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 club based in Dubai, that competed in the UAE Pro League. The club was founded in 1958.

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
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.

Honours

• UAE Pro League

Winners: 1989–90, 1994–95, 2007–08

• UAE President's Cup:

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

• UAE League Cup

Winners: 2010–11

• GCC Champions League

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
Grigore Sichitiu		2002	November 2002
Hassan Ali		November 2002	2002
Reiner Hollmann		December 2002	2004
Džemal Hadžiabdić		June 2004	November 2005
Renê Weber		November 2005	2006
Ilie Balaci		June 2006	November 2006
Abdullah Saqr		November 2006	June 2007
Toninho Cerezo		June 2007	October 2009
Abdulwahad Abdulqadir		October 2009	December 2009
Paulo Bonamigo		December 2009	May 2012
Marcos Paquetá		June 2012	May 2014
Caio Júnior		June 2014	May 2016
Fred Rutten		May 2016	January 2017
Miroslav Đukić		January 2017	May 2017

See also

• List of football clubs in the United Arab Emirates