Al Urooba
نادي العروبة
Full nameAl Urooba Club
Nickname(s)Green Duo (ثنائية الأخضر)
Founded1972
GroundAl Sharqi Stadium
Capacity3,000
ChairmanKhalifa Rashid Al-Mallahi
ManagerBruno Pereira
LeagueUAE First Division League
2022–2313th

Al Urooba 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 First Division 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 —

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 First Division:

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
2 DF Portugal POR Diogo Capitão
3 DF United Arab Emirates UAE Abdullah Nasser
4 DF United Arab Emirates UAE Salem Sulaiman
5 MF United Arab Emirates UAE Mohammed Ahmed
6 MF United Arab Emirates UAE Mohanad Khamis
8 MF Uruguay URU Fabricio Fernández
11 MF Brazil BRA Erick Araujo
12 DF United Arab Emirates UAE Abdulla Saeed U21
13 DF Brazil BRA Yago Leonardo
14 MF Nigeria NGA Yusuf Olatunji
17 MF United Arab Emirates UAE Abdulaziz Al-Nuaimi
19 FW Brazil BRA Wesley Braga (on loan to Gulf FC)
23 MF Brazil BRA Gabriel Melo
25 MF United Arab Emirates UAE Ali Al-Balochi
27 DF United Arab Emirates UAE Hassan Yousuf
No. Pos. Nation Player
29 FW Senegal SEN Mouhameth Diop (on loan to Gulf FC)
36 MF Nigeria NGA Damilare Salaudeen
38 FW United Arab Emirates UAE Mohammed Khalfan
40 GK United Arab Emirates UAE Abdullah Yousef
55 GK United Arab Emirates UAE Talal Khameis
66 MF United Arab Emirates UAE Mohamed Malahi
70 MF Oman OMA Khalid Al-Jabri
77 MF Brazil BRA Saymon Cabral (on loan to Khor Fakkan)
79 FW Nigeria NGA Victor Nwaneri
90 FW Mali MLI Alhassane Tamboura (on loan to Khor Fakkan)
97 GK United Arab Emirates UAE Abdullah Al-Marzouqi
— GK United Arab Emirates UAE Mohammed Al-Mutairi
— MF United Arab Emirates UAE Hamed Yahya
— MF United Arab Emirates UAE Ali Al-Mazrouei
— MF United Arab Emirates UAE Rashid Mubarak

See also

References

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