Sharjah FC

Football club infobox
clubname = Sharjah FC


fullname = Sharjah Cultural Sports Club
nickname = The White Bees, The King
founded = 1966
ground = Sharjah Stadium
capacity = 20,000
chairman = Flagicon|United Arab EmiratesSheikh Abdalla Bin Mohammed Al Thani
manager = Flagicon|TunisiaYoussef Al-Zawawi
league = UAE League
season = 2007-08
position = UAE League,4
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Sharjah Football Club ( _ar. نادي الشارقة الرياضي الثقافي) is a United Arab Emirates professional football (soccer) club. It is based in Sharjah city. The home stadium is Sharjah Stadium.

Sharjah FC was established in 1966 under the name of Al-Orouba Club and in 1974 it merged with an existing club named Al-Khaleej (which was later reestablished). Its name "Sharjah Sports and Culture Club" was officially registered in 1978.

History

Sharjah Football Club (Arabic: نادي الشارقة) is a United Arab Emirates professional football (soccer) club. It is based in Sharjah city. The home stadium is Sharjah Stadium.Sharjah FC was established in 1966 under the name of Al-Orouba Club and in 1974 it merged with an existing club named Al-Khaleej (which was later reestablished) to become the main sports club in the emirate of Sharjah. Its name "Sharjah Sports and Culture Club" was officially registered in 1978.

Sharjah FC is embedded in UAE football history as it is the first winner of the official UAE football league in the 1973-1974 season. The club went on to win four more titles in the late 80's and early 90's in a period of great prosperity for UAE football. In a decade when the UAE qualified for the FIFA World Cup (ITALIA 90), Sharjah FC supplied the national team with no less than nine players which helped in promoting the club and creating supporter groups across the country.

The club is also nicknamed "The King", as it holds the record for the most President's Cup winner with 8 victories, the first in 1978/1979 and the last in 2002/2003.

Also, there is bright point in Sharjah history. It is the only team that has more winning of matches against any team in the UAE. There is no club in UAE preponderate on Sharjah FC in situation of winning the game against Sharjah FC.

Achievements

*UAE League: 5:: 73/74, 86/87, 88/89, 93/94, 95/96

*UAE Emir Cup: 8:: 78/79, 79/80, 81/82, 82/83, 91/90, 94/95, 97/98, 2002/2003

*UAE Super Cup: 1:: 94/95

Performance in AFC Competitions

* AFC Champions League: 1 appearance::2004: Quarter-Finals
* Asian Club Championship: 4 appearances::1989: Qualifying Stage::1991: Group was cancelled due to the crisis in the region.::1994: Qualifying - 2nd round::1997: withdrew in First Round
* Asian Cup Winners Cup: 1 appearance::1991/92: First Round

Sharjah FC Leaders

H.H Sheikh Dr.Sultan Bin Muhammad Al Qasimi Ruler of Sharjah as (Honorary President of the honor council)

H.H Sheikh Abdullah Bin Mohammed Al Thani - Chairman of Sharjah Airport & President of SAIF Zone as (Honorary President of Sharjah club and The president of the honor council)

H.H Sheikh Essam Bin Saqer Al Qasimi the president of Sharjah athlete council

H.H Sheikh Ahmed Bin Abdullah Al Thani The president of the club administration

Mr. Ahmed Al Fardan the vice-president of Sharjah athlete council

Club managers

* Joe Kinnear
* Srećko Juričić
* Gerard van der Lem
* Youssef al-Zawawi

Notable former players

*flagicon|Iraq Qusay Munir
*flagicon|Iraq Radhe Shneshel
*flagicon|Iraq Razzaq Farhan
*flagicon|Brazil Anderson Barbosa
*flagicon|Morocco Otmane El Assas
*flagicon|Morocco Redha Al Reyahe
*flagicon|Iran Javad Nekounam
*flagicon|Iran Masoud Shojaei
*flagicon|Iran Rasoul Khatibi
*flagicon|United Arab Emirates Ali Thani
*flagicon|United Arab Emirates Mohsen Musabih
*flagicon|United Arab Emirates Abdulaziz Al Anbari
*flagicon|United Arab Emirates Abdelrahman Al Haddad
*flagicon|United Arab Emirates Yosif Hussain
*flagicon|United Arab Emirates Abdualaziz Mohammed
*flagicon|United Arab Emirates Ahmed Ibrahem
*flagicon|United Arab Emirates Hussain Ghloom
*flagicon|United Arab Emirates Isma'ail Mohammed
*flagicon|United Arab Emirates Ibrahem Meer
*flagicon|United Arab Emirates Eissa Meer

Current squad

External links

* [http://www.sharjahclub.org.ae Sharjah FC official website]
* [http://www.sharjahclub.org.ae/vb Sharjah FC official VB website]