Baniyas Club

Baniyas Club
نادي بني ياس الرياضي

Full name	Baniyas Sports & Cultural Club
Nickname(s)	Al-Smawi (The Sky Blues)
Founded	1982 (1982)
Ground	Baniyas Stadium
Capacity	6,927
Chairman	Saif bin Zayed Al Nahyan
Head coach	Ivaylo Petev
League	UAE Pro League
2024–25	UAE Pro League, 12th
Website	www.baniyasclub.ae
Home colours Away colours

Baniyas Sports & Cultural Club is an Emirati sports club based in Al Shamkha, in the Baniyas area of Abu Dhabi. The club's football section competes in the UAE Pro League.^[1]

• Source: Presidency

• President's Cup
  • Winners: 1991–92^[2]
• Division One
  • Winners: 1994–95, 2004–05, 2008–09, 2017–18^[3]
• Gulf Cup
  • Winners: 2012–13^[4]

_{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

Position	Staff
Head coach	Daniel Isăilă
Assistant coaches	Abdulla Yaqoob Saad Bashir
Goalkeeping coach	Ibrahim Sahib Al Baloushi
Fitness coach	Abbas Mohammed

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 Mohammed Khalaf 3 DF  BRA João Victor 4 DF  SWE Johan Bångsbo U23 (on loan from Al Jazira) 5 DF  UAE Hassan Al-Moharrami 6 DF  UAE Khalaf Al-Hosani 7 MF  UAE Fawaz Awana 8 MF  UAE Abdallah Al-Balochi 9 FW  UAE Fahad Badr (on loan from Emirates) 10 MF  ARG Juan Bauza (on loan from Craiova) 11 MF  COD Arnaud Lusamba 12 FW  MLI Youssoufou Niakaté 13 DF  UAE Humaid Al-Mahri U23 14 MF  UAE Mohammed Al-Menhali 16 FW  UAE Matar Al-Hosani U23 17 GK  UAE Khalid Al-Blooshi 18 MF  UAE Suhail Al-Noubi 19 MF  COD Isaac Tshibangu

No. Pos. Nation Player 20 MF  UAE Saif Al-Menhali U23 21 FW  UAE Mohamed Al-Harthi U23 23 DF  UAE Khamis Al Hammadi 24 DF  UAE Abdulrahman Aman 25 MF  BRA Saile Souza 26 DF  UAE Khamis Al-Mansoori U23 27 DF  GHA Umar Ali U23 30 FW  SEN Aboubacar Cissé U23 33 DF  ROU Andrei Burcă 50 FW  SRB Lazar Marković 55 GK  UAE Fahad Al-Dhanhani 74 DF  EGY Adham Khalid 78 DF  UAE Khalid Al-Mahri U23 88 MF  UAE Ali Al-Mosaabi U21 89 GK  UAE Mohammed Al-Mahri U23 99 MF  SEN Bernard Faye — FW  NGA Saviour Godwin

Season	Competition	Round	Opponent	Home	Away	Aggregate	Aggregate
2012	AFC Champions League	Group B	Al-Arabi	2–0	4–0	6-0	2nd in group
			Pakhtakor		1–1	3-1
			Al-Ittihad	0–0	0–1	0-1
		Round of 16	Al-Hilal	1–7			16th
2013	GCC Champions League	Group D	Al-Faisaly	1–1	3–4	4-5	2nd in group
			Busaiteen	0–0	2–1	2-1
		Quarter-finals	Al-Muharraq	1–1 (p) (4–3)			Champion
		Semi-finals	Najran	2–0	0–1	2–1
		Final	Al-Khor		1–1	3–1
2014	AFC Champions League	Qualifying play-offs	Al-Qadsia	0–4			Unqualified
2022			Nasaf Qarshi	0–2

Country	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win%
Bahrain	3	1	2	0	3	2	+1	033.33
Kuwait	1	0	0	1	0	4	−4	000.00
Qatar	4	3	1	0	9	1	+8	075.00
Saudi Arabia	7	1	2	4	7	14	−7	014.29
Uzbekistan	3	1	1	1	3	3	+0	033.33

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