Fursan Hispania FC

Fursan Hispania Football Club (Arabic: نادي فرسان الإسباني لكرة القدم) is an Emirati football club that started as an academy in Al Sufouh, Dubai. They currently play in the UAE First Division League, after promotion from the Second Division in the 2021–22 season.

Fursan Hispania
Full nameFursan Hispania Football Club
Short nameAl Fursan
FoundedOctober 2020 (2020-10)
OwnerMíchel Salgado
Faisal Belhoul
ManagerPablo Coira
LeagueUAE First Division League
2022–2316th
WebsiteClub website

History

In 2014, former Real Madrid defender Míchel Salgado founded a football academy in 2014 to help develop potential footballers in the United Arab Emirates. In 2020, Salgado formed a partnership with Belhoul to form a professional team to join the newly-established UAE Second Division League.[1][2]

They finished in first place in the 2021–22 UAE Division 2, gaining promotion to the UAE First Division League, the second tier of football in the United Arab Emirates.[3]

Current squad

As of 2022–23 season

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK United Arab Emirates UAE Nawaf Husain
2 DF Argentina ARG Lautaro Pizzo
3 DF Morocco MAR Najib Ouazni
4 DF Brazil BRA Gabriel Duarte
5 DF Algeria ALG Lofti Machou
7 MF United Arab Emirates UAE Abdulrahman Shaker
8 MF Spain ESP Madger Gomes
9 MF United Arab Emirates UAE Nawaf Khamis
10 FW Brazil BRA Sylas Freire
13 GK Spain ESP David Blanco
14 DF United Arab Emirates UAE Shehab Ahmed
16 FW United Arab Emirates UAE Abdulla Khamis
17 FW Brazil BRA Marlon Costa
20 FW Brazil BRA Caio Henrique
No. Pos. Nation Player
22 MF Brazil BRA Welysson Wendell
23 DF United Arab Emirates UAE Ramahdan Salmeen
24 FW United Arab Emirates UAE Jassem Mahdi
26 DF United Arab Emirates UAE Mohammed Salem
27 DF United Arab Emirates UAE Saeed Waleed
28 MF United Arab Emirates UAE Rashed Mohammed
29 MF Comoros COM Adel Zaraei
32 DF United Arab Emirates UAE Ahmed Ahli
66 MF Portugal POR Diogo Luis
71 MF United Arab Emirates UAE Mohammed Al Falasi
77 GK United Arab Emirates UAE Yousef Hassan
80 FW Ethiopia ETH Anwar Mediero
83 FW Colombia COL Jean Franco
98 GK United Arab Emirates UAE Abdulaziz Salah

Honours

See also

References

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