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Football club
Al Jazira
الجزيرة
Full nameAl Jazira Club
Nickname(s)Al Ankabout (The Spider)
Fakhr Abu Dhabi (Pride of Abu Dhabi)
Founded19 March 1974; 50 years ago (1974-03-19)
GroundMohammed bin Zayed Stadium
Capacity42,056
ChairmanSheikh Mansour
CoachHussein Ammouta
LeagueUAE Pro League
2023–24UAE Pro League, 8th
Websitejc.ae
Home colours Away colours
Current season

Al Jazira Club (Arabic: الجزيرة, romanizedal-Jazīra, lit.'The Island') is an Emirati professional football club based in Abu Dhabi, that currently competes in the UAE Pro League.

History

Al-Jazira was established in 1974 as a merger between Khalidiyah and Al Bateen. The club struggled to stay in the league, getting relegated on multiple occasions during the 1980s and 1990s, but experienced a recent success when Sheikh Mansour invested into them in the 2000s. Since his purchase, they won their first league title in 2011 and two more league titles in 2017 and 2021. Al Jazira have produced talented homegrown players such as Ali Mabkhout and Khalfan Mubarak and many others that would end up playing for the UAE national team.

Honours

Domestic competitions

League

Cups

Regional competitions

Club officials

Position Staff
Sporting Director United Arab Emirates Islam Marzooq
Head Coach Morocco Hussein Ammouta
Assistant Coach United Arab Emirates Abdalla Mehmood
United Arab Emirates Mansoor Fawaz
Fitness Coach United Arab Emirates Yaqoob Mamoon
Interpreter United Arab Emirates Tariq Ismaeel
Goalkeeper Goach United Arab Emirates Jafar Abu Ismail

Current squad

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK United Arab Emirates UAE Abdulrahman Al Ameri
2 DF United Arab Emirates UAE Abdulla Idrees
4 DF Netherlands NED Karim Rekik
5 DF United Arab Emirates UAE Khalifa Al Hammadi
6 DF United Arab Emirates UAE Mohammed Al-Attas
7 MF United Arab Emirates UAE Abdullah Ramadan
8 MF United Arab Emirates UAE Mamadou Coulibaly
9 FW United Arab Emirates UAE Zayed Al-Ameri
10 MF United Arab Emirates UAE Khalfan Mubarak
11 FW Argentina ARG Ramón Miérez
12 DF United Arab Emirates UAE Muhammad Atiq
13 MF United Arab Emirates UAE Richard Akonnor
15 DF United Arab Emirates UAE Mohammed Rabii
16 FW United Arab Emirates UAE Ahmed Fawzi
17 MF Egypt EGY Mohamed Elneny
18 MF United Arab Emirates UAE Ahmed Mahmoud
19 MF United Arab Emirates UAE Oumar Traoré
20 MF France FRA Nabil Fekir
22 MF Serbia SRB Nikola Vukić
23 MF United Arab Emirates UAE Mubarak Zamah
24 DF United Arab Emirates UAE Zayed Sultan
25 MF Belgium BEL Jay-Dee Geusens
No. Pos. Nation Player
26 FW United Arab Emirates UAE Hazza Subait
28 DF Turkey TUR Ravil Tagir
29 DF United Arab Emirates UAE Abdulla Jaafar
33 DF Morocco MAR Chahine van Bohemen
34 MF United Arab Emirates UAE Saeed Al-Abdouli
37 DF United Arab Emirates UAE Hamdan Abdulrahman
38 DF Brazil BRA Vitor Vargas
44 DF Senegal SEN Mamadou Gassama
45 DF United Arab Emirates UAE Abdullah Khairi
54 GK United Arab Emirates UAE Abdullah Al-Hammadi
55 GK United Arab Emirates UAE Ali Khasif
66 GK Serbia SRB Stojan Leković
71 FW Colombia COL Carlos Ocoró
72 DF United Arab Emirates UAE Abdullah Al-Attas
80 MF United Arab Emirates UAE Bruno
81 FW United Arab Emirates UAE Ali Al-Memari
83 DF United Arab Emirates UAE Zayed Khamis
86 DF United Arab Emirates UAE Abdulla Khaled
88 MF United Arab Emirates UAE Mohamed Al-Wafi
91 GK United Arab Emirates UAE Saeed Al-Kalbani
92 MF Democratic Republic of the Congo COD Neeskens Kebano
99 FW Brazil BRA Vinicius Mello

Unregistered players

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
39 FW Ivory Coast CIV Hermann Behiratche
No. Pos. Nation Player
MF Brazil BRA Fernando

Out on loan

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
14 DF Sweden SWE Johan Bångsbo (on loan to Baniyas)
27 MF United Arab Emirates UAE Abdullah Fadaaq (on loan to Al Dhafra)
No. Pos. Nation Player
87 DF United Arab Emirates UAE Mohamad Al-Yammahi (on loan to Al Urooba)

Managers

Pro-League record

Season Lvl. Tms. Pos. President's Cup League Cup
2008–09 1 12 2nd Quarter-Finals Semi-Finals
2009–10 1 12 2nd Semi-Finals Champions
2010–11 1 12 1st Champions First Round
2011–12 1 12 4th Champions Semi-Finals
2012–13 1 14 3rd Quarter-Finals Runner-ups
2013–14 1 14 3rd Round of 16 Runner-ups
2014–15 1 14 2nd Round of 16 First Round
2015–16 1 14 7th Champions First Round
2016–17 1 14 1st Quarter-Finals Semi-Finals
2017–18 1 12 7th Quarter-Finals Quarter-Finals
2018–19 1 14 5th Round of 16 Quarter-Finals
2019–20 1 14 3rd Quarter-Finals Semi-Finals
2020–21 1 14 1st Round of 16 First Round
2021–22 1 14 4th Quarter-Finals Semi-Finals
2022–23 1 14 5th Quarter-Finals Semi-Finals
2023–24 1 14 8th Quarter-Finals Quarter-Finals

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

See also

References

  1. "Abu Dhabi Football Clubs". Culture, Leisure & Sports. Abu Dhabi Government. Archived from the original on May 31, 2011. Retrieved 23 September 2011.
  2. "On Tour: Mohammed Bin Zayed Stadium". 10 January 2015. Archived from the original on 29 July 2022. Retrieved 29 July 2022.
  3. "Al Jazira SSC". Soccerway. Perform Group. Archived from the original on 3 April 2018. Retrieved 13 December 2017.
  4. "Club History". Al Jazira Sports Club Official Site. Archived from the original on February 14, 2012. Retrieved 23 September 2011.
  5. "Hilmy Al-Nawwal". Archived from the original on 2021-05-02. Retrieved 2021-05-02.
  6. Neil Cameron (2 June 2011). "Al Jazira want management pedigree, not marquee name". The National. Abu Dhabi Media. Archived from the original on 15 October 2015. Retrieved 16 October 2012.
  7. James Piercy (22 August 2011). "From Braga to Vercauteren via Sabella: Al Jazira's boss hunt finally ends". Sport 360. Archived from the original on 19 August 2016. Retrieved 6 April 2013.
  8. ^ Thomas Woods (8 March 2012). "Franky Vercauteren dismissed by Al Jazira". The National. Abu Dhabi Media. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 6 April 2013.
  9. "Al Jazira confirm Eric Gerets as new coach to replace Walter Zenga". The National. Abu Dhabi Media. 20 May 2014. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 11 December 2014.

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