Al Wasl FC

Football club infobox
clubname = AlWasl


fullname = Al-Wasl Club
nickname = Al Fhood ( _ar. الفهود)(The Cheetas),
Embrator ( _ar. الإمبراطور)(The Emperor)
founded = 1974
ground = Zabeel Stadium
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
capacity = 18,000
chairman = Flagicon|United Arab Emirates Sheikh Ahmed Bin Rashed Al-Maktoum
manager = Flagicon|Croatia Srećko Juričić
league = UAE League
season = 2007-2008
position = UAE League, 7Th
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Al Wasl Sports Club ( _ar. نادي الوصل) is a United Arab Emirates sports club best known for its football team. They are based in Dubai.

Honours

*UAE League: 7:: 1982, 1983, 1985, 1988, 1992, 1997, 2007

*UAE President Cup: 2:: 1987, 2007

Performance in AFC competitions

* AFC Champions League: 1 appearance::2008: Group Stage
* Asian Club Championship: 3 appearances::1987: Qualifying Stage::1990: Qualifying Stage::1993: 3rd place::1995: Group Stage

Current squad

Transfers 2008

In

* Yousif Hassan "from" flagicon|UAE Al-Shaab
* Waleed Murad "from" flagicon|UAE AlNasr Dubai
* Eman Mobali "from" flagicon|UAE Al-Shabab (UAE)
* Coach Miroslav Beránek "from" flagicon|Hungary Debreceni VSC
* Saud Suhail "from" flagicon|UAE Al-Oroobah
* Ahmed Ibrahimoh "from" flagicon|UAE Al-Rams
* Zikajoury "from" flagicon|Egypt Petrojet
* Coach Srećko Juričić "from" flagicon|Bahrain Bahrain Riffa Club

Out

* Mohamed Salim Al Enezi "to" flagicon|UAE AlNasr Dubai
* André Dias "to" flagicon|UAE Al Ain FC
* Coach Zé Mario "to" flagicon|Qatar AlArabi Qatar
* Abdullah Al Kamali "to" flagicon|Brazil Clube Atlético Paranaense
* Mohammad Mobarak "to" flagicon|UAE Dhafra
* Adel Mohammad "to" flagicon|UAE Al-Shabab (UAE) (Loan)
* Talal Fahad "to" flagicon|UAE Al-Shabab (UAE) (Loan)
* Jassim Mobarak "to" flagicon|UAE Al-Shaab (Loan)
* Coach Miroslav Beránek (Sacked)

Current staff

*flagicon|UAE Suwaidan Alnaboda
*flagicon|UAE Ismail Rashid
*flagicon|Brazil Marco
*flagicon|Algeria Yaseen Bin Talah
*flagicon|Brazil Robson
*flagicon|Iraq Taha Al Rawy
*flagicon|Belgium Jan Sergent
*flagicon|Czech Republic Julios Cormon

Notable former players

;flagicon|UAE UAE
* Fahad Khamees
* Nasir Khamees
* Zuhair Bakhit
* Fahad Abdulrahman
* Farouq Abdulrahman
* Hassan Mohamed
* Mohamed Omer
* Ismail Rashid
* Mohamed Salim Al Enezi

;flagicon|Brazil Brazil
* Anderson Barbosa
* André Dias

;flagicon|Ghana Ghana
* Mohammed Ahmed Polo

;flagicon|Cameroon Cameroon
* Alphonse Tchami

;flagicon|Ivory Coast Ivory Coast
*Didier Otokoré

;flagicon|Morocco Morocco
* Rachid Daoudi
* Ahmed Bahja
* Bouchaib Lembarki

;flagicon|Chile Chile
*Cristian Montecinos

;flagicon|Ecuador Ecuador
*Walter Ayoví

;flagicon|Argentina Argentina
*Walter Silvani

;flagicon|Iran Iran
* Farhad Majidi
* Hamed Kavianpour
* Alireza Vahedi Nikbakht

;flagicon|Burkina Faso Burkina Faso
*Kassoum Ouédraogo

Notable former managers

*flagicon|BRA Joel Santana
*flagicon|BRA Jose Claudinei
*flagicon|EGY Hassan Shehata
*flagicon|CRO Tomislav Ivić
*flagicon|BRA Antônio Lopes
*flagicon|BRA Arthur Bernardes
*flagicon|URU Martín Lasarte
*flagicon|POL Henri Kasperczak
*flagicon|Austria Josef Hickersberger
*flagicon|NED Johan Boskamp
*flagicon|CRO Vinko Begović
*flagicon|UAE Hassan Mohamed
*flagicon|Czech Republic Ivan Hasek
*flagicon|Brazil Zé Mario
*flagicon|Czech Republic Miroslav Beránek

Trivia

* AlWasl is the only UAE Team that has participated in all the UAE Premier Division Seasons without missing a single one.
* AlWasl Legendary Player Fahad Khamees holds the record for the most goals scored in UAE Football by scoring 165 goals through his career.
* AlWasl used to be called (Zamalek) when it first started after the famous Egyptian side El Zamalek.
* AlWasl holds the record for the most consecutive wins in the UAE League by winning 12 matches in a row in the 1988 season.
* AlWasl holds the record for playing 26 consecutive matches without loosing a single match.
* AlWasl has the highest number of played matches in UAE Football History.
* AlWasl has won the title of the most scoring team in the UAE for 7 seasons in a row.
* Through 11 consecutive seasons, the worst position that AlWasl ended up with was the second place.
* Throughout the team's history, the worst league position it has ever had was 8th.
* The biggest win recorded in UAE league history is 10-1 in the match between AlWasl and Ras AlKhaima Club.

External links

* [http://www.alwaslsportclub.com/ Official website]
* [http://www.football.ae/ar/prediction/index.php?lid=ar&show=teams&int_season=53&str_teamcode=Al_Wasl Team results and statistics]