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 Pro League
2014–15	UAE Arabian Gulf League, 6th
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

Players

As of UAE Arabian Gulf League:

No Position Player Nation 1 Goalkeeper Rashed Ali      United Arab Emirates 12 Goalkeeper Yousef Al Zaabi      United Arab Emirates 30 Goalkeeper Nasser Redha      United Arab Emirates 50 Goalkeeper Jamal Jassem      United Arab Emirates 2 Defender Ali Hassan Joher      United Arab Emirates 3 Defender Abdulla Al-Junaibi      United Arab Emirates 4 Defender Abdullah Jassem      United Arab Emirates 6 Defender Waheed Ismail (Captain)     United Arab Emirates 14 Defender Hassan Ameen      United Arab Emirates 15 Defender Mohammed Al-Sumaiti      United Arab Emirates 20 Defender Saad Surour      United Arab Emirates 21 Defender Rashed Mehair      United Arab Emirates 29 Defender Yasser Salem      United Arab Emirates 32 Defender Ahmed Nasser      United Arab Emirates 55 Defender Hassan Zahran      United Arab Emirates 77 Defender Hazza Salem      United Arab Emirates 88 Defender Saif Al-Sowaidi      United Arab Emirates 5 Midfielder Ali Salmeen      United Arab Emirates 8 Midfielder Ahmed Al Shamsi      United Arab Emirates 10 Midfielder Fábio Lima      Brazil 11 Midfielder Abdullah Kadhem      United Arab Emirates 13 Midfielder Khaled Al-Shibani      United Arab Emirates 18 Midfielder Khaled Tareq Bashir      United Arab Emirates 23 Midfielder Mohammed Jamal      United Arab Emirates 25 Midfielder Khaled Dahkouni      United Arab Emirates 27 Midfielder Salem Abdullah      United Arab Emirates 28 Midfielder Mohammed Khalvan      United Arab Emirates 33 Midfielder Shehab Ahmed      United Arab Emirates 45 Midfielder Hugo Viana      Portugal 66 Midfielder Adnan Hussain      United Arab Emirates 7 Forward Caio      Brazil 16 Forward Hassan Mohammed      United Arab Emirates 17 Forward Abdullah Al-Wahdani      United Arab Emirates 22 Forward Rogério      Brazil 26 Forward Mohammed Al-Shibani      United Arab Emirates 70 Forward Mohammed Mahboub      United Arab Emirates

Managers

See also Category:Al Wasl FC managers.

Zaki Osman (1972–73)[4] Gílson Nunes (1981–83) Hassan Shehata (1986–88) Antônio Lopes (1988–89) Gílson Nunes (1989–90) Olle Nordin (1995–96) Tomislav Ivić (1996) Arthur Bernardes[5] (1996–98), (March 2003–May 04) Alain Laurier (1997–98) Paulo Campos (Jan 1999–May 99) Henri Kasperczak (Sept 1999–Feb 00) Alain Laurier (2000–May 00) Josef Hickersberger (Sept 2000–Feb 01) Ibrahim Abdulla Al Nuaimi (Feb 2001–May 01) Johan Boskamp (Sept 2001–Oct 02) Khalifa Mubarak Obaid Al Shamsi (Oct 2002–Nov 02) Martín Lasarte (Dec 2002–March 03)

Khalifa Mubarak Obaid Al Shamsi (March 2003) Vinko Begović (2004–05) Ivan Hašek (2005) Miroslav Beránek (2007–08) Srećko Juričić (2008) Alexandre Guimarães (July 1, 2009 – May 10)[6] Khalifa Mubarak Obaid Al Shamsi (April 2010–June 11) Sérgio Farias (Aug 1, 2010 – April 19, 2011)[7] Diego Maradona (May 16, 2011 – July 10, 2012) Bruno Metsu (July 17, 2012 – Oct 26, 2012) Guy Lacombe (Nov 7, 2012 – Feb 18, 2013)[8] Eid Barout (Feb 17, 2013 – May 30, 2013)[9] Laurent Banide (2013)[10] Héctor Cúper (2013–14)[11] Jorginho (2014) Gabriel Calderón (2014–)

References

1. HH Sheikh Ahmed bin Rashid Al Maktoum; www.alwaslsc.ae
2. "Maradona's annual salary" (in Italian). 31 May 2011.
3. "IFFHS – Asia's Club of the Century".
4. http://old.dotmsr.com/ar/401/1/126445
5. Arthur Bernardes Profile; SambaFoot.com
6. "Guimaraes, willing to lead Honduras". DIEZ.HN (in Spanish). 5 July 2010.
7. "Khalifa takes the reins for Al Wasl against Kalba". TheNational.ae. 24 April 2011.
8. Dispensing services French coach Guy Lacombe; www.alwaslsc.ae
9. باروت يقود اول تمرين له مع الفهود; www.alwaslsc.ae
10. Gary Meenaghan (21 October 2013). "Laurent Banide dismissed as Al Wasl coach". The National. Abu Dhabi Media. Retrieved 31 March 2015.
11. Ahmed Rizvi (2014). "Al Wasl part ways with Hector Cuper after brief, disappointing tenure". The National. Abu Dhabi Media. Retrieved 31 March 2015.

External links

• Official Website
• Official Facebook Fans Page
• Al Wasl English & Espanol Fans Network
• Al Wasl Forum
• Official Twitter Account