Al-Wasl F.C.

Al-Wasl

Full name

Al-Wasl Football Club

Nickname(s)

fouhoud (Arabic: الفهود‎)(The Cheetahs),
Embrator (Arabic: الإمبراطور‎)(The Emperor)

Founded

1 May 1974

Ground

Zabeel Stadium
Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Capacity

8,411

Owner

Ahmed Bin Rashed^[1]

Chairman

Rashid Bin Ghaid

Manager

Gabriel Calderón

League

UAE Arabian Gulf League

2013–14

UAE Arabian Gulf League, 12th

Website

Club home page

Home colours

Away colours

Al Wasl Football Club (Arabic: نادي الوصل لكرة القدم‎) is a United Arab Emirates Football League club based in Dubai. It is a part of the multi-sports club Al Wasl Sports Club. Al Wasl is one of the most successful clubs in the UAE in all sports, therefore it has one of the largest fan bases in the Arabian Peninsula. For that Al Wasl has formed the first Ultras group in the UAE, Ultras Junoon. Former Argentine national team player and manager Diego Maradona was the manager of the club, with an annual salary of 3.5 million euros plus a private jet at his disposal until he was sacked in July 2012.^[2]

Honours

The Club of the 20th Century in the UAE: Due to Al Wasl's impressive performance in the Continental Tournaments last century (5 wins and one loss), the IFFHS has decided to name Al Wasl as the UAE's Club of the 20th Century.^[3]

UAE League: 7

1981–82, 1982–83, 1984–85, 1987–88, 1991–92, 1996–97, 2006–07

UAE President Cup: 2

1986–87, 2006–07

UAE Federation Cup: 1

1992–93

Gulf Club Champions Cup: 1

2009–10

Performance in AFC competitions

AFC Champions League: 1 appearance

2008: Group Stage

Asian Club Championship: 3 appearances

1987: Qualifying Stage

1990: Qualifying Stage

1993: 1st place

1995: Group Stage

Previous seasons

Club records

The biggest win recorded in UAE league history is 10–1 in the match between Al Wasl and Ras Al Khaima Club.^[4]
Al Wasl's player, Francisco Yeste was awarded the title of "the Fastest Equalizer in the History of Football" after scoring a goal, 25 seconds after Al Ain's goal in the 2010–11 Etisalat Emirates Cup semi-final match.^[5]
Al Wasl is the first UAE Club to win an external medal when it won the Asian Champions' Cup 1992–93 Bronze Medal.^[6]

Players

First team squad

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

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Rashed Ali
2	DF	Ali Hassan Joher
3	DF	Abdulla Saleh
4	DF	Ibrahim Jumaa
5	MF	Ali Salmeen
6	DF	Waheed Ismail (Captain)
7	FW	Éderson
8	DF	Ismael Al-Jasmi
10	MF	Fábio Lima
11	FW	Khalifa Lahej
12	GK	Yousif Al Zaabi
15	DF	Abdulla Nasser
16	MF	Abdulaziz Fayez
17	FW	Abdulla Wahdani
22	GK	Ismail Rabee
23	MF	Mohammed Jamal

No.	Position	Player
24	DF	Thamer Mohammed
25	MF	Ahmed Al Shamsi
26	DF	Salem Masoud
27	MF	Salem Abdullah
28	MF	Mohammed Khalvan
29	DF	Yasser Salem
30	GK	Nasser Redha
33	DF	Mohammed Salem
45	MF	Hugo Viana
50	GK	Jamal Jassem
55	DF	Hassan Zahran
66	MF	Adnan Hussain
77	DF	Hazza Salem
90	FW	Caio
92	MF	Khalifa Abdulla