Al Nassr BC

For the football team, see Al Nassr FC.

Basketball team in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Al Nassr

League| Saudi Basketball League
Arena| Green Basketball Court
Location| Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Team colors| Yellow and Blue

President| Abdullah Al-Majid
Head coach| vacant
Al Nassr active departments

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

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

## History

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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

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Type  | Competition  | Titles  | Seasons

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Domestic | Saudi Basketball League | 1 | 2020–21
Saudi Games | Silver Medal | 2024

## Players

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### Current roster

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

Al Nassr roster

Players | Coaches
| Pos. | No. | Nat. | Name | Ht. |  | Age |

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PG | 1 |  | Thomas, Marcus | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)  |  |  29 – (1995-07-27)27 July 1995  |
F | 2 |  | Mohammed, Ahmed Abdullah | 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)  |  |  22 – (2002-05-16)16 May 2002  |
SF | 4 |  | Austin, Brandon | 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)  |  |  31 – (1994-04-26)26 April 1994  |
SG | 5 |  | Faqihi, Fahad | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)  |  |  27 – (1998-03-28)28 March 1998  |
PG | 6 |  | Almuhanna, Turki | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)  |  |  37 – (1988-03-11)11 March 1988  |
F | 7 |  | Aldawood, Turki | 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)  |  |  22 – (2002-08-16)16 August 2002  |
G | 8 |  | Almutairi, Salem | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)  |  |  27 – (1997-12-15)15 December 1997  |
SG | 9 |  | Huraysi, Raed Yahya | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)  |  |  33 – (1991-06-13)13 June 1991  |
C | 12 |  | Campbell, Antonio | 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in)  |  |  30 – (1994-12-24)24 December 1994  |
PF | 13 |  | Lasloom, Mohammed Mesfer | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)  |  |  39 – (1985-08-04)4 August 1985  |
F/C | 15 |  | Abo-Jalas, Nassir | 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)  |  |  30 – (1994-06-11)11 June 1994  |
F | 99 |  | Kadi, Musab Tariq | 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)  |  |  25 – (1999-08-11)11 August 1999  |
G |  |  | Russell, Cedric | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)  | 86 kg (190 lb)  |  25 – (1999-10-18)18 October 1999  |

Head coach

Mensur Bajramović

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Legend

* (C) Team captain
* Injured

## References

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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.

*[Pos.]: Position(s)
*[No.]: Jersey number
*[Nat.]: Nationality
*[Ht.]: Height