Al Nassr
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| Full name | Al-Nassr Football Club |
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| Nickname(s) |
The International, Knight of Najd |
| Founded | 24 October 1955 |
| Ground | King Fahd Stadium, Riyadh |
| Capacity | 62,685 |
| Chairman | Faisal bin Turki bin Nasser |
| Manager | Patrice Carteron |
| League | Professional League |
| 2015–16 | Professional League, 8th |
| Website | Club home page |
Al-Nassr FC (Arabic: نادي النصر; Victory) is a Saudi Arabian football club based in Riyadh. Formed in 1955 the club plays its home games at King Fahd Stadium and Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium. Its home colours are yellow and blue.
Al-Nassr is one of the most popular clubs in Saudi Arabia, with a combined total of 42 national, regional and friendly championships to its back.
The club have won 8 Premier League titles, 8 Riyadh Region League titles, 2 GCC Champions League titles, 3 Saudi Crown Prince Cup, 6 Saudi King's Cups, and holds the impressive feat of pulling a historic Asian double in 1998, by claiming both the Asian Cup Winners' Cup and Asian Super Cup, This achievement landed Al-Nassr a spot in the first FIFA Club World Cup where it won the Fair Play award, thus, making Al-Nassr the first club from Asia to play on an international level, as well as becoming the first team in the world to win such an award. This in turn, gave the club its famous nickname: "The International".
Al-Nassr was established in 1955 by the brothers Husein and Zeid Al-Ja'ba in their house on Al-Ataif Street in Riyadh. Training took place in an old playground at Gashlat Al-Shortah west of Al-Fotah Garden where there was a small football field and a small room to store balls and shirts. In addition to Al-Ja'ba Brothers, Ali and Issa Al-Owais were among the first workers at the club.
The club operated as an amateur club until 1960 when it was registered officially with the General Presidency of Youth Welfare. It was at this time that Prince Abdulrahman Bin Saud became head of Al-Nassr. Al-Nassr started in the second division of the league. They were promoted to the first division in 1963. During the 1970s and 1980s, the club won sixteen Saudi Premier League titles, six King's Cups, three Crown Prince Cups and three Federation Cup. The team's success was built around the "Saudi Golden Trio" of Majed Abdullah, Fahd Al-Herafy and Mohaisn Al-Jam'aan.
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