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 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. Pos. Nation Player — GK   NED Yassine Khmila — GK   NED Rinaldo O'Neil — GK   NED Karlo Radolovic — GK   NED Naya Samuel — DF   NED Brahim Attalj — DF   NED Mouad Ben Chekh — DF   NED Jordi Chris — DF   NED Billy Kaabah — DF   NED Maikel Matze — DF   NED Mohamed Moudou — DF   NED Bjorn Purperhart — DF   NED Virgil Spier — MF   NED Tarik Amarzagouio

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

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