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| Full name | Al Shabab Al Arabi Club | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Founded | 1958; 67 years ago (1958) (asAl Shabab Al Arabi Club Dubai) | ||
| Dissolved | 2017; 8 years ago (2017) (merged withDubai CSC) | ||
| Ground | Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum Stadium | ||
| Capacity | 12,000[1] | ||
Al Shabab Al Arabi Club (Arabic:نادي الشباب العربي دبي), or simplyAl Shabab, was an Emirati professionalfootball andbasketball[2] club based inDubai, that competed in theUAE Pro League. The club was founded in 1958.[3]
In 2017, the club merged withDubai CSC to joinAl Ahli Dubai, which was rebranded asShabab Al Ahli Club.[4]
| 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 |
| 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) |
| 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 | ||
| 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 |
| 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] |
