Al-Arabi Sports Club

Al-Arabi
Full name	Al-Arabi Sports Club
Nickname(s)	"Fareeg Al-Ahlam" ("The Dream Team")
Founded	1952
Ground	Grand Hamad Stadium; Doha; Qatar; (Capacity: 18,000)
Chairman	Sheikh Faisal bin Mubarak Al-Thani
Manager	Uli Stielike
League	Qatari League
2007/08	Qatar League, 8th
Home colours	Away colours

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Al-Arabi Sports Club (Arabic: النادي العربي الرياضي‎), also known as Al-Arabi Doha, is a Qatari professional football (soccer) club based in Doha, Qatar. Al-Arabi has the most fans of all the Qatari League clubs. Their stadium is called Grand Hamad Stadium. Al-Arabi is known by its nickname, the Dream Team or فريق الأحلام or the "The Red Devils."

[edit] History

The club was founded in 1952, making them the second oldest team in Qatar. The club first competed in the Qatari League in 1983.

[edit] Stadium

The team play their matches in the state-of-the-art Grand Hamad Stadium Stadium, whose capacity adds up to 18,000 including VIP stands. Such a capacity reflects the demand expected from the Qatari population which has yet to reach 1 million. The location of the stadium is in Doha(Slata).

Team's old crest

[edit] Achievements

Qatari League: 7

1983, 1985, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997

Emir of Qatar Cup: 8

1978, 1979, 1980, 1983, 1984, 1989, 1990, 1993

Qatar Crown Prince Cup: 1

1997

Qatar Sheikh Jassem Cup: 4

1980, 1982, 1994, 2008

[edit] Performance in AFC Competitions

Asian Club Championship: 5 appearances

1987: Group Stage

1993: Qualifying - 1st round

1995: Finalist

1996: Group Stage

1999: First Round

Asian Cup Winners Cup: 2 appearances

1990/91: Second Round

1993/94: Semi-Final

[edit] Club managers

Colin Addison (1992 - 1993)
Luis Santibáñez (2000)
Carlos Roberto Pereira da Silva (2003)
Wolfgang Sidka (Nov 2003 - Jun 2005)
Ilie Balaci (May 2005 - May 2006)
Henri Michel (Jul 2006 - Oct 2006)
Abdullah Saad (Oct 2006 - Feb 2007)
José Romão (Feb 2007 - Mar 2008)
Adilson Fernandes (Mar 2008 - Apr 2008)
Zé Mario (Jul 2008 - Dec 2008)

[edit] 2009/2010 Squad

No.	Position	Player
2	DF	Maaz Yusif
16	DF	Salman Ghuloom
17	MF	Abdulaziz Al-Sulati
18	MF	Leonardo Pisculichi
5	DF	Jouahar AL Kaabi
27	MF	Mohsen al Yazidi
31	DF	Abdulla Atef
33	MF	Majed Khalfan

No.	Position	Player
20	DF	Yosif Jafar
24	DF	Musa Haroon
21	FW	MOhammed Salem Al mal
30	FW	Omar Al-Ansari
32	FW	Lomana LuaLua
37	FW	Ahmed Darwish
40	GK	Rajab Hamza
80	FW	Kim
26	MF	Abdullah AL Suwaidi