Sharjah FC

Emirati professional football club

Football club

Sharjah

Full name| Sharjah Football Club
Nickname(s)| Al Malek (The King)
Short name| Sharjah
Founded| 1966; 58 years ago (1966)[1]
Ground| Sharjah Stadium
Capacity| 18,000[2]
Owner| Sultan bin Muhammad Al-Qasimi
Chairman| Ali Al Midfa
Manager| Cosmin Olăroiu
League| UAE Pro League
2022–23| UAE Pro League, 7th
Website| Club website

Home colours

Away colours

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Current season

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.

Founded in 1966, Sharjah FC is considered to be one of the pioneers and top institutes in UAE Football since its inception, Achieving success throughout the years made Sharjah one of the most prestigious clubs in the country. Sharjah FC is also the most successful team in the Emirate of Sharjah, winning 6 Pro League titles, 10 Presidents Cups, 1 League Cup and 3 Super Cups. The club was also the first official UAE league champion since its establishment in 1974.

## History

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### Golden Age

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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]

### Decline

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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 were quickly promoted back to the top tier division in 2013.

### New Era

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Sharjah FC won their first title since 1996 in 2019 with a record of only one loss. On 14 September 2019, Sharjah won their first UAE Super Cup title since 1994 after beating Shabab Al Ahli in penalties 4–3. The club went on to win the UAE League Cup in the 2022–23 season for the first time in the clubs history, the club also won two more UAE President's Cups back to back after reaching the final in 2022 and 2023 beating Al Wahda 1-0 and Al Ain 14–13 on penalties, making Sharjah FC the champions a record of 10 times, the most in the country.

## Honours

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### Domestic

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#### Leagues

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UAE League

* Winners (6): 1973–74, 1986–87, 1988–89, 1993–94, 1995–96, 2018–19

UAE Division One

* Winners (1): 1992–93

#### Cups

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UAE President's Cup

* Winners (10): 1978–79, 1979–80, 1981–82, 1982–83, 1990–91, 1994–95, 1997–98, 2002–03, 2021–22, 2022–23

UAE League Cup

* Winners (1): 2022–23

UAE Super Cup

* Winners (3): 1994, 2019, 2022

Joint League Cup

* Winners (1): 1977[4]

### Regional

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GCC Champions League

* Winners (1): 1991

Qatar–UAE Super Cup

* Runners-up (1): 2023–24[5]

## Season-by-season record

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Season  | Lvl. | 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
2022–23 | 1  | 14  | 7th  | Champions  | Champions
2023–24 | 1  | 14  | 4th  | Quarter-Finals  | Quarter-Finals

Notes^ 2019–20 UAE football season was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Arab Emirates.

## Club officials

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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
Fitness Trainer  |  Ferdinando Hippoliti
Rehab Trainer  |  Leandro Aiub
Analyst  |  Rareș Ene

## Current squad

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

| No. | Pos. | Nation  | Player

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1  | GK |  UAE | Khaled Tawhid U21
2  | DF |  UAE | Hamad Fahad U21
3  | DF |  UAE | Al Hassan Saleh
4  | DF |  UAE | Shahin Abdulrahman
5  | DF |  CRO | Maro Katinić U21
6  | DF |  UAE | Majed Suroor
7  | MF |  BRA | Caio
8  | MF |  UAE | Mohammed Abdulbasit
10  | MF |  BIH | Miralem Pjanić
11  | MF |  TUN | Firas Ben Larbi
12  | FW |  UAE | Sebastián Tagliabúe
13  | DF |  UAE | Salem Sultan
14  | MF |  UAE | Khaled Ba Wazir
15  | DF |  UAE | Abdulaziz Al-Kaabi
17  | MF |  UAE | Dhari Fahad U21
18  | DF |  UAE | Abdullah Ghanem
19  | DF |  UAE | Khaled Ibrahim
20  | GK |  UAE | Mayed Mohsen
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21  | FW |  UAE | Mayed Al-Kass U21
22  | DF |  BRA | Marcus Meloni
23  | FW |  UAE | Salem Saleh
24  | MF |  UAE | Majid Rashid
25  | MF |  UAE | Saeed Al-Kaabi
26  | GK |  UAE | Darwish Bin Habib
27  | MF |  UAE | Luanzinho
28  | FW |  BRA | Alison Matheus U21
29  | DF |  BRA | David Gondim U21
30  | FW |  GUI | Ousmane Camara
33  | DF |  KOR | Cho Yu-min
34  | DF |  UAE | Ali Al-Hadidi U21
40  | GK |  UAE | Adel Al-Hosani
71  | DF |  UAE | Ali Taher U21
77  | MF |  UAE | Khalifa Sembaij U21
88  | MF |  UAE | Majed Hassan
91  | FW |  MLI | Moussa Marega
92  | MF |  UAE | Abdelrahman Murad

### Out on loan

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

| No. | Pos. | Nation  | Player

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9  | FW |  ESP | Paco Alcácer (on loan to Emirates)
16  | DF |  UAE | Abdullah Al-Hammadi (on loan to Hatta)
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-- | MF |  UAE | Saif Rashid (on loan to Ajman)

## Performance in AFC competitions

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* AFC Champions League: 6 appearances

2004: Quarter Finals
2009: Withdrew
2020: Group Stage
2021: Round of 16
2022: Group Stage
2023–24: Group Stage

### AFC Champions League history

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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
2023–24 | Preliminary round |  Bashundhara Kings | 2–0
Play-off |  Tractor | 3–1
Group B |  Al-Sadd | 0–2  | 0–0  | 3rd
Al-Faisaly | 1–0  | 1–2
Nasaf | 1–0  | 1–1

* Asian Club Championship: 2 appearances

1989: Group Stage
1994: First Round

### Asian Club Championship history

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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

### Record by Country

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Country  | Pld  | W  | D  | L  | GF  | GA  | GD  | Win%

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Bahrain | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 3 | +7  | 060.00
Bangladesh | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | +2  | 100.00
Iran | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | −4  | 020.00
Iraq | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 5 | +5  | 080.00
Jordan | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | +0  | 050.00
Kuwait | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | −3  | 000.00
Oman | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +3  | 100.00
Qatar | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | −3  | 016.67
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 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 3 | +4  | 050.00

## Managerial history

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Name  | Nat.  | From  | To  | Ref.

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Faouzi Benzarti |  | January 2001  | 2001  | [6]
Dragan Gugleta |  | December 2001  | 2002  | [7]
Pavle Dolezar |  | July 2002  | October 2002  | [8][9]
Pedro Rosello |  | October 2002  | November 2002  | [10]
Juma Rabea |  | November 2002  | June 2004  |
Youssef Zouaoui |  | June 2004  | 2005  | [11]
Henri Stambouli |  | 2005  | January 2006  | [12]
Wajdi Essid |  | January 2006  | February 2006  | [13]
Rainer Zobel |  | February 2006  | 2006  | [14]
Srećko Juričić |  | June 2006  | October 2006  | [15]
Renê Weber |  | October 2006  | May 2007  | [16][17]
Juma Rabea  |  | May 2007  | May 2007  | [18][19]
Gerard van der Lem |  | July 2007  | March 2008  | [20]
Wajdi Essid |  | March 2008  | 2008  |
Youssef Zouaoui  |  | June 2008  | February 2009  | [21][22]
Manuel Cajuda |  | July 2009  | May 2011  | [23]
Abdulmajeed Al Nimr |  | May 2011  | 2011  |
Carlos Azenha |  | June 2011  | September 2011  | [24][25]
Valeriu Tița |  | September 2011  | December 2011  | [26]
Jorvan Vieira |  | December 2011  | February 2012  | [27]
Valeriu Tița  |  | February 2012  | April 2012  | [28][29]
Abdulmajeed Al Nimr  |  | April 2012  | June 2012  |
Faouzi Benzarti |  | June 2012  | November 2012  | [30]
Ayman El Ramadi |  | November 2012  | 2013  | [31]
Paulo Bonamigo |  | June 2013  | November 2015  | [32][33]
Abdulaziz Al Anbari |  | November 2015  | 2016  | [34]
Georgios Donis |  | July 2016  | January 2017  | [35]
José Peseiro |  | January 2017  | October 2017  | [36]
Abdulaziz Al Anbari  |  | October 2017  | November 2021  | [37]
Cosmin Olăroiu |  | November 2021  | Present | [38]

## See also

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* List of football clubs in the United Arab Emirates

## References

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1. ^ "Sharjah". UAE Pro League Committee. Archived from the original on 16 January 2019. Retrieved 20 September 2016.
2. ^ "2019 AFC Asian Cup Welcome Guide". Asian Football Confederation. Archived from the original on 25 January 2019. Retrieved 11 January 2019.
3. ^ https://www.sharjahfc.gov.ae/تأريخ-تأسيس-النادي/ Archived 2018-12-13 at the Wayback Machine [bare URL]
4. ^ "Joint League" (in Arabic). UAEFA.ae. Archived from the original on 2014-07-02. Retrieved 2019-09-02.
5. ^ "Al Arabi clinch Qatar-UAE Super Cup title". Gulf Today. 13 April 2024. Retrieved 17 April 2024.
6. ^ البنزرتي مدرباً للشارقة الإماراتي
7. ^ بطولة الامارات: مواجهات قوية في المرحلة السادسة
8. ^ الشارقة الإماراتي يتعاقد مع المدرب الفرنسي دوليزار
9. ^ المدرب دوليزار اول ضحايا الموسم الاماراتي
10. ^ مدرب الشارقة الضحية الثالثة!
11. ^ التونسي الزواوي مدرباً للشارقة خلفاً لجمعة ربيع
12. ^ الشارقة الإماراتي يقيل مدربه اسطنبولي
13. ^ التونسي وجدي الصيد مدرباً للشارقة
14. ^ الشارقة يتعاقد مع المدرب الألماني راينر تسوبيل
15. ^ ستريشكو يقود مران الوداع في الشارقة
16. ^ ويبر يقود تدريبات الشارقة.. والفريق يطوي صفحة ستريشكو
17. ^ الشارقة يقيل ويبر ويكلف جمعة ربيع لقيادة الفريق
18. ^ تفاؤل حذر في الشارقة بعد تولي جمعة ربيع المسؤولية
19. ^ جمعة ربيع يعتذر عن عدم الاستمرار مع الشارقة
20. ^ Van der Lem is new Sharjah senior coach
21. ^ الشارقة يتعاقد رسمياً مع الزواوي
22. ^ الزواوي يستقيل من تدريب الشارقة
23. ^ Sharjah coach Kajuda sacked
24. ^ Sharjah get Portugal's Azenha as new coach
25. ^ Azenha resignation stuns Sharjah
26. ^ Tita takes over as new Sharjah coach
27. ^ Saleh move pays off for Calderon and Baniyas
28. ^ Sharjah about-turn on Tita sacking seven weeks on
29. ^ Tita dismissed as Sharjah coach for the second time
30. ^ Benzarti Sharjah coach
31. ^ الرمادي: هدفي مع الملك بناء الفريق والصعود للمحترفين
32. ^ Paulo Bonamigo's rebuilding job at Sharjah starts with Ze Carlos
33. ^ Paulo Bonamigo leaves struggling Sharjah; Walter Zenga linked with return to UAE
34. ^ Sharjah denied victory by ten-man Al Dhafra in 0-0 draw
35. ^ Donis arrives to take charge of Al Sharjah
36. ^ Coach Peseiro sacked by Sharjah
37. ^ Al Anbari takes Sharjah hotseat
38. ^ Cosmin: My ambition is great with Sharjah team to achieve titles

## External links

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* Official website

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Sharjah Football Club

* History
* Managers
* Seasons
* International
* Current season

Stadiums|

* Sharjah Stadium
* Khalid bin Mohammed Stadium

Rivalries|

* Al Wasl

Other Sports|

* Basketball
* Futsal
* Handball

* v
* t
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Sharjah FC - current squad

* 1 K.Tawhid
* 2 H.Fahad
* 3 H.Saleh
* 4 Shahin.A
* 5 Katinić
* 6 Majed.S
* 7 Caio
* 8 M.Abdulbasit
* 10 Pjanić
* 11 Ben Larbi
* 12 Tagliabúe
* 13 S.Sultan
* 14 Ba Wazir
* 15 A. Al-Kaabi
* 17 D.Fahad
* 18 A.Ghanem
* 19 Khaled.I
* 20 M.Mohsen
* 21 Al-Kass
* 22 Meloni
* 23 S.Saleh
* 24 M.Rashid
* 25 S. Al-Kaabi
* 26 Bin Habib
* 27 Luanzinho
* 28 Alison
* 29 Gondim
* 30 Camara
* 34 Al-Hadidi
* 40 Al-Hosani
* 71 A.Taher
* 77 Sembaij
* 88 M. Hassan
* 91 Marega
* 92 A.Murad
* Manager: Olăroiu

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Football teams in UAE

UAE Pro League|

* Ajman
* Al Ain
* Al Bataeh
* Al Jazira
* Al Nasr
* Al-Sharjah
* Al Urooba
* Al Wahda
* Al Wasl
* Baniyas
* Dibba Al Hisn
* Kalba
* Khor Fakkan
* Shabab Al-Ahli

UAE First Division League|

* Al Arabi
* Al Dhafra
* Al Dhahra
* Al Dhaid
* Al-Fujairah
* Al Hamriyah
* Al Jazirah Al Hamra
* Al Taawon
* Dibba Al Fujairah
* Emirates
* Fleetwood United
* Gulf
* Gulf United
* Hatta
* Masafi
* Masfout
* United

UAE Second Division League|

* Al Ittifaq
* Al Mooj
* Al Nujoom
* Arabian Falcons
* Baynounah
* D-Gardens
* Dubai City
* Elite Falcons
* Fursan Hispania
* HPC
* Laval
* Precision
* Regional
* Royal

UAE Third Division League|

* Al Gharbia
* AL Ethihad
* Al Hilal
* Emerald
* Dubai City
* Falcon
* Gulf United
* Irish
* Madenat
* Sport Support
* Sporting
* Sporty
* PE Sports
* TFA
* United Sport

Other clubs|

* Al Madam
* Al Rams
* Al Wathba
* Falaj Al Mualla
* Green Herons
* Mleiha
* Ras Al Khaimah

Defunct clubs|

* Al Dar
* Al Falah
* Al-Hazem
* Al-Quwwat Al-Musallaha
* Al Rimal
* Al Shaab
* Al Shabab
* Atletico Arabia
* Dubai
* Inter City
* Liwa
* Quattro
* Zamalek

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