Pre–UAE League era (1945–1973) Al Nasr Sports Club was founded by a group of young men in a
Al Ghubaiba,
Dubai in 1945, making it the oldest club in
UAE footballing history. The team played in an empty playground near a highschool for three years until in 1948 were they finally decided to establish modern rules of football. In 1951, Sheikh
Rashid bin Saeed Al Maktoum chose the headquarters to be in a cafe close to a fish market, the cafe had a room for rent so the club would rent the room for meetings, gatherings and studying. The club would later move their headquarters to
Shindagha. During this period the club went on with the name
Al Ahli until in the 1960s where the players traveled to
Qatar to face
Al Ahli and lose, after their loss in Qatar, the players proposed to change the name to
Al Nasr which would later become official. The club decided to move their headquarters to a larger house in
Shindagha and invited Sheikh
Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan to meet the club in their new headquarters, Sheikh Zayed decided to donate 60,000 AED as a gift to the club, they would use the money to develop the club.
Rise of competition (1973–1990) In 1973, the
UAE Pro League was established and neighboring teams emerged forcing Al Nasr to start building a proper venue, so the construction of
Al Maktoum Stadium began, however the team would join the league in 1974 so the club played their home games in
Rashid Stadium until the completion of Al Makhtoum stadium in 1980, the club would win 3 UAE league, 3 presidents cup titles and a UAE federation cups during this time. The club would also be noted for hosting games with big clubs like
Arsenal,
Liverpool and
Santos.
Modern era (1990–present) After the end of the eighties, the club has yet to win the league but won notable cup competitions such as the president's cup, league cup and the
GCC Champions League, around 2018 the team would renovate the
Al Makhtoum Stadium for the
2019 AFC Asian Cup and host another friendly with Arsenal in 2019. Al Nasr removed coach
Caio Zanardi and replaced him with former
Dinamo Zagreb player and national Croatian player
Krunoslav Jurčić, but he left Al Nasr in February 2021 after mediocre results in the league, and Jurcic was replaced with former
River Plate coach
Ramón Díaz. ==Rivalries==