FC Chabab

Chabab
Full name Football Club Chabab
Founded 1983
Ground Sportpark Riekerhaven
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Ground Capacity 1,500[1]
Chairman Khalid Berdouni
Manager Alami Ahannach
League Hoofdklasse
2013–14 Topklasse Sunday, 16th (relegated)

FC Chabab was a Dutch amateur association football club from Amsterdam. After 42 years of independent existence, playing in the Dutch Hoofdklasse for the last completed season, they merged into a club from the city of Utrecht: SV Nieuw Utrecht.

FC Chabab was known for being a team mostly composed by players from the Moroccan community of Amsterdam. It was founded in 1983 by Moroccan immigrant guest workers and, after spending several years in the lower ranks of Dutch amateur football, was promoted to Topklasse in 2012 as playoff winners, under the guidance of former Moroccan international Alami Ahannach. They spent two seasons in the third Dutch tier before being relegated back to Hoofdklasse in 2013–14.

Current squad

As of 1 February 2014

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

No. Position Player
Netherlands GK Yassine Khmila
Netherlands GK Rinaldo O'Neil
Netherlands GK Karlo Radolovic
Netherlands GK Naya Samuel
Netherlands DF Brahim Attalj
Netherlands DF Mouad Ben Chekh
Netherlands DF Jordi Chris
Netherlands DF Billy Kaabah
Netherlands DF Maikel Matze
Netherlands DF Mohamed Moudou
Netherlands DF Bjorn Purperhart
Netherlands DF Virgil Spier
Netherlands MF Tarik Amarzagouio
No. Position Player
Netherlands MF Jamal Dibi (captain)
Netherlands MF Nourdin Dibi
Netherlands MF Bismark Doe
Netherlands MF Bilal El Yacoubi
Netherlands MF Aziz Ouaouirst
Netherlands MF Omer Ozcelik
Netherlands FW Mohammed Ajnane
Netherlands FW Zohair Chiddi
Netherlands FW Donny Day
Netherlands FW Ibrahim El Ahmadi
Netherlands FW Melvin Grootfaam
Netherlands FW Dennis van den Driessche
Netherlands FW Geoffrey Verweij

References

  1. "FC CHABAB" (in Dutch). Soccerway. Retrieved 22 August 2012.
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