Kalba FC

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Kalba
نادي كلباء

Full name	Kalba Football Club
Nickname(s)	The Tigers
Founded	1972; 52 years ago (1972) as Ittihad Kalba 2024; 0 years ago (2024) as Kalba
Ground	Ittihad Kalba Stadium
Capacity	8,500
Owner	Zayed sulaiman alsharari alzaabi
Chairman	Zayed sulaiman alsharari alzaabi
Head coach	Ghazi Fahad
League	UAE Pro League
2023–24	UAE Pro-League, 10th
Website	https://www.ittihadkalbafc.ae/
Home colours Away colours
Current season

Kalba Football Club (Arabic: نادي كلباء الرياضي الثقافي), more colloquially abbreviated as Al-Ittihad, is a professional football club founded in 1972 and based in the city of Kalba, in the Emirate of Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The team competes in the UAE Pro League, the top tier of Emirati football. Founded in 1972, Al Ittihad Kalba has a rich history and a strong fan base.

Kalba was established in 1972 when two clubs (Al Shabab) and (Al Rooba) merged with (Al Riyadiya) to create Al Ittihad Kalba. Kalba has won a record breaking 7 Division 1 titles with their last one being in the 2013/14 season.

_{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

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 1 GK  UAE Eisa Hooti 2 DF  UAE Farid Abdulla U23 3 DF  UAE Mohammed Sabeel 4 DF  BRA Michel Dreifke 5 DF  UAE Abdalla Faisal U23 6 MF  ALB Rejan Alivoda U23 7 MF  UAE Habib Al Fardan 8 MF  BRA Caio Eduardo 9 MF  UAE Fahad Barout 10 MF  IRN Mehdi Ghayedi (on loan from Shabab Al-Ahli) 11 MF  ITA Daniel Bessa 12 DF  UAE Salem Rashid 15 DF  UAE Abdulaziz Al-Hamhami 16 DF  SVN Miha Blažič 17 GK  UAE Saif Yousif U23 18 MF  YEM Khaled Al-Asbahi 19 FW  UAE Ahmed Al-Naqbi 20 DF  UAE Abdulaziz Al-Kaabi

No. Pos. Nation Player 22 FW  UAE Mohamed Ali 23 DF  UAE Waleed Rashid U23 24 MF  UAE Khalid Al-Darmaki 25 DF  UAE Abdusalam Mohammed 27 FW  UAE Yaser Al-Blooshi U23 33 GK  UAE Sultan Al-Mantheri 37 DF  CIV Kouadjo Koffi U23 39 MF  BRA Gustavo U23 (on loan from Shabab Al-Ahli) 42 FW  PLE Ahmed Abunamous 44 MF  IRN Saman Ghoddos 55 GK  UAE Hamad Al-Mansoori 70 FW  IRN Shahriyar Moghanlou 77 MF  UAE Leandro Spadacio 80 FW  SRB Nemanja Jović U23 88 MF  UAE Saif Obaid U23 97 DF  MAR Anas Radi 99 FW  GHA Cornelius Agbenyegah U23

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 14 MF  SVK Filip Kiss

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 34 DF  UAE Khalid Al Zari (on loan to United)

No. Pos. Nation Player — GK  UAE Jamal Abdalla (on loan to Al Urooba)

• UAE Division One
  • Champions (7): 1979–80, 1988–89, 1995–96, 1998–99, 2009–10, 2011–12, 2013–14

Position	Name
Head coach	Ghazi Fahad
Assistant coach	Gabriele Pin
	Saeed Fawaz
	Musa Abdulbassit
Fitness Coach	Mounir Marzooq

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