Al-Nasr Sports, Cultural and Social Club (Arabic: نادي النصر الرياضي، ثقافي إجتماعي), also spelled as Al Naser, is a Libyan basketball club based in Benghazi. Founded in 1956, the team has won the Libyan championship three times. Its most recent title was in 2018.
Al-Nasr, which was previously funded by the family of Muammar Gaddafi, was featured in the 2013 memoir Qaddafi's Point Guard by Alex Owumi, who played for the team leading up to the Libyan Civil War in 2011.
Honours Libyan Division I Basketball League: 3 2009, 2017, 2018 Libyan Cup: 3 2009, 2014, 2017
In international competitions Year Competition Result Record 2008 Arab Club Basketball Championship Second Stage 2010 Arab Club Basketball Championship Preliminary Round 2021BAL Qualifying TournamentsSecond round3–3
Players Notable players
Alex Owumi Stanley Gumut Ibrahima Thomas Mike Taylor Donald Cole Terrell Stoglin Kyrylo Fesenko
Head coaches Coach From To Honours Tareq Salim 2017 2018
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