Dubai CSC

Dubai CSC

Full name	Dubai Cultural Sports Club
Founded	1996
Dissolved	July 2017 (merged with Al Shabab)
Ground	Dubai Club Stadium Dubai, UAE
Capacity	7,500^[citation needed]

Dubai Cultural Sports Club (Arabic: نادي دبي الثقافي الرياضي) was a football club based in Dubai in the United Arab Emirates.

In 2017 merged with Al Shabab to join Al-Ahli to rebrand the club into Shabab Al-Ahli Dubai FC.

History

The club was relegated in 2007 to the UAE Second Division and played three years in the league, before returning in 2010 to the UAE League.^[1] Dubai CSC were to play Nottingham Forest in a pre-season friendly on 11 July 2013, the first time that they will have hosted a European club. The stadium has been recently refurbished and has full air conditioning.^[2]

Achievements

• First Division League
  • Champions (1): 2003–04
• UAE Vice Presidents Cup
  • Winners (1): 2009–10

Managers

• Junior dos Santos (October 2010–July 11)
• Néstor Clausen (15 July 2011 – 20 September 2011)
• Umberto Barberis (caretaker) (2 September 2011 – 1 October 2011)
• Marin Ion (3 October 2011 – 12 December 2011)
• Ayman Al-Ramadi (21 December 2011 – 1 June 2012)
• René Marsiglia (1 July 2012 – 30 June 2013)
• Martin Rueda (20 July 2013 – 5 November 2013)
• Umberto Barberis (5 November 2013–?)
• Chiheb Ellili (July 2014 – March 2015)
• Marin Ion (April 2015 – December 2015)
• Guglielmo Arena ( 1 July 2016 – 26 November 2016)
• Hany Ramzy (26 November 2016 – 16 May 2017)

See also

• List of football clubs in the United Arab Emirates

References

1. gulfnews : UAE Football League team profiles Archived 19 January 2011 at the Wayback Machine
2. "Dubai unveils world's first fully air-conditioned sports stadium". www.thefirstgroup.com. Retrieved 15 September 2024.

External links

• Official site