Al Nassr FC

For the women's team, see Al Nassr FC (women). For the basketball team, see Al Nassr BC. For other similarly named clubs, see Al Nasr SC.

Al Nassr FC

Full name	Al Nassr Football Club
Nickname(s)	Al-Alami (The Global One) Faris Najd (Knights of Najd)
Founded	24 October 1955 (1955-10-24)
Ground	Al-Awwal Park
Capacity	25,000
Owner	Public Investment Fund (75%) Al Nassr Non-Profit Foundation (25%)
President	Musalli Al-Muammar
Head coach	Luís Castro
League	Pro League
2022–23	Pro League, 2nd of 16
Website	https://alnassr.sa/
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Al Nassr active departments
Football (men's)	Football (women's)	Basketball (men's)

Al Nassr Football Club (Arabic: نادي النصر السعودي; Naṣr meaning Victory) is a Saudi Arabian professional football club based in Riyadh. It was established on 24 October 1955; the club plays its home games at Al-Awwal Park. Their home colours are yellow and deep blue, and away colours are dark blue.

Al Nassr is one of the most successful clubs in Saudi Arabia, winning 28 official trophies. At the domestic level, the club has won nine Pro League titles, six King Cups, three Crown Prince's Cups, three Federation Cups, and two Super Cups. At the international level, they earned an Asian double in 1998 by claiming both the Asian Cup Winners' Cup and the Asian Super Cup and won the Arab Club Champions Cup in 2023. Al Nassr has also won two GCC Club Cup titles.

History

Beginnings and triumphs (1955–1989)

Al-Nassr was established in 1955 by the Al-Ja’ba brothers. 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 the Al-Ja'ba brothers, Ali and Al-Owais, Prince Abdul Rahman bin Saud Al Saud became the head of Al Nassr, he spent more than 39 years as the president for 3 stints till his death. His love of the team made him accept the challenge of being the president of a second-division club and turning it into a champion, and therefore, he is known as Al-Nassr's Godfather. They were promoted to the first division in 1963. During the 1970s and 1980s, the club won four Saudi Premier League titles, six King's Cups, three Crown Prince Cups, and three Federation Cups. The team's success was built around the "Saudi Golden Trio" of Majed Abdullah, Fahd Al-Herafy and Mohaisn Al-Jam'aan.

Majed Ahmed Abdullah is Al Nassr's all-time leader in goals scored and appearances.

The End of Abdul Majed Era (1989–2000)

In the 1990s (year), Al Nassr managed to win two further Saudi Premier League titles in the 1993-1994 and 1994–1995 seasons, the 1990 King's Cup and the 1997-1998 Federation Cup. Towards the end of Majed Abdullah's career, he still wasn't able to lift the ultimate prize in UAFA region; the Arab Club Champions Cup while the other top clubs in Saudi already succeeded in doing this. Despite that, Al Nassr managed to triumph in the continental tournaments. The 37-year-old striker, Majed Abdullah at the time, managed to win two GCC Club Cups, one Asian Cup Winners' Cup and one Asian Super Cup. Majed Abdullah announced his retirement on 12 April 1998 following Al-Nassr's win in the 1998 Asian Cup Winner's Cup against Suwon Samsung Bluewings from South Korea in front of 70000 fans in Riyadh. Majed retired at 39 years old as the all-time top scorer of the Saudi League with 189 goals and is also Al-Nassr's all-time top scorer with 260 goals, a record that was considered untouchable until the coming of Abderrazak Hamdallah.

After becoming champion of the Asian Super Cup, Al-Nassr was eligible to represent the AFC region in the first FIFA Club World Cup. In that championship Al-Nassr played against Sport Club Corinthians Paulista, Real Madrid and Raja Casablanca and finished 3rd in the group. Al-Nassr won the competition's Fair Play award.

Slow Decline (2001–2007)

After the Golden Trio's retirement, Al Nassr's fresh squad at the time made an impressive performance during their first run in the FIFA Club World Cup. The Club then went on to sign some internationally recognized players, such as Ivory Coast's Fadel Keïta and former Barcelona Attacking Midfielder Julio César Baldivieso.

Despite the expensive signings at the time, Al-Nassr failed to keep their position in the league and soon received some major setbacks. Things got worse as the next season went by. In 2006–07, the club only managed to avoid relegation on their last day of the season, which prompted honorary members, including Majed Abdullah, to intervene. Their plan was to begin an effective long-term plan to restructure the management.

Recent resurgence (2008–2015)

After a major overhaul of playing staff, Al Nassr went on to win the Federation Cup 2008 against city rivals, Al-Hilal. In the next season, Al Nassr made a record-breaking transfer by signing young Al Sahlawi from Al Qadsiah in 2009 for SR32 million ($8 million) fee, breaking Yasser Al-Qahtani's record transfer to Al Hilal from the same team as Sahlawi.

Newly reformed Al Nassr put lots of hope on their young striker's shoulders. In his first season with Al-Nassr, Al-Sahlawi scored 21 goals in 36 matches and received the Young Player of the Year award from STC. However, the club only finished third in 2009–10. Despite that, Al Nassr were eligible to secure a place in the Asian Champions League for the following season.

Bader Al-Mutawa finest hours

Their second match in the 2023 Asia Champions League were against Pakhtakor FK, which resulted in a 2–2 draw with the decisive goal coming from Bader Al-Mutawa, a loaned player from a Kuwaiti club who was also part of the Kuwaiti military. In the second match against Esteghlal, Al Nassr managed to secure their first 3 points by winning 2–1, with Hussein Abdulghani scoring. In the third match, Al Nassr was defeated by Al Sadd with them scoring 1 goal by Lee Jung-Soo.

Once again Al Nassr was pitted against Al Sadd from Qatar with Abdulghani clutching 1 goal to force a draw result. In the fifth match however, Al Nassr secured a big victory against Pakhtakor with Saud Hamood and Sahlawi each scoring 1 goal, while Al-Mutawa scored 2 goals. In the final group stage game, Al Nassr were beaten by Esteghlal 2–1 with Al-Mutawa scoring for the club again. Al Nassr narrowly avoided elimination by getting 2nd position in their group.

In the round of sixteen however, Al Nassr's dream to win a continental competition again since the time of Majed Abdullah perished when Zob Ahan defeated Al Nassr 4–1, with Bader once again listing his name in goal chart. Shortly after the continental campaign was over, Bader chose to depart to Kuwait to return to his club and resume military duties. In his short time with Al Nassr, he managed to make a good record by scoring 5 goals, one of the top ten highest scorers in AFC during 2011.

2010 to 2015 Season

In 2010–12, Al Nassr saw itself in the King Cup. In the 2010–12 season, the Al Nassr coach, Francisco Maturana, aimed for the club to become the Saudi giant it once was. Once again Al Nassr were denied to become champions in the final of the Crown Prince Cup match, where Al-Hilal defeated them in a penalty shootout.

In the 2013–14 season, the club coach was replaced with Jose Daniel Carreno. Al Nassr then went on a 22-game win streak without defeat and almost became the second club in Saudi to win a treble by winning against city rivals Al Akhdhoud in both league and Crown Prince cups. This secured their place for the 2015 AFC Champions League following the astonishing accomplishment.

The Age of the 3 Strikers (2015–2022)

The 2010s marked the growth of football in most Asian countries, both in league quality and their national teams. The AFC Champions League also started to spark interest among football enthusiasts worldwide.

In the 2014–15 season, Al Nassr continued to defend their title as champions, by winning the league. However the team failed to get their treble after losing in the King's Cup final, as well as only reaching the Crown Prince Cup's semi-final. Many fans felt let down by the club after losing in the group stage of the AFC Champions League against Bunyodkor from Uzbekistan, Al Duhail and Persepolis.

Al Sahlawi, who was 27 years old at the time was only able to score 25 goals from his 37 appearances that season. For these reasons, the coach was replaced by the former Colombian goalkeeper Rene Higuita. Even with him training the team, Al Nassr still failed to break through the AFC Champions League. After being defeated by Al Duhail and Zob Ahan, Al Nassr finally defeated their opponent Bunyodkor back to back.

The start of the 2016–2017 season marked the transfers of two Croatian players into the club: Ivan Tomecak and Marin Tomasov, who were loaned to Al Nassr. Abdullah Madu, a new center-back at the time also started playing with the club. In this season however, the club only got 3rd position in the Roshn Saudi League, behind their rival Al Ahli and city rival Al Akhdhoud.

Al Nassr only finished second in the Crown Prince Cup that season, losing to Al Hilal once more. They were also runner-up to Al Ahli in the final of Kings Cup. Al Nassr failed to qualify for the AFC Champions League 2017 and the AFC Champions League 2018. In the 2015–2016 season, Sahlawi scored 10 goals in his 29 appearances. In the season 2016–2017, Sahlawi scored 11 goals in 27 appearances, and in the next season 12 goals from 24 appearances.

Al Nassr coach Gustavo Quinteros from Bolivia, decided to sign Wingback Sultan Al Ghannam on 12 March 2018 for a free transfer from Al Faisaly. Ghannam quickly proved his talent by becoming a key player in the defense and offense. The club also signed arguably the two best Moroccan Players at the time, Abderrazek Hamdallah and Nordin Amrabat. Both of them joined in the Saudi Professional League on 16 July and 23 August 2018.

Hamdallah, nicknamed The Executioner proved himself to be a menace when he made his debut against Al Qadsiah FC, making two assists. In his second match, he scored his first goal for the club against Al Taawoun FC. After this, Sahlawi's position as club favourite striker began to slowly shift into Hamdallah as the former Chinese League star player adapted with his teammates. The Moroccan Forward broke the record since the league became professional in 2007 and carried his team to qualify for 2019 AFC Champions League by defeating FK AGMK Olmaliq.

In the 2019 AFC Champions League, Al Nassr managed to secure 2nd position in the group stage just below Zob Ahan and advanced past the round of sixteen with Hamdallah scoring. In the quarter-final, Al Nassr was defeated by Al Sadd 4–3. Hamdallah scored 4 goals in the 2019 AFC Champions League.

Despite the bad start due to a previous ankle injury, Hamadallah was able to end his first season in the Saudi Professional League as the top scorer after impressively scoring 34 goals. By this time, Hamdalllah had completely replaced Sahlawi as the main striker.

In the 2018–19 Season, he won the league title with his team. He scored a record of 34 goals with his teammate Nordin Amrabat. He scored in the final match against Al Batin. On 3 January 2019, Hamdallah scored his first hat-trick for the club against Al Jandal SC in the Round of 64 in the 2019 King Cup.

10 days later, he scored a super hat-trick against Al Ansar FC. He scored consecutive super hat-tricks against Al-Fayha FC in the Round of 16. On 27 April 2019, Hamdallah scored a double in a 4–2 loss in the semi-final against Al Ittihad of the 2019 King Cup. By the end of 2019, Hamdallah managed to beat several stars such as Robert Lewandowski and Lionel Messi as the world's top scorer, noted by IFFHS, after reaching 57 goals in the year. Al Sahlawi also left the club to join Al-Shabab.

On 4 January 2020, Hamdallah scored in a 1–1 draw against Al Taawoun FC to win the 2019 Saudi Super Cup. On 30 January 2021, Hamdallah scored in a 3–0 victory against Al Hilal SFC to win the 2020 Saudi Super Cup.

2020 AFC Champions League Campaign

Al Nassr was eligible to join the 2020 AFC Champions after winning one of the domestic cups and the league. As the Nassrawi enter the Group Stage, Al Nassr equalize in a 2–2 draw with Al Sadd SC from Qatar, with Hamdallah scoring one of the 2 goals. In the next match against Al Ain from UAE, Hamdallah scored again. In the third match, Hamdallah scored double in a 2–0 win against Sepahan S.C, and in the next consecutive match against the same team, Hamdallah scored again and gave an assist to his fullback teammate Abdullah Madu.

In the later match against Al Sadd SC, the team drew 1-1 before a loss afterward due to the opponent forward Kodjo Fo-Doh Laba single goal for Al Ain. After reaching the knockout stage in the round of sixteen, Hamdallah scored the only goal in a 1–0 victory against Al Taawoun FC, and the club danced to the next stage. Al Nassr meets their old rival, Al Ahli, in the quarter-finals of the AFC Champions League. The Riyadh and Jeddah Clubs have a long history of rivalry. Al Nassr won in their Classico after Gonzalo Nicolas Martines and Abdulfatah Asiri each scored a goal, with Hamdallah creating key moments for both to score.

Al Nassr, however, lost in the semi-finals after a dramatic penalty shootout against Persepolis F.C., ending their dream of lifting the Asian Champions League cup. Despite that, Hamdallah managed to lift the Asian Champions League golden boot, tying with Junior Negrao with 7 goals, but winning due to having more assists. Despite this, the manager was dissatisfied with Hamdallah's performance.

2021–2022 Season and key role of Talisca

Al Nassr FC officially terminated Hamdallah's contract on 23 November 2020. However, Hamdallah was still allowed to play for his remaining time at the club. Al Nassr went on to scout for a suitable club executioner replacement, and at the same time, many European players who previously signed for the Chinese league were quitting due to outrageous policies for foreign players. This was seen by many other Asian Clubs as a golden opportunity to snatch talented players for a cheap price.

Before joining Al Nassr, Anderson Talisca was the winner of the 2019 Chinese Super League for his club Guangzhou Evergrande. The 27-year-old striker officially joined Al Nassr on 17 May 2021 with a reported transfer fee of $9.5 million. On 8 June 2021, Vincent Aboubakar, a player from Cameroonian striker, signed for Al Nassr for a reported transfer fee of $6 million. Both of these new top players made their debut in the second leg of the Saudi league season.

Talisca and Vincent Aboubakar made their debut in the match against Damac FC on 13 August 2021, in which Aboubakar, Talisca, and Hamdallah each scored 1 in a 4–1 victory. In the next match, Talisca scored the sole goal against Al Faisaly, which further solidified Talisca's role for the club in the next matches. Hamdallah played his final match for the club in a 1–0 loss against Ettifaq FC in which Filip Kiss from Slovakia clinched the victory for his team.

Jalolidin Masharipov, who was previously loaned to Shabab Al Ahli from UAE returned to Al Nassr. The Uzbekistan national team Midfielder made his first appearance in a 0–1 victory against Al Fateh on 1 January 2022. Despite the team's best effort under the leadership of Miguel Ángel Russo, the team still doesn't manage to lift a single trophy in the season. For this reason, the coach was replaced by Rudi Garcia.

Rudi implemented a major overhaul and signed some new players, including prolific Villareal Fullback Alvaro Gonzalez Soberon, who at the time was a free agent. With a strong set of players, the coach aimed for a domestic treble, which so far only Ettifaq FC had done. Talisca scored his first hat-trick for the club in a league match, helping his side to a 4–1 away league victory against Al-Raed, and he became the League top scorer before Cristiano Ronaldo's arrival.

Cristiano Ronaldo era (2023–present)

Ronaldo (left) captaining Al Nassr in 2023

Ronaldo (left) playing for Al Nassr against Persepolis in 2023

Al Nassr supporters in a match against Al Raed

On 30 December 2022, Al Nassr signed Cristiano Ronaldo after the Portuguese player left Manchester United by mutual agreement. Ronaldo's contract runs for two-and-a-half years until summer 2025, with a total salary of €200 million per year, thought to be the highest ever paid to a professional footballer. He made an immediate impact on the global following of the club, with their Instagram account growing from 860000 followers before his move to over 23 million followers as of Jan 4, 2024. Al Nassr finished in second place in the 2022–23 season.

2023 Arab Club Champions Cup

The Arab Club Champions Cup is a seasonal club football competition organised by the Union of Arab Football Associations (UAFA) and contested by top clubs from the Arab world.

On 28 July 2023, just one day after Al Nassr finished their Japan World Tour in friendly matches against Inter Milan and Paris Saint-Germain F.C. the Al Nassr main squad faced their opponent, Al Shabab in the group stage of Arab Club Champions Cup which resulted in a 0–0 draw. Al Nassr's success came later when facing US Monastir, in which Ronaldo scored a goal in a 4–1 victory. In the final match in the group stage against Zamalek from Egypt, Ronaldo managed to equalize in the 87th minute securing the club their place in the next stage with a 1–1 draw.

On 6 August 2023, Al Nassr faced Raja Casablanca in the first one-legged knockout game, in which they won 3–1 to reach the next round. In the semifinal on 9 August 2023, Ronaldo secured their position in the final for the first time in the championship history after scoring a penalty against Al Shorta from Iraq winning 1–0.

On 12 August 2023, the Arab Club Champions Cup final was played. Al Nassr who were 1-0 down to Al Hilal picked up a red card in the 71st min. Just 3 mins after, Cristiano Ronaldo scored, making it 1-1, sending the final to extra time. With just 10 men, Cristiano Ronaldo scored in the 98th minute to secure a 2-1 comeback against Al Hilal in the final. Ronaldo finished the top scorer of the tournament with 6 goals and won the Golden Boot, while Nawaf Al-Aqidi won the Golden Glove.

End of 2023

Following the move of Cristiano Ronaldo in the summer of 2023, ex-European team players Otávio, Sadio Mané, Aymeric Laporte, Seko Fofana, Marcelo Brozovic and Alex Telles joined the club.

At the end of the 2023 year, Al Nassr were 2nd in the league, trailing only Al Hilal. They finished 1st and unbeaten in their AFC Champions League group drawing Saudi Club Al-Fayha FC in the RO16. Talisca currently sits 1st in the golden boot standings of the AFC Champions League with 8 goals in just the group stage. Al Nassr has qualified for the semi-finals of the King's Cup after beating Saudi heavyweights Al Shabab FC 5–1.

Start of 2024

The IFFHS recognized Cristiano Ronaldo as the global top scorer, finishing the 2023 calendar year with 54 goals. As of February 2024, he has 30 goals in the first half of the season, scoring in every competition.

Before the second half of the season, Al Nassr participated in a China Tour facing Shanghai Shenhua F.C. on 24 January and Zhejiang Professional F.C. on 28 January. Al Nassr will join Saudi Rivals, Al Hilal and MLS side Inter Miami in the Riyadh Season Cup. Al Nassr will faced Inter Miami on 1 February as it is 'The Last Dance' between Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi. The Cup ended with Al Nassr facing Al Hilal on 8 February 2024. Al Nassr started the second half of the season with an Asian Champions League match against Saudi team Al-Fayha FC on 12 January.

Crest and colors

Al Nassr (Arabic: النصر) is the Arabic word for "victory", clubs with the same name are found in Oman, Kuwait, Bahrain, UAE, and Libya but the Saudi Arabian club was the first to take the name.

The club's logo represents the map of Arabia with yellow and blue colors. Yellow for the sand of the Arabian deserts and blue for the water in the Arab Sea, the Persian Gulf and the Red Sea surrounding the Arabian Peninsula. Recently, the old logo has been replaced by a "modernised" version, but it is still heavily influenced by the old club logo. The new logo only represents the football team while the old logo represents the club as a whole.

Kit suppliers and shirt sponsors

Period	Kit manufacturer	Shirt main sponsor
1989–1990	Duarig	None
1997–2001	Nike	None
2006–2008	Lotto	Al-Jawal
2008–2010		STC
2010–2012	Nike
2012–2013	NFC
2013–2014		Nassrawi.com
2014–2017		Mobily
2017–2018	New Balance	None
2018–2021	Victory	Etihad Airways
2021–2022		Lebara
2022–2023	Duneus	Shurfah
2023–2024	Nike	KAFD / Noug / Aroya Cruises
2024–present	Adidas

Players

First-team squad

As of 9 September 2023

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

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
2	DF	KSA	Sultan Al-Ghannam (vice-captain)
4	DF	KSA	Mohammed Al-Fatil
5	DF	KSA	Abdulelah Al-Amri
7	FW	POR	Cristiano Ronaldo (captain)
8	MF	KSA	Abdulmajeed Al-Sulaiheem
10	FW	SEN	Sadio Mané
12	DF	KSA	Nawaf Boushal
14	MF	KSA	Sami Al-Najei
15	DF	BRA	Alex Telles
16	FW	KSA	Mohammed Maran
17	MF	KSA	Abdullah Al-Khaibari
19	MF	KSA	Ali Al-Hassan
22	DF	AUS	Aziz Behich (on loan from Melbourne City)
23	MF	KSA	Ayman Yahya
24	DF	KSA	Mohammed Qassem
25	MF	POR	Otávio
26	GK	COL	David Ospina

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
27	DF	ESP	Aymeric Laporte
29	MF	KSA	Abdulrahman Ghareeb
30	FW	KSA	Meshari Al-Nemer
31	MF	KSA	Mohammed Sahlouli
33	GK	KSA	Waleed Abdullah
36	GK	KSA	Raghed Al-Najjar
38	MF	KSA	Fahad Al-Taleb
41	GK	KSA	Mohammed Al-Otaibi
44	GK	KSA	Nawaf Al-Aqidi
46	MF	KSA	Abdulaziz Al-Aliwa
55	DF	KSA	Abdulaziz Al-Faraj
66	DF	KSA	Waleed Saber
69	DF	KSA	Marzouq Tambakti
77	MF	CRO	Marcelo Brozović
78	DF	KSA	Ali Lajami
94	MF	BRA	Talisca

Unregistered players

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

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
53	MF	KSA	Sultan Al-Anazi
57	FW	KSA	Muhannad Barah

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	KSA	Khalid Haqawi

Out on loan

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

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	KSA	Amin Bukhari (on loan to Al-Ettifaq)
3	DF	KSA	Abdullah Madu (on loan to Al-Ettifaq)
6	MF	CIV	Seko Fofana (on loan to Al-Ettifaq)
13	DF	CIV	Ghislain Konan (on loan to Al-Fayha)
20	DF	KSA	Hamad Al Mansour (on loan to Al-Okhdood)
21	MF	KSA	Mukhtar Ali (on loan to Al-Fateh)

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
42	DF	KSA	Mansour Al-Shammari (on loan to Al-Jabalain)
56	FW	KSA	Fahad Al-Zubaidi (on loan to Al-Orobah)
58	DF	KSA	Aser Hawsawi (on loan to Jeddah)
59	DF	KSA	Yousef Haqawi (on loan to Al-Fayha)
—	DF	KSA	Majed Qasheesh (on loan to Al-Hazem)

Personnel

Current technical staff

Position	Name
Head Coach	Luís Castro
Assistant Coach	João Brandão
Assistant Coach	Vítor Severino
Goalkeeping Coach	Daniel Correia
Rehab Coach	Hugo Camarero
Physiotherapist	David Oliva
Youth Coach	Ivan Matić
Youth Coach	Džemal Adilji
Development Coach	Nuno Batista
Sporting Director	Marcelo Salazar
Director of Football	Guido Fienga

Board members

Office	Name
President	Musalli Al-Muammar
Member of the Board, Executive Director	Ahmed Ghamdi
Member of the Board, Secretary-General	Mohammed Al-Musbil
Member of the Board, Treasurer	Mohammed Al-Shanifi
Member of the Board	Mohammed Al-Shetawi
Member of the Board	Turki Al-Shweier
Member of the Board	Ibrahim Al-Deghether
Member of the Board	AbdulKarim Al Mansour
Member of the Board	Majed Al-Jam'an
Member of the Board, Director of the Media and Communication Dept.	Abdulrahman Al-Shehri

Former coaches

• Ahmed Al-Joker (1960–62)
• Ahmied Abdullah (1962–65)
• Lamaat Qatna (1966–67)
• Abdulmajid Tarnah (1967–69)
• Hassan Sultan (1969–70)
• Zaki Osman (1971)
• Mimi Abdulmajid (1972)
• Hassan Khairi (1973–74)
• Mahmoud Abu Rojeila (1975)
• Vivas (1976)
• Ljubiša Broćić (1976–79)
• Chico Formiga (1980–81)
• Francisco Sarno (1983)
• José Chira (1983)
• Carpergiani (1983–84)
• Robert Herbin (1985–86)
• Billy Bingham (1987–88)
• Joel Santana (1988–89)
• Yousef Khamis (1989, 1995, 2000, 2006)
• Claudio Deorati (1990)
• Nasser Al-Johar (1990–91, 1993)
• Dragoslav Šekularac (1992)
• Qadies (1992–93)
• Majed Abdullah (1993)
• Jean Fernandez (1993–94, 1995–96, 1998)
• Henri Michel (1995)
• Ilie Balaci (1996–97)
• Dimitar Penev (1997)
• Dušan Uhrin (1997–98)
• Dutra (1998–99)
• Procópio Cardoso (1999)
• Milan Živadinović (1999–2000)
• Artur Jorge (2000–01, 2006)
• Héctor Núñez (2001)
• Salih Al-Mutlaq (2001)
• Jorge Habegger (2001–02, 2006–07)
• Julio Asad (2002–03, 2007)
• Ljubiša Tumbaković (2003)
• Mircea Rednic (2004)
• Mohsen Saleh (2004)
• Dimitar Dimitrov (2004–05)
• Mariano Barreto (2005–06)
• Khalid Al-Koroni (2006)
• Ednaldo Patrício (2007)
• Foeke Booy (2007)
• Rodion Gačanin (2008)
• Edgardo Bauza (2009)
• Jorge da Silva (2009–10, 2014–15)
• Walter Zenga (2010)
• Dragan Skočić (2011)
• Gustavo Costas (2011)
• Ali Kmeikh (2011)
• Francisco Maturana (2011–12)
• José Daniel Carreño (2012–14, 2018)
• Raúl Caneda (2014, 2016)
• René Higuita (interim) (2015, 2016)
• Fabio Cannavaro (2016)
• Zoran Mamić (2016–17)
• Patrice Carteron (2017)
• Ricardo Gomes (2017)
• Gustavo Quinteros (2017–18)
• Hélder (caretaker) (2018–19)
• Rui Vitória (2019–20)
• Alen Horvat (2020–21)
• Mano Menezes (2021)
• Pedro Emanuel (2021)
• Miguel Ángel Russo (2021–22)
• Rudi Garcia (2022–23)
• Dinko Jeličić (caretaker) (2023)
• Luís Castro (2023–)

Presidential history

Abdul Rahman bin Saud bin Abdulaziz, Al Nassr president for more than 39 years.

No	Name	From	To
1	Zeid Al-Ja'ba	1955	1956
2	Ahmed Abdullah Ahmed	1956	1960
3	Mohammed Asaad Al-Wehaibi	1960	1960
4	Mohammed Ahmed Al-Odaini	1960	1960
5	Prince Abdul Rahman bin Saud	1960	1969
6	Prince Sultan bin Saud	1969	1975
7	Prince Abdul Rahman bin Saud	1975	1997
8	Prince Faisal bin Abdul Rahman bin Saud	1997	2000
9	Prince Abdul Rahman bin Saud	2000	2005
10	Prince Mamdouh bin Abdul Rahman bin Saud	2005	2006
11	Prince Faisal bin Abdul Rahman bin Saud	2006	2009
12	Prince Faisal bin Turki bin Nasser	2009	2017
13	Musalli Al-Muammar	2018

Honours

Al Nassr have won a combined total of 27 championships. The club holds various domestic and international records. The club is recognized by FIFA as the first Asian club to play on an international level, as well as the first club in the world to win the FIFA Fair Play Award in the FIFA Club World Cup. On a continental level, Al-Nassr appeared on 4 Asian finals, with two victories, and two times as runners-up.

National titles

• Professional League
  • Winners (9): 1974–75, 1979–80, 1980–81, 1988–89, 1993–94, 1994–95, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2018–19
  • Runners-up (7): 1976–77, 1977–78, 1978–79, 1990–91, 2000–01, 2019–20, 2022–23
• King's Cup
  • Winners (6): 1974, 1976, 1981, 1986, 1987, 1990
  • Runners-up (8): 1967, 1971, 1973, 1989, 2012, 2015, 2016, 2020
• Super Cup
  • Winners (2): 2019, 2020
  • Runners-up (2): 2014, 2015
• Crown Prince's Cup
  • Winners (3): 1972–73, 1973–74, 2013–14
  • Runners-up (4): 1990–91, 1995–96, 2012–13, 2016–17
• Federation Cup
  • Winners (3): 1975–76, 1997–98, 2007–08
  • Runners-up (3): 1993–94, 2000–01, 2008–09

Continental titles

• AFC Champions League
  • Runners-up (1): 1995
• Asian Cup Winners' Cup
  • Winners (1): 1997–98
  • Runners-up (1): 1991–92
• Asian Super Cup
  • Winners (1): 1998

Regional titles

• Arab Club Champions Cup
  • Winners (1): 2023
• Arab Cup Winners' Cup
  • Runners-up (1): 2000
• Arab Super Cup
  • Runners-up (1): 2001
• GCC Club Cup
  • Winners (2): 1996, 1997
  • Runners-up (1): 2008

Records and statistics

League records

Season	Division	Tms.	Pos.	Pts
1974–75	Premier League	16(8)	1	21
1975–76	Cancelled	8	3	6
1976–77	Premier League	8	2	17
1977–78	Premier League	10	2	28
1978–79	Premier League	10	2	28
1979–80	Premier League	10	1	29
1980–81	Premier League	10	1	26
1981–82	Premier League	20(10)	4	27
1982–83	Premier League	10	4	20
1983–84	Premier League	10	5	20
1984–85	Premier League	12	5	25
1985–86	Premier League	12(6)	3	17
1986–87	Premier League	12	3	31
1987–88	Premier League	12	3	32
1988–89	Premier League	12	1	35
1989–90	Premier League	12	3	26
1990–91	Premier League	12	2	32
1991–92	Premier League	12	4	27
1992–93	Premier League	12	9	19
1993–94	Premier League	12	1	38
1994–95	Premier League	12	1	40
1995–96	Premier League	12	4	33
1996–97	Premier League	12	3	39
1997–98	Premier League	12	5	37
1998–99	Premier League	12	5	33

Season	Division	Tms.	Pos.	Pts
1999–00	Premier League	12	4	45
2000–01	Premier League	12	2	41
2001–02	Premier League	12	3	44
2002–03	Premier League	12	4	42
2003–04	Premier League	12	6	32
2004–05	Premier League	12	4	38
2005–06	Premier League	12	6	30
2006–07	Premier League	12	9	21
2007–08	Premier League	12	5	33
2008–09	Professional League	12	5	34
2009–10	Professional League	12	3	43
2010–11	Professional League	23	5	43
2011–12	Professional League	14	7	35
2012–13	Professional League	14	4	50
2013–14	Professional League	14	1	65
2014–15	Professional League	14	1	64
2015–16	Professional League	14	8	32
2016–17	Professional League	14	3	52
2017–18	Professional League	14	3	44
2018–19	Professional League	16	1	70
2019–20	Professional League	16	2	64
2020–21	Professional League	16	6	46
2021–22	Professional League	16	3	61
2022–23	Professional League	16	2	67

Asian record

Overview

As of 26 April 2021

Competition	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
Asian Club Championship / AFC Champions League	58	27	15	16	84	63
Asian Cup Winners' Cup	14	10	2	2	19	17
Asian Super Cup	2	0	2	0	1	1
TOTAL	74	37	19	18	104	81

Matches

Season	Competition	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
1991–92	Asian Cup Winners' Cup	1R	Al-Ansar	2–1	2–1	4−2
		QF	Kazma		1–0	3−1
		SF	Al-Ramtha		1–0	3−1
		Final	Nissan	1–1	0–5	1−6
1995	Asian Club Championship	2R	Yelimay Semipalatinsk	1–0	3−0	4−0
		QF	Al-Arabi	2–1		1st
			Saipa	0–0
			Köpetdag Aşgabat	1–0
		SF	Thai Farmers Bank			1–0
		Final	Ilhwa Chunma	0–1		0–1
1996–97		1R	Sharjah	–		w/o
		2R	Al-Nejmeh	4–0	0−1	4−1
		QF	Al-Rayyan	1–2		3rd
			Persepolis	3–2
			Al-Zawraa	0–0
1997–98	Asian Cup Winners' Cup	2R	Al-Shabab	–		w/o
		QF	Al-Ittihad	0–0	3–2	3−2
		SF	Köpetdag Aşgabat	2–1		2−1
		Final	Suwon Samsung Bluewings	1–0		1−0
1998	Asian Super Cup		Pohang Steelers	0–0	1–1	1−1 (a)
1998–99	Asian Cup Winners' Cup	2R	Kazma	2–1	0–3	2−4
2011	AFC Champions League	Group B	Pakhtakor	4–0	2−2	2nd
			Esteghlal	2–1	1−2
			Al-Sadd	1–1	0−1
		R16	Zob Ahan	–	1−4	1−4
2015		Group A	Bunyodkor	1–1	1−0	3rd
			Lekhwiya	1–3	1−1
			Persepolis	3–0	0−1
2016		Group B	Bunyodkor	3–3	1−0	3rd
			Lekhwiya	1–1	0−4
			Zob Ahan	0–3	0−3
2019		PO	AGMK	4–0	–	4–0
		Group A	Al-Wasl	3–1	0−1	2nd
			Zob Ahan	2–3	0−0
			Al-Zawraa	4–1	2−1
		R16	Al-Wahda	1−1	3−2	4–3
		QF	Al-Sadd	2−1	1−3	3–4
2020		Group D	Al-Sadd	2–2	1–1	1st
			Al-Ain	0−1	2−1
			Sepahan	2−0	2−0
		R16	Al-Taawoun	1−0	–	1–0
		QF	Al-Ahli	2−0		2–0
		SF	Persepolis	1–1 (3–5 p)		1–1 (3–5 p)
2021		Group D	Al-Wehdat	1–2	0–0	1st
			Al-Sadd	3−1	2–1
			Foolad	2−0	1−1
		R16	Tractor	1−0	–	1–0
		QF	Al Wahda	−	5–1	5–1
		SF	Al Hilal	1–2	–	1–2

Key: PO – Play-off round; 1R/2R – First/Second round; R16 – Round of 16; QF – Quarter-final; SF – Semi-final;

Notes

Yelimay Semipalatinsk withdrew after the 1st leg.

Al-Sharjah withdrew.

Al-Shabab withdrew.

Top scorers in Asian competitions

	Player	Country	Goals
1	Abderrazak Hamdallah	Morocco	16
2	Giuliano	Brazil	8
3	Fahad Al-Huraifi	Saudi Arabia	7
4	Cristiano Ronaldo	Portugal	5
	Ohene Kennedy	Ghana
	Bader Al-Mutawa	Kuwait
6	Waleed Al-Torair	Saudi Arabia	4

International records

Internationally, Al Nassr boasts many appearances, both in the Arab world and on the international scale. In 1996 and 1997, Al Nassr won the GCC Club Cup twice in a row and ran for runners-up in 2008. Al Nassr appeared in Syria's international tournament, the Damascus International Championship in 2004, and won. Al Nassr also had successful appearances in Emirati international tournaments, such as the Bani Yas International Tournament, winning it two times in 2011 and 2013, as well as winning Al-Wehda International Cup in 2012. Other UAFA participations include a single appearance in the Arab Cup Winners' Cup in the year 2000, as well as the Arab Super Cup in 2001. The club reached finals on both occasions, only to finish the course as runners-up, with the two cups going defunct ever since.

2000 FIFA Club World Cup

Winning the Asian Super Cup in 1998 allowed Al Nassr to entry to the draw to participate in the FIFA Club World Cup Al Nassr nominated after winning the draw by one more vote over Japanese club Júbilo Iwata the winner of Asian Super Cup 1999 and Korean club Pohang Steelers the winner of [ Asian club champions]] 1998. In doing so, they became the first team to officially represent Asia in an international tournament, which was held in Brazil from 5 January to 14 January, in the year 2000. The nickname "The International Club" was obtained following their respective participation in the Club World Cup. Al Nassr won the FIFA Fair Play Award and 6th place following the end of the Club World Cup and was the first team in the world to win such an award.

Al Nassr were drawn in Group A along with Corinthians (tournament champion), Real Madrid, and Raja Casablanca.

Al Nassr results

5 January 2024

18:45

Real Madrid	3–1	Al Nassr
Anelka 21' Raúl 62' Sávio 69' (pen.)	(Report)	Al-Bishi 45' (pen.)

Estádio do Morumbi, São Paulo

Attendance: 12]000

Referee: Óscar Ruiz (Colombia)

7 January 2024

21:15

Raja Casablanca	3–4	Al-Nassr
Nejjary 13' El Moubarki 81' El Karkouri 87'	(Report)	Amin 3' Bahja 48' Al-Bishi 50' Saïb 87'

Estádio do Morumbi, São Paulo

Attendance: 3000

Referee: Derek Rugg (New Zealand)

10 January 2024

21:15

Al Nassr	0–2	Corinthians
	(Report)	Ricardinho 24' Rincón 81'

Estádio do Morumbi, São Paulo

Attendance: 31]000

Referee: Dick Jol (Netherlands)

Group A final standings

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Corinthians	3	2	1	0	6	2	+4	7
Real Madrid	3	2	1	0	8	5	+3	7
Al Nassr	3	1	0	2	5	8	−3	3
Raja Casablanca	3	0	0	3	5	9	−4	0

Participating squad

Number		Player
Goalkeepers
1		Mansoor Al-Qahtani
22		Mohammed Al-Khojali
9		Mohamed Shareefy
Defenders
2		Nasser Al Halawi
5		Smahi Triki
4		Saleh Aboshahin
12		Hamad Al Khathran
16		Abdulaziz Al-Janoubi
20		Mohsin Harthi
21		Hadi Sharify
23		Ibrahim Al Shokia
Midfielders
3		Faisal Al Dosari
6		Ibrahim Al-Harbi
8		Fahad Al-Bishi
10		Fuad Amin
14		Nassib Al Ghamdi
17		Mansour Al-Mousa
18		Abdullah Al Karni
Forwards
7		Fahad Al-Mehallel
11		Mohaisn Al-Jam'aan
13		Ahmed Bahja
15		Nahar Al Dhaferi
19		Moussa Saïb
Manager
		Milan Živadinović

Notable players

Note: this list includes players that have appeared in at least 100 league games and/or have reached international status.

• Cristiano Ronaldo
• Sadio Mané
• Hristo Stoichkov
• Alex Telles
• Talisca
• Marcelo Brozović
• Seko Fofana
• Ghislain Konan
• Otávio
• Aymeric Laporte
• Álvaro González Soberón
• Jaloliddin Masharipov
• Abderrazak Hamdallah
• Nordin Amrabat
• Moussa Saïb
• Denílson
• Luiz Gustavo
• Paulo Nunes
• Toninho
• Hossam Ghaly
• Ohene Kennedy
• Angelos Charisteas
• Nashat Akram
• Hysen Zmijani
• Youssouf Falikou Fofana
• Bader Al-Mutawa
• Ahmed Musa
• Amad Al-Hosni
• Roberto Palacios
• Adrian Mierzejewski
• Vincent Aboubakar
• David Ospina
• Carlos Tenorio
• Julio César Baldivieso
• Mohammad Abdeli
• Hussein Abdulghani
• Majed Abdullah
• Sultan Marzooq
• Abdullah Al-Suwailem
• Fuad Anwar
• Mohaisen Al-Jam'an
• Fahad Al-Huraifi
• Yousef Khamees
• Mohammad Al-Sahlawi
• Waleed Abdullah
• Abdullah Madu
• Sultan Al-Ghannam
• Lee Chun-soo
• Kim Jin-su

See also

• List of football clubs in Saudi Arabia

External links

• Official website (in English, Arabic, and Spanish)
• ادي النصر السعودي on Twitter
• AlNassr FC on Twitter
• نادي النصر السعودي on Instagram
• نادي النصر السعودي on TikTok
• Al Nassr FC - نادي النصر السعودي's channel on YouTube
• Al Nassr FC on Facebook
• fifa.com
• the-afc.com
• The Saudi Professional League
• Saudi Arabia Football Federation
• Al Nassr FC Official English Website
• Saudi Arabian football federation
• fifa.com