Sharjah Fc

Their home stadium is Sharjah Stadium.

Sharjah

Full name	Sharjah Football Club
Nickname(s)	The King
Short name	Sharjah
Founded	1966; 58 years ago (1966)
Ground	Sharjah Stadium
Capacity	18,000
Owner	Sultan bin Muhammad Al-Qasimi
Chairman	Ali Al Midfa
Manager	Cosmin Olăroiu
League	UAE Pro League
2022–23	UAE Pro League, 7th
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours
Current season

Founded in 1966, Sharjah FC is considered to be one of the pioneers and top institutes in UAE Football since its inception, Achieving success throughout the years 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 and 3 Super Cups. The club was also the first official UAE league champion since its establishment in 1974.

Golden Age

Sharjah FC 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.

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 managed to quickly get promoted back to the top tier division in 2013.

New Era

Sharjah FC has managed to win their first title since 1996 in 2019 with a record of only one loss. On 14 September 2019, Sharjah managed to win 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 managed to win two more UAE President’s Cup 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, the most in the country.

Domestic

Leagues

UAE League

• Winners (6): 1973–74, 1986–87, 1988–89, 1993–94, 1995–96, 2018–19

UAE Division One

• Winners (1): 1992–93

Cups

UAE President's Cup

• Winners (10): 1978–79, 1979–80, 1981–82, 1982–83, 1990–91, 1994–95, 1997–98, 2002–03, 2021–22, 2022–23

UAE League Cup

• Winners (1): 2022–23

UAE Super Cup

• Winners (3): 1994, 2019, 2022

Joint League Cup

• Winners (1): 1977

Regional

GCC Champions League

• Winners (1): 1991

Qatar–UAE Super Cup

• Runners-up (1): 2023–24

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

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK   UAE Khaled Tawhid U21 2 DF   UAE Hamad Fahad U21 3 DF   UAE Al Hassan Saleh 4 DF   UAE Shahin Abdulrahman 5 DF   CRO Maro Katinić U21 6 DF   UAE Majed Suroor 7 MF   BRA Caio 8 MF   UAE Mohammed Abdulbasit 10 MF   BIH Miralem Pjanić 11 MF   TUN Firas Ben Larbi 12 FW   UAE Sebastián Tagliabúe 13 DF   UAE Salem Sultan 14 MF   UAE Khaled Ba Wazir 15 DF   UAE Abdulaziz Al-Kaabi 17 MF   UAE Dhari Fahad U21 18 DF   UAE Abdullah Ghanem 19 DF   UAE Khaled Ibrahim 20 GK   UAE Mayed Mohsen

No. Pos. Nation Player 21 FW   UAE Mayed Al-Kass U21 22 DF   BRA Marcus Meloni 23 FW   UAE Salem Saleh 24 MF   UAE Majid Rashid 25 MF   UAE Saeed Al-Kaabi 26 GK   UAE Darwish Bin Habib 27 MF   UAE Luanzinho 28 FW   BRA Alison Matheus U21 29 DF   BRA David Gondim U21 30 FW   GUI Ousmane Camara 33 DF   KOR Cho Yu-min 34 DF   UAE Ali Al-Hadidi U21 40 GK   UAE Adel Al-Hosani 71 DF   UAE Ali Taher U21 77 MF   UAE Khalifa Sembaij U21 88 MF   UAE Majed Hassan 91 FW   MLI Moussa Marega 92 MF   UAE Abdelrahman Murad

Out on loan

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 9 FW   ESP Paco Alcácer (on loan to Emirates) 16 DF   UAE Abdullah Al-Hammadi (on loan to Hatta)

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF   UAE Saif Rashid (on loan to Ajman)

• AFC Champions League: 6 appearances

2004: Quarter Finals
2009: Withdrew
2020: Group Stage
2021: Round of 16
2022: Group Stage
2023–24: Group Stage

AFC Champions League history

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

• Asian Club Championship: 2 appearances

1989: Group Stage
1994: First Round

Asian Club Championship history

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

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	5	1	2	2	5	9	−4	020.00
Iraq	5	4	1	0	10	5	+5	080.00
Jordan	2	1	0	1	2	2	+0	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	7	2	2	3	14	8	+6	028.57
South Korea	2	0	0	2	2	11	−9	000.00
Tajikistan	2	1	0	1	2	3	−1	050.00
United Arab Emirates	1	0	1	0	1	1	+0	000.00
Uzbekistan	4	2	2	0	7	3	+4	050.00

• List of football clubs in the United Arab Emirates