Al Bataeh Club
Emirati football club
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Al Bataeh Club is a professional football club from Al Bataeh, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates.[1] The team joined the UAE football league in the 2019–20 season.
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| Full name | Al Bataeh Cultural & Sports Club | ||
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| Founded | 2012 | ||
| Ground | Al Bataeh Stadium | ||
| Capacity | 2,000[citation needed] | ||
| Chairman | Saud bin Sultan Al Qasimi | ||
| Head coach | Farhad Majidi | ||
| League | UAE Pro League | ||
| 2024–25 | UAE Pro League, 11th | ||
| Website | https://albataehfc.ae/ | ||
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History
Founded in 2012, the club started its sporting activities with table tennis and athletics.[2] 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.[3]
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 |
| 2023–24 | 1 | 14 | 7th | Round of 16 | 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
Players
Current squad
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.
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Reserve team
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Coaching staff
| Position | Name |
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| Head coach |  Farhad Majidi |
| Assistant coach |  Gabriele Pin Farzad Majidi Saleh Mostafavi |
| Goalkeeper coach |  Saoud Al-Hosani |
| Fitness coach | Alireza Rabbani |
| Match analyst | Mahmood Al-Hashmi |
| Sporting director |  Hussein Yasser |
Managerial history
* Served as caretaker coach.
| Name | Nat. | From | To | Ref. |
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| Tareq Al Sayed |  |
October 2019 | June 2020 | |
| Giovanni Tedesco | |
October 2020 | November 2020 | [4] |
| Saeed Shakhit* |  |
November 2020 | November 2020 | |
| Noureddine Abidi |  |
November 2020 | February 2021 | [5] |
| Abdullah Mesfer | |
March 2021 | May 2021 | [6] |
| Tarek Hadhiri | |
May 2021 | May 2022 | [7] |
| Caio Zanardi |  |
May 2022 | November 2022 | |
| Saeed Shakhit* | |
November 2022 | May 2023 | |
| Mirel Rădoi |  |
May 2023 | December 2023 | |
| Goran Tomić |  |
January 2024 | January 2025 | [8] |
| Farhad Majidi | |
January 2025 | present |
