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| Full name | Kalba Football Club | ||
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| Nickname(s) | The Tigers | ||
| Founded | 1972; 53 years ago (1972) asIttihad Kalba 2024; 1 year ago (2024) asKalba | ||
| Ground | Ittihad Kalba Stadium | ||
| Capacity | 7,701 | ||
| Owner | Zayed sulaiman alsharari alzaabi | ||
| Chairman | Zayed sulaiman alsharari alzaabi | ||
| Head coach | Vuk Rašović | ||
| League | UAE Pro League | ||
| 2023–24 | UAE Pro-League, 10th | ||
| Website | www | ||
 Current season | |||
Kalba Football Club (Arabic: نادي كلباء الرياضي الثقافي), more colloquially abbreviated as Al-Ittihad, is a professionalfootball club founded in 1972 and based in the city ofKalba, in theEmirate of Sharjah in theUnited Arab Emirates (UAE). The team competes in the UAE Pro League, the top tier of Emirati football.
Kalba Football Club was established in 1972 through the merger of three clubs:Al Shabab,Al Rooba, andAl Riyadiya.
Kalba has won a record breaking 7 Division 1 titles with their last one being in the 2013-14 season.
From 2009 to 2018 the team spent these years jumping up and down between divisions; since the 2018-19 season they have managed to consistently compete in the top tier, and in the 2020-21 season they reached theUAE League Cup Semi-finals, where they were eliminated byAl-Nasr Dubai on penalties after a draw on aggregate.
| Season | Position | Number of teams | Tier | President's Cup | League Cup |
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| 2008–09 | 5th | 16 | 2 | Round of 16 | — |
| 2009–10 | 1st | 8 | 2 | ||
| 2010–11 | 11th | 12 | 1 | Preliminary Round | First Round |
| 2011–12 | 1st | 8 | 2 | Quarter-Finals | — |
| 2012–13 | 14th | 14 | 1 | Round of 16 | First Round |
| 2013–14 | 1st | 13 | 2 | Preliminary Round | — |
| 2014–15 | 14th | 14 | 1 | Round of 16 | First Round |
| 2015–16 | 2nd | 9 | 2 | — | |
| 2016–17 | 13th | 14 | 1 | First Round | |
| 2017–18 | 2nd | 12 | 2 | — | |
| 2018–19 | 11th | 14 | 1 | First Round | |
| 2019–20a | Quarter-Finals | ||||
| 2020–21 | 8th | Round of 16 | Semi-Finals | ||
| 2021–22 | 11th | Quarter-Finals | First Round | ||
| 2022–23 | 8th | Round of 16 |
Notes^ 2019–20 UAE football season was cancelled due to theCOVID-19 pandemic in the United Arab Emirates.
As ofUAE Pro-League:
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined underFIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Note: Flags indicate national team as defined underFIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Note: Flags indicate national team as defined underFIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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| Position | Name |
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| Head coach |  Vuk Rašović |
| Assistant coach |  Gabriele Pin |
 Saeed Fawaz | |
| Musa Abdulbassit | |
| Youth Coach |  Ervin Boban |
| Fitness Coach | Mounir Marzooq |
