al-Jazira Club

al Jazira Club
	al Jazira Club
Basic data
Surname	al Jazira Club
Seat	Abu Dhabi
founding	1974
Website	jc.ae
First soccer team
Head coach	Henk ten Cate
Venue	al-Jazira-Mohammed-Bin-Zayed-Stadion
Places	42,000
league	UAE Arabian Gulf League
2018/19	5th place
home	Away

The al-Jazira Club ( Arabic نادي الجزيرة, DMG Nādī l-Ǧazīra ) is a football club from Abu Dhabi , United Arab Emirates . The football department currently plays in the country's highest league, the UAE Arabian Gulf League . The club plays its home games in the al-Jazira-Mohammed-Bin-Zayed-Stadion .

history

The association, which was founded on March 19, 1974, emerged from the two associations al Khalidiyah Club and al Bateen Club . After relegation from the 1st division at the end of the 1994/95 season, he was promoted back to the UAE League in 1997. Since then, the club has played in the top league. In 2009 the club took part in the AFC Champions League for the first time. The UAE Arabian Gulf Cup was won in 2009/10 . In the 2010/11 season, the club achieved its first championship title and won the UAE President's Cup in the same season , which could be won again in the following season. There are also two runner-up championships, 2001/02 and 2007/08. In the seasons 2004/05, 2005/06, 2006/07, 2012/13 and 2013/14 the club was third in the league. In 2007 the GCC Champions League was won for the first time .

After finishing third in 2012/13, Abdelaziz Barrada , Nelson Valdez and Felipe Caicedo were signed . During the season Luis Milla was replaced by Walter Zenga . However, only 3rd place could be achieved in 2013/14.

For the next season, the squad was strengthened with Mirko Vučinić , Jonathan Pitroipa and Manuel Lanzini after last season's three signings left the club. Furthermore, Walter Zenga was dismissed and replaced by the Belgian Eric Gerets . The season ended with 2nd place in the league. In addition, they were eliminated early on in both cup competitions. Even if the team narrowly missed the championship title, the players could win individual trophies. Vučinić was named "Foreign Player of the Year", while Mabkhout won the "Emirati Player of the Year" award.

Thiago Neves and Jefferson Farfan were signed for the 2015/16 season . Jucilei da Silva , Manuel Lanzini and Jonathan Pitroipa left the club. In addition, the Brazilian Abel Braga replaces Eric Gerets as coach. After a 4-0 away defeat against Dibba Al Fujairah , the contract was canceled by mutual agreement. Al-Jazira stayed in 11th place in the league at this time and could only win three of the 16 league games played. Two weeks later, Braga's successor was introduced. The Dutchman Henk ten Cate was supposed to pilot the team into calmer waters. In the winter transfer window, Cardiff City's Kenwyne Jones was on loan until the end of the season to replace the injured Vučinić. In addition, the Spaniard Ángel Lafita replaced the injured Farfan. In fact, the team ended the season in seventh place in safe waters. In addition, the UAE President's Cup was won on penalties against al-Ain.

Thiago Neves left the club after two years for his home country and was replaced by the Moroccan Mbark Boussoufa . In the winter transfer window, the Brazilian Leonardo followed from the current AFC Champions League winner Jeonbuk Motors .