Al Nassr BC

Al Nassr, sometimes known as Al Nassr Riyadh, 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.

For the football team, see Al Nassr FC.
Al Nassr
Al Nassr logo
LeagueSaudi Premier League
ArenaGreen Basketball Court
LocationRiyadh, Saudi Arabia
Head coachMensur Bajramović
Al Nassr active departments

Football
(men's)
Football
(women's)
Basketball
(men's)

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, the first Saudi team to play in the tournament in 10 years (the last being Al-Ittihad Jeddah in 2011).[3]

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

Honours

Saudi Premier League

  • Champions (1): 2021

Gulf Clubs Basketball Championship

  • Runners-up (1): 2021

Players

Current roster

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Al Nassr roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.Nat.NameHt.Age
PG 1 United States Thomas, Marcus 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 28 – (1995-07-27)27 July 1995
F 2 Saudi Arabia Mohammed, Ahmed Abdullah 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 21 – (2002-05-16)16 May 2002
SF 4 United States Austin, Brandon 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 29 – (1994-04-26)26 April 1994
SG 5 Saudi Arabia Faqihi, Fahad 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) 25 – (1998-03-28)28 March 1998
PG 6 Saudi Arabia Almuhanna, Turki 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) 35 – (1988-03-11)11 March 1988
F 7 Saudi Arabia Aldawood, Turki 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) 21 – (2002-08-16)16 August 2002
G 8 Saudi Arabia Almutairi, Salem 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) 25 – (1997-12-15)15 December 1997
SG 9 Saudi Arabia Huraysi, Raed Yahya 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) 32 – (1991-06-13)13 June 1991
C 12 United States Campbell, Antonio 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 28 – (1994-12-24)24 December 1994
PF 13 Saudi Arabia Lasloom, Mohammed Mesfer 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 38 – (1985-08-04)4 August 1985
F/C 15 Saudi Arabia Abo-Jalas, Nassir 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 29 – (1994-06-11)11 June 1994
F 99 Saudi Arabia Kadi, Musab Tariq 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 24 – (1999-08-11)11 August 1999
Head coach

Bosnia and Herzegovina Mensur Bajramović

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Injured Injured

References
  1. Eurobasket. "Al Nassr Riyadh basketball, News, Roster, Rumors, Stats, Awards, Transactions, Details-asia-basket". Eurobasket LLC. Retrieved 2023-01-05.
  2. "goalzz.com: Live sports scores, news and more". www.goalzz.com. Retrieved 2023-01-05.
  3. Samar. "Al-Nassr becomes first Saudi basketball team to participate in Asian Champions Cup in 10 years". Ajel. Retrieved 2023-01-05.
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