Baniyas Club
نادي بني ياس الرياضي

Full name	Baniyas Sports & Cultural Club
Nickname(s)	Al-Smawi (The Sky Blues)
Founded	1982; 42 years ago (1982) [1]
Ground	Baniyas Club Stadium
Capacity	9,047[2]
President	Sheikh Saif bin Zayed Al Nahyan
Coach	Darko Milanič
League	UAE Pro League
2022–23	UAE Pro League, 11th
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours
Current season

Baniyas Sports and Cultural Club is an Emirati sports club, based in Al Shamkha, in the Baniyas area of Abu Dhabi. The club competes in the UAE Pro League.^[3]

Presidency

• Source: Presidency

Honours

• President's Cup
  • Winners: 1991–92^[4]
• Division One
  • Winners: 1994–95, 2004–05, 2008–09, 2017–18^[5]
• Gulf Cup
  • Winners: 2012–13^[6]

Current technical staff

Position	Staff
Head coach	Darko Milanič
Assistant coaches	Abdulla Yaqoob Saad Bashir
Goalkeeping coach	Ibrahim Sahib Al Baloushi
Fitness coach	Abbas Mohammed

Pro-League record

_{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 UAE Pro-League:

As of 24 July 2023

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 Mohammed Khalaf 3 DF  BRA João Victor 4 DF  UAE Abdullah Jassim 5 DF  UAE Hassan Al-Moharrami 6 DF  UAE Khalaf Al-Hosani 7 MF  UAE Fawaz Awana 8 MF  UAE Abdallah Al-Balochi 11 MF  ARG Gastón Álvarez Suárez 12 FW  MLI Youssoufou Niakaté 13 DF  UAE Humaid Al-Mahri U21 14 MF  UAE Mohammed Al-Menhali 17 MF  UAE Eisa Ali Abbas 18 MF  UAE Suhail Al-Noubi

No. Pos. Nation Player 23 DF  UAE Khamis Al Hammadi 25 MF  BRA Saile Souza 26 DF  UAE Khamis Al-Mansoori U21 27 DF  GHA Umar Ali U21 30 FW  SEN Aboubacar Cissé U21 31 DF  SRB Saša Ivković 37 GK  UAE Abdullah Sultan 42 FW  UAE Ahmed Abunamous 44 FW  UAE Hamdan Al-Mahri 52 DF  UAE Hussain Abbas 55 GK  UAE Fahad Al-Dhanhani 60 GK  UAE Sultan Al-Zaabi U21 77 MF  UAE Matar Al-Hosani U21 99 FW  ALB Taulant Seferi (on loan from Vorskla Poltava)

Continental record

Season	Competition	Round	Opponent	Home	Away	Aggregate
2012	AFC Champions League	Group B	Al-Arabi	2–0	4–0	2nd
			Pakhtakor	2–0	1–1
			Al-Ittihad	0–0	0–1
		Round of 16	Al-Hilal	1–7
2013	GCC Champions League	Group D
			Al-Faisaly	1–1	3–4
			Busaiteen	0–0	2–1
		Quarter-finals	Al-Muharraq	1–1 (p) (4–3)
		Semi-finals	Najran	2–0	0–1	2–1
		Final	Al-Khor	2–0	1–1	3–1
2014	AFC Champions League	Qualifying play-offs	Al-Qadsia	0–4
2022	AFC Champions League	Qualifying play-offs	Nasaf Qarshi	0–2

Record by country

Country	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win%
Bahrain	3	1	2	0	3	2	+1	033.33
Kuwait	1	0	0	1	0	4	−4	000.00
Qatar	4	3	1	0	9	1	+8	075.00
Saudi Arabia	7	1	2	4	7	14	−7	014.29
Uzbekistan	3	1	1	1	3	3	+0	033.33