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Alliance FC U18s Boys’ Memorable Journey to Dana Cup, DenmarkAlliance Girls’ Unforgettable Trip to Valencia FC
**Alliance FC U18s Boys’ Memorable Journey to Dana Cup, Denmark** Last season was a roller-coaster ride for our U18s boys at Alliance FC. Despite the challenges they faced, they emerged stronger, finishing the season on a high note. Recognizing their

Alliance Girls’ Unforgettable Trip to Valencia FC
Alliance Girls, a talented all-girls football team, recently embarked on an unforgettable trip to Valencia FC in Spain. This exclusive girls-only trip was an exciting opportunity for the team to train with some of the best coaches in the region,

Gothia Youth World Cup 2022
More than 1700 teams gathered worldwide to participate in this year’s Gothia Youth World Cup. Alliance FC’s U14s & U16s teams played against teams from Sweden, Italy, Guatemala & Mexico. Alliance boys & girls gained valuable experience both on &

End of a fruitful season
The 2021-22 football season comes to an end after 9 months. Our boys & girls had ups & downs but showed character & resilience.Football in Dubai is developing at a fast pace with so many clubs, academies & schools getting

Alliance at Mina Cup 2022
Our Under 14s & U16s teams participated in the 2022 Mina Cup in Dubai. We took the event as a chance to prepare furthermore for Gothia Cup in the summer. The Alliance U14s boys played Sturm Gratz of Austria, Wolves

Nutrition Tips for Young Footballers
Keeping on track with health and nutrition is imperative to football fitness. Young players should be given the correct information and advice to ensure they are physically and mentally healthy enough to play their best game – enjoy it, and

Alliance Talks: Developing a Positive Mindset in Football
You may hear young football players and enthusiasts talk about growing up and following in the footsteps of their favourite pro footballers – yet very few people truly understand the consistent grind and determination it takes to get, and stay,

2021-22 Season kicks off on the 29th of August
The new football season begins on Sunday, the 29th of August. We’re delighted to announce some exciting changes for the 2021-22 season.We’ve been given the green light from Dubai Sports Council to extend the duration of our training session to

Goal Setting in Football
A valuable tool that we use at Alliance Football Club, Dubai is to encourage all football players to use goal setting. Here’s how it works and why it is important. Goal setting is used to identify what you want to

Alliance FC Founder and Director, Mehran Rowshan, Wins Sports Leader of the Year!
It was an incredible night of celebrations at the prestigious Sports Industry Awards 2021 (SPIA), where Alliance FC founder, director and head coach, Mehran Rowshan, was awarded the accolade of “Sports Leader of the Year” – a recognition that speaks

Alliance FC is Nominated for Two Prestigious Sports Industry Awards 2021
A double-whammy nomination from the prominent Sports Industry Awards 2021 continues to showcase the recognition of hard work and efforts at Alliance FC. Alliance FC has been nominated in the category of Best Sports Youth Academy / Organisation, whilst Founder

Shauna Duffy joins Alliance as the head of girls football
We’re delighted to welcome Shauna Duffy to our coaching team. Shauna recently arrived in Dubai from the UK to Join Alliance FC in a Full-Time Coaching and Managerial Role, specifically leading on all aspects of the girl’s academy. Shauna brings

The story of our girls football on 433
Press Play; we are SO honoured and excited to share our story on the world’s biggest football platform – @433 – and bring you the growth journey of Girls Football Project💪⚽🏃♀️ @433 take you behind-the-scenes with Alliance FC founder Mehran

Term 4 begins on 11th of April
Our boys & girls will continue to train during the holy month of Ramadan.Term 4 starts on the 11th of April and will run for 12 weeks until the school calender’s end on the 3rd of July. During Ramadam, the

Alliance boys & girls continue to train during the pandemic
Our training sessions during the pandemic have been going on since May 2021. The safety protocols are in place to provide a safe environment for our boys & girls. We’re looking forward to the start of term four which will

Alliance coaches are now vaccinated
All our staff are now vaccinated against the COVID-19 to add another layer of protection for our little community. We understand the importance of creating the safest environment for our boys & girls during this never-ending pandemic. Our players have

Get ready for term 3!
While the COVID-19 pandemic continues to affect everyone, we continue to train in the safest way possible. We have not opened the registration for Term 3 will start on Sunday, the 17th of January and will run for twelve weeks

Ethiopia Donation |AllianceGives 2020
More than 700 football items are now on their way to Ethiopia ✈️ 🇪🇹. 340 pieces of football jerseys, shorts, socks & bags were collected from our players in just three days! We added another 400+ pieces of kits from

Anti-Bullying Week 2020
“We are only as strong as we are united, as weak as we are divided” Albus Dumbledore With these wise words from the great Albus Dumbledore, we mark the start of #AntiBullyingWeek2020 here at Alliance. Day one begins a week

Term 2 starts on 8th of November
The COVID-19 pandemic is forcing the majority of families to stay in Dubai during the winter break this year.To keep our boys & girls active, We will proceed to train through-out December, making it our first season ever to cover

AllianceGives 2020 | Nigeria Donation
Every year we collect football kits from our members for underprivileged kids in Africa. This year, the COVID-19 pandemic, the lockdown & travel restrictions made it difficult for us to send a big donation. However, this didn’t stop our #AllianceGives charity initiative

Training responsibly during a pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic stopped our football training in Dubai since early March 2020. Our boys & girls experienced a difficult few months due to the lockdown and the psychological effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.Like the rest of society, we learned

New-season begins on Sunday 30th of August
We’re excited to have our students back on the football pitch from 30th of August 2020.Our staff have been working hard to ensure a safe return to football for our boys & girls. The registration for the 2020/2021 season is

We’re back to training
We’re set to resume training from Monday 1st of June. This is an exciting time as we can slowly welcome back our girls & boys despite all the ongoing restrictions. At this point training is allowed for players aged 12

Beach Football Sessions
The outbreak of the coronavirus & the precautionary measures taken by KHDA has forced us to stop our regular training sessions. However, the current situation didn’t prevent us from taking our players to Dubai’s prestigious Kite Beach! Our young footballers

A brilliant start of 2020 for Alliance Girls
From the start of the new year, the Alliance Girls and women’s football programs have put their best foot forward. Alliance’s women’s football team has started their new season in the Women’s Football League out of the Jebel Ali School

Commitment Cup 2019 Winners | U8s, U10s & U12s
Congratulations to our U8s , U10s & U12s teams for winning the Dubai Commitment Cup 2019. Every season we participate at Dubai Commitment Cup, which is held at Dubai Sports City’s indoor football pitches. U8s Team: Most of our U8s

Odd Socks Week | Anti-bullying week
Odd Socks Week is part of the Anti-Bullying Week. It is a chance to celebrate that we are all unique. All we ask is that our players wear odd socks during training between Sunday 10th-16th of November. Remember we still need everyone

Less Plastic, More Life
We pride ourselves on being an eco-friendly football club. As a club, when we work together, we can reach incredible milestones to do our part to save the environment we live in. Over the past few years, we have mainly

Futsal Games
We’re excited to introduce Futsal Games starting Friday 11th October at GEMS FirstPoint School The session is open to anyone who is born between 2005-2008. Non-Alliance FC members are welcome to attend the games. Players will go into teams of

New kits are out!
Alliance FC is delighted to release its new kit for the 2019 season. The pink jersey is predominantly pink with dark black pattern. Club’s logo is embroidered while the “Strive To Progress” is printed on the right sleeves. The new

Alliance FC at Gems FirstPoint | The Villa
We are pleased to announce that we have opened up our second location in Dubai. We will now be starting to offer training sessions at Gems First Point School located near The Villa. All age groups will be able to

A successful trip to Gothia Cup 2019
July 14th 2019, marked the start of our journey to Gothenburg, Sweden to participate in the annual Gothia Cup. Along this incredible path, the boys achieved a tremendous amount of personal development on and off the pitch, strengthening the bonds

Alliance Gives, Nigeria 2019
The “Alliance Gives” campaign as taken-off in amazing fashion since we have concluded our season. Coach Edu Darlington who hails from Nigeria was able to provide more than 50 children donations from the #AllianceFamily that were collected during Ramadan and

Open Day | Friday 14th June
As the 2018/19 football season reaches to its end, we hold our final open day on 14th June 2019.It’s a chance for non-members to step on the pitch and to experience our environment & our style of football coaching.Club members

AllianceGives 2019 charity campaign kicks off
As the Holy Month of Ramadan is approaching us next week, our “#AllianceGives“ campaign will begin. We use this time to continually fund children in Ethiopia with gently used football attire, apparel and equipment which can be donated at every training

Term 4 & Ramadan Football
Term 4 starts on Monday 6th May which covers 4 weeks of training during the holy month of Ramadan & 4 weeks until 29th June. During Ramadan, we offer football training sessions before Iftar at 5:00 PM (for those not

Back to back nominations for Alliance in Sports Industry Awards 2018 & 2019.
Alliance has been nominated as a finalist for this year’s Sports Industry Awards (SPIA) in the category of Sports Youth Academy or Organization of the Year. Established in the Middle East in 2012, the Sport Industry Awards series is the

Alliance U12s win the MFC Cup 2019 in style
Winning is always sweet; it spreads positivity & boosts the morale of players.While we fully focus on player/team development at the club, we are also aware of the importance of winning silverware.We took a strong U12s team to “My Football

Gothia Youth World Cup 2019
We have selected a group of individuals to represent Alliance in this year’s Gothia Cup which will be held on July 14th – 20th in Gothenburg, Sweden. Gothia Cup is the world’s largest and most international youth football tournament –

Alliance Girls kick off their league matches in Dubai Women’s League
Alliance Girls team kicked off their matches in Dubai Women’s League on Wednesday 13th Feb.The first match was against IFA who is one of the well-known girls football academies in UAE for years.We lost the match, but our girls showed

Training is made more affordable with RakBank 0% finance options.
In line with our policy to make training more affordable for families, we have entered into a partnership with RakBank who are offering finance options on any purchase above AED 2000 at Alliance. Finance options available now with RakBank: RAKBANK

Alliance Girls to join Dubai Women’s League
Girls rock! We sincerely believe in them and think they can progress by getting top quality coaching.We’ll be joining Dubai’s Women’s League in January 2019 to make sure our girls accumulate competitive match experience.It will be a massive challenge, our

Latest addition to our coaching staff: Ross Otoole & Frederic Roux join
We’re delighted to welcome two top quality coaches to our coaching staff.Ross Otoole is professional football coach from Ireland. Ross’s speciality is helping younger kids build the technical foundation required to become a footballer. Frederic Roux is a former French

End of a 3.5 years journey with coach Sohail
Every journey has an end; Coach Sohail Pedari is hanging up his gloves after 3.5 years of developing our goalkeepers since April 2015. His passion quality work helped many young individuals become better human beings as well as developing into

Runners up | U10s Commitment Cup
Alliance’s U10s team participated in Dubai’s Commitment Cup 2018.At the age of 8-9, players are still more self-centered and desire to play solo rather than going for collective play. Our players, however, showed brilliant intent to go for Beautiful Football

Trophy winners | Dubai Winter Classic 2018
A combination of our u12s & U14s participated in the U14s category at Dubai Winter Classic 2019. Our team won the U14s Trophy by beating a team from Saudi Arabia in the final. The opposition showed resilience by defending well

The Obstacles I face to develop footballers as a coach.
By Edu Darlington ( Youth Coach ). Most academy coaches can identify with me that keeping kids in line is a heck, but then lashing out is terrible not just on the kids but on the coach as well, because

Introduction of “High Tempo Selection” Sessions
In line with our long-term vision to give our players the highest level of football education we are now introducing “High Tempo Selection (HTS)” on Mondays”. These sessions are fundamentally vital for the consistent development of our top players as

Dubai Sports Council Academies Championship 2018-19 to kick off on 20th October
Alliance’s teams will start to play their league matches starting Saturday 20th October. Despite having very young teams, we’re committed into exposing our players to the highest level of competitive matches in UAE. We will have a challenging season as

Friendly matches vs AS Roma Dubai
On 6th October we visited one of Dubai’s top Academies, AS Roma Dubai for friendly matches before the start of 2018/19 league. The primary target of arranging these matches is to evaluate new members of the club as well as

The Formation of Alliance Girls Football Team
Our first Girls Football Open Day was held on 28th September.We welcomed new players who got to know our training methods.A strong core of players are already training at the club and we look forward to adding more quality to

Open Day For Girls Football
We rate girls football highly and believe football empowers girls not just in the form of athletic aspects but it also helps girls build their self-confidence and leadership abilities. Alliance Academy is having an open day for girls football on

Mike Stepney joins Alliance Academy as Coach & Sports Scientist
Alliance Academy is delighted to announce the latest addition to it’s coaching staff. Mike Stepney joins the team as a Coach & Sports Scientist. He brings to the Club over 10 years of experience in creating & applying football sessions

Futuristic Football | Sport360 Article
A Dubai football school is holding an open day to showcase new training techniques they’re using to produce the stars of tomorrow. The Alliance Academy is rolling out coaching methodology used at Ajax and Borussia Dortmund, which concentrates on nurturing

Five life lessons for children through football
When it comes to parenting, raising a healthy child is a top priority therefore parents often choose physical activities to ensure their child is moving towards the right direction. Football for most people is considered a physical activity which makes

AllianceGives 2018 | Charity football clinic in Ethiopia
“Charity begins at home but should not end there”. For the third consecutive year, we managed to hold our annual football clinic in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia in August 2018.During the holy month of Ramadan, more than 500 pieces of football

Why playing in different positions is vital for young footballers
The more positions a player knows to play, the more valuable he/she’ll be to the team. A high percentage of youth players who became professionals played in a different position to the one they made full-time careers in. The benefits

International goalkeeper coaches conference 2018
Our goalkeeping head coach’s trip to the United States was a great experience and an excellent platform to network with some of the best goalkeeper coaches in the world. Coach Sohail participated in the three day International Goalkeeper Coaches Conference

Valencia CF vs Real Madrid Live Match
We’ve been eagerly waiting for La Liga fixtures to come out and it surely didn’t disappoint us! Our players will get a chance to watch Valencia CF vs Real Madrid play live at Mestalla Stadium on Wednesday 3rd April. Every

Fantasy Premier League
Are you a football crazy fan? We’ve created Alliance Fantasy League where players , coaches & parents will get to compete against each other and test their football knowledge. Create your team on the Fantasy Premier League and join our private

Gothia Cup 2019
We’re thrilled to be participating at next year’s Gothia Cup. Gothia Cup is the most recognised youth tournament in the world. Young footballers need to compete with different kinds of teams throughout their journey towards professionalism and competing in a

Registration Is Open For 2018/19 Season
2017/18 was the best year we ever had thanks to the precious support by The Alliance Family. We’ll continue to provide top football coaching to Dubai’s young footballers. Based on the response that we’ve been getting, We’re anticipating a busy

E Junior Kids World Cup & Alliance
Alliance Academy & Ejunior Kids TV channel teamed up to create a TV program which is been on air during 2018 World Cup. The program is aiming to show young footballers in UAE how to train & develop to become

Video Assistant Referee
Gulf News Publication on 5th July 2018. Excellent decision. Helps make the sport fairer, however, there’s room for improvement “Traditionally when a referee makes a mistake, everybody in the world could instantly see it on television through reviews. There
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