Sharjah Football Club ( ar, نادي الشارقة لكرة القدم) is an Emirati professional
football club based in
Sharjah
Sharjah (; ar, ٱلشَّارقَة ', Gulf Arabic: ''aš-Šārja'') is the third-most populous city in the United Arab Emirates, after Dubai and Abu Dhabi, forming part of the Dubai-Sharjah-Ajman metropolitan area.
Sharjah is the capital ...
that competes in the
UAE Pro League
The UAE Pro League ( ar, دوري المحترفين الإماراتي), known for sponsorship reasons as the ADNOC Pro League, is the top professional football league in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The first team to win the title was Al ...
. Their home stadium is
Sharjah Stadium
The Sharjah Cricket Stadium ( ar, ملعب الشارقة للكريكيت) is in Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates. It holds the record for the most ODIs hosted in a venue with 240 ODIs up to December 2019. It was originally constructed in t ...
.
Founded in 1966, it has been the most successful team in the
Emirate of Sharjah
The Emirate of Sharjah (; ar, إِمَارَة ٱلشَّارِقَة ') is one of the emirates of the United Arab Emirates, which covers and has a population of over 1,400,000 (2015). It comprises the capital city of Sharjah, after which it ...
, winning 6 pro league titles, 9 presidents cups and 2 super cups. The club was also the first official UAE league champion since its establishment in 1974.
History
Golden Age
Sharjah FC was founded in 1966 under the name of Al Oruba Club, they were the first official champions of the
UAE League
The UAE Pro League ( ar, دوري المحترفين الإماراتي), known for sponsorship reasons as the ADNOC Pro League, is the top professional football league in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The first team to win the title was Al O ...
winning it in 1974 after beating
Al Ahli and
Oman
Oman ( ; ar, عُمَان ' ), officially the Sultanate of Oman ( ar, سلْطنةُ عُمان ), is an Arabian country located in southwestern Asia. It is situated on the southeastern coast of the Arabian Peninsula, and spans the mouth of ...
. The club would merge with Al Khaleej in 1974 to form ''Al Sharjah SCC'' and relocate their headquarters in
Sharjah City
Sharjah (; ar, ٱلشَّارقَة ', Gulf Arabic: ''aš-Šārja'') is the third-most populous city in the United Arab Emirates, after Dubai and Abu Dhabi, forming part of the Dubai-Sharjah-Ajman metropolitan area.
Sharjah is the capital ...
. The club would later see itself win the league in 4 more occasions during the 80s and 90s and 8 out of the 22 players in the
UAE's 1990 squad were players from Sharjah, more than any other club at the time.
[https://www.sharjahfc.gov.ae/تأريخ-تأسيس-النادي/ ]
Decline
During the mid-2000s however, Sharjah would see a decline as they would finish in mid-table consecutively and in 2012, the club got relegated for the first time in their history. However, the club managed to quickly get promoted back to the top tier division in 2013.
New Era
Sharjah has managed to win its first title since 1996 in 2019 with a record of only one loss. On 14 September 2019, Sharjah managed to win their first UAE Super Cup title since 1994 after beating Shabab Al Ahli in penalties 4-3.
Honours
18 Official Championships
Domestic
Leagues
UAE League
The UAE Pro League ( ar, دوري المحترفين الإماراتي), known for sponsorship reasons as the ADNOC Pro League, is the top professional football league in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The first team to win the title was Al O ...
*Champions (6):
1973–74,
1986–87,
1988–89,
1993–94,
1995–96,
2018–19
UAE Division One
UAE First Division League is the second tier of football league competition in the United Arab Emirates.
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 ...
*Champions: 1992–93
Cups
UAE President's Cup
The UAE President's Cup, or simply the President Cup, is a football tournament that takes place in United Arab Emirates, between clubs in the UAE Pro League and the UAE First Division League. The winner qualifies for the AFC Champions League.
Hi ...
*Winners (9): 1978–79, 1979–80, 1981–82, 1982–83, 1990–91, 1994–95, 1997–98, 2002–03,
2021–22
UAE Super Cup
The UAE Super Cup ( ar, كأس السوبر الإماراتي), is the curtain raiser of the United Arab Emirates football season. It is played between the previous season's Pro-League winners and President's Cup Winners. The first edition was p ...
*Winners (2): 1994,
2019
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Joint League Cup
*Winners: 1977
GCC Champions League
The GCC Champions League ( ar, دوري أبطال الخليج للأندية), formerly known as the Gulf Cup for Clubs ( ar, كأس الخليج للأندية), was an annually organized football league tournament for clubs of the Arabian penin ...
* Runners-up: 1991
Club officials
Current squad
Out on loan
Performance in AFC competitions
*
AFC Champions League: 6 appearances
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2004: Quarter Finals
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2009: ''Withdrew''
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2011: ''Withdrew''
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2020
2020 was heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, which led to global social and economic disruption, mass cancellations and postponements of events, worldwide lockdowns and the largest economic recession since the Great Depression in t ...
: Group Stage
::
2021
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: Round of 16
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2022
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: Group Stage
AFC Champions League history
*
Asian Club Championship
The AFC Champions League (abbreviated as ACL) is an annual continental club football competition organised by the Asian Football Confederation, and contested by Asia's top-division football clubs. It is the most prestigious club competitio ...
: 2 appearances
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1989
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: Group Stage
::
1994
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: First Round
Asian Club Championship history
Record By Country
Club managers
*
Joe Kinnear
Joseph Patrick Kinnear (born 27 December 1946) is an Irish former football manager and player. Kinnear played as a defender, spending the majority of his career—ten seasons—with Tottenham Hotspur. With Tottenham he won the FA Cup, the EFL ...
(1978)
*
Djalma Alves (1981–83)
*
Procópio Cardoso (1984)
*
Yury Mozorov (1992–93)
*
Faouzi Benzarti
Faouzi Benzarti ( ar, فوزي البنزرتي; born 3 January 1950) is a Tunisian professional football manager and former player and the current head coach of MC Alger. He spent his entire career as a player at his home club US Monastir witho ...
(2000–Dec 01)
*
Waheed Al Tuweiri (Dec 2001)
*
Dragan Jolgina (Dec 2001–June 2)
*
Paul Dolezar
Pavle Dolezar also known as Paul Dolezar and Paja Dolezar (, born 1 May 1944) is a Serbian football manager and former player. He was born in Yugoslavia and raised in France.
Born in Bačka Palanka,"Asovi Yu Fudbala", page 23 SR Serbia, back t ...
(June 2002–??)
*
Ghazi Ghrairi
*
Srećko Juričić
Srećko Juričić (born 30 December 1954) is a Croatian former professional association football, footballer, who is currently the sporting director for HNK Rijeka.
Juričić has also had a career as a manager (association football), manager coac ...
(July 1, 2006 – Nov 1, 2006)
*
Rainer Zobel
Rainer Zobel (born 3 November 1948) is a German football manager and former player.
Playing career
Zobel was born in Wrestedt. He played for FC Bayern Munich during the 1970s.
Coaching career
In 2005, Zobel was head coach of Persepolis F.C. in ...
(2006)
*
Gerard van der Lem
Gerard van der Lem (born 15 November 1952) is a retired football winger from the Netherlands, who made his professional debut for FC Amsterdam on 12 August 1973 against PSV Eindhoven. He later played for Roda JC, Feyenoord Rotterdam, Sparta ...
(July 1, 2007 – May 1, 2008)
*
Manuel Cajuda
Manuel Ventura Cajuda de Sousa (born 27 June 1951) is a Portuguese retired footballer who played as a midfielder, and the manager of Leixões SC.
In a career which spanned three decades, he managed nearly 20 teams in his own country, and also ...
(July 13, 2009 – May 21, 2011)
*
Abdulmajid (May 22, 2011 – June 16, 2011)
*
Carlos Azenha (June 17, 2011 – Nov 14, 2011)
*
Valeriu Tiţa (Sept 18, 2011 – Dec 14, 2011)
*
Jorvan Vieira
Jorvan Vieira (born September 29, 1953) is a Brazilian-Portuguese football coach and former player who played for Botafogo, Vasco da Gama and Portuguesa in the Brazil Serie A, and a current manager of ENPPI.
Career
Playing career
Vieira was ...
(Dec 16, 2011 – Feb 2, 2012)
*
Valeriu Tiţa (2012)
*
Faouzi Benzarti
Faouzi Benzarti ( ar, فوزي البنزرتي; born 3 January 1950) is a Tunisian professional football manager and former player and the current head coach of MC Alger. He spent his entire career as a player at his home club US Monastir witho ...
(2013)
*
Paulo Bonamigo (May 25, 2013 – 2015)
*
Abdulaziz Mohamed (2015 – 2016)
*
Giorgos Donis
Georgios Donis ( el, Γεώργιος Δώνης; born 22 October 1969) is a Greek former professional footballer who played as a midfielder and currently a manager. He is the current manager of Saudi Arabian club Al-Fateh. He was the first ev ...
(July 2016 – Dec 2016 )
*
José Peseiro
José Vítor dos Santos Peseiro (born 4 April 1960) is a Portuguese football manager and former player who played as a forward. He is the manager of the Nigeria national team.
After an unassuming career as a player, he went on to coach sever ...
(Jan 2017 – Oct 2017)
*
Abdulaziz Al Yassi (Oct 2017 – Oct 2021)
*
Cosmin Olăroiu
Cosmin Aurelian Olăroiu (born 10 June 1969) is a Romanian professional football manager and former footballer in charge of UAE Pro League Sharjah FC.
As a manager, he guided Steaua Bucharest to the Romanian League title and Romanian Supercup ...
(Nov 2021 – ''present'')
Pro-League record
Notes 2019–20 UAE football season was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Arab Emirates
The COVID-19 pandemic in the United Arab Emirates is part of the worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 () caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (). The first confirmed case in the United Arab Emirates was announce ...
.
Key
* Pos. = Position
* Tms. = Number of teams
* Lvl. = League
References
External links
Sharjah FC official website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Sharjah FC
Football clubs in the United Arab Emirates
Sport in Sharjah (city)
Association football clubs established in 1966
1966 establishments in the Trucial States
Sport in the Emirate of Sharjah