2005–06 Al Ain FC season

The 2005–06 season was Al Ain Football Club's 38th season in existence and the club's 31st consecutive season in the top-level football league in the UAE.

Al Ain
2005–06 season
PresidentMohammed Bin Zayed
ManagerMilan Máčala
(from 7 January 2005[1][2])
(until 1 January 2006[3])
Mohammad El Mansi*
(from 1 January 2006[3])
(until 27 May 2007)
StadiumTahnoun bin Mohammed
UAE Football League4th
President's CupWinners
Federation CupWinners
AFC Champions League
2005: Runner-ups
2006: Quarter-finals[note 1]
Top goalscorerLeague: Rami Yaslam (8)
All: Nenad Jestrović (14)
All statistics correct as of 21 May 2006.

Competitions

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Overview

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Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Football League 1 September 2005 21 May 2006 Matchday 1 4th 22 13 2 7 42 23 +19 059.09
President's Cup 27 December 2005 3 April 2006 Round of 16 Winners 6 5 1 0 12 5 +7 083.33
Federation Cup 10 November 2005 27 February 2006 Group stage Winners 4 3 0 1 11 5 +6 075.00
2005 ACL 14 September 2005 5 November 2005 Quarter-finals Runner-ups 6 1 4 1 13 9 +4 016.67
2006 ACL 8 March 2006 17 May 2006 Group stage Quarter-finals [note 1] 6 4 1 1 10 6 +4 066.67
Total 44 26 8 10 88 48 +40 059.09

Last updated: 21 May 2006
Source: Competitions

UAE Football League

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League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
2 Al Ahli 22 14 5 3 44 24 +20 47 Qualification for Championship Playoff
3 Al Jazira 22 14 3 5 43 35 +8 45
4 Al Ain 22 13 2 7 42 23 +19 41 Qualification for 2007 AFC Champions League[a]
5 Al Nasr 22 11 2 9 50 35 +15 35
6 Al Shabab 22 10 4 8 40 39 +1 34
Source: rsssf.com
Notes:
  1. ^ Al Ain qualified to the 2007 AFC Champions League as winners of the 2005–06 UAE President's Cup.

Matches

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1 September 2005 1 Al Ain 1–0 Al Nasr Al Ain
20:20
  • Tejada   77'
Report Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed
Referee: Ali Al-Badwawi
7 September 2005 2 Al Jazira 2–1 Al Ain Abu Dhabi
20:15
Report
Stadium: Mohammed bin Zayed
Referee: Khaled Al-Doukhi
6 October 2005 4 Dibba Al-Hisn 0–4 Al Ain Dibba Al-Hisn
21:30 Report
Stadium: Dibba Stadium
Referee: Khaled Al-Doukhi
17 October 2005 5 Al Ain 1–0 Sharjah Al Ain
21:30
Report Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed
Referee: Fareed Al-Marzouqi
20 November 2005 7 Al Ain 6–2 Baniyas Al Ain
16:50
Report
Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed
Referee: Salah Amen
26 November 2005 8 Al Shabab 2–1 Al Ain Dubai
19:10
Report
Stadium: Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum
Referee: Mohamed Al Junaibi
7 December 2005 9 Al Ain 2–1 Al Shaab Al Ain
19:10
Report
Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed
Referee: Ali Al-Badwawi
14 December 2005 10 Al Wahda 4–1 Al Ain Abu Dhabi
19:15
Report
Stadium: Al Nahyan Stadium
Referee: Mohamed Omar
21 December 2005 11 Emirates 0–1 Al Ain Ras al-Khaimah
16:45 Report
Stadium: Emirates Club Stadium
Referee: Ali Al Mulla
1 January 2006 3 Al Ain 1–2 Al Ahli Al Ain
18:30
Report
Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed
Referee: Fareed Al-Marzouqi
13 January 2006 12 Al Nasr 0–1 Al Ain Dubai
19:30 Report
Stadium: Al Maktoum Stadium
Referee: Ali Al Mulla
22 January 2006 13 Al Ain 4–0 Al Jazira Al Ain
17:15
Report Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed
Referee: Fareed Al-Marzouqi
26 January 2006 6 Al Wasl 2–3 Al Ain Dubai
18:45
Report
Stadium: Zabeel Stadium
Referee: Ali Al-Badwawi
30 January 2006 14 Al Ahli 1–0 Al Ain Dubai
19:40
Report Stadium: Rashid Stadium
Referee: Mohamed Al Junaibi
12 March 2006 15 Al Ain 0–0 Dibba Al-Hisn Al Ain
20:10 Report Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed
Referee: Bader Abdullah
16 March 2006 16 Sharjah 2–1 Al Ain Sharjah
17:45
Report
Stadium: Sharjah Stadium
Referee: Fareed Al-Marzouqi
7 April 2006 17 Al Ain 2–1 Al Wasl Al Ain
17:55
Report
Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed
Referee: Khaled Al-Doukhi
16 April 2006 18 Baniyas 2–5 Al Ain Abu Dhabi
18:00
Report
Referee: Mohamed Al-Zarouni
21 April 2006 19 Al Ain 1–2 Al Shabab Al Ain
20:15
Report
Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed
Referee: Mohamed Omar
7 May 2006 20 Al Shaab 0–0 Al Ain Sharjah
19:40 Report Stadium: Khalid bin Mohammed Stadium
Referee: Abdullah Mohammed Al-Shehhi
11 May 2006 21 Al Ain 1–0 Al Wahda Al Ain
19:45
Report Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed
Referee: Fareed Al-Marzouqi
21 May 2006 22 Al Ain 5–0 Emirates Al Ain
18:15
Report Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed
Referee: Ali Al Mulla

UAE President's Cup

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27 December 2005 Round of 16 Al Hamriyah 0–3 Al Ain Dubai
18:30 Report
Stadium: Zabeel Stadium
Referee: Yaseen Al Mansoori

Quarter-finals

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Group B
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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Al Ain 3 2 1 0 4 2 +2 7
Sharjah 3 2 0 1 6 5 +1 6
Dubai 3 1 1 1 5 5 0 4
Al Wasl 3 0 0 3 0 3 −3 0
Source: rsssf.org
4 February 2006 1 Al Ain 1–1 Dubai Abu Dhabi
19:35
Report
Stadium: Al Nahyan Stadium
Referee: Ali Al Mulla
7 February 2006 2 Al Ain 1–0 Al Wasl Abu Dhabi
19:40
Report Stadium: Al Nahyan Stadium
Referee: Ali Al-Badwawi
10 February 2006 3 Sharjah 1–2 Al Ain Abu Dhabi
17:25
Report
Stadium: Al Nahyan Stadium
Referee: Mohamed Omar

Semi-finals

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27 March 2006 Al Ain 3–2 Al Nasr Abu Dhabi
19:20
Report
Stadium: Al Nahyan Stadium
Referee: Mohamed Omar

Final

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3 April 2006 Sharjah 1–2 Al Ain Abu Dhabi
16:40
Report
Stadium: Zayed Sports City
Referee: Ali Al-Badwawi

UAE Federation Cup

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Group stage

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Group D
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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Al Ain 2 1 0 1 5 2 +3 3
Sharjah 2 1 0 1 2 5 −3 3
Source: rsssf.org
10 November 2005 1 Sharjah 2–1 Al Ain Sharjah
16:50
Report
Stadium: Sharjah Stadium
Referee: Musallam Ahmad
17 January 2006 2 Al Ain 4–0 Sharjah Al Ain
17:00
Report Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed
Referee: Mohamed Al-Zarouni

Semi-finals

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23 February 2006 Al Jazira 2–2 (a.e.t.)
(1–4 p)
Al Ain Dubai
17:30
Report
Stadium: Zabeel Stadium
Referee: Fareed Al-Marzouqi

Final

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27 February 2006 Al Wahda 1–4 Al Ain Dubai
17:35
Report
Stadium: Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum
Referee: Mohamed Al-Zarouni

2005 AFC Champions League

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Quarter-finals

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14 September 2005 First leg Al Ain   1–1   PAS Al Ain
Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed
21 September 2005 Second leg PAS   3–3
(4–4a agg.)
  Al Ain Tehran
Stadium: Shahid Dastgerdi Stadium

Semi-finals

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28 September 2005 First leg Al Ain   6–0   Shenzhen Jianlibao Al Ain
Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed
12 October 2005 Second leg Shenzhen Jianlibao   0–0
(0–6 agg.)
  Al Ain Shenzhen
Stadium: Shenzhen Stadium

Final

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26 October 2005 First leg Al Ain   1–1   Al-Ittihad Al Ain
Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed
5 November 2005 Second leg Al-Ittihad   4–2
(5–3 agg.)
  Al Ain Jeddah
Stadium: Prince Abdullah Al Faisal

2006 AFC Champions League

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Group stage

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Group B
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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Al Ain 6 4 1 1 10 6 +4 13
  Al-Hilal 6 3 1 2 12 7 +5 10
  Mash'al 6 2 2 2 7 11 −4 8
  Al-Minaa 6 0 2 4 6 11 −5 2
8 March 2006 Al Ain   2–0   Al-Hilal Al Ain
Report Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed
Attendance: 12,500
22 March 2006 Mash'al   1–1   Al Ain Karshi
Report
Stadium: Markaziy Stadium
Attendance: 10,000
12 April 2006 Al Ain   2–1   Al-Minaa Al Ain
Report
Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed
Attendance: 9,000
27 April 2006 Al-Minaa   1–2   Al Ain Hawally
Report
Stadium: Mohammed Al-Hamad Stadium
Attendance: 250
4 May 2006 Al-Hilal   2–1   Al Ain Riyadh
Report
Stadium: King Fahd II Stadium
Attendance: 60,000
17 May 2006 Al Ain   2–1   Mash'al Al Ain
Report
Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed
Attendance: 7,000

Notes

  1. ^ a b Advanced to next round but the cup continued in next season.

Statistics

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Goalscorers

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As of 21 May 2006

Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted alphabetically by surname when total goals are equal.

Rank Pos. Player Football League President's Cup Federation Cup 2005 ACL 2006 ACL Total
1 FW   Nenad Jestrović 4 2 3 0 5 14
2 FW   Onyekachi Nwoha 7 2 1 3 0 13
3 MF   Rami Yaslam 8 2 0 0 0 10
4 MF   Subait Khater 5 2 0 2 0 9
5 MF   Shehab Ahmed 2 1 1 2 0 6
MF   Ali Al-Wehaibi 3 3 0 0 0 6
7 FW   Faisal Ali 3 0 1 0 1 5
MF   Kelly 0 0 3 0 2 5
9 FW   Luis Tejada 2 0 0 2 0 4
10 FW   Naseeb Ishak 2 0 1 0 0 3
11 MF   Ibrahim Diaky 0 0 0 0 2 2
MF   Helal Saeed 0 0 0 2 0 2
DF   Jumaa Abdullah 2 0 0 0 0 2
14 MF   Gharib Harib 1 0 0 0 0 1
DF   Ali Msarri 0 0 0 1 0 1
FW   Nasser Khamis 1 0 0 0 0 1
MF   Salem Abdullah 1 0 0 0 0 1
MF   Sultan Rashed 1 0 0 0 0 1
MF   Mohamed Rashed 0 0 1 0 0 1
Own goals (from the opponents) 0 0 0 1 0 1
Totals 42 12 11 13 10 88

References

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  1. ^ "ماتشالا : إخترت العين رغم إغراءات العروض الأخرى" (in Arabic). alainclub.com. Archived from the original on 2005-01-24.
  2. ^ "هنأ نفسة على الثقة الغالية وقاد المران الأول" (in Arabic). alainclub.com. Archived from the original on 2005-02-01.
  3. ^ a b "العين يودع مـاتـشـالا" (in Arabic). Al-Ittihad. January 2006.
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