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Al Nassr

This will be a major focus for Ange Postecoglou’s team this season after falling agonisingly short in the second-tier AFC Champions League Two last season, losing in the final on home soil. Go back another year, and there was defeat to Kawasaki Frontale in the semi-final of the ACL Elite.

With the recent success of Al Ahli, Al Nassr remain the only one of Saudi football’s original “Big Four” without a continental trophy. And in what could be Cristiano Ronaldo’s final campaign, the motivation will be as strong as ever to fill that hole in their trophy cabinet.

For Postecoglou, there is unfinished business too, having failed to make an impact in this competition during his otherwise successful tenures with Brisbane Road and Yokohama F.Marinos.

The RSL champions kick off their 2026-27 campaign at UAE club Al Ain, who defeated Al Nassr en route to the Asian Champions League crown in 2024.