2003–04 Al Ain FC season

Al Ain

2003–04 season
President	Mohammed Bin Zayed
Manager	Bruno Metsu (from 14 July 2002 until 1 June 2004) Alain Perrin (from 13 July 2004)
Stadium	Tahnoun bin Mohammed
UAE Football League	1st
President's Cup	Semi-finals
Top goalscorer	League: Boubacar Sanogo (11) All: Rodrigo Mendes (18)
Home colours

The 2003–04 season was Al Ain Football Club's 36th season in existence and the club's 29th consecutive season in the top-level football league in the UAE.

Competitions

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
					Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Football League	25 January 2004	24 May 2004	Group stage	Winners	16	11	3	2	34	17	+17	068.75
President's Cup	18 September 2003	25 April 2004	Group stage	Semi-finals	15	9	3	3	33	12	+21	060.00
Total					31	20	6	5	67	29	+38	064.52

Last updated: 24 May 2004
Source: Competitions

UAE Football League

Main article: 2003–04 UAE Football League

Group stage

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Al Ain	10	6	3	1	17	7	+10	21
2	Al Shabab	10	6	1	3	14	9	+5	19
3	Al Jazira	10	5	3	2	16	10	+6	18
4	Al Nasr	10	4	0	6	13	17	−4	12
5	Al Khaleej	10	2	2	6	10	20	−10	8
6	Sharjah	10	1	3	6	10	17	−7	6

Source: rsssf.org

Matches

Al Nasr v Al Ain

25 January 2004 1	Al Nasr	0–5	Al Ain	Dubai
17:10		Report	Ishak 3', 44' Mendes 81' Al-Wehaibi 89' M. Omar 92'	Stadium: Al Maktoum Stadium

Al Ain v Sharjah

30 January 2004 2	Al Ain	0–0	Sharjah	Al Ain
19:45		Report		Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed

Al Jazira v Al Ain

5 February 2004 3	Al Jazira	1–1	Al Ain	Abu Dhabi
17:25	Becerra 19'	Report	Mendes 79'	Stadium: Al Jazira Stadium

Al Khaleej v Al Ain

22 February 2004 4	Al Khaleej	1–1	Al Ain	Khor Fakkan
17:30	T. Sulaiman 30'	Report	G. Harib 24'

Al Ain v Al Shabab

26 February 2004 5	Al Ain	2–1	Al Shabab	Al Ain
19:55	S. Rashed 7' M. Omar 88'	Report	S. Saad 33'	Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed

Al Ain v Al Nasr

9 March 2004 6	Al Ain	2–0	Al Nasr	Al Ain
20:00	S. Khater 16' Sanogo 32'	Report		Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed

Sharjah v Al Ain

15 March 2004 7	Sharjah	1–2	Al Ain	Sharjah
17:40	El Assas 84'	Report	Sanogo 51' Mendes 82'	Stadium: Sharjah Stadium

Al Ain v Al Jazira

21 March 2004 8	Al Ain	2–1	Al Jazira	Al Ain
20:00	Sanogo 15', 70'	Report	Becerra 47' (p)	Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed

Al Ain v Al Khaleej

7 April 2004 9	Al Ain	2–1	Al Khaleej	Al Ain
19:10	Sanogo 40', 94'	Report	Malallah 42'	Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed

Al Shabab v Al Ain

15 April 2004 10	Al Shabab	1–0	Al Ain	Dubai
19:10	Jadílson 76'	Report		Stadium: Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum

Championship Playoff

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Al Ain	6	5	0	1	17	10	+7	15
2	Al Ahli	6	4	1	1	17	12	+5	13
3	Al Shabab	6	2	1	3	11	10	+1	7
4	Al Wasl	6	0	0	6	4	17	−13	0

Source: rsssf.org

Matches

Al Ain v Al Ahli

29 April 2004 1	Al Ain	6–4	Al Ahli	Al Ain
19:30	Sanogo 26' (p), 57' M. Omar 41', 63', 78' (p) Mendes 75' (p)	Report	Mitrović 24', 53' Karimi 43' (p), 71' (p)	Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed

Al Shabab v Al Ain

4 May 2004 2	Al Shabab	2–3	Al Ain	Dubai
19:10	Geraldo 45' E. Obaid 88'	Report	M. Omar 30' Sanogo 46', 89'	Stadium: Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum

Al Ain v Al Wasl

9 May 2004 3	Al Ain	4–1	Al Wasl	Al Ain
19:30	Mendes 32', 52' R. Yaslam 39' Sanogo 71'	Report	Vahedi 72'	Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed

Al Ahli v Al Ain

15 May 2004 4	Al Ahli	1–0	Al Ain	Dubai
19:30	Mitrović 33'	Report		Stadium: Rashid Stadium

Al Ain v Al Shabab

20 May 2004 5	Al Ain	2–1	Al Shabab	Al Ain
19:30	M. Omar 29', 87'	Report	Geraldo 45' (p)	Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed

Al Wasl v Al Ain

24 May 2004 6	Al Wasl	1–2	Al Ain	Dubai
19:30	Fairooz 53'	Report	M. Omar 14', 20'	Stadium: Zabeel Stadium

UAE President's Cup

Main article: 2003–04 UAE President's Cup

Group C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Al Wasl	12	10	1	1	27	13	+14	31
Al Ain	12	7	3	2	29	10	+19	24
Ittihad Kalba	12	7	1	4	29	23	+6	22
Baniyas	12	5	3	4	20	17	+3	18
Hatta	12	4	5	3	20	17	+3	17
Al Urooba	12	2	0	10	19	41	−22	6
Al Arabi	12	0	1	11	12	35	−23	1

Source: rsssf.org

Al Ain v Ittihad Kalba

18 September 2003 1	Al Ain	5–1	Ittihad Kalba	Al Ain
19:00	M. Omar 19' Mendes 67', 71', 88' Ishak 77'	Report	H. Saeed 27'	Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed Referee: Abdullah Al Bannai

Al Ain v Al Urooba

24 September 2003 2	Al Ain	6–0	Al Urooba	Al Ain
18:55	Mendes 24', 37' M. Omar 58', 87' F. Ali 79' S. Johar 89'	Report		Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed Referee: Hamad Bin Hanifa

Al Ain v Hatta

29 September 2003 3	Al Ain	0–0	Hatta	Al Ain
18:45		Report		Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed Referee: Ali Al Mulla

Al Wasl v Al Ain

23 October 2003 7	Al Wasl	2–1	Al Ain	Dubai
18:25	Al Baloshi 46' Fairooz 57'	Report	H. Abdullah 1'	Stadium: Zabeel Stadium Referee: Salah Amen

Baniyas v Al Ain

29 October 2003 4	Baniyas	1–4	Al Ain	Abu Dhabi
21:00	Dbash 66'	Report	H. Abdullah 15', 22' Mendes 65', 84'	Referee: Musallam Ahmad

Al Ain v Al Arabi

2 November 2003 5	Al Ain	2–1	Al Arabi	Al Ain
21:00	Mendes 77', 84'	Report	Wahaib 34'	Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed Referee: Hamad Bin Hanifa

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Ittihad Kalba v Al Ain

6 November 2003 8	Ittihad Kalba	1–1	Al Ain	Kalba
21:00	Khlifi 89'	Report	Al Thaibani 61'	Stadium: Ittihad Kalba Stadium Referee: Ali Al Mulla

Al Urooba v Al Ain

13 November 2003 9	Al Urooba	1–3	Al Ain	Fujairah
21:00	Ricardo 23'	Report	Ishak 8', 64', 89'	Stadium: Al Urooba Club Stadium Referee: Abdelwahid Khatir

Hatta v Al Ain

17 December 2003 10	Hatta	2–1	Al Ain	Hatta
18:10 GMT+4 (UAE Time)	S. Amer 13' Boujara 55'	Report	G. Harib 81'	Stadium: Hamdan Bin Rashid Stadium Referee: Abdullah Mohammed Al-Shehhi

Al Ain v Baniyas

23 December 2003 11	Al Ain	1–1	Baniyas	Al Ain
18:10	Al Sharji 37'	Report	Al Nofali 77'	Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed Referee: Ali Al-Badwawi

Al Arabi v Al Ain

28 December 2003 12	Al Arabi	0–2	Al Ain	Umm Al Quwain
18:15		Report	Mendes 47' G. Harib 71'	Stadium: Umm al Quwain Stadium Referee: Abdelwahid Khatir

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Al Ain v Al Wasl

8 January 2004 14	Al Ain	3–0	Al Wasl	Al Ain
18:25	Ishak 35', 44' Mendes 37'	Report		Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed Referee: Mohamed Al Junaibi

Al Ain v Al Dhafra

19 January 2004 Round of 16	Al Ain	3–1	Al Dhafra	Abu Dhabi
17:30	M. Omar 4' G. Harib 9' Ishak 24'	Report	Kambou 59'	Stadium: Al Nahyan Stadium

Al Jazira v Al Ain

19 April 2004 Quarter-finals	Al Jazira	1–1 (2–4 p)	Al Ain	Dubai
18:05	Becerra 69'	Report	Mendes 67'	Stadium: Rashid Stadium

Al Shaab v Al Ain

25 April 2004 Semi-finals

Al Shaab

0–0 (4–1 p)

Al Ain

Statistics

Goalscorers

As of 24 May 2004

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

Rank	Pos.	Player	Football League	President's Cup	Total
1	FW	Rodrigo Mendes	6	12	18
2	FW	Mohammad Omar	10	4	14
3	FW	Boubacar Sanogo	11	0	11
4	FW	Naseeb Ishak	2	7	9
5	MF	Gharib Harib	1	3	4
6	DF	Hassan Abdullah	0	3	3
7	DF	Ali Al Sharji	0	1	1
	MF	Rami Yaslam	1	0	1
	FW	Faisal Ali	0	1	1
	MF	Ali Al-Wehaibi	1	0	1
	MF	Subait Khater	1	0	1
	MF	Sultan Rashed	1	0	1
	MF	Salem Johar	0	1	1
	MF	Adnan Al Thaibani	0	1	1
Own goals (from the opponents)			0	0	0
Totals			34	33	67

External links

• Al Ain FC official website (in English and Arabic)