Sharjah Football Club team will start its journey in the new season of the ADNOC Professional Football League 2024-2025, by meeting Dibba Al-Hisn, who has recently been promoted to the Premier League, next Saturday in the first round, while the team launched its matches in the Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank Cup (Professional League Cup) by defeating Khorfakkan with a clean goal scored by Osman Camara. This season, the Sharjah team seeks to make an honorable appearance, achieve positive results, regain its luster and return to the podiums. Meanwhile, six technical and administrative steps are emerging to prepare the team for the upcoming league and the group stage of the AFC Champions League for clubs “2”, after the draw that was recently held placed it in Group Three of West Asian clubs, along with: Sepahan of Iran, Istiklol of Tajikistan and Al-Wahdat of Jordan. These steps are represented by the Romanian coach Olario Cosmin continuing to lead the team until the end of the current football season, in addition to good technical preparations by holding an external training camp in Austria during the period from July 10 to the third of this month. In addition to friendly matches, the external camp period witnessed intensive daily training with the aim of creating the appropriate formation that The team will play its matches in the new season, in addition to the team playing six matches, five of which are friendly matches, and one official match against Khorfakkan in the Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank Cup, where coach Cosmin checked during these matches the technical and physical readiness of his players, in addition to the club contracting with Serbian left-back David Petrovic to support the defense line, in addition to three of the team’s players, namely: Caio Lucas, Marcos Meloni and Osman Camara, obtaining Emirati citizenship, which motivates these players to give their all in the new season and make a difference in the team’s ranks, in addition to the new administrative changes that recently occurred in the team with former World Cup player Abdulaziz Mohammed assuming the position of team supervisor, and restructuring the administrative apparatus of the first team with Badr Ahmed Al Hammadi occupying the position of team manager, and Ali Mohammed Al Mazmi Ali as an administrator.
Adel Al Hammadi: The team needs 3 foreign players to support its ranks
Media professional and sports analyst Adel Mohammed Al Hammadi confirmed that despite the positive steps taken by the Sharjah Club management in the past period to prepare the team for the new season, especially in terms of the external camp and friendly matches and three of the team’s players obtaining Emirati citizenship, the delay in closing the foreign players’ file is the only negative, pointing out that the team needs at least three new foreign players (a pivot, a striker and a playmaker), as the team is waiting for the AFC Champions League “2” in addition to the local championships, which will witness strong confrontations.
Al Hammadi told Al-Emarat Al-Youm: “The club’s management must expedite the signing of new foreign players so that they can adapt to the team. Also, the team’s start in the Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank Cup gives it the advantage of gradual progress in matches before the start of the league.”
The 6 steps
1 Romanian coach Cosmin Olariu will continue until the end of the current season.
2 Good preparations by holding an external training camp during which the technical staff was reassured about the team.
3 The team played six matches, five of which were friendly matches and one was an official match.
4 The club signed Serbian left-back David Petrovic to bolster the defence.
5 Three of the team’s players (Caio Lucas, Marcos Meloni and Ousmane Camara) obtained Emirati citizenship.
6 New changes in the administrative apparatus.
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