2024–25 Shabab Al Ahli Club season

Sharjah
2024–25 season
Manager	Paulo Sousa
Stadium	Rashid Stadium
UAE Pro League	2nd
President's Cup	Final stages
UAE League Cup	Final stages
AFC Champions League Two	Group stage

The 2024–25 season is Shabab Al Ahli Club's 67th since its founding and their eighth consecutive year in the UAE's top division. The team competes in the UAE Pro League, President's Cup, UAE League Cup and AFC Champions League Two.

Players

First-team squad

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
UAE Pro League	23 August 2024		Matchday 1	Winner	26	19	6	1	57	22	+35	073.08
President's Cup				Winner	4	4	0	0	7	2	+5	100.00
League Cup	18 August 2024		First round	Runner-up	7	3	3	1	16	11	+5	042.86
AFC Champions League Elite			Preliminary Round	Play-off	2	1	0	1	4	2	+2	050.00
AFC Champions League Two			Group stage	Quarter-final	10	6	3	1	25	16	+9	060.00
UAE Super Cup			Final	Winner	1	0	1	0	2	2	+0	000.00
UAE-Qatar Challenge Shield			Final	Winner	1	1	0	0	3	1	+2	100.00
Total					51	34	13	4	114	56	+58	066.67

Source: Competitions

UAE Pro League

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Shabab Al Ahli (C)	26	19	6	1	57	22	+35	63	Qualification for AFC CLE league stage^[a]
2	Sharjah	26	16	3	7	44	22	+22	51
3	Al Wahda	26	13	9	4	51	32	+19	48
4	Al Wasl	26	13	7	6	51	35	+16	46	Qualification for AFC CL2 group stage
5	Al Ain	26	12	8	6	56	32	+24	44	Qualification for AGCFF GCCL group stage

Source: UPLeague
Rules for classification: ^[1] 1) points; 2) head-to-head goal difference; 3) head-to-head goals scored; 4) head-to-head away goals scored; 5) goal difference; 6) number of goals scored; 7) number of away goals scored; 8) head-to-head points; 9) fair play ranking 10) draw
(C) Champions
Notes:

^ Since the winners of the 2024–25 UAE President's Cup, Shadab Al Ahli, had already qualified for the AFC Champions League Elite, the spot given to the UAE President's Cup winners (Champions League Two) was passed to the third-placed team.

Results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
17	15	2	0	42	13	+29	47	9	1	0	23	8	+15	6	1	0	19	5	+14

Last updated: 28 February 2025.
Source: soccerway

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20
Ground	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H
Result	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	D	D	W	W	W	W	W	W		W	W
Position	5	3	2	2	2	1	1	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	1		1	1

Updated to match(es) played on 28 February 2025. Source: worldfootball
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The match schedule was released on 6 July.^[2]^[3]

24 August 2024 1	Shabab Al Ahli	2–1	Al Bataeh
18:00

30 August 2024 2	Ajman	1–2	Shabab Al Ahli
20:30

22 September 2024 3	Shabab Al Ahli	5–4	Al Wahda
17:30

27 September 2024 4	Al Orooba	1–4	Shabab Al Ahli
17:20

6 October 2024 5	Bani Yas	1–5	Shabab Al Ahli	Abu Dhabi
17:10	Fawaz Awana 15' João Victor 42' Niakaté 57'	Report	Milivojević 6' 34' Rikelme 28' Niakaté 50' (o.g.) Azmoun 63' Dabbur 87' Ezatolahi 90+2' (pen.)	Stadium: Baniyas Stadium Referee: Nawaf Alzeyouidi

27 October 2024 6	Shabab Al Ahli	2–1	Sharjah	Dubai
19:30 GST	Yuri César 11' Planić 22' Azmoun 55' 90+2' Saeed Suleiman 83' Cartabia 87' (pen.) Dabbur 90+7' Mateusão 90+18'	Report	Ousmane Camara 20' Khaled Ibrahim 45+2' Majed Hassan 45+3' Luanzinho 57' Marcus Meloni 65' Mayed Mohsen 90+2' Guilherme Biro 90+7' Adel Al-Hosani 90+16'	Stadium: Rashid Stadium Referee: Ahmad Salem Khalfan

22 November 2024 8	Shabab Al Ahli	0–0	Kalba	Dubai
16:40 GST	Renan 29' Cartabia 39' Mateusão 90+7'	Report	Leandro Spadacio 9' Salem Rashid 22' Kouadjo Koffi 37' Sultan Al-Mantheri 90'	Stadium: Rashid Stadium Referee: Sultan Abdurazzaq

8 December 2024 9	Khor Fakkan Club	1–1	Shabab Al Ahli	Khor Fakkan
16:45 GST	Omar Saeed 22' Kwon Kyung-won 49' Lourency 90+7' (pen.)	Report	Kauan Santos 37' Guilherme Bala 66' Planić 73'	Stadium: Saqr bin Mohammed Al Qasimi Stadium Referee: Ahmed Eisa Mohamed

17 December 2024 10	Shabab Al Ahli	3–0	Al Wasl	Dubai
19:33 GST	Kauan Santos 5' Dabbur 13' 74' Guilherme Bala 39' Cartabia 47' Ezatolahi 90+4'	Report	Rodrigo Oliveira 16' Majed Suroor 57' Giménez 77'	Stadium: Rashid Stadium Referee: Slavko Vinčić

5 January 2025 11	Shabab Al Ahli	2–0	Al-Nasr SC	Dubai
16:55 GST	Planić 50' Igor Gomes 70' Milivojević 70' Azmoun 76' (pen.) Ezatolahi 80'	Report		Stadium: Rashid Stadium Referee: Ahmad Salem Khalfan

10 January 2025 7	Al Ain	0–1	Shabab Al Ahli	Al Ain
19:45 GST	Abdoul Karim Traoré 14' Park Yong-woo 53' Kaku 77'	Report	Ezatolahi 5' Azmoun 34' 45+2' Rikelme 58' Hamad Al-Meqbali 90+3' Guilherme Bala 90+6'	Stadium: Hazza bin Zayed Stadium Referee: Wilton Sampaio

President's Cup

19 October 2024 Round of 16	Dibba Al-Hisn	0–2	Shabab Al Ahl	Dibba Al-Hisn
17:55		Report		Stadium: Dibba Stadium

25 January 2025 Quarter Finals	Shabab Al Ahl	2–1	Ajman	Sharjah
17:10		Report		Stadium: Khalid bin Mohammed Stadium

League Cup

18 August 2024 First leg	Shabab Al Ahli	2–0	Ajman	Dubai
20:45 UTC+4				Stadium: Rashid Stadium Referee: Bader Bujamhoor

8 September 2024 Second leg	Ajman	1–1 (1–3 agg.)	Shabab Al Ahli	Ajman
20:15 UTC+4				Stadium: Ajman Stadium Referee: Sultan Abdurazzaq

Quarter Finals

23 December 2024 First leg	Shabab Al Ahli	2–0	Al-Nasr	Dubai
19:45	Azmoun 47' Cartabia 77'	Report	Hussain Mahdi 44' Rashed Essa 90+1'	Stadium: Rashid Stadium Referee: Adel Al Naqbi

29 December 2024 Second leg	Al-Nasr	5–5 (5–7 agg.)	Shabab Al Ahli	Dubai
19:45	Gustavo Alemão 11' Abdoulaye Touré 38' Taarabt 50' Renan 57' (o.g.) Ali Mabkhout 71' Rashed Mohammed 72' Azarkan 73' 75'	Report	Cartabia 23' (pen.) Dabbur 44' 55' 66' Renan 48' Eid Khamis 89' Mateusão 90+2' 90+3'	Stadium: Al Maktoum Stadium Referee: Hamad Ali Yousef

Semi Finals

18 March 2025 First leg	Sharjah	–	Shabab Al Ahli	Sharjah
22:00				Stadium: Sharjah Stadium

23 March 2025 Second leg	Shabab Al Ahli	–	Sharjah	Dubai
22:00				Stadium: Rashid Stadium

AFC Champions League Two

References

^ "Article (15) P.50 of Arabian Gulf League Regulations" (PDF) (in Arabic). Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 August 2019. Retrieved 27 August 2019.
^ "تحديد موعد قرعة الموسم الإماراتي الجديد". كووورة (in Arabic). 1 July 2024.
^ "ADNOC Pro League, ADIB Cup draws announced for 2024-2025 season". 6 July 2024.

[table_note_res_CLGS0.33536021520168-1] Since the winners of the 2024–25 UAE President's Cup, Shadab Al Ahli, had already qualified for the AFC Champions League Elite, the spot given to the UAE President's Cup winners (Champions League Two) was passed to the third-placed team.

[2] "Article (15) P.50 of Arabian Gulf League Regulations" (PDF) (in Arabic). Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 August 2019. Retrieved 27 August 2019.

[3] "تحديد موعد قرعة الموسم الإماراتي الجديد". كووورة (in Arabic). 1 July 2024.

[4] "ADNOC Pro League, ADIB Cup draws announced for 2024-2025 season". 6 July 2024.

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