Al Ain FC
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Al-Ain Football Club (Arabic: نادي العين لكرة القدم; transliterated: Nady al-'Ayn) is a professional football club based in the city of Al Ain, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. It is one of many sport sections of the multi-sports club Al Ain Sports and Cultural Club (Arabic: نادي العين الرياضي الثقافي). The club was 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. The team quickly gained popularity and recognition throughout the country, being the team with the most trophies (38 in total). Al Ain is by far the most successful club in the UAE. Al Ain has won a record 14 UAE Pro League, 7 President's Cups, 5 Super Cups, 3 Federation Cups, two League Cup, two Abu Dhabi Championship, Joint League, Gulf Club Champions Cup and two AFC Champions League and one Emirati-Moroccan Super Cup. The club is the first and only UAE side so far to win the AFC Champions League.
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| Period | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor | ||||||
| chest | back | sleeve | ||||||
| 1991–1992 | Puma, Adidas | None | ||||||
| 1992–1993 | Lotto | |||||||
| 1993–1994 | ||||||||
| 1994–1995 | ||||||||
| 1995–1996 | Lotto, Uhlsport | |||||||
| 1996–1997 | Adidas | |||||||
| 1997–1998 | Jako, Kelme, Lotto, ABM [it], Adidas | |||||||
| 1998–1999 | Lotto | Bin Hamoodah | None | None | ||||
| 1999–2000 | CALANNI | Abu Dhabi National Hotels | ||||||
| 2000–2001 | Jako | Mohamed Hareb Al Otaiba | Avis | Xerox | ||||
| 2001–2002 | Adidas | Yas Perfumes | None | |||||
| 2002–2003 | Nike | Al Habtoor | ||||||
| 2003–2004 | ADCB | |||||||
| 2004–2005 | Lotto | Sasan Trading | ADCB | |||||
| 2005–2006 | AlFahim | |||||||
| 2006–2009 | Sorouh | Tamouh Archived 4 December 2021 at the Wayback Machine | Hydra Archived 24 December 2021 at the Wayback Machine | None | ||||
| 2009 | Adidas | None | ||||||
| 2009–2010 | Erreà | Sorouh | First Gulf Bank | Tamouh Archived 4 December 2021 at the Wayback Machine | None | Hydra Archived 24 December 2021 at the Wayback Machine | None | |
| 2010–2011 | Macron, Erreà | Abu Dhabi National Hotels | Strata | |||||
| 2011 | Kappa | None | None | |||||
| 2011–2013 | Adidas | Sorouh | First Gulf Bank | Abu Dhabi National Hotels | Strata | |||
| 2013–2015 | Nike | First Gulf Bank | Abu Dhabi Airports | |||||
| 2015–2016 | BMW Abu Dhabi Motors | |||||||
| 2016–2018 | FAB – First Abu Dhabi Bank | None | ||||||
| 2018–2021 | None | |||||||
| 2021–2023 | Expo 2020 | Rain | ||||||
| 2023– | EIH – Ethmar International Holding | None | ||||||
| Type | Competition | Seasons | |||
| Titles | Runners-up | ||||
| Domestic | Pro League | 1976–77, 1980–81, 1983–84, 1992–93, 1997–98, 1999–2000, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2014–15, 2017–18, 2021–22 | 14 | 1975–76, 1977–78, 1981–82, 1993–94, 1994–95, 1998–99, 2004–05, 2015–16, 2022–23 | 9 |
| President's Cup | 1998–99, 2000–01, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2008–09, 2013–14, 2017–18 | 7 | 1978–79, 1980–81, 1989–90, 1993–94, 1994–95, 2006–07, 2015–16, 2022–23 | 8S | |
| Super Cup | 1995, 2003, 2009, 2012, 2015 | 5 | 1993, 2002, 2013, 2014, 2018, 2022 | 6 | |
| League Cup | 2008–09, 2021–22 | 2 | 2010–11, 2022–23, 2023–24 | 3S | |
| Federation Cup | 1988–89, 2004–05, 2005–06 | 3 | 1986, 1994 | 2 | |
| Joint League | 1982–83 | 1S | |||
| Regional | GCC Champions League | 2001 | 1 | ||
| Emirati-Moroccan Super Cup | 2015 | 1 | |||
| Continental | AFC Champions League Elite | 2003, 2024 | 2 | 2005, 2016 | 2 |
| Intercontinental | FIFA Club World Cup | 2018 | 1 | ||
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | UAE | Mohammed Abo Sandah |
| 2 | DF | POR | Rafael Rodrigues (on loan from Benfica B) |
| 3 | DF | UAE | Kouame Autonne |
| 4 | DF | MAR | Yahya Ben Khaleq |
| 5 | MF | KOR | Park Yong-woo |
| 6 | MF | UAE | Yahia Nader |
| 8 | MF | UAE | Mohammed Abbas |
| 9 | FW | TOG | Kodjo Fo-Doh Laba |
| 10 | MF | PAR | Kaku |
| 13 | FW | MAR | Houssine Rahimi |
| 14 | DF | SVN | Marcel Ratnik |
| 15 | DF | UAE | Erik |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 17 | GK | UAE | Khalid Eisa (vice-captain) |
| 20 | MF | UAE | Matías Palacios |
| 21 | FW | MAR | Soufiane Rahimi |
| 25 | DF | EGY | Ramy Rabia |
| 28 | FW | MAR | Nassim Chadli |
| 30 | MF | UAE | Hazem Mohammad |
| 35 | GK | UAE | Hassan Sani |
| 46 | DF | UAE | Dramane Koumare |
| 70 | MF | UAE | Abdoul Karim Traoré |
| 77 | MF | NGA | Rilwanu Sarki |
| 88 | DF | UAE | Hamid Mohammed |
| 97 | DF | AUT | Adis Jašić |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 32 | DF | UAE | Khalid Al-Hassani |
| 40 | DF | UAE | Khalid Al-Baloushi |
| 41 | GK | BIH | Vedad Alibašić |
| 48 | DF | UAE | Yussif Suleiman |
| 53 | DF | NGA | Hope Yusuf |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 56 | DF | SEN | Amadou Niang |
| 60 | FW | UAE | Jonas Naafo |
| 65 | GK | TAN | Abdullah Hamisi |
| 74 | MF | VEN | Yohan González |
| 80 | MF | NGA | Jushoa Udoh |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 11 | DF | UAE | Bandar Al-Ahbabi (captain) |
| 26 | MF | UAE | Ahmed Al-Qatesh |
| 51 | MF | MLI | Ahmed Bathily |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 99 | FW | CGO | Josna Loulendo |
| — | MF | SEN | Modou Niang |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 22 | MF | UAE | Jonatas Santos (on loan to Al-Nasr) |
| 27 | MF | UAE | Sékou Gassama (on loan to Kalba) |
| 36 | MF | UAE | Yousef Abdou (on loan to Majd) |
| 44 | DF | UAE | Manea Al-Shamsi (on loan to Majd) |
| 66 | DF | UAE | Mansour Al-Shamsi (on loan to Majd) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 72 | FW | UAE | Mohamed Awadalla (on loan to Lechia Gdańsk) |
| 90 | FW | UAE | Eisa Khalfan (on loan to Kalba) |
| — | MF | MAR | El Mehdi El Moubarik (on loan to Dynamo Makhachkala) |
| — | MF | UAE | Solomon Sosu (on loan to Al-Nasr) |
| Position | Name |
| Head coach | Vladimir Ivić |
| Assistant coaches | Miloš Veselinović Ahmed Abdullah Abdulla Khaseeb Alnasri Salem Al-Kaabi |
| Chief analyst | Carles Martínez |
| Analyst | Jamal Al-Karbi |
| Goalkeeping coaches | Christos Kelpekis |
| Fitness coach | Nikolaos Amanatidis |
| U-21 team head coach | Ismail Ahmed |
| Physiotherapist | Santiago Thompson Felipe Perseu Pianca Abdelnasser Aljohny |
| Club Doctor | Nikos Tzouroudis |
| Nutritionist | Ricardo Pinto |
| Scout | Daniele Di Napoli |
| Team manager | Ahmed Al Shamsi |
| Team supervisor | Abdullah Al Shamsi |
| Position | Name |
| PresidentPresident of the Honorary Council | Mohammed Bin Zayed |
| First Vice PresidentFirst Vice President of the Honorary CouncilChairman of the Board of Directors of Al Ain SCC | Hazza Bin Zayed |
| Second Vice PresidentSecond Vice President of the Honorary Council | Tahnoun bin Zayed |
| Honorary President | Khalifa bin Zayed |
| Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of Al Ain SCCChairman of the Executive CommitteeChairman of the Board of Directors Al Ain FC | Sultan bin Hamdan bin Zayed |
| Office | Name |
| Chairman of the Board of Directors | Sultan bin Hamdan bin Zayed |
| Supervising Sports affairs | Mohammed Al Mahmoud |
| Supervising Media affairs | Mohammed Al Ketbi |
| Supervising of Financial and Administrative affairs | Ziad Amir Ahmed Saleh |
| Supervising the Academy and Talents sector | Abdullah Mohammed Abdullah Khouri |
| No. | Nationality | Head coach | From | Until | Honours |
| 1 | | Nasser Dhaen* | 1968 | 1971 | |
| 2 | | Abdel Aziz Hammami | 1971 | 1973 | |
| 3 | | Ahmed Alyan | 1973 | 1976 | 2 Abu Dhabi Championship |
| 4 | | Humaid Dhib | 1976 | 1978 | 1 Championship |
| 5 | | Ahmed Alyan | 1978 | 1979 | |
| 6 | | Abdelmajid Chetali | 1979 | 1980 | |
| 7 | | Ahmed Nagah* | 1980 | 1982 | 1 Championship |
| 8 | | Nelsinho Rosa | 1982 | 1984 | 1 Championship, 1 Joint League |
| 9 | | Miljan Miljanić | 1984 | 1986 | |
| 10 | | Jair Picerni | 1986 | 1986 | |
| 11 | | João Francisco | 1986 | 1988 | |
| 12 | | Zé Mario | 1988 | 1990 | 1 Federation Cup |
| 13 | | Mahieddine Khalef | 1990 | 1992 | |
| 14 | | Yusri Abdul Ghani | 1992 | 1992 | |
| 15 | | Amarildo | 1992 | 1995 | 1 Championship |
| 16 | | Shaker Abdel-Fattah | 1995 | 1995 | 1 Supercup |
| 17 | | Ángel Marcos | 1995 | 1996 | |
| 18 | | Lori Sandri | 1996 | 1996 | |
| 19 | | Yusri Abdul Ghani* | 1996 | 1997 | |
| 20 | | Cabralzinho | 1997 | 1997 | |
| 21 | | Shaker Abdel-Fattah | 1997 | 1998 | 1 Championship |
| 22 | | Nelo Vingada | 1998 | 15 November 1998 | |
| 23 | | Ilie Balaci | 15 November 1998 | 10 May 2000 | 1 President's Cup 1 Championship |
| 24 | | Oscar Fulloné | 29 June 2000 | November 2000 | |
| 25 | | Mrad Mahjoub | November 2000 | March 2001 | 1 Gulf Club Champions Cup |
| 26 | | Anghel Iordănescu | March 2001 | 4 January 2002 | 1 President's Cup |
| 27 | | Ahmed Abdullah* | 6 January 2002 | 8 January 2002 | |
| 28 | | Džemal Hadžiabdić | 8 January 2002 | 15 June 2002 | 1 Championship |
| 29 | | Bruno Metsu | 14 July 2002 | 1 June 2004 | 2 Championships, 1 Champions League, 1 Supercup |
| 30 | | Alain Perrin | July 2004 | 21 Oct 2004 | |
| 31 | | Mohammad El Mansi* | 23 Oct 2004 | Jan 2005 | 1 Federation Cup |
| No. | Nationality | Head coach | From | Until | Honours |
| 32 | | Milan Máčala | Jan 2005 | Jan 2006 | 1 President's Cup |
| 33 | | Mohammad El Mansi* | Jan 2006 | June 2006 | 1 President's Cup, 1 Federation Cup |
| 34 | | Anghel Iordănescu | June 2006 | Nov 2006 | |
| 35 | | Tiny Ruys* | Nov 2006 | January 2007 | |
| 36 | | Walter Zenga | 7 January 2007 | 1 June 2007 | |
| 37 | | Tite | 9 July 2007 | 22 Dec 2007 | |
| 38 | | Winfried Schäfer | 25 Dec 2007 | 2 Dec 2009 | 1 League Cup, 1 President's Cup, 1 Supercup |
| 39 | | Rachid Benmahmoud* | 2 Dec 2009 | 6 Dec 2009 | |
| 40 | | Toninho Cerezo | 6 Dec 2009 | 14 April 2010 | |
| 41 | | Abdulhameed Al Mistaki* | 14 April 2010 | 20 Dec 2010 | |
| 42 | | Ahmed Abdullah* | 20 Dec 2010 | 30 Dec 2010 | |
| 43 | | Alexandre Gallo | 30 Dec 2010 | 6 June 2011 | |
| 44 | | Cosmin Olăroiu | 6 June 2011 | 6 July 2013 | 2 Championships, 1 Supercup |
| 45 | | Jorge Fossati | 29 July 2013 | 13 Sept 2013 | |
| 46 | | Ahmed Abdullah* | 13 Sept 2013 | 27 Sept 2013 | |
| 47 | | Quique Sánchez Flores | 27 Sept 2013 | 8 March 2014 | |
| 48 | | Zlatko Dalić | 8 March 2014 | 23 January 2017 | 1 Championship,1 President's Cup,1 Supercup1 Emirati-Moroccan Super Cup |
| 49 | | Joško Španjić* | 23 January 2017 | 1 February 2017 | |
| 50 | | Zoran Mamić | 1 February 2017 | 30 January 2019 | 1 Championship,1 President's Cup |
| 51 | | Željko Sopić* | 30 January 2019 | 18 February 2019 | |
| 52 | | Juan Carlos Garrido | 18 February 2019 | 26 May 2019 | |
| 53 | | Ivan Leko | 1 June 2019 | 21 December 2019 | |
| 54 | | Ghazi Fahad* | 21 December 2019 | 5 January 2020 | |
| 55 | | Pedro Emanuel | 5 January 2020 | 11 May 2021 | |
| 56 | | Serhiy Rebrov | 6 June 2021 | 27 May 2023 | 1 Championship,1 League Cup |
| 57 | | Alfred Schreuder | 27 May 2023 | 8 November 2023 | |
| 58 | | Hernán Crespo | 14 November 2023 | 6 November 2024 | 1 Champions League |
| 59 | | Leonardo Jardim | 8 November 2024 | 4 February 2025 | |
| 60 | | Vladimir Ivić | 4 February 2025 | present |
| Al Ain's season-by-season | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Season | Div. | Pos. | Pl. | W | D | L | GS | GA | GD | P | President's Cup | Federation Cup / League Cup | Super Cup | GCC | ACCC | Asia | Other | Top scorer | Manager | |||||
| 2010–11 | 1 | 10th | 22 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 33 | 35 | −2 | 25 | R16 | RU | — | — | — | AFC Champions League | GS | — | José Sand Omar Abdulrahman | 11 | Abdulhameed Al Mistaki* Ahmed Abdullah* Alexandre Gallo | |||
| 2011–12 | 1 | 1st | 22 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 52 | 16 | +36 | 55 | QF | GS | — | Asamoah Gyan | 27 | Cosmin Olăroiu | ||||||||
| 2012–13 | 1 | 1st | 26 | 20 | 2 | 4 | 74 | 26 | +48 | 62 | SF | GS | C | AFC Champions League | GS | Asamoah Gyan | 32 | |||||||
| 2013–14 | 1 | 6th | 26 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 52 | 33 | +19 | 43 | C | GS | RU | AFC Champions League | QF | Asamoah Gyan | 45 | Jorge Fossati Ahmed Abdullah* Quique Flores Zlatko Dalić | ||||||
| 2014–15 | 1 | 1st | 26 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 62 | 19 | +43 | 60 | QF | GS | RU | |||||||||||
| 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 | RU | GS | C | AFC Champions League | QF | Emirati-Moroccan Super Cup | C | Douglas | 18 | |||||
| 2016–17 | 1 | 4th | 26 | 17 | 4 | 5 | 58 | 37 | +21 | 55 | QF | GS | — | W | AFC Champions League | RU | — | Caio Lucas | 18 | Zlatko Dalić Joško Španjić* Zoran Mamić | ||||
| AFC Champions League | QF | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2017–18 | 1 | 1st | 22 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 65 | 23 | +42 | 53 | C | QF | — | 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 | R16 | QF | RU | R32 | AFC Champions League | GS | FIFA Club World Cup | RU | Caio Lucas | 17 | Zoran Mamić Željko Sopić* Juan Garrido | |||
| 2019–20 | 1 | 2nd | 19 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 46 | 21 | +25 | 37 | Finalists | SF | — | — | AFC Champions League | GS | — | Kodjo Laba | 28 | Ivan Leko Ghazi Fahad* Pedro Emanuel | ||||
| 2020–21 | 1 | 6th | 26 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 39 | 33 | +6 | 41 | R16 | First Round | — | AFC Champions League | QS | Kodjo Laba | 13 | Pedro Emanuel | ||||||
| 2021–22 | 1 | 1st | 26 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 57 | 17 | +40 | 65 | QF | C | — | Kodjo Laba | 31 | Serhiy Rebrov | ||||||||
| 2022–23 | 1 | 2nd | 26 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 67 | 31 | +36 | 54 | RU | RU | RU | Kodjo Laba | 31 | Serhiy Rebrov | ||||||||
| 2023–24 | 1 | 3rd | 26 | 14 | 3 | 9 | 54 | 37 | +17 | 45 | Quarter-finals | RU | — | AFC Champions League | C | Soufiane Rahimi | 23 | Alfred Schreuder Hernán Crespo | ||||||
| Champions | Runners-up | 3rd place | Advanced to next round but the cup continued in next season |
| Rank | Player | Years | Total |
| 1 | Khalid Eisa | 2013– | 389 |
| 2 | Mohanad Salem | 2008–2021 | 331 |
| Mohammed Abdulrahman | 2008–2021 | 331 | |
| 4 | Ismail Ahmed | 2008–2021 | 328 |
| 5 | Bandar Al-Ahbabi | 2010– | 241 |
| 6 | Omar Abdulrahman | 2008–2018 | 231 |
| 7 | Mohamed Ahmed | 2012–2023 | 212 |
| Rank | Player | Years | Goals(League goals only) |
| 1 | Ahmed Abdullah | 1978–1995 | 185(122) |
| 2 | Kodjo Fo-Doh Laba | 2019–present | 140(113) |
| 3 | Asamoah Gyan | 2011–2015 | 128(95) |
| 4 | Matar Al Sahbani | 1983-?? | 93(37) |
| 5 | Majid Al Owais | 1992–2001 | At least 90(86) |
| 6 | Mohieddine Habita | 1976–1983 | 71(57) |
| 7 | Omar Abdulrahman | 2008–2018 | 62(39) |
| 8 | Salem Johar | 1992–2005 | 60(53) |
| 9 | Soufiane Rahimi | 2019– | 60(33) |
| 10 | Saif Sultan | 1992–2005 | 55(45) |
| R | Player | TOTAL |
| 1 | Omar Abdulrahman | 18 |
| Asamoah Gyan | ||
| Soufiane Rahimi | ||
| 4 | Kodjo Fo-Doh Laba | 10 |
| 5 | Marcus Berg | 9 |
| 6 | Boubacar Sanogo | 7 |
| Ibrahim Diaky | ||
| 8 | Nenad Jestrović | 6 |
| Caio Lucas | ||
| 10 | Mohamed Abdulrahman | 5 |
| Douglas | ||
| Danilo Asprilla | ||
| Subait Khater |
| Competition | Played | Won | Drew | Lost | GF | GA | GD | Win% |
| Club Championship / Champions League | 144 | 61 | 39 | 44 | 236 | 191 | +45 | 042.36 |
| Cup Winners' Cup | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 12 | −5 | 037.50 |
| Total | 152 | 64 | 39 | 49 | 243 | 203 | +40 | 042.11 |
| Competition | 1995 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2010 | 2011 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2024 |
| Asian Cup Winners' Cup | 2R | 1R | QF | |||||||||||||||||||
| Club Championship / Champions League | 3rd | 2R | C | QF | RU | QF | GS | GS | GS | GS | SF | R16 | RU | QF | R16 | GS | GS | QS | C |
References
- The club colours worn from 1968 to in 1974.
- Al Tadhamon colour became Al Ain's from 1974 to in 1977
- Purple became the main colour of the club with the beginning of the season 1977–78.
- The club’s 50th anniversary kits, with the number 50 emblazoned in gold stitching during the 2018-19 season
- Al Ain had primarily worn purple and white home and away kits. In 2023–24 season, Al Ain changed home kit to black base
- 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, Al Wahda replaced it.
- 2019–20 UAE football season was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Arab Emirates.
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