Sunday, 26 April 2015

Study Case - Al Wahda Club

Study Case - Al Wahda Club




 
Foundation and publicity:
 
The club was established in 1966 as Al Ahli Club. Through the years the club went with several merges. In 1974 Al Ahli merged with Al Falah as Al Emirates club. In 1984 was the last merger when Al Emirates and Abu Dhabi club merged as Al Wahda club.

Football championships (11 championships)

    Champions league: 4 times (98/99, 2000/2001, 2004/2005, 2009/2010).     President Cup: Once (99/2000).     Super Cup champion: twice (2001/2002, 2011/2012).     Federation Cup champions United Arab Emirates Football: 3 times (85/86, 94/95,    2000/2001).     Champions second level (84/85)

Al Nahyan Stadium
 
Al Nahyan stadium has a history no one can ignore, since its humble beginnings to reaching the biggest clubs in the world for its content of installations, facilities and latest equipment and the extent of the preparations to organize the international tournaments and provide better services to sports teams and the media and the press. Moreover, the club has gone through several mergers, the stadium was also going through such stages of alterations, constructions, starting with the establishment of Emirates stadium in mid-seventies, the playground was sand without strips, and then the construction of two runways, next to the courts. Then a massive operation began to create a worthy stadium named Al Nayan, after the famous merger in the mid-eighties. The current stadium was opened  in 1995 by His Highness Shiekh Khlifa bin Zayed the president of United Arab Emirates.


  Club's legend
 
Ismail Matar is one of the best players in the history of the UAE and the legend of Al Wahda club. Ismail Matar has achieved most of achievements with Al Wahda and was distinguished in all the achievements with UAE football team. In addition to that, Ismail Matar is the historical scorer for Al Wahda club. Unfortunately, we didn't have the chance to do an interview with him.

Achievements:
With club
UAE Football League: 3
2000–01, 2004–05, 2009–10
Super Cup: 2
2002, 2011
Al Etihad "Union" Cup: 1
2001

With UAE national Team
Gulf Cup of Nations: 2
2007, 2013

Individual
FIFA U-20 World Cup Player of the Tournament
Al Hadath Most promising Arab player of the Year
Pro-League Player of the Year
Gulf Cup of Nations Player of the Tournament
Gulf Cup of Nations top scorer
Al Ittihad Pro-League player of the Year
Al-Ahram Silver Team of the Year
Al-Ahram Golden Team of the Year
The second best Asian player in 2008