Al Jazira Club is an Emirati professional
football
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club based in
Abu Dhabi
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, that currently competes in the
UAE Pro League.
History
Al-Jazira was established in 1974 as a merger between ''Khalidiyah'' and ''Al Bateen''.
The club struggled to stay in the league, getting relegated on multiple occasions during the 1980s and 1990s, but experienced a recent success when
Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan invested into the club in the 2000s. Since his purchase, they won their first league title in
2011
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and two more league titles in
2017
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and
2021
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. Al Jazira have produced talented homegrown players such as
Ali Mabkhout and
Khalfan Mubarak
Khalfan Mubarak Khalfan Obaid Alrizzi Al Shamsi ( ar, خلفان مبارك خلفان عبيد الرزي الشامسي; born 9 May 1995) is an association football player who plays for Al Jazira.
Club career
Khalfan was born in Ajman to fa ...
and many others that would end up playing for the
UAE
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national team.
Honours
Domestic competitions
;Leagues
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UAE Pro League: 3
::Champion:
2010–11
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2016–17,
2020–21
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UAE Division One
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As of 2020–21, the league features 15 sides who play each other in a home and away round-robin format, with a total of 28 games for each ...
: 2
::Champion: 1982–83, 1987–88
;Cups
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UAE President's Cup: 3
::Champion:
2010–11
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2011–12,
2015–16
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UAE League Cup
The UAE League Cup ( ar, كأس رابطة المحترفين الإماراتية) or the Pro League Cup is a knockout tournament for clubs in the UAE Pro-League. The first edition of the tournament was played in the 2008–2009 season.
In the 2 ...
: 1
::Champion:
2009–10
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UAE Federation Cup: 1 (''defunct'')
::Champion: 2006–07
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UAE Super Cup: 1
::Champion:
2021
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;Regional competitions
*
GCC Champions League: 1
::Champion:
2007
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Club officials
Current squad
''As of
UAE Pro-League
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Unregistered players
Out on loan
Managers
Pro-League record
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
References
External links
Current squad at National Football TeamsOfficial site
{{UAE Pro-League teamlist
Jazira
Jazira or Al-Jazira ( 'island'), or variants, may refer to:
Business
*Jazeera Airways, an airlines company based in Kuwait
Locations
* Al-Jazira, a traditional region known today as Upper Mesopotamia or the smaller region of Cizre
* Al-Jazira (c ...
Association football clubs established in 1974
Sport in Abu Dhabi
1974 establishments in the United Arab Emirates