Al Nassr BC

For the football team, see Al Nassr FC.

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.

Al Nassr
League	Saudi Premier League
Arena	Green Basketball Court
Location	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Head coach	Mensur 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 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

• Champions (1): 2021

Gulf Clubs Basketball Championship

• Runners-up (1): 2021

Players

Current roster

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

Al Nassr roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Age PG 1   Thomas, Marcus 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 28 – (1995-07-27)27 July 1995 F 2   Mohammed, Ahmed Abdullah 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 21 – (2002-05-16)16 May 2002 SF 4   Austin, Brandon 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 29 – (1994-04-26)26 April 1994 SG 5   Faqihi, Fahad 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) 26 – (1998-03-28)28 March 1998 PG 6   Almuhanna, Turki 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) 36 – (1988-03-11)11 March 1988 F 7   Aldawood, Turki 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) 21 – (2002-08-16)16 August 2002 G 8   Almutairi, Salem 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) 26 – (1997-12-15)15 December 1997 SG 9   Huraysi, Raed Yahya 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) 32 – (1991-06-13)13 June 1991 C 12   Campbell, Antonio 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 29 – (1994-12-24)24 December 1994 PF 13   Lasloom, Mohammed Mesfer 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 38 – (1985-08-04)4 August 1985 F/C 15   Abo-Jalas, Nassir 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 29 – (1994-06-11)11 June 1994 F 99   Kadi, Musab Tariq 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 24 – (1999-08-11)11 August 1999 G   Russell, Cedric 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 86 kg (190 lb) 24 – (1999-10-18)18 October 1999	Head coach   Mensur Bajramović Legend (C) Team captain   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. "Al-Nassr becomes first Saudi basketball team to participate in Asian Champions Cup in 10 years". Saudi Gazette. 26 June 2021. Retrieved 3 March 2024.