Al Jazira Club

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Al Jazira Club is an Emirati professional football club based in Abu Dhabi, that currently competes in the UAE Pro League.^[3]

Al Jazira
الجزيرة

Full name	Al Jazira Club
Nickname(s)	Al Ankabout (The Spider) Fakhr Abu Dhabi (Pride of Abu Dhabi)
Founded	19 March 1974; 49 years ago (1974-03-19)
Ground	Mohammed bin Zayed Stadium^[1]
Capacity	42,056^[2]
Chairman	Sheikh Mansour
Coach	Frank de Boer
League	UAE Pro League
2022–23	UAE Pro League, 5th
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours
Current season

History

Al-Jazira was established in 1974 as a merger between Khalidiyah and Al Bateen.^[4] The club struggled to stay in the league, getting relegated on multiple occasions during the 1980s and 1990s, but experienced a recent success when Sheikh Mansour invested into them in the 2000s. Since his purchase, they won their first league title in 2011 and two more league titles in 2017 and 2021. Al Jazira have produced talented homegrown players such as Ali Mabkhout and Khalfan Mubarak and many others that would end up playing for the UAE national team.

Honours

Domestic competitions

Leagues

• UAE Pro League: 3
  • Champion: 2010–11, 2016–17, 2020–21
• UAE Division One: 2
  • Champion: 1982–83, 1987–88

Cups

• UAE President's Cup: 3
  • Champion: 2010–11, 2011–12, 2015–16
• UAE League Cup: 1
  • Champion: 2009–10
• UAE Federation Cup: 1 (defunct)
  • Champion: 2006–07
• UAE Super Cup: 1
  • Champion: 2021

Regional competitions

• GCC Champions League: 1
  • Champion: 2007

Club officials

Position	Staff
Sporting Director	Mads Davidsen
Head Coach	Frank de Boer
Assistant Head Coach	Roy Hendriksen
First Team Coach	Alami Ahannach
Fitness Coach	Jan Kluitenberg
Interpreter	Manuel Almunia

Current squad

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK   UAE Abdulrahman Al Ameri 2 DF   UAE Abdulla Idrees 3 MF   UAE Ahmed Mahmoud 4 DF   NED Karim Rekik 5 DF   UAE Khalifa Al Hammadi 6 DF   UAE Mohammed Al-Attas 7 FW   UAE Ali Mabkhout 8 MF   UAE Mamadou Coulibaly ^U21 9 FW   UAE Zayed Al-Ameri 10 MF   UAE Khalfan Mubarak 11 MF   UAE Abdullah Ramadan 13 MF   GHA Richard Akonnor ^U21 15 DF   MAR Mohammed Rabii 16 FW   UAE Ahmed Fawzi 17 MF   ESP Alejandro Pozuelo 19 MF   UAE Oumar Traore 20 MF   BRA Fernando 21 FW   MTN Aboubakar Kamara 23 DF   UAE Mubarak Zamah ^U21 24 DF   UAE Zayed Sultan 25 MF   COL Samir Sanchez

No. Pos. Nation Player 26 FW   UAE Hazza Subait ^U21 27 MF   UAE Abdullah Fadaaq ^U21 28 MF   UAE Yousef Ayman 33 DF   MAR Chahine van Bohemen ^U21 34 MF   UAE Saeed Al-Abdouli ^U21 38 DF   UAE Nawaf Dhawi ^U21 39 FW   CIV Hermann Behiratche 45 DF   UAE Abdullah Khairi ^U21 55 GK   UAE Ali Khasif 56 GK   UAE Rakan Al-Menhali 70 FW   UAE Ahmed Al-Attas 71 FW   COL Carlos Ocoró ^U21 72 DF   UAE Abdullah Al-Hashmi 80 MF   UAE Bruno 81 FW   UAE Ali Al-Memari ^U21 83 DF   UAE Zayed Khamis ^U21 85 FW   UAE Mansoor Al-Khemiri ^U21 86 DF   UAE Abdulla Khaled ^U21 88 MF   UAE Mohamed Al-Wafi ^U21 92 MF   COD Neeskens Kebano 96 GK   UAE Saeed Al-Kalbani ^U21

Out on loan

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 37 DF   UAE Hamdan Abdulrahman ^U21 (on loan to Hatta)

No. Pos. Nation Player 87 DF   UAE Mohamad Al-Yammahi ^U21 (on loan to Ittihad Kalba)

Managers

•   Jair Pereira (1983)
•   Hilmy Al-Nawwal (1984–1997) Administration Manager^[5]
•   Nikolay Kiselyov (1989–1993)
•   Nikolay Kiselyov (1994–1995)
•   Chris Dekker (1995)
•   Džemaludin Mušović (1996–1998)
•   Rinus Israël (1998–2000)
•   Jan Versleijen (2001–2003)
•   André Wetzel (2004)
•   Sef Vergoossen (2004–2005)
•   Walter Meeuws (2005–2006)
•   Jan Versleijen (2006–2007)
•   László Bölöni (2007–2008)
•   Abel Braga (2008–2011)^[6]
•   Franky Vercauteren (2011–12)^[7][8]
•   Caio Junior (2012)^[8]
•   Paulo Bonamigo (2012–2013)
•   Luis Milla (2013)
•   Walter Zenga (2013–2014)
•   Eric Gerets (2014–2015)^[9]
•   Abel Braga (2015)
•   Ali Al-Nuaimi (2015) interim
•   Henk ten Cate (2015–2018)
•   Marcel Keizer (2018)
•   Damiën Hertog (2018–2019)
•   Jurgen Streppel (2019)
•   Marcel Keizer (2019–2023)
•   Frank de Boer (2023–present)

Pro-League record

Season	Lvl.	Tms.	Pos.	President's Cup	League Cup
2008–09	1	12	2nd	Quarter-Finals	Semi-Finals
2009–10	1	12	2nd	Semi-Finals	Champions
2010–11	1	12	1st	Champions	First Round
2011–12	1	12	4th	Champions	Semi-Finals
2012–13	1	14	3rd	Quarter-Finals	Runner-ups
2013–14	1	14	3rd	Round of 16	Runner-ups
2014–15	1	14	2nd	Round of 16	First Round
2015–16	1	14	7th	Champions	First Round
2016–17	1	14	1st	Quarter-Finals	Semi-Finals
2017–18	1	12	7th	Quarter-Finals	Quarter-Finals
2018–19	1	14	5th	Round of 16	Quarter-Finals
2019–20^a	1	14	3rd	Quarter-Finals	Semi-Finals
2020–21	1	14	1st	Round of 16	First Round
2021–22	1	14	4th	Quarter-Finals	Semi-Finals
2022–23	1	14	5th	Quarter-Finals	Semi-Finals

_{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

See also

• List of football clubs in the United Arab Emirates

References

1. . Culture, Leisure & Sports. Abu Dhabi Government. Archived from the original on May 31, 2011. Retrieved 23 September 2011.
2. "On Tour: Mohammed Bin Zayed Stadium". 10 January 2015. from the original on 29 July 2022. Retrieved 29 July 2022.
3. "Al Jazira SSC". Soccerway. Perform Group. from the original on 3 April 2018. Retrieved 13 December 2017.
4. . Al Jazira Sports Club Official Site. Archived from the original on February 14, 2012. Retrieved 23 September 2011.
5. "Hilmy Al-Nawwal". from the original on 2021-05-02. Retrieved 2021-05-02.
6. Neil Cameron (2 June 2011). "Al Jazira want management pedigree, not marquee name". The National. Abu Dhabi Media. from the original on 15 October 2015. Retrieved 16 October 2012.
7. James Piercy (22 August 2011). "From Braga to Vercauteren via Sabella: Al Jazira's boss hunt finally ends". Sport 360. from the original on 19 August 2016. Retrieved 6 April 2013.
8. Thomas Woods (8 March 2012). "Franky Vercauteren dismissed by Al Jazira". The National. Abu Dhabi Media. from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 6 April 2013.
9. "Al Jazira confirm Eric Gerets as new coach to replace Walter Zenga". The National. Abu Dhabi Media. 20 May 2014. from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 11 December 2014.

External links

 

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• Current squad at National-Football-Teams.com
• Official website (in Arabic)