Al-Wasl F.C.

Al-Wasl
Full name Al-Wasl Football Club
Nickname(s) The Cheetahs [1]
Founded 1960
Ground Zabeel Stadium
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Ground Capacity 8,439
Owner Ahmed Bin Rashed[2]
Chairman Rashid Bin Ghaid
Manager Argentina Rodolfo Arruabarrena
League UAE Pro League
2016–17 UAE Pro League, 2nd
Website Club website

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. Former Argentine national team player and manager Diego Maradona was the manager of the club.[3]

Achivements and Performance in Competition

Source [4]

Domestic

Winner: 1981–82, 1982–83, 1984–85, 1987–88, 1991–92, 1996–97, 2006–07
Runners-up: 1983–84, 1985–86, 1988–89, 1989–90, 1992–93, 1995–96, 2016–17
Winner: 1987, 2007
Runners-up: 1983, 1986, 1991, 1993, 1998, 2000, 2008
1995

Regional

Winner: 2010
Runners-up: 2005, 2012

Asian

1992-93: Semi-Final (Third Place)
1994-95: Quarter-Final
2008: Group Stage

Friendly

1960 (as Al Zamalek)
2010

Players

As of UAE Arabian Gulf League:

No Position Player Nation
12 Goalkeeper Yousef Al Zaabi  United Arab Emirates
30 Goalkeeper Humaid Al-Najar  United Arab Emirates
50 Goalkeeper Jamal Jassem  United Arab Emirates
96 Goalkeeper Sultan Al-Monzeri  United Arab Emirates
2 Defender Abdurahman Ali  United Arab Emirates
3 Defender Abdullah Al-Junaibi  United Arab Emirates
4 Defender Abdullah Jassem  United Arab Emirates
6 Defender Waheed Ismail (Captain)  United Arab Emirates
16 Defender Saif Al-Sowaidi  United Arab Emirates
23 Defender Khalid Sebil  United Arab Emirates
25 Defender Yahya Hassan  United Arab Emirates
28 Defender Ahmed Nasser  United Arab Emirates
33 Defender Mohamed Surour  United Arab Emirates
44 Defender Salem Jumaa  United Arab Emirates
77 Defender Hazza Salem  United Arab Emirates
5 Midfielder Ali Salmeen  United Arab Emirates
8 Midfielder Anthony Cáceres  Australia
10 Midfielder Fábio Lima  Brazil
11 Midfielder Abdullah Kazim  United Arab Emirates
13 Midfielder Khaled Al-Shibani  United Arab Emirates
17 Midfielder Ronaldo Mendes  Brazil
24 Midfielder Hamad Al-Bloushi  United Arab Emirates
39 Midfielder Khaled Dahkouni  United Arab Emirates
78 Midfielder Khalil Khamis  United Arab Emirates
88 Midfielder Humaid Abbas  United Arab Emirates
?? Midfielder Abdullah Al-Naqbi  United Arab Emirates
7 Forward Caio  Brazil
22 Forward Hassan Mohammed  United Arab Emirates
26 Forward Rashed Al Hajri  United Arab Emirates
72 Forward Abdullah Malallah  United Arab Emirates

Out on loan

No Position Player Nation
-- Midfielder Ahmed Al Shamsi (on loan to Emirates)  United Arab Emirates

Managers

References

  1. ↑ "Al Wasl - Clubs - UAE Pro League Committee". uae.agleague.ae.
  2. ↑ HH Sheikh Ahmed bin Rashid Al Maktoum; www.alwaslsc.ae
  3. ↑ "Maradona's annual salary" (in Italian). 31 May 2011.
  4. ↑ "الوصل - الأندية - لجنة دوري المحترفين". uae.agleague.ae (in Arabic).
  5. ↑ "IFFHS – Asia's Club of the Century". Archived from the original on 18 March 2013.
  6. 1 2 Arthur Bernardes Profile; SambaFoot.com Archived 19 September 2016 at the Wayback Machine.
  7. ↑ "Guimaraes, willing to lead Honduras". DIEZ.HN (in Spanish). 5 July 2010.
  8. ↑ "Khalifa takes the reins for Al Wasl against Kalba". TheNational.ae. 24 April 2011.
  9. ↑ Dispensing services French coach Guy Lacombe; www.alwaslsc.ae
  10. ↑ باروت يقود اول تمرين له مع الفهود; www.alwaslsc.ae
  11. ↑ Gary Meenaghan (21 October 2013). "Laurent Banide dismissed as Al Wasl coach". The National. Abu Dhabi Media. Retrieved 31 March 2015.
  12. ↑ Ahmed Rizvi (2014). "Al Wasl part ways with Hector Cuper after brief, disappointing tenure". The National. Abu Dhabi Media. Retrieved 31 March 2015.
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