Shabab Al-Dhahiriya SC

Shabab Al-Dhahiriya SC
شباب الظاهرية

Full name	Shabab Al-Dhahiriya Sports Club نادى شباب الظاهرية الرياضى
Founded	1974 (1974) as Al-Dhahiriya Youth Football Club
Ground	Dura International Stadium, Hebron
Ground Capacity	24,000
Chairman	Abed Al-Haleem Ateyeh
Manager	Ibrahim Abu Ruqayek
League	West Bank Premier League

Shabab Al-Dhahiriya Sports Club (Arabic: نادي شباب الظاهرية الرياضي) is a Palestinian football team based in Ad-Dhahiriya, Hebron, Palestine and plays in the West Bank Premier League. Shabab Al-Dhahiriya, or just how fans like to call it: Ghozlan Al-Janoob (غزلان الجنوب) (Arabic for Deers of the South), is one of the most supported football teams in Palestine, and has the largest fan base among all sports teams of the West Bank Premier League. It has won many local competitions, including 2 league titles, 2 local cups, 1 Supercup as well as other various accumulations. The team participated in the 2012–13 UAFA Club Cup, defeating Al-Oruba SC of Oman on a walkover after the Omani team refused to play the second leg game in Palestine due to security matters. The team then reached the second round and lost against Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya of Iraq 4–0 on aggregate. In 2014, Shabab Al-Dhahiriya competed in the 2014 AFC Cup qualifying play-offs against Alay Osh of Kyrgyzstan, and lost 7–8 in penalties after a 1–1 draw.^[1] Shabab Al-Dhahiriya is considered to be one of the only teams in Palestine to fully rely on its homegrown talents from its football school. The team has an Ultras fan base called Ultras Ghozlani 74, who are very renowned for their ultra-fanatical support for the team, occasionally to the point of violence and hateful chants and slogans. Shabab Al-Dhahiriya is known for its competitive spirit and is considered by several Palestinian managers, players and experts to be the greatest football team in the history of Palestine.

Achievements

• West Bank Cup:

Winner (2): 1982–83 2011–12

• West Bank First League:

Winner (1): 1985–86

• West Bank Youth Cup:

Winner (1): 1993

• Palestinian Football Association Cup:

Winner (1): 2005

• West Bank Super Cup:

Winner (1): 2011–12

• Yasser Arafat Cup:

Winner (1): 2011–12

• West Bank Premier League:

Winner (2): 2011–12, 2014–15

Performance in International competitions

• UAFA Cup: 1 appearance

2012–13: Second round

• AFC Cup: 1 appearance

2014: Qualifying play-off

Current squad

As of 25 January 2014^[2]

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 Waleed Qesia 5 DF Wasim Halloon 7 DF Mus'ab Al-Batat 9 MF Sayyaf Al Hawashna 10 MF Ismail Qasem 12 FW Mohammed Fuda 13 DF Hilal Al-San'i 14 MF Hasan Sarhan

No. Position Player 15 DF Hani Abu Bilal 20 DF Mohammed Kabha 21 DF Islam Masharqa 25 MF Majd Younes 27 FW Basil Wredat 27 MF Fadi Zidane 30 GK Ghanim Mahajna 37 MF Laith Kharroub FW Smir Saad FW Benjamin Benton

References

External links

• League at FIFA.com