FC Chabab

Chabab

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

FC Chabab is a Dutch amateur association football club from Amsterdam. They are currently playing in the Dutch Hoofdklasse.

It is known for being a team mostly composed by players from the Moroccan community of Amsterdam.

The team was founded in 1983 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 GK Yassine Khmila GK Rinaldo O'Neil GK Karlo Radolovic GK Naya Samuel DF Brahim Attalj DF Mouad Ben Chekh DF Jordi Chris DF Billy Kaabah DF Maikel Matze DF Mohamed Moudou DF Bjorn Purperhart DF Virgil Spier MF Tarik Amarzagouio

No. Position Player MF Jamal Dibi (captain) MF Nourdin Dibi MF Bismark Doe MF Bilal El Yacoubi MF Aziz Ouaouirst MF Omer Ozcelik FW Mohammed Ajnane FW Zohair Chiddi FW Donny Day FW Ibrahim El Ahmadi FW Melvin Grootfaam FW Dennis van den Driessche FW Geoffrey Verweij

References

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