2019–20 Al Ain FC season

Al Ain
2019–20 season
President	Mohammed Bin Zayed
Manager	Ivan Leko; (from 1 June 2019); (until 21 December 2019); Pedro Emanuel; (from 5 January 2020)
Stadium	Hazza Bin Zayed Stadium
UAE Pro-League	Cancelled
President's Cup	Cancelled
League Cup	Semi-finals
Champions League	Group Stage
Top goalscorer	League: ; Kodjo Laba (19 goals); All: ; Kodjo Laba (28 goals)
Highest home attendance	14,423 vs Al Jazira; (1 November 2019)
Lowest home attendance	3,455 vs Hatta; (19 October 2019)
Average home league attendance	7,721
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2018–19 2020–21 →

The 2019–20 season was Al Ain Football Club's 52nd in existence and the club's 45th consecutive season in the top-level football league in the UAE.

Squad list[edit]

Players and squad numbers last updated on 20 September 2019.
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Position	Name	Date of Birth (Age)	Signed from
Goalkeepers
1	GK	Mohammed Abo Sandah	(1995-06-20)20 June 1995 (aged 24)	Youth system
12	GK	Hamad Al-Mansouri	(1996-03-28)28 March 1996 (aged 23)	Youth system
17	GK	Khalid Eisa	(1989-09-15)15 September 1989 (aged 30)	Al Jazira
Defenders
2		Ali Al Haidhani	(1998-01-07)7 January 1998 (aged 21)	Youth system
3		Salem Abdullah	(1998-09-17)17 September 1998 (aged 21)	Youth system
4	CB	Mohammed Ali Shaker	(1997-07-27)27 July 1997 (aged 22)	Ajman
5	CB	Ismail Ahmed	(1983-07-07)7 July 1983 (aged 36)	Youth system
19	CB / LB	Mohanad Salem	(1985-03-01)1 March 1985 (aged 34)	Al Dhafra
21	AM	Mohammed Hilal	(1995-08-10)10 August 1995 (aged 24)	Ajman
22	LB	Mohammed Fayez	(1989-10-06)6 October 1989 (aged 29)	Youth system
23	CB	Mohamed Ahmed	(1989-04-16)16 April 1989 (aged 30)	Al-Shabab
33	CB / DM	Tsukasa Shiotani	(1988-12-05)5 December 1988 (aged 30)	Sanfrecce Hiroshima
44		Saeed Juma	(1998-07-08)8 July 1998 (aged 21)	Youth system
53		Saoud Al Abri	(1999-08-03)3 August 1999 (aged 20)	Youth system
Midfielders
6	DM	Yahya Nader	(1998-09-11)11 September 1998 (aged 21)	Youth system
11	RB / RW	Bandar Al-Ahbabi	(1990-07-09)9 July 1990 (aged 29)	Baniyas
13	CM / LM / RM	Ahmed Barman	(1994-02-05)5 February 1994 (aged 25)	Youth system
14	AM	Rayan Yaslam	(1994-11-23)23 November 1994 (aged 24)	Youth system
16	CF / RW / LW	Mohamed Abdulrahman	(1989-02-04)4 February 1989 (aged 30)	Youth system
18		Khalid Al-Bloushi	(1999-03-22)22 March 1999 (aged 20)	Youth system
20		Andrija Radovanovic	(2000-09-15)15 September 2000 (aged 19)	NK Domžale
24		Falah Waleed	(1998-09-13)13 September 1998 (aged 21)	Youth system
26	AM	Omar Yaisien	(2000-05-08)8 May 2000 (aged 19)	Paris Saint-Germain II
27		Mohsen Abdullah	(1995-04-13)13 April 1995 (aged 24)	Youth system
28	CM	Idriss Mzaouiyani	(2000-01-15)15 January 2000 (aged 19)	Paris Saint-Germain II
Forwards
7	FW / AM	Caio Canedo	(1990-08-09)9 August 1990 (aged 29)	Al Wasl
9	CF	Kodjo Laba	(1992-01-27)27 January 1992 (aged 27)	RS Berkane
30	FW	Mohammed Khalvan	(1998-08-28)28 August 1998 (aged 21)	Youth system
99	FW	Jamal Maroof	(1991-09-23)23 September 1991 (aged 27)	Al Sharjah

Pre-season[edit]

4 August 2019 Friendly	Al-Ettifaq	2–0	Al Ain	Gornja Radgona, Slovenia
18:30 CEST	Rogerinho 65' Kiss 90' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Gornja Radgona Stadium

Competitions[edit]

Overview[edit]

Competition	Record								Started round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
Competition	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %	Started round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
Pro-League	19	11	4	4	46	21	+25	057.89	—	Cancelled	20 September 2019	14 March 2020
President's Cup	3	3	0	0	11	7	+4	100.00	Final	Cancelled	23 December 2019	10 March 2020
League Cup	8	4	3	1	16	10	+6	050.00	Group stage	Semi-finals	23 August 2019	10 January 2020
Champions League	7	2	2	3	6	13	−7	028.57	Play-off round	Group Stage	28 January 2020	24 September 2020
Total	37	20	9	8	79	51	+28	054.05	—	—	23 August 2019	24 September 2020

Updated to match played 24 September 2020
Source: Competitions

UAE Pro-League[edit]

League table[edit]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Shabab Al Ahli	19	13	4	2	42	13	+29	43	Qualification for AFC Champions League group stage
2	Al Ain	19	11	4	4	46	21	+25	37	Qualification for AFC Champions League play-off round
3	Al Jazira	19	11	3	5	29	17	+12	36
4	Sharjah	19	10	5	4	38	23	+15	35	Qualification for AFC Champions League group stage
5	Al Wahda	19	11	2	6	31	29	+2	35	Qualification for AFC Champions League play-off round

Source: Arabian Gulf League
Rules for classification: ^[4] 1) points; 2) head-to-head goal difference; 3) head-to-head goals scored; 4) head-to-head away goals scored; 5) goal difference; 6) number of goals scored; 7) number of away goals scored; 8) head-to-head points; 9) fair play ranking^[5] 10) draw

Results summary[edit]


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
19	11	4	4	46	21	+25	37	4	3	2	17	11	+6	7	1	2	29	10	+19

Last updated: 14 March 2020.
Source: Competitive matches

Results by round[edit]

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26
Ground	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	×	×	×	×	×	×	×
Result	W	W	L	W	W	D	D	D	W	L	W	L	W	W	D	W	W	W	L	×	×	×	×	×	×	×
Position	4	3	4	3	2	3	3	3	3	4	4	5	2	2	4	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2

Updated to match(es) played on 14 March 2020. Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches[edit]

Win Draw Loss

20 September 2019 Round 1	Al Ain	3–2	Kalba	Al Ain
18:45	Kodjo Laba 8' Jamal Ibrahim 54' Saeed Jumaa 90+6'	Soccerway report	Peniel Mlapa 19', 83' Dzsudzsák 59' Al-Zaabi 86'	Stadium: Hazza bin Zayed Stadium Attendance: 5,285^[6] Referee: Ahmed Eisa Mohamed

26 September 2019 Round 2	Al Wasl	1–3	Al Ain	Zabeel, Dubai
21:15	Welliton 15' Al-Bloushi 46' Saleh 79'	Soccerway report	Shiotani 18' Al-Ahbabi 61' Kodjo Laba 69'	Stadium: Zabeel Stadium Attendance: 8,123^[7] Referee: Hamad Ali Yousef

3 October 2019 Round 3	Sharjah	3–2	Al Ain	Sharjah City
21:15	Coronado 11' (pen.), 83' Abdulrahman 56' Salem Sultan 90+1' Al-Hosani 90+7'	Soccerway report	Al-Ahbabi 41' Kodjo Laba 52' Radovanovic 87'	Stadium: Sharjah Stadium Attendance: 9,858^[8] Referee: Ammar Ali Abdulla Jumaa Al Junaibi

19 October 2019 Round 4	Al Ain	2–1	Hatta	Al Ain
18:30	Caio 42' (pen.) Kodjo Laba 82'	Soccerway report	Valente 66'	Stadium: Hazza bin Zayed Stadium Attendance: 3,455^[9] Referee: Mohomed Obaid Khadim Mohd

25 October 2019 Round 5	Fujairah	1–7	Al Ain	Fujairah
18:15	Yao 32' Jhonnattann 39' Sebil 90'	Soccerway report	Kodjo Laba 42', 57', 68', 87' Mohanad Salem 53' Caio 66' Jamal Ibrahim 80'	Stadium: Fujairah Club Stadium Attendance: 1,378^[10] Referee: Yahya Al Mulla

1 November 2019 Round 6	Al Ain	0–0	Al Jazira	Al Ain
20:45	Shaker 13' Al-Ahbabi 14'	Soccerway report	Obaid 90+5'	Stadium: Hazza bin Zayed Stadium Attendance: 14,423^[11] Referee: Ahmad Salem Khalfan

7 November 2019 Round 7	Baniyas	0–0	Al Ain	Al Shamkha, Abu Dhabi
18:00	João Victor 26' 55' Al-Otaibah 81'	Soccerway report	Abdulrahman 64'	Stadium: Baniyas Stadium Attendance: 3,667^[12] Referee: Mohamed Abdulla Hassan Mohd

11 December 2019 Round 8	Al Ain	2–2	Al Nasr	Al Ain
20:30	Nader 10' Kodjo Laba 42' (pen.) Caio 45+3' Fayez 61' 90+5'	Soccerway report	Pavez 9' Saeed 34' Shambih 40' Tozé 54', 90+6' (pen.) Hazza Salem 76' Kuwas 81' Khamis 90+6'	Stadium: Hazza bin Zayed Stadium Referee: Ahmed Eisa Mohamed

15 December 2019 Round 9	Ajman	1–4	Al Ain	Ajman
18:00	Ismail Ahmed 3' (o.g.) Bin Yousef 42' Vander 64'	Soccerway report	Meziane 28' Mohanad Salem 44' Caio 55' Jamal Ibrahim 90+5'	Stadium: Sheikh Rashid Bin Saeed Stadium Referee: Mohomed Obaid Khadim Mohd

19 December 2019 Round 10	Al Ain	1–2	Al Dhafra	Al Ain
18:00	Mohammed Jamal 29' Shiotani 32' Caio 51' (pen.) Yaisien 73' Ismail Ahmed 85' Abdulrahman 90+5'	Soccerway report	Ibrahim Saeed 13' Diego Jardel 27' (pen.) João Pedro 60' Al-Zaabi 82' Al-Marzouqi 90+8'	Stadium: Hazza bin Zayed Stadium Referee: Yahya Almulla

28 December 2019 Round 11	Al Wahda	0–2	Al Ain	Al Nahyan, Abu Dhabi
20:30	Tagliabué 85' Abdullah El Refaey 88' Saleh 90+1'	Soccerway report	Abdullah El Refaey 42' (o.g.) Shaker 57' Nader 62' Jamal Ibrahim 71' Kodjo Laba 90+4' 90+6'	Stadium: Al Nahyan Stadium Referee: Hamad Ali Yousef

2 January 2020 Round 12	Al Ain	1–2	Shabab Al Ahli	Al Ain
20:45	Shiotani 50'	Soccerway report	Khalil 60' (pen.) Abdulla 80'	Stadium: Hazza bin Zayed Stadium Referee: Ahmed Eisa Mohamed

23 January 2020 Round 13	Khor Fakkan	0–3	Al Ain	Sharjah
17:30		Soccerway report	Kodjo Laba 4' (pen.), 19' Al-Ahbabi 51'	Stadium: Khalid bin Mohammed Stadium Referee: Mohomed Obaid Khadim Mohd

1 February 2020 Round 14	Al Ain	5–0	Al Wasl	Al Ain
19:00	Abdulrahman 3', 9' Kodjo Laba 54', 85' Abdullah 48' 65' Ibrahim 90+4'	Soccerway report		Stadium: Hazza bin Zayed Stadium Referee: Sultan Mohamed

7 February 2020 Round 15	Al Ain	1–1	Sharjah	Al Ain
16:00	Kodjo Laba 86'	Soccerway report	Caio 2'	Stadium: Hazza bin Zayed Stadium Referee: Mohamed Abdulla Hassan Mohd

14 February 2020 Round 16	Kalba	1–4	Al Ain	Kalba
17:30	Mlapa 20'	Soccerway report	Yaisien 17' Kodjo Laba 43' Dzsudzsák 71' Caio 90+3'	Stadium: Ittihad Kalba Stadium Referee: Omar Mohamed Al Ali

27 February 2020 Round 17	Hatta	0–3	Al Ain	Hatta
17:30	Lahej Al-Nofali 72' Al-Hosani 75'	Soccerway report	Salem Abdullah 41' Barman 45+1' Al-Ahbabi 50' Ibrahim 68', 88'	Stadium: Hamdan Bin Rashid Stadium Referee: Ahmad Salem Khalfan

5 March 2020 Round 18	Al Ain	2–1	Fujairah	Al Ain
17:30	Ibrahim 56' Kodjo Laba 77' (pen.) Barman 84'	Soccerway report	Asante 3' Al Zeyoudi 81'	Stadium: Hazza bin Zayed Stadium Attendance: 0 (close doors) Referee: Mohomed Obaid Khadim Mohd
Note: due to coronavirus outbreak, United Arab Emirates Football Association decided to be all matches played behind closed doors.^[13]

14 March 2020 Round 19	Al Jazira	3–1	Al Ain	Al Nahyan, Abu Dhabi
16:00	Abdulrahman 43' Kosanović 72' Keno 82' Faisel Mabkhout 90+4'	Soccerway report	Kodjo Laba 39' Al-Ahbabi 57' 69'	Stadium: Mohammed bin Zayed Stadium Attendance: 0 (close doors) Referee: Mohamed Abdulla Hassan Mohd
Note: due to coronavirus outbreak, United Arab Emirates Football Association decided to be all matches played behind closed doors.^[13]

19 March 2020 Round 20	Al Ain	Cancelled	Baniyas	Al Ain
16:00		Soccerway report		Stadium: Hazza bin Zayed Stadium

4 April 2020 Round 21	Al Nasr	Cancelled	Al Ain	Al Nasr, Dubai
20:45		Soccerway report		Stadium: Al Maktoum Stadium

Round 22

Cancelled

Round 23

Cancelled

Round 24

Cancelled

Round 25

Cancelled

Round 26

Cancelled

President's Cup[edit]

23 December 2019 Round of 16	Dibba Al Hisn	0–2	Al Ain	Dubai
16:50		Report	Jamal Ibrahim 41' Caio 45+1' Abdulrahman 49' Shiotani 84'	Stadium: Al Maktoum Stadium

21 February 2020 Quarter-finals	Al Ain	6–5	Al Wasl	Abu Dhabi
17:30	K. Laba 3', 37' (pen.), 73', 85' Caio 60', 67'	Report	Welliton 9' Dwubeng 45', 66' 83' F. Lima 55' (pen.), 90+7' (pen.)	Stadium: Al Nahyan Stadium Referee: Ammar Al Junaibi

10 March 2020 Semi-finals	Sharjah	2–3	Al Ain	Abu Dhabi
20:40	Marcos Meloni 12' Caio 42'	Report	Dzsudzsák 4' Islamkhan 32' Caio Canedo 38'	Stadium: Mohammed bin Zayed Stadium Attendance: 0 (close doors) Referee: Hamad Ali Yousef
Note: due to coronavirus outbreak, United Arab Emirates Football Association decided to be all matches played behind closed doors.^[13]

Final	Al Ain	Cancelled	Al Dhafra	Abu Dhabi
				Stadium: Zayed Sports City Stadium

League Cup[edit]

Group A[edit]

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Al Ain	6	3	2	1	13	8	+5	11
Shabab Al Ahli	6	3	2	1	9	4	+5	11
Al Nasr	6	2	2	2	6	5	+1	8
Al Jazira	6	2	1	3	5	10	−5	7^[a]
Khor Fakkan	6	1	4	1	5	5	0	7^[a]
Al Dhafra	6	2	1	3	5	7	−2	7^[a]
Kalba	6	1	2	3	5	9	−4	5

Source: scorespro.com
Notes:

^ ^a ^b ^c Al Jazira are ahead of Khor Fakkan and Al Dhafra on head-to-head points: Al Jazira 6, Khor Fakkan 1, Al Dhafra 1.

23 August 2019 (2019-08-23) Matchday 1	Al Ain	2–2	Shabab Al Ahli	Al Ain
19:15	Kodjo 6' (pen.), 80' (pen.) 83' Radovanovic 13' Juma 34' Al-Ahbabi 84' Shaker 90+4' Barman 90+5'	Report	Salem Ali 5' Mariani 52' Henrique Luvannor 64' Haikal 66' Naser 81' Ahmed Khalil 90+5' (pen.)	Stadium: Hazza bin Zayed Stadium Referee: Mohomed Obaid Khadim Mohd

6 September 2019 (2019-09-06) Matchday 2	Al Jazira	0–3	Al Ain	Abu Dhabi City
21:15	Idriss 12'	Report	Salem Abdullah 28' Amer Abdulrahman 39' (o.g.) Caio 48' Mzaouiyani 83' Jamal Ibrahim 90+4'	Stadium: Mohammed bin Zayed Stadium Referee: Omar Mohamed Al Ali

11 October 2019 (2019-10-11) Matchday 3	Al Ain	3–1	Al Nasr	Al Ain
20:45	Jamal Ibrahim 13', 53' Abdulrahman 24' Shiotani 27' Caio 45'	Report	Gláuber 36' 42' Gabriel Valentini 86' 89'	Stadium: Hazza bin Zayed Stadium Referee: Ahmad Salem Khalfan

16 November 2019 (2019-11-16) Matchday 4	Al Dhafra	0–2	Al Ain	Madinat Zayed
17:00	Ibrahim Saeed 48'	Report	Caio 32' Masoud Sulaiman 86' (o.g.)	Stadium: Al Dhafra Stadium Referee: Yaqoub Al Hammadi

23 November 2019 (2019-11-23) Matchday 5	Al Ain	1–1	Kalba	Al Ain
17:00	Waleed 2' Jamal Ibrahim 39'	Report	Majed Rashed 45+4' Nasser 73' Dzsudzsák 84'	Stadium: Sheikh Khalifa International Stadium Referee: Omar Mohamed Al Ali

28 November 2019 (2019-11-28) Matchday 6	Khor Fakkan	4–2	Al Ain	Kalba
17:00	Bismark 41' (pen.), 88' Dodô 48' Malallah 55' Yousif 90+1' Al-Yassi 90+3'	Report	Omar Yaisien 15' Salem Abdullah 35' Abdulrahman 36' Ismail Ahmed 85'	Stadium: Ittihad Kalba Stadium Referee: Yahya Al Mulla

Knockout stage[edit]

6 December 2019 (2019-12-06) Quarter-finals	Al Ain	2–1	Sharjah	Al Ain
17:00	Ismail Ahmed 7' Kodjo Laba 28' Mohamed Abdulrahman 87' Yahya Nader 90+2' Khalid Eisa 90+5'	Report	Igor Coronado 8' (pen.) Majed Suroor 69'	Stadium: Hazza bin Zayed Stadium Referee: Hamad Ali Yousef

10 January 2020 (2020-01-10) Semi-finals	Al Ain	1–1 (1–4 p)	Al Nasr	Al Ain
20:45	Mahmoud Khamees 26' (o.g.)	Report	Tozé 82'	Stadium: Hazza bin Zayed Stadium Referee: Adel Al Naqbi
	Penalties
	Jamal Ibrahim Caio Kodjo Fo-Doh Laba		Tozé Álvaro Negredo Brandley Kuwas Tareq Ahmed

2020 AFC Champions League[edit]

Play-off round[edit]

28 January 2020 (2020-01-28)	Al-Ain	1–0	Bunyodkor	Al Ain
18:40 UTC+4	Juma 78'	Report		Stadium: Hazza Bin Zayed Stadium Attendance: 4,424^[14] Referee: Ko Hyung-jin (South Korea)

Group stage[edit]

Group D[edit]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	NAS	SAD	SEP	AIN
1	Al-Nassr	6	3	2	1	9	5	+4	11	Advance to knockout stage	—	2–2	2–0	0–1
2	Al-Sadd	6	2	3	1	14	8	+6	9	Advance to knockout stage	1–1	—	3–0	4–0
3	Sepahan	6	2	1	3	6	8	−2	7		0–2	2–1	—	0–0
4	Al-Ain	6	1	2	3	5	13	−8	5		1–2	3–3	0–4	—

Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

11 February 2020 (2020-02-11) Matchday 1	Al-Ain	0–4	Sepahan	Al Ain
17:50 UTC+4	Salem Abdullah 34' Saeed Jumaa 67'	Report	Mohebi 38' Kiros 46' Rafiei 52' Tayyebi 78'	Stadium: Hazza bin Zayed Stadium Attendance: 7,028 Referee: Hiroyuki Kimura (Japan)

18 February 2020 (2020-02-18) Matchday 2	Al-Ain	1–2	Al-Nassr	Al Ain
17:55 UTC+4	Yaisien 18' Barman 28' M. Ahmed 56'	Report	M. Ali 57' Al-Obaid 65' Hamadallah 80' Amrabat 83' Giuliano 87'	Stadium: Hazza bin Zayed Stadium Attendance: 7,326 Referee: Nawaf Shukralla (Bahrain)

15 September 2020 (2020-09-15) Matchday 3	Al-Ain	3–3	Al-Sadd	Doha
18:00 UTC+3	Laba 5' Islamkhan 38' Khoukhi 67' (o.g.)	Report	Afif 35' Cazorla 55' Bounedjah 60'	Stadium: Jassim bin Hamad Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Hettikamkanamge Perera (Sri Lanka)

18 September 2020 (2020-09-18) Matchday 4	Al-Sadd	4–0	Al-Ain	Doha
21:00 UTC+3	Bounedjah 26', 70' Afif 56' Tabata 86'	Report		Stadium: Jassim bin Hamad Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Mohd Amirul Izwan Yaacob (Malaysia)

21 September 2020 (2020-09-21) Matchday 5	Sepahan	0–0	Al-Ain	Doha
21:00 UTC+3		Report		Stadium: Jassim bin Hamad Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Ali Shaban (Kuwait)

24 September 2020 (2020-09-24) Matchday 6	Al-Nassr	0–1	Al-Ain	Doha
18:00 UTC+3		Report	Laba 19'	Stadium: Education City Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Hussein Abo Yehia (Lebanon)

Squad information[edit]

Playing statistics[edit]

As of 28 December 2019^[update]

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Pro-League		President's Cup		League Cup		Champions League
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK	UAE	Mohammed Abo Sandah	5	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0
12	GK	UAE	Hamad Al-Mansouri	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
17	GK	UAE	Khalid Eisa	14	0	11	0	1	0	2	0	0	0
Defenders
2	DF	UAE	Ali Al Haidhani	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0
3	DF	UAE	Salem Abdullah	7	0	1	0	1	0	5	0	0	0
4	DF	UAE	Mohammed Ali Shaker	8	0	6	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
5	DF	UAE	Ismail Ahmed	15	0	9	0	0	0	6	0	0	0
19	DF	UAE	Mohanad Salem	9	2	6	2	1	0	2	0	0	0
21	DF	UAE	Mohammed Hilal	4	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	0
22	DF	UAE	Mohammed Fayez	5	0	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
23	DF	UAE	Mohamed Ahmed	3	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0
33	DF	JPN	Tsukasa Shiotani	18	1	11	1	1	0	6	0	0	0
44	DF	UAE	Saeed Juma	19	1	11	1	1	0	7	0	0	0
53	DF	UAE	Saoud Al Abri	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Midfielders
6	MF	EGY	Yahia Nader	14	0	10	0	0	0	4	0	0	0
11	MF	UAE	Bandar Al-Ahbabi	11	2	9	2	0	0	2	0	0	0
13	MF	UAE	Ahmed Barman	8	0	6	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
14	MF	UAE	Rayan Yaslam	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
16	MF	UAE	Mohamed Abdulrahman	15	2	10	0	1	0	4	2	0	0
18	MF	UAE	Khalid Al-Bloushi	4	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
20	MF	SRB	Andrija Radovanovic	9	0	5	0	0	0	4	0	0	0
24	MF	UAE	Falah Waleed	11	0	6	0	1	0	4	0	0	0
26	MF	EGY	Omar Yaisien	10	1	5	0	0	0	5	1	0	0
27	MF	UAE	Mohsen Abdullah	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0
28	MF	FRA	Idriss Mzaouiyani	8	0	5	0	0	0	3	0	0	0
Forwards
7	FW	BRA	Caio Canedo	14	9	8	6	1	0	5	3	0	0
9	FW	TOG	Kodjo Laba	14	13	10	10	0	0	4	3	0	0
30	FW	UAE	Mohammed Khalvan	4	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
50	FW	UAE	Mohammed Jamal	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
77	FW	UAE	Ali Eid	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
99	FW	UAE	Jamal Maroof	19	7	11	3	1	0	7	4	0	0
Players transferred out during the season
8	MF	ALG	Abderrahmane Meziane	6	1	4	1	0	0	2	0	0	0

Last updated: 8 June 2019
Source: fr.soccerway.com

Goalscorers[edit]

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

No.	Player	Pos.	PL	PC	LC	CL 1	TOTAL
9	Kodjo Laba	FW	19	4	3	2	28
7	Caio Canedo	FW	6	1	3	0	10
99	Jamal Maroof	FW	3	1	4	0	8
11	Bandar Al-Ahbabi	MF	2	0	0	0	2
16	Mohamed Abdulrahman	MF	0	0	2	0	2
19	Mohanad Salem	DF	2	0	0	0	2
26	Omar Yaisien	MF	0	0	1	0	1
44	Saeed Juma	DF	1	0	0	0	1
8	Abderrahmane Meziane	MF	1	0	0	0	1
33	Tsukasa Shiotani	DF	1	0	0	0	1
Own Goals			1	0	2	0	3
Totals			27	2	15	0	44

Assists[edit]

No.	Player	Pos.	PL	LC	TOTAL
11	Bandar Al-Ahbabi	MF	6	1	7
8	Abderrahmane Meziane	MF	2	1	3
9	Kodjo Laba	FW	3	0	3
16	Mohamed Abdulrahman	MF	2	0	2
7	Caio Canedo	FW	1	1	2
33	Tsukasa Shiotani	DF	2	0	2
3	Salem Abdullah	DF	0	2	2
4	Mohammed Ali Shaker	DF	1	0	1
5	Ismail Ahmed	DF	1	0	1
99	Jamal Maroof	FW	1	0	1
26	Omar Yaisien	MF	0	1	1
30	Mohammed Khalvan	FW	0	1	1
18	Khalid Al-Bloushi	MF	1	0	1
6	Yahya Nader	MF	1	0	1
Totals			21	7	28

Clean sheets[edit]

Includes all competitive matches.

No.	Name	PL	PC	LC	Total
1	Mohammed Abo Sandah	0	0	2	2
12	Hamad Al-Mansouri	0	0	0	0
17	Khalid Eisa	3	1	0	4
	TOTALS	3	1	2	6

Hat-tricks[edit]

Player	Against	Result	Date	Competition	Ref
Kodjo Laba⁴	Fujairah	1–7 (A)	25 October 2019	UAE Pro League	^[15]
Kodjo Laba⁴	Al Wasl	6–5 (H)	21 February 2020	President's Cup

(H) – Home ; (A) – Away

Transfers[edit]

In[edit]

Date	Pos	Player	From club	Transfer fee	Source
5 June 2019	FW	Caio Canedo	Al Wasl	€5.34m	^{[citation needed]}
12 June 2019	DF	Mohammed Hilal	Ajman Club	Free transfer	^[16]
12 June 2019	MF	Mohammed Jamal	Al Jazira	Free transfer	^{[citation needed]}
13 June 2019	FW	Kodjo Laba	RS Berkane	Free transfer	^[17]
13 June 2019	ST	Abderrahmane Meziane	USM Alger	Free transfer	^[18]
29 June 2019	MF	Mohammed Shaker	Ajman Club	Free transfer	^[19]
22 August 2019	MF	Andrija Radovanovic	NK Domžale	Free transfer	^[20]
1 September 2019	MF	Idriss Mzaouiyani	Paris Saint-Germain II	Free transfer	^[21]^[22]
1 September 2019	MF	Omar Yaisien	Paris Saint-Germain II	Free transfer	^[23]
31 January 2020	MF	Bauyrzhan Islamkhan	Kairat	Free transfer	^[24]
3 February 2020	DF	Rafael Pereira	Vila FC	Free transfer	^[25]^[26]
8 February 2020	MF	Balázs Dzsudzsák	Ittihad Kalba	Free transfer	^[27]^[28]

Out[edit]

Date	Pos	Player	To club	Type	Fee	Source
23 February 2019	MF	Danilo Asprilla	Al Shabab	End of contract	Free	^[29]
27 May 2019	MF	Caio Lucas Fernandes	Benfica	End of contract	Free	^[30]^[31]
13 July 2019	FW	Marcus Berg	Krasnodar	End of contract	Free	^[32]^[33]
July 2019	DF	Khaled Abdulrahman		End of contract
16 July 2019	MF	Ibrahim Diaky		End of contract		^[34]
8 August 2019	MF	Amer Abdulrahman	Al Jazira	End of contract	Free	^[35]
18 January 2020	FW	Abderrahmane Meziane	Espérance de Tunis	Transfer	€900k	^[36]^[37]^[38]
25 January 2020	MF	Andrija Radovanovic	Ittihad Kalba	Loan	Undisclosed	^[39]

References[edit]

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^ "Rafael Pereira reforça Al Ain". Record.pt. Retrieved 3 February 2020.
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External links[edit]

Al Ain FC official website (in English and Arabic)

[table_hth_JAZ0.38420509658018-14] Al Jazira are ahead of Khor Fakkan and Al Dhafra on head-to-head points: Al Jazira 6, Khor Fakkan 1, Al Dhafra 1.

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[2] "Les chemins d'Ivan Leko et du club d'Al Ain se séparent". walfoot.be. 21 December 2019. Retrieved 23 December 2019.

[3] "Pedro Emanuel assina pelo Al Ain dos Emirados Árabes Unidos". Noticiasaominuto. 4 January 2020. Retrieved 5 January 2020.

[4] "Article (15) P.50 of Arabian Gulf League Regulations" (PDF) (in Arabic). Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 August 2019. Retrieved 27 August 2019.

[5] "Fairplay - Arabian Gulf League". uae.agleague.ae. Archived from the original on 27 August 2019. Retrieved 27 August 2019.

[6] النمر, دبي-العوضي (23 September 2019). "21.890 مشجعاً في الانطلاقة". البيان (in Arabic).

[7] النمر, دبي-العوضي (30 September 2019). "15.662 زينوا مدرجات الجولة الثانية". البيان (in Arabic).

[8] النمر, دبي-العوضي (7 October 2019). "17689 متفرجاً يشعلون مدرجات دورينا". البيان (in Arabic).

[9] النمر, دبي-العوضي (21 October 2019). "الإحباط يبعد الجماهير عن المدرجات". البيان (in Arabic).

[10] النمر, إعداد-العوضي (29 October 2019). "حيرة بعد تراجع الحضور الجماهيري". البيان (in Arabic).

[11] النمر, دبي-العوضي (3 November 2019). "الكلاسيكو ينقذ «السادسة» من الفشل الجماهير". البيان (in Arabic).

[12] النمر, دبي-العوضي. "الحضور الجماهيري يتراجع في 4 مباريات - البيان". www.albayan.ae (in Arabic). Retrieved 10 November 2019.

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[15] "Al Ain vs. Bunyodkor – 28 January 2020". Soccerway. Perform Group. 28 January 2020. Retrieved 29 January 2020.

[16] "Fujairah 1–7 Al Ain". soccerway.com. Retrieved 15 December 2019.

[17] Al Ain Football Club [@alainfcae_en] (June 12, 2019). "Mohamed Helal Officially Signs to Al Ain Until 2024" (Tweet). Retrieved 14 December 2019 – via Twitter.

[18] "Al Ain sign Al Ahly & Zamalek target Kodjo Laba, Algeria's Meziane". kingfut.com. Retrieved 14 December 2019.

[19] "Mercato : Meziane signe à Al Ain". dzfoot.com. 13 June 2019. Retrieved 21 June 2019.

[20] "Mohammed Shakir Signs to Al Ain Until 2024". AlAinClub.ae. Retrieved 29 June 2019.

[21] "Serb's Andrija Signs to Al Ain for Three Seasons". AlAinClub.ae. Retrieved 22 August 2019.

[22] "Idriss Mzaouiyani signe 3 ans à Al-Aïn Club". lestitisdupsg.fr. 24 August 2019. Retrieved 14 December 2019.

[23] "French Mazouani and Yassin Sign to Al Ain for Three Seasons". AlAinClub.ae. Retrieved 1 September 2019.

[24] "French Mazouani and Yassin Sign to Al Ain for Three Seasons". AlAinClub.ae. Retrieved 1 September 2019.

[25] "Kazakhstan's Islam Signs to Al Ain Until the End of the Season". AlAinClub.ae. Retrieved 31 January 2020.

[26] "Rafael Pereira reforça Al Ain". Record.pt. Retrieved 3 February 2020.

[27] "Rafael Pereira is winter reinforcement of al-AI FC". Providing Soccer Solutions Facebook Page. Retrieved 4 February 2020.

[28] "Dzsudzsák Attends His First Training Session Wearing Al Ain Jersey". AlAinClub.ae. Retrieved 8 February 2020.

[29] Al Ain Football Club [@alainfcae_en] (February 8, 2020). "Balázs Dzsudzsák is Al Ain FC player" (Tweet). Retrieved 8 February 2020 – via Twitter.

[30] Al Shabab Football Club [@AlShababSaudiFC] (February 23, 2019). "اسبيريا شبابي ابتداءً من الموسم المقبل" (Tweet). Retrieved 23 February 2019 – via Twitter.

[31] "Reforço do Benfica despede-se do Al Ain" [Benfica signing says goodbye to Al Ain] (in Portuguese). 27 May 2019. Retrieved 27 May 2019.

[32] Rebelo, Marco (27 June 2019). "Bem-vindo, Caio Lucas!" [Welcome, Caio Lucas!]. S.L. Benfica (in Portuguese). Retrieved 27 June 2019.

[33] "РЯДЫ «КРАСНОДАРА» ПОПОЛНИЛ ЕЩЕ ОДИН ИГРОК СБОРНОЙ ШВЕЦИИ" [Another Sweden national team player joined Krasnodar] (in Russian). FC Krasnodar. 13 July 2019.

[34] "Ανακοίνωσε Μπεργκ η Κρασνοντάρ" (in Greek). Retrieved 13 July 2019.

[35] "أندية تستغني عن لاعبي الخبرة وتغامر بالشباب". AlRoeya.com. 8 August 2019. Retrieved 16 July 2019.

[36] "Al Jazira signs UAE National stars Omer Abdulrahman and Amer Abdulrahman". JC.ae. 8 August 2019. Archived from the original on 11 September 2020. Retrieved 8 August 2019.

[37] "العين يعلن بيع بطاقة اللاعب الجزائري عبد الرحمن مزيان". Al Ain Club Twitter Account. Retrieved 18 January 2020.

[38] "Abderrahmane Meziane nouvelle recrue de l'EST". mosaiquefm.net. Retrieved 18 January 2020.

[39] "Mercato : Meziane débarque à l'Espérance de Tunis". dzfoot.com. Retrieved 18 January 2020.

[40] "شركة نادي اتحاد كلباء لكرة القدم تعلن عن انضمام لاعب الوسط الصربي اندريا". Ittihad Kalba Twitter Account. Retrieved 25 January 2020.

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