Gulf United FC
Emirati football club
Gulf United Football Club (Arabic: نادي اتحاد الخليج لكرة القدم) is an Emirati professional football club that started as an academy in Dubai. They currently play in the UAE First Division League, after achieving back-to-back promotions from the UAE Third Division and UAE Second Division in the 2022 and 2023.
History
Founding
In 2019, Gulf United was founded in Dubai by Mo Jarad and brothers Conor Shiels and Jordi Shiels. The Shiels brothers and Jarad, originally from Manchester, brought a vision of building a professional-standard football academy that would be open to players of all backgrounds and nationalities. The club operates under a joint British and Emirati ownership model. Club President Ahmed Hamada has played a key role in developing Gulf United's relationships within the UAE football landscape.
UAE Third Division
In the 2021–22 season, Gulf United entered the UAE Third Division, a league that allows privately owned clubs and academies to join the UAE Football Pyramid. Soon after Steven Taylor was announced as the manager.
The 2021–22 UAE Third Division Season was formatted as two groups, where the winner of each group would face the runner-up of the other group in a play-off for promotion. Gulf United went unbeaten in the group stages finishing first in Group A. They faced Abtal Al Khaeej in the semi-final's, which was in a home & away format.
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