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Al Khaleej

Club · United Arab Emirates · Pro League

«Al-Mundiali»

191 Matches
51 wins
41 draws
99 losses
257–359 Goals
−102 Difference
1.3 Scored per game
Form D 11 May · Home Al Wahda FC · 1:1 L 15 May · Away Sharjah FC · 1:3 L 15 Aug · Home Shabab Al Ahli Dubai · 1:5 L 22 Aug · Away Al Ain · 0:2 W 29 Aug · Home Al-Dhafra · 2:0 L 4 Sep · Away Al Wasl SC · 2:5

Al Khaleej sit in the UAE Pro League. A fifth-place finish in 2017–18 remains the high point in the top division.

The club traces back to 1981, when Al-Yarmuk and Khor Fakkan merged and settled on the Al Khaleej name; some records point to 1980 as the year the two sides actually came together. In June 2017 the club dropped that name and became Khor Fakkan SC, in the emirate of Sharjah. It remains Sharjah property: Sheikh Sultan bin Muhammad Al Qasimi owns it, with Fahim bin Sultan bin Muhammad Al Qasimi serving as chairman.

Supporters call the team Al-Mundiali — "the World Cup one" — a nickname earned for how many of its players ended up at the World Cup with the UAE national side. Khalil Ghanim Mubarak was the clearest case: through his decade at the club from 1984 to 1994, he won 52 caps, played at the 1984 and 1988 Asian Cups, and scored the goal against Qatar that sent the UAE to Italy in 1990. His brother Mubarak Ghanim made that same World Cup squad.

The Federation Cup came once, in 1993-94, alongside that season's Division One title. A President's Cup final in 1986-87 ended without the trophy. Selim Amallah and Tarik Tissoudali, both Morocco internationals, joined in 2025 and 2024. A UAE Pro League title has yet to follow any of it.

Latest results

All matches
4 Sep Pro League Al Wasl SC A 2:5 L
29 Aug Pro League Al-Dhafra H 2:0 W
22 Aug Pro League Al Ain A 0:2 L
15 Aug Pro League Shabab Al Ahli Dubai H 1:5 L
15 May Pro League Sharjah FC A 1:3 L
11 May Pro League Al Wahda FC H 1:1 D

Standing

Pro League
# Team M W D L Goals Pts
8 Al Wahda FC 4 2 0 2 4:5 6
9 Al Nasr 4 1 1 2 5:6 4
10 Al Khaleej 4 1 0 3 5:12 3
11 Hatta SC 4 1 0 3 4:9 3
12 Al Ittihad Kalba 4 0 1 3 3:11 1
Full table

Team statistics

matches counted: 191
191 Matches
51 wins
41 draws
99 losses
257–359 Goals
−102 Difference
1.3 Scored per game
Season results matches counted: 191
51wins: 51 · 26% 41draws: 41 · 21% 99losses: 99 · 51%
wins draws losses
Scored and conceded last matches
11 May · Home Al Wahda FC · 1:1
15 May · Away Sharjah FC · 1:3
15 Aug · Home Shabab Al Ahli Dubai · 1:5
22 Aug · Away Al Ain · 0:2
29 Aug · Home Al-Dhafra · 2:0
4 Sep · Away Al Wasl SC · 2:5
scored — above the line conceded — below the line
Metric Total Home Away
Matches 191 96 95
Scored 257 137 120
Conceded 359 157 202
Scored per game 1.3 1.4 1.3
Conceded per game 1.9 1.6 2.1
Difference −102 −20 −82

Key players

by appearances over the last year

Squad of Al Khaleej

by appearances over the last year
Number Player Position Matches
95 Rashid Abdalla Goalkeeper 2
50 Rashid Ali Goalkeeper 2
2 Yousef Al Ameri Defender 2
10 Aylton Filipe Boa Morte Forward 2
11 Ahmed Abdulla Mohamad Jashak Defender 2
19 Luis Fernando Haquín Lopez Defender 2
13 Ahmed Barman Ali Barman Shamro Al Hamoudi Midfielder 2
5 A. Camara Midfielder 2
6 A. Nakach Midfielder 2
8 Abdalla Ali Hassan Mohamed Rashid Al Naqbi Midfielder 2
17 Sultan Saeed Rashid Saif Alzaabi Defender 2
77 R. Sarki Forward 2
7 J. Flemmings Midfielder 2
3 Kayque Campos Defender 2
91 Oumar Traoré Ndjefi Midfielder 2
79 J. N'Guessan Midfielder 2
1 Ahmed Al Hosani Goalkeeper 2
16 P. Pavlov Defender 2
90 A. Diallo Forward 2
25 K. Al Hanae 1
21 S. Amallah Midfielder 1
12 I. Lagrimi Defender 1
34 Serano Seymor Defender 1

Fixtures of Al Khaleej

Honours of Al Khaleej

  • UAE Division One 1979, 1982, 1994, 2001, 2008, 2019 6
  • UAE Federation Cup 1994 1
  • UAE Second Division League 2021 1