Al-Nasr

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Al-Nassr

Full name

Al-Nassr Athletic, Social and Cultural Club

Nickname(s)

The Global Club (العالمي)
Najd's Knight (فارس نجد)

Founded

1955

Ground

King Fahd Stadium,
Riyadh
(Capacity 70000)

Chairman

Prince Faisal Bin Abdulrahman Bin Saud

Manager

Radion Gacanin

League

Saudi Premier League

2007-08

5th





Home colours





Away colours

Current season

Al-Nasr (Arabic: Victory النصر) is one of the premier football clubs in Saudi Arabia located at the Saudi Capital (Riyadh). It has produced some of Saudi Arabia's brightest stars such as Majed Abdullah, Fahd Al-Herafy and Mohaisn Al-Jam'aan. The club is well known throughout the Middle East and Asia. It enjoys a fiery rivalry with neighbours Al-Hilal.

[edit] Foundation

Al-Nasr was founded in 1955 by the brothers Husein and Zeid Al-Ja'ba. At the start, Al-Ja'ba Brothers have used their own house at "Al-Ataif Street" to be the club's first site. The training took place in the old playground at "Gashlat Al-Shortah" west of "Al-Fotah Garden" whare there was a small football field and a small room to store balls and shirts. In addition to Al-Ja'ba Brothers, Ali and Issa Al-Owais were among the first workers at the club.

[edit] The early stages

The club operated unofficially as an amateur club until 1960 when it was registered officially with the General Presidency of Youth Welfare. It was at this time that Prince Abdulrahman Bin Saud became head of Al-Nasr. Al-Nasr started in the second division of the league. They officially got promoted to the first division in 1963. Al-Nasr remained as a middle class club all the way until the 70's.

[edit] Beginning of glory

The 70's was the beginning of Al-Nasr as a real champion. During the 70's and 80's, the club has won 4 Saudi league titles, 6 King Cups, 2 Crown Prince Cups and 1 Federation Cup. The main reason for such success was the shine of new generation of talented players. Among them : Mohammed Saad Al-Abdaly, Mabrok Al-Turki, Tawfiq Al-Meqren, Salim Marwan, Yousif Khamis plus the Saudi Golden Trio Majed Abdullah, Fahd Al-Herafy and Mohaisn Al-Jam'aan.

[edit] The Golden Era

In the 90's, Al-Nasr went on to move from a local champion to a regional and continental one. In addition to 2 Saudi League titles, 1 King Cup and 1 Federation Cup, Al-Nasr has won 2 Gulf Club Champions Cup, 1 Asian Cup Winners Cup and 1 Asian Super Cup and Al-Nasr represented Asia in the first Clubs World Cup in Brazil in 2000

[edit] World Cup Memories

Al-Nasr's FIFA Fair play award in FIFA Club World Cup in Braizl in 2000.

Winning the Asian Super Cup in 1998 allowed Al-Nasr to participate in the FIFA Club World Cup, as the first team in Asia to participate in this big event which was held in Brazil in the period 5-14 January 2000. The nickname ( The Global Club ) was named for the participation in this worldwide event.

Al-Nasr got The FIFA Fair play award in Club World Cup as the first team in the world to have such an award.

Al-Nasr has been drawn in Group A along with Corinthians (tournament champion), Real Madrid and Raja Casablanca.

[edit] Al-Nasr Results

2000-01-05 18:45	Real Madrid	3 – 1	Al Nassr	Estádio do Morumbi, São Paulo Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Oscar Ruiz (Colombia)
	Anelka 21' Raúl 62' Sávio 69' (pen.)	(Report)	Al Husseini 45' (pen.)

2000-01-07 21:15	Raja Casablanca	3 – 4	Al Nassr	Estádio do Morumbi, São Paulo Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Rugg (New Zealand)
	Nejjary 13' El Moubarki 81' El Karkouri 87'	(Report)	Amin 3' Bahja 48' Al-Husseini 50' Saïb 87'

2000-01-10 21:15	Al Nassr	0 – 2	Corinthians	Estádio do Morumbi, São Paulo Attendance: 31,000 Referee: Dick Jol (Netherlands)
		(Report)	Ricardinho 24' Rincón 81'

[edit] Group A Standing

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Corinthians	3	2	1	0	6	2	+4	7
Real Madrid	3	2	1	0	8	5	+3	7
Al-Nasr	3	1	0	2	5	8	−3	3
Raja Casablanca	3	0	0	3	5	9	−4	0

[edit] Al-Nasr Squad

Number		Player
Goalkeepers
1		Madhi AL DOSARI
22		Mohammed Al-Khojali
9		Mohamed Shareefy
Defenders
2		Nasser AL HALWI
5		Smahi Triki
4		Saleh ABOSHAHIN
12		Hamad AL KHATHRAN
16		Abdulaziz Al-Janoubi
20		Mohsin Harthi
21		Hadi SHARIFY
23		Ibrahim AL SHOKIA
Midfielders
3		Faisal AL DOSARI
6		Ibrahim AL HARBI
8		Fahd Al-Herafy
10		Fuad Amin
14		Nassip AL GHAMDI
17		Mansour AL MOUSA
18		Abdullah AL KARNI
Forwards
7		Fahad Al-Mehallel
11		Mohaisn Al-Jam'aan
13		Ahmed Bahja
15		Nahar AL DHAFERI
19		Moussa Saïb
Manager
-		Milan Živadinović

[edit] The decline

In the new century Al-Nasr faced a serious financial and lack of talents problems. Such problems hit the club seriously.

However, Al-Nasr was qualified to the World Cup in 2000 and has been qualified to 4 Finals in 2001. In addition, Al-Nasr won Damascus International Cup in 2004.

[edit] The club today

After a very bad season in 2006-2007, where the club almost relegated before managing a last day survival, the club's management made a major squad elimination and promoting the club's youth players plus attracting 3 influential foreign players. That policy paid dividends almost immediately and the club in 2007-2008 is performing way above expectations. Finally, after 4 years without a trophy, Al-Nasr has won the Federation Cup 2008 and won against Real Madrid 4-1 in an exciting match in King Fahad International Stadium in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

[edit] Name, Logo and Colors

Al-Nasr Is the Arabic word for (Victory). Such name is very appropriate for a sports club therefore the name is popular among Arab Countries and clubs with the same name could be found in Kuwait, Bahrain, UAE, Oman, Libya and Algeria

The Club's logo represents the map of Saudi Arabia with yellow and blue colors. Yellow for the gorgeous sand in the Saudi Deserts and blue for the magnificent water in the Saudi Seas.

[edit] Kit providers

Since 2007/08: Lotto .

[edit] Players

[edit] Current first team squad

Number		Player
Goalkeepers
1		Khalid Rady
21		Kameel Al-Wabary
24		Mohamed Shareefy
Defenders
?		Ahmed Saad
22		Issam Merdassi
12		Ibraheam Shraheali
4		Hamad Al-Sagoor
20		Hussain Al-Jowaiher
?		Naif Al-Dossary
13		Mishal Al-Mutairi
3		Abdoh Baker Bernaoy
5		Ahmad Al-Bahri
2		Majed Hazazi
Midfielders
7		Élton José Xavier Gomes
14		Mutlaq Al-Otaibi
15		Ahmed Al-Mobarak
6		Mohsen Al-Garni
25		Abdulla Al-Mousa
23		Abdullah Al-Waked
?		Ahmad Al-Khayer
16		Fahad Al-Zahrani
8		Khairi AlDoseri
18		Dhaya haroon
9		Awad AL-otabi
28		Khaled Al-Shamrani
99		Abdelkarim Nafti
?		Hassan Housawi
Forwards
30		Marzouq Al-Otaibi
17		Mohammed Al-shahrani
29		Ryan Belal
10		Abdulrahman Al-Bishi
11		Saad Al-Harthi
Manager
-		Radion Gacanin

[edit] Notable former players

[edit] Former coaches

[edit] Presidential history

No	Name	From	To
1	Mr. Zeid Al-Ja'ba	1955	1956
2	Mr. Ahmed Abdullah Ahmed	1956	1960
3	Mr. Mohammed Asaad Al-Wehaibi	1960	1960
4	Mr. Mohammed Ahmed Al-Odaini	1960	1960
5	Prince Abdulrahman Bin Saud	1960	1969
6	Prince Sultan Bin Saud	1969	1975
7	Prince Abdulrahman Bin Saud	1975	1997
8	Prince Faisal Bin Abdulrahman Bin Saud	1997	2000
9	Prince Abdulrahman Bin Saud	2000	2005
10	Prince Mamdoh Bin Abdulrahman Bin Saud	2005	2006
11	Prince Faisal Bin Abdulrahman Bin Saud	2006	Present

[edit] Club's Champions and Honors

[edit] National titles

{{sport honours|Saudi Premier League|4|1976, 1980, 1981, 1989
Saudi King's cup: 7

1973, 1974, 1976, 1981, 1986, 1987, 1990

Crown Prince Cup: 2

1973, 1974

Saudi Federation cup: 3

1977, 1998, 2008

Eastern Province Cup: 2

1971, 1972

[edit] International titles

Asian Cup Winners Cup: 1

1998

Asian Super Cup: 1

1998

Gulf Club Champions Cup: 2

1996, 1997

Damascus International Cup: 1

2004

[edit] International Award

FIFA Fair play award in FIFA Club World Championship Brazil: 1

2000

[edit] Al-Nasr Club TV

Language: Arabic
Satellite : Arabsat 2C/2D/3A 26 East
Freq. : 12057
Pol. : Vertical
Symbol Rate : 27500
FEC : 3/4

[edit] References

[edit] External links

Preceded by Al-Hilal	Asian Cup Winners Cup 1998	Succeeded by Al-Ittihad
Preceded by Al-Hilal	Asian Super Cup 1998	Succeeded by Júbilo Iwata
Preceded by Kazma	Gulf Club Champions Cup 1996,1997	Succeeded by Al-Hilal

Saudi Arabian Premier League 2007-2008
Al-Ahli \| Al-Watani \| Al Hazm \| Al-Hilal \| Al Tai \| Al-Qadisiyah
Al-Ettifaq \| Al-Ittihad \| Najran SC \| Al-Nasr \| Al-Shabab \| Al-Wahda

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