Al-Nasr Sports, Cultural and Social Club (; also known locally as Al-Malik, or "The King", or just plainly as Al-Nasr) is an Omani sports club based in Salalah, in southern Oman. The club currently plays in the Oman Professional League, top division of Oman Football Association. Their home ground is Al-Saada Stadium, but they also recognize the older Salalah Sports Complex as their home ground. Both stadiums are government owned, but Al-Nasr S.C.S.C. also own their own personal stadium, sports equipment, and training facilities.
History Al-Nasr S.C.S.C. started off playing in the Al-Haffa district of Salalah organizing specific meetings to play beach soccer. The club was founded on 20 May 1972, and was registered on 26 June 2002. Al-Nasr shifted to playing on grass fields in order to become a professional club. The club name literally translates from "The Victory" in the Arabic language.
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 Gulf Club Champions Cup 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 labelled as front runners of the Omani League, 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, along with Al-Nasr who even got relegated in the 2010–11 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 Omani League. In the 2009–10 season also they could make it only to the 7th position in the league and were knocked out by Muscat Club in the Round-of-16 in the Sultan Qaboos Cup. In the 2010–11 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 Omani League (First Division). In the 2012–13 season they secured the 4th position in the Omani League.
Being a multisport club Al-Nasr S.C.S.C. have not only football in their list, but also hockey, volleyball, handball, basketball, badminton and squash.
Crest and colours Al-Nasr S.C.S.C. have been known to wear a full blue or white (Away) kit (usually a darker shade of blue), varying themselves from neighbors Al-Ittihad (Green), Dhofar S.C.S.C. (Red) and Salalah SC (Blue) kits. They have had many different sponsors over the years. As of now, Kelme provides them with kits.
Logo Al-Nasr's logo 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.
Honours and achievements
National titles Omani League (5): Winners: 1979–80, 1980–81, 1988–89, 1997–98, 2003–04. Runners-up: 1982–83, 1984–85, 1989–90 1998–99, 1999–00. Sultan Qaboos Cup (5): Winners: 1995, 2000, 2002, 2005, 2017-18. Runners-up: 1981, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1999, 2001. Oman Professional League Cup (1): Winners: 2015-16. Runners-up: Oman Super Cup (1): Winners: 2018. Runners-up: 2002. Oman First Division League (0): Runners-up 2011–12
Youth Sultan Qaboos Cup (U-19) (2): Winners 2000, 2001 Oman Youth League (U-19) (1): Winners 1997–98 Oman Youth League (U-16) (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
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
Performance in international competitions
AFC competitions Asian Club Championship: 1 appearance 1990–91 : First Round Asian Cup Winners' Cup: 1 appearance 1996–97: Quarter-Finals AFC Cup: 4 appearances 2006 : Quarter-Finals
UAFA competitions Gulf Club Champions Cup: 2 appearances 2006 : Group Stage 2007 : Semi-Finals
Players (2024) First team squad
Personnel
Technical staff PositionNameHead coachGoalkeeping coach Gaber Al-BilasyTeam Manager Hussain MustahilClub doctor Imad AhmedPhysiotherapist Imad Mujahid
See also List of football clubs in Oman
References
External links Al-Nasr S.C.S.C. on Soccerway Al-Nasr S.C.S.C. on Goalzz