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Al Jazira
الجزيرة

Full name

Al Jazira Club

Nickname(s)

Al Ankabout (The Spider)
Fakhr Abu Dhabi (Pride of Abu Dhabi)

Founded

19 March 1974; 50 years ago

Ground

Mohammed bin Zayed Stadium

Capacity

42,056

Chairman

Sheikh Mansour

Coach

Gregory Duvernes

League

UAE Pro League

2022–23

UAE Pro League, 5th

Home colours

Away colours

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

History
Honours
- Domestic competitions
Club officials
Current squad
- Out on loan
Managers
Pro-League record
See also

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

Leagues

UAE Pro League: 3
- Champion: 2010–11, 2016–17, 2020–21
UAE Division One: 2
- Champion: 1982–83, 1987–88

Cups

UAE President's Cup: 3
- Champion: 2010–11, 2011–12, 2015–16
UAE League Cup: 1
- Champion: 2009–10
UAE Federation Cup: 1 (defunct)
- Champion: 2006–07
UAE Super Cup: 1
- Champion: 2021

Regional competitions

GCC Champions League: 1
- Champion: 2007

Club officials

Position	Staff
Sporting Director	Islam Marzooq
Head Coach	Mirel Rădoi
Assistant Head Coach	Abdalla Mehmood
First Team Coach	Mansoor Fawaz
Fitness Coach	Yaqoob Mamoon
Interpreter	Tariq Ismaeel
Goalkeeper Goach	Robert Tufiși

Current squad

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Abdulrahman Al Ameri
2	DF	Abdulla Idrees
3	MF	Ahmed Mahmoud
4	DF	Karim Rekik
5	DF	Khalifa Al Hammadi
6	DF	Mohammed Al-Attas
7	FW	Ali Mabkhout
8	MF	Mamadou Coulibaly ^U21
9	FW	Zayed Al-Ameri
10	MF	Khalfan Mubarak
11	MF	Abdullah Ramadan
13	MF	Richard Akonnor ^U21
15	DF	Mohammed Rabii
16	FW	Ahmed Fawzi
17	MF	Alejandro Pozuelo
19	MF	Oumar Traoré
20	MF	Fernando
21	FW	Aboubakar Kamara
23	DF	Mubarak Zamah ^U21
24	DF	Zayed Sultan
25	MF	Samir Sanchez
26	FW	Hazza Subait ^U21
27	MF	Abdullah Fadaaq ^U21

No.	Position	Player
28	MF	Yousef Ayman
33	DF	Chahine van Bohemen ^U21
34	MF	Saeed Al-Abdouli ^U21
38	DF	Nawaf Dhawi ^U21
39	FW	Hermann Behiratche
45	DF	Abdullah Khairi ^U21
55	GK	Ali Khasif
56	GK	Rakan Al-Menhali
70	FW	Ahmed Al-Attas
71	FW	Carlos Ocoró ^U21
72	DF	Abdullah Al-Hashmi
80	MF	Bruno
81	FW	Ali Al-Memari ^U21
83	DF	Zayed Khamis ^U21
85	FW	Mansoor Al-Khemiri ^U21
86	DF	Abdulla Khaled ^U21
88	MF	Mohamed Al-Wafi ^U21
92	MF	Neeskens Kebano
96	GK	Saeed Al-Kalbani ^U21

Out on loan

No.		Position	Player
37		DF	Hamdan Abdulrahman ^U21 (on loan to Hatta)

No.		Position	Player
87		DF	Mohamad Al-Yammahi ^U21 (on loan to Ittihad Kalba)

Managers

Jair Pereira (1983)
Hilmy Al-Nawwal (1984–1997) Administration Manager
Nikolay Kiselyov (1989–1993)
Nikolay Kiselyov (1994–1995)
Chris Dekker (1995)
Džemaludin Mušović (1996–1998)
Rinus Israël (1998–2000)
Jan Versleijen (2001–2003)
André Wetzel (2004)
Sef Vergoossen (2004–2005)
Walter Meeuws (2005–2006)
Henri Stambouli (2006)
Jan Versleijen (2006–2007)
László Bölöni (2007–2008)
Abel Braga (2008–2011)
Franky Vercauteren (2011–12)
Caio Junior (2012)
Paulo Bonamigo (2012–2013)
Luis Milla (2013)
Walter Zenga (2013–2014)
Eric Gerets (2014–2015)
Abel Braga (2015)
Ali Al-Nuaimi (2015) interim
Henk ten Cate (2015–2018)
Marcel Keizer (2018)
Damiën Hertog (2018–2019)
Jurgen Streppel (2019)
Marcel Keizer (2019–2023)
Frank de Boer (2023)
Bob de Klerk (2023–2024) caretaker
Mirel Rădoi (2024–present)

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

_{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

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