Al Bataeh Club is a football club from Al Bataeh, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates.[2] The team joined the UAE football league in 2019–20 season.
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| Full name | Al Bataeh Sports & Cultural Club | ||
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| Founded | 2012[1] | ||
| Ground | Al Bataeh Stadium | ||
| Capacity | 2,000[citation needed] | ||
| Chairman | Saud bin Sultan Al Qasimi | ||
| Manager | Goran Tomić | ||
| League | UAE Pro League | ||
| 2022–23 | UAE Pro League, 12th | ||
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History edit
Founded in 2012, the club started its sporting activities with table tennis and athletics.[3] The football team was established in 2013 as a youth academy and competed in many youth tournaments. In 2019, the club joined the UAE football league system in the UAE First Division League, while its first season was interrupted due to COVID-19 pandemic, it consistently performed well, finishing 3rd in both of their first two seasons. The club would secure promotion in 2021 after finishing second in the 2021–22 season, becoming one of the fastest clubs to get promoted as they only spent three seasons in the second tier.[4]
Pro-League record edit
| Season | Lvl. | Tms. | Pos. | President's Cup | League Cup |
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| 2019–20a | 2 | 11 | 3rd | Round of 16 | — |
| 2020–21 | 2 | 11 | 3rd | Preliminary Round | — |
| 2021–22 | 2 | 15 | 2nd | Preliminary Round | — |
| 2022–23 | 1 | 14 | 12th | Quarter-Finals | First 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 edit
As of UAE Pro League:
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Managerial history edit
* Served as caretaker coach.
| Name | Nat. | From | To | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tareq Al Sayed | 
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October 2019 | June 2020 | |
| Giovanni Tedesco | 
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October 2020 | November 2020 | [5] |
| Saeed Shakhit* | 
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November 2020 | November 2020 | |
| Noureddine Abidi | 
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November 2020 | February 2021 | [6] |
| Abdullah Mesfer | 
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March 2021 | May 2021 | [7] |
| Tarek Hadhiri |
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May 2021 | May 2022 | [8] |
| Caio Zanardi | 
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May 2022 | November 2022 | |
| Saeed Shakhit* |
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November 2022 | May 2023 | |
| Mirel Rădoi | 
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May 2023 | December 2023 | |
| Goran Tomić | 
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January 2024 | Present | [9] |
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "فريق: البطائح". kooora.com (in Arabic).
- ^ "UAE Football Association". uaefa.ae.
- ^ "The Beginning". Retrieved 4 June 2023.
- ^ "احتفال تاريخي للبطائح "ثاني الصاعدين" لدوري المحترفين الإماراتي" (in Arabic). Emaratalyoum. Retrieved 30 April 2022.
- ^ "إنهاء علاقة البطائح ومدربه ودّياً" (in Arabic). Albayan. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
- ^ فضل, متابعة – محمد (28 February 2021). "البطائح يقيل مدربه العبيدي ويكلف "شخيت" بالمهمة". البيان (in Arabic). albayan. Retrieved 28 February 2021.
- ^ "عبد الله مسفر يقود تدريبات البطائح" (in Arabic). albayan. March 2021. Retrieved 2 March 2021.
- ^ "البطائح يتعاقد مع المدرب التونسي طارق الحضيري لموسم واحد" (in Arabic). emaratalyoum. 19 May 2021.
- ^ "غوران مدرباً للبطائح" (in Arabic). Al Bayan. Retrieved 7 January 2024.
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