al-Nasr Sports Club (Dubai)

al-Nasr SC
Basic data
Surname	al-Nasr Sports Club Dubai
Seat	Dubai
founding	1945
Website	alnasrclub.com
First soccer team
Head coach	Dan Petrescu
Venue	al-Maktoum stadium
Places	12,000
league	UAE Arabian Gulf League
2018/19	8th place
home Away

al-Nasr Sports Club is a sports club from Dubai , United Arab Emirates , founded in 1945. The football department currently plays in the country's highest league, the UAE Arabian Gulf League . The club plays its home games in the al-Maktoum stadium. The footballers are three-time champions and cup winners in the country. From January 2009 to February 2010 Frank Pagelsdorf was the coach of the men's soccer team. Pagelsdorf was already a trainer at al-Nasr in 2004/05 and continued the tradition of German trainers at al-Nasr.

Club successes

National

• UAE Arabian Gulf League

Master 1977/78, 1978/79, 1985/86

• UAE Arabian Gulf Cup

League cup winner 2014/15

• UAE President's Cup

Cup winners 1984/85, 1985/86, 1988/89, 2014/15

Regional

• GCC Champions League

Winner 2014

Known players

• Chodadad Azizi
• Ismaël Bangoura
• Karim Bagheri
• Arash Borhani
• Mark Bresciano
• Amara Diané
• Reza Enayati
• Nenad Jestrovic
• Mehrzad Madanchi
• Farhad Majidi
• Iman Mobali
• Mohammad Nosrati
• Ionuț Rada
• Carlos Tenorio
• Luca Toni
• Mamam Cherif Touré

Trainer

• Joel Santana (1990-1992)
• Jean Fernandez (1993-1994, 1995-1996)
• Dušan Uhrin (1997–1998)
• Reiner Hollmann (1999–2000, 2006–2007)
• Artur Jorge (2000-2001)
• Mircea Rednic (2003-2004)
• Frank Pagelsdorf (2004–2005, 2009–2010)
• Eduard Geyer (2005-2006)
• Foeke Booy (2007)
• Luka Bonačić (2008-2009)
• Walter Zenga (2011-2013)
• Dan Petrescu (2016-2017)

Web links

• Official Website (Arabic)

Individual evidence / explanations

1. ↑ kicker.de: Report on Kicker.de
2. ↑ rsssf.com: Overview of the masters