Al-Fujairah SC
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| Full name | Fujairah Sports Club | ||
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| Founded | 1968 | ||
| Ground |
Fujairah Club Stadium Fujairah, UAE | ||
| Capacity | 10,645 | ||
| Manager | Diego Armando Maradona | ||
| League | UAE Division One | ||
| 2016–17 | 4th | ||
| Website | Club website | ||
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Al Fujairah S. C. (literally the Fujairah Sports Club) (Arabic: الفجيرة) is a football & sports club based in the Emirate of Fujairah in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). They play in the UAE Division One.
As of 2012/13 season they were playing in the Division 1 – Group A league.[1]
Fujairah won the right to be in the Emirati premier professional league (Asian Gulf League) at the end of the 2012–2013 season. At the start of the 2014–2015 they began the first ever match in the AGL, ending the season in April 2015 in 9th place of the 14 teams in AGL. Madjid Bougherra, long time centreback and for the past 3 years captain of the Fennecs, Algeria's national football team, will be starting his 2nd season with Fujairah in August 2015 in the Defense and also continuing in his role as Captain of this Emirati team. See Emirati news sources (al Ittihad, The National(UAE) & the AGL website ), Le Buteur.com, DZFoot.com, FAF website, FIFA website for confirmation/verification, Soccerway.com
Players
As of UAE Arabian Gulf League:
Managerial history
Hassan Shehata (2000)
Ion Ion (2002–03)
Abdul Wahab Qadir (2003–05)
Lotfi Benzarti (2006–2008)- Sufian Al Haidousi (2009)
- Khaled Eid (2009–10)
Paulo Campos (2012–13)
Stefano Cusin (2013)
Jamal Haji (2013–14)- Abdul Wahab Qadir (2014)
Ivan Hašek (2014–16)
Eid Baroot (2016)- Jamal Haji (2016–17)
- Tarek Mostafa (2017)
Diego Maradona (2017–)
References
- ↑ "Division 1 – Group A 2012/2013". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 8 April 2016.