Ittihad Kalba FC

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Ittihad Kalba Football Club (Arabic: نادي اتحاد كلباء الرياضي الثقافي), more colloquially abbreviated as Al-Ittihad, is a professional football club founded in 1972 and based in the city of Kalba, in the Emirate of Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).

Ittihad Kalba
نادي اتحاد كلباء
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Full nameIttihad Kalba Football Club
Nickname(s)The Tigers
Founded1972; 52 years ago (1972)
GroundIttihad Kalba Stadium
Capacity8,500
ChairmanAli Hussein Ali Hussein Al Logani
ManagerFarhad Majidi
LeagueUAE Pro League
2022–23UAE Pro-League, 8th
WebsiteClub website
Current season

History edit

Ittihad Kalba was established in 1972 when two clubs (Al Shabab) and (Al Rooba) merged with (Al Riyadiya) to create Al Ittihad Kalba.

Pro-League record edit

Season Lvl. Tms. Pos. President's Cup League Cup
2008–09 2 16 5th Round of 16
2009–10 2 8 1st Round of 16
2010–11 1 12 11th Preliminary Round First Round
2011–12 2 8 1st Quarter-Finals
2012–13 1 14 14th Round of 16 First Round
2013–14 2 13 1st Preliminary Round
2014–15 1 14 14th Round of 16 First Round
2015–16 2 9 2nd Round of 16
2016–17 1 14 13th Round of 16 First Round
2017–18 2 12 2nd Round of 16
2018–19 1 14 11th Round of 16 First Round
2019–20a 1 14 11th Quarter-Finals First Round
2020–21 1 14 8th Round of 16 Semi-Finals
2021–22 1 14 11th Quarter-Finals First Round
2022–23 1 14 8th Round of 16 First Round

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 squad edit

As of UAE Pro-League:

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK   UAE Eisa Hooti
2 DF   UAE Mohammed Al-Yammahi U21 (on loan from Al-Jazira)
3 DF   UAE Mohammed Sabeel
4 DF   UAE Yaqoub Al-Balochi
5 DF   UAE Abdalla Faisal
7 MF   UAE Habib Al Fardan
9 MF   ARG Brian Ramírez
10 MF   IRN Mehdi Ghayedi (on loan from Shabab Al-Ahli)
11 MF   BRA Daniel Bessa
12 DF   UAE Salem Rashid
13 MF   BRA Caio Eduardo U21
14 MF   SVK Filip Kiss
15 DF   UAE Abdulaziz Al-Hamhami
17 MF   GHA Zackariah Mohammed
18 FW   SVN Andrés Vombergar
19 FW   UAE Ahmed Al-Naqbi
No. Pos. Nation Player
21 FW   UAE Sultan Adil U21 (on loan from Shabab Al-Ahli)
22 FW   UAE Mohamed Ali
23 DF   UAE Waleed Rashid U21
24 MF   UAE Khalid Al-Darmaki
25 DF   UAE Abdusalam Mohammed
26 DF   UAE Omar Al Khodaim
27 FW   UAE Yaser Al-Blooshi
33 GK   UAE Jamal Abdallah
34 DF   UAE Khalid Al Zari
39 MF   BRA Gustavo (on loan from Shabab Al-Ahli)
43 DF   BRA Michel Dreifke U21
52 GK   UAE Saif Yousif
55 GK   UAE Hamad Al-Mansoori
70 MF   UAE Fahad Barout
77 MF   BRA Leandro Spadacio
88 MF   UAE Saif Obaid
89 MF   UAE Yousef Abdelrahman
92 MF   PAR Aldo Parra
94 DF   BRA Wallace

Unregistered players edit

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
6 DF   CPV Ivanildo Fernandes
40 MF   GAM Ebrima Jatta U21
No. Pos. Nation Player
61 MF   UAE Khalid Al-Shehhi
DF   BRA Dudu U21

Out on loan edit

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
DF   ITA Gabriel Santini (on loan to Al Dhafra)
No. Pos. Nation Player
MF   PER Wilder Cartagena (on loan to Orlando City)

Achievements edit

  • UAE Division One
    • Champions (7): 1979–80, 1988–89, 1995–96, 1998–99, 2009–10, 2011–12, 2013–14

Club staff edit

Position Name
Manager   Farhad Majidi
Assistant coach   Javad Ahmedaei
  Sadiq Habibollazadeh
Fitness Coach   Alireza Rabbani

See also edit

References edit