Fleetwood United Football Club () is an
association football
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club based in
Jebel Ali
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, United Arab Emirates. It was established as a sister club of the English side
Fleetwood Town
Fleetwood Town Football Club is a professional association football club based in Fleetwood, Lancashire, England. The team competes in EFL League Two, the fourth level of the English football league system.
Established in 1997, the current Flee ...
, in which it served as an academy that scouts players and youth talents across the city of
Dubai
Dubai (Help:IPA/English, /duːˈbaɪ/ Help:Pronunciation respelling key, ''doo-BYE''; Modern Standard Arabic, Modern Standard Arabic: ; Emirati Arabic, Emirati Arabic: , Romanization of Arabic, romanized: Help:IPA/English, /diˈbej/) is the Lis ...
.
History
Fleetwood United was founded in 2021 as part of
Andrew Pilley
Andrew James Pilley (born 26 May 1970) is an English businessman, convicted criminal, and former football club chairman. He was previously the chairman of EFL League One club Fleetwood Town and League of Ireland First Division side Waterford. P ...
's expansion. The club won promotion to the
UAE Second Division League
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after finishing second in the
UAE Third Division League
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.
In 2023–24 season the club won the
UAE Second Division League
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, getting the victory in 20 out of 26 league games. In September 2024, English club Fleetwood Town announced the sale of the team to the GIE Dubai Group, officially ending all collaboration between the two organizations.
Current squad
''As of 2023–24 season''
See also
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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
2021 establishments in the United Arab Emirates
Association football clubs established in 2021
Football clubs in the United Arab Emirates
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