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Emirates Club
نادي الإمارات

Full name	Emirates Cultural and Sports Club
Nickname(s)	The Falcons
Founded	1969; 56 years ago (1969)
Ground	Emirates Club Stadium
Ground Capacity	4,830
Owner	Saqr bin Saud bin Saqr Al Qasimi
Chairman	Yousef Al Batraan
Manager	Benito Carbone
League	First Division League
2023–24	13th (relegated)
Home colours Away colours

Emirates Club (Arabic: نادي الإمارات) is a professional football club. It is based in the city of Ras Al Khaimah, United Arab Emirates. The team plays in the UAE Pro League, which is the top football league in the country. They play their home games at the Emirates Club Stadium.

Club History

How the Club Started

The club began in 1969. It was formed when three local football teams joined together. These teams were Al Ittihad, Al Ahly, and Al Shaab. The new club was first called Oman Club.

Oman Club was one of the first three teams to play in the UAE league. The other two were Al Ahli and Al Oruba. In their first season, Oman Club finished last with only one point.

Mergers and New Names

In October 1982, the club's name changed to Al Qadsia. Two years later, in July 1984, Al Qadsia merged with two other clubs. These were Al Taliya and Al Nassr. This new merger created the club known today as Emirates Cultural Sport Club.

On May 29, 2011, two important clubs, Emirates and Ras Al Khaimah Clubs, merged. This decision was made to create one strong club for the Emirate of Ras Al Khaimah. The new club kept the name Emirates Club. The new team structure was announced on June 11, 2011.

Club Achievements

Emirates Club has won several important titles in UAE football.

• UAE Division One: 6 times
  • They won this league in 1977–78, 1983–84, 1996–97, 2002–03, 2012–13, and 2019–20.
• UAE President Cup: 1 time
  • They won the President's Cup in the 2009–10 season.
• UAE Super Cup: 1 time
  • They won the Super Cup in 2010.

Current Squad

Here are the players currently on the Emirates Club team. This list is from the UAE First Division League.

No. Position Player 1 GK Abdullah Al-Marzouqi 2 DF Abdurahman Ali 3 DF Luan Alemão 4 DF Yaqoub Al-Baloushi 9 FW Said Obaid 10 MF Abdullah Al-Nuaimi 12 MF Benjamin Ayim 17 GK Saoud Al-Hosani 19 DF Salim Al-Rawahi 20 DF Uzor Akannoh 22 GK Marwan Al-Khodaim 26 DF Omar Al Khodaim 30 MF Ali Al-Zaabi 34 DF Yago Leonardo 37 MF Fahad Rashed 44 MF Sultan Qasem 66 GK Ahmed Al-Marzouqi 74 DF Mohammed Hussain U18

No. Position Player 88 MF Ahmed Ibrahim Helal 95 FW Bruno Baio 98 MF Mohammed Khalil 99 FW Ebrahim Al-Mesmari GK Ali Saeed Saqer DF Diogo Capitão DF Ahmed Eisa DF Obaid Al-Dahmani DF Junior Hochou DF Abdullah Mohammed DF Mohamed Jalal MF Sidi-Hamed Dahmani MF Alfusainey Gassama MF Hossam Loutfy MF Jardel Oliveira MF Leandrinho FW Fabinho

Playing in Asia

Emirates Club has also played in big football tournaments against other teams from Asia.

AFC Champions League

They competed in the 2011 AFC Champions League. This is a very important club competition in Asia.

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 Against Other Countries

Here's how Emirates Club has performed against teams from different countries in Asian competitions.

Country	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win%
Iran	&&&&&&&&&&&&&&02.&&&&&02	&&&&&&&&&&&&&&00.&&&&&00	&&&&&&&&&&&&&&00.&&&&&00	&&&&&&&&&&&&&&02.&&&&&02	&&&&&&&&&&&&&&01.&&&&&01	&&&&&&&&&&&&&&03.&&&&&03	−2	&0&&&&&&&&&&&&&&00.&&&&&00.00
Qatar	&&&&&&&&&&&&&&02.&&&&&02	&&&&&&&&&&&&&&01.&&&&&01	&&&&&&&&&&&&&&00.&&&&&00	&&&&&&&&&&&&&&01.&&&&&01	&&&&&&&&&&&&&&02.&&&&&02	&&&&&&&&&&&&&&02.&&&&&02	+0	&&&&&&&&&&&&&050.&&&&&050.00
Saudi Arabia	&&&&&&&&&&&&&&02.&&&&&02	&&&&&&&&&&&&&&01.&&&&&01	&&&&&&&&&&&&&&00.&&&&&00	&&&&&&&&&&&&&&01.&&&&&01	&&&&&&&&&&&&&&03.&&&&&03	&&&&&&&&&&&&&&05.&&&&&05	−2	&&&&&&&&&&&&&050.&&&&&050.00

See also

In Spanish: Emirates Club para niños

• List of football clubs in the United Arab Emirates