The success of the dental stages reflects the quality of work in “Ras Al Khaimah”

Vice Chairman of the Technical Committee at Ras Al Khaimah Club, Mohamed Hammadi, described the crowning of the U-17 team with the Emirates Cup title for the 2025-2026 season as a distinguished achievement that reflects the club’s great efforts in discovering and developing players, under the supervision of qualified coaches.

Hammadi pointed out that the U-16 and U-17 teams are competing strongly to win the league championships, while the U-11 team is performing at outstanding levels and aspires to be runner-up, which reflects the quality of work in the club’s founding stages.

The Ras Al Khaimah team finally won the title, after defeating Al Wasl 2-1 in the tournament final, last Saturday.

Hammadi told Emirates Today: “Winning the Emirates Cup comes in enhancement of our previous achievements, such as winning the U-12 League in the 2023-2024 season, and reflects the quality of the technical and administrative work in the club, and our future vision to build a strong base of players that will be the nucleus of a first team capable of achieving more achievements.”

He added: “Winning the Emirates Cup for the U-17 category represents an extension of the club’s long-term project, and reflects the success of the organized work in the age groups, in cooperation with the (RAK Boys) Academy, which represents an important tributary for discovering and developing talent, in addition to the club’s distinguished infrastructure.”

Hammadi explained that the most prominent challenges are competition with large clubs, and working to prepare a qualified player base for a long-term project, stressing that the club faces these challenges by developing training programs, enhancing cooperation with academies, and investing in technical personnel and infrastructure.

He appreciated the efforts of the Sunni team coaches and administrators, including the coach of the 17-year-old team, Dr. Muhammad Abdel Azim, the coach of the 16-year-old team, Muhammad Awad, the coach of the 11-year-old team, Sami Bin Obaid, the goalkeeper coaches, Bahaa Ahmed and Neamat Abbas, and the administrators, Ahmed Al-Naqbi, Hamad Al-Maliki, and Walid Al-Balushi.

He stressed that the victory would contribute to bringing Ras Al Khaimah fans back to the stands, with the emergence of a promising generation of players who represent the future of the club.