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 () 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 2–2Quarter-Finals Al Jahra 2–2 (3–1)Semi-Finals Al-Nahda 2–1 1–1 3–2Final Saham 2–1 2015 Group C Manama 2–1 1–2 1st Kazma 2–1 2–1Quarter-Finals Al-Taawoun 1–1 (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 CompetitionPlayedWonDrewLostGFGAGDWin%
Record by Country Country Pld W D L GF GA GD Win%
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