Forte Virtus FC

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'''Forte Virtus Football Club''' ({{langx|ar|نادي فورت فيرتوس}}) is an Emirati professional [[football (soccer)|football]] club based in [[Mirdif]], [[Dubai]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://globalsportsarchive.com/team/soccer/gulf-heroes-fc/48876/|title=Gulf Heroes FC - Soccer - Team Profile - Results, fixtures, squad, statistics - Global Sports Archive|website=globalsportsarchive.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://statisticsports.com/en/gulf-heroes-fc|title=Gulf Heroes FC|website=StatisticSports}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sofascore.com/team/football/gulf-heroes-fc/373827|title=Gulf Heroes FC live score, schedule and results - Football - SofaScore|website=www.sofascore.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.scorebing.com/match_live/831899|title=Live Scores of Gulf Heroes FC vs City FC|website=ScoreBing}}</ref> The club plays in the [[UAE Second Division League]]. Their colors are white and purple.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jLce8wZzJPc|title=UAE Div. 2 Gulf Heroes v FC Al Ittifaq (4-2)|via=www.youtube.com}}</ref>

== History == Founded by [[The Gulf Heroes LLC]], a company that specializes in sports academies, Gulf Football Club competed in their first season in the [[UAE Second Division League]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=الظاهري |first=دبي-علي |title="جلف إف سي" يحتفل بانضمامه إلى أندية الدرجة الثانية |url=https://www.albayan.ae/sports/emirates/2020-12-04-1.4030434 |access-date=2022-07-22 |website=www.albayan.ae |language=ar}}</ref> In their first season, the club won their first title after beating [[Dubai City F.C.|Dubai City]] 3–0, and were promoted to the [[UAE First Division League]] as one of the first privately owned clubs to compete in the second tier.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://gulffc.ae/about/|website=Gulf FC|title=About us}}{{Dead link|date=June 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

==Honours== *'''[[UAE Second Division League|UAE Division Two]]''': **Champions (1): [[2020–21 UAE Division 2|2020–21]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.alittihad.ae/news/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%B6%D9%8A/4179604/%D8%AC%D9%84%D9%81-%D9%87%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%B2-%D8%A8%D8%B7%D9%84-%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%8A-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AF%D8%B1%D8%AC%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AB%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%A9|publisher=Al Ittihad|title=جلف هيروز بطل دوري الدرجة الثانية|accessdate=11 April 2021|language=ar}}</ref>

==See also== * [[List of football clubs in the United Arab Emirates]]

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== * [https://www.goalzz.com/?team=50395 Team profile] at Goalzz.com

[[Category:Football clubs in the United Arab Emirates|Forte Virtus FC]] [[Category:Association football clubs established in 2020]] [[Category:2020 establishments in the United Arab Emirates]] [[Category:Football clubs in Dubai]]