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Wikipedia - Al Dhafra FC
Al Dhafra FC (Arabic: نادي الظفرة لكرة القدم) is an Emirati professional football club based in Madinat Zayed that competes in the UAE First Division League.
Their futsal club participated in AFC Futsal Club Championship.
History
Al Dhafra FC was established in 2000, as part of a policy to promote sports across the country and the Al Dhafra region of Abu Dhabi had no team, so Al Dhafra is the first and only club to be located in the western region. For most of its history the club was classified as a semi-professional club according to the UAE Pro League committee and did not have licenses to compete in the AFC competitions but the team had continued to appeal for a license since qualifying for the UAE President's Cup for the first time in 2019. Around 2020 the club finally obtained their licenses, thus all pro league teams can compete in AFC competitions.
Domácim štadiónom Al Dhafra SCC je štadión Hamdan Bin Zayed, ktorý má kapacitu 12 000 miest. Klub má prezývku "Rytieri púšte" a jeho dresy sú prevažne modré s bielymi pruhmi.
Al Dhafra SCC nikdy nevyhral veľkú trofej, ale v sezóne 2015/16 sa mu podarilo postúpiť do finále President's Cupu, kde prehral s Al-Jazírou Abu Dhabi. Klub tiež reprezentoval Spojené arabské emiráty v Ázijskej lige majstrov v roku 2017.
Medzi najznámejších hráčov, ktorí hrali za Al Dhafra SCC, patrí bývalý útočník brazílskej reprezentácie Grafite, bývalý útočník anglickej reprezentácie Carlton Cole a bývalý stredopoliar Alžírska Mehdi Lacen.