Al Shabab (Dubai)

Al Shabab

Full name	Al Shabab Al Arabi Club
Founded	1958
Ground	Maktoum bin Rashid Stadium, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Ground Capacity	18,000
Chairman	HH Sheikh Saeed Al-Maktoum
Manager	Caio Junior[1]
League	UAE Arabian Gulf League
2013–14	UAE Arabian Gulf League, 4th
Home colours Away colours

Al Shabab is a football club based in Dubai, in the United Arab Emirates, that plays in the UAE Arabian Gulf League. The club was founded in 1958.^[2]

Achievements

• UAE League: 3

Winners: 1989–90, 1994–95, 2007–08

• UAE Emir Cup: 4

Winners: 1980–81, 1989–90, 1993–94, 1996–97

Runners-up: 1976–77, 1984–85, 1987–88, 1998–99, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2012–13

• Etisalat Emirates Cup: 1

Winners: 2010–11

• Gulf Club Champions Cup: 2

Winners: 1992, 2011

Performance in AFC competitions

• AFC Champions League: 2 appearances

2009: Group Stage

2012: Group Stage

• Asian Club Championship: 2 appearance

1992: 4th place

1996: First Round

• Asian Cup Winners Cup: 3 appearances

1990–91: Semi-finals

1994–95: Finalist

1997–98: Second Round

Record UAE League member

Key

• Tms. = Number of teams
• U.L. = UAE League
• P.C. = President Cup
• G.C.C.C. = Gulf Club Champions Cup
• S.C. = Super Cup
• E.E.C. = Etisalat Emirates Cup

Current squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 1 GK Mohammed Al-Noqbi 2 DF Issa Mohammed 3 DF Mohammed Ali Ayed 4 DF Mohammed Marzooq 5 DF Mohammed Hussain 7 MF Azizbek Haydarov 9 FW Edgar 10 MF Carlos Villanueva 11 FW Henrique Luvannor 12 MF Khaled Yousef 13 DF Abdulla Farag 14 MF Khalifa Ibrahim 15 MF Dawood Ali 16 FW Maged Lashkari 17 GK Hassan Hamza 18 GK Salim Abdulla

No. Position Player 19 DF Khalifa Awadh 20 MF Naser Masood 21 MF Adel Abdulla (Captain) 22 MF Manea Mohammed 23 FW Saad Khamis 24 FW Essa Obaid 25 DF Mahmoud Qassim 26 MF Hassan Ibrahim 27 MF Ahmed Adel 32 DF Rashed Mohammed 33 MF Marwan Mohammed 55 GK Abdulla Mohammed 70 MF Fahad Khalfan Ali 77 FW Rashid Hassan 88 FW Ibrahim Abdulla 99 MF Ishak Mohammed

Current Staff

Position	Name
Manager	Marcos Paquetá
Assistant Manager 1	Alciney Miranda
Assistant Manager 2	Edson Gonzaga
Fitness and Conditioning Coach	Marcio da Silva
Goalkeeping Coach	Raphael Santa Cruz
Physiologist	Matthews Ribas
Support	Felip
First Team Doctor	Mourad Ghrairi
Team Doctor	Amar Jabal
Masseurs	Peter Swazeski

Al Shabab supporters at Al Jazira Club.

Managerial history

Dates Name 1974–79 Rifaat Rajab Rieo 1979–82 Danilo Alves 1983 Flávio Teixeira 1983–84 Dave Mackay 1985 Claude Le Roy 1985–86 Marcos Falopa 1988–89 Marcos Paquetá 1989–90 Tony Bchinnk 1991 Khalaf Kareem 1992 Murad Mahjoub 1994–96 Ilie Balaci 1996 Popović 1998 Tony Bchinnk 1998 Abdullah Saqer Al Marri 1999–00 Rinus Israël

Dates Name 2000 Emerlado 2000–01 Dušan Radolský 2002 Rabah Saâdane 2002–03 Grigore Sichitiu 2003 Hassan Ali 2003–04 Reiner Hollmann 2004–06 Džemal Hadžiabdić 2006 Renê Weber 2006–07 Ilie Balaci Feb 2007 Abdullah Saqer Al Marri Jan 1, 2008–June 30, 2009 Toninho Cerezo Oct 2009 Abdul Wahab Abdul Qader Dec 8, 2009–June 1, 2012 Paulo Bonamigo 2012–14 Marcos Paquetá 2014– Caio Júnior

References

External links

• Al Shabab UAE Official Website