Al Wasl FC

Al Wasl

Full name	Al-Wasl Football Club
Nickname(s)	Al-Fhood (Arabic: الفهود‎)(The Cheetahs), Embrator (Arabic: الإمبراطور‎)(The Emperor)
Founded	1 May 1960
Ground	Zabeel Stadium Dubai, United Arab Emirates (capacity: 15,000)
Owner	HH Sheikh Ahmed Bin Rashed
Chairman	Mohammad Ahmad bin Fahad
Manager	Eid Ismaeel Barout Mohammed
League	UAE Pro-League
2011–12	UAE Pro-League, 8th
Website	Club home page
Home colours Away colours
Current season

Al-Wasl Football Club (Arabic: نادي الوصل لكرة القدم‎) is a United Arab Emirates Football League club based in Dubai. It is a part of the multi-sports club Al Wasl Sports Club. Al Wasl is one of the most successful clubs in the UAE in all sports, therefore it has one of the largest fan bases in the Arabian Peninsula. For that Al Wasl has formed the first Ultras group in the UAE, Ultras Junoon. Former Argentine national team player and manager Diego Maradona was the manager of the club, with an annual salary of 3.5 million euros plus a private jet at his disposal until he was sacked in July 2012.

Honours

• The Club of the 20th Century in the UAE: Due to Al-Wasl's impressive performance in the Continental Tournaments last century (5 wins and one loss), the IFFHS has decided to name AlWasl as the UAE's Club of the 20th Century.

• UAE League: 7

1982, 1983, 1985, 1988, 1992, 1997, 2007

• UAE President Cup: 2

1987, 2007

• UAE Federation Cup: 1

1992/93

• Gulf Club Champions Cup: 1

2010

Players

First team squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 1 GK Rashid Al Suwaidi 3 DF Jaber Asad 4 MF Humaid Bin Lahej 5 GK Ahmed Mahmoud 6 DF Waheed Ismail (Captain) 9 DF Tariq Hassan 10 FW Jussiê (on loan from Girondis) 13 DF Darwish Ahmed 14 DF Mohammed Yaqoub 15 DF Bader Abdulrahman 16 MF Hassan Ali 17 GK Mohammed Husein 18 FW Emiliano Alfaro 19 MF Mohammed Ahmed 20 FW Achille Emana 21 FW Khalifa Bin Lahej 22 GK Yousef Al Qurq 23 MF Mohammed Jamal

No. Position Player 24 FW Rashid Eissa 27 DF Mubarak Hassan 29 DF Yasser Salem 30 DF Ahmad Ibrahim 32 FW Ammar Mubarak 33 MF Saud Suhail 45 MF Ahmed Hasan 49 MF Ali Salmeen 55 FW Mohammed Nasser 58 FW Ahmed Ghuloom 62 DF Ghanim Basheer 70 FW Maher Jasem 77 FW Hassan Yousif 80 FW Abdulla Wahdani 88 MF Ali Abbas 92 MF Khalifa Abdullah 93 MF Sultan Rashid 99 MF Fahad Hadeed

Former players

See also Category:Al Wasl FC players.

Argentina Mariano Donda Juan Ignacio Mercier Walter Silvani Australia Lucas Neill Richard Porta Bahrain Hussain Salman Brazil Alex Pires De Souza Alexandre Oliveira Anderson Barbosa André Dias Douglas Élton Rogério Miranda Silva Weslley Burkina Faso Kassoum Ouédraogo Cameroon Alphonse Tchami

Chile Cristian Montecinos Edson Puch Côte d'Ivoire Didier Otokoré Ecuador Walter Ayoví Egypt Shikabala Ghana Mohammed "Polo" Ahmed Bernard Dong Bortey Iran Hamed Kavianpour Mohammad-Reza Khalatbari Farhad Majidi Eman Mobali Alireza Vahedi Nikbakht

Italy Fabio Firmani Morocco Soufiane Alloudi Ahmed Bahja Rachid Daoudi Bouchaib Lembarki Oman Mohammed Al Balushi Panama Blas Perez Qatar Mohammed Salem Al-Enazi Spain Francisco Yeste

United Arab Emirates Fahad Abdulrahman Farouq Abdulrahman Saeed Al Kass Zuhair Bakhit Khalid Darwish Fahad Khamees Nasir Khamees Hassan Mohamed Mohamed Omer Ismail Rashid Uruguay Emiliano Alfaro Juan Manuel Olivera

Managers

See also Category:Al Wasl FC football managers.

• Joel Santana (1981–86)
• Jose Claudinei
• Hassan Shehata (1986–88)
• Antônio Lopes (1988–89)
• Dimitrije Davidovic (1991–93)
• Olle Nordin (1995–96)
• Tomislav Ivić (1995–97)
• Miguel Basselko
• Paulo Luiz Campos (January 1999 – May 1999)
• Henri Kasperczak (September 1999 – February 2000)
• Alain Laurier (1997–98), (March 2000 – May 2000)
• Josef Hickersberger (September 2000 – February 2001)
• Ibrahim Abdulla Al Nuaimi (February 2001 – May 2001)
• Johan Boskamp (September 2001 – October 2002)
• Martín Lasarte (December 2002 – March 2003)
• Arthur Bernardes(1996–98), (March 2003 – May 2004)
• Vinko Begović (July 2004 – February 2005)

• Hassan Mohamed Husain Al Shaibani (February 2005 – November 2005)
• Leon Martinez (November 2005 – December 2005)
• Ivan Hasek (December 2005 – May 2006)
• Zé Mario (September 2006 – May 2008)
• Miroslav Beránek (Summer 2008 – September 2008)
• Srećko Juričić (October 2008 – December 2008)
• Jaroslav Horak (October 2008), (February 2009 – May 2009)
• Alexandre Guimarães (July 2009 – May 2010)
• Sérgio Farias (August 2010 – April 2011)
• Khalifa Mubarak Obaid Al Shamsi (October 2002 – November 2002), (March 2003), (January 2009), (April 2010 – June 2011)
• Diego Maradona (May 2011 – July 2012)
• Bruno Metsu (July 2012 – October 2012)
• Gilles Morisseau (October 2012 – November 2012)
• Guy Lacombe (November 2012 – February 2013)
• Eid Ismaeel Barout Mohammed (February 2013–)

Current technical staff

Position	Staff
Head Coach	Eid Ismaeel Barout Mohammed

Source: http://www.thenational.ae/sport/football/maradonas-no-2-at-al-wasl-unveiled

Performance in AFC competitions

• AFC Champions League: 1 appearance

2008: Group Stage

• Asian Club Championship: 3 appearances

1987: Qualifying Stage

1990: Qualifying Stage

1993: 3rd place

1995: Group Stage

Previous seasons

• Season 2008–09.
• Season 2009–10.

Club records

• AlWasl is the only UAE Team that has participated in all the UAE Premier Division Seasons without missing a single one.
• AlWasl Legendary Player Fahad Khamees holds the record for the most goals scored in UAE Football by scoring 165 goals through his career.
• AlWasl used to be called (Zamalek) when it first started after the famous Egyptian side El Zamalek.
• AlWasl holds the record for the most consecutive wins in the UAE League by winning 12 matches in a row in the 1988 season.
• AlWasl holds the record for playing 26 consecutive matches without losing a single match.
• AlWasl has the highest number of played matches in UAE Football History.
• AlWasl has won the title of the most scoring team in the UAE for 7 seasons in a row.
• Through 11 consecutive seasons, the worst position that AlWasl ended up with was the second place.
• Throughout the team's history, the worst league position it has ever had was 8th.
• The biggest win recorded in UAE league history is 10–1 in the match between AlWasl and Ras AlKhaima Club.
• Al Wasl's player, Francisco Yeste was awarded the title of "the Fastest Equalizer in the History of Football" after scoring a goal, 25 seconds after the Al Ain Club's goal in the 2010–11 Etisalat Emirates Cup semi-final match.
• Al Wasl is the first UAE Club to win an external medal when it won the Asian Champions' Cup 1992/93 Bronze Medal.

See also

• AlWasl Club
• 2010–11 Al Wasl SC season
• UAE Football League

References

External links

• Official Website
• UAE Pro League Website
• Al Wasl English & Espanol Fans Network
• Al Wasl Forum
• Facebook Fans Page
• Official Twitter Account
• Twitter Account