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Emirates Club
نادي الإمارات

Full name	Emirates Cultural and Sports Club
Nickname(s)	The Falcons
Founded	1969; 56 years ago (1969)
Ground	Emirates Club Stadium
Ground Capacity	4,830
Owner	Saqr bin Saud bin Saqr Al Qasimi
Chairman	Yousef Al Batraan
Manager	Benito Carbone
League	UAE Pro League
2023–24	13th (relegated)
Home colours Away colours

Emirates Club (Arabic: نادي الإمارات) is a professional football club based in the city of Ras Al Khaimah, United Arab Emirates. They play in the UAE Pro League after being promoted from the UAE First Division League. They play their home games at the Emirates Club Stadium.

History

Establishment

The club was established in 1969, from a merger of three local football teams: Al Ittihad, Al Ahly and Al Shaab under the name Oman Club. They were one of the first three teams along with Al Ahli and Al Oruba to play in the UAE league, however they would finish at last place with only 1 point.

In October 1982 the club name was changed to Al Qadsia, Two years later in July 1984 Al Qadsia was merged with Al Taliya and Al Nassr and became the club known today as Emirates Cultural Sport Club.

2010s

On 29 May 2011, Sheikh Ahmed bin Saqr al-Qassimi, Sheikh Mohammed bin Kayed Al Qasimi, Chairman of Emirates and Ras Al Khaimah Clubs, announced the merger of the two clubs in one club under the name Emirates Club, To be representative of the Emirate of Ras Al Khaimah. Decision to merge came on the recommendation of Sheikh Saud bin Saqr al Qasimi, Ruler of Ras Al Khaimah. On 11 June 2011, the new composition of the club was announced.

Honors

• UAE Division One: 6
  • 1977–78, 1983–84, 1996–97, 2002–03, 2012–13, 2019–20
• UAE President Cup: 1
  • 2009–10
• UAE Super Cup: 1
  • 2010

Season-by-season record

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

Staff

Board Members

Title	Name
Chairman	Yousef Abdullah Al Batran
Vice Chairman	Yousef Ali Al Balushi
Second Vice Chairman	Khalil Ibrahim Al Taweel
Financial Manager	Thani Salem Al Shehhi
Youth Supervisor	Vacant
Investment Manager	Jamal Ahmed Al Qursi
Public Relation Manager	Adel Muhammad Al Khayal

Current squad

As of UAE First Division League:

No. Position Player 1 GK Abdullah Al-Marzouqi 2 DF Abdurahman Ali 3 DF Luan Alemão 4 DF Yaqoub Al-Baloushi 6 DF Mimito Biai 7 MF Mikael Burkatt 8 MF Mohanad Khamis (on loan from Al Urooba) 9 FW Said Obaid 10 MF Abdullah Al-Nuaimi 11 FW Bernard Doumbia 12 MF Benjamin Ayim 17 GK Saoud Al-Hosani 19 DF Salim Al-Rawahi 20 DF Uzor Akannoh 22 GK Marwan Al-Khodaim

No. Position Player 26 DF Omar Al Khodaim 27 MF Adel Al Chadli 30 MF Ali Al-Zaabi 34 DF Yago Leonardo 37 MF Fahad Rashed 44 MF Sultan Qasem 60 MF Ghanem Ahmad (on loan from Al-Wasl) 66 GK Ahmed Al-Marzouqi 74 DF Mohammed Hussain U18 80 MF Darlison Rodriguez (on loan from Always Ready) 88 MF Ahmed Ibrahim Helal 95 FW Bruno Baio 98 MF Mohammed Khalil 99 FW Ebrahim Al-Mesmari

Out on loan

No. Position Player FW Fahad Badr (on loan to Baniyas)

Performance in AFC competitions

AFC Champions League history

Season	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
2011	Group D	Zob Ahan	0–1	1–2	3rd
		Al-Rayyan	2–0	0–2
		Al-Shabab	2–1	1–4

Record by Country

Country	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win%
Iran	&&&&&&&&&&&&&&02.&&&&&02	&&&&&&&&&&&&&&00.&&&&&00	&&&&&&&&&&&&&&00.&&&&&00	&&&&&&&&&&&&&&02.&&&&&02	&&&&&&&&&&&&&&01.&&&&&01	&&&&&&&&&&&&&&03.&&&&&03	−2	&0&&&&&&&&&&&&&&00.&&&&&00.00
Qatar	&&&&&&&&&&&&&&02.&&&&&02	&&&&&&&&&&&&&&01.&&&&&01	&&&&&&&&&&&&&&00.&&&&&00	&&&&&&&&&&&&&&01.&&&&&01	&&&&&&&&&&&&&&02.&&&&&02	&&&&&&&&&&&&&&02.&&&&&02	+0	&&&&&&&&&&&&&050.&&&&&050.00
Saudi Arabia	&&&&&&&&&&&&&&02.&&&&&02	&&&&&&&&&&&&&&01.&&&&&01	&&&&&&&&&&&&&&00.&&&&&00	&&&&&&&&&&&&&&01.&&&&&01	&&&&&&&&&&&&&&03.&&&&&03	&&&&&&&&&&&&&&05.&&&&&05	−2	&&&&&&&&&&&&&050.&&&&&050.00

Managerial history

^* Served as caretaker coach.

Name	Nat.	From	To	Ref.
Khaled Ben Yahia			January 2005
Dragan Gugleta		January 2005	November 2005
Reinhard Fabisch		November 2005	November 2006
Ahmad Al-Ajlani		December 2006	2007
Pintado		July 2007	December 2007
Sofiène Hidoussi		December 2007	April 2008
Eid Baroot		April 2008	2008
Shaker Abdel Fattah		2008	November 2008
Ebrahim Ghasempour		November 2008	March 2009
Ahmad Al-Ajlani		March 2009	January 2010
Eid Baroot		January 2010	2010
Ghazi Ghrairi		June 2010	December 2011
Lotfi Benzarti		December 2011	2012
Júnior dos Santos		October 2012	March 2013
Sérgio Alexandre		March 2013	2013
Eid Baroot		June 2013	December 2013
Paulo Comelli		December 2013	May 2016
Theo Bücker		June 2016	December 2016
Noureddine Abidi*		December 2016	December 2016
Ivan Hašek		December 2016	October 2017
Noureddine Abidi		October 2017	March 2018
Nizar Mahrous		March 2018	May 2018
Jalel Kadri		June 2018	May 2019
Eid Baroot		June 2019	October 2019
Gjoko Hadžievski		November 2019	June 2021
Tarik Sektioui		July 2021	December 2021
Ayman El Ramadi		December 2021	June 2022
Fathi Labidi		June 2022	February 2023
Mohammed Al Jalboot		February 2023	September 2023
Lluís Planagumà		September 2023	December 2023
Aaref Al Shehhi*		December 2023	January 2024
Walter Zenga		January 2024	April 2024
Benito Carbone		April 2024	June 2024

See also

In Spanish: Emirates Club para niños

• List of football clubs in the United Arab Emirates