Sharjah FC
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| Full name | Sharjah Cultural Sports Club | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Founded | 1966 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ground | Sharjah Stadium (Capacity 20,000) |
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| Chairman |  Sheikh Abdalla Bin Mohammed Al Thani |
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| Manager |  Gerard van der Lem |
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| League | UAE League | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2005-06 | UAE League, 4th | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sharjah Football Club (Arabic: نادي الشارقة) is a United Arab Emirates professional football (soccer) club. It is based in Sharjah city. The home stadium is Sharjah Stadium.
Sharjah FC was established in 1966 under the name of Al-Orouba Club and in 1974 it merged with an existing club named Al-Khaleej (which was later reestablished). Its name "Sharjah Sports and Culture Club" was officially registered in 1978.
Nickname "The King" and "Royal Club".
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[edit] History
Sharjah Football Club (Arabic: نادي الشارقة) is a United Arab Emirates professional football (soccer) club. It is based in Sharjah city. The home stadium is Sharjah Stadium. Sharjah FC was established in 1966 under the name of Al-Orouba Club and in 1974 it merged with an existing club named Al-Khaleej (which was later reestablished) to become the main sports club in the emirate of Sharjah. Its name "Sharjah Sports and Culture Club" was officially registered in 1978.
Nickname "The King" and "Royal Club".
History
Sharjah FC is embedded in UAE football history as it is the first winner of the official UAE football league in the 1973-1974 season. The club went on to win four more titles in the late 80's and early 90's in a period of great prosperity for UAE football. In a decade when the UAE qualified for the FIFA World Cup (ITALIA 90), Sharjah FC supplied the national team with no less than nine players which helped in promoting the club and creating supporter groups across the country.
as it mentioned its nicknamed "The King" because Sharjah FC holds the record for the most President's Cup winner with 8 victories, the first was in 1978/1979 and the last was in 2002/2003.
Also, there is bright point in Sharjah history. It is the only team that has more winning of matches against any team in the UAE. There is no club in UAE preponderate on Sharjah FC in situation of winning the game against Sharjah FC.
== The club is deserved to be named "The Century Club in the UAE" of 20th century because its achievements were the greatest and biggest along this century. ==
[edit] Achievements
- UAE League: 5
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- 73/74, 86/87, 88/89, 93/94, 95/96
- UAE Emir Cup: 8
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- 78/79, 79/80, 81/82, 82/83, 91/90, 94/95, 97/98, 2002/2003
- UAE Super Cup: 1
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- 94/95
Sharjah is the best club of century 20th in UAE
[edit] Performance in AFC Competitions
- AFC Champions League: 1 appearance
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- 2004: Quarter-Finals
- Asian Club Championship: 4 appearances
- Asian Cup Winners Cup: 1 appearance
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- 1991/92: First Round
[edit] Sharjah FC Leaders
H.H Sheikh Dr.Sultan Bin Muhammad Al Qasimi Ruler of Sharjah as (Honorary President of the honor council)
H.H Sheikh Abdullah Bin Mohammed Al Thani - Chairman of Sharjah Airport & President of SAIF Zone as (Honorary President of Sharjah club and The president of the honor council)
H.H Sheikh Essam Bin Saqer Al Qasimi the president of Sharjah athlete council
H.H Sheikh Ahmed Bin Abdullah Al Thani The president of the club administration
Mr. Ahmed Al Fardan the vice-president of Sharjah athlete council
[edit] Famous Players
Qusay Munir- Radhe Shneshel
- Razzaq Farhan
Anderson Barbosa
Otmane El Assas- Redha Al Reyahe
Javad Nekounam- Masoud Shojaei
- Rasoul Khatibi
- Ali Thani
- Mohsen Musabih
- Abdulaziz Al Anbari
- Tariq Ahmed (ALShabah)
- Abdelrahman Al Haddad
- Yosif Hussain
- Abdualaziz Mohammed
- Ahmed Ibrahem
- Hussain Ghloom
- Isma'ail Mohammed
- Ibrahem Meer
- Eissa Meer
[edit] Current staff
| Manager | Gerard van der Lem |
| Assistant manager | Co Jager |
| Goalkeeping coach | A'amer Abdelwahab |
| Fitness coach | Zabli |
| Team Doctor |  Maher Hafezi |
| Team Manager | Abdulaziz Mohammed (Azooz) |
[edit] 2007/2008 Squad
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[edit] External links
| UAE League Division 1 2007-2008 |
| Al-Ahli | Al-Ain | Al-Jazira | Al-Nasr | Al-Shaab | Al-Shabab |
| Al-Wahda | Al-Wasl | Al Dhafra | Emirates | Hatta | Al-Sharjah |
