2007–08 Al Ain FC season

Al Ain
2007–08 season
President	Mohammed Bin Zayed
Manager	Tite; (from 3 July 2007); (until 22 Dec 2007); Winfried Schäfer; (from 26 Dec 2007)
Stadium	Khalifa bin Zayed
UAE Football League	6th
President's Cup	Round of 16
Top goalscorer	League: Ousman Jallow (11); All: Ousman Jallow (11)
	← 2006–07 2008–09 →
	All statistics correct as of 24 May 2008.

The 2007–08 season was Al Ain Football Club's 40th season in existence and the club's 33rd consecutive season in the top-level football league in the UAE.

Competitions[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	28 September 2007	24 May 2008	Matchday 1	6th	22	9	5	8	41	36	+5	040.91
President's Cup	18 September 2007	5 December 2007	Round of 32	Round of 16	2	1	0	1	7	3	+4	050.00
Total					24	10	5	9	48	39	+9	041.67

Last updated: 24 May 2008
Source: Competitions

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
4	Sharjah	22	9	6	7	35	35	0	33
5	Al Shaab	22	9	6	7	39	44	−5	33
6	Al Ain	22	9	5	8	41	36	+5	32
7	Al Wasl	22	8	6	8	39	37	+2	30
8	Al Wahda	22	8	6	8	42	42	0	30

28 September 2007 1	Al Ain	4–1	Al Dhafra	Al Ain
21:30	Jallow 37', 86', 88' N. Khamis 42'	Report	Akbarpour 70'	Stadium: Khalifa bin Zayed Referee: Ali Al Mulla

21 October 2007 2	Al Shabab	1–0	Al Ain	Dubai
19:15	Mobali 54'	Report		Stadium: Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum Referee: Mohamed Al-Zarouni

3 November 2007 3	Al Ain	3–1	Al Wasl	Al Ain
19:20	Alloudi 16' (p), 87' (p) Al-Wehaibi 50'	Report	Dias 11'	Stadium: Khalifa bin Zayed Referee: Mohamed Omar

1 December 2007 5	Al Ain	3–1	Hatta	Al Ain
16:45	Msarri 28' Jallow 41' Alloudi 58'	Report	Abdulrahman .M 19'	Stadium: Khalifa bin Zayed Referee: Yaseen Al Mansoori

10 December 2007 6	Sharjah	2–1	Al Ain	Sharjah
19:10	Barbosa 14' Shojaei 58'	Report	Alloudi 8'	Stadium: Sharjah Stadium Referee: Fareed Al-Marzouqi

22 December 2007 7	Al Ahli	3–0	Al Ain	Dubai
19:15	F. Khalil 10', 35', 89'	Report		Stadium: Rashid Stadium Referee: Mohamed Al-Zarouni

3 January 2008 8	Al Ain	1–1	Emirates	Al Ain
16:55	Fares .J 19'	Report	Enayati 55'	Stadium: Khalifa bin Zayed Referee: Khaled Al-Doukhi

17 January 2008 9	Al Nasr	0–3	Al Ain	Dubai
19:15		Report	Ahmed. K 15' N. Khamis 40' S. Khater 69' (p)	Stadium: Al Maktoum Stadium Referee: Ali Al Mulla

22 January 2008 4	Al Jazira	1–1	Al Ain	Abu Dhabi
19:25	Koutouan 51'	Report	N. Khamis 67'	Stadium: Mohammed bin Zayed Referee: Mohamed Al Junaibi

27 January 2008 10	Al Ain	2–3	Al Wahda	Al Ain
19:50	Hilal .M 3' S. Khater 45'	Report	Basheer .S 24' Josiel 47' Al-Shehhi 75'	Stadium: Khalifa bin Zayed Referee: Mohamed Omar

11 February 2008 11	Al Shaab	2–1	Al Ain	Sharjah
17:20	Y. Hassan 1' Samereh 85'	Report	Jallow 89' (p)	Stadium: Khalid bin Mohammed Stadium Referee: Fareed Al-Marzouqi

18 February 2008 12	Al Dhafra	1–2	Al Ain	Abu Dhabi
17:25	Idrissu 72'	Report	Jallow 35' (p) F. Ali 61'	Stadium: Al Dhafra Stadium Referee: Abdelwahid Khatir

24 February 2008 13	Al Ain	3–4	Al Shabab	Al Ain
20:10	R. Yaslam 47' (p) H. Saeed 51' N. Khamis 82'	Report	Kazemian 12', 44' Ferreira 23' Mobali 79'	Stadium: Khalifa bin Zayed Referee: Mohamed Al-Zarouni

6 March 2008 14	Al Wasl	0–0	Al Ain	Dubai
20:10		Report		Stadium: Zabeel Stadium Referee: Khaled Al-Doukhi

14 March 2008 15	Al Ain	4–3	Al Jazira	Al Ain
20:20	Jallow 14', 83' Fares .J 65' S. Khater 90'	Report	Dada 17' Koutouan 29', 31'	Stadium: Khalifa bin Zayed Referee: Mohamed Omar

31 March 2008 16	Hatta	0–1	Al Ain	Hatta
17:45		Report	Alloudi 39'	Stadium: Hamdan Bin Rashid Stadium Referee: Ali Al Mulla

5 April 2008 17	Al Ain	3–3	Sharjah	Al Ain
20:30	Jallow 7', 64' Fares .J 14'	Report	Abdelwahab 31', 50', 70'	Stadium: Khalifa bin Zayed Referee: Fareed Al-Marzouqi

19 April 2008 18	Al Ain	1–1	Al Ahli	Al Ain
18:00	Pedrinho 67'	Report	A. Abbas 68'	Stadium: Khalifa bin Zayed Referee: Mohamed Al Junaibi

28 April 2008 19	Emirates	1–2	Al Ain	Ras al-Khaimah
17:55	Rajabzadeh 35'	Report	Jallow 10' Fares .J 60'	Stadium: Emirates Club Stadium Referee: Abdelwahid Khatir

12 May 2008 20	Al Ain	2–1	Al Nasr	Al Ain
19:35	Salem .A 6' Ahmed. K 89'	Report	Abreu 45'	Stadium: Khalifa bin Zayed Referee: Fahad Al-Kassar

16 May 2008 21	Al Wahda	4–3	Al Ain	Abu Dhabi
19:50	Alecsandro 32', 76' Al-Shehhi 47' Pinga 74'	Report	Alloudi 13', 65' Pedrinho 71'	Stadium: Al Nahyan Stadium Referee: Abdelwahid Khatir

24 May 2008 22	Al Ain	1–2	Al Shaab	Al Ain
19:55	Alloudi 16'	Report	Samereh 69', 90'	Stadium: Khalifa bin Zayed Referee: Abdulla Al Ajel

18 September 2007 Round of 32	Dibba	1–5	Al Ain	Dubai
21:30	Al Kaabi 24'	Report	Ahmed. K 11' N. Khamis 49', 78' F. Ali 51' Shehab .A 77'	Stadium: Zabeel Stadium Referee: Bader Abdullah

5 December 2007 Round of 16	Sharjah	2–2 (a.e.t.) (8–7 p)	Al Ain	Abu Dhabi
19:45	Barbosa 36', 96'	Report	Alloudi 69' (p) Msarri 105'	Stadium: Mohammed bin Zayed Referee: Mohamed Omar

As of 24 May 2008

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	Ousman Jallow	11	0	11
2	FW	Soufiane Alloudi	8	1	9
3	FW	Nasser Khamis	4	2	6
4	DF	Fares Jumaa	4	0	4
5	MF	Ahmed Khamis	2	1	3
5	MF	Subait Khater	3	0	3
7	FW	Pedrinho	2	0	2
	FW	Faisal Ali	1	1	2
	DF	Ali Msarri	1	1	2
10	DF	Hilal Al Mesmari	1	0	1
	MF	Ali Al-Wehaibi	1	0	1
	MF	Rami Yaslam	1	0	1
	MF	Helal Saeed	1	0	1
	MF	Shehab Ahmed	0	1	1
	MF	Salem Abdullah	1	0	1
Own goals (from the opponents)			0	0	0
Totals			41	7	48