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Khor Fakkan Club

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Khor Fakkan Club
نادي خورفكان
Full nameKhorfakkan Sports & Cultural Club
نادي خورفكان الرياضي الثقافي
Nickname(s)Al Nusur (The Eagles)
Founded1981; 43 years ago (1981) as Al Khaleej
2017; 7 years ago (2017) as Khorfakkan
GroundSaqr bin Mohammed Al Qasimi Stadium, Khor Fakkan
Capacity7,500
ChairmanFahd bin Sultan bin Mohammed Al Qasimi
Head coachDaniel Isăilă
LeagueUAE Pro League
2023–24UAE Pro League, 12th
Websitehttps://khorfakkanfc.ae/en/home/

Khor Fakkan Club (Arabic: نادي خورفكان الرياضي الثقافي, formally known as Al Khaleej), usually known simply as Khor Fakkan, is an Emirati professional football club from Khor Fakkan.

History

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Founded in 1981, the club won a UAE Federation Cup in the 1993–94 season. In June 2017 the club was rebranded with a new name and logo now it is known as Khor Fakkan.[1] The team were promoted back to the top flight in 2019 after winning the UAE Division 1, it was their first experience in the UAE Pro League since 2008.[2]

Pro-League record

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Season Div. Tms. Pos. President's Cup League Cup
2008–09 1 12 12th Quarter-Finals First Round
2009–10 2 8 6th Round of 16
2010–11 2 Preliminary Round
2011–12 5th Round of 16
2012–13 14 8th Preliminary Round
2013–14 13 6th
2014–15 11 9th
2015–16 9 8th
2016–17 12 7th
2017–18 5th
2018–19 10 1st
2019–20a 1 14 12th Round of 16 First Round
2020–21 10th Quarter-Finals
2021–22 First Round
2022–23 Quarter-Finals

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

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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 United Arab Emirates UAE Ahmed Al-Hosani
3 DF South Korea KOR Kwon Kyung-won
4 DF United Arab Emirates UAE Mohammed Ali Shaker
5 MF Guinea GUI Ahmadou Camara U23
6 DF United Arab Emirates UAE Abdurahman Yousef
7 FW Brazil BRA Lourency
8 MF United Arab Emirates UAE Waleed Hussain
9 FW Brazil BRA Pedro Henrique
10 MF Brazil BRA Mattheus Oliveira
12 GK United Arab Emirates UAE Ahmed Mahmoud
13 GK United Arab Emirates UAE Khalid Salem U23
14 MF Morocco MAR Oussama Noureddine U23
15 DF United Arab Emirates UAE Abdullah Al-Karbi
16 DF Argentina ARG Pedro Pavlov
17 DF United Arab Emirates UAE Sultan Al-Zaabi (on loan from Shabab Al Ahli)
18 MF South Korea KOR Won Du-jae
23 DF United Arab Emirates UAE Saeed Ahmed Abdulla
No. Pos. Nation Player
27 MF United Arab Emirates UAE Sultan Al-Shamsi
28 DF United Arab Emirates UAE Nawaf Dhawi U23
30 DF Guinea GUI Oumar Keita U23 (on loan from Shabab Al Ahli)
37 FW Morocco MAR Ayman Rchoq
40 MF United Arab Emirates UAE Abdullah Al-Naqbi
43 DF Brazil BRA Kayque Campos U23
44 MF United Arab Emirates UAE Khalid Jalal
48 GK United Arab Emirates UAE Jamal Al-Hosani
55 GK United Arab Emirates UAE Ali Eissa U23
60 MF Mali MLI Drissa Coulibaly (on loan from Shabab Al Ahli)
66 MF United Arab Emirates UAE Hamdan Humaid U23 (on loan from Shabab Al Ahli)
72 FW South Korea KOR Seung-joon Lee
74 DF Egypt EGY Abdalla Al Refaey
77 MF Argentina ARG Brian Ramírez
80 DF United Arab Emirates UAE Omar Saeed
90 FW Portugal POR Nélson Pereira U23
99 FW Mali MLI Cheickna Doumbia U23 (on loan from Shabab Al Ahli)

Unregistered players

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
25 MF South Africa RSA Thulani Serero
33 DF Argentina ARG Bryan Lemos
No. Pos. Nation Player
76 FW Brazil BRA Fabricio Yan U23

Out on loan

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
2 DF United Arab Emirates UAE Sultan Fayez (on loan to Al Urooba)
19 DF United Arab Emirates UAE Adel Sabeel (on loan to Al Urooba)
95 GK United Arab Emirates UAE Rashid Abdalla (on loan to Al Urooba)
No. Pos. Nation Player
DF United Arab Emirates UAE Firas Al-Khaseebi (on loan to Dibba Al-Hisn)
MF Paraguay PAR Erwin Quintana (on loan to Masfout)

Honours

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The club has gained the following honours:

Notable players

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Club staff

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Position Name
Head coach Romania Daniel Isăilă
Assistant coach Croatia Damir Markanović
United Arab Emirates Saeed Yameen
United Arab Emirates Abbas Abdul Ghani
Goalkeeper coach United Arab Emirates Saad Saqib
Fitness coach United Arab Emirates Abdullah Jumaa
Match analyst United Arab Emirates Anwar Khamis
Team Doctor United Arab Emirates Mansour Ismail
Physiotherapist United Arab Emirates Mohamed Mounir

Futsal team

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  • UAE PRESIDENT CUP - FUTSAL: 1
Winners: 2012–2013
  • UAE FUTSAL LEAGUE: 1
Winners: 2013–2014
  • UAE Federation Cup: 1
Winners: 2013–2014
  • UAE FUTSAL SUPER CUP: 1
Winners: 2014–2015
  • UAE YOUTH FUTSAL CUP: 1
Winners: 2018.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ اليوم, خورفكان-الإمارات (14 June 2017). "تغيير اسم نادي الخليج إلى "خورفكان"". الإمارات اليوم.
  2. ^ "Khor Fakkan and Hatta earn Arabian Gulf League returns on dramatic final day". Sport360. Retrieved 27 April 2019.
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