Al Jazira
الجزيرة
Full nameAl Jazira Club
Nickname(s)Al Ankabout (The Spider)
Fakhr Abu Dhabi (Pride of Abu Dhabi)
Founded19 March 1974 (1974-03-19)
GroundMohammed bin Zayed Stadium[1]
Capacity42,056[2]
ChairmanSheikh Mansour
CoachMirel Rădoi
LeagueUAE Pro League
2022–23UAE Pro League, 5th
WebsiteClub website

Al Jazira Club is an Emirati professional football club based in Abu Dhabi, that currently competes in the UAE Pro League.[3]

History

Al-Jazira was established in 1974 as a merger between Khalidiyah and Al Bateen.[4] The club struggled to stay in the league, getting relegated on multiple occasions during the 1980s and 1990s, but experienced a recent success when Sheikh Mansour invested into them in the 2000s. Since his purchase, they won their first league title in 2011 and two more league titles in 2017 and 2021. Al Jazira have produced talented homegrown players such as Ali Mabkhout and Khalfan Mubarak and many others that would end up playing for the UAE national team.

Honours

Domestic competitions

Leagues

Cups

Regional competitions

Club officials

Position Staff
Sporting DirectorUnited Arab Emirates Islam Marzooq
Head CoachNetherlands Bob de Klerk
Assistant Head CoachUnited Arab Emirates Abdalla Mehmood
First Team CoachUnited Arab Emirates Mansoor Fawaz
Fitness CoachUnited Arab Emirates Yaqoob Mamoon
InterpreterUnited Arab Emirates Tariq Ismaeel

Current squad

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 United Arab Emirates UAE Abdulrahman Al Ameri
2 DF United Arab Emirates UAE Abdulla Idrees
3 MF United Arab Emirates UAE Ahmed Mahmoud
4 DF Netherlands NED Karim Rekik
5 DF United Arab Emirates UAE Khalifa Al Hammadi
6 DF United Arab Emirates UAE Mohammed Al-Attas
7 FW United Arab Emirates UAE Ali Mabkhout
8 MF United Arab Emirates UAE Mamadou Coulibaly U21
9 FW United Arab Emirates UAE Zayed Al-Ameri
10 MF United Arab Emirates UAE Khalfan Mubarak
11 MF United Arab Emirates UAE Abdullah Ramadan
13 MF Ghana GHA Richard Akonnor U21
15 DF Morocco MAR Mohammed Rabii
16 FW United Arab Emirates UAE Ahmed Fawzi
17 MF Spain ESP Alejandro Pozuelo
19 MF Mali MLI Oumar Traoré
20 MF Brazil BRA Fernando
21 FW Mauritania MTN Aboubakar Kamara
23 DF United Arab Emirates UAE Mubarak Zamah U21
24 DF United Arab Emirates UAE Zayed Sultan
25 MF Colombia COL Samir Sanchez
26 FW United Arab Emirates UAE Hazza Subait U21
27 MF United Arab Emirates UAE Abdullah Fadaaq U21
No. Pos. Nation Player
28 MF United Arab Emirates UAE Yousef Ayman
33 DF Morocco MAR Chahine van Bohemen U21
34 MF United Arab Emirates UAE Saeed Al-Abdouli U21
38 DF United Arab Emirates UAE Nawaf Dhawi U21
39 FW Ivory Coast CIV Hermann Behiratche
45 DF United Arab Emirates UAE Abdullah Khairi U21
55 GK United Arab Emirates UAE Ali Khasif
56 GK United Arab Emirates UAE Rakan Al-Menhali
70 FW United Arab Emirates UAE Ahmed Al-Attas
71 FW Colombia COL Carlos Ocoró U21
72 DF United Arab Emirates UAE Abdullah Al-Hashmi
80 MF United Arab Emirates UAE Bruno
81 FW United Arab Emirates UAE Ali Al-Memari U21
83 DF United Arab Emirates UAE Zayed Khamis U21
85 FW United Arab Emirates UAE Mansoor Al-Khemiri U21
86 DF United Arab Emirates UAE Abdulla Khaled U21
88 MF United Arab Emirates UAE Mohamed Al-Wafi U21
92 MF Democratic Republic of the Congo COD Neeskens Kebano
96 GK United Arab Emirates UAE Saeed Al-Kalbani 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
37 DF United Arab Emirates UAE Hamdan Abdulrahman U21 (on loan to Hatta)
No. Pos. Nation Player
87 DF United Arab Emirates UAE Mohamad Al-Yammahi U21 (on loan to Ittihad Kalba)

Managers

Pro-League record

Season Lvl. Tms. Pos. President's Cup League Cup
2008–09 1 12 2nd Quarter-Finals Semi-Finals
2009–10 1 12 2nd Semi-Finals Champions
2010–11 1 12 1st Champions First Round
2011–12 1 12 4th Champions Semi-Finals
2012–13 1 14 3rd Quarter-Finals Runner-ups
2013–14 1 14 3rd Round of 16 Runner-ups
2014–15 1 14 2nd Round of 16 First Round
2015–16 1 14 7th Champions First Round
2016–17 1 14 1st Quarter-Finals Semi-Finals
2017–18 1 12 7th Quarter-Finals Quarter-Finals
2018–19 1 14 5th Round of 16 Quarter-Finals
2019–20a 1 14 3rd Quarter-Finals Semi-Finals
2020–21 1 14 1st Round of 16 First Round
2021–22 1 14 4th Quarter-Finals Semi-Finals
2022–23 1 14 5th Quarter-Finals Semi-Finals

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

See also

References

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  2. "On Tour: Mohammed Bin Zayed Stadium". 10 January 2015. Archived from the original on 29 July 2022. Retrieved 29 July 2022.
  3. "Al Jazira SSC". Soccerway. Perform Group. Archived from the original on 3 April 2018. Retrieved 13 December 2017.
  4. "Club History". Al Jazira Sports Club Official Site. Archived from the original on February 14, 2012. Retrieved 23 September 2011.
  5. "Hilmy Al-Nawwal". Archived from the original on 2021-05-02. Retrieved 2021-05-02.
  6. Neil Cameron (2 June 2011). "Al Jazira want management pedigree, not marquee name". The National. Abu Dhabi Media. Archived from the original on 15 October 2015. Retrieved 16 October 2012.
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  8. 1 2 Thomas Woods (8 March 2012). "Franky Vercauteren dismissed by Al Jazira". The National. Abu Dhabi Media. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 6 April 2013.
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