Al-Nasr CSC 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.

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.

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.

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. It also has a rivalry with Shabab Al Ahli which is also based in the same city but not in the same area.

Honours

17 Official Championships.

Domestic competitions

Regional competitions

Performance in AFC competitions

Staff

Board of directors

Coaching Staff

Current squad

As of UAE Pro-League:

Unregistered players

Out on loan

Notable 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 • ;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 • ;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

Notes 2019–20 UAE football season was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Arab Emirates. Key

Other sports

Al-Nasr also fields teams in futsal, volleyball, handball, basketball, table tennis, swimming, cycling, athletics, karate, and jujutsu.