Emirates Club
نادي الإمارات

Full name	Emirates Cultural and Sports Club
Nickname(s)	The Falcons
Founded	1969; 55 years ago (1969)
Ground	Emirates Club Stadium
Capacity	4,830[1]
Chairman	Yousef Al Batraan
Manager	Walter Zenga
League	UAE Pro League
2022–23	2nd (promoted)
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours
Current season

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.^[2]

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.^[3] On 11 June 2011, the new composition of the club was announced.^[4]

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 Pro League:

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 Suhail Abdulla (on loan from Al-Wasl) 3 DF  BRA Luan Alemão 4 DF  UAE Ahmed Eisa 5 DF  SRB Uroš Vitas 6 MF  UAE Salem Ali Ibrahim 7 MF  UAE Ismail Al Hammadi 8 MF  ESP Andrés Iniesta 9 FW  ESP Paco Alcácer (on loan from Sharjah) 10 FW  BRA Lithierry 11 MF  UAE Abdullah Al-Nuaimi 12 DF  UAE Rashed Al-Zaabi U21 14 DF  UAE Firas Al-Khaseebi 15 MF  LBY Al Sanousi Al Hadi 16 DF  UAE Mohamed Jalal 17 GK  UAE Saoud Al-Hosani 19 DF  OMA Salim Al-Rawahi 20 MF  GUI Oumar Keita U21

No. Pos. Nation Player 22 GK  UAE Marwan Al-Khodaim 23 DF  UAE Fahad Sabeel 24 DF  UAE Rashed Abdulla 27 GK  UAE Ibrahim Al-Kaebi 30 MF  CMR Franck Kom 34 FW  UAE Fahad Badr 35 DF  NGA Philemon Seyi 44 MF  UAE Sultan QasemU21 50 DF  UAE Saif Al-Dera 60 FW  SRB Pavle Obradović 66 GK  UAE Ahmed Al-Marzouqi 70 DF  OMA Amran Al-Jassasi 77 FW  UAE Yaqoub Yousif 92 MF  UAE Khalifa Abdullah 99 FW  UAE Ebrahim Al-Mesmari – DF  JPN Leo Osaki – MF  ISR Dia Saba

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 40 MF  GHA Furkan Ahmed (on loan to Masfout)

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	2	0	0	2	1	3	−2	000.00
Qatar	2	1	0	1	2	2	+0	050.00
Saudi Arabia	2	1	0	1	3	5	−2	050.00

Managerial history

^* Served as caretaker coach.

Name	Nat.	From	To	Ref.
Khaled Ben Yahia			January 2005	[5]
Dragan Gugleta		January 2005	November 2005	[6][7]
Reinhard Fabisch		November 2005	November 2006	[8]
Ahmad Al-Ajlani		December 2006	2007	[9]
Pintado		July 2007	December 2007	[10][11]
Sofiène Hidoussi		December 2007	April 2008	[12][13]
Eid Baroot		April 2008	2008	[14]
Shaker Abdel Fattah		2008	November 2008	[15]
Ebrahim Ghasempour		November 2008	March 2009	[16][17]
Ahmad Al-Ajlani		March 2009	January 2010	[18]
Eid Baroot		January 2010	2010	[19]
Ghazi Ghrairi		June 2010	December 2011	[20][21]
Lotfi Benzarti		December 2011	2012	[22]
Júnior dos Santos		October 2012	March 2013	[23]
Sérgio Alexandre		March 2013	2013	[24]
Eid Baroot		June 2013	December 2013	[25]
Paulo Comelli		December 2013	May 2016	[26]
Theo Bücker		June 2016	December 2016	[27]
Noureddine Abidi*		December 2016	December 2016
Ivan Hašek		December 2016	October 2017	[28][29]
Noureddine Abidi		October 2017	March 2018
Nizar Mahrous		March 2018	May 2018	[30]
Jalel Kadri		June 2018	May 2019	[31]
Eid Baroot		June 2019	October 2019	[32][33]
Gjoko Hadžievski		November 2019	June 2021
Tarik Sektioui		July 2021	December 2021	[34][35]
Ayman El Ramadi		December 2021	June 2022	[36]
Fathi Labidi		June 2022	February 2023	[37][38]
Mohammed Al Jalboot		February 2023	September 2023	[39]
Lluís Planagumà		September 2023	December 2023
Aaref Al Shehhi*		December 2023	January 2024
Walter Zenga		January 2024	Present	[40]