Al Shabab FC (Riyadh) explained
| Clubname: | Al-Shabab |
| Nickname: | Al Leith (White Lion) |
| Ground: | Al-Shabab Club Stadium, Riyadh |
| Capacity: | 15,000[1] |
| Current: | 2024–25 Al-Shabab FC season |
| Fullname: | Al-Shabab Football Club |
| Chairman: | Kholaif Al-Hweshan |
| Mgrtitle: | Head coach |
| Manager: | Vítor Pereira |
| Season: | 2023-24 |
| League: | Saudi Pro League |
| Position: | Pro League, 8th of 18 |
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(Arabic:
نادي الشباب لكرة القدم|nādī al-shabaab li-kurat al-qadam|lit=The Youth Football Club) is a Saudi Arabian professional
football club based in
Riyadh that competes in the
Saudi Professional League. Founded in 1947 as
Shabab Al Riyadh (Arabic:
شباب الرياض;), 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 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
Continental
Regional
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 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
[3]
Unregistered players
Management
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
| Position | Name |
|---|
| Head coach | Vítor Pereira |
| Assistant head coach | |
| First-Team coach | Edgar Sá |
| Goalkeeping coach | Ricardo Silva |
| Fitness coach | Guilherme Gomes |
| Match analyst | Adriano Teixeira |
| Club doctor |  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.
Managers
Asian competitions
Overview
Asian record
Matches
AFC Club ranking
|-| Rankings are calculated by the AFC[7]
|Rankings are calculated by the Football Alphabet
[8] See also
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: Prince Khalid bin Sultan Stadium. Goalzz. 15 December 2022.
- Web site: Saudi Arabia - List of Champions. RSSSF.
- Web site: فريق: الشباب. www.kooora.com.
- Web site: Pat Janssen . LinkedIn.
- Web site: Mais de 40 anos vivendo futebol. luxemburgo.com.br. pt. 18 August 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20130821104902/http://luxemburgo.com.br/texto.php?cod=8. 21 August 2013. dead.
- Web site: المصري عادل عبد الرحمن مدربًا للشباب بدلاً من باتشيكو. aawsat.com.
- Web site: The AFC. the-afc.com.
- Web site: Football Alphabet. footballalphabet.com.
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