Al Nasr FC in Asian football explained
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.
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
AFC
Asian Club Championship
AFC Champions League
UAFA
Arab Cup Winners' Cup
GCC Champions League
Overall record
Record by Country
Notes and References
- Web site: Al Nasr plough through Tractor Sazi 4-1 in the home leg of Asian Champions League last-16. the national. 17 May 2016.
- Web site: El Jaish (QAT) vs Nasr (UAE) match forfeited. AFC. 12 September 2016.
- Web site: 2012 AFC Champions League.
- Web site: 2013 AFC Champions League.
- Web site: 2016 AFC Champions League.
- Web site: 2019 AFC Champions League.
- Web site: 2nd Arab Cup Winners' Cup 1991.
- Web site: 4th Arab Cup Winners' Cup 1993.
- Web site: 6th Arab Cup Winners' Cup 1995.
- Web site: 2014 Gulf Cup for Clubs.
- Web site: 2015 Gulf Cup for Clubs.