Saudi Pro League : Al-Nassr – Club details, history, top players and future objectives
Saudi Pro League is one of the oldest and most prestigious football leagues in Saudi Arabia. The Saudi Professional League, typically known as Dawry Jameel, was founded in 1976. The Saudi Pro League is played in a round-robin format, with each team playing two matches against all of the other teams in the tournament. One match is played on the team’s home ground, while the other match is played on the rival’s home ground.
Generally, around 14 teams participate in the tournament in every season and currently in the 2023-24 season around 18 teams are participating in the prestigious tournament. Some of the greatest clubs of the tournament are Al-Hilal FC, Al-Ahli Jeddah, Al-Ittihad Jeddah, and Al-Nassr. These teams have always shown their glorious performance in the history of this tournament and have established a legacy of this tournament at the global level.
Saudi Pro League: Al-Nassr Club Details
The Al-Nassr Football Club, which is popularly known as Al-Nassr is one of the most prestigious and oldest football clubs in the country. The football club gained recent popularity by signing the Star player Cristiano Ronaldo as the team’s centre forward. This arrangement produced a lot of buzz among worldwide media organizations due to its enormous popularity on social media and on a global scale.
Further details related to history, ownership, historic league standings, Top players: Current and Past, and the Outlook for the future related to Al Nassr club have been provided down below.
HISTORY OF THE CLUB
The Al Nassr club came into existence in the year 1955. The team has a historic recognition through blue and yellow colours. The team was established by Zeid Al-Jaba. During the 1960s the Club merely participated in the amateur level club games. However, after their registration was completed, they began to play in the 2nd division of the league. During the year 1963, the Club finally entered into the prestigious 1st Division Club of teams.
During the 1970s the club saw its apex rise with 3 federation cups, 3 crown prince cups, and 3 king’s cups due to the great contribution made by the world-famous trio of Majed Abdullah, Fahd Al-Herafy, and Mohaisn Al-Jam’aan. The trio later came to be called the Golden Trio and provided the greatest thrust a rising team needed to come under the limelight of Saudi Arabian football.
OWNERSHIP DETAILS
As per the reports of media houses, the key figure behind the great uprise of Al-Nassr in the top-notch European leagues is due to the funding provided by Prince Khalid bin Fahd bin Abdulaziz.
The club is presently owned by Al-Nassr holding business, which is in charge of the team’s general funding and operation. Musalli Al-Muammar, the club’s President, was elected by the board of members in 2021 for a two-year term. Hussein Al-Jabaa and Zaid Al-Jabaa, who co-founded the renowned Club, have always led the club.
HISTORIC LEAGUE STANDINGS
During the past 10 seasons if the records are to be observed then it is quite evident why Al Nassr is considered to be one of the top-notch teams of the Saudi Arabian League.
| Season | Ranking |
| 2022/23 | 2 |
| 2021/22 | 3 |
| 2020/21 | 6 |
| 2019/20 | 2 |
| 2018/19 | 1 |
| 2017/18 | 3 |
| 2016/17 | 4 |
| 2015/16 | 8 |
| 2014/15 | 1 |
| 2013/14 | 1 |
Apart from these, the Club has been the winner of the Saudi Arabian Championship a whopping 9 times. The Club won the title during the seasons – 18/19, 14/15, 13/14, 94/95, 93/94, 88/89, 80/81, 79/80, 72/73.
TOP PLAYERS
Current – The Club in the current season of 2023-24 comprises of a dynamic bench strength comprising of legendary players like – Cristiano Ronaldo, Alex Telles, Marcelo Brozovic, Seko Sofana, and Talisca
Past – Among the legendary players of the past, the Club has been the home of the “golden trio” of – Majed Abdullah, Fahd Al-Herafy and Mohaisn Al-Jam’aan. The other players who have contributed to building up the legacy of Al Nassr at the global level comprise- Hussein Abdulghani, Saleh Al-Dawod, Hamad Al-Dawsari, Tamim Al-Dawsari, Khalid, Al-Dubaysh, Osama Ashoor, and Abdulfattah Asiri.
Outlook for the Future
By signing up a legendary player like Ronaldo, the Club has taken a great leap forward in its participation in the future European leagues. At the same time, the Club has also appointed the legendary coach Rudi Garcia who was guiding the teams of Lillie and Roma, which ultimately led to the winning of the titles by these teams and he also provided coaching to the Champions League Semi-Finalist team Roma. Altogether, it would be reasonable to conclude that Al-Nassr will seek to capitalize on the two-fold advantage of an experienced coach and a global football star like Ronaldo, who can not only boost the Club’s fanbase but also dominate the team’s overall league rankings in the long run.
Al-Nassr Major Highlights
| Established | October 24, 1955 |
| Stadium | Al Awwal Park |
| Stadium Capacity | 25,000 seats |
| Top players(Current) | Cristiano Ronaldo, Alex Telles, Marcelo Brozovic |
| Legendary players (Past) | Majed Abdullah, Fahd Al-Herafy and Mohaisn Al-Jam’aa |
| Saudi Arabian Championships Won | 9 times (18/19, 14/15, 13/14, 94/95 , 93/94, 88/89, 80/81, 79/80, 72/73) |
| Manager | Luis Castro |
| Owner | Al-Nassr Holding Company |
| Home Colours | Blue and Yellow |
| Coach | Rudi Garcia |