Al Orooba Club

Al Orooba
نادي العروبة
Full name	Al Orooba Club
Nickname(s)	Green Duo (ثنائية الأخضر)
Founded	1972
Ground	Al Sharqi Stadium
Capacity	3,000[citation needed]
Owner	Maktoum bin Hamad bin Mohammed Al-Sharqi
Chairman	Khalifa Rashid Al-Mallahi
Manager	Bruno Pereira
League	UAE Pro League
2023–24	UAE First Division League, 1st of 17 (promoted)
Home colours	Away colours
	Current season

Al Orooba Club (Arabic: نادي العروبة الرياضي الثقافي) is a United Arab Emirates professional football club based in the city of Mirbah and Qidfa, Fujairah. The club currently plays in the UAE Pro League.

History

In 1960, two clubs were founded in Mirbah and Qidfa, Al Wehda in Mirbah and Al Najma in Qidfa, both clubs were financially weak and by 1972, both clubs agreed to merge under the name Al Urooba to represent the Mirbah-Qidfa area of the Emirate of Fujairah.^[1]

Stadium

Currently the team plays at the 3000-capacity Al Sharqi Stadium.^[2]

Honours

UAE Division One
- Champions (3): 1991–92, 2020–21, 2023–24

Pro-League Record

Season	Lvl.	Tms.	Pos.	President's Cup	League Cup
2008–09	2	16	4th	Preliminary Round	—
2009–10	2	8	5th	Round of 16	—
2010–11	2	8	4th	Round of 16	—
2011–12	2	8	8th	Preliminary Round	—
2012–13	2	14	6th	Preliminary Round	—
2013–14	2	13	9th	Preliminary Round	—
2014–15	2	11	6th	Preliminary Round	—
2015–16	2	9	5th	Preliminary Round	—
2016–17	2	9	3rd	Round of 16	—
2017–18	2	12	6th	Round of 16	—
2018–19	2	10	3rd	Preliminary Round	—
2019–20^a	2	11	9th	Preliminary Round	—
2020–21	2	11	1st	Round of 16	—
2021–22	1	14	13th	Round of 16	First Round
2022–23	2	17	13th	Preliminary Round	—

_{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

Current squad

As of UAE Pro League:

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
2	DF	BRA	Paulo Ricardo
3	DF	BRA	Lucas Mezenga ^U23
4	DF	UAE	Salem Suleiman
5	DF	UAE	Sultan Fayez (on loan from Khor Fakkan)
7	FW	IRN	Mohammad Reza Azadi
8	MF	CMR	Appolinaire Kack
9	FW	UAE	Abdulla Anwar
10	MF	UAE	Rashid Mubarak
11	FW	GAM	Bubacarr Trawally
14	MF	NGA	Yusuf Olatunji
15	FW	OMA	Ali Al-Mazrouei ^U23
16	DF	UAE	Mohamed Jalal
17	DF	UAE	Eisa Ali Abbas
18	MF	UAE	Shahin Suroor
19	DF	UAE	Adel Sabeel (on loan from Khor Fakkan)
20	MF	CMR	Petrus Boumal
21	DF	UAE	Bader Rashed ^U23
23	FW	UAE	Mohamed Al-Junaibi


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
25	DF	UAE	Mohammed Al-Yammahi ^U23 (on loan from Al Jazira)
30	FW	UAE	Ali Eid
32	MF	ARG	Patricio Ulises ^U23
33	GK	UAE	Jamal Abdalla (on loan from Kalba)
36	MF	NGA	Damilare Salaudeen
37	FW	MAR	Adnane Lagnaoui
40	GK	UAE	Abdullah Yousef
44	GK	UAE	Mohammed Abdulla ^U23
47	DF	OMA	Hamid Al-Jabri ^U23
49	DF	UAE	Abdulaziz Abdulla ^U23
55	GK	UAE	Talal Khameis
70	MF	OMA	Khalid Al-Jabri
71	MF	CMR	David Nyengue
77	MF	UAE	Mohammed Al-Eter ^U23
78	MF	UAE	Faisal Khameis ^U23
80	DF	SRB	Sinisa Jolacic
95	GK	UAE	Rashid Abdalla (on loan from Khor Fakkan)
99	MF	MLI	Tiécoura Traoré ^U23

Out on loan