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.
Full name | Sharjah Football Club | ||
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Nickname(s) | Al-Malik (The King) | ||
Founded | 1966; 56 years ago (1966)[1] | ||
Ground | Sharjah Stadium | ||
Capacity | 18,000[2] | ||
Owner | Sultan Al Qasimi | ||
Chairman | Ali Salim Almidfa | ||
Manager | Cosmin Olăroiu | ||
League | UAE Pro League | ||
2021–22 | UAE Pro League, 2nd | ||
Website | Club website | ||
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Current season |
Founded in 1966, it has been the most successful team in the Emirate of Sharjah, winning 6 pro league titles, 9 presidents cups and 2 super cups. The club was also the first official UAE league champion since its establishment in 1974.
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]
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 managed to quickly get promoted back to the top tier division in 2013.
Sharjah has managed to win its first title since 1996 in 2019 with a record of only one loss. On 14 September 2019, Sharjah managed to win their first UAE Super Cup title since 1994 after beating Shabab Al Ahli in penalties 4-3.
18 Official Championships
Domestic
UAE League
UAE Division One
UAE President's Cup
UAE Super Cup
Joint League Cup
GCC Champions League
Position | Staff |
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Manager | Cosmin Olăroiu |
Assistant Manager | Catalin Necula |
First Team Coach | Gabriel Caramarin |
Goalkeeper Coach | Eugen Nae |
Technical Staff | Abdulrahman Al-Haddad |
Sports Director | Jamal Salih |
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No | Position | Player | Nation |
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5 | DF | Hamad Jassim (on loan to Al Bataeh) | United Arab Emirates |
11 | MF | Saif Rashid (on loan to Al Bataeh) | United Arab Emirates |
12 | GK | Humood Howaij (on loan to Al Dhaid) | United Arab Emirates |
— | DF | Ali Al-Dhanhani (on loan to Khor Fakkan) | United Arab Emirates |
Season | Round | Club | Home | Away | Aggregate |
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2004 | Group C | Al-Shorta | 2–0 | 3–2 | 1st |
Al-Hilal | 5–2 | 0–0 | |||
Al-Ahli | 3–0 | 3–0 | |||
Quarter-finals | Seongnam | 2–5 | 0–6 | 2–11 | |
2020 | Group C | Al-Taawoun | 0–1 | 6–0 | 4th |
Persepolis | 2–2 | 0–4 | |||
Al-Duhail | 4–2 | 1–2 | |||
2021 | Group B | Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya | 1–0 | 3–2 | 1st |
Tractor | 0–2 | 0–0 | |||
Pakhtakor | 4–1 | 1–1 | |||
Round of 16 | Al Wahda | 1–1 (p) (4–5) | |||
2022 | Playoffs | Al-Zawraa | 1–1 (p) (6–5) | ||
Group A | Al-Hilal | 2–2 | 1–2 | 3rd | |
Al-Rayyan | 1–1 | 1–3 | |||
Istiklol | 2–1 | 0–2 |
Season | Round | Club | Home | Away | Aggregate |
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1989 | Group 2 | Al-Ettifaq | 0–1 | 3rd | |
West Riffa | 2–0 | ||||
Kazma | 0–3 | ||||
Fanja | 4–1 | ||||
1994 | First Round | Al-Muharraq | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–3 |
Country | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win% |
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Bahrain | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 3 | +7 | 060.00 |
Iran | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | −6 | 000.00 |
Iraq | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 5 | +5 | 080.00 |
Kuwait | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | −3 | 000.00 |
Oman | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 100.00 |
Qatar | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | −1 | 025.00 |
Saudi Arabia | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 8 | +6 | 028.57 |
South Korea | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 11 | −9 | 000.00 |
Tajikistan | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 050.00 |
United Arab Emirates | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +0 | 000.00 |
Uzbekistan | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 050.00 |
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Season | Div. | Tms. | Pos. | President's Cup | League Cup |
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2008–09 | 1 | 12 | 10th | Quarter-Finals | First Round |
2009–10 | 1 | 12 | 6th | Round of 16 | First Round |
2010–11 | 1 | 12 | 7th | Preliminary Round | First Round |
2011–12 | 1 | 12 | 12th | Semi-Finals | First Round |
2012–13 | 2 | 14 | 2nd | Quarter-Finals | — |
2013–14 | 1 | 14 | 7th | Round of 16 | Semi-Finals |
2014–15 | 1 | 14 | 12th | Round of 16 | Runner-ups |
2015–16 | 1 | 14 | 11th | Quarter-Finals | First Round |
2016–17 | 1 | 14 | 9th | Semi-Finals | First Round |
2017–18 | 1 | 12 | 6th | Quarter-Finals | First Round |
2018–19 | 1 | 14 | 1st | Semi-Finals | First Round |
2019–20a | 1 | 14 | 4th | Semi-Finals | Quarter-Finals |
2020–21 | 1 | 14 | 4th | Semi-Finals | Quarter-Finals |
2021–22 | 1 | 14 | 2nd | Champions | First Round |
Notes^ 2019–20 UAE football season was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Arab Emirates.
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