Al-Nassr

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 , Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium,; Riyadh; (Capacity: 67000, 27000)
Chairman	Prince Faisal Bin Turkey Bin Naser
Manager	Jorge da Silva
League	Saudi Premier League
2008-09	5th
Home colours	Away colours
	Current season

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

Al-Nassr (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.

[edit] Foundation

Al-Nassr was established in 1955 by the brothers Husein and Zeid Al-Ja'ba. At the beginning, 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" 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.

[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-Nassr. Al-Nassr started in the second division of the league. They officially got promoted to the first division in 1963. Al-Nassr 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-Nassr 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-Nassr 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-Nassr has won 2 Gulf Club Champions Cup, 1 Asian Cup Winners Cup and 1 Asian Super Cup and Al-Nassr represented Asia in the first Clubs World Cup in Brazil in 2000

[edit] FIFA Club World Cup Memories

Winning the Asian Super Cup in 1998 Al-Nassr been candidates by drawing lots and participate in the FIFA Club World Cup. In doing so they became the first team to represent Asia in this big event which was held in Brazil in the period 5-14 January 2000. The nickname ( The Global Club ) was obtained following their participation in this worldwide event.

Al-Nassr received The FIFA Fair play award following the Club World Cup and were the first team in the world to have such an award.

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

[edit] Al-Nassr 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-Nassr	3	1	0	2	5	8	−3	3
Raja Casablanca	3	0	0	3	5	9	−4	0

[edit] Al-Nassr 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

Recently, Al-Nassr faced a serious financial and lack of talents problems. Such problems hit the club seriously. However, Al-Nassr was qualified to the World Cup in 2000 and has been qualified to 4 Finals in 2001. In addition, Al-Nassr won Damascus International Cup in 2004.

[edit] The club today

After a very negative 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-Nassr has won the Federation Cup 2008 and beat Real Madrid 4-1 in an exciting match in King Fahad International Stadium in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

[edit] Name, Logo and Colors

old crest

Al-Nassr 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] Sponsorship

[edit] Official sponsor

In a press conference on Jun 19, 2008. vice President of the club Prince Al-Waleed bin Bader bin Saud and Saud Bin Majed Al Daweesh Saudi Telecom Company President announced that Saudi Telecom Company will sponsor Al-Nassr’s football team for 5 seasons.

[edit] Kit providers

Since 2007/08: Lotto.

[edit] Players

[edit] Current first team squad

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Khalid Radhy
2	DF	Majed Hazzazi
3	DF	Abdoh Baker Bernaoy
4	DF	Hamad Al-Sagoor
5	DF	Ahmad Al-Bahri
6	MF	Mohsen Al-Garni
8	MF	Víctor Figueroa
9	MF	Awad AL-otabi
10	FW	Mohammad Al-Sahlawi
11	FW	Saad Al-Harthi
12	DF	Ibraheam Shraheali
13	DF	Mishal Al-Mutairi
15	MF	Ahmed Al-Mobarak
16	MF	Fahad Al-Zahrani

No.	Position	Player
17	FW	Mohammed Al-Shahrani
19	MF	Yousef Al Muwaine
20	DF	Éder Gaucho
21	GK	Kameel Al-Wabary
23	MF	Abdullah Al-Waked
24	DF	Hussein Sulaimani
25	MF	Abdulla Al-Mousa
26	DF	Abdullah Al-Garnei
29	FW	Ryan Belal
30	MF	Ahmed Al-Hadrami
-	MF	Ibrahim Ghaleb
-	MF	Khaled Al-Zylaeei
-	MF	Hossam Ghaly
-	FW	Lee Chun-Soo

[edit] Squad Changes

(2009/2010 Transfer window)

[edit] Players In

DF

Hussein Sulaimani (from Neuchâtel Xamax)

DF

Abdullah Al-Garni (from Abha)

MF

Khaled Al-Zylaai (from Abha)

FW

Mohammad Al-Sahlawi (from Al-Qadisiyah)

MF

Víctor Figueroa (from Godoy Cruz Antonio Tomba)

FW

Lee Chun-Soo (from Chunnam Dragons)

[edit] Notable former players

Asia

Europe

South America

Africa

[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	2009
12	Prince Faisal Bin Turkey Bin Naser	2009	Present

[edit] Club's Champions and Honors

[edit] National titles

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

[edit] International titles

Asian Cup Winners Cup: 1

1998

Asian Super Cup: 1

1998

Gulf Club Champions Cup: 2

1996, 1997

[edit] International Award

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

2000

[edit] Achievements

Eastern Province (1st place): 2^{[dubious – discuss]}

1971, 1972

[edit] Friendly Tournaments

Cup, Prince Turki bin Nasser: 2^{[dubious – discuss]}

1987, 1989

Damascus International Cup: 1

2004^{[dubious – discuss]}

[edit] Al-Nassr Club TV

Al-Nassr signed a contract with ART to re-launch the official channel. A contract that would make the club earns SAR 5 million annually. A subscription fee of SAR 40 to be monthly paid for potential subscribers.

[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