Al Urooba Club

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

Al Urooba
نادي العروبة
Full nameAl Urooba Club
Nickname(s)Green Duo (ثنائية الأخضر)
Founded1972
GroundAl Sharqi Stadium
Capacity3,000
ChairmanKhalifa Rashid Al-Mallahi
ManagerFathi Al-Obeidi
LeagueUAE Pro League
2020–211st (promoted)

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

Current squad

As of UAE Pro League:

No Position Player Nation
1 GK Anas Al-Shehhi U21  United Arab Emirates
4 DF Mohamed Habib  United Arab Emirates
5 DF Nashid Abdul Qadir  Oman
6 MF Ahmed Haboush  United Arab Emirates
7 MF Ali Madan (on loan from Al-Riffa)  Bahrain
8 MF Appolinaire Kack  Cameroon
9 FW Said Obaid  Oman
11 MF Ahmed Moosa (on loan from Al-Fujairah)  United Arab Emirates
12 DF Abdulla Saeed U21  United Arab Emirates
14 MF Yusuf Olatunji U21  Nigeria
16 DF Gian U21 (on loan from Al Wahda)  Brazil
19 GK Ahmed Al-Hosani (on loan from Baniyas)  United Arab Emirates
20 DF Hamad Hassan  United Arab Emirates
21 MF Mohamed Al-Eter U21  United Arab Emirates
22 MF Ahmed Khamis  United Arab Emirates
23 DF Rédah Atassi  Morocco
28 DF Hamad Jassim (on loan from Al-Sharjah)  United Arab Emirates
32 DF Chukwuebuka Onah (on loan from Al-Nasr)  Nigeria
38 FW Mohammed Khalfan (on loan from Khor Fakkan)  United Arab Emirates
45 MF Ali Hassan U21  United Arab Emirates
50 DF Fawzi Fayez  United Arab Emirates
55 GK Talal Khameis  United Arab Emirates
60 MF Muhain Khalifah (on loan from Ittihad Kalba)  United Arab Emirates
66 MF Mohamed Malahi U21  United Arab Emirates
70 MF Khalid Yahya  Oman
71 GK Ibrahim Al-Kaebi  United Arab Emirates
72 DF Ali Al-Yamahi  United Arab Emirates
76 MF Khalfan Hassan  United Arab Emirates
77 MF Yousuf Khalfan  United Arab Emirates
78 MF Faisal Khameis U21  United Arab Emirates
81 FW Ronald Valencia  Colombia
91 FW Salem Al-Rawahi  Oman
96 FW Williams Obande  Nigeria
97 GK Ghaith Hussain  United Arab Emirates

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 —

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

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