His Highness Sheikh Abdullah bin Salem bin Sultan Al Qasimi, Deputy Ruler of Sharjah, issued Administrative Resolution No. (22) of 2023, amending Administrative Resolution No. (7) of 2022, restructuring the Board of Directors of Al Bataeh Football Club Company, headed by Khalfan Saif Khalfan Musabih Al Musafri. And the membership of Faisal Jaafar Muhammad Awad Al-Yafei, Ali Salem Muhammad bin Shannah Al-Ketbi, Muhammad Obaid Salem bin Shannah Al-Ketbi, Muhammad Salem Rashid bin Ghashem Al-Ketbi, Sulaiman Ali Ahmed bin Dabal Al-Naqbi, and Nasser Saeed Muhammad Al-Shamam Al-Taniji.

Al-Bataeh lost to Shabab Al-Ahly with a score of 2/0, during the match that took place between them at Khalid bin Mohammed Stadium in Sharjah, for the third round of the ADNOC Professional League. With this result, Al-Bataeh’s score froze at four points, while Shabab Al-Ahly raised its score to nine points.

The Romanian coach, Mirel Radoi, surprised him with a new squad in terms of personnel and tactics, as defender Denny Borges appeared for the first time since joining the team, after recovering from a muscle injury, and Ahmed Al-Zeyoudi, who was forced by the injury to be absent throughout the last period, also participated, as the player was He suffered a facial injury during the preparatory camp held by the team in Austria before the start of the current season, but the player recovered and became at the disposal of the technical staff.

Al-Bataeh performed at the highest level and closed the spaces in front of Shabab Al-Ahly players, which made all their offensive attempts fail, so the first half ended in a goalless draw, and Al-Bataeh almost came out with a goal lead if his Cameroonian striker Anatole took advantage of the opportunity he had when the Brazilian Henrique passed him a golden ball that put him through. Facing the goal, but he slowed down his shot so the defense kept it away.

At the beginning of the second half, specifically in the 48th minute, the match referee showed the red card to Al-Bataeh defender Denny Jurgis, after he came into contact with Shabab Al-Ahly striker Igor, which caused Al-Bataeh to collapse at the defense level, and Shabab Al-Ahly was able to break the steadfastness of Al-Bathawi’s defense through his playmaker Kartabia. Who found no solution except to shoot from outside the area, so that the ball went past goalkeeper Ibrahim Issa in the 60th minute, and Shabab Al-Ahly was able to add the second goal through Al-Ghassani in the 81st minute in a manner similar to the first goal.

Al-Bataeh had several chances in front of Shabab Al-Ahly’s goal, but missed the final touch to enter the net, so the match ended with Al-Bataeh losing the match by two goals to nothing.

Romanian coach Mirel Radoi admitted his concern about the upcoming match against Shabab Al Ahli, justifying his concern that he is facing one of the strongest clubs in the UAE, in addition to being the defending champion of the father, Wri, adding:

It will not be an easy match, I know that very well, but I hope that we come out of it happy and satisfied with the result, and in order to achieve this, we must reduce the danger of the distinguished players in the ranks of the opponent and play in front of them carefully and not to tamp the spaces for them.

Radoi continued:

We trained well for this game, we know their strengths and how they play and they have weaknesses like other clubs.

Radoi stressed that Shabab Al Ahli is the strongest team currently in the championship accounts so far, indicating that it scored five goals and conceded only one goal.

Al-Bataeh coach continued to flirt with Shabab Al-Ahli, revealing that it is a good team not only at the local level, but also proved its efficiency in the Asian Championship when it played a great match against the Saudi team Al-Nasr on the latter’s land and in front of its fans despite the loss, which he said took place in just two minutes.

For his part, offensive winger SekouBaba Gassama confirmed their readiness as players for the Shabab Al-Ahli match, promising to give everything they have in order to get a satisfactory result.

He continued during the introductory conference :

We know very well that the match will not be easy for us and it is normal because we are playing against the champion team, and both teams have ambitions that they strive to achieve, and we will strive to put our dreams on the ground.

He added:

We will try to play with high concentration in order to get a positive result and we want to continue our outstanding appearance in the current edition of the league as it did in the previous two games.

Sekou Baba admitted that he rarely scores goals but seeks to give his best in order for his team to win, and revealed that he will strive to score goals during the upcoming matches.

In a friendly experience of heavy caliber, Al-Bataeh lost his second preparatory experience to Sharjah 1-0, during the confrontation that took place between them in Austria, the headquarters of the two teams’ camp in preparation for the new football season.

The technical director of Al-Bataeh, Merle Radwi, pushed a squad consisting of: Zayed Al-Hammadi, Denny Burgess, Petros Bommal, Muhammad Ahmed, Ahmed Al-Zeyoudi, Muhammad Rashid Al-Hammadi, Issa Ahmed, Hamad Al-Balushi, Siko Baba, Abdullah Al-Naqbi and Anatol Abang, while Ibrahim Issa also participated as a substitute. For Zayed Al-Hammadi, Radwi Rashad Muhair replaced Ahmed Al-Zeyoudi, Hamad Al-Balushi came out, Meliki replaced him, and the second session witnessed the exit of Ibrahim Issa and the entry of Rashid Abdullah. Allah Al-Rifai in the second half, instead of Muhammad Ahmed.

Sharjah scored its goal through the Brazilian Luan Pereira, and the match witnessed great seriousness from the two teams, as the match took on a competitive nature, and not everyone who watched it felt that it was friendly, which made it bring great technical benefit to Al-Bataeh.

Al-Bataeh will play a third preparatory match against the Qatari Al-Ahly team on August 3, while he will conclude his matches on August 8 before returning to the country to continue preparing for the next edition of the Andoc Professional League.

The first football team of Al-Bataeh Club inaugurated its preparatory experiences in its camp held in Austria, by defeating the Austrian Bad Waltersdorf team, 2-0, during the match that took place in a rainy atmosphere.

The registration for Al-Bataeh was opened by Cameroonian player Petros Boumal, while his compatriot Anatole Abang ensured the second goal, so the first half ended with this result.

Al-Bataeh technical director Merle Radwi pushed in the first session of the match a squad that included: Zayed Al-Hammadi, Rashid Muhair, Issa Ahmed, Denny Burgess, Ahmed Musa, Petros Bommal, Siko Baba, Anatole Abang, while the trio Salem Tariq , Saud Khalil and Khaled Ahmed also participated with the starting line-up, where Radoy gave them the opportunity to appear in order to stand on their technical and physical levels.

In the second half, Radoi pushed goalkeeper Rashid Abdullah instead of Zayed Al Hammadi, and Ahmed Khalil participated in the place of Anatol Abang and Rashid Badr in the place of Petros Bomal, and the result did not witness anything new and remained the same, so that the match ended with Al-Bataeh winning with two free goals for the Austrian team.

Al-Bataeh continues his preparations, and the technical staff decided to subject the players to recovery exercises on Wednesday morning.

Al-Bataeh team suffered a new loss against Al-Jazira Club, with a score (3/1), during the confrontation that took place between the two teams for the 24th round of the ADNOC Professional League, so that Al-Bataeh’s balance remained frozen at 18 points, while Al-Jazira’s balance became 43 points, so that Al-Bataeh fell to 13th place by goal difference. Dibba Al-Fujairah, while Al-Jazira rose to sixth place in the ranking table.

Al-Bataeh played the Al-Jazira match under the supervision of his new coach, Moataz Abdullah, the former goalkeeper of the UAE national team, who was added to the technical staff to develop the team’s performance in all technical and tactical aspects.

Ali Mabkhout scored the goals of Al-Jazira in the 38th minute, taking advantage of a joint error between the defense and the goalkeeper. The same player added the second goal in the 76th minute, but Al-Bataeh succeeded in reducing the difference in the 84th minute, and Al-Jazira did not wait more than a minute to score the third goal, which decided the match. for his own good.

Al-Bataeh suffered a sudden loss against the Dibba team, with a score (1/0), during the match that brought the two teams together on Tuesday at Khalid bin Mohammed Stadium in Sharjah, for the 23rd round of the ADNOC Professional League.

With this result, Al-Bataeh’s balance remained at 18 points in the 12th place, while Dibba Al-Fujairah raised its balance to 15 points in the thirteenth place.

Al-Bataeh did not present the level expected of him in the first half of the game, in which the team retreated unjustifiably, contenting himself with defense, in light of the continuous attack of the guests.

Dibba translated his dominance in the first half by scoring the only goal in the match through Khaled Al Balushi in the 24th minute, to end the first half with Dibba advancing.

Al-Bataeh threw his weight in the second half and launched a fierce attack on Dibba’s goal in order to adjust the score and avoid losing, and the team wasted a number of opportunities, most notably the chance of Cameroonian striker Anatole, who faced Dibba’s goalkeeper, but luck resisted him and the ball did not enter the net.

Al-Bataeh continued his attacking reach at Dibba’s goal, but he was unable to reach the goal, so the match ended with Dibba winning with a single goal.

Saeed Shakhit, the technical director of the first football team at Al-Bataeh Club, said that his squad is ready for the Ajman match, revealing during the introductory press conference that they had corrected mistakes during the recent training so that the team would enter the next match in good technical condition.

Shakhit added, “We prepared the team properly and rearranged the papers so that we can present the expected performance against Ajman and achieve a positive result that supports our journey in the league championship.”

Al-Bataeh coach described the Ajman team as good, and said that it includes good elements who play well.

He hoped that the team would be on its day and be lucky to achieve a positive result, and said that winning the match puts them steps away from achieving the dream of staying in the professional league championship.

Saeed Shakhit expressed his great confidence in all his players and their ability to implement what is required of them in the Ajman match.

For his part, Hamad Al Balushi, midfielder of Al Bataeh Club, described the Ajman match as a mission, indicating that they are striving to achieve a positive result.

He revealed that all his fellow players are ready for the match and promised to work hard in order to reach the result they want.

Hamad Al Balushi expressed his great happiness at facing his former team, Ajman, and his former colleagues.

At the end of his speech, Al-Balooshi wished to obtain points in order to support the team’s career in the league championship.

Moroccan Saeed Shakhit, coach of Al-Bataeh team, described the Sharjah match as difficult, and said that it was against a team competing for the league championship.

And Shakhit added during the introductory press conference, saying: Yes, the match is difficult, but the players feel responsible.

He continued: We were not bad in the previous matches, but we were not lucky in many matches.

Saeed Shakhit hoped that luck would stand by his team in the Sharjah match so that they could achieve a positive result.

He stressed that his squad will strive to appear well during the match.

At the end of his speech, he revealed the absence of the duo, Saif Rashid and Abdullah Kazem, due to the loan law.

Issa Ahmed, the left defender of Al-Bataeh team, assured his coach, Saeed Shakhit, about the difficulty of the match against Sharjah, and said that they will play against one of the strongest clubs in the league, which is competing for the title.

He added during the intro press conference: We will try to do our best, in order to achieve a positive result.

And Issa Ahmed considered that the team played well during the previous matches, and promised to continue on this path against Sharjah.

He added: The team’s position in the ranking table is somewhat reassuring, and we seek to resolve survival before the final rounds, and we are psychologically and mentally prepared for any scenario in the match or season.