Ajman Club facts for kids

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Ajman

Nickname(s)	The oranges (البرتقالي)
Founded	5 November 1974; 49 years ago (1974-11-05)
Ground	Ajman Stadium, Ajman
Ground Capacity	5,537
Chairman	Humaid bin Rashid
Coach	Daniel Isăilă
League	UAE Pro League
2022–23	UAE Pro League, 6th
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Ajman Club (Arabic: نادي عجمان‎) is an Emirati football club based in Ajman. In 2015, Ajman was relegated to the second division, but managed to climb back to the top flight in 2017.

History

The club was established in 1974 after merger between three clubs, Al Shoala, Al Hilal and Al Nasr shortly after their participation in the 1973–74 season.

Kit & sponsors

Traditional color of Ajman Club home kit is orange. Currently the kits are manufactured by Adidas. From 2018 to 2021 the kit manufacturer was Hummel and before that by Uhlsport.

Ajman Bank is a shirt sponsor of Ajman Club.

Honours

The club has gained the following honours:

• Etisalat Emirates Cup: 1

• Winners: 2013
• Runner-up: 2010

• UAE President Cup: 1

*Winners: 1983/1984

• UAE Division One: 2

*Winners: 2010-11, 2016–17

• UAE Vice Presidents Cup 1

*Winners: 2010–11

Current squad

As of UAE Pro-League:

No. Position Player 1 GK Ahmed Yaqoub U21 3 DF Abdullah Al-Junaibi 4 DF Abdulrahman Rakan 5 MF Nasser Abdulhadi 6 DF Nader Ghandri 7 MF Ali Madan (on loan from Riffa) 8 MF Hussain Abdulrahman 9 FW Walid Azaro 10 MF Haykeul Chikhaoui 11 MF Mohammed Helal 12 DF Mohammed Nasser U21 13 DF Sabil Jassem 14 MF Prestige Mboungou 15 DF Novak Vuković 16 MF Gianluca Muniz (on loan from Al Wahda) 17 MF Saif Rashid (on loan from Sharjah) 18 DF Mohammed Ismael

No. Position Player 19 FW Rocky Marciano 20 DF Mohammed Jaber 21 DF Waleed Al-Yamahi 23 MF Abdulla Abdelaziz U21 24 DF Ahmed Eissa 26 MF Bilal Yousif 28 DF Saoud Saeed 30 GK Yousef Ahmed Safar 31 MF Yassine Jabri U21 57 MF Isam Faiz 67 MF Anas Mtitache 77 MF Rashed Nooh 81 GK Ali Al-Hosani 90 MF Obaid Al-Zaabi 94 MF Obaid Al-Mehri 96 GK Mohamed Yousif DF Miloš Kosanović

Managerial history

^* Served as caretaker coach.

Name	Nat.	From	To	Ref.
Abdul Wahab Abdul Qader		2005	2006
Abdul Wahab Abdul Qader		2008	2010
Zé Mario		2009	2009
Ghazi Ghrairi		26 October 2009	12 April 2010
Abdul Wahab Abdul Qader		01 September 2011	27 May 2014
Fathi Al-Jabal		6 July 2014	2014
Manuel Cajuda		25 January 2015	30 September 2015
Ayman Elramady		1 July 2016	15 May 2021
Goran Tufegdžić		28 May 2021	31 May 2023
Caio Zanardi		1 June 2023	2023
Daniel Isăilă		2023	present

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

See also

In Spanish: Ajman Club para niños

• List of football clubs in the United Arab Emirates