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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.

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 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. 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

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

Season	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
2012	Group C	Al-Ahli	1–2	1–3	3rd
		Sepahan	0–3	0–1
		Lekhwiya	2–1	2–1
2013	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	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	Play-off round	Pakhtakor	1–2

UAFA

Arab Cup Winners' Cup

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

GCC Champions League

Season	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
2014	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	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
2024–25	Group A
		Duhok
		Dhofar
		Al Ahli Sanaa

Overall record

Record by competition

Record by Country

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

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".

External links

• Al-Nasr SC (Dubai)