Dibba Al-Hisn SC

Dibba Al-Hisn Sports Club
نادي دبا الحصن الرياضي

Full name	Dibba Al-Hisn Sports & Culture Club
Nickname(s)	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	Jaber Al Balooshi
League	UAE Pro League
2023–24	2nd
Website	https://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 into 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.

List of club chairmans

Years	Name
1980–????	Rashid Saeed Hubainah
????–????	Abdulla Ali Abdulla bin Yaroof
????–????	Muhammad Ubaid al-Muhallabi
????–????	Muhammad Abdullah Shukrallah
????–????	Saeed Suleiman bin Zayed
????–2009	Muhammad Abdulrahman Saleh
2009–2017	Mohammed Ahmed bin Yarouf
2017–2019	Khamis Ali Khasaw
2019–present	Ibrahim Baghdad Al Darmaki

Source: عن النادي

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.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  UAE Abdulla Al-Qamish 2 DF  UAE Ali Abdulla Ali 3 DF  TUN Oussama Haddadi 4 DF  UAE Firas Al-Khaseebi (on loan from Khor Fakkan) 5 MF  UAE Nahyan Saeed 6 MF  UAE Falah Waleed 7 MF  BRA João Vitor 8 MF  UAE Ahmed Al-Dhahouri 9 FW  TUN Haythem Jouini 11 MF  UAE Ahmed Al-Mutawa 14 MF  UAE Ismail Al-Zaabi ^U23 15 DF  UAE Ali Al-Dhanhani 16 DF  UAE Yousif Abdulhussain ^U23 17 GK  UAE Suhail Abdulla (on loan from Al Wasl) 19 FW  MOZ Witi 20 MF  GHA Dominic Nsobila ^U23 22 MF  NGA Ideba Elemiike 23 DF  UAE Omar Al-Naqbi ^U23 25 MF  CMR Pierre Kunde

No. Pos. Nation Player 26 FW  UAE Salem Saleh 33 GK  UAE Adel Fadaaq 38 FW  MAR Mohamed Rarrhour ^U23 43 DF  BRA Guilherme Matos ^U23 44 MF  GUI Ibrahima Cissé 49 DF  UAE Abdullah Khamis 50 DF  UAE Saad Sulaiman ^U23 52 DF  UAE Hussain Abbas 66 MF  ERI Kamal Taha ^U23 70 MF  MNE Nikša Vujanović ^U21 73 DF  BRA Marcos Souza 77 MF  UAE Walid Amber 80 FW  UAE Mohammed Al-Seraidi ^U23 84 DF  UAE Abdullah Al-Matroushi 85 FW  GNB Midana Cassamá ^U23 88 DF  UAE Hamdan Al-Kamali 96 GK  UAE Khalifa Al-Mahmoudi ^U23 97 FW  COM Ali Shambih ^U23 99 FW  BRA Luizão (on loan to Al Wasl)

Unregistered players

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 30 MF  UAE Mohammed Khalfan

Out on loan

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 18 DF  UAE Abdullah Khasif (on loan to Al-Dhaid)

Coaching Staff

Position	Name
Head Coach	Jaber Al Balooshi
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.