Sander Benbachir

Attacking Midfielder (L) - Al Fujairah
12 Nov 2026
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The Al Fujairah Post

28 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Crisis

Squad

A one-man rearguard from Saleh Al-Mesmari

There were 7 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.

Match

3 matches without a goal for Al Fujairah

The chances are being made and something is happening between the making and the finishing. 3 matches now, and the anxiety in the ground arrives a little earlier every week.

Match

Al Jazira take the points off Al Fujairah

Beaten 0‑1, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.

The dugout

No hiding place for Petar Panić

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Petar Panić, and the manager let it.

Squad

Sander Benbachir wants to go home

“I have tried. I have really tried, and every day I wake up in the wrong place.” Nobody at Al Fujairah can coach that out of a man, and nobody there is pretending to.

Squad

A falling-out at Al Fujairah

Ervin Taha and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

Squad

Too much change too quickly at Al Fujairah

7 signings in three months. Every one of them may be an upgrade and the team can still be worse for a while, which is the part of a rebuild that never appears in the transfer-window verdicts.

The dugout

Omar Khalfan answers for it

“The supporters are entitled to be angry. So am I. We will put it right.” 0‑1, a manager saying the necessary things, and a dressing room that heard a different version of them.

Looking ahead

Sultan Sabeel goes back to face Al Shabab

Every squad has one of these fixtures for somebody every season. This one is Sultan Sabeel’s: the club that knew him first, the supporters who will decide in the first minute whether to applaud, and Al Fujairah needing him to play as if none of it matters.

In brief

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The Al Fujairah Post

3 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

A career in one shirt: Saleh Al-Mesmari

11 seasons and 127 appearances, all of them here. Careers like this are not designed; they happen to a certain kind of man at a certain kind of club, and this town has one.

Squad

Petar Panić stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Petar Panić and Al Fujairah agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

Squad

Tempers go at Al Fujairah

Petar Panić was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

Transfer targets

Al Fujairah rebuffed over Mats Bångsbo

Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Al Jazira have kept their man, and Al Fujairah go back to a list with one name crossed off it.

Squad

Sander Benbachir wants to go home

“I have tried. I have really tried, and every day I wake up in the wrong place.” Nobody at Al Fujairah can coach that out of a man, and nobody there is pretending to.

Transfer targets

A loan move for Mohammed Bu Sanda is in the works

Al Fujairah have made the call to Al Ain. No fee, a share of the wages, and a spare shirt in the position where the squad has been thinnest all season.

Transfer targets

Al Fujairah ask about Ahmed Fawzi

A loan enquiry to Baniyas: cover, or a look at somebody the club cannot afford to buy yet. Either way the answer will come back inside the week.

Transfer targets

A loan move for Abdallah Al-Blooshi is in the works

Al Fujairah have made the call to Dibba. No fee, a share of the wages, and a spare shirt in the position where the squad has been thinnest all season.

Market

No place for Naser Salem in the plan

“The manager did not use many words, and he did not need to.” Naser Salem has his answer from Al Fujairah; what he does with it is the next window’s story.

In brief