Al Shabab FC (Riyadh)
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Shabab Club also known as Al-Shabab (Template:Langx) is a Saudi Arabian professional football club based in Riyadh that competes in the Saudi Pro League. Founded in 1947 as Shabab Al-Riyadh (Script error: No such module "Lang".; Template:Lit), it was renamed Al-Shabab in 1967.
The club earned its name, "Shabab," meaning "youth" in Arabic, due to its emphasis on developing young players at its inception. Unlike its rivals, which primarily featured senior players, the club focused on nurturing youth talent. This distinction persisted for many years, becoming a defining characteristic of the club. As a result, the club became renowned for its commitment to youth development.
History
Al Shabab was the first football club in Riyadh. The club began before 1947, with many conflicts before with its numerous members, but it was settled in 1947 and Abdulrahman Bin Saeed was the president. Five years later, Al Shabab won its first tournament beating Sakit Al Hadeed (Railway Club) in Riyadh. In 1955 Al Shabab beat the Military College to win the King Saud Cup. Two years passed, and a new conflict arose in 1957. The player, Saleh Jaber, was assigned captain, but then was fired, and the new captain was Ahmed Lmfoon. This did not please some members of the club. Soon the conflict was impossible to solve, and Abdulrahman Bin Saeed and some members, left Al Shabab and took the best players that played for the club back then in an injustice way leaving Al Shabab to a chaos, The club stopped for half a year due to financial weakness, a new football club was born from the conflicts and separation with Abdulrahman Bin Saeed as the president which is the club known today as Al-Hilal. Then in the beginning of 1959 another problem began, Abdullah Bin Ahmed, the president then, was all alone taking care of the club. He could not take the pressure of handling the club alone, and decided to take a vacation abroad. Before traveling, he disbanded the first team, and most of the players signed for other clubs mainly Al-Ahli and Al-Hilal. What was left was the youth team, and the player Abdulrahman Bin Ahmed decided to take care of the youth, and from that they got there name Shabab Al Riyadh which means Riyadh's youth. Soon Abdullah Bin Ahmed returned, and many members returned and supported the club. Then Abdullah Bin Ahmed announced the return of forming the first team, and some players returned, but some stayed at Al-Ahli and Al-Hilal. Also in 1959 was the formation of the Saudi Football Federation, and all football clubs were announced official. In 1960 in the first official tournament called King Saud Cup for the Central Province, Al Shabab faced Al Hilal in their first official games between the two, and won 3–0 to win their first cup.
In the 1960s, everyone wanted to play and be part of the club, and after the request of Al Najmah FC and Al Marekh in 1967, they were united as one club and changed their name from Shabab Riyadh, to simply Al Shabab. The colors of the team were at first white and green, then they were changed after the unification to orange and blue, but in 1977 it was changed to white, gray, and black, the current colors. In 1975 Al Shabab was relegated to 1st Division, but the following season it was able to gain 1st place and came back to the Premier League in 1976. In 1993, Al Shabab became the first club in Saudi Arabia to win 3 premier leagues in a row. In 2007, Al Shabab became the first club in Saudi Arabia to build projects to increase the club's revenue, and began a 200 million dollar project which contains a 5 star hotel, and a shopping mall. During a visit to the club in January 2008, Al Shabab's main supporter, Khalid bin Sultan, announced the launch of two new projects, Al Laith TV Channel, and Al Shabab Museum.
Honours
Domestic
- Saudi Pro League
- King's Cup
- Crown Prince's Cup
- Saudi Super Cup
- Champion: 2014
- Saudi Federation cup
- Champion (4): 1988, 1989, 2009, 2010
- Saudi First Division League (tier 2)
- Champions: 1978–79
Continental
- Asian Club Championship
- Runner up: 1992-93
- Asian Cup Winners' Cup
- Champions: 2001
Regional
- Arab Club Champions Cup
- Arab Super Cup
- Champions (2): 1996, 2001
- Gulf Club Champions Cup
- Champions (2): 1993, 1994
Records
- First Saudi club to win three Saudi Premier League in a row (1991, 1992, and 1993).[1]
- First Saudi club to win the professional and new Saudi Premier League, in 1991.
- Largest margin win was against Al Shoalah during a friendly tournament in 2007, 8–0. Largest margin win in an official game was against Al-Ta'ee in the Saudi Premier League in 2003, 7–0. Largest margin win against a high-ranked club was 6–1 against Al Nassr in the Saudi Premier League 2004.
Current squad
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Other players under contract
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Out on loan
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Management
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Current board of directors and Administrators
| Office | Name |
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| President | Khalid AlBaltan |
| Vice-president | Kholaif AlHweshan |
| Member of the Board, Investment Officer | |
| Member of the Board, Secretary-General | |
| Member of the Board, Director of the Media Center | Ahmad AlMasoud |
| CEO | Pat Janssen[3] |
Current technical staff
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| Manager | Template:Flagicon Fatih Terim |
| Assistant manager | Template:Flagicon Hamza Hamzaoğlu Template:Flagicon Levent Şahin |
| Goalkeeping coach | Template:Flagicon Ozan Özerkan |
| Fitness coach | Template:Flagicon Yasin Küçük |
| Match analyst | Template:Flagicon Metin Çakıroğlu |
| Club doctor | Template:Flagicon Misael Rivas |
| Physiotherapist | Template:Flagicon Salman Al-Khamis |
| U 23 team coach | Template:Flagicon Turki Al-Gabr |
| U 20 team coach | Template:Flagicon Waleed Al-Muslim |
| U 17 team coach | Template:Flagicon Omar Islam |
| Sporting director | Template:Flagicon Pavel Nedvěd |
Recent seasons
The table below chronicles the achievements of Al Shabab in various competitions since 2000.
| Year | Division | Position | Crown Prince Cup | King Cup | ACL |
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| 2000–01 | Premier League | 7th | Semi-final | – | – |
| 2001–02 | Premier League | 9th | Quarter-final | – | |
| 2002–03 | Premier League | 6th | Quarter-final | – | |
| 2003–04 | Premier League | 1st | Quarter-final | – | |
| 2004–05 | Premier League | 2nd | Quarter-final | Group stage | |
| 2005–06 | Premier League | 1st | Semi-final | Quarter-final | |
| 2006–07 | Premier League | 4th | Quarter-final | Group stage | |
| 2007–08 | Premier League | 3rd | Semi-final | Champion | – |
| 2008–09 | Pro League | 4th | Runners-up | Champion | Round of 16 |
| 2009–10 | Pro League | 4th | Semi-final | Semi-final | Semi-final |
| 2010–11 | Pro League | 4th | Round of 16 | Quarter-final | Round of 16 |
| 2011–12 | Pro League | 1st | Quarter-final | Quarter-final | – |
| 2012–13 | Pro League | 3rd | Round of 16 | Runners-up | Quarter-finals |
| 2013–14 | Pro League | 4th | Semi-final | Champion | Round of 16 |
| 2014–15 | Pro League | 5th | Round of 16 | Quarter-final | Group stage |
| 2015–16 | Pro League | 6th | Semi-final | Round of 16 | – |
| 2016–17 | Pro League | 6th | Quarter-finals | Round of 32 | – |
| 2017–18 | Pro League | 10th | – | Quarter-finals | – |
| 2018–19 | Pro League | 5th | – | Round of 16 | – |
| 2019–20 | Pro League | 7th | – | Round of 32 | – |
| 2020–21 | Pro League | 2nd | – | Round of 16 | – |
| 2021–22 | Pro League | 4th | – | Round of 16 | Quarter-final |
| 2022–23 | Pro League | 4th | – | Semi-final | Round of 16 |
| 2023–24 | Pro League | ||||
Managers
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Asian competitions
Overview
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| Competition | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA |
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| AFC Champions League | 76 | 41 | 13 | 23 | 116 | 80 |
| Asian Club Championship | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 10 |
| Asian Cup Winners' Cup | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 10 |
| Asian Super Cup | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| TOTAL | 95 | 49 | 19 | 28 | 154 | 104 |
Record by country
Asian record
Matches
AFC Club ranking
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See also
References
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External links
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