Al Shabab FC (Riyadh)

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Al-Shabab

2022–23		Pro League, 4th of 16
Website	Club website
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Al Shabab active departments
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Al-Shabab Football Club (

. Founded in 1947 as Shabab Al Riyadh (شباب الرياض; lit. 'Riyadhi Youth'), it was renamed Al Shabab in 1967.

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

, 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

Khalid bin Sultan

, announced the launch of two new projects, Al Laith TV Channel, and Al Shabab Museum.

Achievements

• Saudi Premier League
  :
  • Champion (6):
    2011–12
    • Runner-up (6):
      2020–21
• Saudi King's Cup
   :
  • Champion (3):
    2014
    • Runner-up: 2013
• Crown Prince Cup
  :
  • Champion (3): 1993,
    1999
    • Runner-up (4): 1992, 1994, 2000, 2009
• Saudi Super Cup:
  • Champion: 2014
• Asian Cup Winners Cup
  :
  • Champion:
    2001
• Arab Champions League
  :
  • Champion (2): 1992, 1999
• Arab Super Cup:
  • Champion (2): 1996, 2001
• Gulf Club Champions Cup
  :
  • Champion (2):
    1993
    , 1994
• Saudi First Division
  (Division 2):
  • Champion: 1978–79
• Saudi Federation cup
  :
  • Champion (4): 1988, 1989, 2009, 2010

Records

• First Saudi club to win three
  Saudi Premier League in a row (1991, 1992, and 1993).^[2]
• 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
  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

As of 6 October 2023[3]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  KSA Al-Fateh ) 2 DF  KSA Hamad Al-Yami (on loan from Al-Hilal) 3 DF  KSA Khalid Al-Asiri 4 DF  BRA Iago Santos 6 MF  COL Gustavo Cuéllar 8 MF  KSA Fahad Al-Muwallad 11 MF  KSA Hattan Bahebri 12 MF  KSA Majed Omar Kanabah 13 FW  BRA Carlos Júnior 14 DF  MAR Romain Saïss (on loan from Al Sadd) 15 MF  KSA Hussain Al-Monassar 16 DF  KSA Hussain Al-Sibyani 19 MF  KSA Mohammed Al-Yami 20 FW  SEN Habib Diallo 21 MF  KSA Nawaf Al-Sadi

No. Pos. Nation Player 22 GK  KSA Fawaz Al-Qarni 23 FW  BEL Yannick Carrasco 24 DF  KSA Moteb Al-Harbi 26 MF  KSA Riyadh Sharahili 28 FW  KSA Nasser Al-Bishi 29 MF  KSA Abdullah Al-Jawaey 30 MF  CRO Ivan Rakitić 31 FW  BRA Al-Ettifaq ) 37 MF  KSA Abdullah Matuq 38 DF  KSA Mohammed Harbush 49 FW  KSA Abdullah Radif (on loan from Al-Hilal) 50 GK  KSA Mohammed Al-Absi 55 MF  KSA Musab Al-Juwayr (on loan from Al-Hilal) 60 GK  KSA Hamed Al-Shanqiti 88 DF  KSA Nader Al-Sharari

Unregistered players

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 18 GK  KOR Kim Seung-gyu 42 DF  KSA Abdulmajeed Al-Enezi

No. Pos. Nation Player 43 MF  KSA Muaiad Al-Showaifey

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 25 DF  KSA Saeed Al-Rubaie (on loan to Al-Okhdood) 32 FW  KSA Saad Al-Muwallad (on loan to Al-Faisaly) 34 FW  KSA Fares Al-Garzae (on loan to Al-Najma) 41 FW  KSA Dhidan Al-Mutairi (on loan to Al-Batin )

No. Pos. Nation Player 85 MF  KSA Hamad Al-Ghamdi (on loan to Al-Entesar) — DF  KSA Sultan Al-Enezi (on loan to Al-Zulfi) — DF  KSA Abdullah Al-Rubaie (on loan to Al-Jabalain) — MF  ARG Al-Taawoun )

Management

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Current board of directors and Administrators

Office	Name
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[4]

Current technical staff

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Position	Name
Head coach	Vítor Pereira
Assistant head coach	Luís Miguel André Monteiro
First-Team coach	Edgar Sá Nawaf Al-Abaid Saad Al-Subaie
Goalkeeping coach	Ricardo Silva Abdulelah Al-Mubayed
Fitness coach	Guilherme Gomes Saqr Al-Maqbool
Match analyst	Adriano Teixeira
Club doctor	Hassan Al-Mubadallah Misael Rivas
Physiotherapist	Salman Al-Khamis
Team manager	Allisa Fahad Issa
Youth coach	Juan Brown
U 23 team coach	Turki Al-Gabr
U 20 team coach	Waleed Al-Muslim
U 17 team coach	Omar Islam
Sporting director	Domenico Teti

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
2000–01	Premier League	7th	Semi-final	Not held	–
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-finals
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-finals	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
2020–21	Pro League
2021–22	Pro League

Managers

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Mahmoud Abou-Regaila (1970–71) Saleh El Wahsh (1977–78) Luiz Felipe Scolari (1984–85) Jair Pereira (1986) Joubert (1987)[5] Lori Sandri (1989) Paulo Campos (1990–91) Lori Sandri (1992) Geninho (1993) Ivo Wortmann (1994) Yuriy Sevastyanenko (1995–96) Jean Fernandez (1996–97) Oscar (1998) João Alves (1998–99) João Francisco (1999) Arthur Bernardes (2001–02) Zé Mário (1 July 2004 – 30 June 2006) Daniel Romeo (2005–06) Ahmed Alajlani (2006) Humberto Coelho (2006–07) José Morais (2007) Enzo Trossero (1 July 2007–08) Nery Pumpido (1 July 2008 – 31 December 2008) Enzo Trossero (2008 – 30 June 2009) Jaime Pacheco (13 July 2009 – 15 April 2010) Edgar Ferreira (interim) Jorge Fossati (1 July 2010 – 31 December 2010)

Enzo Trossero (1 January 2011 – 30 June 2011) Michel Preud'homme (1 July 2011 – 19 September 2013) Emilio Ferrera (20 September 2013 – 23 January 2014) Ammar Souayah (interim) José Morais (6 June 2014–14) Reinhard Stumpf (2014–15) Jaime Pacheco (2015) Adel Abdulrahman (interim)[6] Álvaro Gutiérrez (2015 – 3 January 2016) Fathi Al-Jabal (January 2016 – June 2016) Sami Al-Jaber (June 2016 – September 2017) José Daniel Carreño (September 2017 – March 2018) Khalid Al-Koroni (interim) Marius Șumudică (June 2018 – May 2019) Jorge Almirón (June 2019 – December 2019) Luis García (December 2019 – July 2020) Pedro Caixinha (July 2020 – January 2021) Carlos Inarejos (January 2021 – May 2021) Péricles Chamusca (July 2021 – March 2022) Marius Șumudică (March 2022 – June 2022) Vicente Moreno (July 2022 – June 2023) Marcel Keizer (July 2023 – Sept 2023) Juan Brown (interim) Igor Biscan (Oct 2023 – Dec 2023) Saad Al-Subaie (interim) Vítor Pereira (Feb 2024 – present)

Asian competitions

Overview

As of 26 April 2022

Competition	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
AFC Champions League	74	40	13	22	113	78
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	94	48	19	27	154	102

Record by country

Country	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win%
Bahrain	1	0	1	0	1	1	+0	000.00
China	1	1	0	0	4	2	+2	100.00
India	2	2	0	0	9	0	+9	100.00
Indonesia	1	1	0	0	3	0	+3	100.00
Iran	19	7	4	8	15	18	−3	036.84
Iraq	4	3	1	0	8	2	+6	075.00
Japan	3	0	3	0	3	3	+0	000.00
Jordan	2	1	1	0	3	2	+1	050.00
Kuwait	4	3	0	1	14	6	+8	075.00
Lebanon	2	1	0	1	3	3	+0	050.00
Qatar	15	9	3	3	24	15	+9	060.00
Saudi Arabia	3	0	0	3	2	6	−4	000.00
South Korea	8	2	1	5	9	16	−7	025.00
Syria	6	4	1	1	12	4	+8	066.67
United Arab Emirates	19	11	3	5	35	20	+15	057.89
Uzbekistan	4	3	1	0	9	4	+5	075.00

Asian record

Matches

Season	Competition	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
1992–93	Asian Club Championship	Quarter-finals	Yomiuri	0–0		2nd
			Al-Muharraq	1–1
			Arseto	3–0
		Semi-finals	Al-Wasl	2–2 (4–3 p)		2–2 (4–3 p)
		Final	PAS Tehran	0–1		0–1
1993–94	Asian Club Championship	First round	Al-Arabi	5–2	7–1	12–3
		Quarter-finals	–			Withdrew
1994–95	Asian Club Championship	Second round	Al-Ansar	3–0	0–3	3–3 (4–5 p)
2000–01	Asian Cup Winners' Cup	Second round	Hutteen	2–0	0–1	2–1
		Quarter-finals	Al-Wehdat	2–2	1–0	3–2
		Semi-finals	Esteghlal	3–2		3–2
		Final	Dalian Shide	4–2		4–2
2001	Asian Super Cup	Final	Suwon Samsung Bluewings	1–2	2–2	3–4
2001–02	Asian Cup Winners' Cup	Second round	Al-Sadd	0–0	2–3	2–3
2005	AFC Champions League	Group B	Sepahan	1–1	0−1	3rd
			Al-Wahda	3–1	2–1
			Al-Ain	1–0	0–3
2006	AFC Champions League	Group D	Al-Sadd	0–0	3–2	1st
			Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	2–1	2–0
			Al-Arabi	2–0	0–3
		Quarter-finals	Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i	0−1	0−6	0–7
2007	AFC Champions League	Group D	Al-Ain	2–0	2−0	2nd
			Sepahan	0–1	0–1
			Al-Ittihad	4–0	1–1
2009	AFC Champions League	Group B	Al-Gharafa	1–0	3–1	2nd
			Persepolis	0–0	0–1
			Sharjah	5–0	3–1
		Round of 16	Al-Ittihad	–	1−2	1–2
2010	AFC Champions League	Group C	Sepahan	1–1	0–1	1st
			Pakhtakor	2–1	3–1
			Al-Ain	3–2	1–2
		Round of 16	Esteghlal	3–2	–	3–2
		Quarter-finals	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	0–1	2–0	2–1
		Semi-finals	Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma	4–3	0–1	4–4 (a)
2011	AFC Champions League	Group D	Al-Rayyan	1–0	1–1	2nd
			Zob Ahan	0–0	1–0
			Emirates	4–1	1–2
		Round of 16	Al-Sadd	–	0−1	0–1
2013	AFC Champions League	Group A	El Jaish	2–0	0–3	1st
			Al-Jazira	2–1	1–1
			Tractor Sazi	1–0	1–0
		Round of 16	Al-Gharafa	3–0	2−1	5–1
		Quarter-finals	Kashiwa Reysol	2–2	1–1	3–3 (a)
2014	AFC Champions League	Group A	Esteghlal	2–1	1–0	1st
			Al-Jazira	1–3	2–1
			Al-Rayyan	4–3	2–0
		Round of 16	Al-Ittihad	1–3	0−1	1–4
2015	AFC Champions League	Group B	Al-Ain	0–1	0–0	4th
			Pakhtakor	2–2	2–0
			Naft Tehran	0–3	1–2
2022	AFC Champions League	Group B	Mumbai City	6–0	3–0	1st
			Al-Jazira	3–0	2–0
			Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	3–0	1–1
		Round of 16	Nasaf Qarshi

AFC Club ranking

See also

• List of football clubs in Saudi Arabia

References

External links

• Official website
• نادي الشباب | أخر الأ | NADY ALSHBAB Archived 20 April 2013 at the Wayback Machine

Preceded by Shimizu S-Pulse

Asian Cup Winners' Cup Runner up: Dalian Shide 2001

Succeeded by Al-Hilal