Baniyas Club

{{Short description|Emirati sports club}}

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| clubname = Baniyas Club
نادي بني ياس الرياضي

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| fullname = Baniyas Sports & Cultural Club

| nickname = Al-Smawi (The Sky Blues)

| founded = {{start date and age|1982}}

| ground = Baniyas Stadium

| capacity = 6,927

| league = UAE Pro League

| season = 2024–25

| position = UAE Pro League, 12th

| mgrtitle = Head coach

| manager = Ivaylo Petev

| chairman = Saif bin Zayed Al Nahyan

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Baniyas Sports & Cultural Club is an Emirati sports club based in Al Shamkha, in the Baniyas area of Abu Dhabi. The club's football section competes in the UAE Pro League.{{cite web|url=https://int.soccerway.com/teams/united-arab-emirates/banni-yas/5495/|title=Bani Yas|website=soccerway.com|publisher=Perform|access-date=25 October 2014}}

Presidency

File:Saif bin Zayed Al Nahyan.jpg

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Position

!Name

President

|Lt. General Sheikh Saif bin Zayed Al Nahyan

First Vice-president

|Sheikh Hamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan

Second Vice-president

|Sheikh Omar bin Zayed Al Nahyan

  • Source: [http://baniyasclub.ae/?page_id=1019 Presidency]

Honours

  • President's Cup
  • Winners: 1991–92{{cite web|url=https://www.abudhabi.ae/portal/public/en/citizens/culture_and_recreation/sports/gen_info29?docName=ADEGP_DF_148510_EN&_adf.ctrl-state=dyz4jllkz_4&_afrLoop=861816334997378|title=Abu Dhabi Football Clubs|publisher=Abu Dhabi Government|access-date=25 October 2014}}
  • Division One
  • Winners: 1994–95, 2004–05, 2008–09, 2017–18{{cite web|url=https://int.soccerway.com/teams/united-arab-emirates/banni-yas/5495/trophies/|title=Bani Yas: Trophies|work=Soccerway|publisher=Perform|access-date=22 November 2016}}
  • Gulf Cup
  • Winners: 2012–13{{cite web|url=http://gulfnews.com/sport/football/bani-yas-bring-more-football-glory-to-uae-1.1187815|title=Bani Yas bring more football glory to UAE|last=Yasir Abbaser|date=24 May 2013|publisher=Gulf News|access-date=24 October 2014}}

Pro-League record

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! Season

! Lvl.

! Tms.

! Pos.

!President's Cup

!League Cup

2008–09

|2

|16

|bgcolor="#ACE1AF"|1st

|Quarter-Finals

|—

2009–10

|1

| rowspan="3" |12

|4th

| rowspan="2" |Round of 16

| rowspan="5" |First Round

2010–11

| rowspan="7" |1

|bgcolor=silver|2nd

2011–12

|9th

|bgcolor=silver|Runner-ups

2012–13

| rowspan="5" |14

|4th

|Quarter-Finals

2013–14

|9th

|Round of 16

2014–15

|8th

|Quarter-Finals

|Semi-Finals

2015–16

|9th

|Semi-Finals

| rowspan="2" |First Round

2016–17

|bgcolor="#FFCCCC"|14th

| rowspan="3" |Round of 16

2017–18

|2

|12

|bgcolor="#ACE1AF"|1st

|—

2018–19

| rowspan="6" |1

| rowspan="6" |14

|6th

|Semi-Finals

2019–20{{ref|a|a|Corona}}

|9th

| rowspan="3" |Semi-Finals

|First Round

2020–21

|bgcolor=silver|2nd

|Quarter-Finals

2021–22

|9th

| rowspan="3" |First Round

2022–23

|11th

|Quarter-Finals

2023–24

|10th

|Round of 16

Notes{{note|a}} 2019–20 UAE football season was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Arab Emirates.

Key

  • Pos. = Position
  • Tms. = Number of teams
  • Lvl. = League

Current technical staff

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Position

! Staff

Head coach{{flagicon|ROU}} Daniel Isăilă
Assistant coaches{{flagicon|UAE}} Abdulla Yaqoob
{{flagicon|UAE}} Saad Bashir
Goalkeeping coach{{flagicon|UAE}} Ibrahim Sahib Al Baloushi
Fitness coach{{flagicon|UAE}} Abbas Mohammed

Squad (2024)

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{{Fs player |no=1|nat=UAE|name=Mohammed Khalaf|pos=GK}}

{{Fs player |no=3|nat=BRA|name=João Victor|pos=DF}}

{{Fs player |no=5|nat=UAE|name=Hassan Al-Moharrami|pos=DF}}

{{Fs player |no=6|nat=UAE|name=Khalaf Al-Hosani|pos=DF}}

{{Fs player |no=7|nat=UAE|name=Fawaz Awana|pos=MF}}

{{Fs player |no=12|nat=MLI|name=Youssoufou Niakaté|pos=FW}}

{{Fs player |no=13|nat=UAE|name=Humaid Al-Mahri {{small|U23}}|pos=DF}}

{{Fs player |no=14|nat=UAE|name=Mohammed Al-Menhali|pos=MF}}

{{Fs player |no=16|nat=UAE|name=Matar Al-Hosani {{small|U23}}|pos=FW}}

{{Fs player |no=17|nat=UAE|name=Khalid Al-Blooshi|pos=GK}}

{{Fs player |no=18|nat=UAE|name=Suhail Al-Noubi|pos=MF}}

{{Fs player |no=19|nat=DRC|name=Isaac Tshibangu| pos=MF}}

{{Fs player |no=20|nat=UAE|name=Saif Al-Menhali {{small|U23}}|pos=MF}}

{{Fs player |no=21|nat=UAE|name=Mohamed Al-Harthi {{small|U23}}|pos=FW}}

{{Fs player |no=23|nat=UAE|name=Khamis Al Hammadi|pos=DF}}

{{Fs player |no=24|nat=UAE|name=Abdulrahman Aman|pos=DF}}

{{fs mid|nonumber=|bg=008EC7|color=white|border=232658}}

{{Fs player |no=25|nat=BRA|name=Saile Souza|pos=MF}}

{{Fs player |no=26|nat=UAE|name=Khamis Al-Mansoori {{small|U23}}|pos=DF}}

{{Fs player |no=27|nat=GHA|name=Umar Ali {{small|U23}}|pos=DF}}

{{Fs player |no=55|nat=UAE|name=Fahad Al-Dhanhani|pos=GK}}

{{Fs player |no=74|nat=EGY|name=Adham Khalid|pos=DF}}

{{Fs player |no=78|nat=UAE|name=Khalid Al-Mahri {{small|U23}}|pos=DF}}

{{Fs player |no=88|nat=UAE|name=Ali Al-Mosaabi {{small|U21}}|pos=MF}}

{{Fs player |no=89|nat=UAE|name=Mohammed Al-Mahri {{small|U23}}|pos=GK}}

{{Fs player |no=99|nat=SEN|name=Bernard Faye|pos=MF}}

{{Fs player |no=|nat=UAE|name=Adel Fadaaq|pos=GK}}

{{Fs player |no=|nat=CIV|name=Olivier Touré |pos=DF}}

{{Fs player |no=|nat=MLI|name=Mahamadou Camara {{small|U23}}|pos=DF}}

{{Fs player |no=|nat=UZB|name=Akmal Mozgovoy|pos=MF}}

{{Fs player |no=|nat=NGR|name=Saviour Godwin|pos=MF}}

{{Fs player |no=|nat=UAE|name=Ahmed Fawzi {{small|U23}}|pos=FW}}

{{Fs player |no=|nat=CMR|name=Leonel Wamba {{small|U23}}|pos=FW|other={{small|on loan from Al-Wahda}}}}

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Continental record

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Season

! Competition

! Round

! Opponent

! Home

! Away

! Aggregate

!Aggregate

rowspan=4|2012

|rowspan=4|AFC Champions League

|rowspan=3|Group B

|{{flagicon|QAT}} Al-Arabi

| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;background: #BBF3BB;" | 2–0

|style="text-align:center;background: #BBF3BB;"| 4–0

| style="text-align:center;" | 6-0

| rowspan="3" |2nd in group

{{flagicon|UZB}} Pakhtakor

|style="text-align:center;background:#ffd;"| 1–1

|3-1

{{flagicon|KSA}} Al-Ittihad

|style="text-align:center;background:#ffd;"| 0–0

|style="text-align:center;background: #FFBBBB;"| 0–1

|0-1

rowspan=1|Round of 16

|{{flagicon|KSA}} Al-Hilal

|colspan="3" style="text-align:center;background: #FFBBBB;"| 1–7

|16th

rowspan="5" |2013

| rowspan="5" |GCC Champions League

| rowspan="2" |Group D

|{{flagicon|KSA}} Al-Faisaly

| style="text-align:center;background:#ffd;" | 1–1

| style="text-align:center;background: #FFBBBB;" | 3–4

|4-5

| rowspan="2" |2nd in group

{{flagicon|BHR}} Busaiteen

| style="text-align:center;background:#ffd;" | 0–0

| style="text-align:center;background: #BBF3BB;" | 2–1

|2-1

Quarter-finals

|{{flagicon|BHR}} Al-Muharraq

| colspan="3" style="text-align:center;background:#ffd;" | 1–1 {{pso}} (4–3)

| rowspan="3" |Champion

Semi-finals

|{{flagicon|KSA}} Najran

| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;background: #BBF3BB;" | 2–0

| style="text-align:center;background: #FFBBBB;" | 0–1

| style="text-align:center;background: #BBF3BB;" | 2–1

Final

|{{flagicon|QAT}} Al-Khor

| style="text-align:center;background:#ffd;" | 1–1

| style="text-align:center;background: Gold;" | 3–1

rowspan="1" |2014

| rowspan="2" |AFC Champions League

| rowspan="2" |Qualifying play-offs

|{{flagicon|KUW}} Al-Qadsia

| colspan="3" style="text-align:center;background: #FFBBBB;" | 0–4

| rowspan="2" |Unqualified

rowspan="1" |2022

|{{flagicon|UZB}} Nasaf Qarshi

| colspan="3" style="text-align:center;background: #FFBBBB;" | 0–2

=Record by country=

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scope="col"| Country

! scope="col"| Pld

! scope="col"| W

! scope="col"| D

! scope="col"| L

! scope="col"| GF

! scope="col"| GA

! scope="col"| GD

! scope="col"| Win%

scope="row" align=left| {{flag|Bahrain}}

{{WDL|3|1|2|0|for=3|against=2|diff=yes}}

scope="row" align=left| {{flag|Kuwait}}

{{WDL|1|0|0|1|for=0|against=4|diff=yes}}

scope="row" align=left| {{flag|Qatar}}

{{WDL|4|3|1|0|for=9|against=1|diff=yes}}

scope="row" align=left| {{flag|Saudi Arabia}}

{{WDL|7|1|2|4|for=7|against=14|diff=yes}}

scope="row" align=left| {{flag|Uzbekistan}}

{{WDL|3|1|1|1|for=3|against=3|diff=yes}}

See also

References

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