Kalba Football Club (), more colloquially abbreviated as Al-Ittihad, is a professional football club founded in 1972 and based in the city of Kalba, in the Emirate of Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The team competes in the UAE Pro League, the top tier of Emirati football.
Kalba Football Club was established in 1972 through the merger of three clubs: Al Shabab, Al Rooba and Al Riyadiya.
Kalba has won a record breaking 7 Division 1 titles with their last one being in the 2013âÂÂ14 season.
From 2009 to 2018 the team spent these years jumping up and down between divisions; since the 2018âÂÂ19 season they have managed to consistently compete in the top tier, and in the 2020âÂÂ21 season they reached the UAE League Cup semi-finals, where they were eliminated by Al-Nasr Dubai on penalties after a draw on aggregate.
<sub>Notes 2019âÂÂ20 UAE football season was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Arab Emirates.</sub>
As of UAE Pro-League: