Dubai CSC

Dubai CSC

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

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. 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.

Achievements

• First Division League: 2003–04
• UAE Vice Presidents Cup: 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)

External links

• Official site