The 23-year-old Al-Bataeh team temporarily rose to third place after its victory over Al-Sharjah in the fourth round of the U-23 Professional League Championship in the match that was held today at Khalid bin Mohammed Stadium in Sharjah. Argentine Nicolas scored two goals, topping the scorers’ rankings with 5 goals, and the third goal was scored by Abdullah Saleh.

His Excellency Khalfan Saif Al Musafiri, Chairman of Al Bataeh Football Club, appreciated the sacrifices made by the players for the team, especially goalkeeper Ibrahim Issa, who accompanied his mother, last season on her treatment journey, but he returned and preferred to start with the team and provide great levels. Al Musafiri said, “We stand with all the players and support them in all the problems they encounter in their lives and we try to address them as much as possible, in implementation of the directives of the Ruler of Sharjah, , to care for our children and pay attention to them. We appreciate and value what Ibrahim Issa is doing by staying with the team and we ask God to grant his mother health and wellness.” Regarding yesterday’s match against Sharjah, he said, “We congratulate them on the victory and good luck to our team, in which we still trust the technical and administrative staff, as the team achieved 4 points from the previous matches in which the schedule did not serve us greatly by meeting Shabab Al Ahli, Al Ain, Sharjah and Al Jazira in the Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank Cup, and we look forward to collecting the largest number of points in the upcoming matches.”

Al Bataeh lost their match in the ADNOC Professional League Championship against Sharjah by two goals to nothing in the fourth round. The match was held at Khalid bin Mohammed Stadium. Al Bataeh coach attended with a lineup consisting of Ibrahim Issa, Denny Borges, Mohammed Ahmed, Rafael, Saeed Juma, Maliki, Aziz Ganiev, Paulinho, Mohammed Pele, Anatol and Mohammed Rashid. The goals came in the second half from a penalty kick after a handball was called against Mohammed Ahmed. The second came a minute later as Al Bataeh tried to return to the match with the changes made by Goran by bringing in Alvaro and Ahmed Khalil, but the match ended with this result as Al Bataeh’s tally froze at 4 points in eighth place.

The 18-year-old team of Al-Bataeh Club continued to present its wonderful performances in the U-18 B League after defeating Al-Jazira Al-Hamra 3-1 under the leadership of coach Mohamed Saeed. Goals were scored by Sadra Ahmed, Malek Mohamed and Salem Sultan, thus raising Al-Bataeh to 13 points in second place behind leaders Khor Fakkan. With 15 points, the team will meet Maliha team in the next match on November 9

Al Bataeh coach Goran Tomic spoke during the press conference introducing the match between Al Bataeh and Sharjah in the fourth round of the ADNOC Professional League next Thursday, September 26, about the team’s preparations for the match. Tomic said that we will face one of the best teams in our league that has achieved positive results so far and includes high-level players and a high-quality coach, but in return we believe in our abilities and we proved that last season and this season and we will strive to get full points and aspire to present a good match. Goran stated that the conditions of the matches differ from one season to another and from one match to another and our team always shows character in front of strong teams and we must continue to work hard and be at our best and with a little luck and good fortune we can win the match. On the other hand, player Abdulaziz Heikal said that the players are ready to play the match with high morale after winning the last match and we seek to get the three points and continue the victories, although Sharjah is a big team, but we always show the team’s character in front of the big strong teams. Heikal added that just as Sharjah includes high-quality players, Al Bataeh also includes quality players and we will implement the coach’s method to reach victory

The matches of the UAE Football Association Championships for age groups have started, with Al Bataeh participating in the 18, 16, 14, 13, 12 and 11 age groups. The 18 team had a strong start by defeating Al Orouba 3-0. In the second match, it tied with Al Rams 0-0. The 16 team opened its season with a loss to Kalba 2-0 and tied with Khorfakkan 2-0. The 14 team achieved a big win against Al Madam 7-0, against Al Jazirah Al Hamra 10-0, against Al Rams 7-0 and against Hatta 3-0.