Al Nassr
Al Nassr Football Club is a Saudi-Arabian professional football club based in Riyadh. The club competes in the Saudi Pro League, the top tier of Saudi Football. Al Nassr are one of three teams to have participated in all seasons of the Saudi Pro League since its establishment in 1976, Al Nassr is also a multi-sports club which includes handball, basketball, E-sports, volleyball for both men and women of all ages.
Al-Rayyan
Al-Rayyan Sports Club is a Qatari multi-sports club fielding teams in a number of sports such as football, futsal, basketball, volleyball, handball, athletics, table tennis, and swimming. It is based at the Ahmad bin Ali Stadium in Umm Al Afaei in the city of Al Rayyan. The club was founded in 1967 after merging the old Rayyan team with Nusoor Club. The official team colours are red and black.
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Al Nassr have won 28 official titles across multiple competitions. In domestic competitions, they have won the Saudi Pro League nine times, three Crown Prince Cup and three Saudi Federation Cup titles, six King Cup titles, and two Super Cup titles. At the continental level they earned an Asian double in 1998 by claiming both the Asian Cup Winners' Cup & Asian Super Cup, At the regional level the club won two GCC Club Cup titles and one Arab Club Champions Cup title. The club has a long-standing rivalry with city rivals Al-Hilal whom they contest the Riyadh derby the most followed derby in the country.
Al Nassr signed global superstar Cristiano Ronaldo in January 2023, a move that has been credited for revolutionizing Saudi Arabian football. Ronaldo's presence in Saudi Arabia has been cited as a cultural phenomenon, setting the foundation for numerous top level European league players moving to the Saudi Pro League, and generating mass exposure on Saudi Arabian football. Al Nassr also contributed to the Saudi national team success on the continental and regional level , as the national team all-time leading goal scorer is Majed Abdullah, an Al Nassr player, and a legend that was made in the youth sector of Al Nassr as well as many other big names in Saudi football, The club mascot is "Knight" which represents the old Knights of Najd.
Al-Rayyan have won numerous titles in all sports, including two Asian championships in basketball, the Arab championship in handball, futsal domestic titles, table tennis, and volleyball, as well as numerous GCC basketball, handball, and volleyball championships. Both the basketball and handball teams have qualified for the world championships. However, the football team gets the most attention from the club officials, media, and fans.
