Al Nasr Sporting Club ( ar, نادي النصر للألعاب الرياضية), is an Egyptian football club based in

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, Egypt. The club is currently playing in the

Egyptian Second Division The Egyptian Second Division ( ar, الدوري المصري الدرجة الثانية) (a.k.a. The Egyptian Professional League B, arz, الدوري المصري الممتاز ب) is an Egyptian professional football league representing the se ...

, the second highest league in the

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History

Al Nasr was very close to promote to the Egyptian Premier League for its first time ever during the

2008–09 Egyptian Second Division Egyptian Second Division 2008–09 is the 2008–09 season of the Egyptian Second Division competition. A total of 48 teams are divided into 3 groups based on geographical distribution. The top team of each group promotes to the highest Egyptian fo ...

season; but a 2–2 draw with

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in the last week secured the promotion spot for El Entag El Harby to the 2009–10 Egyptian Premier League instead. However, Al Nasr were able to finally clinch promotion for the first time in their history during the 2013–14 Egyptian Second Division season.Said, Tare
"Egypt 2008/09"

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. Retrieved on 17 June 2010. Al Nasr ended that season in second place.

Current squad

Egyptian Football Association (EFA) rules are that an Egyptian team can only have 3 foreign born players in the squad. ^{( ''captain'')}

References

External links

Official Club Page
Egyptian Second Division Football clubs in Egypt Football clubs in Cairo 1958 establishments in Egypt Association football clubs established in 1958 {{Egypt-footyclub-stub