Al Jazira Club

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 (defunct)
  • Winners: 2006–07
• UAE Super Cup: 1
  • Winners: 2021

Regional competitions

• GCC Champions League: 1
  • Winners: 2007

Club officials

Players

Current squad

As of UAE Pro-League:

Reserve team

Out on loan

Managers

• Brazil Jair Pereira (1983)
• Lebanon Hilmy Al-Nawwal (1984–1997) administration manager
• Russia Nikolay Kiselyov (1989–1993)
• Russia Nikolay Kiselyov (1994–1995)
• Netherlands Chris Dekker (1995)
• Bosnia and Herzegovina Džemaludin Mušović (1996–1998)
• Netherlands Rinus Israël (1998–2000)
• Netherlands Jan Versleijen (2001–2003)
• Netherlands André Wetzel (2004)
• Netherlands Sef Vergoossen (2004–2005)
• Belgium Walter Meeuws (2005–2006)
• France Henri Stambouli (2006)
• Netherlands Jan Versleijen (2006–2007)
• Romania László Bölöni (2007–2008)
• Brazil Abel Braga (2008–2011)
• Belgium Franky Vercauteren (2011–12)
• Brazil Caio Junior (2012)
• Brazil Paulo Bonamigo (2012–2013)
• Spain Luis Milla (2013)
• Italy Walter Zenga (2013–2014)
• Belgium Eric Gerets (2014–2015)
• Brazil Abel Braga (2015)
• United Arab Emirates Ali Al-Nuaimi (2015) interim
• Netherlands Henk ten Cate (2015–2018)
• Netherlands Marcel Keizer (2018)
• Netherlands Damiën Hertog (2018–2019)
• Netherlands Jurgen Streppel (2019)
• Netherlands Marcel Keizer (2019–2023)
• Netherlands Frank de Boer (2023)
• Netherlands Bob de Klerk (2023–2024) caretaker
• Romania Mirel Rădoi (2024)
• France Grégory Dufrennes (2024) caretaker
• Morocco Hussein Ammouta (2024–2025)
• NetherlandsCroatia Marino Pušić (2025–present)

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

References

References

1. "Abu Dhabi Football Clubs". Abu Dhabi Government.
2. "Al Jazira SSC". Perform Group.
3. "Club History". Al Jazira Sports Club Official Site.
4. "Hilmy Al-Nawwal".
5. Neil Cameron. (2 June 2011). "Al Jazira want management pedigree, not marquee name". Abu Dhabi Media.
6. James Piercy. (22 August 2011). "From Braga to Vercauteren via Sabella: Al Jazira's boss hunt finally ends". Sport 360.
7. Thomas Woods. (8 March 2012). "Franky Vercauteren dismissed by Al Jazira". Abu Dhabi Media.
8. (20 May 2014). "Al Jazira confirm Eric Gerets as new coach to replace Walter Zenga". Abu Dhabi Media.