Al Nasr FC in Asian football

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.

Al Nasr FC in Asian football
ClubAl Nasr
First entry1987 Asian Club Championship
Latest entry2019 AFC Champions League
Titles
GCC Champions League
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History edit

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 edit

AFC edit

Asian Club Championship edit

Season Round Club Home Away Aggregate
1987 Group 1   Al-Hilal 0–0 4th
  Al-Muharraq 1–0
  Kazma 0–1
  Fanja 2–3

AFC Champions League edit

Season Round Club Home Away Aggregate
2012[3] Group C   Al-Ahli 1–2 1–3 3rd
  Sepahan 0–3 0–1
  Lekhwiya 2–1 2–1
2013[4] Play-off round   Lokomotiv Tashkent 3–2
Group C   Al-Ahli 1–2 2–2 4th
  Sepahan 1–2 0–3
  Al-Gharafa 2–4 1–3
2016[5] Group A   Sepahan 2–0 0–2 2nd
  Al-Ittihad 0–0 2–1
  Lokomotiv Tashkent 1–1 0–0
Round of 16   Tractor Sazi 4–1 1–3 5–4
Quarter-Finals   El Jaish 0–1 0–3 (awd.) 0–4
2019[6] Play-off round   Pakhtakor 1–2

UAFA edit

Arab Cup Winners' Cup edit

Season Round Club Home Away Aggregate
1991[7] Group 1
  Al Ansar 1–0 3rd
  Al Mokawloon Al Arab 0–0
  Al-Nassr 1–1
  Kazma 0–0
1993[8] Group 2
  CO Casablanca 0–4 5th
  ASO Chlef 0–1
  Haifa 0–2
  Al Qadsiah 0–0
1995[9] Group 2
  Club Africain 1–2 5th
  Al Ahly 1–3
  Al-Ittihad 0–3
  Al-Riyadh 0–2

GCC Champions League edit

Season Round Club Home Away Aggregate
2014[10] Group C
  Busaiteen 0–0 1–0 1st
  Al-Khor 5–0 2–2
Quarter-Finals   Al Jahra 2–2 (p) (3–1)
Semi-Finals   Al-Nahda 2–1 1–1 3–2
Final   Saham 2–1
2015[11] Group C
  Manama 2–1 1–2 1st
  Kazma 2–1 2–1
Quarter-Finals   Al-Taawoun 1–1 (p) (4–2)
Semi-Finals   Al Shabab 1–1 0–2 1–3

Overall record edit

Record by competition edit

Competition Played Won Drew Lost GF GA GD Win%
AFC Champions League 24 6 4 14 27 43 −16 025.00
Asian Club Championship 4 1 1 2 3 4 −1 025.00
Arab Cup Winners' Cup 12 1 4 7 4 18 −14 008.33
GCC Champions League 15 7 6 2 25 17 +8 046.67
Total 55 15 15 25 59 82 −23 027.27

Record by Country edit

Country Pld W D L GF GA GD Win%
  Algeria 1 0 0 1 0 1 −1 000.00
  Bahrain 5 3 1 1 6 3 +3 060.00
  Egypt 2 0 1 1 1 3 −2 000.00
  Kuwait 5 2 2 1 6 5 +1 040.00
  Lebanon 1 1 0 0 1 0 +1 100.00
  Morocco 1 0 0 1 0 4 −4 000.00
  Oman 4 2 1 1 7 6 +1 050.00
  Palestine 1 0 0 1 0 2 −2 000.00
  Qatar 8 3 1 4 14 15 −1 037.50
  Saudi Arabia 11 1 6 4 9 14 −5 009.09
  Syria 1 0 0 1 0 3 −3 000.00
  Tunisia 1 0 0 1 1 2 −1 000.00
  United Arab Emirates 2 0 1 1 1 3 −2 000.00
  Uzbekistan 4 1 2 1 5 5 +0 025.00

References edit

  1. ^ "Al Nasr plough through Tractor Sazi 4-1 in the home leg of Asian Champions League last-16". the national. 17 May 2016.
  2. ^ "El Jaish (QAT) vs Nasr (UAE) match forfeited". AFC. 12 September 2016.
  3. ^ "2012 AFC Champions League".
  4. ^ "2013 AFC Champions League".
  5. ^ "2016 AFC Champions League".
  6. ^ "2019 AFC Champions League".
  7. ^ "2nd Arab Cup Winners' Cup 1991".
  8. ^ "4th Arab Cup Winners' Cup 1993".
  9. ^ "6th Arab Cup Winners' Cup 1995".
  10. ^ "2014 Gulf Cup for Clubs".
  11. ^ "2015 Gulf Cup for Clubs".

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