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UAE Football League team profiles
Your guide to the 12 teams competing in the 2010-11 UAE Football League (UFL)
- Gulf News
- Published: 12:58 August 25, 2010
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Al Wahda Club
Formed: 1984
President: Shaikh Saeed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan
Location: Abu Dhabi (Near Taxi Stand)
Stadium: Al Nahyan Stadium (Capacity: 18,000)
Coach: Laszlo Boloni
UAE League titles: 4
President's Cup winners: Once
AFC Champions League: Semifinalists (2007)
Last season in UFL: Winners -
Al Jazira
Founded: 1974
Stadium: Mohammad Bin Zayed Stadium (Capacity: 40,000) Coach: Abel Braga (Brazil)
Foreign players: Toni (Ivory Coast) Striker
Players to watch: Ebrahim Diaky, Sultan Bargash, Subait Khater, Abdul Salam Juma, Ahmad Dada, Ali Mabkhoot, Ali Al Amri, Ali Khaseef, Yasir Mattar, Abdullah Qasim, Ahmad Juma
Achievements: GCC Clubs Championship in 2007 -
Al Ain
Founded: 1963
Stadiums: Shaikh Khalifa Stadium (16,000), Tahnoon Bin Mohammad Stadium (12,000)
Coach: Abdul Hamid Al Mastaki, Emirati and former striker of the club
Foreign players: Jose Sand (Argentina), Sufian Al Aloudi (Morocco)
Achievements: 9 league titles - a record, 5 President's Cups, 2 Super Cups, 3 FA Cups, one Joint League title, one GCC Clubs Championship and one AFC Champions League title in 2003 -
Bani Yas
Founded: 1981
Grounds: Bani Yas Stadium, Al Shamkha
Coach: Lutfi Al Banzarti (Tunisia)
Achievements: Won the President's Cup in 1992 in addition to some second division titles -
Al Wasl
Stadium: Al Wasl Stadium (Capacity: 18,000)
Foreign players: Francisco Yeste (Spain), Alexander Oliveira (Brazil), Mohammad Sheiba (Oman)
League titles: 7 (1982, 1983, 1985, 1988, 1992, 1997, 2007) President's Cup: 2 (1987, 2007)
Federation Cup: 1 (1993)
Gulf Clubs Cup: 1 (2010) -
Al Sharjah
Founded: 1966
Full name: Sharjah Sports Club
Coach: Manuel Cajuda
Stadium: Sharjah Stadium (Capacity: 20,000)
Nicknames: The White Bees, The King
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Al Shabab
Founded: 1958
Stadium: Al Maktoum Stadium, Al Mamzar, Dubai (Capacity: 20,000)
Coach: Paulo Bonamigo, Brazil
Last season position: Seventh
League champions: 1989-90, 1994-95, 2008-09
President's Cup winners: Four times: 1981, 1990, 1994, 1997
GCC Clubs Champions: 1992
Foreign players: Carlos Villanueva (Chile) Midfielder, Lamine Diarra (Senegal) Striker, Julio Caeser (Brazil) Striker
Players to watch: Adel Abdullah, Carlos Villaneuva, Essam Dhahi, Walid Abbas, Surour Salem -
Al Ahli
Founded: 1970
Stadium: Rashid Stadium (20,000 capacity)
Coach: David O'Leary (Ireland)
Foreign players: Fabio Cannavaro (Italy) Defender, Aristide Bance (Burkina Faso) Striker, Andri Lusiano Silva Pinga (Brazil) Midfielder
Players to watch: Fabio Cannavaro, Andri Lusiano Pinga, Adel Abdul Aziz, Esmail Al Hammadi, Ahmad Khalil, Faisal Khalil
League champions: Four times (1974-75, 1975-76, 1979-80, 2006-07)
President's Cup winners: Seven times (1975, 1977, 1988, 1996, 2002, 2004, 2007) -
Al Dhafra Club
Founded: 2000
Coach: Michel Decastel
Full name: Al Dhafra Sport & Culture Club
Stadium: Al Dhafra Stadium (Capacity: 20,000) -
Al Nasr
Founded: 1945
Coach: Helio dos Anjos
Full name: Al Nasr Sports Club
Nickname The Blue Wave
Stadium: Al Maktoum Stadium, Dubai (Capacity: 19,000) -
Ittihad Kalba
Coach: Patricio
Stadium: Kalba Stadium (Capacity: 3,000)
Achievements: UAE Division One Champions (previously known as Division Two) 1979/80, 1988/89, 1995/96, 1998/99, 2009/10
Foreign players:Carlos Eduardo Ferrari, Sidney Moraes Da Almeida Junior, Simon Feindouno -
Dubai Club
Founded: 1997
Stadium: Dubai Club Stadium, Al Aweer (10,000 capacity)
Coach: Ayman Al Rammadi
Players to watch: Ali Hassan, Haitham Rabea, Michael Ndri, Rachid Tiberkanine, Yazid Kaissi, Mohammad Ebrahim, Rashid Hassan, Walid Khalid
Foreign players: Michael Ndri (France), Rachid Tiberkanine (Morocco/Belgium), Yazid Kaissi (Morocco/France)
Achievements: Promoted to UFL after spending three years in Division 1
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