Al Nasr gears up for new season

Dubai - Al Nasr's senior football team continued training at their external training camp in Germany in preparation for the new season which kicks off on September 14th.

They began their three- week training camp on August 5th at Klosterfurta under German coach Rainer Hollmann. The players are practising three training sessions a day, at 6am, 3pm and 6pm.

Al Nasr will play six warm-up matches in Germany. The team is missing the services of four players during the training camp, the two Iranians Farhad Majidi and Arash Borhani who are preparing with their national team in Tehran to meet Syria in the Asian Cup qulaifiers group B on August 16. Majidi and Borhani will join Al Nasr training camp in Germany on August 17.

Also absent from the German training camp are Mohammad Khamis and Ali Abbas. They are with the UAE national team preparing to meet Jordan next week in the Asian qualifiers group C in Amman.

Past glory

Al Nasr, looking to strengthen their side for the coming season, signed the Al Shabab and UAE national team goalkeeper Salim Abdullah.

Al Shaab defender Saeed Yousuf also signed for Al Nasr. The two players signed one-year contracts with the club.

Al Nasr, who finished fifth in the league last season, will be looking to recapture their past glory.

The last time Al Nasr won the league title was during season 1985-1986. Al Nasr have won the title three times before, they have also won the President Cup three times.

The team will return to Dubai in the last week of August and play two warm- up matches before they meet Dibba Fujairah in the President Cup first round at Sharjah stadium on September 15.

Al Nasr's first match in the league will be against arch rivals Al Wasl at Al Maktoum stadium on September 21.

Al Nasr's Salah Abbas has joined Al Wasl in a one-year deal.