Emirates Club

Emirates Club (Arabic: نادي الامارات‎‎) is a professional association football club based in the city of Ras al-Khaimah in the United Arab Emirates.

History

Establishment

The club was established in 1969, from a merger of the two local football teams Oman and Al Qadisiya.

The Merge

On 29 May 2011, Sheikh Ahmed bin Saqr al-Qassimi, Sheikh Mohammed bin Kayed Al Qasimi, Chairman of Emirates and Ras Al Khaimah Clubs, announced the merger of the two clubs in one club under the name Emirates Club, To be representative of the Emirate of Ras Al Khaimah. Decision to merge came on the recommendation of His Highness Sheikh Saud bin Saqr al Qasimi, Ruler of Ras Al Khaimah. On 11 June 2011, Was announced The new composition of the club.

Honors

• UAE Division 1 Group A: 1
  • 2012–13

• UAE President Cup: 1
  • 2009–10

• UAE Super Cup: 1
  • 2010

Players

As of UAE Arabian Gulf League:

No Position Player Nation 1 Goalkeeper Ahmed Al-Shaji     United Arab Emirates 13 Goalkeeper Ali Saeed Saqr     United Arab Emirates 27 Goalkeeper Ibrahim Abdullah     United Arab Emirates 50 Goalkeeper Khalifa Ahmed     United Arab Emirates 2 Defender Hadef Saif     United Arab Emirates 3 Defender Hilal Saeed     United Arab Emirates 5 Defender Khaled Shamareikh     United Arab Emirates 12 Defender Sultan Hussain     United Arab Emirates 18 Defender Al-Hassan Saleh     United Arab Emirates 22 Defender Mahmoud Hassan     United Arab Emirates 23 Defender Haidar Alo Ali     United Arab Emirates 25 Defender Abdullah Sulaiman     United Arab Emirates 26 Defender Khaled Ibrahim     United Arab Emirates 44 Defender Fares Mardad     United Arab Emirates 66 Defender Talal Hamad     United Arab Emirates 70 Defender Abdullah Nini Al-Shehi     United Arab Emirates 4 Midfielder Sami Anber     United Arab Emirates

No Position Player Nation 7 Midfielder Haithem Al-Matroushi     United Arab Emirates 8 Midfielder Al-Hussain Saleh     United Arab Emirates 14 Midfielder Brett Holman     Australia 16 Midfielder Ali Al-Rasheed     United Arab Emirates 20 Midfielder Renan Garcia     Brazil 24 Midfielder Khaled Anber     United Arab Emirates 31 Midfielder Issa Abdullah     United Arab Emirates 32 Midfielder Abdullah Ali     United Arab Emirates 80 Midfielder Khaled Khamis     United Arab Emirates 94 Midfielder Salem Al-Zayrah     United Arab Emirates 9 Forward Wilmar Jordán     Colombia 10 Forward Walid Anber     United Arab Emirates 11 Forward Rodrigo Pimpão     Brazil 15 Forward Saeed Salem     United Arab Emirates 17 Forward Mohammed Saeed     United Arab Emirates 30 Forward Abdullah Mohammed     United Arab Emirates 71 Forward Mohammed Malallah     United Arab Emirates

Former managers

• Zoran Đorđević (1981–82)
• Reinhard Fabisch (2005–07)
• Ebrahim Ghasempour (Jan 1, 2009 – Sept 10, 2009)
• Ahmed Al-A'ajlani (2009–10)
• Ghazi Ghrairi (2010–11)
• Khaled Al Suwaidi (Dec 13, 2011 – Dec 31, 2011)
• Lotfi Benzarti (Jan 1, 2012 – Oct 8, 2012)
• Júnior dos Santos (2012–13)
• Sérgio Alexandre (2013)
• Eid Baroot (May 30, 2013 – Dec 8, 2013)
• Paulo Comelli (Dec 9, 2013–)

External links

• (Arabic) Official Website