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United FC
Full nameUnited Football Club
Founded1 September 2022; 2 years ago (2022-09-01)
StadiumISD Stadium Pitch
PresidentIlie Cebanu
Head coachLauvel Johann Ulrich
LeagueUAE First Division League
2022–232nd (Promoted)
Websitewww.utdfc.ae
Current season

United FC (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.[1] United FC promoted from the UAE Second Division in the 2022–23 season.[2] The club is focused on achieving high goals and developing young footballers.

History

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Founding

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

Season 2022/2023

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

United FC became one of the favourites to promote. However, the end of the season was quite dramatic. Three clubs: Gulf United FC, Fleetwood United F.C. and United FC had chances 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.

International Summer Camp

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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. United FC also played a friendly game against Turkmenistan national football team.[3]

In June 2023 the club went to Moldova and spent the summer camp at the football base of FC Sheriff Tiraspol. United FC tried all the new players and 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.

First Division League UAE

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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, 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 UAE Pro League, so more is yet to come!

Partnerships

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In the summer of 2023 United FC signed the partnership deal with ISD. Since that summer the club is located in Dubai Sports City. ISD provides the team with the best conditions for training and progressing on and off the pitch.

The football legends Marco Materazzi and Luca Antonini attended the first home game in 2023-2024 season.

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

Media

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Current squad

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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 United Arab Emirates UAE Mubarak Tariq
2 DF Burkina Faso BFA Nagoro Brahima Dao
3 DF United Arab Emirates UAE Ali Ibrahim Abdulrasool Moosa Ahmad
4 DF Ivory Coast CIV Moussa Ouedraogo
6 DF United Arab Emirates UAE Ahmed Sulaiman Ali Obaid Aldhanhani
7 FW Ivory Coast CIV Aboubakar Karamoko
8 MF Mali MLI Diakite Kane Baidy
9 FW United Arab Emirates UAE Ahmed Malalla Fairouz Faraj Alhammadi
10 FW Senegal SEN Pape Bacary Gueye
11 FW United Arab Emirates UAE Jama Abdulrahman Hassan Ahmad Kahen
12 GK United Arab Emirates UAE Alkaabi Ali Eissa Saleh Binalshaibh
17 FW Senegal SEN Ivan Lopis
No. Pos. Nation Player
18 DF Ivory Coast CIV Alassane Diallo
19 DF United Arab Emirates UAE Hassan Mohammad Jassim Saleh Ali
21 MF United Arab Emirates UAE Essa Marwan Abdulla Ibrahim Alhaj
22 MF United Arab Emirates UAE Hassan Aliyoussef Qassem
23 DF United Arab Emirates UAE Essa Walid Obaid Abdulla Albalooshi
25 MF Senegal SEN Arona Fall
27 FW United Arab Emirates UAE Thani Bakhit Saad
28 FW Nigeria NGA Imade Osarenkhoe
30 MF Burkina Faso BFA Aziz Siribie
32 FW Argentina ARG Marcelo Torres
51 DF United Arab Emirates UAE Ebrahim Hassan Khalfan Alnoobi Alhammadi
54 GK United Arab Emirates UAE Abdulla Mohamed Ahmed Abdulla Alhammadi

Personnel[4]

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Current technical staff

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Position Staff
Head coach France Lauvel Johann Ulrich
Assistant coach France Kamal Tassali
Second assistant coach United Arab Emirates Mohammad Qassim Juma Ali
Fitness coach France Sebastien Paul Rochette
Goalkeeping coach Austria Kazimierz Sidorczuk
Sports therapist France Lucas Fred Antoine Well
Video analyst France Corentin Paul Christian Jourdan

Management

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Position Staff
President Moldova Ilie Cebanu
Technical director France Jean Marc Nobilo
General secretary Ukraine Igor Bartyan

Honours

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "UAE Football Association". www.uaefa.ae. Retrieved 2023-12-06.
  2. ^ جلف يوناتيد يُتوج بطلاُ للنسخة الأولى من دوري الدرجة الثالثة. UAE Football Association (in Arabic). Retrieved 2022-10-25.
  3. ^ turkmenportal (2023-11-09). "The Turkmenistan national football team will play a friendly match against the champion of the UAE | Sport". Turkmenistan, an Internet portal on cultural, business and entertainment life in Turkmenistan. Retrieved 2023-12-06.
  4. ^ "United FC (UAE) - Club profile". www.transfermarkt.com. Retrieved 2023-12-06.
  5. ^ "UAE Football Association". www.uaefa.ae. Retrieved 2023-12-06.
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