Kalba FC

Ittihad Kalba
نادي اتحاد كلباء

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Full name	Ittihad Kalba Football Club
Nickname(s)	The Tigers
Founded	1972 (1972)
Ground	Ittihad Kalba Stadium
Capacity	8,500
Chairman	Ali Hussein Ali Hussein Al Logani
Manager	Farhad Majidi
League	UAE Pro League
2022–23	UAE Pro-League, 8th
Website	https://www.ittihadkalbafc.ae/
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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).

History

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

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

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

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

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

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

Club staff

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

See also

• List of football clubs in the United Arab Emirates