# Baniyas Club

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.

## Presidency

| Position | Name |
| President | Lt. General Sheikh Saif bin Zayed Al Nahyan |
| First Vice-president | Sheikh Hamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan |
| Second Vice-president | Sheikh Omar bin Zayed Al Nahyan |
* Source: Presidency

## Honours

* President's Cup
** Winners: 1991–92
* Division One
** Winners: 1994–95, 2004–05, 2008–09, 2017–18
* Gulf Cup
** Winners: 2012–13

## Pro-League record

| Season | Lvl. | Tms. | Pos. | President's Cup | League Cup |
| 2008–09 | 2 | 16 | 1st | Quarter-Finals | — |
| 2009–10 | 1 | 12 | 4th | Round of 16 | First Round |
| 2010–11 | 1 | 12 | 2nd | Round of 16 | First Round |
| 2011–12 | 1 | 12 | 9th | Runner-ups | First Round |
| 2012–13 | 1 | 14 | 4th | Quarter-Finals | First Round |
| 2013–14 | 1 | 14 | 9th | Round of 16 | First Round |
| 2014–15 | 1 | 14 | 8th | Quarter-Finals | Semi-Finals |
| 2015–16 | 1 | 14 | 9th | Semi-Finals | First Round |
| 2016–17 | 1 | 14 | 14th | Round of 16 | First Round |
| 2017–18 | 2 | 12 | 1st | Round of 16 | — |
| 2018–19 | 1 | 14 | 6th | Round of 16 | Semi-Finals |
| 2019–20 | 1 | 14 | 9th | Semi-Finals | First Round |
| 2020–21 | 1 | 14 | 2nd | Semi-Finals | Quarter-Finals |
| 2021–22 | 1 | 14 | 9th | Semi-Finals | First Round |
| 2022–23 | 1 | 14 | 11th | Quarter-Finals | First Round |
| 2023–24 | 1 | 14 | 10th | Round of 16 | First Round |
$_{Notes^2019–20UAEfootballseasonwascancelledduetotheCOVID-19pandemicintheUnitedArabEmirates.}$
Key
* Pos. = Position
* Tms. = Number of teams
* Lvl. = League

## Current technical staff

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

## Squad (2024)

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 |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 19 | MF | COD | Isaac Tshibangu |
| 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 $^{U23}$ |

## Continental record

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

### Record by country

| 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 |