Al-Nasr CSC (Arabic:نادي النصر الرياضي,romanized: nādī an-naṣr ar-riyāḍī,lit.'Victory Sports Club') is an Emirati professionalfootball club based inAl Nasr, Dubai and competes in theUAE 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.
Al Nasr Sports Club was founded by a group of young men in aAl Ghubaiba,Dubai in 1945, making it the oldest club inUAE 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, SheikhRashid 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 toShindagha. During this period the club went on with the nameAl Ahli until in the 1960s where the players traveled toQatar to faceAl Ahli and lose, after their loss in Qatar, the players proposed to change the name toAl Nasr which would later become official. The club decided to move their headquarters to a larger house inShindagha and invited SheikhZayed 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.[1][2]
In 1973, theUAE Pro League was established and neighboring teams emerged forcing Al Nasr to start building a proper venue, so the construction ofAl Maktoum Stadium began, however the team would join the league in 1974 so the club played their home games inRashid 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 likeArsenal,Liverpool andSantos.[3][4]
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 theGCC Champions League, around 2018 the team would renovate theAl Makhtoum Stadium for the2019 AFC Asian Cup and host another friendly with Arsenal in 2019. Al Nasr removed coachCaio Zanardi and replaced him with formerDinamo Zagreb player and national Croatian playerKrunoslav Jurčić, but he left Al Nasr in February 2021 after mediocre results in the league, and Jurcic was replaced with formerRiver Plate coachRamón Díaz.
The team has a big rivalry withAl Wasl, often called theBur Dubai Derby or just simply Dubai Derby, both teams have competed to see which club is the best team inBur Dubai area.[5] It also has a rivalry withShabab Al Ahli which is also based in the same city but not in the same area.and they are Classico with Sharjah and al ain
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Note: Flags indicate national team as defined underFIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined underFIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Current season
Faisal bin Hamdan Al Maktoum
Slaviša Jokanović
Bart Schreuder
Vincenzo Di Palma Esposito
Rui Gaivoto
Rubén de la Red
Jurica Rakic
Careca
Khodadad Azizi
Don Revie (1980–84)
Reiner Hollmann (1999–00)
René Exbrayat (2003–04)
Dan Petrescu (October 29, 2016 – May 26, 2017)
Ramón Díaz (February 4, 2021 – February 7, 2022)
