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Al-Nasr Sports Club is a professional association football club located in Dubai

Dubai

Dubai is a city and emirate in the United Arab Emirates . The emirate is located south of the Persian Gulf on the Arabian Peninsula and has the largest population with the second-largest land territory by area of all the emirates, after Abu Dhabi...

and plays in the UAE Pro-League

UAE Pro-League

The UAE Pro-League is the First Division of the UAE Football League, commonly known as Etisalat Pro-League for sponsorship reasons, since 2008, is the top professional association football league in United Arab Emirates...

. Al-Nasr, literally translating to "victory" in Arabic was founded in 1945 and considered as the first and the oldest club in the UAE

United Arab Emirates

The United Arab Emirates, abbreviated as the UAE, or shortened to "the Emirates", is a state situated in the southeast of the Arabian Peninsula in Western Asia on the Persian Gulf, bordering Oman, and Saudi Arabia, and sharing sea borders with Iraq, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, and Iran.The UAE is a...

. They finished third in the UAE Pro-League

UAE Pro-League

in 2010-11.

Achievements

UAE League
UAE League
The UAE Pro League Committee , commonly known as PLC, is the professional association football league of the United Arab Emirates. Founded in 1973, the league currently holds a number of tournaments for the 12 participating teams, including the Etisalat Pro-League, the Etisalat Cup, Etisalat...

: 3
- Champion : 1978, 1979, 1986

UAE Emir Cup: 3
- Champion : 1985, 1986, 1989

UAE Union Cup: 3
- Champion : 1988, 2000, 2002

Performance in AFC competitions

Asian Club Championship: 2 appearances

1988: Qualifying Stage

1998: withdrew in First Round

AFC Champions League
AFC Champions League
The AFC Champions League is the premier Asian club football competition hosted annually by Asian Football Confederation . The tournament is contested among the top thirty-two clubs from the top 10 Asian leagues, two of which must qualify through the playoffs...

: 1 appearance

2012:

Asian Cup Winners Cup
Asian Cup Winners Cup
The Asian Cup Winners' Cup was an association football competition run by the Asian Football Confederation . The competition was started in 1991 as a tournament for all the domestic cup winners from countries affiliated to the AFC...

: 1 appearance

1993-94: First Round

Current Players

Famous players

See also .

Andrés Guglielminpietro

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Mark Bresciano

Mark "Marco" Bresciano is an Australian football player who is currently playing for UAE Pro-League side Al Nasr SC as a midfielder. He represented Australia at all youth levels, including appearances at the 1999 FIFA World Youth Championship and 2000 Olympic Games...

Leo Lima

Léo Lima

Leonardo Lima da Silva or simply Léo Lima , is a Brazilian attacking midfielder who currently plays for Al-Nasr SC.-Honours:*South American Under-17 Championship: 1999*FIFA U-17 World Cup: 1999...

Renato

Carlos Renato de Abreu

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Valder Carlos Tenorio

Carlos Tenorio

Carlos Vicente Tenorio Medina is an Ecuadorian footballer who plays for Emirati club Al-Nasr. Tenorio is an experienced striker known for his heading ability.-Club career:He began his career with LDU Quito. In Tenorio's early years...

Ismaël Bangoura

Ismaël Bangoura is a Guinean football striker who currently plays for Al Nasr SC and the Guinea national team. His favourite position is striker. Also, Bangoura has played as a winger and attacking midfielder.-Early career:...

Khodadad Azizi

Khodadad Azizi is an Iranian retired professional football striker and a current coach.-International career:Azizi represented Iran at the 1996 Asian cup, 1998 FIFA World Cup, and the 2000 Asian Cup...

Karim Bagheri

Karim Bagheri is a retired professional Iranian player, most notably playing for Persepolis in the Iran Pro League. He was known as a two-footed midfielder and is famous for his powerful and thundering long range shots and free kicks.-Early years:...

Arash Borhani

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Reza Enayati

Gholamreza Enayati is an Iranian football player who currently plays for Saba Qom in Iran Pro League and former member of Iran national football team. He usually plays the striker position.-Club career:...

Ebrahim Ghasempour

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Sattar Hamedani

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Mehrzad Madanchi

Mehrzad Madanchi Ardakani is an Iranian football midfielder who currently plays for Al-Shaab in the UAE Division 1 Group A. He is also a member of the Iran national football team.-Club career:...

Farhad Majidi

Farhad Majidi is an Iranian football striker who currently plays for Esteghlal in Iran's Premier Football League. He was also a member of Iran national football team.- Club career :...

Iman Mobali

Iman Mobali is an Iranian football player who currently plays for Al Sharjah in UAE Football League.-Club career:He was considered as the creative dynamo of the highly talented Foolad F.C., based in Iran's oil-rich Khuzestan province. Mobali was the key member of his team during Foolad's IPL...

Mohammad Nosrati

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Hussein Alaa Hussein

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Manaf Alshamsi

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Endurance Idahor

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Ionuţ Rada Mamam Cherif Touré

Mamam Cherif Touré

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Mohamed Omar Salem Saad

Salem Saad

Salem Saad Mubarak Saad Al-Abadla , commonly known as Salem Saad, was an Emirati footballer striker who played at both professional and international levels.-Career:...

Past managers

Frank Pagelsdorf

Frank Pagelsdorf is a German football manager formerly managing Al-Nasr Sports Club.-Coaching career:He was manager of Hamburger SV from 1997 to 2001. He has also had a brief time as manager in UAE.-External links:* *...

(2009-10) Luka Bonačić

Luka Bonacic

Luka Bonačić is a Croatian football coach and former player.-Early life:He was born on March 2, 1955 in Split, Croatia that was part of Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. He began football careers in Split Football Academy...

(2007-09) Vágner Carmo Mancini

Vágner Carmo Mancini

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(2005), (2007) Reiner Hollmann

Reiner Hollmann

Reiner Hollmann is a German former football player and now manager.-Footballer:Before coming to Duisburg, Hollmann was in the youth section of Eintracht Duisburg...

(1999-04), (2006) Artur Jorge (2000-01), (2006) Mariano Barreto

Mariano Barreto

Mariano Barreto is a Portuguese football manager. His last job was an assistant coach in the Russian Premier League with FC Kuban Krasnodar. Barreto was officially registered as head coach of Kuban because Sergei Ovchinnikov, who really managed the team, did not own a UEFA Pro Licence.-External...

(2005) Eduard Geyer

Eduard Geyer

Eduard Geyer is a German football manager and former player. He has had a long and varied career, particularly notable for being the last manager of the East German national team. He has recently been sacked from his second spell as manager of Dynamo Dresden.-Playing career:Geyer was born in...

(2005) Frank Pagelsdorf

Frank Pagelsdorf

(2004-05) Hagen Reeck (2004) Jean Fernandez

Jean Fernandez

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(1994-97) Jean-Michel Cavalli

Jean-Michel Cavalli

Jean-Michel Cavalli is a French and Corsican licenced professional football manager and former football player.-Biography:...

(1993-94) Joel Santana

Joel Santana

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(1991)

Other Sports

Al-Nasr also fields teams in volleyball

Volleyball

Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules.The complete rules are extensive...

, handball

Team handball

Handball is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each pass a ball to throw it into the goal of the other team...

, basketball

Basketball

Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...

, and table tennis

Table tennis

Table tennis, also known as ping-pong, is a sport in which two or four players hit a lightweight, hollow ball back and forth using table tennis rackets. The game takes place on a hard table divided by a net...

External links

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