Dibba Al-Hisn SC

Dibba Al-Hisn Sports Club
نادي دبا الحصن الرياضي

Full name	Dibba Al-Hisn Sports & Culture Club
Nickname	Hasnawy
Founded	1980;45 years ago (1980) [1]
Ground	Dibba Stadium, Dibba Al-Hisn
Capacity	700[ citation needed ]
Owner	Khalid bin Saqr bin Mohammed Al Qasimi
Chairman	Ibrahim Baghdad Al Darmaki
Head coach	Hassan Al-Abdooli
League	UAE Pro League
2023–24	2nd
Website	dhclub.ae
Home colours Away colours

Dibba Al-Hisn Sports Club is a sports club located in the city of Dibba Al-Hisn in the United Arab Emirates. The club was established in 1980. Its football section currently competes in the UAE First Division League.

History

The first team to be founded in Dibba Al-Hisn was Al-Fajr club in 1967 while Al-Dhafir club was founded during a training session in Kuwait. Around 1974, the two clubs agreed to merge as Al Hisn club in 1974. In 1980, the team officially registered with the UAE football league under the name of Dibba Al Hisn Sports Club. The team has mostly spent their time in UAE's 2nd-tier football, only getting promoted once in 2005. The 2005–06 season remains the only time the club experienced top-flight football.

Current squad

As of UAE First Division League: ^[2]

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   UAE Abdulla Al-Qamish 2 MF   UAE Mansoor Al-Baloushi 3 DF   BRA Michel Dreifke 4 DF   UAE Ahmed Al-Affad 5 MF   UAE Nahyan Saeed 6 MF   TUN Larry Azouni 7 MF   BRA João Vitor 8 MF   UAE Ahmed Al-Dhahouri 9 FW   RSA Lars Veldwijk 10 FW   ALG Okacha Hamzaoui 11 MF   UAE Ahmed Al-Mutawa 12 GK   UAE Ahmed Mahmoud 13 DF   UAE Ahmed Al-Marzouqi 16 DF   UAE Yousif Abdulhussain

No. Pos. Nation Player 18 DF   UAE Abdullah Khasif 22 MF   NGA Ideba Elemiike 23 MF   BRA Léo Tilica 28 DF   UAE Ahmed Al-Zahmi 43 DF   BRA Guilherme Matos 45 MF   SEN Alioune Ndour 50 DF   UAE Saad Sulaiman 70 DF   UAE Abdalla Abdulrahman 77 FW   UAE Ali Sangour 84 DF   UAE Abdullah Al-Matroushi 96 GK   UAE Khalifa Al-Mahmoudi 99 MF   BRA Lucas Silva — GK   UAE Mohammed Al-Bairaq — MF   UAE Abdullah Al-Mutawa

Coaching Staff

Position	Name
Head Coach	Hassan Al-Abdooli
Assistant Coach	Mohammed Qasim Omar Ali Omar Osama Al Haddadi Saud Rashid
Goalkeeper Coach	Ghulam Kader Abdullah Ali Al Marzouqi
Fitness Coach	Mohammed Abdulhussain

Season-by-season record

Season	Lvl.	Tms.	Pos.	President's Cup	League Cup
2008–09	2	16	8th	Round of 16	—
2009–10	2	8	8th	Preliminary Round	—
2010–11	3	10	6th	Preliminary Round	—
2011–12	3	8	3rd	Round of 16	—
2012–13	2	14	5th	Preliminary Round	—
2013–14	2	13	6th	Preliminary Round	—
2014–15	2	11	7th	Preliminary Round	—
2015–16	2	9	6th	Preliminary Round	—
2016–17	2	12	5th	Preliminary Round	—
2017–18	2	12	9th	Preliminary Round	—
2018–19	2	10	5th	Round of 16	—
2019–20 a	2	11	2nd	Round of 16	—
2020–21	2	11	5th	Preliminary Round	—
2021–22	2	15	3rd	Preliminary Round	—
2022–23	2	17	3rd	Preliminary Round	—
2023–24	2	17	2nd	—
2024–25	1	14

_{Notes ^ 2019–20 UAE football season was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Arab Emirates.}

See also

• List of football clubs in the United Arab Emirates

References

1. "UAE – Foundation Dates". RSSSF . Retrieved Dec 21, 2019.
2. "دبا الحصن". www.uaefa.ae.