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

  • 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

Pre-Football League era

Season Div. Pos. Cup Manager
1969–70[n 1] Abu Dhabi Championship Abu Dhabi Ruler Cup Not held United Arab Emirates 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 Egypt Abdelaziz Hammami
1972–73 Abu Dhabi Championship Abu Dhabi Ruler Cup
1973–74 Abu Dhabi Championship 1st Abu Dhabi Ruler Cup Not held Syria Ahmed Alyan
1974–75[n 2] Abu Dhabi Championship 1st UAE President's Cup R16

Notes

  1. ↑ from 1969 to 1974, Al Ain competed in the championship and Cup of the Abu Dhabi region organised by Abu Dhabi Football Association.
  2. ↑ 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

SeasonDiv.Pos.Pl.WDLGSGAGDPPresident's CupFederation Cup / League Cup[n 1]Super CupGCCACCCAsiaOtherTop scorerManager
1975–76 12nd1610423315+1824 Not completed Not held  – Syria Ahmed Alyan
1976–77 11st321063+35 Quarter-finals Not held  – Syria Ahmed Alyan
1977–78 12nd24 –34 Not completed Not held  – Syria Ahmed Alyan
1978–79 13rd20 –27 Runner-ups Not held  – Syria Ahmed Alyan
1980–81 11st181044 –24 Runner-ups Not held  – Morocco Ahmed Nagah
1993–94 12nd1812513110+2129 Runner-ups Runner-ups  –  –  –  –  – Brazil Amarildo
1994–95 12nd187922615+1123 Runner-ups  – Champions Gulf Club Champions Cup 5th  –  –  – Brazil Amarildo
Egypt Shaker Abdel-Fattah
1995–96 14th238782018+231 Round of 16 Not held  –  –  – Asian Cup Winners' Cup R2  – Argentina Ángel Marcos
1996–97 15th28101174031+941 Round of 16 Not held  – Brazil Lori Sandri
Brazil Cabralzinho
1997–98 11st3217964929+2061 Semi-Finals Egypt Shaker Abdel-Fattah
1998–99 12nd3316985836+2257 Champions Asian Club Championship 3rd Burkina Faso Seydou Traoré 15 Portugal Nelo Vingada
Romania Ilie Balaci
1999–2000 11st2213724825+2347 Round of 16 Group Stage Asian Cup Winners' Cup R1 United Arab Emirates Majid Al Owais 15 Romania Ilie Balaci
2000–01 14th2210483327+634 Champions Group Stage Gulf Club Champions Cup C Asian Club Championship R2  – Burundi Juma Mossi 15 Argentina Oscar Fulloné
Tunisia Mrad Mahjoub
United Arab Emirates Ahmed Abdullah *
Romania Anghel Iordănescu
2001–02 11st2214534423+2147 Semi-Finals Group Stage Runner-ups  – Arab Club Champions Cup W[n 2] Asian Cup Winners' Cup QF Ivory Coast Joël Tiéhi 19 Bosnia and Herzegovina Džemal Hadžiabdić
2002–03 11st2214625120+3148 Quarter-finals Not held Champions  – AFC Champions League C Ivory Coast Boubacar Sanogo 24 France Bruno Metsu
2003–04 11st1611323417+1736 Semi-Finals Not held Not held AFC Champions League bye GS [n 3] Brazil Rodrigo Mendes 19 France Bruno Metsu
2004–05 12nd2618355426+2857 Champions Champions  –
AFC Champions League QF Brazil Edílson 22 France Alain Perrin
Tunisia Mohammad El Mansi *
Czech Republic Milan Máčala
AFC Champions League QF
2005–06 14th2213274223+1941 Champions Champions
AFC Champions League RU Serbia Nenad Jestrović 14 Czech Republic Milan Máčala
Tunisia Mohammad El Mansi *
AFC Champions League QF
2006–07 19th227782226−428 Runner-ups Group Stage
AFC Champions League QF Serbia Nenad Jestrović 9 Romania Anghel Iordănescu
Netherlands Tiny Ruys *
Italy Walter Zenga
AFC Champions League GS
2007–08 16th229584136+532 Round of 16 Not held  – The Gambia Ousman Jallow 11 Brazil Tite
Germany Winfried Schäfer
2008–09 13rd2212734020+2043 Champions Champions  – Not held Brazil André Dias 23 Germany Winfried Schäfer
2009–10 13rd2214355729+2845 Round of 16 Semi-Finals Champions  – AFC Champions League GS Argentina José Sand 33 Germany Winfried Schäfer
Morocco Rachid Benmahmoud *
Brazil Toninho Cerezo
United Arab Emirates Abdulhameed Al Mistaki *
2010–11 110th226793335−225 Round of 16 Runner-ups  – AFC Champions League GS Argentina José Sand
United Arab Emirates Omar Abdulrahman		 11 United Arab Emirates Abdulhameed Al Mistaki *
United Arab Emirates Ahmed Abdullah *
Brazil Alexandre Gallo
2011–12 11st2217415216+3655 Quarter-Finals Group Stage  – Ghana Asamoah Gyan 27 Romania Cosmin Olăroiu
2012–13 11st2620247426+4862 Semi-Finals Group Stage Champions AFC Champions League GS Ghana Asamoah Gyan 32
2013–14 16th2612775233+1943 Champions Group Stage Runner-ups AFC Champions League QF Ghana Asamoah Gyan 45 Uruguay Jorge Fossati
United Arab Emirates Ahmed Abdullah *
Spain Quique Flores
Croatia Zlatko Dalić
2014–15 11st2618626219+4360 Quarter-Finals Group Stage Runner-ups
AFC Champions League SF Ghana Asamoah Gyan 24 Croatia Zlatko Dalić
AFC Champions League R16
2015–16 12nd2618355324+2957 Runner-ups Group Stage Champions Cancelled AFC Champions League QF Emirati-Moroccan Super Cup C Brazil Dyanfres Douglas 18
2016–17 14th2617455837+2155 Quarter-Finals Group Stage  – Arab Club Champions Cup W[n 4] AFC Champions League RU  – Brazil Caio Lucas 18 Croatia Zlatko Dalić
Croatia Joško Španjić *
Croatia Zoran Mamić
AFC Champions League QF
2017–18 11st2216516523+4253 Champions Quarter-Finals Not held  – AFC Champions League QF Sweden Marcus Berg 35 Croatia Zoran Mamić
AFC Champions League R16
2018–19 14th2614484535+1046 Round of 16 Quarter-Finals Runner-ups Arab Club Champions Cup R32 AFC Champions League GS FIFA Club World Cup RU Brazil Caio Lucas 17 Croatia Zoran Mamić
Croatia Željko Sopić *
Spain Juan Garrido
2019–20[n 5] 12nd1911444621+2537 Finalists Semi-Finals  –  – AFC Champions League GS  – Togo Kodjo Laba 28 Croatia Ivan Leko
Iraq Ghazi Fahad *
Portugal Pedro Emanuel
2020–21 16th2611873933+641 Round of 16 First Round  – AFC Champions League QS Togo Kodjo Laba 13 Portugal Pedro Emanuel
2021–22 11st2620515717+4065 Quarter-finals Champions  – Togo Kodjo Laba 31 Ukraine Serhii Rebrov

Notes

  1. ↑ Starting from the 2008-09 season or whats known as the Pro Era, UAE Federation Cup was replaced with UAE League Cup.
  2. ↑ Al-Ain withdrew the tournament, Al-Rayyan replaced it.
  3. ↑ bye through the Group Stage as the reigning champions
  4. ↑ Al-Ain withdrew the tournament, Al-Wahda replaced it.
  5. ↑ 2019–20 UAE football season was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Arab Emirates.

References

  1. ↑ "club Foundation3". alainclub.com. Archived from the original on 1 August 2007. Retrieved 23 June 2014.
  2. ↑ "ناصر ضاعن: ملعب "دوار الساعة" شاهد على الانطلاقة". Al-Ittihad.
  3. ↑ "أفكار محمد وهزاع بن زايد وراء القفزة النوعية للبنفسج". Al Bayan.
  4. ↑ "ناصر ضاعن أول مواطن يقود تدريب العين". Al Bayan.
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