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
Capacity 8,439
Owner Ahmed Bin Rashed[2]
Chairman Rashid Bin Ghaid
Manager Gustavo Quinteros
League UAE Pro League
2017–18 UAE Pro League, 3rd
Website Club website
Al-Wasl Players in Al-Wasl vs Persepolis Match (ACL 2018).

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 in 2011 to 2012.[3]

Achievements 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, 2006–07
Winner: 1987, 2007
Runners-up: 1983, 1986, 1991, 1993, 1998, 2000, 2008
1995
  • The IFFHS named Al Wasl as the UAE's Club of the 20th Century.[5]

Regional

Winner: 2010
Runners-up: 2005, 2012

Asian

  • Asian Club Championship / AFC Champions League
1992–93: Semi-Final (Third Place)
1994–95: Quarter-Final
2008: Group Stage
2018: Group Stage

Friendly

  • Canada Dry Co. Cup: 1
1960 (as Al Zamalek)
  • Dubai International Championship: 1
2010

Al-Wasl in Asia

Competition Pld W D L GF GA
AFC Champions League18219817
Total18219817
  • Q = Qualification
  • GS = Group stage
  • R16 = Round of 16
  • QF = Quarter-final
  • SF = Semi-final
  • 3P = Third place
  • F = Final

AFC Champions League*

Round Country Club Hosted by Bahrain
1992-1993
GS Iran PAS Tehran 0–1 Al-Wasl
GS Pakistan Wohaib FC 1–10 Al-Wasl
SF Saudi Arabia Al-Shabab 2–2 (4-3p) Al-Wasl
3P Japan Yomiuri FC 4–3 Al-Wasl
1994-1995
Round Country Club Home Away
QF Bahrain West Riffa 2–1 1–2 (3–4p)
Round Country Club Hosted by Qatar
GS Qatar Al-Arabi 1–2 Al-Wasl
GS Uzbekistan FK Neftchy Farg'ona 4–1 Al-Wasl
GS Lebanon Al-Ansar 1–1 Al-Wasl
Round Country Club Home Away
2008
GS Kuwait Al Kuwait 1–0 1–2
GS Iraq Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 0–1 2–1
GS Iran Saipa 1–1 0–2
2018
GS Qatar Al Sadd 1–2 1–2
GS Iran Persepolis 0–1 0–2
GS Uzbekistan Nasaf Qarshi 1–2 0–1

*Known as Asian Club Championship from 1967 until 2002

Current squad

First team squad

As of UAE Pro-League:

No Position Player Nation
1 Goalkeeper Sultan Al-Monzeri  United Arab Emirates
2 Defender Abdurahman Ali  United Arab Emirates
3 Defender Abdullah Al-Junaibi  United Arab Emirates
5 Midfielder Ali Salmeen  United Arab Emirates
6 Defender Waheed Ismail (Captain)  United Arab Emirates
7 Forward Caio  Brazil
8 Midfielder Vinícius Lima  Brazil
10 Midfielder Fábio Lima  Brazil
11 Midfielder Abdullah Kazim  United Arab Emirates
12 Goalkeeper Yousef Al Zaabi  United Arab Emirates
17 Midfielder Ronaldo Mendes  Brazil
18 Defender Mohamed Surour  United Arab Emirates
22 Forward Hassan Mohammed  United Arab Emirates
19 Defender Khalid Sebil  Canada
24 Midfielder Hamad Al-Bloushi  United Arab Emirates
26 Forward Rashed Al Hajri  United Arab Emirates
28 Defender Ahmed Nasser  United Arab Emirates
30 Goalkeeper Humaid Al-Najar  United Arab Emirates
40 Defender Oh Ban-suk  South Korea
44 Defender Salem Al-Ozaizi  United Arab Emirates
77 Defender Hazza Salem  United Arab Emirates
78 Midfielder Khalil Khamis  United Arab Emirates
88 Midfielder Humaid Abbas  United Arab Emirates
-- Forward Yousef Ahmed  United Arab Emirates

Reserve squad

No Position Player Nation
4 Defender Abdullah Jassem  United Arab Emirates
13 Midfielder Khaled Al-Shibani  United Arab Emirates
14 Defender Abdurahman Saleh  United Arab Emirates
16 Defender Saif Al-Sowaidi  United Arab Emirates
20 Defender Fares Khalil  United Arab Emirates
31 Goalkeeper Hamad Al-Shibani  United Arab Emirates
33 Defender Faisel Suroor  United Arab Emirates
35 Midfielder Saeed Al-Kaebi  United Arab Emirates
36 Midfielder Hamad Mohsen  United Arab Emirates
37 Midfielder Shehab Ahmed  United Arab Emirates
38 Defender Ali Abdulrasol  United Arab Emirates
39 Midfielder Rashed Oyoun  United Arab Emirates
40 Forward Salem Ahmed  United Arab Emirates
41 Goalkeeper Salem Rashed  United Arab Emirates
42 Defender Mohammed Al-Mazem  United Arab Emirates
43 Goalkeeper Abdulkarim Al-Mazem  United Arab Emirates
45 Defender Shehab Lashkari  United Arab Emirates
46 Midfielder Khamis Nasser  United Arab Emirates
47 Defender Saeed Belal  United Arab Emirates
48 Midfielder Ali Abdullah  United Arab Emirates
49 Forward Mohammed Ahmed  United Arab Emirates
50 Goalkeeper Suhail Abdullah  United Arab Emirates
51 Goalkeeper Saif Abdulhameed  United Arab Emirates
52 Defender Mohammed Ghanem  United Arab Emirates
53 Midfielder Saoud Ameen  United Arab Emirates
54 Midfielder Mayed Mohammed  United Arab Emirates
55 Defender Ahmed Eisa  United Arab Emirates
70 Midfielder Ibrahim Sowaidan  United Arab Emirates
72 Forward Abdullah Malallah  United Arab Emirates
80 Forward Mohammed Hussain  United Arab Emirates
90 Midfielder Saif Matar  United Arab Emirates
99 Forward Ali Saleh  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. Archived from the original on 3 June 2011. Retrieved 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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