{{Infobox football club | clubname = Royal FC | image = Royal_FC_Dubai.png | nickname = The Kingsmen | founded = {{start date and age|2021}} | stadium = Al Hamra Stadium | capacity = 2,000 | owner = Mohamed Boghdady | mgrtitle = Head coach | manager = [[Park Jae-hong (footballer, born 1978)|Park Jae-hong]] | league = [[UAE Second Division League]] | season = 2023–24 | position = SDL, 4th | current = | website = {{URL|https://www.royalfc.club/}} }}
'''Royal FC'''<ref>{{Cite web |title=UAE Football Association: Royal FC |url=https://www.uaefa.ae/en/club/526 |access-date=2024-05-21 |website=www.uaefa.ae}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Royal FC - Soccer - Team Profile - Results, fixtures, squad, statistics - Global Sports Archive |url=https://globalsportsarchive.com/team/soccer/royal-fc/53290/ |access-date=2024-05-21 |website=globalsportsarchive.com}}</ref> is a professional [[association football|football]] club based in [[Dubai]], [[United Arab Emirates]]. The club was founded in 2021 and competes in the [[UAE Second Division League|UAE 2nd Division]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=x.com |url=https://x.com/Sport_4All/status/1652781548331048961?t=vuMVC54Zcdos-1H0RmoIJw&s=19 |access-date=2024-05-21 |website=X (formerly Twitter)}}</ref>
== History == Royal FC<ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6R8OyGV2s4 |title=Nile Sport NEWS |date=2023-04-27 |last=RoyalFC |access-date=2024-05-21 |via=YouTube}}</ref> quickly rose through the ranks of UAE football, starting in the [[UAE Third Division League]] and winning the championship to secure promotion to the 2nd Division in their inaugural 2022–23 season.<ref>{{Cite web |title=UAE Football Association: Royal FC Champions |url=https://www.uaefa.ae/news/30798 |access-date=2024-05-21 |website=www.uaefa.ae}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=FilGoal |date=2023-04-27 |title=بملكية مصرية.. رويال يتأهل إلى دوري الدرجة الثانية الإماراتي |url=https://www.filgoal.com/articles/461460 |access-date=2024-05-21 |website=FilGoal.com |language=ar}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=حكاية نادي رويال الطامح لكتابة التاريخ في الإمارات |url=https://www.yallakora.com//friendly-matches-club/2541/news/444619/%d8%b9%d8%b2%d9%8a%d9%85%d8%a9-%d9%85%d8%b5%d8%b1%d9%8a%d8%a9-%d8%aa%d8%b1%d8%b3%d9%85-%d8%b7%d8%b1%d9%8a%d9%82-%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%86%d8%ac%d8%a7%d8%ad-%d8%ad%d9%83%d8%a7%d9%8a%d8%a9-%d9%86%d8%a7%d8%af%d9%8a-%d8%b1%d9%88%d9%8a%d8%a7%d9%84-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%b7%d8%a7%d9%85%d8%ad-%d9%84%d9%83%d8%aa%d8%a7%d8%a8%d8%a9-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%aa%d8%a7%d8%b1%d9%8a%d8%ae-%d9%81%d9%8a-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%a5%d9%85%d8%a7%d8%b1%d8%a7%d8%aa |access-date=2024-05-21 |website=يلاكورة.كوم |language=ar}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=فضل |first=متابعة-محمد |date=2023-05-02 |title=رويال.. خطوة في طريق النجاح |url=https://www.albayan.ae/sports/emirates/2023-05-02-1.4656393 |access-date=2024-05-21 |website=www.albayan.ae |language=ar}}</ref> In the following season, they were contenders for promotion to the 1st Division, narrowly missing out by a few points. Notable achievements include producing the highest goal scorer in their division, Ousseynou Tall,<ref>{{Cite web |title=UAE Football Association: Top Scorer |url=https://www.uaefa.ae/en/competition/1565 |access-date=2024-05-21 |website=uaefa.ae}}</ref> who has prior experience in the [[Argentine Primera División]].
The club was featured in the [[2024 Sikkim Gold Cup|40th edition]] of the [[Sikkim Gold Cup]] in November 2024 held in [[Gangtok]], [[Sikkim]], [[India]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=All lndia Governor's Gold Cup football tournament to be held in Gangtok from November 8–12 |url=https://www.theweek.in/wire-updates/sports/2024/10/28/spd8-spo-foot-governors-sikkim.html |access-date=2024-10-30 |website=The Week |language=en |agency=PTI |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241118164729/https://www.theweek.in/wire-updates/sports/2024/10/28/spd8-spo-foot-governors-sikkim.html |archive-date=18 November 2024 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2024-11-02 |title=Governor's Gold Cup Returns in Grand Style with International Flair and Local Pride |url=https://voiceofsikkim.com/governors-gold-cup-returns-in-grand-style-with-international-flair-and-local-pride/ |access-date=2024-11-03 |website=The Voice Of Sikkim |language=en-US |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241118164948/https://voiceofsikkim.com/governors-gold-cup-returns-in-grand-style-with-international-flair-and-local-pride/ |archive-date=18 November 2024 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Gold Cup back after 5-year gap: Sikkim to host soccer tourney with teams from India, abroad |url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/west-bengal/gold-cup-back-after-5-year-gap-sikkim-to-host-soccer-tourney-with-teams-from-india-abroad/cid/2059282 |website=telegraphindia.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241112082305/https://www.telegraphindia.com/west-bengal/gold-cup-back-after-5-year-gap-sikkim-to-host-soccer-tourney-with-teams-from-india-abroad/cid/2059282 |archive-date=12 November 2024 }}</ref>
== Team roster == The squad of the team {{asof|2024|May|lc=yes}} is as follows.<ref>{{Cite web |title=UAE Football Association: Royal FC Squad |url=https://www.uaefa.ae/en/club/526 |access-date=2024-05-21 |website=www.uaefa.ae}}</ref>
{{Football squad start}} {{Football squad player|no=1|nat=Belgium|pos=MF|name=[[Ahmed Sameer Habibzai]]}} {{Football squad player|no=2|nat=Chad|pos=FW|name=[[Bobandi Lakein]]}} {{Football squad player|no=3|nat=Ghana|pos=MF|name=[[David Agormeda]]}} {{Football squad player|no=4|nat=Senegal|pos=MF|name=[[Dieme Gerard]]}} {{Football squad player|no=5|nat=Senegal|pos=FW|name=[[Dieng Cheikh]]}} {{Football squad player|no=6|nat=Cote d'Ivoire|pos=DF|name=[[Doukoure Dylan]]}} {{Football squad player|no=7|nat=Egypt|pos=GK|name=[[Islam Abouelmagd]]}} {{Football squad player|no=8|nat=Morocco|pos=DF|name=[[Jihad Alghandour]]}} {{Football squad player|no=9|nat=Cameroon|pos=DF|name=[[Landry Kamwa]]}} {{Football squad player|no=10|nat=Egypt|pos=FW|name=[[Mahmoud Ali]]}} {{Football squad player|no=11|nat=Egypt|pos=GK|name=[[Ahmed Elboghdady]]}} {{Football squad mid}} {{Football squad player|no=12|nat=Cote d'Ivoire|pos=DF|name=[[Mickael Gnamien]]}} {{Football squad player|no=13|nat=Egypt|pos=MF|name=[[Mohamed Elagamy]]}} {{Football squad player|no=14|nat=Egypt|pos=MF|name=[[Mostafa gomaa]]}} {{Football squad player|no=15|nat=Senegal|pos=MF|name=[[Ndiaye Diop]]}} {{Football squad player|no=16|nat=Cote d'Ivoire|pos=MF|name=[[Ness Wilfried Meless]]}} {{Football squad player|no=17|nat=Italy|pos=MF|name=[[Nicola Zagaria]]}} {{Football squad player|no=18|nat=Cote d'Ivoire|pos=FW|name=[[Nurudeen Salami]]}} {{Football squad player|no=19|nat=Egypt|pos=DF|name=[[Omar Hassan Ahmed]]}} {{Football squad player|no=20|nat=Egypt|pos=FW|name=[[Omar Ezat Ahmed]]}} {{Football squad player|no=21|nat=Senegal|pos=FW|name=[[Ousseynou Tall]]}} {{Football squad player|no=22|nat=Liberia|pos=FW|name=[[Sanney Geleya Carlos]]}} {{Football squad end}} player|no=74|nat=Egypt|pos=DF|name=[[Mahmoud amiin]]}} {{Football squad
== Honours == *'''[[UAE Third Division League]]''' **'''Champions (1)''': 2022-2023
*'''[[Sikkim Gold Cup|All India Governor's Gold Cup]]''' **'''Quarter-Finals''': [[2024 Sikkim Gold Cup|2024]]
== References == <references />
{{UAE Pro-League teamlist}}
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