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Al Nasr SC
نادي النصر الرياضي‎
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Full name Al-Nasr Sport Club
Nickname(s) Al Ameed
Founded 1945; 79 years ago (1945)
Ground Al Maktoum Stadium
Ground Capacity 15,000
Owner Sheikh Saeed bin Hamdan Al Maktoum
Chairman Marwan Ahmed Bin Ghalita
Manager Alfred Schreuder
League UAE Pro League
2022–23 UAE Pro League, 9th

Al-Nasr CSC (Arabic: نادي النصر الرياضي, romanized: nādī an-naṣr ar-riyāḍī, lit.'Victory Sports Club') is an Emirati professional football club based in Al Nasr, Dubai and competes in the UAE Pro League. Al-Nasr, literally translating to "victory" in Arabic, was founded in 1945 and is considered as the first and oldest club in the United Arab Emirates.

History

Pre–UAE League era (1945–1973)

Al Nasr Sports Club was founded by a group of young men in a Al Ghubaiba, Dubai in 1945, making it the oldest club in UAE footballing history. The team played in an empty playground near a highschool for three years until in 1948 were they finally decided to establish modern rules of football. In 1951, Sheikh Rashid bin Saeed Al Maktoum chose the headquarters to be in a cafe close to a fish market, the cafe had a room for rent so the club would rent the room for meetings, gatherings and studying. The club would later move their headquarters to Shindagha. During this period the club went on with the name Al Ahli until in the 1960s where the players traveled to Qatar to face Al Ahli and lose, after their loss in Qatar, the players proposed to change the name to Al Nasr which would later become official. The club decided to move their headquarters to a larger house in Shindagha and invited Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan to meet the club in their new headquarters, Sheikh Zayed decided to donate 60,000 AED as a gift to the club, they would use the money to develop the club.

Rise of competition (1973–1990)

In 1973, the UAE Pro League was established and neighboring teams emerged forcing Al Nasr to start building a proper venue, so the construction of Al Maktoum Stadium began, however the team would join the league in 1974 so the club played their home games in Rashid Stadium until the completion of Al Makhtoum stadium in 1980, the club would win 3 UAE league, 3 presidents cup titles and a UAE federation cups during this time. The club would also be noted for hosting games with big clubs like Arsenal, Liverpool and Santos.

Modern era (1990–present)

After the end of the eighties, the club has yet to win the league but won notable cup competitions such as the president's cup, league cup and the GCC Champions League, around 2018 the team would renovate the Al Makhtoum Stadium for the 2019 AFC Asian Cup and host another friendly with Arsenal in 2019. Al Nasr removed coach Caio Zanardi and replaced him with former Dinamo Zagreb player and national Croatian player Krunoslav Jurčić, but he left Al Nasr in February 2021 after mediocre results in the league, and Jurcic was replaced with former River Plate coach Ramón Díaz.

Rivalries

The team has a big rivalry with Al Wasl, often called the Bur Dubai Derby or just simply Dubai Derby, both teams have competed to see which club is the best team in Bur Dubai area. It also has a rivalry with Shabab Al Ahli which is also based in the same city but not in the same area.

Honours

17 Official Championships.

Domestic competitions

  • Arabian Gulf League
    • Winners (3): 1977–78, 1978–79, 1985–86
    • Runners-up (4): 1980–81, 1984–85, 1999–2000, 2011–12
  • UAE President's Cup
    • Winners (4): 1984–85, 1985–86, 1988–89, 2014–15
    • Runners-up (7): 1974–75, 1979–80, 1983–84, 1991–92, 1996–97, 2016–17, 2020–21
  • UAE Federation Cup
    • Winners (3): 1988–87, 1999–00, 2001–02
  • UAE League Cup
    • Winners (2): 2015, 2020
  • Arabian Gulf Super Cup
    • Winners (2): 1990, 1996
    • Runners-up (1): 2015
  • Joint League Cup
    • Winners (1): 1984–85
  • ADNOC Championship Cup
    • Winners (1): 1993

Regional competitions

  • GCC Champions League
    • Winners (1): 2014

Performance in AFC competitions

2012: Group Stage
2013: Group Stage
2016: Quarter-finals
2019: Play off Round
  • Asian Club Championship: 2 appearances
1987: Group Stage
1998: Withdrew (first round)
  • Asian Cup Winners Cup: 1 appearance
1993–94: Withdrew

Staff

Board of directors

Title Name
Chairman United Arab Emirates Marwan Ahmed Bin Ghalita
Vice Chairman United Arab Emirates Ibrahim Hussain Al Fardan
Board Member United Arab Emirates Abdul Rahman Obaid Abu Al Shawareb
United Arab EmiratesMansoor Rahmah Al Fallasi
United Arab EmiratesAbdulrazzaq Al Sayed Al Hashemi
United Arab EmiratesMohammed Ahmed Al Marri
United Arab EmiratesJamal Abdulla Lootah|}

Last updated: 27 May 2019
Source: [1]

Current squad

As of UAE Pro-League:

No. Position Player
1 United Arab Emirates GK Mohamed Juma Al-Blooshi
2 United Arab Emirates DF Mohammed Al-Menhali
3 Brazil DF Gustavo Alemão
4 United Arab Emirates MF Khalid Jalal
5 Bosnia and Herzegovina DF Samir Memišević
6 United Arab Emirates MF Hussain Mahdi
7 Ivory Coast FW Abdoulaye Touré U21
8 United Arab Emirates DF Hamdan Al-Kamali
9 United Arab Emirates MF Ahmed Abdulla Ishak
10 Portugal MF Iuri Medeiros
11 Italy FW Manolo Gabbiadini
12 United Arab Emirates GK Ahmed Shambih
13 United Arab Emirates DF Abdulla Abbas
15 United Arab Emirates DF Yousef Al-Ameri
18 United Arab Emirates MF Saoud Abdulrazaq
19 United Arab Emirates DF Ahmed Rashed
20 Colombia MF Kevin Agudelo
22 Brazil DF Gláuber
No. Position Player
23 United Arab Emirates DF Mayed Al-TeneijiU21
24 United Arab Emirates MF Abdulaziz Dawood
26 United Arab Emirates DF Abdelaziz Sanqour
27 United Arab Emirates FW Bilal AliU21
28 Serbia FW Bogdan Petrović
30 United Arab Emirates GK Mohammed Al-Najjar U21
31 Democratic Republic of the Congo FW Isaac Tshibangu U21
32 United Arab Emirates DF Rashed Essa
39 Ghana MF Evans Ampofo U21
40 United Arab Emirates GK Abdullah Al-Tamimi
45 United Arab Emirates FW Abdulla Anwar
47 Comoros MF Naïm Chadhuli U21
49 Morocco MF Adel Taarabt
50 United Arab Emirates MF Mohammed Jamal
52 Ivory Coast DF Abdoul Karim Belem
55 Serbia MF Andrej Krstić U21
70 United Arab Emirates DF Rashed Mohammed
88 United Arab Emirates MF Ali Abdulaziz U21

Out on loan

No. Position Player
United Arab Emirates DF Mohammed Al-Maazmi (at Hatta)
United Arab Emirates DF Saeed Suwaidan (at Hatta)
Togo MF Kodjo Aziangbe (at Zorya Luhansk)
No. Position Player
United Arab Emirates MF Jassim Yaqoob (at Hatta)
The Gambia FW Dembo Darboe (at Astana)

Notable players

Algeria
  • Algeria Moussa Saïb
Argentina
Australia
Bosnia and Herzegovina
  • Bosnia and Herzegovina Samir Memišević
Brazil
  • Brazil Careca
  • Brazil Renato
  • Brazil Valder
  • Brazil Élton
  • Brazil Léo Lima
  • Brazil Renan Garcia
  • Brazil Wanderley
  • Brazil Nilmar
  • Brazil Marcelo Cirino
  • Brazil Iury
  • Brazil Junior Dutra
  • Brazil Gabriel Valentini
  • Brazil Marquinhos Gabriel
  • Brazil Gláuber
Burkina Faso
  • Burkina Faso Jonathan Pitroipa
Burundi
  • Burundi Juma Mossi
Cape Verde
  • Cape Verde Ryan Mendes
Chile
  • Chile Esteban Pavez
  • Chile Luis Jiménez
  • Chile Ronnie Fernández
Côte d'Ivoire
  • Ivory Coast Amara Diané
  • Ivory Coast Youssouf Falikou Fofana
Curaçao
  • Curaçao Brandley Kuwas
DR Congo
  • Democratic Republic of the Congo Isaac Tshibangu
Ecuador
France
  • France Yohan Cabaye
  • France Jirès Kembo Ekoko
Gambia
  • The Gambia Dembo Darboe
Ghana
  • Ghana Felix Aboagye
Guinea
Iran
Iraq
  • Iraq Hussein Alaa Hussein
  • Iraq Mohannad Abdul-Raheem
Israel
  • Israel Dia Saba
Italy
Japan
Lebanon
  • Lebanon Joan Oumari
Morocco
Nigeria
North Macedonia
Panama
  • Panama Alberto Blanco
Portugal
  • Portugal Tozé
  • Portugal Iuri Medeiros
Romania
  • Romania Ionuț Rada
Saudi Arabia
  • Saudi Arabia Mohsin al-Harthi
Senegal
  • Senegal Ibrahima Touré
Serbia
  • Serbia Nenad Jestrović
Spain
  • Spain Álvaro Negredo
  • Spain Pablo Hernández
Tanzania
  • Tanzania Sunday Manara
Togo
  • Togo Mamam Cherif Touré
  • Togo Mickaël Dogbé
  • Togo Peniel Mlapa
United Arab Emirates
  • United Arab Emirates Abdulrahman Mohamed
  • United Arab Emirates Abdulaziz Mohamed
  • United Arab Emirates Ahmed Shambih
  • United Arab Emirates Amer Mubarak
  • United Arab Emirates Habib Al Fardan
  • United Arab Emirates Hamdan Al-Kamali
  • United Arab Emirates Hassan Mubarak
  • United Arab Emirates Jassem Yaqoub
  • United Arab Emirates Khalid Ismaïl
  • United Arab Emirates Khalifa Mubarak
  • United Arab Emirates Mohammad Khamis
  • United Arab Emirates Mohamed Omar
  • United Arab Emirates Salem Saad
  • United Arab Emirates Tareq Ahmed

Past managers

  • England Don Revie (1980–84)
  • Brazil Sebastião Lapola (1983–89)
  • Germany Reiner Hollmann (1999–00)
  • Brazil Sebastião Lapola (2000–01)
  • France René Exbrayat (2003–04)
  • Brazil Sebastião Lapola (2004)
  • Germany Hagen Reeck (2004)
  • Germany Frank Pagelsdorf (Sept 1, 2004–June 30, 2005)
  • Brazil Vágner Mancini (2005)
  • Germany Eduard Geyer (Jan 1, 2005–Jan 20, 2006)
  • Germany Reiner Hollmann (April 3, 2006–Feb 25, 2007)
  • Brazil Vágner Mancini (May 1, 2007–Dec 1, 2007)
  • Netherlands Foeke Booy (July 1, 2007–Nov 28, 2007)
  • Croatia Luka Bonačić (Jan 17, 2008–Jan 7, 2009)
  • Germany Frank Pagelsdorf (Jan 8, 2009–Feb 7, 2010)
  • France Laurent Banide (Feb 24, 2010–May 31, 2010)
  • Brazil Hélio dos Anjos (June 01, 2010–Oct 10, 2010)
  • United Arab Emirates Eid Baroot (Oct 13, 2010–Dez 31, 2010)
  • Italy Walter Zenga (Jan 1, 2011–June 13, 2013)
  • Serbia Ivan Jovanović (June 18, 2013 – October 29, 2016)
  • Romania Dan Petrescu (October 29, 2016 – May 26, 2017)
  • Italy Cesare Prandelli (May 26, 2017 – January 19, 2018)
  • Serbia Ivan Jovanović (January 19, 2018 – December 2, 2018)
  • Brazil Caio Zanardi (December 2, 2018 – January 2, 2019)
  • Spain Beñat San José (January 2, 2019 – May 30, 2019)
  • Brazil Caio Zanardi (April 1, 2019 – October 14, 2019)
  • Croatia Krunoslav Jurčić (October 14, 2019 – February 4, 2021)
  • Argentina Ramón Díaz (February 4, 2021 – February 7, 2022)
  • United Arab Emirates Salem Rabie (February 8, 2022 – May 19, 2022)
  • Germany Thorsten Fink (May 19, 2022 – November 5, 2022)
  • Croatia Goran Tomić (November 5, 2022 – June 5, 2023)
  • Serbia Goran Tufegdžić (June 5, 2023 – November 6, 2023)
  • Italy Fabrizio Cammarata (November 7, 2023 – November 27, 2023)
  • Netherlands Alfred Schreuder (November 27, 2023 – present)

Pro-League Record

Season Lvl. Tms. Pos. President's Cup League Cup
2008–09 1 12 6th Round of 16 First Round
2009–10 1 12 10th Quarter-finals First Round
2010–11 1 12 3rd Round of 16 First Round
2011–12 1 12 2nd Round of 16 First Round
2012–13 1 14 6th Round of 16 First Round
2013–14 1 14 5th Semi-finals First Round
2014–15 1 14 5th Champions Champions
2015–16 1 14 4th Round of 16 First Round
2016–17 1 14 6th Runner-ups First Round
2017–18 1 12 4th Round of 16 Quarter-finals
2018–19 1 14 8th Quarter-finals Semi-finals
2019–20 1 14 6th Round of 16 Champions
2020–21 1 14 5th Runner-ups Runner-ups
2021–22 1 14 8th Round of 16 Quarter-finals
2022–23 1 14 9th Round of 16 Semi-Finals

Notes 2019–20 UAE football season was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Arab Emirates.

Key

  • Pos. = Position
  • Tms. = Number of teams
  • Lvl. = League

Other sports

Al-Nasr also fields teams in futsal, volleyball, handball, basketball, table tennis, swimming, cycling, athletics, karate, and jujutsu.

See also

Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Al-Nasr Sports Club para niños

  • List of football clubs in the United Arab Emirates
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