Forte Virtus FC

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'''Forte Virtus Football Club''' ({{langx|ar|نادي فورت فيرتوس}}) is an Emirati professional 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 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 Division Two''': **Champions (1): 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>

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

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