Al Wasl FC

Al Wasl

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Full name

Al-Wasl Football Club

Nickname(s)

Al-Fhood (Arabic: الفهود‎)(The Cheetahs),
Embrator (Arabic: الإمبراطور‎)(The Emperor)

Founded

1 May 1960

Ground

Zabeel Stadium
Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Capacity

15,000

Owner

HH Sheikh Ahmed Bin Rashed^[1]

Chairman

Mohammad Ahmad bin Fahad

Manager

Laurent Banide

League

UAE Arabian Gulf League

2012–13

UAE Pro-League, 9th

Website

Club home page

Home colours

Away colours

Current season

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]

1 Honours
2 Players
- 2.1 First team squad
- 2.2 Former players
3 Managers
- 3.1 Current technical staff
4 Performance in AFC competitions
5 Previous seasons
6 Club records
7 See also
8 References
9 External links

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 AlWasl as the UAE's Club of the 20th Century.^[3]

UAE League: 7

1982, 1983, 1985, 1988, 1992, 1997, 2007

UAE President Cup: 2

1987, 2007

UAE Federation Cup: 1

1992/93

Gulf Club Champions Cup: 1

2010

Players

First team squad

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

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Rashid Al Suwaidi
2	DF	Ali Hassan Joher
3	DF	Ahmed Mohammed
4	DF	Humaid Ahmed
5	MF	Ali Salmeen
6	DF	Waheed Ismail (Captain)
7	FW	Ahmed Gumaa
8	MF	Mariano Donda
9	FW	André Senghor
11	FW	Khalifa Bin Lahej
12	GK	Ahmed Mahmoud
13	MF	Hamad Al-Hosany
14	DF	Mohammed Yaqoub
15	MF	Mohammed Ahmed
16	FW	Abdulla Wahdani
17	GK	Mohammed Al-Tamimi
18	FW	Ammar Mubarak
19	FW	Ali Ibrahim Al-Sayed

No.	Position	Player
20	MF	Sultan Rashid
22	DF	Milan Susak
23	MF	Hassan Yousef
24	MF	Rashed Eisa
25	DF	Ahmed Al-Fardan
26	DF	Abdulla Yousef
28	DF	Rashed Ibrahim
29	DF	Yasser Salem
30	GK	Nasser Reza
45	FW	Mohammed Nasser
58	FW	Ahmed Ghuloom
66	DF	Ghanim Basheer
70	FW	Maher Jasem
77	MF	Mohammed Jamal
86	DF	Abdelfettah Boukhriss
90	MF	Saif Al-Romaithi
92	MF	Khalifa Abdullah
99	MF	Fahad Hadeed

Former players

See also Category:Al Wasl FC players.

Argentina

Australia

Lucas Neill

Bahrain

Hussain Salman

Brazil

Burkina Faso

Kassoum Ouédraogo

Cameroon

Alphonse Tchami

Chile

Côte d'Ivoire

Didier Otokoré

Ecuador

Walter Ayoví

Egypt

Shikabala

Ghana

Iraq

Ahmad Ibrahim

Iran

Italy

Fabio Firmani^[5]

Morocco

Oman

Mohammed Al Balushi

Panama

Blas Perez

Qatar

Mohammed Salem Al-Enazi

Spain

Francisco Yeste

United Arab Emirates

Uruguay

Managers

See also Category:Al Wasl FC football managers.

Joel Santana (1981–86)
Jose Claudinei
Hassan Shehata (1986–88)
Antônio Lopes (1988–89)
Dimitrije Davidovic (1991–93)
Olle Nordin (1995–96)
Tomislav Ivić (1995–97)
Miguel Basselko
Paulo Luiz Campos (January 1999 – May 1999)
Henri Kasperczak (September 1999 – February 2000)
Alain Laurier (1997–98), (March 2000 – May 2000)
Josef Hickersberger (September 2000 – February 2001)
Ibrahim Abdulla Al Nuaimi (February 2001 – May 2001)
Johan Boskamp (September 2001 – October 2002)
Martín Lasarte (December 2002 – March 2003)
Arthur Bernardes^[6](1996–98), (March 2003 – May 2004)
Vinko Begović (July 2004 – February 2005)

Hassan Mohamed Husain Al Shaibani (February 2005 – November 2005)
Leon Martinez (November 2005 – December 2005)
Ivan Hasek (December 2005 – May 2006)
Zé Mario (September 2006 – May 2008)
Miroslav Beránek (Summer 2008 – September 2008)
Srećko Juričić (October 2008 – December 2008)
Jaroslav Horak (October 2008), (February 2009 – May 2009)
Alexandre Guimarães (July 2009 – May 2010)^[7]
Sérgio Farias (August 2010 – April 2011)^[8]
Khalifa Mubarak Obaid Al Shamsi (October 2002 – November 2002), (March 2003), (January 2009), (April 2010 – June 2011)
Diego Maradona (May 2011 – July 2012)
Bruno Metsu (July 2012 – October 2012)
Gilles Morisseau (October 2012 – November 2012)
Guy Lacombe (November 2012 – February 2013)^[9]
Eid Ismaeel Barout Mohammed (February 2013 – May 13)^[10]
Laurent Banide (May 2013–)

Current technical staff

Position	Staff
Head Coach	Laurent Banide

Source: http://www.thenational.ae/sport/football/maradonas-no-2-at-al-wasl-unveiled

Performance in AFC competitions

AFC Champions League: 1 appearance

2008: Group Stage

Asian Club Championship: 3 appearances

1987: Qualifying Stage

1990: Qualifying Stage

1993: 3rd place

1995: Group Stage

Previous seasons

Club records

AlWasl is the only UAE Team that has participated in all the UAE Premier Division Seasons without missing a single one.
AlWasl Legendary Player Fahad Khamees holds the record for the most goals scored in UAE Football by scoring 165 goals through his career.
AlWasl used to be called (Zamalek) when it first started after the famous Egyptian side El Zamalek.
AlWasl holds the record for the most consecutive wins in the UAE League by winning 12 matches in a row in the 1988 season.
AlWasl holds the record for playing 26 consecutive matches without losing a single match.
AlWasl has the highest number of played matches in UAE Football History.
AlWasl has won the title of the most scoring team in the UAE for 7 seasons in a row.
Through 11 consecutive seasons, the worst position that AlWasl ended up with was the second place.
Throughout the team's history, the worst league position it has ever had was 8th.
The biggest win recorded in UAE league history is 10–1 in the match between AlWasl and Ras AlKhaima Club.^[11]
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 the Al Ain Club's goal in the 2010–11 Etisalat Emirates Cup semi-final match.^[12]
Al Wasl is the first UAE Club to win an external medal when it won the Asian Champions' Cup 1992/93 Bronze Medal.^[13]

References

External links

Official Website
UAE Pro League Website
Al Wasl English & Espanol Fans Network
Al Wasl Forum
Facebook Fans Page
Official Twitter Account
Twitter Account

v t e Pro-League · 2012–13

Al Ahli Al Ain Ajman Baniyas Dhafra Dibba Al Fujairah Dubai Emirates Al Jazira Al Nasr Al Shaab Al Shabab Al Wahda Al Wasl

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Al Wasl FC

Al Wasl FC

Contents

Honours

Players

First team squad

Former players

Managers

Current technical staff

Performance in AFC competitions

Previous seasons

Club records

See also

References

External links

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