Thu, 28 Oct, 2021
Doha: Al Duhail head coach Nabil Maaloul has expressed his confidence in his side's attacking abilities, as they prepare to host Persepolis in the first leg of the 2018 AFC Champions League quarter-finals on Tuesday.
The Qatari champions go into the tie on the back of a hugely successful season in 2017-18, when they won the Qatar Stars League undefeated and added two domestic cups to complete a treble.
Since then, Al Duhail have made a few changes in personnel, the most prominent of which saw former Tunisia manager Maaloul replace Djamel Belmadi at the helm in July.
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Thu, 28 Oct, 2021
Kuala Lumpur: The 2018 AFC Champions League returns to action in the coming week with the eight remaining teams vying for glory in Asia’s biggest club competition ahead of the first legs of the quarter-finals.
Four former continental champions are still in the mix, alongside a side with a 100 percent record, a tournament debutant, a 2017 semi-finalist and a Japanese giant as the competition promises to serve up yet more thrilling action over the second half of the year.
Thu, 28 Oct, 2021
Doha: Al Duhail are aiming to add to their eight-match AFC Champions League winning streak when they host last year’s semi-finalists Persepolis in the first leg of the quarter-finals on Tuesday.
Al Duhail and Persepolis both topped their groups and meet for the first time in their history after defeating UAE pair Al Ain and Al Jazira, respectively, in the Round of 16.
Thu, 28 Oct, 2021
Kuala Lumpur: After more than three months without AFC Champions League action, the continent’s biggest club competition returns on Monday as the first legs of the highly anticipated quarter-finals take place over the next three days.
Four teams in the West and four from the East remain in contention for glory, with no fewer than four former continental champions still in mix. Ahead of the fixtures, the-AFC.com selects four things to look out for.
Thu, 28 Oct, 2021
Kuala Lumpur: Al Sadd’s 2011 AFC Champions League winners remain the last West Asian side to lift the trophy. With a quarter-final against Esteghlal coming up, this year is the closest they have ever come to repeating that feat.
Two of this year’s last eight faced-off in the 2011 final, with Al Sadd overcoming Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors on penalties to become the first, and to date, the only Qatari side to win the AFC Champions League. Seven years on from that night in Jeonju, we look at where each of the 14 Al Sadd players who took part in that game are today.
Thu, 28 Oct, 2021
As both quarter-final fixtures of West Asia side in the 2018 AFC Champions League bring Iranian and Qatari clubs head to head, the-AFC.com remembers five times teams from the two nations faced off in recent years.
For the first time since the introduction of the East v West final in 2013, all four teams in the West Asian quarter-finals come from just two countries, offering us the opportunity to watch two tasty IR Iran v Qatar encounters, as Tehran giants Estaghlal and Persepolis face Al Sadd and Al Duhail respectively.
Throughout the years, teams from the two nations have produced some classics when they met. Here are four memorable matches between them from recent editions of the competition.
Thu, 28 Oct, 2021
Kuala Lumpur: The eight clubs vying for the 2018 AFC Champions League title have been busy over the summer months, with some key arrivals and departures. The-AFC.com reviews their transfer business ahead of next week’s quarter-finals.
When the AFC Champions League wheels resume turning with the last eight, some teams will have a new look, with new managers and players joining over the summer, while for others, stability is the key weapon as they pursue continental glory.