Al-Shabab Football Club 2017/18 - player wages
Wages as they stood in 2017/18 · top earner Sebastián Ubilla on £17,000 per week · see the current Al-Shabab Football Club wage bill
We hold a wage for all 32 players in that squad. The average is taken over the 24 players aged 22 or over that we hold a wage for.
Then and now
Al-Shabab Football Club pay £773,355 a week in 2026/27 — 177% higher than the £279,130 of 2017/18.
Where the money went in 2017/18
Share of the weekly wage bill by position group · 2 players cover two groups and are counted half in each
2017/18 squad salaries
| Watch | PLAYER | WEEKLY ▼ | YEARLY | AGE | POSITION | NATION | COMPARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sebastián Ubilla | £17,000 | £884,000 | 26 | AM RL, ST | Chile | ||
| Farouk Ben Mustapha | £15,000 | £780,000 | 27 | GK | Tunisia | ||
| Djamel Benlamri | £15,000 | £780,000 | 27 | D C | Algeria | ||
| Hattan Bahebri | £15,000 | £780,000 | 24 | AM RL | Saudi Arabia | ||
| Marcos Pizzelli | £15,000 | £780,000 | 32 | AM C | Armenia | ||
| Abdullah Al-Khaibari | £14,000 | £728,000 | 20 | DM | Saudi Arabia | ||
| Nasser Al-Shamrani | £13,000 | £676,000 | 33 | ST | Saudi Arabia | ||
| Idris Mbombo | £13,000 | £676,000 | 21 | ST | Congo - Kinshasa | ||
| Saif Al-Hashan | £13,000 | £676,000 | 27 | AM C | Kuwait | ||
| Abdulmajeed Al-Arishi | £13,000 | £676,000 | 21 | D C | Saudi Arabia | ||
| Saad Abdul Amir | £12,000 | £624,000 | 25 | DM | Iraq | ||
| Khalid Al-Kabi | £10,000 | £520,000 | 25 | AM R, ST | Saudi Arabia | ||
| Abdulwahab Jafar | £9,500 | £494,000 | 23 | AM R | Saudi Arabia | ||
| Mohammed Salem | £9,000 | £468,000 | 31 | D RC | Saudi Arabia | ||
| Saud Khariri | £9,000 | £468,000 | 37 | DM | Saudi Arabia | ||
| Mohammed Al-Qarni | £9,000 | £468,000 | 27 | DM | Saudi Arabia | ||
| Jumaan Al-Dosari | £8,100 | £421,200 | 30 | D RC | Saudi Arabia | ||
| Saleh Al-Qumayzi | £8,000 | £416,000 | 25 | D R | Saudi Arabia | ||
| Mohamed Benyettou | £7,900 | £410,800 | 27 | ST | Algeria | ||
| Abdullah Al-Megbas | £7,500 | £390,000 | 21 | ST | Saudi Arabia | ||
| Waleed El-Enezi | £7,400 | £384,800 | 22 | M C | Saudi Arabia | ||
| Fahad Ghazi Zahim | £7,300 | £379,600 | 23 | D L | Saudi Arabia | ||
| Abdullah Al-Sudairy | £6,500 | £338,000 | 25 | GK | Saudi Arabia | ||
| Hassan Al-Qeed | £6,200 | £322,400 | 19 | ST | Saudi Arabia | ||
| Mishari Al-Thomali | £5,900 | £306,800 | 25 | AM RC | Saudi Arabia | ||
| Abdullah Al-Fahad | £5,500 | £286,000 | 23 | D C | Saudi Arabia | ||
| Mohammed Awaji | £2,900 | £150,800 | 22 | GK | Saudi Arabia | ||
| Amr Barakat | £2,500 | £130,000 | 25 | WB L, AM RLC | Egypt | ||
| Ahmed Autef | £820 | £42,640 | 34 | DM | Saudi Arabia | ||
| Majed Al-Hantoshi | £780 | £40,560 | 20 | AM R | Saudi Arabia | ||
| Nasser Al-Oaydan | £190 | £9,880 | 21 | ST | Saudi Arabia | ||
| Faisal Darwish Ahmed | £140 | £7,280 | 21 | D RC, DM, M RC | Saudi Arabia | ||
Wage vs age, 2017/18
Each dot is a player - top-left is expensive and young
Squad wage pyramid
Players per wage band in the 2017/18 squad, against the share of the bill they took
Top 5 earners took 28% of the squad wage bill, across the 32 players we hold a 2017/18 wage for.
Contract expiries
When the 2017/18 deals were due to run out
Frequently asked questions
Al-Shabab Football Club wages, 2017/18
What was Al-Shabab Football Club's wage bill in 2017/18?
Al-Shabab Football Club paid £279,130 a week in 2017/18 - £14,514,760 across the year - spread over a squad of 32. We hold a wage for all 32 players in that squad.
Who was the highest paid Al-Shabab Football Club player in 2017/18?
Sebastián Ubilla was the highest earner in the 2017/18 squad on £17,000 a week, 1.8x the 22+ squad average of £9,347.
What was the average Al-Shabab Football Club salary in 2017/18?
The average Al-Shabab Football Club player aged 22 or over earned £9,347 a week in 2017/18, across the 24 we hold a wage for, against a squad of 32. The top five earners took 28% of the bill between them.
How do Al-Shabab Football Club's 2017/18 wages compare with now?
Al-Shabab Football Club pay £773,355 a week in 2026/27, 177% higher than the £279,130 of 2017/18. The current squad is 35 players against 32 then.