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Al Nasr SC
نادي النصر الرياضي‎

Full name	Al-Nasr Sport Club
Nickname(s)	Al Ameed
Founded	1945; 80 years ago (1945)
Ground	Al Maktoum Stadium
Ground Capacity	15,000
Owner	Sheikh Saeed bin Hamdan Al Maktoum
Chairman	Sheikh Faisal bin Hamdan Al Maktoum
Head coach	Alfred Schreuder
League	UAE Pro League
2023–24	UAE Pro League, 6th
Home colours Away colours Third colours

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 (0)

Performance in AFC competitions

• AFC Champions League: 4 appearances

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	Faisal bin Hamdan Al Maktoum
Vice Chairman	Abdullah bin Hamdan Al Maktoum
Board Member	Abbas bin Hamdan Al Maktoum
	Nayef bin Maktoum Al Maktoum
	Saeed bin Maktoum Al Maktoum
	Osama bin Mohammed Al Maktoum
	Abdulrazzaq bin Maktoum Al Maktoum

Coaching Staff

Position	Name
Head Coach	Alfred Schreuder
Assistant Coach	Bart Schreuder
Goalkeeper Coach	Vincenzo Di Palma Esposito
Youth Coach	Rui Gaivoto Rubén de la Red Gonçalo Pinto
Video Analyst	Marvin van der Valk
Performance Manager	Marco van der Steen
Chief Scout	Bruno Simões
Club Doctor	Jurica Rakic
Physiotherapist	Salem Al-Balooshi
Masseur	Hussain Al-Maazmi
Kitman	Abdullah Al-Ameri

Current squad

As of UAE Pro-League:

No. Position Player 2 DF Mohammed Al-Maazmi U23 3 DF Gustavo Alemão 5 DF Samir Memišević 6 MF Hussain Mahdi 7 FW Ali Mabkhout 8 MF Leroy Fer 9 MF Ahmed Jshak 11 FW Manolo Gabbiadini 12 GK Ahmed Shambih 13 DF Abdulla Abbas U23 15 DF Yousef Al-Ameri 17 MF Marouan Azarkan U23 19 DF Felipe Motta 22 DF Gláuber 23 DF Mayed Al-Teneiji U23 24 MF Abdulaziz Dawood U23 25 GK Omar Ahmed U23 26 MF Othmane Boussaid

No. Position Player 28 FW Abdoulaye Touré 30 GK Mohammed Al-Najjar U23 31 DF Costin Amzăr U23 (on loan from Dinamo București) 32 DF Rashed Essa U23 38 MF Moussa N'Diaye 39 MF Evans Ampofo U23 40 GK Abdullah Al-Tamimi 41 FW Nasser Ahmed U23 49 MF Adel Taarabt 60 MF Ahmed Raed U21 70 DF Rashed Mohammed 71 FW Mohammad Al-Saadi U21 75 MF Zaid Osama U21 77 DF Ahmed Al-Balooshi U23 80 FW Salem Al-Somhi U23 87 GK Abdulaziz Al-Ali U23 88 MF Ali Abdulaziz U23 94 MF Juninho

Unregistered players

No. Position Player 10 MF Iuri Medeiros DF Saeed Suwaidan

No. Position Player MF Jassim Yaqoob

Out on loan

No. Position Player 20 MF Kevin Agudelo (on loan to Al-Wahda)

Notable players

Past managers

Pro-League record

_{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

In Spanish: Al-Nasr Sports Club para niños

• List of football clubs in the United Arab Emirates