Al-Bataeh Sports and Cultural Club is counting on the achievement that no amateur club has ever achieved before the newcomer should finish first or compete among the top four despite being in the first division in the first division.
Based on the names and capabilities of the players who have been hired in addition to the coaching staff led by Egyptian coach Tarek El Sayed Abdel Ghaffar, the chances of Al-Bataeh to be in the front is not excluded, especially since the management of the club has contracted with players of known technical experiences.
For his part, the Secretary General of Al Bataeh Club, Obaid Saeed Al Tunaiji, on behalf of the club's family, extended his thanks and appreciation to His Highness Sheikh Dr. Sultan bin Mohammed Al Qasimi, Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Sharjah for unlimited support, which paved the way for a qualitative sports shift in the city and the club. Al-Tunaiji told Emirates Today: `` Our goal is to compete for the best players in the UAE. '' Although we are in the first season to participate, we look forward to an active departure for the shadow towards the limelight despite the difficulty of the task, but we are continuing our aspirations, and continued: We look forward to a technical performance that satisfies the public and enjoy in the stands and to strengthen his presence behind the first team and all the teams of the club so the plan adopted by the Board of Directors We have teams in all stages from the ball school to the first team, which reflects that our plans are not temporary but there is a great technical effort aimed at achieving achievements with all teams to serve the national teams, and complete satisfied with the current preparations and Friendly Lariat fought by the team and to continue with the technical staff to complete the task of full readiness before the start of the sports season.
Boss rise
The board of directors of Al-Bataeh Sports and Cultural Club chose Egyptian coach Tarek Al-Sayed Abdul Ghaffar as the first team coach because of his well-known technical and social status in the UAE competitions when he succeeded in previous seasons to achieve several achievements with the clubs he worked with, most notably leading the team Dibba Fujairah to play in the league. Professionals in 2015, as a main coach, and to achieve survival as an assistant coach, in addition to other outstanding achievements with the clubs of Dibba Al Hisn, Al Arabi and Al Jazira Al Hamra and achieved with the latter the best center in the history of the alchemist club.
These data contributed to shorten the management of slaughterhouses at the time and contract with coach Tarek El Sayed Abdel Ghaffar.
Experienced players
Al-Bataeh have recruited players who have already played in the professional league, including former UAE player Haitham Al-Matroushi, Fujairah Saeed Rashid and Kalba Mohammed Othman, who are among the elite goalkeepers at the level of first division clubs, Dibba Al-Fujairah players Saeed Rashedoh, Issa Al-Kaabi, Ahmed Al-Bahrain and others. His team includes talented young players who have been stepped up from the Sunni stages and are expected to present themselves in the new season.
Foreign players
Al-Bataeh has signed with Brazilian player Alex Mendez, who has previously played with Dibba Al-Fujairah under the supervision of coach Tariq Al-Sayed.He is considered one of the distinguished strikers and has also contracted with his compatriot Didi Anderson, while he has contracted with others who are in the category of resident and newborns, all of whom are distinguished.
Friendly matches
Al-Bataeh played a friendly match with Al-Arabi and drew them without goals before traveling to Northern Macedonia, where he set up a camp for 21 days, during which he played 5 friendly games with strong teams from the Albanian and Macedonian league tied in one and won 4 of them, where Al-Bataeh in the first friendly with Skopje Haitham Al-Matrooshi scored a goal for the same team, while he won in the second match against Global Pisa FC (4-1), and scored the goals of Al-Bataheh by Brazilian professional Alex (2 goals), Abdullah Al-Ghafari and Ahmed Jalal, each with a goal. Al-Bataah played a strong match with the relegated Castriotti team of the season Last of the Albanian Professional League, he won 2-1 and scored the winning goals of Brazilian Alex and Ahmed Jalal.
They beat Macedonian side Skopje 1-0 with Brazilian Alex.
Al-Bataeh won 2-1 against Macedonia's Zheko in the last friendly, with goals from Brazilian Alex and Bahrain's Ahmed Jalal scoring.