Emirates Club ( ar, نادي الإمارات) is a professional

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club based in the city of Ras Al Khaimah,

United Arab Emirates The United Arab Emirates (UAE; ar, اَلْإِمَارَات الْعَرَبِيَة الْمُتَحِدَة ), or simply the Emirates ( ar, الِْإمَارَات ), is a country in Western Asia (Middle East, The Middle East). It is ...

. They play in the UAE Pro League after being promoted from the UAE First Division League. They play their home games at the Emirates Club Stadium.

History

Establishment

The club was established in 1969, from a merger of three local football teams: Al Ittihad, Al Ahly and Al Shaab under the name Oman Club. They were one of the first three teams along with Al Ahli and Al Oruba to play in the UAE league, however they would finish at last place with only 1 point. In October 1982 the club name was changed to Al Qadsia, Two years later in July 1984 Al Qadsia was merged with Al Taliya and Al Nassr and became the club known today as Emirates Cultural Sport Club. 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 Sheikh Saud bin Saqr al Qasimi, Ruler of Ras Al Khaimah. On 11 June 2011, the new composition of the club was announced.

Honors

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 t ...

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: 1 ** 2009–10 * UAE Super Cup: 1 **

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Current squad

''As of UAE Pro League:''

Unregistered players

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Out on loan

Staff

Board Members

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Former managers

* Zoran Đorđević (1981–82) * Akram Ahmad Salman (1996–97) *

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(1 January 2009 – 10 September 2009) * Ahmed Al-A'ajlani (2009–10) * Ghazi Ghrairi (2010–11) * Khaled Al Suwaidi (13 December 2011 – 31 December 2011) * Lotfi Benzarti (1 January 2012 – 8 October 2012) * Júnior dos Santos (2012–13) * Sérgio Alexandre (2013) * Eid Barout (30 May 2013 – 8 December 2013) * Paulo Comelli (9 December 2013 – June 2016) *

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(June 2016 – December 2016) * Noureddine Abidi (caretaker) (December 2016) *

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(28 December 2016 – 31 October 2017 ) * Noureddine Abidi (caretaker) (1 November 2017 – 5 January 2018) * Nour Al Obaidi (5 January 2018 – 20 April 2018 ) *

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(20 April 2018 – 28 May 2018) * Jalal Qaderi (28 May 2018 –8 June 2019) * Eid Barout (9 June 2019 –31 October 2019) * Gjoko Hadžievski (3 November 2019 –30 June 2021) * Tarik Sektioui (18 August 2021 –26 December 2021) * Ayman El Ramady (27 December 2021 – 1 June 2022) * Fathi Al-Obeidi (1 July 2022 – ''present'')

Pro-League record

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References

External links

Official Website

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