Sharjah FC

Sharjah
Full nameSharjah Football Club
Nickname(s)The King
Sharjawy (supporters)
Short nameSharjah
Founded1966 (1966)[1]
GroundSharjah Stadium
Capacity12,499
OwnerSultan bin Muhammad Al-Qasimi
ChairmanAli Al Midfa
Head coachMiloš Milojević
LeagueUAE Pro League
2024–25UAE Pro League, 2nd of 14
Websitesharjahclub.ae/en/

Sharjah Football Club (Arabic: نادي الشارقة لكرة القدم) is an Emirati professional football club based in Sharjah that competes in the UAE Pro League. Their home stadium is the Sharjah Stadium.

Founded in 1966, Sharjah is considered to be one of the pioneers of complaining since its inception. Achieving success through the years has made Sharjah one of the most prestigious clubs in the country. Sharjah FC is also the most successful team in the Emirate of Sharjah, winning 6 Pro League titles, 10 Presidents Cups, 1 League Cup, 3 Super Cups, and 1 AFC Champions League Two title. The club was also the first official UAE league champion since its establishment in 1974.

History

Golden age

Sharjah was founded in 1966 under the name of Al Oruba Club, they were the first official champions of the UAE League winning it in 1974 after beating Al Ahli and Oman. The club would merge with Al Khaleej in 1974 to form Al Sharjah SCC and relocate their headquarters in Sharjah City. 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.[2]

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 were quickly promoted back to the top tier division in 2013.

New era

Sharjah won their first title since 1996 in 2019 with a record of only one loss. On 14 September 2019, Sharjah won their first UAE Super Cup title since 1994 after beating Shabab Al Ahli in penalties 4–3. The club went on to win the UAE League Cup in the 2022–23 season for the first time in the clubs history, the club also won two more UAE President's Cups back to back after reaching the final in 2022 and 2023 beating Al Wahda 1–0 and Al Ain 14–13 on penalties, making Sharjah FC the champions a record of 10 times, In the 2024-25 seasons the club ended up winning their first ever continental title which was the AFC Champions League 2 only losing two games, and becoming the second ever UAE club to win a continental trophy.

Honours

Domestic

Leagues

Cups

Regional

Continental

Season-by-season record

Season Lvl. Tms. Pos. President's Cup League Cup
2008–09 1 12 10th Quarter-Finals First Round
2009–10 1 12 6th Round of 16 First Round
2010–11 1 12 7th Preliminary Round First Round
2011–12 1 12 12th Semi-Finals First Round
2012–13 2 14 2nd Quarter-Finals —
2013–14 1 14 7th Round of 16 Semi-Finals
2014–15 1 14 12th Round of 16 Runner-ups
2015–16 1 14 11th Quarter-Finals First Round
2016–17 1 14 9th Semi-Finals First Round
2017–18 1 12 6th Quarter-Finals First Round
2018–19 1 14 1st Semi-Finals First Round
2019–20a 1 14 4th Semi-Finals Quarter-Finals
2020–21 1 14 4th Semi-Finals Quarter-Finals
2021–22 1 14 2nd Champions First Round
2022–23 1 14 7th Champions Champions
2023–24 1 14 4th Quarter-Finals Quarter-Finals
2024–25 1 14 2nd Runner-ups

Notes^ 2019–20 UAE football season was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Arab Emirates.

Club officials

Position Staff
Head Coach Miloš Milojević
Assistant Coach Cătălin Necula
Gabriel Caramarin
Goalkeeper Coach Eugen Nae
Technical Staff Abdulrahman Al-Haddad
Fitness Trainer Ferdinando Hippoliti
Rehab Trainer Leandro Aiub
Analyst Rareș Ene

Players

Current squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK  UAE Khaled Tawhid U23
2 DF  UAE Hamad Fahad U23
3 DF  UAE Al Hassan Saleh
4 DF  UAE Shahin Abdulrahman
5 DF  CRO Maro Katinić U23
6 MF  UAE Dhari Fahad U23
7 MF  UAE Caio Lucas
10 MF  TUN Firas Ben Larbi
11 MF  UAE Luanzinho
14 MF  UAE Khaled Ba Wazir
16 MF  CRO Darko Nejašmić
17 GK  UAE Mayed Mohsen
18 DF  UAE Abdullah Ghanem
19 DF  UAE Khaled Ibrahim
20 DF  KOR Cho Yu-min
22 MF  UAE Marcus Meloni
23 FW  SUR Tyrone Conraad
24 MF  UAE Majid Rashid
27 MF  BRA Guilherme Biro U23 (on loan from Corinthians)
No. Pos. Nation Player
29 DF  BRA David Gondim U21
30 FW  GUI Ousmane Camara
35 DF  UAE Abdalla Eisa
37 DF  UAE Saeed Amer
40 GK  UAE Adel Al-Hosani
41 MF  UAE Ali Hassan Abdulla
44 DF  SRB David Petrović U23
46 MF  UAE Sultan Alhamadi
49 MF  MAR Adel Taarabt
51 DF  UAE Nawaf Jasim
55 FW  CMR Herman Junior Kameni
57 GK  UAE Obaid Buafra U23
67 MF  UAE Abdelrahman Yousif
68 DF  UAE Abdelrahman Saad
75 DF  UAE Abdalla Alblooshi
77 MF  UAE Khalifa Sembaij U23
78 MF  UAE Ali Abdulqader
87 MF  UAE Musab Karam
88 MF  UAE Majed Hassan
90 FW  GER Leon Dajaku
93 DF  UAE Mohamed Beyat

Academy players with first-team appearances

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
21 FW  UAE Mayed Al-Kass U23
28 FW  BRA Alison Matheus U21
34 DF  UAE Ali Al-Hadidi U23
43 MF  UAE Matar Zaal U23
53 GK  UAE Abdulla Zaal U23
No. Pos. Nation Player
70 FW  UAE Badr Al-Sowaidi U23
71 DF  UAE Ali Taher U23
72 MF  UAE Saif Alkaabi U23
73 DF  UAE Fahad Jasim U23
92 MF  UAE Abdelrahman Murad U23

Unregistered players

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
9 FW  ESP Paco Alcácer
25 MF  UAE Saeed Al-Kaabi
No. Pos. Nation Player
32 DF  UAE Abdullah Al-Hammadi

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
26 GK  UAE Darwish Bin Habib (on loan to Al-Bataeh)
— MF  UAE Majed Suroor (on loan to Al-Wasl)

Performance in AFC competitions

AFC Champions League history

2004: Quarter Finals
2009: Withdrew
2020: Group Stage
2021: Round of 16
2022: Group Stage
2023–24: Group Stage
Season Round Club Home Away Aggregate
2004 Group C Al-Shorta 2–0 3–2 1st
Al-Hilal 5–2 0–0
Al-Ahli 3–0 3–0
Quarter-finals Seongnam 2–5 0–6 2–11
2020 Group C Al Taawoun 0–1 6–0 4th
Persepolis 2–2 0–4
Al-Duhail 4–2 1–2
2021 Group B Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 1–0 3–2 1st
Tractor 0–2 0–0
Pakhtakor 4–1 1–1
Round of 16 Al Wahda 1–1 (p) (4–5)
2022 Playoffs Al-Zawraa 1–1 (p) (6–5)
Group A Al-Hilal 2–2 1–2 3rd
Al-Rayyan 1–1 1–3
Istiklol 2–1 0–2
2023–24 Preliminary round Bashundhara Kings 2–0
Play-off Tractor 3–1
Group B Al-Sadd 0–2 0–0 3rd
Al-Faisaly 1–0 1–2
Nasaf 1–0 1–1

AFC Champions League Two history

2024–25: Champions
Season Round Club Home Away Aggregate
2024–25 Group C Al Wehdat 2–2 3–1 1st
Sepahan 3–1 1–3
Istiklol 3–1 1–0
Round of 16 Al Hussein 1–0 0–1 1–1 (3–0 p)
Quarter-finals Shabab Al Ahli 1–1 1–1 2–2 (5–4 p)
Semi-finals Al Taawoun 2–0 0–1 2–1
Final Lion City Sailors 2–1

Asian Club Championship history

1989: Group Stage
1994: First Round
Season Round Club Home Away Aggregate
1989 Group 2 Al-Ettifaq 0–1 3rd
West Riffa 2–0
Kazma 0–3
Fanja 4–1
1994 First Round Al-Muharraq 1–1 1–2 2–3

Record by country

As of 18 May 2025
Country Pld W D L GF GA GD Win%
Bahrain 5 3 1 1 10 3 +7 060.00
Bangladesh 1 1 0 0 2 0 +2 100.00
Iran 7 2 2 3 9 13 −4 028.57
Iraq 5 4 1 0 10 5 +5 080.00
Jordan 6 3 1 2 8 6 +2 050.00
Kuwait 1 0 0 1 0 3 −3 000.00
Oman 1 1 0 0 4 1 +3 100.00
Qatar 6 1 2 3 7 10 −3 016.67
Saudi Arabia 9 3 2 4 16 9 +7 033.33
Singapore 1 1 0 0 2 1 +1 100.00
South Korea 2 0 0 2 2 11 −9 000.00
Tajikistan 4 3 0 1 6 4 +2 075.00
United Arab Emirates 3 0 3 0 3 3 +0 000.00
Uzbekistan 4 2 2 0 7 3 +4 050.00

Managerial history

Name Nat. From To Ref.
Faouzi Benzarti January 2001 2001 [5]
Dragan Gugleta December 2001 2002 [6]
Pavle Dolezar July 2002 October 2002 [7][8]
Pedro Rosello October 2002 November 2002 [9]
Juma Rabea November 2002 June 2004
Youssef Zouaoui June 2004 2005 [10]
Henri Stambouli 2005 January 2006 [11]
Wajdi Essid January 2006 February 2006 [12]
Rainer Zobel February 2006 2006 [13]
Srećko Juričić June 2006 October 2006 [14]
Renê Weber October 2006 May 2007 [15][16]
Juma Rabea May 2007 May 2007 [17][18]
Gerard van der Lem July 2007 March 2008 [19]
Wajdi Essid March 2008 2008
Youssef Zouaoui June 2008 February 2009 [20][21]
Manuel Cajuda July 2009 May 2011 [22]
Abdulmajeed Al Nimr May 2011 2011
Carlos Azenha June 2011 September 2011 [23][24]
Valeriu Tița September 2011 December 2011 [25]
Jorvan Vieira December 2011 February 2012 [26]
Valeriu Tița February 2012 April 2012 [27][28]
Abdulmajeed Al Nimr April 2012 June 2012
Faouzi Benzarti June 2012 November 2012 [29]
Ayman El Ramadi November 2012 2013 [30]
Paulo Bonamigo June 2013 November 2015 [31][32]
Abdulaziz Al Anbari November 2015 2016 [33]
Georgios Donis July 2016 January 2017 [34]
José Peseiro January 2017 October 2017 [35]
Abdulaziz Al Anbari October 2017 November 2021 [36]
Cosmin Olăroiu November 2021 May 2025 [37]

See also

References

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