro League, 4th | |||
Website | Club website | |||
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Current season |
Al-Jazira was established in 1974 as a merger between Khalidiyah and Al Bateen.[4] The club struggled to stay in the league, getting relegated on multiple occasions during the 1980s and 1990s, but experienced a recent success when Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan invested into the club in the 2000s. Since his purchase, they won their first league title in 2011 and two more league titles in 2017 and 2021. Al Jazira have produced talented homegrown players such as Ali Mabkhout and Khalfan Mubarak and many others that would end up playing for the UAE national team.
Position | Staff |
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Sporting Director | Mads Davidsen |
Managers | Marcel Keizer |
Assistant Managers | Roy Hendriksen |
First Team Coach | Alami Ahannach |
Fitness Coach | Jan Kluitenberg |
Interpreter | Manuel Almunia |
As of UAE Pro-League:
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No | Position | Player | Nation |
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4 | DF | Miloš Kosanović | Serbia |
99 | FW | Faisel Al-Matroushi | United Arab Emirates |
No | Position | Player | Nation |
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15 | DF | Mohammed Rabii (on loan to Ittihad Kalba) | Morocco |
16 | FW | Ahmed Fawzi (on loan to Al Dhafra) | United Arab Emirates |
90 | GK | Salem Khairi (on loan to Hatta) | United Arab Emirates |
Season | Lvl. | Tms. | Pos. | President's Cup | League Cup |
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2008–09 | 1 | 12 | 2nd | Quarter-Finals | Semi-Finals |
2009–10 | 1 | 12 | 2nd | Semi-Finals | Champions |
2010–11 | 1 | 12 | 1st | Champions | First Round |
2011–12 | 1 | 12 | 4th | Champions | Semi-Finals |
2012–13 | 1 | 14 | 3rd | Quarter-Finals | Runner-ups |
2013–14 | 1 | 14 | 3rd | Round of 16 | Runner-ups |
2014–15 | 1 | 14 | 2nd | Round of 16 | First Round |
2015–16 | 1 | 14 | 7th | Champions | First Round |
2016–17 | 1 | 14 | 1st | Quarter-Finals | Semi-Finals |
2017–18 | 1 | 12 | 7th | Quarter-Finals | Quarter-Finals |
2018–19 | 1 | 14 | 5th | Round of 16 | Quarter-Finals |
2019–20a | 1 | 14 | 3rd | Quarter-Finals | Semi-Finals |
2020–21 | 1 | 14 | 1st | Round of 16 | First Round |
2021–22 | 1 | 14 | 4th | Quarter-Finals | Semi-Finals |
Notes^ 2019–20 UAE football season was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Arab Emirates.
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