Dubai Al-Nasr Sc

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.

Al Nasr SC
نادي النصر الرياضي‎

Full name	Al-Nasr Sport Club
Nickname(s)	Al Ameed
Founded	1945; 79 years ago (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
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours
Current season

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.

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.

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

• 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

Board of directors

Title	Name
Chairman	Marwan Ahmed Bin Ghalita
Vice Chairman	Ibrahim Hussain Al Fardan
Board Member	Abdul Rahman Obaid Abu Al Shawareb
	Mansoor Rahmah Al Fallasi
	Abdulrazzaq Al Sayed Al Hashemi
	Mohammed Ahmed Al Marri
	Jamal Abdulla Lootah|} Last updated: 27 May 2019 Source: [1]

As of UAE Pro-League:

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK   UAE Mohamed Juma Al-Blooshi 2 DF   UAE Mohammed Al-Menhali 3 DF   BRA Gustavo Alemão 4 MF   UAE Khalid Jalal 5 DF   BIH Samir Memišević 6 MF   UAE Hussain Mahdi 7 FW   CIV Abdoulaye Touré U21 8 DF   UAE Hamdan Al-Kamali 9 MF   UAE Ahmed Abdulla Ishak 10 MF   POR Iuri Medeiros 11 FW   ITA Manolo Gabbiadini 12 GK   UAE Ahmed Shambih 13 DF   UAE Abdulla Abbas 15 DF   UAE Yousef Al-Ameri 18 MF   UAE Saoud Abdulrazaq 19 DF   UAE Ahmed Rashed 20 MF   COL Kevin Agudelo 22 DF   BRA Gláuber

No. Pos. Nation Player 23 DF   UAE Mayed Al-TeneijiU21 24 MF   UAE Abdulaziz Dawood 26 DF   UAE Abdelaziz Sanqour 27 FW   UAE Bilal AliU21 28 FW   SRB Bogdan Petrović 30 GK   UAE Mohammed Al-Najjar U21 31 FW   COD Isaac Tshibangu U21 32 DF   UAE Rashed Essa 39 MF   GHA Evans Ampofo U21 40 GK   UAE Abdullah Al-Tamimi 45 FW   UAE Abdulla Anwar 47 MF   COM Naïm Chadhuli U21 49 MF   MAR Adel Taarabt 50 MF   UAE Mohammed Jamal 52 DF   CIV Abdoul Karim Belem 55 MF   SRB Andrej Krstić U21 70 DF   UAE Rashed Mohammed 88 MF   UAE Ali Abdulaziz U21

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player — DF   UAE Mohammed Al-Maazmi (at Hatta) — DF   UAE Saeed Suwaidan (at Hatta) — MF   TOG Kodjo Aziangbe (at Zorya Luhansk)

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF   UAE Jassim Yaqoob (at Hatta) — FW   GAM Dembo Darboe (at Astana)

_{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

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

• List of football clubs in the United Arab Emirates