Sharjah FC

Emirati professional football club

Sharjah Football Club (Arabic: نادي الشارقة لكرة القدم) is an Emirati professional football club based in Sharjah that competes in the UAE Pro League. Their home stadium is Sharjah Stadium. Founded in 1966, Sharjah FC is considered to be one of the pioneers and top institutes in UAE Football since its inception, Achieving success throughout the years made Sharjah one of the most prestigious clubs in the country. Sharjah FC is also the most successful team in the Emirate of Sharjah, winning 6 Pro League titles, 10 Presidents Cups, 1 League Cup and 3 Super Cups. The club was also the first official UAE league champion since its establishment in 1974.

Sharjah FC was founded in 1966 under the name of Al Oruba Club, they were the first official champions of the UAE League winning it in 1974 after beating Al Ahli and Oman. The club would merge with Al Khaleej in 1974 to form Al Sharjah SCC and relocate their headquarters in Sharjah City. The club would later see itself win the league in 4 more occasions during the 80s and 90s and 8 out of the 22 players in the UAE's 1990 squad were players from Sharjah, more than any other club at the time.

During the mid 2000s however, Sharjah would see a decline as they would finish in mid table consecutively and in 2012, the club got relegated for the first time in their history. However, the club managed to quickly get promoted back to the top tier division in 2013.

Sharjah FC has managed to win their first title since 1996 in 2019 with a record of only one loss. On 14 September 2019, Sharjah managed to win their first UAE Super Cup title since 1994 after beating Shabab Al Ahli in penalties 4 3. The club went on to win the UAE League Cup in the 2022–23 season for the first time in the clubs history, the club also managed to win two more UAE President’s Cup back to back after reaching the final in 2022 and 2023 beating Al Wahda 1 0 and Al Ain 14 13 on penalties, making Sharjah FC the champions a record of 10 times, the most in the country.

Season Lvl. (Level) Tms. (Number of teams) Pos. (League position)President's CupLeague Cup2008–0911210thQuarter FinalsFirst Round2009–101126thRound of 16First Round2010–111127thPreliminary RoundFirst Round2011–1211212thSemi FinalsFirst Round2012–132142ndQuarter Finals—2013–141147thRound of 16Semi Finals2014–1511412thRound of 16Runner ups 2015–1611411thQuarter FinalsFirst Round2016–171149thSemi FinalsFirst Round2017–181126thQuarter FinalsFirst Round2018–191141stSemi FinalsFirst Round2019–201144thSemi FinalsQuarter Finals2020–211144thSemi FinalsQuarter Finals2021–221142ndChampionsFirst Round2022–231147thChampionsChampions
Notes 2019–20 UAE football season was cancelled due to the COVID 19 pandemic in the United Arab Emirates.

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