Al Nassr BC

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Al Nassr
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League Saudi Premier League
ArenaGreen Basketball Court
Location Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
PresidentIbrahim Al-Muhaidib
Head coach Mensur Bajramović
Al Nassr active departments
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Football
(men's)
Women's football pictogram.svg
Football
(women's)
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Basketball
(men's)

Al Nassr, is a Saudi professional basketball club based in Riyadh. The team plays in the Saudi Premier League, the national top league, as well as in the West Asia Super League (WASL). Al Nassr plays its home games in the Green Basketball Court.

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History

Founded in 1955, Al Nassr has a competing basketball team. [1] They won their first-ever Saudi championship after winning the Saudi Premier League in 2021. The team defeated Al Wahda in the finals, winning the third and decisive game on April 18, 2021. [2]

The same year, Al Nassr played in the Gulf Clubs Championship where it reach the finals. Consequentially it qualified for the 2021 FIBA Asia Champions Cup, the first Saudi team do so in 10 years (the last being Al-Ittihad Jeddah in 2011). [3] However the 2021 Asian tournament would be later cancelled.

In 2022, Al Nassr played in the inaugural season of the West Asia Super League.

Honours

Saudi Premier League

Gulf Clubs Basketball Championship

Players

Current roster

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationalities not displayed.

Al Nassr roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.Nat.NameHt.Age
PG 1 Flag of the United States.svg Thomas, Marcus 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)28 – (1995-07-27)27 July 1995
F 2 Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Mohammed, Ahmed Abdullah 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)22 – (2002-05-16)16 May 2002
SF 4 Flag of the United States.svg Austin, Brandon 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)30 – (1994-04-26)26 April 1994
SG 5 Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Faqihi, Fahad 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)26 – (1998-03-28)28 March 1998
PG 6 Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Almuhanna, Turki 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)36 – (1988-03-11)11 March 1988
F 7 Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Aldawood, Turki 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)21 – (2002-08-16)16 August 2002
G 8 Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Almutairi, Salem 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)26 – (1997-12-15)15 December 1997
SG 9 Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Huraysi, Raed Yahya 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)33 – (1991-06-13)13 June 1991
C 12 Flag of the United States.svg Campbell, Antonio 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in)29 – (1994-12-24)24 December 1994
PF 13 Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Lasloom, Mohammed Mesfer 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)38 – (1985-08-04)4 August 1985
F/C 15 Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Abo-Jalas, Nassir 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)30 – (1994-06-11)11 June 1994
F 99 Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Kadi, Musab Tariq 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)24 – (1999-08-11)11 August 1999
G Flag of the United States.svg Russell, Cedric 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)86 kg (190 lb)24 – (1999-10-18)18 October 1999
Head coach

Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg Mensur Bajramović


Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Cruz Roja.svg Injured

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