al-Nasr

al-Nasr
	al-Nasr
Basic data
Surname	al-Nassr Athletic, ; Social and Cultural Club
Seat	Riad
founding	1955
president	Faisal bin Abdul Rahman bin Saud
First soccer team
Head coach	Zoran Mamić
Venue	King Fahd Stadium
Places	67,000
league	Saudi Professional League
2018/19	1st place ( master )
home	Away

al-Nasr (also al-Nassr ; Arabic النصر, DMG an-Naṣr ) is a Saudi Arabian football club from the capital Riyadh . The club plays in the Saudi Professional League , the highest league in the country. The footballers play their home games in the König-Fahd-Stadion .

history

The club was founded in 1955 by the two brothers Husein and Zeid al-Ja'ba and operated as a non-official amateur club until 1960. Today the club is one of the largest and most respected in the country. The last championship dates from 1995. Winning the Asian Cup Winners Cup in 1998 was the greatest international success. The 2008/09 season just ended, the club finished fifth and only just missed qualifying for the 2010 AFC Champions League .

successes

National successes

Saudi Premier League (Old System): 8
1966, 1967, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974
Saudi Professional League : 9
1976 , 1980, 1981, 1989, 1994, 1995, 2014, 2015, 2019
Saudi King's Cup : 6
1974, 1976, 1981, 1986, 1987, 1990
Crown Prince Cup : 2
1973, 1974
Saudi Federation Cup : 3
1977, 1998, 2008
Eastern Province Cup : 2
1971, 1972
Prince Turki bin Nasser Cup : 2
1987, 1989

International success

Asian Cup Winners Cup : 1
1998
Asian Super Cup : 1
1998
Gulf Club Champions Cup : 2
1996, 1997
Damascus International Cup : 1
2004

Well-known players and coaches

player

Saudi Arabia Majid Mohammed Abdullah (1977–1998)

Trainer

Name of the trainer	Period	comment
England Don Revie	1980-1983
Brazil Paulo César Carpegiani	1983-1984
Brazil Joel Santana	1991
France Jean Fernandez	1993-1994
France Henri Michel	1995
France Jean Fernandez	September 1995 – February 1996
Romania Ilie Balaci	1996-1997
Czechoslovakia Dušan Uhrin	1997-1998
France Jean Fernandez	January 1998-June 1998
Czechoslovakia Milan Máčala	1999-2000
Germany Reiner Hollmann	1999-2004
Portugal Artur Jorge	2000-2001
Uruguay Héctor Nuñez	August 2001 – December 2001
Romania Mircea Rednic	2003
Germany Hagen Reeck	2004
Bulgaria Dimitar Dimitrov	2004-2005
Germany Reiner Hollmann	April 2005 – February 2006
Brazil Vágner Mancini	2005
Portugal Mariano Barreto	2005
Germany Eduard Geyer	May 2005 – January 2006
Portugal Artur Jorge	March 2006-2006
Brazil Vágner Mancini	2007
Netherlands Foeke Booy	2007
Croatia Luka Bonačić	January 2007 – January 2009
Argentina Edgardo Bauza	2009
Uruguay Jorge da Silva	2009-2010
Italy Walter Zenga	2010
Brazil Hélio César Pinto dos Anjos	2010–

Logo history

Former club logo

Web links

Commons : al-Nasr - collection of images, videos and audio files

Notes and individual references

↑ The 1976 championship is the Saudi Categorization League for qualifying for the first Premier League
↑ rsssf.com: Overview of the masters
↑ Trainer data Reiner Hollmann on transfermarkt.de
^ Geyer released on January 20, 2006
↑ Jorge replaces Geyer on March 23, 2006 on transfermarkt.de
↑ Walter Zenga Becomes New al-Nasr Coach from May 11, 2010 on goal.com

[1] The 1976 championship is the Saudi Categorization League for qualifying for the first Premier League

[2] rsssf.com: Overview of the masters

[3] Trainer data Reiner Hollmann on transfermarkt.de

[4] Geyer released on January 20, 2006

[5] Jorge replaces Geyer on March 23, 2006 on transfermarkt.de

[6] Walter Zenga Becomes New al-Nasr Coach from May 11, 2010 on goal.com