Al Shabab Al Arabi Club (Arabic: نادي الشباب العربي دبي), or simply Al Shabab, was an Emirati professional football and basketball[1] club based in Dubai, that competed in the UAE Arabian Gulf League. The club was founded in 1958.[2]

Al Shabab

Full name	Al Shabab Al Arabi Club Dubai
Founded	1958; 64 years ago (1958) (as Al Shabab Al Arabi Club Dubai)
Dissolved	2017; 5 years ago (2017) (merged with Dubai CSC)
Ground	Maktoum bin Rashid Stadium, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Capacity	12,000
League	UAE Pro League
2016–17	UAE Pro League, 8th
Home colours Away colours

In 2017, the club merged with Dubai CSC to join Al Ahli Dubai F.C., which was rebranded as Shabab Al-Ahli Dubai FC.^{[citation needed]}

Honours

• UAE Arabian Gulf League[3]

Winners: 1989–90, 1994–95, 2007–08

• UAE President's Cup:[4]

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

• UAE League Cup[5]

Winners: 2010–11

• GCC Champions League[6]

Winners: 1992, 2011, 2015

• First Division League:

Winners: 1974–75

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

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 1997–98 Ion Ion 1998 Tony Bchinnk 1998 Abdullah Saqer Al Marri 1999–00 Rinus Israël 2000 Emerlado

Dates Name 2000–01 Dušan Radolský 2001–02 Grigore Sichitiu 2002 Rabah Saâdane 2003 Hassan Ali 2003–04 Reiner Hollmann 2004–06 Džemal Hadžiabdić 2006 Renê Weber 2006 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 2012–2014 Marcos Paquetá 2014–2016 Caio Júnior 2016–2017 Fred Rutten Jan 23, 2017–May 16, 2017 Miroslav Đukić

References

External links

• Al Shabab UAE official website (in Arabic)

На других языках

[de] Al Shabab (Vereinigte Arabische Emirate)

[es] Al-Shabab Al Arabi Club

[ru] Аль-Шабаб (футбольный клуб, Дубай)