Al Shabab Al Arabi Club (Dubai)

Al Shabab Al Arabi Club (Arabic: نادي الشباب العربي دبي), or simply Al Shabab, was an Emirati professional football and basketball^[2] club based in Dubai, that competed in the UAE Pro League. The club was founded in 1958.^[3]

Al Shabab

Full name	Al Shabab Al Arabi Club
Founded	1958; 67 years ago (1958) (as Al Shabab Al Arabi Club Dubai)
Dissolved	2017; 8 years ago (2017) (merged with Dubai CSC)
Ground	Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum Stadium
Capacity	12,000[1]
Home colours Away colours

In 2017, the club merged with Dubai CSC to join Al Ahli Dubai, which was rebranded as Shabab Al Ahli Club.^[4]

Honours

• UAE Pro League^[5]

Winners: 1989–90, 1994–95, 2007–08

• UAE President's Cup:^[6]

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

• UAE League Cup^[7]

Winners: 2010–11

• GCC Champions League^[8]

Winners: 1992, 2011, 2015

• First Division League:

Winners: 1974–75

Season-by-season record

Season	Lvl.	Tms.	Pos.	President's Cup	League Cup
2008–09	1	12	5th	Runner-ups	First Round
2009–10	1	12	7th	Runner-ups	First Round
2010–11	1	12	4th	Semi-Finals	Champions
2011–12	1	12	3rd	Round of 16	Runner-ups
2012–13	1	14	5th	Runner-ups	First Round
2013–14	1	14	4th	Quarter-Finals	First Round
2014–15	1	14	3rd	Semi-Finals	Semi-Finals
2015–16	1	14	5th	Round of 16	Runner-ups
2016–17	1	14	8th	Round of 16	Runner-ups

Al Shabab in Asia

• AFC Champions League/Asian Club Championship

1991: Semi-finals

1995: First round

2012: Group Stage

2013: Round of 16

2016: Play off Round

Asian Club Championship history

Season	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
1991	First round	Al-Ansar	3–1	1–1	4–2
	Group A	Mohammedan SC	2–1		2nd
		Al-Rayyan	1–2
		Port FC	3–1
	Semi-finals	Al-Hilal	0–1
	Third place	Al-Rayyan	2–2 (6–7) (p)
1995	First round	Al-Ansar	2–1	0–1	2–2 (a)

AFC Champions League history

Season	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
2012	Play off Round	Neftchi Fergana	3–0
	Group D	Persepolis	1–3	1–6	4th
		Al-Hilal	1–1	1–2
		Al-Gharafa	0–0	1–2
2013	Play-off round	Saba Qom	1–1 (5–3) (p)
	Group B	Lekhwiya	3–1	1–2	2nd
		Pakhtakor	0–1	2–1
		Al-Ettifaq	1–0	1–4
	Round of 16	Esteghlal	2–4	0–0	2–4
2016	Play off Round	Bunyodkor	0–2

Record by country

Country	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win%
Bangladesh	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1	100.00
Iran	5	0	2	3	5	14	−9	000.00
Lebanon	4	2	1	1	6	4	+2	050.00
Qatar	6	1	2	3	8	8	+0	016.67
Saudi Arabia	5	1	1	3	4	7	−3	020.00
Thailand	1	1	0	0	3	1	+2	100.00
Uzbekistan	4	2	0	2	4	5	−1	050.00

Managerial history

Name	Nat.	From	To	Ref.
Rabah Saâdane			2002	[9]
Grigore Sichitiu		2002	November 2002
Hassan Ali		November 2002	2002
Reiner Hollmann		December 2002	2004	[10]
Džemal Hadžiabdić		June 2004	November 2005	[11]
Renê Weber		November 2005	2006
Ilie Balaci		June 2006	November 2006	[12][13]
Abdullah Saqr		November 2006	June 2007	[14]
Toninho Cerezo		June 2007	October 2009	[15][16]
Abdulwahad Abdulqadir		October 2009	December 2009
Paulo Bonamigo		December 2009	May 2012	[17]
Marcos Paquetá		June 2012	May 2014	[18][19]
Caio Júnior		June 2014	May 2016	[20][21]
Fred Rutten		May 2016	January 2017	[22][23]
Miroslav Đukić		January 2017	May 2017	[24]

See also

• List of football clubs in the United Arab Emirates