Al-Arabi Sports Club

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Al-Arabi

Full name

Nickname(s)

"Fareeg Al-Ahlam" ("The Dream Team")

Founded

1952

Ground

Grand Hamad Stadium
Doha
Qatar
(Capacity 13,000)

Chairman

Sheikh Faisal bin Mubarak Al-Thani

Manager

Zé Mario

League

Qatari League

2006/07

Qatar League, 9th





Home colours





Away colours

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 dominated the Qatari league for decades. They have the most fans. Their stadium is called Grand Hamad Stadium. Al-Arabi is known by its nickname, the Dream Team or فريق الأحلام.

Team's old crest

1 Achievements
2 Performance in AFC Competitions
3 Club managers
4 2007/2008 Squad
5 Notable Former Players
6 External links

[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: 3

1980, 1982, 1994

[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)
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)

[edit] 2007/2008 Squad

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Musad Al-Zarai
2	DF	Maaz Yusif
14	DF	Hamid Ismail
4	MF	Leonardo Pisculichi
8	MF	Abdulaziz Karim
9	FW	Sayed Ali Bechir
10	FW	Waleed Hamzah
11	FW	Matt Moussilou

No.	Position	Player
14	DF	Ibrahim Al-Ghanim
16	DF	Salman Ghuloom
17	MF	Abdulaziz Al-Sulati
22	GK	Ahmad Kalil
24	DF	Musa Haroon
30	FW	Omar Al-Ansari
9	FW	Ahmed Darwish
--	MF	Souleymane Keïta
--	FW	Juan Carlos Arce