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Fursan Hispania FC

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Fursan Hispania
Full nameFursan Hispania Football Club
Short nameAl Fursan
FoundedOctober 2020; 4 years ago (2020-10)
OwnerMíchel Salgado
Faisal Belhoul
ManagerPablo Coira
LeagueUAE First Division League
2022–2316th
Websitehttps://www.fursanhispaniafc.com/

Fursan Hispania Football Club (Arabic: نادي فرسان هسبانيا لكرة القدم) is an Emirati football club that started as an academy in Al Sufouh, Dubai. They currently play in the UAE First Division League, after promotion from the Second Division in the 2021–22 season.

History

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In 2014, former Real Madrid defender Míchel Salgado founded a football academy in 2014 to help develop potential footballers in the United Arab Emirates. In 2020, Salgado formed a partnership with Belhoul to form a professional team to join the newly established UAE Second Division League.[1][2]

They finished in first place in the 2021–22 UAE Division 2, gaining promotion to the UAE First Division League, the second tier of football in the United Arab Emirates.[3]

Current squad

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As of 2023–24 season

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
2 DF Algeria ALG Lofti Machou
3 DF Algeria ALG Abderrahmane Hamidi
4 DF Brazil BRA Anthony Saraiva
5 DF Colombia COL Gustavo Casanova
6 MF France FRA Anthony Franck
8 MF Spain ESP Ramon Fiol
9 FW Egypt EGY Ayman El Sayed
10 FW Colombia COL Yordy Quintero
11 FW Brazil BRA Vinicius Oliveira
12 MF Colombia COL Juan Ortiz
13 GK Morocco MAR Aymane El Alaoui
16 FW Argentina ARG Ramiro Breccia
19 FW Colombia COL Jean Granja
No. Pos. Nation Player
20 DF Brazil BRA Samuel Fakhr
23 GK Ghana GHA Kofi Kondo
26 MF France FRA Eric Neron-Bancel
41 MF France FRA Salouma Diakhite
70 MF Denmark DEN Abdou Goddard
77 DF Spain ESP Henok Gomez
80 FW Colombia COL Duvan Pedroza
88 FW Lebanon LBN Anthony Khayat
89 FW Lebanon LBN Samuel El Khoury
99 MF Colombia COL Vicente Prado
FW United Arab Emirates UAE Jassim Al Ahmed
MF Spain ESP Giancarlo Valverde

Honours

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Senior

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Youth

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  • Mina Cup (U-16)
    • Winners (1): 2022[4]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ ""فرسان هيسبانيا".. فكرة سلجادو تظهر للنور في الدوري الإماراتي" (in Arabic). Retrieved 8 January 2021.
  2. ^ "فرسان هيسبانيا ينضم رسمياً لدوري الدرجة الثانية" (in Arabic). Al Khaleej. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
  3. ^ "نجم لبنان يشارك في إنجاز فرسان هسبانيا الإماراتي". كووورة (in Arabic). 2022-04-16. Retrieved 2022-04-27.
  4. ^ Radley, Paul. "Indian kids stun Manchester City and Barcelona as they dominate Mina Cup". thenationalnews.com. Dubai: The National News. Archived from the original on 19 February 2023. Retrieved 26 November 2022.