Al Bataeh Club is a professional
football
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club from
Al Bataeh
Al Bataeh () is a town located in outskirts of the Emirate of Sharjah, the United Arab Emirates
The United Arab Emirates (UAE), or simply the Emirates, is a country in West Asia, in the Middle East, at the eastern end of the Arabian Penin ...
,
Sharjah
Sharjah (; ', Gulf Arabic: ''aš-Šārja'') is the List of cities in the United Arab Emirates, third-most populous city in the United Arab Emirates, after Dubai and Abu Dhabi. It is the capital of the Emirate of Sharjah and forms part of the D ...
,
United Arab Emirates
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. The team joined the UAE football league in 2019–20 season.
History
Founded in 2012, the club started its sporting activities with table tennis and athletics. The football team was established in 2013 as a youth academy and competed in many youth tournaments. In 2019, the club joined the UAE football league system in the
UAE First Division League
UAE First Division League is the second tier of football league competition in the United Arab Emirates.
As of 2020–21, the league features 15 sides who play each other in a home and away round-robin format, with a total of 28 games for each t ...
, while its first season was interrupted due to
COVID-19 pandemic
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, it consistently performed well, finishing 3rd in both of their first two seasons. The club would secure promotion in 2021 after finishing second in the
2021–22 season, becoming one of the fastest clubs to get promoted as they only spent three seasons in the second tier.
Pro-League record
Notes 2019–20 UAE football season was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Arab Emirates
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.
Key
* Pos. = Position
* Tms. = Number of teams
* Lvl. = League
Current squad
''As of
UAE Pro League
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The first team to w ...
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Coaching staff
Managerial history
* Served as caretaker coach.
See also
*
List of football clubs in the United Arab Emirates
This is a list of football clubs in the United Arab Emirates. Currently there are officially 49 football clubs in the United Arab Emirates. Fourteen of them compete in the top tier division, 15 of them compete in the 2nd tier division, 12 of them c ...
References
Bataeh
Sport in the Emirate of Sharjah
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