Al-Nasr SC (Dubai)

This article is about the Emirati football team. For other uses, see Nasr (disambiguation).

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.

Al Nasr SC
نادي النصر الرياضي‎

Full name	Al-Nasr Sport Club
Nickname(s)	Al Ameed
Founded	1945; 80 years ago (1945) (As Al-Ahli)
Ground	Al Maktoum Stadium
Capacity	15,058
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
Website	www.alnasrclub.com
Home colours Away colours Third colours
Current season

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.^[1][2]

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.^[3][4]

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.^[5] It also has a rivalry with Shabab Al Ahli which is also based in the same city but not in the same area.and they are Classico with Sharjah and al ain

Honours

Domestic competitions

• UAE Pro 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 (8): 1974–75, 1979–80, 1983–84, 1991–92, 1996–97, 2016–17, 2020–21, 2023–24
• UAE Super Cup
  • Winners (2): 1990, 1996
  • Runners-up (1): 2015
• UAE Federation Cup
  • Winners (3): 1987–88, 1999–2000, 2001–02
• UAE League Cup
  • Winners (2): 2015, 2020
• Joint League Cup
  • Winners (1): 1984–85
• ADNOC Championship Cup^[6][7]
  • Winners (1): 1993

Regional competitions

• GCC Champions League
  • Winners (1): 2014
• Qatar–UAE Super Cup
  • Winners (1): 2025

Performance in AFC competitions

Main article: Al Nasr FC in Asian football

• 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 AlHashemi

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:

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 2 DF  UAE Mohamed Al-Maazmi 3 DF  BRA Gustavo Alemão 5 DF  BIH Samir Memisevic 6 MF  UAE Hussain Mahdi 7 FW  UAE Ali Mabkhout 8 MF  NED Leroy Fer 9 MF  UAE Ahmed Jshak 11 FW  ITA Manolo Gabbiadini 12 GK  UAE Ahmed Shambih 14 FW  SUI Haris Seferovic 15 DF  UAE Yousef Al-Ameri 17 MF  NED Marouan Azarkan U23 19 DF  BRA Felipe Motta 21 DF  UAE Abdulla Idrees 22 DF  BRA Gláuber 23 DF  UAE Mayed Al-Teneiji U23 24 MF  UAE Abdulaziz Dawood U23 25 GK  UAE Omar Ahmed U23 26 MF  BEL Othmane Boussaid

No. Pos. Nation Player 27 MF  BRA Mattheus Oliveira 28 FW  CIV Abdoulaye Touré 30 GK  UAE Mohammed Al-Najjar U23 31 DF  ROU Costin Amzăr U23 (on loan from Dinamo București) 32 DF  UAE Rashed Essa U23 38 MF  SEN Moussa N'Diaye 39 MF  GHA Evans Ampofo U23 40 GK  UAE Abdullah Al-Tamimi 41 FW  OMA Nasser Ahmed U23 52 FW  SEN Mame Gning U23 55 GK  UAE Abdulrahman Al Ameri 60 MF  UAE Ahmed Raed U21 70 DF  UAE Rashed Mohammed 71 FW  AUS Mohammad Al-Saadi U21 75 MF  SDN Zaid Osama U21 77 DF  UAE Ahmed Al-Balooshi U23 80 FW  YEM Salem Al-Somhi U23 87 GK  UAE Abdulaziz Al-Ali U23 88 MF  UAE Ali Abdulaziz U23

Unregistered players

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 16 GK  IRN Soroush Nasrollahi Pari — DF  UAE Saeed Suwaidan

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  UAE Jassim Yaqoob

Out on loan

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 20 MF  COL Kevin Agudelo (on loan to Al-Wahda)

Notable players

See also: Category:Al-Nasr SC (Dubai) players

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

Bulgaria

• Marcelinho

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

• Carlos Tenorio

France

• Yohan Cabaye
• Jirès Kembo Ekoko

Gambia

• Dembo Darboe

Ghana

• Felix Aboagye^[8]

Guinea

• Ismaël Bangoura

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

• Takayuki Morimoto

Lebanon

• Joan Oumari

Morocco

• Anouar Diba
• Ali Boussaboun
• Abdelaziz Barrada
• Adel Taarabt

Nigeria

• Endurance Idahor

North Macedonia

• Ivan Trichkovski

Panama

• Alberto Blanco

Portugal

• Tozé
• Iuri Medeiros

Romania

• Ionuț Rada^[9]

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
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
2019–20a	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
2023–24	1	14	6th	Runner-ups	Quarter-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

• List of football clubs in the United Arab Emirates