Sharjah FC#Current squad
{{Short description|Emirati professional football club}}
{{Infobox football club
| clubname = Sharjah
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| fullname = Sharjah Football Club
| nickname = The King
Sharjawy (supporters)
| founded = {{start date and age|1966|df=yes}}{{cite web|url=http://uae.agleague.ae/en/club/sharjah.html|title=Sharjah|publisher=UAE Pro League Committee|access-date=20 September 2016|archive-date=16 January 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190116094051/http://uae.agleague.ae/en/club/sharjah.html|url-status=live}}
| short name = Sharjah
| ground = Sharjah Stadium
| capacity = 12,499
| owner = Sultan bin Muhammad Al-Qasimi
| chairman = Ali Al Midfa
| manager = Cosmin Olăroiu
| mgrtitle = Head coach
| league = UAE Pro League
| season = 2023–24
| position = UAE Pro League, 4th of 14
| current = 2024–25 Sharjah FC season
| website = {{Official URL}}
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Sharjah Football Club ({{langx|ar|نادي الشارقة لكرة القدم}}) is an Emirati professional football club based in Sharjah that competes in the UAE Pro League. Their home stadium is the Sharjah Stadium.
Founded in 1966, Sharjah is considered to be one of the pioneers in UAE Football since its inception. Achieving success through the years has 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, 3 Super Cups, and 1 AFC Champions League Two title. The club was also the first official UAE league champion since its establishment in 1974.
History
=Golden age=
Sharjah 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.{{Cite web | url=https://www.sharjahfc.gov.ae/تأريخ-تأسيس-النادي/ | title=تأريخ تأسيس النادي | language=ar | trans-title=Club Establishment History | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181213160217/http://www.sharjahfc.gov.ae/%d8%aa%d8%a3%d8%b1%d9%8a%d8%ae-%d8%aa%d8%a3%d8%b3%d9%8a%d8%b3-%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%86%d8%a7%d8%af%d9%8a/ | archive-date=2018-12-13 }}
=Decline=
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=
Sharjah 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 tied with Shabab Al Ahli.
Honours
=Domestic=
==Leagues==
- UAE League
- Winners (6): 1973–74, 1986–87, 1988–89, 1993–94, 1995–96, 2018–19
- UAE Division One
- Winners (1): 1992–93
==Cups==
- 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{{cite web|url=http://www.uaefa.ae/index.php?got=local_champ7|title=Joint League|publisher=UAEFA.ae|language=ar-AR|access-date=2019-09-02|archive-date=2014-07-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140702212449/http://uaefa.ae/index.php?got=local_champ7|url-status=live}}
=Regional=
=Continental=
- AFC Cup / AFC Champions League Two
- Winners (1): 2024–25
Season-by-season record
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bgcolor="#efefef"
! Season ! {{Abbr|Lvl.|Level}} ! {{Abbr|Tms.|Number of teams}} ! {{Abbr|Pos.|League position}} |
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 |bgcolor="#FFCCCC"|12th |Semi-Finals |First Round |
2012–13
|2 |14 |bgcolor="#ACE1AF"|2nd |Quarter-Finals |— |
2013–14
|1 |14 |7th |Round of 16 |Semi-Finals |
2014–15
|1 |14 |12th |Round of 16 |bgcolor=silver|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 |bgcolor=gold|1st |Semi-Finals |First Round |
2019–20{{ref|a|a|Corona}}
|1 |14 |4th |Semi-Finals |Quarter-Finals |
2020–21
|1 |14 |4th |Semi-Finals |Quarter-Finals |
2021–22
|1 |14 |bgcolor=silver|2nd |bgcolor=gold|Champions |First Round |
2022–23
|1 |14 |7th |bgcolor=gold|Champions |bgcolor=gold|Champions |
2023–24
|1 |14 |4th |Quarter-Finals |Quarter-Finals |
Notes{{note|a}} 2019–20 UAE football season was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Arab Emirates.
Club officials
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style="color:red; background: white; border:2px solid blue"|Position
! style="color:red; background: white; border:2px solid blue"|Staff | |
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Head Coach | {{flagicon|ROU}} Cosmin Olăroiu |
Assistant Coach | {{flagicon|ROU}} Cătălin Necula {{flagicon|ROU}} Gabriel Caramarin |
Goalkeeper Coach | {{flagicon|ROU}} Eugen Nae |
Technical Staff | {{flagicon|UAE}} Abdulrahman Al-Haddad |
Fitness Trainer
|{{flagicon|ITA}} Ferdinando Hippoliti | |
Rehab Trainer
|{{flagicon|BRA}} Leandro Aiub | |
Analyst
|{{flagicon|ROU}} Rareș Ene |
Players
=Current squad=
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{{Fs player |no=1|nat=UAE|name=Khaled Tawhid {{small|U23}}|pos=GK}}
{{Fs player |no=2|nat=UAE|name=Hamad Fahad {{small|U23}}|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player |no=3|nat=UAE|name=Al Hassan Saleh|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player |no=4|nat=UAE|name=Shahin Abdulrahman|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player |no=5|nat=CRO|name=Maro Katinić {{small|U23}}|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player |no=6|nat=UAE|name=Dhari Fahad {{small|U23}}|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player |no=7|nat=UAE|name=Caio Lucas|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player |no=8|nat=UAE|name=Mohammed Abdulbasit|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player |no=10|nat=TUN|name=Firas Ben Larbi|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player |no=11|nat=UAE|name=Luanzinho|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player |no=13|nat=UAE|name=Salem Sultan |pos=DF}}
{{Fs player |no=14|nat=UAE|name=Khaled Ba Wazir|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player |no=16|nat=CRO|name=Darko Nejašmić|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player |no=17|nat=UAE|name=Mayed Mohsen|pos=GK}}
{{Fs player |no=18|nat=UAE|name=Abdullah Ghanem|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player |no=19|nat=UAE|name=Khaled Ibrahim|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player |no=20|nat=KOR|name=Cho Yu-min|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player |no=22|nat=UAE|name=Marcus Meloni |pos=MF}}
{{Fs player |no=23|nat=SUR|name=Tyrone Conraad|pos=FW}}
{{Fs player |no=24|nat=UAE|name=Majid Rashid|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player |no=27|nat=BRA|name=Guilherme Biro {{small|U23}}|pos=MF|other={{small|on loan from Corinthians}}}}
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{{Fs player |no=29|nat=BRA|name=David Gondim {{small|U21}}|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player |no=30|nat=GUI|name=Ousmane Camara |pos=FW}}
{{Fs player |no=35|nat=UAE|name=Abdalla Eisa|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player |no=37|nat=UAE|name=Saeed Amer|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player |no=40|nat=UAE|name=Adel Al-Hosani|pos=GK}}
{{Fs player |no=41|nat=UAE|name=Ali Hassan Abdulla|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player |no=44|nat=SRB|name=David Petrović {{small|U23}}|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player |no=46|nat=UAE|name=Sultan Alhamadi|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player |no=49|nat=MAR|name=Adel Taarabt|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player |no=51|nat=UAE|name=Nawaf Jasim|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player |no=55|nat=CMR|name=Herman Junior Kameni|pos=FW}}
{{Fs player |no=57|nat=UAE|name=Obaid Buafra {{small|U23}}|pos=GK}}
{{Fs player |no=67|nat=UAE|name=Abdelrahman Yousif|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player |no=68|nat=UAE|name=Abdelrahman Saad|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player |no=75|nat=UAE|name=Abdalla Alblooshi|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player |no=77|nat=UAE|name=Khalifa Sembaij {{small|U23}}|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player |no=78|nat=UAE|name=Ali Abdulqader|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player |no=87|nat=UAE|name=Musab Karam|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player |no=88|nat=UAE|name=Majed Hassan|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player |no=90|nat=GER|name=Leon Dajaku|pos=FW}}
{{Fs player |no=93|nat=UAE|name=Mohamed Beyat|pos=DF}}
{{fs end|nonumber=|bg=FFFFFF|color=DD0000|border=FF00000}}
=Academy players with first-team appearances=
{{fs start|nonumber=|bg=FFFFFF|color=DD0000|border=FF00000}}
{{Fs player |no=21|nat=UAE|name=Mayed Al-Kass {{small|U23}}|pos=FW}}
{{Fs player |no=28|nat=BRA|name=Alison Matheus {{small|U21}}|pos=FW}}
{{Fs player |no=34|nat=UAE|name=Ali Al-Hadidi {{small|U23}}|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player |no=43|nat=UAE|name=Matar Zaal {{small|U23}}|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player |no=53|nat=UAE|name=Abdulla Zaal {{small|U23}}|pos=GK}}
{{fs mid|nonumber=|bg=FFFFFF|color=DD0000|border=FF00000}}
{{Fs player |no=70|nat=UAE|name=Badr Al-Sowaidi {{small|U23}}|pos=FW}}
{{Fs player |no=71|nat=UAE|name=Ali Taher {{small|U23}}|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player |no=72|nat=UAE|name=Saif Alkaabi {{small|U23}}|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player |no=73|nat=UAE|name=Fahad Jasim {{small|U23}}|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player |no=92|nat=UAE|name=Abdelrahman Murad {{small|U23}}|pos=MF}}
{{fs end|nonumber=|bg=FFFFFF|color=DD0000|border=FF00000}}
=Unregistered players=
{{fs start|nonumber=|bg=FFFFFF|color=DD0000|border=FF00000}}
{{Fs player |no=9|nat=ESP|name=Paco Alcácer|pos=FW}}
{{Fs player |no=25|nat=UAE|name=Saeed Al-Kaabi |pos=MF}}
{{fs mid|nonumber=|bg=FFFFFF|color=DD0000|border=FF00000}}
{{Fs player |no=32|nat=UAE|name=Abdullah Al-Hammadi |pos=DF}}
{{fs end|nonumber=|bg=FFFFFF|color=DD0000|border=FF00000}}
=Out on loan=
{{fs start|nonumber=|bg=FFFFFF|color=DD0000|border=FF00000}}
{{Fs player |no=26|nat=UAE|name=Darwish Bin Habib|pos=GK|other={{small|on loan to Al-Bataeh}}}}
{{Fs player |no=|nat=UAE|name=Majed Suroor|pos=MF|other={{small|on loan to Al-Wasl}}}}
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Performance in AFC competitions
=AFC Champions League history=
- AFC Champions League: 6 appearances
::2004: Quarter Finals
::2009: Withdrew
::2020: Group Stage
::2021: Round of 16
::2022: Group Stage
::2023–24: Group Stage
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! Season ! Round ! Club ! Home ! Away ! Aggregate |
rowspan="4"| 2004
| rowspan="3"| Group C | {{flagicon|IRQ}} Al-Shorta | align="center" style="background: #BBF3BB"|2–0 | align="center" style="background: #BBF3BB"|3–2 | style="text-align:center;" rowspan="3"|1st |
{{flagicon|KSA}} Al-Hilal
| align="center" style="background: #BBF3BB"|5–2 | style="text-align:center; background:#ffd"|0–0 |
{{flagicon|BHR}} Al-Ahli
| align="center" style="background: #BBF3BB"|3–0 | align="center" style="background: #BBF3BB"|3–0 |
Quarter-finals
| {{flagicon|KOR}} Seongnam | align="center" style="background: #FFBBBB"|2–5 | align="center" style="background: #FFBBBB"|0–6 | align="center" style="background: #FFBBBB"|2–11 |
rowspan="3"| 2020
| rowspan="3"| Group C | {{flagicon|KSA}} Al Taawoun | align="center" style="background: #FFBBBB"|0–1 | align="center" style="background: #BBF3BB"|6–0 | style="text-align:center;" rowspan="3"|4th |
{{flagicon|IRN}} Persepolis
| style="text-align:center; background:#ffd"|2–2 | align="center" style="background: #FFBBBB"|0–4 |
{{flagicon|QAT}} Al-Duhail
| align="center" style="background: #BBF3BB"|4–2 | align="center" style="background: #FFBBBB"|1–2 |
rowspan="4"| 2021
| rowspan="3"| Group B | {{flagicon|IRQ}} Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya | align="center" style="background: #BBF3BB"|1–0 | align="center" style="background: #BBF3BB"|3–2 | style="text-align:center;" rowspan="3"|1st |
{{flagicon|IRN}} Tractor
| align="center" style="background: #FFBBBB"|0–2 | style="text-align:center; background:#ffd"|0–0 |
{{flagicon|UZB}} Pakhtakor
| align="center" style="background: #BBF3BB"|4–1 | style="text-align:center; background:#ffd"|1–1 |
Round of 16
| {{flagicon|UAE}} Al Wahda | colspan=3 style="text-align:center; background:#ffd"| 1–1 {{pso}} (4–5) |
rowspan="4"| 2022
| Playoffs | {{flagicon|IRQ}} Al-Zawraa | colspan=3 style="text-align:center; background:#ffd"| 1–1 {{pso}} (6–5) |
rowspan="3"| Group A
| {{flagicon|KSA}} Al-Hilal | style="text-align:center; background:#ffd"| 2–2 | align="center" style="background: #FFBBBB"| 1–2 | style="text-align:center;" rowspan="3"| 3rd |
{{flagicon|QAT}} Al-Rayyan
| style="text-align:center; background:#ffd"|1–1 | align="center" style="background: #FFBBBB"|1–3 |
{{flagicon|TJK}} Istiklol
| align="center" style="background: #BBF3BB"|2–1 | align="center" style="background: #FFBBBB"|0–2 |
rowspan="5"| 2023–24
| {{flagicon|BAN}} Bashundhara Kings | colspan=3 style="text-align:center; background: #BBF3BB"|2–0 |
Play-off
| {{flagicon|IRN}} Tractor | colspan=3 style="text-align:center; background: #BBF3BB"|3–1 |
rowspan="3"| Group B
| {{flagicon|QAT}} Al-Sadd | align="center" style="background: #FFBBBB"|0–2 | style="text-align:center; background:#ffd"|0–0 | style="text-align:center;" rowspan="3"|3rd |
{{flagicon|JOR}} Al-Faisaly
| style="text-align:center; background: #BBF3BB"|1–0 | align="center" style="background: #FFBBBB"|1–2 |
{{flagicon|UZB}} Nasaf
| style="text-align:center; background: #BBF3BB"|1–0 | style="text-align:center; background:#ffd"| 1–1 |
=AFC Champions League Two history=
- AFC Champions League Two: 1 appearance
::2024–25: Champions
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! Season ! Round ! Club ! Home ! Away ! Aggregate |
rowspan="7"| 2024–25
| rowspan="3"| Group C | {{flagicon|JOR}} Al Wehdat | align="center" style="background: #ffdd"|2–2 | align="center" style="background: #BBF3BB"|3–1 | style="text-align:center;" rowspan="3"|1st |
{{flagicon|IRN}} Sepahan
| align="center" style="background: #BBF3BB"|3–1 | style="text-align:center; background: #FFBBBB"|1–3 |
{{flagicon|TJK}} Istiklol
| align="center" style="background: #BBF3BB"|3–1 | align="center" style="background: #BBF3BB"|1–0 |
Round of 16
| {{flagicon|JOR}} Al Hussein | align="center" style="background: #BBF3BB"|1–0 | align="center" style="background: #FFBBBB"|0–1 | align="center" style="background: #ffdd"|1–1 {{pso|3–0}} |
Quarter-finals
| {{flagicon|UAE}} Shabab Al Ahli | align="center" style="background: #ffdd"|1–1 | align="center" style="background: #ffdd"|1–1 | align="center" style="background: #ffdd"|2–2 {{pso|5–4}} |
Semi-finals
| {{flagicon|KSA}} Al Taawoun | align="center" style="background: #BBF3BB"|2–0 | align="center" style="background: #FFBBBB"|0–1 | align="center" style="background: #BBF3BB"|2–1 |
style="background:gold;"|Final
| {{flagicon|SIN}} Lion City Sailors | align="center" colspan=3 style="background: #BBF3BB"|2–1 |
=Asian Club Championship history=
- Asian Club Championship: 2 appearances
::1989: Group Stage
::1994: First Round
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! Season ! Round ! Club ! Home ! Away ! Aggregate |
rowspan="4"| 1989
| rowspan="4"| Group 2 | {{flagicon|KSA}} Al-Ettifaq | align="center" colspan="2" style="background: #FFBBBB"| 0–1 | style="text-align:center" rowspan="4"|3rd |
{{flagicon|BHR|1972}} West Riffa
| align="center" colspan="2" style="background: #BBF3BB"|2–0 |
{{flagicon|KUW}} Kazma
| align="center" colspan="2" style="background: #FFBBBB"|0–3 |
{{flagicon|OMN|1970}} Fanja
| align="center" colspan="2" style="background: #BBF3BB"|4–1 |
rowspan="1"| 1994
| rowspan="1"| First Round | {{flagicon|BHR|1972}} Al-Muharraq | style="text-align:center; background:#ffd"|1–1 | align="center" style="background: #FFBBBB"|1–2 | align="center" style="background: #FFBBBB"|2–3 |
=Record by country=
{{updated|18 May 2025}}
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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|5|3|1|1|for=10|against=3|diff=yes}} |
scope="row" align=left| {{flag|Bangladesh}}
{{WDL|1|1|0|0|for=2|against=0|diff=yes}} |
scope="row" align=left| {{flag|Iran}}
{{WDL|7|2|2|3|for=9|against=13|diff=yes}} |
scope="row" align=left| {{flag|Iraq}}
{{WDL|5|4|1|0|for=10|against=5|diff=yes}} |
scope="row" align=left| {{flag|Jordan}}
{{WDL|6|3|1|2|for=8|against=6|diff=yes}} |
scope="row" align=left| {{flag|Kuwait}}
{{WDL|1|0|0|1|for=0|against=3|diff=yes}} |
scope="row" align=left| {{flag|Oman}}
{{WDL|1|1|0|0|for=4|against=1|diff=yes}} |
scope="row" align=left| {{flag|Qatar}}
{{WDL|6|1|2|3|for=7|against=10|diff=yes}} |
scope="row" align=left| {{flag|Saudi Arabia}}
{{WDL|9|3|2|4|for=16|against=9|diff=yes}} |
scope="row" align=left| {{flag|Singapore}}
{{WDL|1|1|0|0|for=2|against=1|diff=yes}} |
scope="row" align=left| {{flag|South Korea}}
{{WDL|2|0|0|2|for=2|against=11|diff=yes}} |
scope="row" align=left| {{flag|Tajikistan}}
{{WDL|4|3|0|1|for=6|against=4|diff=yes}} |
scope="row" align=left| {{flag|United Arab Emirates}}
{{WDL|3|0|3|0|for=3|against=3|diff=yes}} |
scope="row" align=left| {{flag|Uzbekistan}}
{{WDL|4|2|2|0|for=7|against=3|diff=yes}} |
Managerial history
See also
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{official website|https://sharjahclub.ae/en/}}
{{Sharjah SC}}
{{Sharjah FC squad}}
{{UAE Pro-League teamlist}}
{{AFC Cup winners}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Sharjah FC}}
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