Ajman Club

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Ajman Football Club

Nickname(s)	The Oranges (البرتقالي)
Founded	5 November 1974; 50 years ago (1974-11-05)
Ground	Ajman Stadium, Ajman
Capacity	5,537
Chairman	Humaid bin Rashid
Coach	Goran Tufegdžić
League	UAE Pro League
2023–24	UAE Pro League, 9th
Website	http://www.ajmanc.ae
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Ajman Football Club (Arabic: نادي عجمان), simply Ajman Club or Ajman FC, is an Emirati professional 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.^[1]

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.

Traditional color of Ajman Club home kit is orange. Currently the kits are manufactured by Adidas.^[2] From 2018 to 2021 the kit manufacturer was Hummel^[3] and before that by Uhlsport.^[4]

Ajman Bank is a shirt sponsor of Ajman Club.

The club has gained the following honours:^{[citation needed]}

• 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

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 Ahmed Yaqoub U23 2 DF  UAE Abdelrahman Rakan 3 DF  UAE Abdullah Al-Junaibi 7 FW  JAM Junior Flemmings 8 DF  UAE Mohammed Ismael 9 FW  MAR Walid Azaro 10 MF  TUN Haykeul Chikhaoui 11 MF  UAE Abdulla Abdelaziz U23 12 DF  UAE Mohammed Nasser U23 14 DF  TUN Fradj Ben Njima 16 DF  SRB Aleksandar Vasiljević 17 MF  UAE Saif Rashid 19 FW  CMR Rocky Marciano 20 MF  UAE Hassan Ibrahim Saqer 21 DF  UAE Waleed Al-Yamahi 22 DF  MAR Mohamed Souboul U23 23 MF  MAR Abdelhamid Sabiri (on loan from Fiorentina)

No. Pos. Nation Player 24 DF  UAE Ahmed Eissa U23 26 MF  UAE Bilal Yousif 28 DF  UAE Saoud Saeed 30 GK  UAE Yousef Ahmed Safar 31 MF  MAR Yassine Jabri U23 33 DF  SRB Miloš Kosanović 34 FW  UAE Humaid Jamal U23 39 DF  OMA Aied Khamis U23 57 MF  UAE Isam Faiz 67 MF  MAR Anas Mtitache 77 MF  UAE Rashed Nooh U23 80 FW  BRA Lithierry U23 81 GK  UAE Ali Al-Hosani 90 MF  UAE Obaid Al-Zaabi 94 MF  UAE Obaid Al-Mehri U23 96 GK  UAE Mohamed Yousif 99 FW  BRA Victor Henrique

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 13 DF  UAE Sebil Jassem (on loan to Al-Arabi)

Position	Name
Head coach	Goran Tufegdžić
Assistant coach	Zoran Levnaić
Goalkeeper coach	Humaid Rakan
Fitness coach
Match analyst
Doctor
Physiotherapist
Technical Director	Faical Gormi

^* 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		1 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	2024

Season	Lvl.	Tms.	Pos.	President's Cup	League Cup
2008–09	1	12	9th	Preliminary Round	First Round
2009–10	1	12	12th	Quarter-Finals	Runner-ups
2010–11	2	8	1st	Round of 16	—
2011–12	1	12	7th	Quarter-Finals	First Round
2012–13	1	14	10th	Round of 16	Champions
2013–14	1	14	10th	Round of 16	First Round
2014–15	1	14	13th	Round of 16	First Round
2015–16	2	9	3rd	Round of 16	—
2016–17	2	12	1st	Preliminary Round	—
2017–18	1	12	8th	Round of 16	First Round
2018–19	1	14	7th	Round of 16	First Round
2019–20a	1	14	10th	Round of 16	First Round
2020–21	1	14	12th	Quarter-Finals	First Round
2021–22	1	14	7th	Round of 16	Quarter-Finals
2022–23	1	14	6th	Semi-Finals	First Round
2023–24	1	14	9th	Quarter-Finals	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

• List of football clubs in the United Arab Emirates

• (in Arabic) Official club website