Shabab Al-Khader Sports Club ar, نادي شباب الخضر الرياضي) is a professional
football
Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ...
club based in the town of
Al-Khader
Al-Khader ( ar, الخضر) is a Palestinian town in the Bethlehem Governorate of the State of Palestine, in the south-central West Bank. It is located west of Bethlehem. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the town had a ...
, within the
Bethlehem Governorate in the Palestinian West Bank. The club currently compete in the
West Bank Premier League
The 2010–11 season marked the creation of the first professional league in the territories and saw high-profile signings for many clubs. Most notably Fadi Lafi (Hilal Al-Quds), Hernán Madrid (Wadi Al-Nes), and many Arab citizens of Israel wh ...
. Shabab Al-Khadr plays out of
Al-Khader Stadium
Al-Khader Stadium is an international football (soccer), football stadium in the Palestinian people, Palestinian town of Al-Khader (town), al-Khader near Bethlehem. It was inaugurated on August 6, 2007
with a match between local team Shabab Al-Kh ...
.
History
Shabab Al Khadr were founded in 1956.
When their new
stadium
A stadium ( : stadiums or stadia) is a place or venue for (mostly) outdoor sports, concerts, or other events and consists of a field or stage either partly or completely surrounded by a tiered structure designed to allow spectators to stand o ...
was inaugurated in 2007, the club played a match against
Maccabi Ahi Nazareth, an
Israeli Arab
The Arab citizens of Israel are the largest ethnic minority in the country. They comprise a hybrid community of Israeli citizens with a heritage of Palestinian citizenship, mixed religions (Muslim, Christian or Druze), bilingual in Arabic an ...
team from
Nazareth
Nazareth ( ; ar, النَّاصِرَة, ''an-Nāṣira''; he, נָצְרַת, ''Nāṣəraṯ''; arc, ܢܨܪܬ, ''Naṣrath'') is the largest city in the Northern District of Israel. Nazareth is known as "the Arab capital of Israel". In ...
.
Notable players
References
External links
Club profile- ''Kooora.com''
Association football clubs established in 1956
Football clubs in the West Bank
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