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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)
Ground	Baniyas Club Stadium
Capacity	9,047
Chairman	Sheikh Saif bin Zayed Al Nahyan
Head coach	João Pedro Sousa
League	UAE Pro League
2023–24	UAE Pro League, 11th
Website	http://www.baniyasclub.ae
Home colours Away colours

Baniyas Sports & Cultural Club is an Emirati sports club based in Al Shamkha, in the Baniyas area of Abu Dhabi. The club's football section competes in the UAE Pro League.

Presidency

• Source: Presidency

Honours

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

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 technical staff

Position	Staff
Head coach	João Pedro Sousa
Assistant coaches	Abdulla Yaqoob Saad Bashir
Goalkeeping coach	Ibrahim Sahib Al Baloushi
Fitness coach	Abbas Mohammed

Squad (2024)

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  UAE Mohammed Khalaf 3 DF  BRA João Victor 4 DF  SWE Johan Bångsbo (on loan from Al Jazira) 5 DF  UAE Hassan Al-Moharrami 6 DF  UAE Khalaf Al-Hosani 7 MF  UAE Fawaz Awana 8 MF  UAE Abdallah Al-Balochi 9 FW  UAE Fahad Badr (on loan from Emirates) 10 MF  ARG Juan Bauza (on loan from Craiova) 11 MF  COD Arnaud Lusamba 12 FW  MLI Youssoufou Niakaté 13 DF  UAE Humaid Al-Mahri 14 MF  UAE Mohammed Al-Menhali 16 FW  UAE Matar Al-Hosani 17 GK  UAE Khalid Al-Blooshi 18 MF  UAE Suhail Al-Noubi

No. Pos. Nation Player 19 MF  COD Isaac Tshibangu 20 MF  UAE Saif Al-Menhali 21 FW  UAE Mohamed Al-Harthi 23 DF  UAE Khamis Al Hammadi 24 DF  UAE Abdulrahman Aman 25 MF  BRA Saile Souza 26 DF  UAE Khamis Al-Mansoori 27 DF  GHA Umar Ali 30 FW  SEN Aboubacar Cissé 33 DF  ROU Andrei Burcă 50 FW  SRB Lazar Marković 55 GK  UAE Fahad Al-Dhanhani 74 DF  EGY Adham Khalid 78 DF  UAE Khalid Al-Mahri 88 MF  UAE Ali Al-Mosaabi 89 GK  UAE Mohammed Al-Mahri

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

See also

• List of football clubs in the United Arab Emirates

References

1. "Baniyas Club - History". Retrieved 2023-10-30.
2. "Bani Yas – Clubs – UAE Pro League Committee". Archived from the original on 2017-10-24. Retrieved 2017-09-21.
3. "Bani Yas". soccerway.com. Perform. Retrieved 25 October 2014.
4. "Abu Dhabi Football Clubs". Abu Dhabi Government. Retrieved 25 October 2014.
5. "Bani Yas: Trophies". Soccerway. Perform. Retrieved 22 November 2016.
6. Yasir Abbaser (24 May 2013). "Bani Yas bring more football glory to UAE". Gulf News. Retrieved 24 October 2014.

External links

• Official website

• Baniyas SC
• Football clubs in the United Arab Emirates
• Association football clubs established in 1981
• Sport in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi
• 1981 establishments in the United Arab Emirates
• Volleyball clubs in the United Arab Emirates