- Al-Arabi Sports Club
Football club infobox
clubname = Al-Arabi
fullname = Al-Arabi Sports Club
nickname = "Fareeg Al-Ahlam" ("The Dream Team")
founded = 1952
ground =Grand Hamad Stadium Doha Qatar
capacity = 18,000
chairman = flagicon|QATSheikh Faisal bin Mubarak Al-Thani
manager = flagicon|BRAZé Mario
league = Qatari League
season = 2007/08
position = Qatar League, 6th
season = 2006/07
position = Qatar League, 9th
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leftarm2=FFFFFF|body2=FFFFFF|rightarm2=FFFFFF|shorts2=FFFFFF|socks2=FFFFFFAl-Arabi Sports Club ( _ar. النادي العربي الرياضي), also known as Al-Arabi Doha, is a
Qatar i professionalfootball (soccer) club based inDoha ,Qatar . Al-Arabi has dominated the Qatari league for decades. They have the most fans. Their stadium is calledGrand Hamad Stadium . Al-Arabi is known by its nickname, the "Dream Team" or فريق الأحلام or the "The Red Devils."History
The club was founded on 1952. They are the second oldest team in Qatar. The club first Qatari League was in 1983.
tadium
The matches are played 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 Staduim is in Doha(Slata).
Achievements
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Qatari League : 71983, 1985, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997*
Emir of Qatar Cup : 81978, 1979, 1980, 1983, 1984, 1989, 1990, 1993*
Qatar Crown Prince Cup : 11997*
Qatar Sheikh Jassem Cup : 41980, 1982, 1994, 2008Performance in AFC Competitions
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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-FinalClub managers
*flagicon|ENG
Colin Addison (1992 - 1993)
*flagicon|CHILuis Santibáñez (2000)
*flagicon|GERWolfgang Sidka (Nov 2003 - Jun 2005)
*flagicon|ROMIlie Balaci (May 2005 - May 2006)
*flagicon|FRAHenri Michel (Jul 2006 - Oct 2006)
*flagicon|QATAbdullah Saad (Oct 2006 - Feb 2007)
*flagicon|PORJosé Romão (Feb 2007 - Mar 2008)
*flagicon|BRAAdilson Fernandes (Mar 2008 - Apr 2008)
*flagicon|BRAAbel Braga (Apr 2008 - Jul 2008)
*flagicon|BRAZé Mario (Jul 2008 - Present)2008/2009 Squad
Notable Former Players
Algeria
*flagicon|AlgeriaNoureddine Drioueche Australia
*flagicon|AustraliaTony Popović Argentina
*flagicon|ArgentinaGabriel Batistuta
*flagicon|ArgentinaEzequiel Amaya Bahrain
*flagicon|BahrainRashid Al-Dosari
*flagicon|BahrainMohamed Salmeen Bolivia
*flagicon|BoliviaJuan Carlos Arce Brazil
*flagicon|BrazilGeraldo Dutra Pereira Ecuador
*flagicon|EcuadorIvan Hurtado Egypt
*flagicon|EgyptMohamed Barakat France
*flagicon|FranceMatt Moussilou Germany
*flagicon|GermanyStefan Effenberg Iran
*flagicon|IranHadi Shakouri Iraq
*flagicon|IraqBassim Abbas Kenya
*flagicon|KenyaDennis Oliech Morocco
*flagicon|MoroccoMohamed Armoumen
*flagicon|MoroccoBouchaib El Moubarki
*flagicon|MoroccoAbdelilah Fahmi Nigeria
*flagicon|NigeriaTaribo West Portugal
*flagicon|PortugalJoão Tomas Slovenia
*flagicon|SloveniaFabijan Cipot Switzerland
*flagicon|SwitzerlandBlaise Kufo Tunisia
*flagicon|TunisiaZoubeir Baya Venezuela
*flagicon|VenezuelaHector Pablo Bidoglio External links
* [http://alarabi.qa Al-Arabi Official Website]
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