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Al Ain Football Club is an association football club based in Al Ain, Abu Dhabi, that competes in UAE Pro League, the top-division football league in United Arab Emirates. Founded in 1968 by players from Al Ain, members of a Bahraini group of exchange students and the Sudanese community working in the United Arab Emirates.[1] Al Ain is one of only three clubs never to have been relegated from the top level of Emirati football since 1975–76 season, the others being Al Nasr and Al Wasl.
Key edit
- Pos. = Position
- Div. = Division
- C = Champion
- RU = Final (Runner-up)
- SF = Semi-finals
- QF = Quarter-finals
- R16/R32 = Round of 16, round of 32, etc.
- R1/R2 = First round, second round, etc.
- GS = Group stage
- PO = Play-off
- QS = Qualifying Stage
- W = Withdrew
Champions | Runners-up | 3rd Place | Advanced to next round but the cup continued in next season |
Seasons edit
Pre-Football League era edit
Season | Div. | Pos. | Cup | Manager | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1969–70[n 1] | Abu Dhabi Championship | Abu Dhabi Ruler Cup | Not held | Nasser Dhaen[2][3][4] | |
1970–71 | Abu Dhabi Championship | Abu Dhabi Ruler Cup | RU | ||
1971–72 | Abu Dhabi Championship | Not completed | Abu Dhabi Ruler Cup | RU | Abdelaziz Hammami |
1972–73 | Abu Dhabi Championship | Abu Dhabi Ruler Cup | |||
1973–74 | Abu Dhabi Championship | 1st | Abu Dhabi Ruler Cup | Not held | Ahmed Alyan |
1974–75[n 2] | Abu Dhabi Championship | 1st | UAE President's Cup | R16 |
Notes
- ^ from 1969 to 1974, Al Ain competed in the championship and Cup of the Abu Dhabi region organised by Abu Dhabi Football Association.
- ^ Played as Categorization League and organised by UAEFA, included four clubs from Abu Dhabi region, Al Ain, Al Emirates qualified to 1975–76 UAE Football League, Al Jazira, Abu Dhabi to 1975–76 First Division League.
Football League and Pro League era edit
Season Div. Pos. Pl. W D L GS GA GD P President's Cup Federation Cup / League Cup[n 1] Super Cup GCC ACCC Asia Other Top scorer Manager 1975–76 1 2nd 16 10 4 2 33 15 +18 24 Not completed Not held – Ahmed Alyan 1976–77 1 1st 3 2 1 0 6 3 +3 5 Quarter-finals Not held – Ahmed Alyan 1977–78 1 2nd 24 – 34 Not completed Not held – Ahmed Alyan 1978–79 1 3rd 20 – 27 Runner-ups Not held – Ahmed Alyan 1980–81 1 1st 18 10 4 4 – 24 Runner-ups Not held – Ahmed Nagah 1985–86 1 9th 18 4 2 12 27 47 −20 14 Runner-ups Not held Gulf Club Champions Cup GS – Asian Club Championship QS – Miljan Miljanić 1993–94 1 2nd 18 12 5 1 31 10 +21 29 Runner-ups Runner-ups – – – – – Amarildo 1994–95 1 2nd 18 7 9 2 26 15 +11 23 Runner-ups – Champions Gulf Club Champions Cup 5th – – – Amarildo
Shaker Abdel-Fattah1995–96 1 4th 23 8 7 8 20 18 +2 31 Round of 16 Not held – – – Asian Cup Winners' Cup R2 – Ángel Marcos 1996–97 1 5th 28 10 11 7 40 31 +9 41 Round of 16 Not held – Lori Sandri
Cabralzinho1997–98 1 1st 32 17 9 6 49 29 +20 61 Semi-Finals Shaker Abdel-Fattah 1998–99 1 2nd 33 16 9 8 58 36 +22 57 Champions Asian Club Championship 3rd Seydou Traoré 15 Nelo Vingada
Ilie Balaci1999–2000 1 1st 22 13 7 2 48 25 +23 47 Round of 16 Group Stage Asian Cup Winners' Cup R1 Majid Al Owais 15 Ilie Balaci 2000–01 1 4th 22 10 4 8 33 27 +6 34 Champions Group Stage Gulf Club Champions Cup C Asian Club Championship R2 – Juma Mossi 15 Oscar Fulloné
Mrad Mahjoub
Ahmed Abdullah *
Anghel Iordănescu2001–02 1 1st 22 14 5 3 44 23 +21 47 Semi-Finals Group Stage Runner-ups – Arab Club Champions Cup W[n 2] Asian Cup Winners' Cup QF Joël Tiéhi 19 Džemal Hadžiabdić 2002–03 1 1st 22 14 6 2 51 20 +31 48 Quarter-finals Not held Champions – AFC Champions League C Boubacar Sanogo 24 Bruno Metsu 2003–04 1 1st 16 11 3 2 34 17 +17 36 Semi-Finals Not held Not held AFC Champions League bye GS [n 3] Rodrigo Mendes 19 Bruno Metsu 2004–05 1 2nd 26 18 3 5 54 26 +28 57 Champions Champions – AFC Champions League QF Edílson 22 Alain Perrin
Mohammad El Mansi *
Milan MáčalaAFC Champions League QF 2005–06 1 4th 22 13 2 7 42 23 +19 41 Champions Champions AFC Champions League RU Nenad Jestrović 14 Milan Máčala
Mohammad El Mansi *AFC Champions League QF 2006–07 1 9th 22 7 7 8 22 26 −4 28 Runner-ups Group Stage AFC Champions League QF Nenad Jestrović 9 Anghel Iordănescu
Tiny Ruys *
Walter ZengaAFC Champions League GS 2007–08 1 6th 22 9 5 8 41 36 +5 32 Round of 16 Not held – Ousman Jallow 11 Tite
Winfried Schäfer2008–09 1 3rd 22 12 7 3 40 20 +20 43 Champions Champions – Not held André Dias 23 Winfried Schäfer 2009–10 1 3rd 22 14 3 5 57 29 +28 45 Round of 16 Semi-Finals Champions – AFC Champions League GS José Sand 33 Winfried Schäfer
Rachid Benmahmoud *
Toninho Cerezo
Abdulhameed Al Mistaki *2010–11 1 10th 22 6 7 9 33 35 −2 25 Round of 16 Runner-ups – AFC Champions League GS José Sand
Omar Abdulrahman11 Abdulhameed Al Mistaki *
Ahmed Abdullah *
Alexandre Gallo2011–12 1 1st 22 17 4 1 52 16 +36 55 Quarter-Finals Group Stage – Asamoah Gyan 27 Cosmin Olăroiu 2012–13 1 1st 26 20 2 4 74 26 +48 62 Semi-Finals Group Stage Champions AFC Champions League GS Asamoah Gyan 32 2013–14 1 6th 26 12 7 7 52 33 +19 43 Champions Group Stage Runner-ups AFC Champions League QF Asamoah Gyan 45 Jorge Fossati
Ahmed Abdullah *
Quique Flores
Zlatko Dalić2014–15 1 1st 26 18 6 2 62 19 +43 60 Quarter-Finals Group Stage Runner-ups AFC Champions League SF Asamoah Gyan 24 Zlatko Dalić AFC Champions League R16 2015–16 1 2nd 26 18 3 5 53 24 +29 57 Runner-ups Group Stage Champions Cancelled AFC Champions League QF Emirati-Moroccan Super Cup C Dyanfres Douglas 18 2016–17 1 4th 26 17 4 5 58 37 +21 55 Quarter-Finals Group Stage – Arab Club Champions Cup W[n 4] AFC Champions League RU – Caio Lucas 18 Zlatko Dalić
Joško Španjić *
Zoran MamićAFC Champions League QF 2017–18 1 1st 22 16 5 1 65 23 +42 53 Champions Quarter-Finals Not held – AFC Champions League QF Marcus Berg 35 Zoran Mamić AFC Champions League R16 2018–19 1 4th 26 14 4 8 45 35 +10 46 Round of 16 Quarter-Finals Runner-ups Arab Club Champions Cup R32 AFC Champions League GS FIFA Club World Cup RU Caio Lucas 17 Zoran Mamić
Željko Sopić *
Juan Garrido2019–20[n 5] 1 2nd 19 11 4 4 46 21 +25 37 Finalists Semi-Finals – – AFC Champions League GS — Kodjo Laba 28 Ivan Leko
Ghazi Fahad *
Pedro Emanuel2020–21 1 6th 26 11 8 7 39 33 +6 41 Round of 16 First Round – AFC Champions League QS Kodjo Laba 13 Pedro Emanuel 2021–22 1 1st 26 20 5 1 57 17 +40 65 Quarter-finals Champions — Kodjo Laba 31 Serhii Rebrov 2022–23 1 2nd 26 16 6 4 67 31 +36 54 RU RU RU Kodjo Laba 31 Serhiy Rebrov 2023–24 1 2nd 15 11 1 3 40 18 +22 34 Quarter-finals Final — AFC Champions League Semi-finals Kodjo Laba 17 Alfred Schreuder
Hernán Crespo
Notes
- ^ Starting from the 2008-09 season or whats known as the Pro Era, UAE Federation Cup was replaced with UAE League Cup.
- ^ Al-Ain withdrew the tournament, Al-Rayyan replaced it.
- ^ bye through the Group Stage as the reigning champions
- ^ Al-Ain withdrew the tournament, Al-Wahda replaced it.
- ^ 2019–20 UAE football season was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Arab Emirates.
References edit
- ^ "club Foundation3". alainclub.com. Archived from the original on 1 August 2007. Retrieved 23 June 2014.
- ^ "ناصر ضاعن: ملعب "دوار الساعة" شاهد على الانطلاقة". Al-Ittihad.
- ^ "أفكار محمد وهزاع بن زايد وراء القفزة النوعية للبنفسج". Al Bayan.
- ^ "ناصر ضاعن أول مواطن يقود تدريب العين". Al Bayan.
External links edit
- Al Ain FC official website (in English and Arabic)