Al-Nasr Sports, Cultural and Social Club ( ar, نادي النصر الرياضي و الثقافي و الاجتماعي; also known locally as ''Al-Malik'', or "The King", or just plainly as Al-Nasr) is an Omani sports club based in

Salalah Salalah ( ar, صَلَالَة, Ṣalālah) is the capital and largest city of the southern Omani governorate of Dhofar. Its population in 2009 was about 197,169. Salalah is the third-largest city in the Sultanate of Oman, and the largest cit ...

Oman Oman ( ; ar, عُمَان ' ), officially the Sultanate of Oman ( ar, سلْطنةُ عُمان ), is an Arabian country located in southwestern Asia. It is situated on the southeastern coast of the Arabian Peninsula, and spans the mouth of ...

. The club is currently playing in the

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, top division of

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. Their home ground is

Al-Saada Stadium The Al-Saada Stadium ( ar, أستاد السعادة), also known as Al-Saada Sports Complex ( ar, مجمع السعادة الرياضي) is a government owned multi-use stadium in the Al-Saada district of Salalah, Oman. The stadium is used o ...

, but they also recognize the older

Salalah Sports Complex Salalah Sports Complex ( ar, مجمع صلالة الرياضي) also known as The Youth Complex ( ar, المجمع الشبابي), is a government owned multi-purpose stadium in the ''Auwqad'' district of Salalah, Oman. It is currently used mostl ...

as their home ground. Both stadiums are government owned, but Al-Nasr S.C.S.C. also own their own personal stadium and sports equipment, as well as their own training facilities. Also Al-Nasr is famous for producing some of the greatest and most successful Omani footballers, such as

Ali Al-Habsi Ali Abdullah Harib Al-Habsi ( ar, علي بن عبد الله بن حارب الحبسي; born 30 December 1981) is an Omani retired professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. Club career Early career Al-Habsi was born in Oman and star ...

Hashim Saleh Hashim Saleh Mohammed Al-Balushi ( ar, هاشم صالح محمد البلوشي; born 15 October 1981), commonly known as Hashim Saleh, is an Omani Association football, footballer. Club career Hashim has been wearing the number 9 jersey for ...

and

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History

Al-Nasr S.C.S.C. started off playing in the Al-Haffa district of Salalah organizing specific meetings to play

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. This eventually evolved into something very large. The club was founded on 20 May 1972,under sheikh/ Bakhit Said ALShanfari on the same day as fierce rivals Dhofar S.C.S.C. and was registered on 26 June 2002. As football was their main

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, Al-Nasr shifted to playing on

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s in order to become a professional club. The club name literally translates from "The Victory" in the

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. Such a name quite well suites a

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in the

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world. A club named "Al-Nasr" is commonly found in the

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. Some clubs with the same name can be found in

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, the

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and

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. In 1972 Al-Nasr was merged with Al-Shate'a team to carry the name of Al-Nasr. With this merge, the club office moved from Al-Haffa region to Al-Jouf region, where the current headquarters of the club is located. In 1986, Al-Nasr competed in the

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and finished with third place.http://live.sportsgoal.com.om/club-details.aspx?id=16 – Al-Nasr places 3rd in 1986 competition. Al-Nasr, along with the neighbors Dhofar have been generally labelled as the front runners of the

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, but as seen in the recent seasons, both the clubs performed horribly with Dhofar losing many games, and not going far in the

Sultan Qaboos Cup The Sultan Qaboos Cup ( ar, كأس السلطان قابوس), also known as the HM's Cup, is Oman's premier knockout tournament for men's football. It was officially created in 1972 and the champions of that edition were Al-Ahli. Shortly known a ...

, along with Al-Nasr who even got relegated in the

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season. In the 2008–09 season, Al-Nasr settled to the 10th position in the league which was one of their worst performances ever in the

. In the 2009–10 season also they could make it only to the 7th position in the league and were knocked out by

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in the Round-of-16 in the

. In the

season they again had to fight a relegation battle but this time they couldn't make it and got relegated for the first time to the Second Division league. Then in the 2011–12 season they secured the 2nd position in the 2nd Division League and got promoted back to the

(First Division). In the

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season they bounced back and secured the 4th position in the Omani League.

Being a multisport club

Although being mainly known for their football, Al-Nasr S.C.S.C. like many other clubs in Oman, have not only football in their list, but also

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, handball,

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and

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. They also have various youth football teams competing in

Oman Olympic League Oman ( ; ar, عُمَان ' ), officially the Sultanate of Oman ( ar, سلْطنةُ عُمان ), is an Arabian country located in southwestern Asia. It is situated on the southeastern coast of the Arabian Peninsula, and spans the mouth of t ...

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and

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Crest and colours

Al-Nasr S.C.S.C. have been known since establishment to wear a full

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(Away)

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(usually a darker shade of blue), varying themselves from neighbors

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(

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Dhofar S.C.S.C. Dhofar Sports, Cultural and Social Club ( ar, نادي ظفار الرياضي الثقافي الاجتماعي; commonly known as Dhofar Club, nicknamed locally as ''Al-Zaeem'', or "The Leader(s)" because of their great success, or just plainl ...

(

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) and

Salalah SC Salalah Sport Club ( ar, نادي صلالة الرياضي; also known locally as ''Al-Nimoor'', or "The Tiger(s)", or just plainly as Salalah) is an Omani football club based in Salalah, Oman. Their home ground is Al-Saada Stadium, but they ...

(

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)

s. They have also had many different sponsors over the years. As of now, Kelme provides them with kits. Currently,

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and Al-Shanfari Marbles are featured on the team's shirt.

Logo

Al-Nasr's

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has been recreated a few number of times. The most recent logo (as shown on this page) was created during the late 1980s or early 1990s, giving the club a more attractive logo, opposed to the older, duller-looking one. Although bearing quite a difference, the influence of the older-logo is still seen when compared to the newer version. Also note that the only scripture of the logo is only written in

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, a sign of being an older sports club logo compared to other Omani clubs which usually feature

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scripture.

Honours and achievements

National titles

(5): **Winners: 1979–80, 1980–81, 1988–89, 1997–98, 2003–04. **Runners-up: 1982–83, 1984–85, 1989–90 1998–99, 1999–00. *

(5): **Winners:

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2000 File:2000 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Protests against Bush v. Gore after the 2000 United States presidential election; Heads of state meet for the Millennium Summit; The International Space Station in its infant form as seen from ...

2002 File:2002 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 2002 Winter Olympics are held in Salt Lake City; Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother and her daughter Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon die; East Timor gains independence from Indonesia and ...

2005 File:2005 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: Hurricane Katrina in the Gulf of Mexico; the Funeral of Pope John Paul II is held in Vatican City; "Me at the zoo", the first video ever to be uploaded to YouTube; Eris (dwarf planet), Er ...

, 2017-18. **Runners-up:

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1986 The year 1986 was designated as the International Year of Peace by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 **Aruba gains increased autonomy from the Netherlands by separating from the Netherlands Antilles. **Spain and Portugal enter ...

1987 File:1987 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: The MS Herald of Free Enterprise capsizes after leaving the Port of Zeebrugge in Belgium, killing 193; Northwest Airlines Flight 255 crashes after takeoff from Detroit Metropolitan Airpor ...

, 1988,

1999 File:1999 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The funeral procession of King Hussein of Jordan in Amman; the 1999 İzmit earthquake kills over 17,000 people in Turkey; the Columbine High School massacre, one of the first major school s ...

2001 The September 11 attacks against the United States by Al-Qaeda, which killed 2,977 people and instigated the global war on terror, were a defining event of 2001. The United States led a multi-national coalition in an invasion of Afghanistan ...

. *

Oman Professional League Cup The Oman Professional League Cup ( ar, كأس دوري المحترفين عمان) (known as the ''Mazda Professional Cup'' for sponsorship reasons), previously known as the Oman Federation Cup, is an Omani football competition. The first edition ...

(1): **Winners: 2015-16. **Runners-up: *

Oman Super Cup The Oman Super Cup ( ar, كأس السوبر العماني) is an Omani football cup competition. It was first held in 1999, but has been played on and off since its inception. It is the curtain raiser to the Omani football season. It pairs the p ...

(1): **Winners:

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. **Runners-up: 2002. *

Oman First Division League The Oman First Division League (known as the Omantel First Division League for sponsorship purposes) is the second-highest Association football league in Oman. Contested by 13 teams, the top 2 teams replace the bottom two in the Oman Professional ...

(0): **Runners-up 2011–12

Youth

* Sultan Qaboos Cup (U-19) (2): **Winners 2000, 2001 *

(1): **Winners 1997–98 *

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(3): **Winners 1985–86, 1990–91, 1998–99

Honours and achievements (other sports)

Hockey *Oman Hockey Premier League (1): **Winners 2008 *Sultan Qaboos Cup (3): **Winners 2006, 2007, 2014 *National Youth Championship (U-19) (0): **Runners-up 2007 *Regional Youth Championship (U-19) (3): **Winners 2000, 2001, 2007 **Runners-up 2003 *Regional Youth Championship (U-16) (1): **Winners 2007 **Runners-up 2008 Table Tennis *National Championship (0): **Runners-up 2007 *Regional Championship (5): **Winners 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005 Basketball *National Championship (0): **Runners-up 2003 *Regional Youth Championship (6): **Winners 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005 Handball *Second Division League (1): **Winners 2005 *National Youth Championship (U-19) (1): **Winners 2005 *National Youth Championship (U-16) (0): **Runners-up 2003, 2004 Cycling *Regional Championship (6): **Winners 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005

Club performance-International Competitions

AFC competitions

Asian Club Championship The AFC Champions League (abbreviated as ACL) is an annual continental club football competition organised by the Asian Football Confederation, and contested by Asia's top-division football clubs. It is the most prestigious club competition ...

: 1 appearance :* 1990–91 : First Round *

Asian Cup Winners' Cup The Asian Cup Winners' Cup was an association football competition run by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). The competition was started in 1991 as a tournament for all the domestic cup winners from countries affiliated to the AFC. The winne ...

: 1 appearance :* 1996–97 : Quarter-Finals *

AFC Cup The AFC Cup is an annual continental club football competition organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). Under its current rules, the competition is played primarily between clubs from nations that did not receive direct qualifying ...

: 4 appearances :* 2006 : Quarter-Finals

UAFA competitions

: 2 appearances :* 2006 : Group Stage :*

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: Semi-Finals

Players

First team squad

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Personnel

Technical staff

References

External links

Al-Nasr S.C.S.C. – SOCCERWAY.comAl-Nasr S.C.S.C. – GOALZZ.com
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