Al-Jazira Club () is an Emirati professional football club based in Abu Dhabi, that currently competes in the UAE Pro League.

History

Al-Jazira was established in 1974 as a merger between Khalidiyah and Al Bateen. The club struggled to stay in the league, getting relegated on multiple occasions during the 1980s and 1990s, but experienced a recent success when Sheikh Mansour invested into them in the 2000s. Since his purchase, they won their first league title in 2011 and two more league titles in 2017 and 2021. Al Jazira have produced talented homegrown players such as Ali Mabkhout and Khalfan Mubarak and many others that would end up playing for the UAE national team.

Honours

Domestic competitions

League

UAE Pro League: 3

• Champions: 2010–11, 2016–17, 2020–21

UAE Division One: 2

• Winners: 1982–83, 1987–88

Cups

UAE President's Cup: 3

• Winners: 2010–11, 2011–12, 2015–16

UAE League Cup: 2

• Winners: 2009–10, 2024–25

UAE Federation Cup: 1

• Winners: 2006–07

UAE Super Cup: 1

• Winners: 2021

Regional competitions

GCC Champions League: 1

• Winners: 2007

Club officials

Players

As of UAE Pro-League:

Out on loan

Players with Multiple Nationalities

• Bruno

• Marcus Meloni

• Vinicius Mello

• Willyan Rocha

• Mamadou Coulibaly

• Abdullah Ramadan

• Elias Sagna

• Richard Akonnor

• Oumar Traoré

• Mohammed Rabii

• Rúben Canedo

• Stojan Leković

• Ersin Destanoğlu

• Ravil Tagir

Managers

• Jair Pereira (1983)

• Hilmy Al-Nawwal (1984–1997) administration manager

• Nikolay Kiselyov (1989–1993)

• Nikolay Kiselyov (1994–1995)

• Chris Dekker (1995)

• Džemaludin Mušović (1996–1998)

• Rinus Israël (1998–2000)

• Jan Versleijen (2001–2003)

• André Wetzel (2004)

• Sef Vergoossen (2004–2005)

• Walter Meeuws (2005–2006)

• Henri Stambouli (2006)

• Jan Versleijen (2006–2007)

• László Bölöni (2007–2008)

• Abel Braga (2008–2011)

• Franky Vercauteren (2011–12)

• Caio Junior (2012)

• Paulo Bonamigo (2012–2013)

• Luis Milla (2013)

• Walter Zenga (2013–2014)

• Eric Gerets (2014–2015)

• Abel Braga (2015)

• Ali Al-Nuaimi (2015) interim

• Henk ten Cate (2015–2018)

• Marcel Keizer (2018)

• Damiën Hertog (2018–2019)

• Jurgen Streppel (2019)

• Marcel Keizer (2019–2023)

• Frank de Boer (2023)

• Bob de Klerk (2023–2024) caretaker

• Mirel Rădoi (2024)

• Grégory Dufrennes (2024) caretaker

• Hussein Ammouta (2024–2025)

• Marino Pušić (2025–2026)

• Cosmin Olăroiu (2026–)

Pro-League record

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

See also

• List of football clubs in the United Arab Emirates

References

External links

• Current squad at National-Football-Teams.com