Bahrain
Bahrain, officially the Kingdom of Bahrain, is an island country in West Asia. Situated on the Persian Gulf, it comprises a small archipelago of 50 natural islands and an additional 33 artificial islands, centered on Bahrain Island, which mak ...
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football
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Bahrain National Stadium
Bahrain National Stadium (; Arabic transliteration, transliterated: Stād al-Bahrayn al-Watanī) is the national stadium of Bahrain, located in Riffa. It can accommodate 24,000 spectators and is used mostly for Association football, football mat ...
Bahraini Super Cup
The Bahraini Super Cup is the curtain raiser to the Bahrain football season.
Previous winners
*1995 : Al-MuharraqSC 1-0 Al-Riffa SC
*2006 : Al-Muharraq SC 3-2 Al-Najma
*2007 : Al-Najma 3-2 Al-Riffa SC
*2008 : Al-Najma 1-0 Busaiteen Club
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Bahraini uprising of 2011
The 2011 Bahraini uprising was a series of anti-government protests in Bahrain led by the mainly Shia and some Sunni Islam, Sunni Bahraini opposition primarily from 2011 until 2014. The protests were inspired by the unrest of the 2011 Arab Spri ...
, Al-Shabab was one of two teams dissolved for allegedly being involved in
Shia
Shia Islam is the second-largest branch of Islam. It holds that Muhammad designated Ali ibn Abi Talib () as both his political successor (caliph) and as the spiritual leader of the Muslim community (imam). However, his right is understood ...
agitation. They were later reinstated, but demoted to Bahrain's second tier.