United Football Club (Dubai)

United Football Club (Arabic: نادي يونايتد لكرة القدم) is an Emirati professional football club that was founded in September 2022 in Dubai. They currently play in the UAE First Division League. United FC got promoted from the UAE Second Division in the 2022–2023 season.[1] The club is focused on achieving high goals and developing young footballers.

United Football Club (Dubai)
Full nameUnited Football Club
Founded1 September 2022 (2022-09-01)
StadiumISD Stadium Pitch
PresidentIlie Cebanu
Head coachKamal Tassali
LeagueUAE First Division League
2022–232nd (Promoted)
WebsiteClub website

History

Founding

The club was founded in September 2022. It began its journey in UAE Second Division.

Season 2022/2023

United FC did everything to get the promotion to UAE First Division League. The club invited some new players and coaches, who created new tactics for the team. The management set high goals and the team started showing great performance.

United FC became one of the favorites to promote. However, the end of the season was quite dramatic. Three clubs: Gulf United FC, Fleetwood United F.C. and United FC had the chance to play in UAE First Division League in the following season. The last two games were really important for United FC, where the club beat Fleetwood United F.C. and Al-Hilal United FC.

United FC finished the season on the 2nd place with the best offensive and defensive rating in the league. The club started and finished the second half of the season without losing any game.

International Summer Camp

After the promotion, United FC had several friendly games against local clubs from UAE Pro League. The team showed its best against 2022-2023 champions Shabab Al Ahli Club, the club with the most championships Al Ain FC and 2023 cup champions Sharjah FC.

In June 2023 the club went to Moldova and spent the summer camp at the football base of FC Sheriff Tiraspol. United FC had some friendly matches against some professional Moldovan teams, such as Milsami Orhei, FC Petrocub Hîncești, CSF Bălți, FC Florești, Moldova national under-19 football team, FC Saxan and FC Dinamo-Auto Tiraspol.

After the summer camp, the team went back to Dubai and continued its preparation for the UAE First Division League. The club played a friendly game against Turkmenistan national football team in October 2023.[2] In early January 2024, United FC played another friendly match versus Latvian team, Riga FC.[3]

First Division League UAE

During the transfer window a lot of changes were made. The new technical director Jean Marc Nobilo came. Also a lot of notable French specialists began working with United FC. The club also signed Marcelo Torres, Lucas Lima and Imade Osarenkhoe. Also, United FC extended the contracts Pape Gueye,[4] who is the best goalscorer of the UAE Second Division League 2022/2023 and Moussa Ouedraogo who was chosen the MVP of United FC by the team. The season started with the victory against Gulf United FC in UAE President Cup tournament. The goal of United FC is to promote to the UAE Pro League,so more is yet to come!

Partnerships

In the summer of 2023, United FC signed the partnership deal with ISD. The ISD Stadium Pitch serves as home for United FC which is located in Dubai Sports City. ISD provides the team with the best conditions for training and progressing on and off the pitch.

Also the football legends, Marco Materazzi and Luca Antonini, attended the first home game in 2023–2024 season.

Also United FC signed sponsorships and partnerships with LF Group, Fix Price Group, Inoi and InstaCo.

Media

Current squad

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  BFA Nagoro Brahima Dao
4 DF  CIV Moussa Ouedraogo
5 DF  CIV Malick Atanda
6 DF  UAE Ahmed Sulaiman
7 MF  POR Pedro Pelagio
8 MF  MLI Diakite Kane Baidy
9 FW  UAE Ahmed Malallah
10 FW  SEN Pape Bacary Gueye
11 FW  UAE Jama Abdulrahman Hassan Ahmad Kahen
12 GK  UAE Alkaabi Ali Eissa Saleh Binalshaibh
17 MF  POR Samuel Pedro
18 DF  CIV Alassane Diallo
19 DF  UAE Hassan Mohammad Jassim Saleh Ali
20 DF  UAE Obaid Aldahmani
21 MF  UAE Essa Marwan Abdulla Ibrahim Alhaj
22 MF  UAE Hassan Aliyoussef Qassem
23 DF  UAE Essa Walid Obaid Abdulla Albalooshi
25 MF  SEN Arona Fall
28 FW  NGA Imade Osarenkhoe
29 FW  SEN Makha Sissokho
30 MF  BFA Aziz Siribie
32 FW  ARG Marcelo Torres
51 DF  UAE Ebrahim Hassan Khalfan Alnoobi Alhammadi
54 GK  UAE Abdulla Mohamed Ahmed Abdulla Alhammadi
72 DF  UAE Ahmed Malalla Juma
74 GK  UAE Hassan Jaber Hassan
88 FW  UAE Salem Alshehyari

Personnel

Current Technical Staff
Position Staff
Head Coach Kamal Tassali
Assistant Coach Alexandre Torres
Second Assistant Coach Mohammad Qassim Juma Ali
Fitness Coach Sebastien Paul Rochette
Sports Therapist Lucas Fred Antoine Well
Video Analyst Corentin Paul Christian Jourdan

Management
Position Staff
President Ilie Cebanu
Technical Director Jean Marc Nobilo
General Secretary Igor Bartyan

Honours

See also

References
  1. جلف يوناتيد يُتوج بطلاُ للنسخة الأولى من دوري الدرجة الثالثة. UAE Football Association (in Arabic). Retrieved 2022-10-25.
  2. "The Turkmenistan national football team continues training camps in the UAE". Orient. 2023-10-14. Retrieved 2024-03-27.
  3. Upenieks, Krišs (2024-01-25). "First victory in Dubai". Riga FC. Retrieved 2024-03-27.
  4. "Foot / Émirats : Pape Gueye Asensio, la jeune pépite sénégalaise qui fait exploser les compteurs" (in French). 2023-04-06. Retrieved 2024-03-27.
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