2002–03 Al Ain FC season

Al Ain
2002–03 season
President	Mohammed Bin Zayed
Manager	Bruno Metsu
Stadium	Tahnoun bin Mohammed
UAE Football League	1st
President's Cup	Quarter-finals
UAE Super Cup	Winners
AFC Champions League	Winners
Top goalscorer	League: Boubacar Sanogo (15); All: Boubacar Sanogo (24)
	Home colours
	Home colours
	← 2001–02 2003–04 →

The 2002–03 season was Al Ain Football Club's 35th season in existence and the club's 28th consecutive season in the top-level football league in the UAE.

Competitions[edit]

Overview[edit]

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Football League	18 October 2002	3 March 2003	Matchday 1	Winners	22	14	6	2	51	20	+31	063.64
President's Cup	13 September 2002	2 May 2003	Group stage	Quarter-finals	8	6	1	1	23	6	+17	075.00
UAE Super Cup	7 May 2003	16 May 2003	Semi-finals	Winners	3	2	1	0	6	3	+3	066.67
AFC Champions League	9 March 2003	11 October 2003	Group stage	Winners	7	5	0	2	15	8	+7	071.43
Total					40	27	8	5	95	37	+58	067.50

Last updated: 11 October 2003
Source: Soccerway

UAE Football League[edit]

League table[edit]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Al Ain	22	14	6	2	51	20	+31	48
2	Al Wahda	22	12	7	3	50	29	+21	43
3	Al Ahli	22	9	7	6	47	36	+11	34
4	Al Nasr	22	8	10	4	36	25	+11	34
5	Al Shaab	22	8	8	6	39	31	+8	32

Source: rsssf.com

Matches[edit]

18 October 2002 1	Al Ain	4–0	Sharjah	Al Ain
	Sanogo 43' Msarri 51' S. Rashed 77' M. Omar 82'			Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed

24 October 2002 2	Al Shabab	2–2	Al Ain	Dubai
	W. Obaid 38' J. Khater 87' (o.g.)		Kherrazi 20' M. Omar 30'	Stadium: Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum

30 October 2002 3	Al Ain	5–3	Al Wahda	Al Ain
	S. Khater 17' S. Rashed 24' M. Omar 61', 88' Fahad. A 78'		Sérgio 5' A. Jumaa 45' F. Masoud 52'	Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed

7 November 2002 4	Al Dhafra	0–1	Al Ain	Abu Dhabi
			F. Ali 60'

14 November 2002 5	Al Ain	3–2	Al Wasl	Al Ain
	Sanogo 11', 46' M. Omar 86'		I. Ali 10' Majidi 65'	Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed

22 November 2002 6	Dubai	1–1	Al Ain	Dubai
	Montecinos 65'		M. Omar 88'

2 December 2002 7	Al Ain	2–4	Al Ahli	Al Ain
	M. Omar 6' S. Rashed 45'		H. Ali 8' (pen.) Kazemian 48' Karimi 62' F. Khalil 93'	Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed

12 December 2002 8	Al Shaab	0–2	Al Ain	Sharjah
			S. Khater 80' S. Joher 90'	Stadium: Khalid bin Mohammed Stadium

19 December 2002 9	Ittihad Kalba	1–1	Al Ain	Kalba
	Tamba 58'		Sanogo 52'	Stadium: Ittihad Kalba Stadium

26 December 2002 10	Al Ain	5–1	Al Jazira	Al Ain
	Sanogo 18', 40' F. Ali 28' M. Omar 64' S. Joher 68'		Weah 61'	Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed

31 December 2002 11	Al Nasr	1–1	Al Ain	Dubai
	N'Diaye 13'		Sanogo 5'	Stadium: Al Maktoum Stadium

7 January 2003 12	Sharjah	1–0	Al Ain	Sharjah
	N. Mubarak 59'			Stadium: Sharjah Stadium

11 January 2003 13	Al Ain	2–0	Al Shabab	Al Ain
	Traoré 50' R. Yaslam 75'			Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed

17 January 2003 14	Al Wahda	1–1	Al Ain	Abu Dhabi
	A. Jumaa 38' (pen.)		Traoré 78'	Stadium: Al Nahyan Stadium

30 January 2003 15	Al Ain	6–0	Al Dhafra	Al Ain
	Sanogo 3', 12' Traoré 41' R. Yaslam 50' F. Ali 72' Fahad. A 79'			Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed

5 February 2003 16	Al Wasl	0–0	Al Ain	Dubai
				Stadium: Zabeel Stadium

9 February 2003 17	Al Ain	2–1	Dubai	Al Ain
	Sanogo 57', 90'		Montecinos 74'	Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed

12 February 2003 18	Al Ahli	1–5	Al Ain	Dubai
	Kazemian 52'		Sanogo 12', 55' S. Khater 23' Traoré 60', 68'	Stadium: Rashid Stadium

17 February 2003 19	Al Ain	4–1	Al Shaab	Al Ain
	S. Khater 7' F. Ali 18', 34' Traoré 44'		Y. Hassan 24'	Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed

22 February 2003 20	Al Ain	1–0	Ittihad Kalba	Al Ain
	Sanogo 59'			Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed

27 February 2003 21	Al Jazira	0–2	Al Ain	Abu Dhabi
			S. Khater 15' Sanogo 88'

3 March 2003 22	Al Ain	1–0	Al Nasr	Al Ain
	Traoré 26'			Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed

UAE President's Cup[edit]

Group stage[edit]

Group D[edit]

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Al Ain	6	5	1	0	17	3	+14	16
Al Wasl	6	4	1	1	14	4	+10	13
Al Shabab	6	4	1	1	14	4	+10	13
Al Khaleej	6	2	2	2	8	10	−2	8
Hatta	6	1	2	3	6	14	−8	5
Al Hamriyah	6	1	1	4	5	17	−12	4
Al Jazirah Al Hamra	6	0	0	6	2	14	−12	0

Source: rsssf.org

13 September 2002 Round 1	Al Ain	6–0	Al Hamriyah
	Msarri 4' H. Saeed 31' Sanogo 32', 43' M. Omar 61' Musabbah .S 75'	Report

20 September 2002 Round 2	Al Khaleej	1–3	Al Ain
	A. Mohammed 53'		Sanogo 8' (pen.) R. Yaslam 24', 84'

26 September 2002 Round 3	Al Ain	1–1	Al Shabab	Dubai
	Fahad. A 48'	Report	Daei 36'	Stadium: Zabeel Stadium

2 October 2002 Round 4	Al Wasl	0–2	Al Ain
			Sanogo 41' Kherrazi 42'

10 October 2002 Round 5	Al Ain	4–1	Hatta
	S. Khater 15', 65' Fahad. A 17' Sanogo 75'	Report	Anan 35'

20 March 2003 Round 6	Al Jazirah Al Hamra	0–1	Al Ain
			M. Omar 20'

Round of 16[edit]

30 March 2003	Al Ain	6–0	Al Urooba	Dubai
			M. Omar 11', 24' S. Joher 27' G. Harib 32' F. Ali 44' R. Yaslam 75'	Stadium: Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum

Quarter-finals[edit]

2 May 2003	Al Ain	0–3	Sharjah	Abu Dhabi
			Barbosa 56', 93' M. Rashid 81'	Stadium: Al Nahyan Stadium

UAE Super Cup[edit]

Semi-finals[edit]

7 May 2003^[1] First leg	Al Ahli	0–0	Al Ain	Dubai
				Stadium: Rashid Stadium

11 May 2003^[2]^[3] Second leg	Al Ain	3–2	Al Ahli	Al Ain
	F. Ali 25', 64' M. Qassim 69' (o.g.)	Report	F. Khalil 46' Karimi 52'	Stadium: Tahnoun Bin Mohamed

Final[edit]

16 May 2003 (2003-05-16)^[4] Final	Al Ain	3–1	Al Wahda	Sharjah
	F. Ali 18' S. Khater 34', 89'	Report Report	Y. Salem 84'	Stadium: Sharjah Stadium Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Fareed Al-Marzouqi^[5]

AFC Champions League[edit]

Group stage[edit]

Group C[edit]

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Al Ain (H)	3	3	0	6	1	+5	9
Al Sadd	3	1	2	4	5	−1	3
Esteghlal	3	1	2	5	7	−2	3
Al-Hilal	3	1	2	4	6	−2	3

Source: ^[6]
(H) Hosts

9 March 2003	Al Ain	1–0	Al-Hilal	Al Ain
	G. Harib 12' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Tahnoun Bin Mohamed Attendance: 6,500 Referee: Shaban Qassem

12 March 2003	Al Ain	2–0	Al Sadd	Al Ain
	Traoré 24' Sanogo 89'	Report		Stadium: Tahnoun Bin Mohamed Attendance: 9,000 Referee: Lu Jun

15 March 2003	Esteghlal	1–3	Al Ain	Al Ain
	Samereh 67'	Report	F. Ali 65' Sanogo 76' G. Harib 78'	Stadium: Tahnoun Bin Mohamed Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Lu Jun

Semi-finals[edit]

9 April 2003 First leg	Al Ain	4–2	Dalian Shide	Al Ain
	Sanogo 62' (pen.) 83' M. Omar 64' R. Yaslam 75'	Report	Haidong 17' Yao 88'	Stadium: Tahnoun Bin Mohamed Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Ahdul Rahman

30 August 2003^[A] Second leg	Dalian Shide	4–3 (6–7 agg.)	Al Ain	Dalian
	Peng 27' Janković 77' Haidong 81', 84'	Report	Mendes 46' M. Omar 65' Majidi 87'	Stadium: People's Stadium Attendance: 46,000 Referee: Masayoshi Okada

Notes

^ Matches was postponed from 22 April 2003 to 30 August 2003 due to SARS outbreak in China.

Final[edit]

3 October 2003 First leg	Al Ain	2–0	BEC Tero Sasana	Al Ain
	Majidi 38' Majidi 74'	Report		Stadium: Tahnoun Bin Mohamed

11 October 2003 Second leg	BEC Tero Sasana	1–0 (1–2 agg.)	Al Ain	Bangkok
	Chaiman 60' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Rajamangala Stadium

Statistics[edit]

Goalscorers[edit]

As of 11 October 2003

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

Rank	Pos.	Player	Football League	President's Cup	Super Cup	Champions League	Total
1	FW	Boubacar Sanogo	15	5	0	4	24
2	FW	Mohammad Omar	8	4	0	2	14
3	FW	Faisal Ali	5	1	3	1	10
4	MF	Subait Khater	5	2	2	0	9
5	FW	Kandia Traoré	7	0	0	1	8
6	MF	Rami Yaslam	2	3	0	1	6
7	DF	Fahad Ali	2	2	0	0	4
8	FW	Farhad Majidi	0	0	0	3	3
	MF	Gharib Harib	0	1	0	2	3
	MF	Sultan Rashed	3	0	0	0	3
	MF	Salem Johar	2	1	0	0	3
12	FW	Said Kherrazi	1	1	0	0	2
12	DF	Ali Msarri	1	1	0	0	2
14	FW	Musabbah Salem	0	1	0	0	1
	FW	Rodrigo Mendes	0	0	0	1	1
	MF	Helal Saeed	0	1	0	0	1
Own goals (from the opponents)			0	0	1	0	1
Totals			51	23	6	15	95

References[edit]

^ "لقاء ناري ضمن "السوبر" الاماراتية". Sauress.com.
^ "العين والوحدة أقرب إلى النهائي في كأس السوبر الإماراتية". Sauress.com.
^ "العين والوحدة اقرب الى النهائي". Addiyar.com.ae.
^ "اللقب بين العين والوحدة اليوم". Addiyar.com.ae.
^ "النتائج الكاملة لمباريات كأس السوبر". AlKhaleej.ae.
^ "AFC Champions League 02-03 - Group C". AFCChampionsLeague.com. Archived from the original on 18 October 2003. Retrieved 20 May 2023.

External links[edit]

Al Ain FC official website (in English and Arabic)

[7] Matches was postponed from 22 April 2003 to 30 August 2003 due to SARS outbreak in China.

[1] "لقاء ناري ضمن "السوبر" الاماراتية". Sauress.com.

[2] "العين والوحدة أقرب إلى النهائي في كأس السوبر الإماراتية". Sauress.com.

[3] "العين والوحدة اقرب الى النهائي". Addiyar.com.ae.

[4] "اللقب بين العين والوحدة اليوم". Addiyar.com.ae.

[5] "النتائج الكاملة لمباريات كأس السوبر". AlKhaleej.ae.

[AFC_Champions_League_02-03_-_Group_C-6] "AFC Champions League 02-03 - Group C". AFCChampionsLeague.com. Archived from the original on 18 October 2003. Retrieved 20 May 2023.

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