Sharjah FC

History

Golden age

Sharjah was founded in 1966 under the name of Al Oruba Club, they were the first official champions of the UAE League winning it in 1974 after beating Al Ahli and Oman. The club would merge with Al Khaleej in 1974 to form Al Sharjah SCC and relocate their headquarters in Sharjah City. The club would later see itself win the league in 4 more occasions during the 80s and 90s and 8 out of the 22 players in the UAE's 1990 squad were players from Sharjah, more than any other club at the time.

Decline

During the mid-2000s however, Sharjah would see a decline as they would finish in mid-table consecutively and in 2012, the club got relegated for the first time in their history. However, the club were quickly promoted back to the top tier division in 2013.

New era

Sharjah won their first title since 1996 in 2019 with a record of only one loss. On 14 September 2019, Sharjah won their first UAE Super Cup title since 1994 after beating Shabab Al Ahli in penalties 4–3. The club went on to win the UAE League Cup in the 2022–23 season for the first time in the clubs history, the club also won two more UAE President's Cups back to back after reaching the final in 2022 and 2023 beating Al Wahda 1–0 and Al Ain 14–13 on penalties, making Sharjah FC the champions a record of 10 times, In the 2024-25 seasons the club ended up winning their first ever continental title which was the AFC Champions League 2 only losing two games, and becoming the second ever UAE club to win a continental trophy.

Honours

Domestic

Leagues

• UAE League
  • Winners (6): 1973–74, 1986–87, 1988–89, 1993–94, 1995–96, 2018–19
• UAE Division One
  • Winners (1): 1992–93

Cups

• UAE President's Cup
  • Winners (10): 1978–79, 1979–80, 1981–82, 1982–83, 1990–91, 1994–95, 1997–98, 2002–03, 2021–22, 2022–23
• UAE League Cup
  • Winners (1): 2022–23
• UAE Super Cup
  • Winners (4): 1994, 2019, 2022, 2025
• Joint League Cup
  • Winners (1): 1977

Regional

• GCC Champions League
  • Winners (1): 1991
• Qatar–UAE Super Cup
  • Winners (1): 2026

Continental

• AFC Cup / AFC Champions League Two
  • Winners (1): 2024–25

Season-by-season record

Notes 2019–20 UAE football season was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Arab Emirates.

Club officials

Players

Current squad

As of UAE Pro-League:

Reserve team

Unregistered players

Out on loan

Performance in AFC competitions

AFC Champions League history

• AFC Champions League: 6 appearances ::2004: Quarter Finals ::2009: Withdrew ::2020: Group Stage ::2021: Round of 16 ::2022: Group Stage ::2023–24: Group Stage

AFC Champions League Two history

• AFC Champions League Two: 1 appearance ::2024–25: Champions

Asian Club Championship history

• Asian Club Championship: 2 appearances ::1989: Group Stage ::1994: First Round

Record by country

Managerial history

References

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36. "Cosmin: My ambition is great with Sharjah team to achieve titles".