Al Nasr FC in Asian football

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Al Nasr FC in Asian football
Club Al Nasr
First entry 1987 Asian Club Championship
Latest entry 2019 AFC Champions League
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GCC Champions League
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Al Nasr FC is an Emirati football club from the UAE Pro League, based in Dubai the country's largest city, it has contested in multiple Asian competitions, making it as far as the quarter-finals in the AFC Champions League.

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History

Al Nasr, despite being one of the earliest teams in the country, would only make its first real appearance in an Asian competition in 1987 Asian Club Championship where they played in the gulf group, they would finish second last only winning once and drawing once. The club would not qualify for another Asian competition until 1993–94 Asian Cup Winners' Cup however, they withdrew from the tournament. After a decade without continental football, The club finally qualified for the AFC Champions League for the first time in the 2012 edition after finishing third in the league. However, the club would fail to get past the group stage in 2012 finishing third in the group only beating the Qatari side Lekhwiya SC twice. Al Nasr made their second consecutive appearance in the AFC Champions League in 2013 but finished bottom of the group with only one point. In 2016 Al Nasr qualified for the third time after winning the president's cup, the club would pull a surprise 2–1 victory against Saudi giants Al-Ittihad to qualify for the Round of 16 of the AFC Champions League for the first time, they later faced Iranian team Tractor Sazi who topped their group. Al Nasr pulled an upset as they won 4–1 [1] against the Iranians in the first leg, and only losing 1–3 in the second, the team qualified for the quarter-finals for the first time. The team would later face Qatari side, El Jaish, they won 3–0 on the first leg however unfortunate events hit the club as they fielded the player Wanderley, who was found to be registered using a fake Indonesian passport. the team were forced to forfeit and award the 3–0 win to El Jaish by the AFC Disciplinary Committee. [2] The club later lost 0–1 on the second leg and the team were knocked out. They qualified again in 2019 after finishing fourth in the league but were defeated in the playoff game to the Uzbek side Pakhtakor.

Asian competitions

Asian Club Championship

SeasonRoundClubHomeAwayAggregate
1987 Group 1 Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Al-Hilal 0–04th
Flag of Bahrain (1972-2002).svg Al-Muharraq 1–0
Flag of Kuwait.svg Kazma 0–1
Old Flag of Oman.svg Fanja 2–3

AFC Champions League

SeasonRoundClubHomeAwayAggregate
2012 [3] Group C Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Al-Ahli 1–21–33rd
Flag of Iran.svg Sepahan 0–30–1
Flag of Qatar.svg Lekhwiya 2–12–1
2013 [4] Play-off round Flag of Uzbekistan.svg Lokomotiv Tashkent 3–2
Group C Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Al-Ahli 1–22–24th
Flag of Iran.svg Sepahan 1–20–3
Flag of Qatar.svg Al-Gharafa 2–41–3
2016 [5] Group A Flag of Iran.svg Sepahan 2–00–22nd
Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Al-Ittihad 0–02–1
Flag of Uzbekistan.svg Lokomotiv Tashkent 1–10–0
Round of 16 Flag of Iran.svg Tractor Sazi 4–11–35–4
Quarter-Finals Flag of Qatar.svg El Jaish 0–10–3 (awd.)0–4
2019 [6] Play-off round Flag of Uzbekistan.svg Pakhtakor 1–2

GCC Champions League

SeasonRoundClubHomeAwayAggregate
2014 [7] Group C
Flag of Bahrain.svg Busaiteen 0–01–01st
Flag of Qatar.svg Al-Khor 5–02–2
Quarter-Finals Flag of Kuwait.svg Al Jahra 2–2 ( p ) (3–1)
Semi-Finals Flag of Oman.svg Al-Nahda 2–11–13–2
Final Flag of Oman.svg Saham 2–1
2015 [8] Group C
Flag of Bahrain.svg Manama 2–11–21st
Flag of Kuwait.svg Kazma 2–12–1
Quarter-Finals Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Al-Taawoun 1–1 ( p ) (4–2)
Semi-Finals Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg Al Shabab 1–10–21–3

Overall record

Record by competition

CompetitionPlayedWonDrewLostGFGAGDWin%
AFC Champions League 2464142743−16025.00
Asian Club Championship 411234−1025.00
GCC Champions League 157622517+8046.67
Total431411185564−9032.56

Record by Country

CountryPldWDLGFGAGDWin%
Flag of Bahrain.svg  Bahrain 531163+3060.00
Flag of Iran.svg  Iran 8206815−7025.00
Flag of Kuwait.svg  Kuwait 421165+1050.00
Flag of Oman.svg  Oman 421176+1050.00
Flag of Qatar.svg  Qatar 83141415−1037.50
Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Saudi Arabia 8143811−3012.50
Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  United Arab Emirates 201113−2000.00
Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan 412155+0025.00

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