United Sport FC

United Sport
يونايتد سبورت
Full nameUnited Sport Club
نادي يونايتد سبورت
Founded2020 (2020)
GroundAs-hab Al-Himam Stadium
Capacity1,000
OwnerMubarak Al Ketbi
ManagerMohamed Farag
LeagueUAE Second Division League
2022–234th
Websitehttps://unitedf.ae/

United Sport Football Club (Arabic: نادي يونايتد سبورت لكرة القدم) is an Emirati football club based in Al Ain. They currently play in the UAE Second Division League. The club has been sponsored by the Munich Medical Care Foundation since its foundation and has been acting as a football academy for a decade.[1]

History

United Sport has been acting as an academy for young players since 2012 but with the UAE Second Division League announced, the club used this as an opportunity to start a senior team. Entering its first season in 2020, the club found itself finishing 7th out of 8 teams in its group and continued to struggle the following season. In April 2022, United Sport won the Ramadan football championship which helped them gain a significant amount of support, they would go on to finish 4th in the following season.[2]

Current squad

As of 2023–24 season

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  ITA Giulio Ftoni
2 FW  UAE Saeed Al Saedi
4 DF  NGA Sunday Ikezue
5 DF  EGY Ahmed El Deghidi
6 MF  GHA Saeed Fuseini
7 MF  MLI Kissima Coulibaly
8 MF  NGA Imran Fallatah
9 FW  NGA Patrick Eje
11 MF  UAE Rashed Al Dhaheri
12 DF  ITA Mattia Carta
13 MF  COD Moise Mantuidi
No. Pos. Nation Player
14 FW  GHA Eric Sam
15 DF  MAR Mohamed Tourhfist
16 MF  SYR Omar Jabra
18 MF  GHA Samuel Azorsu
19 FW  CIV Jean Kouakou
20 DF  CIV William Coulibaly
21 FW  CMR Jean Nama
22 MF  SYR Abdulrahman Houshan
25 FW  ITA Nicola Zagaria
27 MF  NGA Emile Ehon
28 FW  AUS Daniel Scott
60 GK  YEM Mohammed Khamis

References

  1. ^ About us
  2. ^ "تتويج "يونايتد سبورت" بطلاً لبطولة الأخوة الإنسانية الرمضانية لكرة القدم" (in Arabic). wam. Retrieved 20 April 2022.