Emirates Club

Emirates Club

Full name	Emirates Cultural Sport Club نادي الإمارات الثقافي الرياضي
Founded	1969
Ground	Emirates Club Stadium Ras al-Khaimah, United Arab Emirates
Ground Capacity	4,830
Chairman	Sh. Ahmed bin Saqer Al-Qasimi
Manager	Paulo Comelli
League	UAE Arabian Gulf League
2013–14	UAE Arabian Gulf League, 11th
Home colours Away colours

Emirates Club (Arabic: نادي الامارات‎) is a professional association football club based in the city of Ras al-Khaimah in the United Arab Emirates.

History

Establishment

The club was established in 1969, from a merger of the two local football teams Oman and Al Qadisiya.

The Merge

On 29 May 2011, Sheikh Ahmed bin Saqr al-Qassimi, Sheikh Mohammed bin Kayed Al Qasimi, Chairman of Emirates and Ras Al Khaimah Clubs, announced the merger of the two clubs in one club under the name Emirates Club, To be representative of the Emirate of Ras Al Khaimah. Decision to merge was Came on the recommendation of His Highness Sheikh Saud bin Saqr al Qasimi, Ruler of Ras Al Khaimah.^[1] On 11 June 2011, Was announced The new composition of the club.^[2]

Honors

• UAE Division 1 Group A: 1
  • 2012–13

• UAE President Cup: 1
  • 2009–10

• UAE Super Cup: 1
  • 2010

Current squad

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

No. Position Player 1 GK Ahmed Al-Shaji 2 DF Hadef Saif 3 DF Al-Hassan Saleh 4 MF Sami Anber 5 DF Khaled Shamareikh 6 DF Mubarak Saeed 7 MF Haithem Al-Matroushi 8 MF Al-Hussain Saleh 9 FW Jamal Ibrahim 10 MF Luiz Henrique 11 FW Alexandro (on loan from Ponte Preta) 13 GK Ali Saeed Saqr 14 DF Ibrahim Al-Barq 15 DF Salem Al-Zayrah 16 MF Ali Al-Rasheed 18 FW Mohammed Saeed 19 FW Mohammed Al-Shehi 21 MF Abdulla Al-Mansouri 22 DF Mahmoud Hassan

No. Position Player 23 DF Haidar Alo Ali 24 MF Khaled Anber 25 DF Abdulla Sulaiman 26 MF Ali Hassan Ali 28 MF Hamad Saeed Ali 29 MF Talal Ali 30 FW Abdulla Mohammed 31 MF Shin Jin-ho 32 MF Abdulla Ali 33 MF Abdulla Al-Khater 45 FW Saoud Faraj 50 GK Abdualla Moosa 60 DF Marzouq Hassan 66 DF Talal Hamad 70 DF Abdulla Nini Al-Shehi 71 FW Mohammed Malallah 80 MF Khaled Khamis 88 DF Hamdan Qassim 99 MF Issam Erraki

Former managers

• Zoran Đorđević (1981–82)
• Reinhard Fabisch (2005–07)
• Ebrahim Ghasempour (Jan 1, 2009–Sept 10, 2009)
• Ahmed Al-A'ajlani (2009–10)
• Ghazi Ghrairi (2010–11)
• Khaled Al Suwaidi (Dec 13, 2011–Dec 31, 2011)
• Lotfi Benzarti (Jan 1, 2012–Oct 8, 2012)
• Júnior dos Santos (2012–13)
• Sérgio Alexandre (2013)
• Eid Baroot (May 30, 2013–Dec 8, 2013)
• Paulo Comelli (Dec 9, 2013–)

References

External links

• (Arabic) Official Website