The management of Al-Shabab Saudi Club chose Algerian coach Noureddine Zakri to lead the first team until the end of the current season, succeeding Spaniard Imanol Alguacil.
The club agreed with the Basque coach to terminate the contract binding them by mutual consent.
Alguacil supervised Al-Shabab in 24 matches, during which he achieved only six victories against 11 defeats, the last of which was against Al-Ahly with a score of 5-2 in the Roshen League.
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Al-Shabab Club decided to grant the task of saving the first team from falling to the second division; To a coach who knows Saudi football well and is accustomed to working under pressure in recent years.
Al-Shabab occupies 14th place with 19 points after 21 rounds, that is, two places away from the first in danger of falling (Riyadh 13 points).
During his recent experiences with Al-Khuloud, Al-Akhdood, Damak and Al-Fayhaa, Zakri succeeded in ensuring his stay in the Elite League.
Al-Shabab is the most prominent Saudi team supervised by the Algerian since settling in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, given the long history of the representative of the capital, Riyadh.
Similar to its neighbors Al-Hilal and Al-Nasr; Young people have always competed to win titles at the local and continental levels.
The club has won six local league titles since its inception in 1957, according to the honorary register of football championships issued by the Saudi Football Federation.
He also won four King’s Cups, three Crown Prince Cup championships, and one local Super Cup title.
For his part, Zakri lifted the Algerian Cup title during his coaching career, this time with ES Setifi Sports Club in the 2009-2010 season.
Like other top Saudi Roshan League clubs; Al-Shabab attracted players who excelled in well-established European teams during the last two seasons.
The team includes Belgian star Yannick Carrasco, who is the current squad’s top scorer with a total of nine goals and four assists.
He also brought in Frenchman Yassine Adly, of Algerian origins, a former midfielder for the Italian club Milan.
It included veteran Saudi defender Ali Al-Bulaihi from Al-Hilal, Moroccan striker Abdel Razzaq Hamdallah and English midfielder Josh Brownhill from Burnley.
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