Al Shabab FC (Riyadh)

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.

• Saudi Pro League:
  • Champion (6): 1990–91, 1991–92, 1992–93, 2003–04, 2005–06, 2011–12
    • Runner-up (6): 1981–82, 1984–85, 1988–89, 1997–98, 2004–05, 2020–21
• Saudi King's Cup :
  • Champion (3): 2008, 2009, 2014
    • Runner-up: 2013
• Crown Prince Cup:
  • Champion (3): 1993, 1996, 1999
    • Runner-up (4): 1992, 1994, 2000, 2009
• Saudi Super Cup:
  • Champion: 2014
• Saudi Federation cup:
  • Champion (4): 1988, 1989, 2009, 2010
• Saudi First Division (Division 2):
  • Champion: 1978–79

• 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

• 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.

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 2 DF   KSA Mohammed Al-Shwirekh 4 DF   NED Wesley Hoedt 5 DF   KSA Nader Al-Sharari 6 MF   COL Gustavo Cuéllar 7 MF   ITA Giacomo Bonaventura 8 MF   KSA Fahad Al-Muwallad 9 FW   MAR Abderrazak Hamdallah 10 MF   BEL Yannick Carrasco 11 MF   ARG Cristian Guanca 12 MF   KSA Majed Kanabah 15 MF   KSA Musab Al-Juwayr (on loan from Al-Hilal) 16 DF   KSA Hussain Al-Sibyani 17 MF   KSA Younes Al-Shanqeeti (on loan from Al-Ahli)

No. Pos. Nation Player 18 GK   KOR Kim Seung-gyu 21 MF   KSA Nawaf Al-Sadi 30 DF   BRA Robert Renan (on loan from Zenit Saint Petersburg) 33 GK   KSA Abdullah Al-Mayouf 38 DF   KSA Mohammed Harbush 50 GK   KSA Mohammed Al-Absi 56 MF   POR Daniel Podence 60 GK   KSA Mohammed Al-Hakim 66 DF   KSA Nawaf Al-Ghulaimish 70 FW   KSA Haroune Camara 71 FW   KSA Mohammed Al-Thani (on loan from Al-Hazem) 77 FW   KSA Hamad Al-Khurayef 90 FW   KSA Majed Abdullah

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 FW   KSA Fares Al-Owais 26 MF   KSA Hamad Al-Ghamdi 32 FW   KSA Saad Al-Muwallad 34 FW   KSA Fares Al-Garzae

No. Pos. Nation Player 41 FW   KSA Dhaidan Al-Mutairi 45 GK   KSA Musa Camara — DF   KSA Sultan Al-Enezi

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 13 MF   BRA Carlos Junior (on loan to Neom) 20 FW   SEN Habib Diallo (on loan to Damac)

No. Pos. Nation Player 37 MF   KSA Abdullah Matuq (on loan to Al-Jandal)

The table below chronicles the achievements of Al Shabab in various competitions since 2000.

As of 23 February 2023

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	16	9	3	4	25	17	+8	056.25
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	5	4	1	0	11	4	+7	080.00

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	2–0	–	2–0
		Quarter-finals	Al-Duhail	–	1–2	1–2

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Preceded by Shimizu S-Pulse

Asian Cup Winners' Cup Runner up: Dalian Shide 2001

Succeeded by Al-Hilal