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Al Urooba Club (Arabic: نادي العروبة الرياضي الثقافي) is a United Arab Emirates professional football club. It is based in the city of Mirbah and Qidfa, Fujairah. The club currently plays in the UAE First Division League.

Al Urooba
نادي العروبة

Full name	Al Urooba Club
Nickname(s)	Green Duo (ثنائية الأخضر)
Founded	1972
Ground	Al Sharqi Stadium
Capacity	3,000
Chairman	Khalifa Rashid Al-Mallahi
Manager	Abdulaziz Al Hashmi
League	UAE First Division League
2021–22	13th (relegated)
Home colours Away colours
Current season

History

In 1960 two clubs were founded in Mirbah and Qidfa, Al Wehda in Mirbah and Al Najma in Qidfa, both clubs were financially weak and by 1972, both clubs agreed to merge under the name Al Urooba to represent the Mirbah-Qidfa area of the Emirate of Fujairah.[1]

Stadium

Currently the team plays at the 3000-capacity Al Sharqi Stadium.[2]

Honours

• UAE Division One: 2
  • 1991–92, 2020–21

Current squad

As of UAE Pro League:

No Position Player Nation 1 GK Anas Al-Shehhi U21  United Arab Emirates 4 DF Mohamed Habib  United Arab Emirates 5 DF Nashid Abdul Qadir  Oman 6 MF Ahmed Haboush  United Arab Emirates 8 MF Appolinaire Kack  Cameroon 9 FW Said Obaid  Oman 11 MF Ahmed Moosa (on loan from Al-Fujairah)  United Arab Emirates 12 DF Abdulla Saeed U21  United Arab Emirates 14 MF Yusuf Olatunji U21  Nigeria 16 DF Gian U21 (on loan from Al Wahda)  Brazil 19 GK Ahmed Al-Hosani (on loan from Baniyas)  United Arab Emirates 20 DF Hamad Hassan  United Arab Emirates 21 MF Mohamed Al-Eter U21  United Arab Emirates 22 MF Ahmed Khamis  United Arab Emirates 23 DF Rédah Atassi  Morocco 28 DF Hamad Jassim (on loan from Al-Sharjah)  United Arab Emirates 32 DF Chukwuebuka Onah (on loan from Al-Nasr)  Nigeria 38 FW Mohammed Khalfan (on loan from Khor Fakkan)  United Arab Emirates 45 MF Ali Hassan U21  United Arab Emirates 50 DF Fawzi Fayez  United Arab Emirates 55 GK Talal Khameis  United Arab Emirates 60 MF Muhain Khalifah (on loan from Ittihad Kalba)  United Arab Emirates 66 MF Mohamed Malahi U21  United Arab Emirates 70 MF Khalid Al-Jabri  Oman 71 GK Ibrahim Al-Kaebi (on loan from Al Ain)  United Arab Emirates 72 DF Ali Al-Yamahi  United Arab Emirates 76 MF Khalfan Hassan  United Arab Emirates 77 MF Yousuf Khalfan  United Arab Emirates 78 MF Faisal Khameis U21  United Arab Emirates 81 FW Ronald Valencia  Colombia 91 FW Salem Al-Rawahi  Oman 96 FW Williams Obande  Nigeria 97 GK Ghaith Hussain  United Arab Emirates

Pro-League Record

Season	Lvl.	Tms.	Pos.	President's Cup	League Cup
2008–09	2	16	4th	Preliminary Round	—
2009–10	2	8	5th	Round of 16	—
2010–11	2	8	4th	Round of 16	—
2011–12	2	8	8th	Preliminary Round	—
2012–13	2	14	6th	Preliminary Round	—
2013–14	2	13	9th	Preliminary Round	—
2014–15	2	11	6th	Preliminary Round	—
2015–16	2	9	5th	Preliminary Round	—
2016–17	2	9	3rd	Round of 16	—
2017–18	2	12	6th	Round of 16	—
2018–19	2	10	3rd	Preliminary Round	—
2019–20a	2	11	9th	Preliminary Round	—
2020–21	2	11	1st	Round of 16	—
2021–22	1	14	13th	Round of 16	First Round

_{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

References

External links

• Soccerway

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