Al Orooba Club

Al Orooba
نادي العروبة
Full nameAl Orooba Club
Nickname(s)Green Duo (ثنائية الأخضر)
Founded1972 (1972)
GroundAl Sharqi Stadium
Capacity3,000
OwnerMaktoum bin Hamad bin Mohammed Al-Sharqi
ChairmanKhalifa Rashid Al-Mallahi
Head coachAbdulaziz Al-Hashmi (caretaker)
LeagueUAE Pro League
2023–24UAE First Division League, 1st of 17 (promoted)

Al Orooba Club (Arabic: نادي العروبة الرياضي الثقافي) is a United Arab Emirates professional football club based in the city of Mirbah and Qidfa, Fujairah. The club currently plays in the UAE Pro League.

History

In 1960, two clubs were founded in Mirbah and Qidfa, Al Wehda in Mirbah and Al Najma in Qidfa, both clubs were financially weak and by 1972, both clubs agreed to merge under the name Al Urooba to represent the Mirbah-Qidfa area of the Emirate of Fujairah.[1]

Stadium

Currently the team plays at the 3000-capacity Al Sharqi Stadium.[2]

Honours

Pro-League Record

Season Lvl. Tms. Pos. President's Cup League Cup
2008–09 2 16 4th Preliminary Round
2009–10 2 8 5th Round of 16
2010–11 2 8 4th Round of 16
2011–12 2 8 8th Preliminary Round
2012–13 2 14 6th Preliminary Round
2013–14 2 13 9th Preliminary Round
2014–15 2 11 6th Preliminary Round
2015–16 2 9 5th Preliminary Round
2016–17 2 9 3rd Round of 16
2017–18 2 12 6th Round of 16
2018–19 2 10 3rd Preliminary Round
2019–20a 2 11 9th Preliminary Round
2020–21 2 11 1st Round of 16
2021–22 1 14 13th Round of 16 First Round
2022–23 2 17 13th Preliminary Round
2023–24 2 17 1st
2024–25 1 14 1Xth

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

Current squad

As of UAE Pro League:

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
3 DF  BRA Lucas Mezenga U23
5 DF  UAE Sultan Fayez (on loan from Khor Fakkan)
8 MF  CMR Appolinaire Kack
9 FW  UAE Abdulla Anwar
10 MF  UAE Rashid Mubarak
11 FW  GAM Bubacarr Trawally
13 FW  ENG Viv Solomon-Otabor
14 MF  NGA Yusuf Olatunji
15 FW  OMA Ali Al-Mazrouei U23
16 DF  UAE Mohamed Jalal
17 DF  UAE Eisa Ali Abbas
18 MF  UAE Shahin Suroor
19 DF  UAE Adel Sabeel (on loan from Khor Fakkan)
20 MF  CMR Petrus Boumal
21 DF  UAE Bader Rashed U23
30 FW  UAE Ali Eid
32 MF  ARG Patricio Ulises U23
No. Pos. Nation Player
36 MF  NGA Damilare Salaudeen
37 FW  MAR Adnane Lagnaoui
40 GK  UAE Abdullah Yousef
44 GK  UAE Mohammed Abdulla U23
47 DF  OMA Hamid Al-Jabri U23
49 DF  UAE Abdulaziz Abdulla U23
55 GK  UAE Talal Khameis
66 FW  UAE Ahmed Al-Naqbi (on loan from Kalba)
70 MF  OMA Khalid Al-Jabri
71 MF  CMR David Nyengue
73 DF  BRA Michel Dreifke (on loan from Kalba)
77 MF  UAE Mohammed Al-Eter U23
78 MF  UAE Faisal Khameis U23
80 DF  SRB Sinisa Jolacic
81 FW  MOZ Witi
87 MF  SVK Filip Kiss (on loan from Kalba)
95 GK  UAE Rashid Abdalla (on loan from Khor Fakkan)
97 FW  BRA Héber
99 MF  MLI Tiécoura Traoré U23

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
6 MF  UAE Mohanad Khamis (on loan to Emirates)
No. Pos. Nation Player
26 MF  UAE Mohammed Ahmed (on loan to Al Hamriyah)

Coaching Staff

Position Name
Head Coach André Jasmins (caretaker)
Assistant Coach Pedro Miranda
Goalkeeper Coach Miguel Matos
Fitness Coach Luis Estanislau
Match Analysis Marcio Rocha
Doctor Abdusalam Ali
Physiotherapist Fahad Al-Naqbi

See also

References

  1. ^ "نادي العروبة" (in Arabic). Retrieved 30 September 2016.
  2. ^ "Emirati Arabi Uniti: Al Urooba". Soccerway.