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Al Ahli Club

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Full name	Al Ahli Dubai Club
Nickname(s)	Fursan
Founded	1970
Ground	Rashed Stadium Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Capacity	25,000
Owner	Ahmad Khalifa Hammad
Chairman	Abdullah Saeed
Manager	Cosmin Olăroiu
League	UAE Pro-League
2014–15	UAE Pro-League, 7th
Website	http://www.alahliclub.ae
Home colours Away colours

Al Ahli Club (Template:Lang-ar) is a United Arab Emirates professional association football club based in Dubai. The club is abbreviated as A.C..

Al Ahli is one of the most successful clubs in the UAE. Al Ahli, literally translating to "national" in Arabic, was established in 1970, when three local teams joined together to form the club. The club won three UAE Arabian Gulf League titles in the '70s and won its fourth in 2006, fifth in 2009 and sixth in 2014.

The club was established in 1970, when two local football teams Al Wehdah and Al Shabab (est. 1962) joined together, and then four years later another local team Al Najah joined to form Al Ahli Club.

The original Al Ahli logo reflected a falcon on top of football and the words "Al Ahli Club" written horizontally. After rebranding themselves to Red Knights in 2006, the logo changed to a horse head shape with the letters A C (Al Ahli Club) on top. The new logo represents strength and high spirits also it goes along with the new nickname Red Knights instead of the old nickname the Red Devils.

It took Al Ahli only four years after its establishment to win the UAE Arabian Gulf League twice consecutively in 1975 and 1976 then again in 1980. Drawing home-town fans, Al Ahli has been and continues to be one of the most popular sports teams in the UAE. However,Al Ahli club have suffered a lot in the last decades,and they went back to the second division when they played against Al shabab which alahli was willing just for a point from the match to stay in the 1 division. Al ahli has lost the match and Al Shabab has won the league. After a period of decline, Al Ahli went back on top winning its fourth league title in 2006 but throughout these years, Al Ahli continued to be a successful club in the UAE by winning 6 Emir Cups.

They are also known as Al Ahli Castle because of its involvement in other professional sports. The club competes in basketball, volleyball, handball, track sport, table tennis and track cycling. Al Ahli is also known for its involvement in cultural activities and community services. Al Ahli Drama club established in 1981, to promote Emirati plays focusing on UAE tradition, heritage and current events.

Al-Ahli, as UAE Arabian Gulf League 2008–09 champions and as Abu Dhabi was hosting the event, qualified for the 2009 FIFA Club World Cup which was held in December 2009. They lost 0–2 to Auckland City in their only game in the competition.^[1]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 2 DF  UAE Salmin Khamis 4 MF  UAE Habib Al Fardan 5 DF  UAE Walid Abbas 7 MF  UAE Ismail Al Hammadi ´ 8 MF  BRA Everton Ribeiro 9 MF  UAE Abdulla Jassem 10 MF  PLE Luis Jiménez 11 FW  UAE Ahmed Khalil 12 GK  UAE Ahmed Mahmoud 14 MF  MAR Oussama Assaidi 15 DF  UAE Abduraheem Abdurahman 17 FW  UAE Walid Anber 18 MF  UAE Khaled Tareq Bashir 20 FW  UAE Saeed Al-Bloushi 21 MF  KOR Kwon Kyung-won

No. Pos. Nation Player 22 GK  UAE Ahmed Mubarak 24 FW  UAE Abdulla Eyssa 26 DF  UAE Abdulaziz Haikel 27 DF  UAE Omar Mohammed 28 DF  UAE Essa Ahmed 31 MF  UAE Mohammed Anter 33 GK  UAE Saif Yousif 46 DF  UAE Abdul-Rahman Yousef 55 GK  UAE Majed Naser 62 DF  UAE Abdelaziz Sanqour 70 MF  UAE Waleed Hussain 71 MF  UAE Nawaf Mubarak 77 DF  UAE Yousif Al Sayed 80 MF  UAE Humaid Abbas 88 MF  UAE Majed Hassan

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 16 MF  IRQ Humam Tariq (on loan to Al Dhafra)

• Željko Markov
• Nándor Hidegkuti (1983–85)
• Mansour Pourheidari (1985–93)
• Egon Coordes (1993–94)
• Celso Roth (1994)
• Mohamed Abul Ezz (1995–97)
• Ljupko Petrović (1998–99)
• Srećko Juričić (2002–03)
• Ilie Balaci (2003–05)
• Winfried Schäfer (March 6, 2005–Feb 19, 2007)
• Alain Michel (2006–07)
• Yousef Zawawi (2007)
• Ivan Hašek (July 1, 2007–09)
• Ioan Andone (June 8, 2009–Nov 2, 2009)
• Noureddine Abidi (2009–10)
• Henk Ten Cate (Feb 6, 2010–March 11, 2010)
• David O'Leary (July 4, 2010–April 22, 2011)
• Ivan Hašek (June 26, 2011–Nov 8, 2011)
• Quique Flores (Nov 8, 2011–June 11, 2013)
• Cosmin Olăroiu (July 7, 2013– )

• Abdulla Saeed Al Naboodah – Chairman
• Hammed Abdullah – Deputy Chairman
• Ahmad Khalifa Hammad – CEO

• Mohammed Abdulrahman Al Banna
• Osama Qarqash
• Adel Zarooni
• Mohammed Al Hamadi
• Ahmad Al Kamali
• Obaid Saeed Obaid

• Abdulla Saeed Al Naboodah – Chairman
• Sayef Bin Mrkhan – Deputy Chairman
• Ahmad Khalifa Hammad – CEO

• Tareq Ahmed Baqer
• Mohammed Mattar Ghareb
• Mansoor Lootah

'19 official Championships

UAE Football League

• Champions: (6) 1974–75, 1975–76, 1979–80, 2005–06, 2008–09, 2013–14

UAE President's Cup

• Champions: (8) 1974–75, 1976–77, 1977–78, 1995–96, 2001–02, 2003–04, 2007–08, 2012–13

Etisalat Emirates Cup

• Champions: (2) 2011–12, 2013–14

UAE Super Cup

• Winners: (3) 2009, 2013, 2014

• Official website
• Soccerway Profile

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