Hassan Al Junaibi

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25 Dec 2026
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Marked for Hassan Al Junaibi

19 Edition

The Al Shaab Sentinel

7 Dec 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Market7 Dec 2026

Danilo Catalano raises the bar for Al Shaab

“I want to be playing for trophies while my legs still let me.” Nothing in that sentence is a transfer request, and nobody at Al Shaab heard it as anything else.

Squad7 Dec 2026

Danilo Catalano in a row with a teammate

It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Al Shaab this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad7 Dec 2026

No hiding place for Hassan Al Junaibi

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Hassan Al Junaibi, and the manager let it.

Player ratings7 Dec 2026

Danilo Catalano runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 17. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Player ratings7 Dec 2026

Henrique Amaral takes the honours

Marked 7.79 on an afternoon he ran from the first whistle to the last. Whatever else went wrong, Al Shaab had the best player on the pitch.

Squad7 Dec 2026

Ali Al Menhali named in the team of the month

A month is long enough that nobody gets in by accident. Ali Al Menhali is in the division's best eleven for it, which is a quieter compliment than an award and a more reliable one.

In brief

Back issues
13 Edition

The Al Shaab Sentinel

26 Oct 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Match26 Oct 2026

Al Shaab refuse to drop out of the race

Position 3, 18 points, and the result everyone checks first is now theirs. The word is still not being said around the ground, which is how you know everyone is thinking it.

Match24 Oct 2026

Whatever happens, Al Shaab do not lose

9 games unbeaten now. Some were earned and some were survived, but a habit is forming — and habits are the hardest thing in football to play against.

Squad26 Oct 2026

Hassan Al Junaibi is a better footballer than he was

Not a run of form — an actual step up, held for months. At 23 he is doing things at this level he could not do at the start of the season, and the coaching staff will tell you exactly which of them.

Squad26 Oct 2026

Walid Al Naqbi in a row with a teammate

It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Al Shaab this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Player ratings26 Oct 2026

Majed Al Suwaidi stands above it all

Some games turn on a moment; this one turned on a man. 7.20 on the card, and the Al Shaab support went home talking about one name.

Match24 Oct 2026

Al Shaab and Al Nasr cancel each other out

Nil-nil, and few chances worth the name. Al Nasr came to defend and left with exactly what they came for.

Squad26 Oct 2026

Ahmed Khalfan has become a man the manager trusts

Nobody at Al Shaab will say this on the record and the team sheets have been saying it for weeks. There is a small group in every squad who get picked when the fixture is difficult, and he has joined it.

Squad26 Oct 2026

A first senior shirt for Majed Al Naqbi

Every debut is a small story about the future: Majed Al Naqbi, 16 years old, off the academy pitches and into the first team. The parents in the stand will keep the programme.

Market26 Oct 2026

Al Shaab pick up Gustavo Torres for nothing

The best deals are the ones the accountants never notice. Gustavo Torres arrives at Al Shaab with his wages the only cost and something to prove the only clause.

In brief

1 Edition

The Al Shaab Sentinel

3 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad3 Aug 2026

Al Shaab count the cost of losing Ismail Obaid

22 days, the scan says, and scans are kinder than reality. The fixtures in that window have just become somebody else’s job.

Squad3 Aug 2026

Tempers go at Al Shaab

Hassan Al Junaibi was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

Market3 Aug 2026

Dibba join the queue for Hamdan Omar

Add another name to the list: Dibba have asked the question everybody in the game has been asking about Hamdan Omar. The answer from Al Shaab has not changed — yet.

In brief