Al Nassr FC

This article is about the Saudi football team. For other uses, see Al-Nassr (disambiguation).

Al Nassr FC

Full name	Al Nassr Football Club
Nickname(s)	The Global Club (العالمي) Najd's Knight (فارس نجد) The Royal Club (الملكي)
Founded	1955
Ground	King Fahd Stadium, Riyadh (Capacity: 67,000)
Chairman	Prince Faisal Bin Turki Bin Nasser
Manager	Gustavo Costas
League	Saudi Premier League
2011–12	4th
Home colours Away colours Third colours
Current season

Al Nassr FC (Arabic: Victory نادي النصر) is a Saudi Arabian football club based in Riyadh. Formed in 1955 the club plays its home games at King Fahd Stadium and Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium. Its home colours are yellow and blue.

History

Al-Nassr was established in 1955 by the brothers Husein and Zeid Al-Ja'ba in their house on Al-Ataif Street in Riyadh. Training took place in an old playground at Gashlat Al-Shortah west of Al-Fotah Garden where 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.

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-Nassr. Al-Nassr started in the second division of the league. They were promoted to the first division in 1963. During the 1970s and 1980s, the club won four Saudi League titles, six King's Cups, two Crown Prince Cups and one Federation Cup. The team's success was built around the "Saudi Golden Trio" of Majed Abdullah, Fahd Al-Herafy and Mohaisn Al-Jam'aan.

Abdul-Rahman bin Saud bin Abdul-Aziz

In the 1990s, Al-Nassr won two further Saudi League titles, a King's Cup and a Federation Cup. They also had success in several international tournaments, winning two Gulf Club Champions Cups, one Asian Cup Winners Cup and one Asian Super Cup. The club represented the AFC region in the first FIFA Club World Cup in Brazil in 2000. In the competition Al-Nassr played against Sport Club Corinthians Paulista, Real Madrid and Raja Casablanca, but were knocked out in the first round. They won the competition's Fair Play award.

In 2006–07, the club only avoided relegation on the last day of the season. After a major overhaul of playing staff Al-Nassr went on to win the Federation Cup 2008 against city rivals, Al-Hilal. The club finished third in 2009–10 securing Asian Champions League football for the following season.

Name, Logo and Colors

old crest

Al-Nassr is the Arabic word for "victory". Clubs with the same name are found in Oman, Kuwait, Bahrain, UAE, Libya, and Algeria But the Saudi Arabian club was the first to take the name.

The Club's logo represents the map of Saudi Arabia with yellow and blue colors. Yellow for the gorgeous sand in the Arabian deserts, and blue for the magnificent water in the Arabian seas. Recently the old logo has been replaced by a "more modern version", but still is heavily influenced by the old club logo. The new Logo only represent the Football team while the old logo represent the Club as a whole.

Sponsorship

Al-Nassr are sponsored by STC

Kit providers

• since 2007/08 until 2009/10: Lotto
• starting from 2010/11 until end of season : Nike

First-team squad

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

No. Position Player 1 GK Khalid Radhy 2 DF Waleed Al-Taya 3 DF Abdoh Baker Bernaoy 4 DF Omar Hawsawi 5 DF Antar Yahia (vice-captain) 6 MF Ahmad Abbas (4th captain) 7 MF Abdulrahman Al-Qahtani 8 MF Juan Mercier 10 FW Mohammad Al-Sahlawi 11 FW Saad Al-Harthi (3rd captain) 12 DF Khalid Al-Ghamdi 13 DF Mohamed Eid 14 MF Ibrahim Ghaleb 15 MF Abdullaaziz Fallatah 16 MF Fahd Al-Rashidi 17 MF Nasser Al-Saleh

No. Position Player 18 DF Abdullah Al-Garni 19 FW Malek Mouath (on loan from Al-Ahli) 20 MF Juan Pablo Pino (on loan from Galatasaray) 21 GK Kamil Al-Wabari 22 GK Abdullah Al-Enezi 23 FW Saud Hamood 24 DF Hussein Sulaimani (captain) 25 MF Khaled Al-Zylaeei 26 DF Shaya Ali Sharahili 28 GK Hussein Rabia 29 FW Ryan Belal 30 DF Adnan Fallatah 31 MF Abdulaziz Hawsawi 32 MF Abdulaziz Al-Azmi 35 FW Ahmed Al-Jaizani

Out on loan

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

No. Position Player — DF Abdulkreem Al-Khaibari (On loan to Al-Qadisiyah) — MF Ahmed Al-Hadhrami (On loan to Al-Raed)

U-23 squad

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

No. Position Player GK Marwan Mousa GK Abdullah Al-Shammeri GK Mutaib Sharahili DF Fahad Al-Yami DF Shaya Ali Sharahili DF Osama Ashoor DF Nayef Al-Shereed DF Ali Sufiani DF Ali Ftayni DF Fahad Al-Suwailem DF Abduirahman Al-Musaibeah DF Mutaib Al-Salloum DF Yousef Khames MF Abdulmohsen Al-Asiri MF Abdulaziz Hawsawi MF Khaled Al-Suqaihi MF Abdulaziz Al-Azmi

No. Position Player MF Mana'a Al-Enezi MF Bader Al-Asmari MF Faisal Al-Qahtani MF Nawaf Al-Bougami MF Omar Al-Shammeri MF Fareis Al-Fadheel MF Ryan Al-Bougami MF Abdulaziz Al-Dheyabi MF Nasser Al-Saleh MF Fahd Al-Rashidi MF Abdulaziz Al-Hamid MF Abdulelah Al-Nassar FW Mus'ab Al-Otaibi FW Nawaf Al-Bishi FW Uthman Al-Mahanna FW Turki Sufiani FW Ahmed Al-Jaizani

U-20 squad

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

No. Position Player GK Abdullah Al-Dubaish GK Fahd Al-Enazi GK Mushari Al-Mutlaq DF Abdullah Mado DF Khalid Al-Hootti DF Abdullah Al-Shahrani DF Abdulmajeed Aldosari DF Nasser Al-Haza'a DF Adel Omar DF Ahmed Kyiady DF Saud Fallatah DF Sulaiman Al-Jarwan MF Abdulmajeed Al-Dosari MF Ibrahim Al-Kuwairan MF Abdulaziz Al-Mufairij MF Omar Al-Suhaimi MF Muhammrd Al-Dosari

No. Position Player MF Riadh Sharahili MF Ayman Ftayni MF Hamood Al-Garni MF Sallman Al-Rubaia'an MF Shareef Harshan MF Ammer Jahvali MF Abdullah Al-Kumais MF Muhammed Al-Issa MF Nayef Al-Massa'ari MF Nawaf Al-Aufi MF Nawaf Al-Suhaimi MF Ammar Hamood FW Fadi Al-Kaabi FW Rakan Al-Juwair FW Zahran Al-Zzahrani FW Tareq Al-Awad FW Faisal Al-Mutairi

U-17 squad

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

No. Position Player GK Ibrahim Al-Hammaad GK Saeed Al-Bishi GK Fahad Al-Khafer GK Saif Mebrouk GK Mohammad Al-Juwair GK Abdullah Al-Hammaad GK Abdulmohsen Al-Shehri DF Khaled Mahrazi DF Ryan Al-Shannan DF Faisal Al-Khaldi DF Thamer Al-Nuwaisher DF Khalid Al-Shuwayia DF Salih Al-Dosari DF Mohammad Sharahili DF Waleed Sahari DF Hussam Al-Boq DF Bader Al-Shammeri DF Hussein Abu Aamiriya DF Khalid Al-Dosari

No. Position Player MF Saleh Al-Shayqi MF Mohammad Aldosari MF Khaled Al-Ghamdi MF Rashed Al-Dosari MF Sattam Al-Atiq MF Abdulaziz Al-Heresh MF Mazen Al-Dosari MF Muhammed Al-Shahrani MF Khalid Hakami MF Aseel Al-Qahtani FW Khaled Al-Dosari FW Abdullah Sufiani FW Abdulrahman Al-Majalli FW Abdulelah Al-Enezi FW Abdulmaleek Al-Shammeri Sulaiman All'hji Abdullah Al-Muzaiel Abdulelah Al-Hammaad

Notable former players

Saudi Arabian Majed Abdullah Saud Al-Hemali Fahd Al-Herafy Mohaisn Al-Jam'aan Nasser Al-Johar Salih Al-Mutlaq Abdullah Bin Salleh Yousef Khamis Salim Marwan Asia Jonathan McKain Nashat Akram Bader Al-Mutwa Musaed Neda Hassan Rabia Mohammed Salem Al-Enazi Lee Chun-Soo

North America Alberto Blanco Africa Moussa Saïb Razak Omotoyossi Rock Buskapa Youssouf Falikou Fofana Fadhel Keita Emad El-Nahhas Ohene Kennedy Nii Lamptey Pascal Feindouno Hicham Aboucherouane Ahmed Bahja Smahi Triki Yaya Malek Ang Victor Massamesso Tchangai Issam Merdassi

Europe Hussein Ozmidjani Hristo Stoichkov Răzvan Cociş Adrian Neaga Ovidiu Petre South America Víctor Figueroa Juan Mercier Julio César Baldivieso Denílson Élton Idir Qguacho Luisinho Marcelinho Carioca Juan Pablo Pino Carlos Tenorio Otilino Tenorio (†)

Former coaches

Don Revie Mário Zagallo Paulo César Carpegiani Joel Santana Ilie Balaci Mircea Rednic Henri Michel Jean Fernandez

Artur Jorge Milan Živadinović Ljubiša Broćić Ljubiša Tumbaković Yousef Khamis Foeke Booy

Julio Asad Rodion Gačanin Edgardo Bauza Jorge da Silva Walter Zenga Dragan Skočić

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	2009
12	Prince Faisal Bin Turki Bin Nasser	2009	–

Honours and achievements

National titles

• Regional League: 8

1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973

• Saudi Premier League: 5

1980, 1981, 1989, 1994, 1995

• Saudi King's cup: 6

1974, 1976, 1981, 1986, 1987, 1990

• Crown Prince Cup: 2

1973, 1974

• Saudi Federation cup: 3

1977, 1998, 2008

International titles

• Asian Cup Winners Cup: 1

1998

• Asian Super Cup: 1

1998

• Gulf Club Champions Cup: 2

1996, 1997

International Award

• 2000 FIFA Club World Championship (Fair Play): 1

2000

References

• fifa.com
• The Saudi Professional League
• Saudi Arabia Football Federation

Sources

• Saudi Arabian football federation
• fifa.com
• kooora.com

External links

• Official Site