FC Chabab

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Chabab
FC Chabab logo.png
Full nameFootball Club Chabab
Founded1983
GroundSportpark Riekerhaven
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Capacity1,500 [1]
ChairmanKhalid 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. It 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.PositionPlayer
Flag of the Netherlands.svg GK Yassine Khmila
Flag of the Netherlands.svg GK Rinaldo O'Neil
Flag of the Netherlands.svg GK Karlo Radolovic
Flag of the Netherlands.svg GK Naya Samuel
Flag of the Netherlands.svg DF Brahim Attalj
Flag of the Netherlands.svg DF Mouad Ben Chekh
Flag of the Netherlands.svg DF Jordi Chris
Flag of the Netherlands.svg DF Billy Kaabah
Flag of the Netherlands.svg DF Maikel Matze
Flag of the Netherlands.svg DF Mohamed Moudou
Flag of the Netherlands.svg DF Bjorn Purperhart
Flag of the Netherlands.svg DF Virgil Spier
Flag of the Netherlands.svg MF Tarik Amarzagouio
No.PositionPlayer
Flag of the Netherlands.svg MF Jamal Dibi (captain)
Flag of the Netherlands.svg MF Nourdin Dibi
Flag of the Netherlands.svg MF Bismark Doe
Flag of the Netherlands.svg MF Bilal El Yacoubi
Flag of the Netherlands.svg MF Aziz Ouaouirst
Flag of the Netherlands.svg MF Omer Ozcelik
Flag of the Netherlands.svg FW Mohammed Ajnane
Flag of the Netherlands.svg FW Zohair Chiddi
Flag of the Netherlands.svg FW Donny Day
Flag of the Netherlands.svg FW Ibrahim El Ahmadi
Flag of the Netherlands.svg FW Melvin Grootfaam
Flag of the Netherlands.svg FW Dennis van den Driessche
Flag of the Netherlands.svg FW Geoffrey Verweij

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References

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