Al-Nasr SC (Dubai) facts for kids
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| Full name | Al-Nasr Sport Club | ||
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| Nickname(s) | Al Ameed | ||
| Founded | 1945 | ||
| Ground | Al Maktoum Stadium | ||
| 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 | ||
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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.
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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
- AFC Champions League: 4 appearances
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- 2012: Group Stage
- 2013: Group Stage
- 2016: Quarter-finals
- 2019: Play off Round
- Asian Club Championship: 2 appearances
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- 1987: Group Stage
- 1998: Withdrew (first round)
- Asian Cup Winners Cup: 1 appearance
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- 1993–94: Withdrew
Staff
Board of directors
| Title | Name |
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| Chairman |  Marwan Ahmed Bin Ghalita |
| Vice Chairman | Ibrahim Hussain Al Fardan |
| Board Member | Abdul Rahman Obaid Abu Al Shawareb |
| Mansoor Rahmah Al Fallasi |
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| Abdulrazzaq Al Sayed Al Hashemi |
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| Mohammed Ahmed Al Marri |
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| Jamal Abdulla Lootah|}
Last updated: 27 May 2019 |
Current squad
As of UAE Pro-League:
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Out on loan
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Notable players
- Algeria
Moussa Saïb
- Argentina
Andrés Guglielminpietro- Mauro Zárate
- Australia
Mark Bresciano- Brett Holman
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
Samir Memišević
- Brazil
Careca- Renato
- Valder
- Élton
- Léo Lima
- Renan Garcia
- Wanderley
- Nilmar
- Marcelo Cirino
- Iury
- Junior Dutra
- Gabriel Valentini
- Marquinhos Gabriel
- Gláuber
- Burkina Faso
Jonathan Pitroipa
- Burundi
Juma Mossi
- Cape Verde
Ryan Mendes
- Chile
Esteban Pavez- Luis Jiménez
- Ronnie Fernández
- Côte d'Ivoire
Amara Diané- Youssouf Falikou Fofana
- Curaçao
Brandley Kuwas
- DR Congo
Isaac Tshibangu
- Ecuador
- France
Yohan Cabaye- Jirès Kembo Ekoko
- Gambia
Dembo Darboe
- Ghana
Felix Aboagye
- Guinea
- Iran
Khodadad Azizi- Karim Bagheri
- Arash Borhani
- Reza Enayati
- Ebrahim Ghasempour
- Sattar Hamedani
- Mehrzad Madanchi
- Farhad Majidi
- Iman Mobali
- Mohammad Nosrati
- Iraq
Hussein Alaa Hussein- Mohannad Abdul-Raheem
- Israel
Dia Saba
- Italy
Manolo Gabbiadini- Giuseppe Mascara
- Luca Toni
- Japan
- Lebanon
Joan Oumari
- Morocco
Anouar Diba- Ali Boussaboun
- Abdelaziz Barrada
- Adel Taarabt
- Nigeria
- North Macedonia
- Panama
Alberto Blanco
- Portugal
Tozé- Iuri Medeiros
- Romania
Ionuț Rada
- Saudi Arabia
Mohsin al-Harthi
- Senegal
Ibrahima Touré
- Serbia
Nenad Jestrović
- Spain
Álvaro Negredo- Pablo Hernández
- Tanzania
Sunday Manara
- Togo
Mamam Cherif Touré- Mickaël Dogbé
- Peniel Mlapa
- United Arab Emirates
- Abdulrahman Mohamed
- Abdulaziz Mohamed
- Ahmed Shambih
- Amer Mubarak
- Habib Al Fardan
- Hamdan Al-Kamali
- Hassan Mubarak
- Jassem Yaqoub
- Khalid Ismaïl
- Khalifa Mubarak
- Mohammad Khamis
- Mohamed Omar
- Salem Saad
- Tareq Ahmed
Past managers
Don Revie (1980–84)- Sebastião Lapola (1983–89)
Reiner Hollmann (1999–00)- Sebastião Lapola (2000–01)
- René Exbrayat (2003–04)
- Sebastião Lapola (2004)
- Hagen Reeck (2004)
- Frank Pagelsdorf (Sept 1, 2004–June 30, 2005)
- Vágner Mancini (2005)
- Eduard Geyer (Jan 1, 2005–Jan 20, 2006)
- Reiner Hollmann (April 3, 2006–Feb 25, 2007)
- Vágner Mancini (May 1, 2007–Dec 1, 2007)
Foeke Booy (July 1, 2007–Nov 28, 2007)
Luka Bonačić (Jan 17, 2008–Jan 7, 2009)- Frank Pagelsdorf (Jan 8, 2009–Feb 7, 2010)
- Laurent Banide (Feb 24, 2010–May 31, 2010)
- Hélio dos Anjos (June 01, 2010–Oct 10, 2010)
- Eid Baroot (Oct 13, 2010–Dez 31, 2010)
- Walter Zenga (Jan 1, 2011–June 13, 2013)
- Ivan Jovanović (June 18, 2013 – October 29, 2016)
- Dan Petrescu (October 29, 2016 – May 26, 2017)
- Cesare Prandelli (May 26, 2017 – January 19, 2018)
- Ivan Jovanović (January 19, 2018 – December 2, 2018)
- Caio Zanardi (December 2, 2018 – January 2, 2019)
- Beñat San José (January 2, 2019 – May 30, 2019)
- Caio Zanardi (April 1, 2019 – October 14, 2019)
- Krunoslav Jurčić (October 14, 2019 – February 4, 2021)
- Ramón Díaz (February 4, 2021 – February 7, 2022)
- Salem Rabie (February 8, 2022 – May 19, 2022)
- Thorsten Fink (May 19, 2022 – November 5, 2022)
- Goran Tomić (November 5, 2022 – June 5, 2023)
- Goran Tufegdžić (June 5, 2023 – November 6, 2023)
- Fabrizio Cammarata (November 7, 2023 – November 27, 2023)
- Alfred Schreuder (November 27, 2023 – present)
Pro-League Record
| Season | Lvl. | Tms. | Pos. | President's Cup | League Cup |
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| 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
In Spanish: Al-Nasr Sports Club para niños
- List of football clubs in the United Arab Emirates
