Al Bataeh Club
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 | ||
| Chairman | Saud bin Sultan Al Qasimi | ||
| Manager | Mirel Radoi | ||
| League | UAE Pro League | ||
| 2022–23 | UAE Pro League, 12th | ||
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History
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
| 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
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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References
- "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.