Khor Fakkan Club (, formally known as Al Khaleej), usually known simply as Khor Fakkan, is an
Emirati professional
football
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club from
Khor Fakkan
Khor Fakkan () is a city and an exclave of the Emirate of Sharjah, located on the east coast of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), facing the Gulf of Oman, and geographically surrounded by the Emirate of Fujairah. The city, the second largest on ...
.
History
Founded in 1981, the club won a
UAE Federation Cup
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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. 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
The UAE Pro League (), also known as the ADNOC Pro League for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and the highest level of the Emirati football league system.
The first team to w ...
since 2008.
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 ...
:''
Unregistered players
Out on loan
Honours
The club has gained the following honours:
*
UAE Federation Cup
The Federation cup (Arabic: كأس الاتحاد الإماراتي) was a United Arab Emirates football tournament for UAE Football League teams. Starting from the 2008-09 season or whats known as the Pro Era this tournament was replaced with UAE ...
: 1
**Winners: 1993–94
*
UAE Division One
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 ...
: 6
**Winners: 1978–79, 1981–82, 1993–94, 2000–01, 2007–08, 2018–19
*
UAE President Cup
The UAE President's Cup, or simply the President Cup, is a football tournament that takes place in United Arab Emirates, between clubs in the UAE Pro League and the UAE First Division League. The winner qualifies for the preliminary stage of AFC C ...
**Runners-up: 1986–87
Notable players
*
Abdullah Ali Sultan
Abdullah Ali Sultan Ahmed (; born 1 October 1963) is a UAE football (soccer) player who played as a midfielder for the UAE national football team and Al Khaleej Club in Sharjah
Sharjah (; ', Gulf Arabic: ''aš-Šārja'') is the List of c ...
*
Ismail Al Hammadi
Ismail Salem Ismail Saeed Al Hammadi (; born 1 July 1988) is an Emirati footballer. He currently plays for Al-Hamriyah and for United Arab Emirates national football team and represented them at the 2012 Summer Olympics
The 2012 Summe ...
*
Khalil Ghanim
*
Mubarak Ghanim
Mubarak Ghanim Mubarak (), (born 3 September 1963), is a footballer from UAE, who played as a centre back for Al Khaleej Club in Sharjah, and the UAE national football team. He formed along with Khalil Ghanim, a hard defence line for the UAE ...
*
Temurkhuja Abdukholiqov
Temurkhuja "Tima" Abdukholiqov (born 25 September 1991) is an Uzbek professional footballer who plays as a forward for Bunyodkor and the Uzbekistan national team.
Career
Pakhtakor Tashkent
Abdukholiqov made his debut for FC Pakhtakor Tashken ...
*
Osama Rashid
Osama Jabbar Shafeeq Rashid (; born 17 January 1992) is an Iraqi professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Erbil SC and the Iraq national team.
Club career Youth career
Born in Kirkuk, Iraq, Rashid joined Feyenoord in 1999 from ZOB ...
Club staff
Futsal team
*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
*
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
External links
Khor Fakkan Clubat Soccerway
{{DEFAULTSORT:Al Khaleej
Khor Fakkan
Khor Fakkan () is a city and an exclave of the Emirate of Sharjah, located on the east coast of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), facing the Gulf of Oman, and geographically surrounded by the Emirate of Fujairah. The city, the second largest on ...
Association football clubs established in 1981
1981 establishments in the United Arab Emirates
Sport in the Emirate of Sharjah