Ittihad Kalba FC

Ittihad Kalba Football Club (Arabic: نادي اتحاد كلباء الرياضي الثقافي), more colloquially abbreviated as Al-Ittihad, is an Emirati football club founded in 1972 and based in Kalba.

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
2022–23	UAE Pro-League, 8th
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.

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
2022–23	1	14	8th	Round of 16	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

Current squad

As of UAE Pro-League:

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 Eisa Hooti 2 DF   UAE Mohammed Al-Yammahi ^U21 (on loan from Al-Jazira) 3 DF   UAE Mohammed Sabeel 4 DF   UAE Yaqoub Al-Balochi 5 DF   UAE Abdalla Faisal 7 MF   UAE Habib Al Fardan 9 MF   ARG Brian Ramírez 10 MF   IRN Mehdi Ghayedi (on loan from Shabab Al-Ahli) 11 MF   BRA Daniel Bessa 12 DF   UAE Salem Rashid 13 MF   BRA Caio Eduardo ^U21 14 MF   SVK Filip Kiss 15 DF   UAE Abdulaziz Al-Hamhami 17 MF   GHA Zackariah Mohammed 18 FW   SVN Andrés Vombergar 19 FW   UAE Ahmed Al-Naqbi

No. Pos. Nation Player 21 FW   UAE Sultan Adil ^U21 (on loan from Shabab Al-Ahli) 22 FW   UAE Mohamed Ali 23 DF   UAE Waleed Rashid ^U21 24 MF   UAE Khalid Al-Darmaki 25 DF   UAE Abdusalam Mohammed 26 DF   UAE Omar Al Khodaim 27 FW   UAE Yaser Al-Blooshi 33 GK   UAE Jamal Abdallah 34 DF   UAE Khalid Al Zari 39 MF   BRA Gustavo (on loan from Shabab Al-Ahli) 43 DF   BRA Michel Dreifke ^U21 52 GK   UAE Saif Yousif 55 GK   UAE Hamad Al-Mansoori 70 MF   UAE Fahad Barout 77 MF   BRA Leandro Spadacio 88 MF   UAE Saif Obaid 89 MF   UAE Yousef Abdelrahman 92 MF   PAR Aldo Parra 94 DF   BRA Wallace

Unregistered players

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 6 DF   CPV Ivanildo Fernandes 40 MF   GAM Ebrima Jatta ^U21

No. Pos. Nation Player 61 MF   UAE Khalid Al-Shehhi — DF   BRA Dudu ^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 — DF   ITA Gabriel Santini (on loan to Al Dhafra)

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF   PER Wilder Cartagena (on loan to Orlando City)

Achievements

• UAE Division One
  • Champions (7): 1979–80, 1988–89, 1995–96, 1998–99, 2009–10, 2011–12, 2013–14

Club staff

Position	Name
Manager	Farhad Majidi
Assistant coach	Gabriele Pin
	Miguel Teixeira
Fitness Coach	Alireza Rabbani

See also

• List of football clubs in the United Arab Emirates

References