Ittihad Kalba FC

Ittihad Kalba Football Club (Arabic: نادي إتحاد كلباء لكرة القدم‎) is a football club in Kalba, United Arab Emirates.^[1]

Ittihad Kalba
نادي اتحاد كلباء

Full name	Ittihad Kalba Football Club
Nickname(s)	The Tigers
Founded	1972; 51 years ago (1972)
Ground	Ittihad Kalba Stadium
Capacity	8,500
Chairman	Ali Hussein Ali Hussein Al Logani
Manager	Farhad Majidi
League	UAE Pro League
2021–22	UAE Pro-League, 11th
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours

History

Ittihad Kalba was established in 1972 when two clubs (Al Shabab) and (Al Rooba) merged with (Al Riyadiya) to create Al Ittihad Kalba.

Current squad

As of UAE Pro-League:

No Position Player Nation 1 GK Eisa Hooti   United Arab Emirates 2 DF Sultan Al-Zaabi   United Arab Emirates 3 DF Mohammed Sabeel   United Arab Emirates 4 MF Habib Al Fardan   United Arab Emirates 7 MF Ahmed Jshak (on loan from Shabab Al-Ahli)   Comoros 8 MF Alexandru Cicâldău (on loan from Galatasaray)   Romania 9 MF Leandro Spadacio (on loan from Shabab Al-Ahli)   Brazil 10 MF Brian Ramírez   Argentina 11 MF Daniel Bessa   Brazil 13 DF Igor Rossi   Brazil 14 MF Filip Kiss   Slovakia 15 FW Peniel Mlapa   Togo 16 DF Mohammed Al-Maazmi (on loan from Al-Nasr)   United Arab Emirates 17 MF Zackariah Mohammed   Ghana 19 FW Ahmed Al-Naqbi   United Arab Emirates 20 MF Adel Al Chadli   Yemen 21 FW Sultan Adil ^U21   United Arab Emirates 22 FW Mohamed Ali   United Arab Emirates 25 DF Abdusalam Mohammed   United Arab Emirates 27 FW Yaser Al-Blooshi ^U21   United Arab Emirates 33 GK Jamal Abdallah   United Arab Emirates 34 DF Khalid Al Zari   United Arab Emirates 38 DF Abdulaziz Al-Zaabi   United Arab Emirates 38 DF Abdulaziz Al-Hamhami   United Arab Emirates 40 MF Ebrima Jatta ^U21   Gambia 44 DF Mohammed Rabii (on loan from Al-Jazira)   Morocco 52 GK Ibrahim Khalil   United Arab Emirates 55 GK Hamad Al-Mansoori   United Arab Emirates 70 MF Fahad Barout   United Arab Emirates 75 DF Waleed Rashid ^U21   United Arab Emirates 88 MF Saif Obaid ^U21   United Arab Emirates 89 MF Yousef Abdelrahman   United Arab Emirates 92 MF Aldo Parra ^U21   Paraguay Unregistered players No Position Player Nation — MF Muhain Khalifah   United Arab Emirates — MF Khalid Al-Shehhi   United Arab Emirates Out on loan No Position Player Nation 5 DF Gabriel Santini (on loan to Hatta)   Italy 6 MF Nasser Abdulhadi (on loan to Ajman)   United Arab Emirates 18 MF Mansoor Al-Balochi (on loan to Dibba Al-Fujairah)   United Arab Emirates 37 FW Ayman Rchoq (on loan to Hatta)   Morocco 39 MF Aniss Karimi (on loan to Hatta)   Morocco — MF Wilder Cartagena (on loan to Orlando City)   Peru Achievements UAE Division One (7): Champion: 1979–80, 1988–89, 1995–96, 1998–99, 2009–10, 2011–12, 2013–14 UAE ADNOC PRO LEAGUE (1): Champion: 2022-2023 Pro-League Record Season Lvl. Tms. Pos. President's Cup League Cup 2008–09 2 16 5th Round of 16 — 2009–10 2 8 1st Round of 16 — 2010–11 1 12 11th Preliminary Round First Round 2011–12 2 8 1st Quarter-Finals — 2012–13 1 14 14th Round of 16 First Round 2013–14 2 13 1st Preliminary Round — 2014–15 1 14 14th Round of 16 First Round 2015–16 2 9 2nd Round of 16 — 2016–17 1 14 13th Round of 16 First Round 2017–18 2 12 2nd Round of 16 — 2018–19 1 14 11th Round of 16 First Round 2019–20^a 1 14 11th Quarter-Finals First Round 2020–21 1 14 8th Round of 16 Semi-Finals 2021–22 1 14 11th Quarter-Finals First Round Notes^ 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 Club staff Position Name Manager   Farhad Majidi Assistant Manager   Gabriele Pin First-Team Coach   Saleh Mostafavi Goalkeeper Coach   Niksa Butara Conditioning Coach   Pablo Placeres Fitness Coach   Alireza Rabbani Youth Coach   Ervin Boban Academy Manager   Marino Biliškov References "Ittihad Kalba". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 20 October 2012.