2022–23 Al Ain FC season

Al Ain
2022–23 season
President	Mohammed Bin Zayed
Manager	Serhii Rebrov; (from 6 June 2021 ; until 27 May 2023) ; Alfred Schreuder; (from 27 May 2023)
Stadium	Hazza Bin Zayed
UAE Pro-League	2nd
President's Cup	Runners–up
League Cup	Runners–up
UAE Super Cup	Runners–up
Top goalscorer	League: Kodjo Laba (28); All: Kodjo Laba (31)
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2021–22 2023–24 →
	All statistics correct as of 27 May 2023.

The 2022–23 Al Ain Football Club season was the club's 55th in existence and their 48th consecutive season in the top-level football league in the UAE.

Club[edit]

Technical staff[edit]

Position	Name
Head coach	Serhii Rebrov
Assistant coach	Vicente Gómez Ahmed Abdullah
Assistant coach and analyst	Alberto Bosch
Fitness coach	Jesus Pinedo Alessandro Sarrocco
Goalkeeping coach	Radu Lefter Dan Zdrinca^[5]
Physiotherapist	Felipe Perseu^[6]
U-21 team head coach	Ghazi Fahad
Team Manager	Ahmed Al Shamsi
First and U21 team supervisor	Abdullah Al Shamsi^[7]

Last updated: 18 July 2021
Source: [1]

Board of directors[edit]

Office	Name
President	Mohammed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan
Vice President Chairman of the Board of Directors of Al Ain SCC	Hazza Bin Zayed Al Nahyan
Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of Al Ain SCC Chairman of the Executive Committee	Sultan bin Hamdan bin Zayed
Chairman of Board of Directors	Matar Al Darmaki
Vice Chairman of Board of Directors	Khaled Al Dhaheri
Board of Directors Member	Matar Al Dhaheri
Board of Directors Member	Salem Al Jneibi
Board of Directors Member	Majid Al Owais

Last updated: 25 May 2022
Source: Al Ain Club

Players[edit]

First Team[edit]

No	Position	Player	Nation
1	GK	Mohammed Abo Sandah	United Arab Emirates
2	MF	El Mehdi El Moubarik	Morocco
3	DF	Kouame Autonne	United Arab Emirates
6	MF	Yahia Nader	United Arab Emirates
7	FW	Caio Canedo	United Arab Emirates
8	MF	Mohammed Abbas ^U21	United Arab Emirates
9	FW	Kodjo Laba	Togo
10	MF	Andriy Yarmolenko	Ukraine
11	DF	Bandar Al-Ahbabi (captain)	United Arab Emirates
12	GK	Sultan Al-Mantheri	United Arab Emirates
13	MF	Ahmed Barman	United Arab Emirates
14	FW	Sampson Agyapong	Ghana
15	DF	Erik	Brazil
16	DF	Tin Jedvaj	Croatia
17	GK	Khalid Eisa (3rd captain)	United Arab Emirates
18	MF	Khalid Al-Balochi	United Arab Emirates
20	MF	Matías Palacios	Argentina
21	FW	Soufiane Rahimi	Morocco
22	MF	Saeed Ahmed	United Arab Emirates
23	DF	Mohamed Ahmed (vice-captain)	United Arab Emirates
26	MF	Ahmed Al-Qatesh ^U21	United Arab Emirates
29	DF	Omar Saeed	United Arab Emirates
34	DF	Rafael Pereira	Brazil
42	MF	Jonathan Santos	Brazil
44	DF	Saeed Juma	United Arab Emirates
45	MF	Khalifa Obaid ^U21	United Arab Emirates
72	FW	Mohamed Awadalla ^U21	Sudan
74	DF	Adham Khalid ^U21	Egypt
78	MF	Falah Waleed	United Arab Emirates
86	DF	Danylo Udod ^U21 (on loan from Shakhtar Donetsk)	Ukraine
88	MF	Naser Al-Shikali	United Arab Emirates
90	FW	Eisa Khalfan ^U21	United Arab Emirates
92	GK	Saif Al-Mazmi ^U21	United Arab Emirates
98	DF	Salem Abdullah	United Arab Emirates

Unregistered players[edit]

No	Position	Player	Nation
5	DF	Danilo Arboleda	Colombia

New contracts[edit]

Date	Pos	No.	Player	Ref.	Notes
9 February 2023	FW	9	Kodjo Laba	^[8]	2026

Transfers[edit]

In[edit]

Date	Position	No.	Name	From	Type	Transfer window	Team	Ref.
30 June 2022	MF	—	Falah Waleed	Khor Fakkan	Loan return	Summer	First team	^[9]
30 June 2022	FW	99	Jamal Maroof	Khor Fakkan	Loan return	Summer	First team
30 June 2022	DF	—	Mohanad Salem	Ittihad Kalba	Loan return	Summer	First team
30 June 2022	GK	—	Ibrahim Al-Kaebi	Al Urooba	Loan return	Summer	First team
30 June 2022	MF	—	Mohammed Jamal	Al Jazira	Loan return	Summer	First team
13 July 2022	FW	—	Andriy Yarmolenko	West Ham United	Free transfer	Summer	First team	^[10]
14 July 2022	MF	—	Matías Palacios	Basel	Transfer	Summer	First team	^[11]

Loans in[edit]

No.	Pos	Player	From	Start date	End date	Ref.
—	DF	Tin Jedvaj	Lokomotiv Moscow	20 December 2022	End of Season	^[12]

Out[edit]

Date	Position	No.	Name	To	Fee	Team	Ref.
1 July 2022	MF	10	Cristian Guanca	Al Shabab	End of loan	First team
1 July 2022	GK	—	Ibrahim Al-Kaebi	Emirates	Free transfer	First team	^[13]^[14]
14 July 2022	MF	25	Ali Al-Balochi	Al Bataeh	Free transfer	Reserve U21	^[15]
18 July 2022	FW	8	Ali Eid	Al Dhafra	Contract termination	First team	^[16]^[17]
18 July 2022	MF	14	Rayan Yaslam	Sharjah	Contract termination	First team	^[18]^[19]
18 July 2022	MF	—	Mohammed Jamal	Al Jazira	Contract termination	First team	^[20]^[21]
31 July 2022	DF	—	Saeed Al-Menhali		End of contract	Al Ain
2 August 2022	DF	20	Yassine Meriah	Espérance de Tunis	Contract termination	First team	^[22]^[23]
3 August 2022	FW	99	Jamal Maroof	Dibba	Contract termination	First team	^[24]^[25]
1 September 2022	DF	2	Saoud Al-Mahri	Al Arabi	Free transfer	Reserve U21
28 September 2022	MF	—	Andrija Radovanovic	Hatta	End of contract	Reserve U21	^[26]

Loans out[edit]

No.	Pos	Name	To	Start date	End date	Ref.
30	MF	Mohammed Khalfan	Al Bataeh	18 July 2022	End of Season	^[27]
27	MF	Sultan Al-Shamsi	Al Nasr	10 January 2023	End of Season	^[28]
4	DF	Mohammed Shaker	Al Nasr	8 February 2023	End of Season	^[29]
33	DF	Gianluca Santini ^U21	Masfout		End of Season

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 %
Pro-League	2 September 2022	12 May 2023	Matchday 1	2nd	26	16	6	4	67	31	+36	061.54
President's Cup	8 December 2022	28 April 2023	Round of 32	Runners–up	6	4	1	1	9	1	+8	066.67
League Cup	12 December 2022	27 May 2023	Quarter-finals	Runners–up	5	1	2	2	6	5	+1	020.00
UAE Super Cup	25 February 2023		Final	Runners–up	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1	000.00
Total					38	21	9	8	82	38	+44	055.26

Last updated: 27 May 2023
Source: Soccerway

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 (C)	26	17	6	3	53	25	+28	57	Qualification for AFC Champions League play off round
2	Al Ain	26	16	6	4	67	31	+36	54	Qualification for AFC Champions League group stage^[a]
3	Al Wahda	26	15	7	4	48	26	+22	52
4	Al Wasl	26	13	8	5	53	32	+21	47
5	Al Jazira	26	14	4	8	50	39	+11	46

Source: UPLeague
Rules for classification: ^[30] 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 10) draw
(C) Champions
Notes:

^ since Al Ain won the 2021–22 UAE Pro League, they qualified directly to the AFC Champions League group stage meanwhile this seasons league champions will qualify for the play-off round.

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
26	16	6	4	67	31	+36	54	8	3	2	36	14	+22	8	3	2	31	17	+14

Last updated: 12 May 2023.
Source: Soccerway

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	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H
Result	D	W	L	W	W	L	W	L	W	D	D	D	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	L	D	W	W	D	W	W
Position	7	3	8	4	4	4	3	8	7	8	7	7	7	7	5	4	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2

Updated to match(es) played on 12 May 2023. Source: UAE Pro League
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches[edit]

2 September 2022 1	Ajman	1–1	Al Ain	Ajman
17:45 GMT+4 (UAE Time)	Madan 60'	Report	Erik 6'	Stadium: Rashid Bin Saeed Referee: Ahmed Eisa Darwish Assistant referees: Ali Rashid Al Nuaimi, Ibrahim Al Ajmi Fourth official: Naser Al Ali

10 September 2022 2	Al Ain	7–0	Al Dhafra	Al-Ain
17:45 GMT+4 (UAE Time)	Laba 11', 29', 43', 68' Yarmolenko 35' Arboleda 81' Rahimi 89'	Report		Stadium: Hazza Bin Zayed Referee: Sultan Abdurazzaq Assistant referees: Mohammed Ghulaita Al Shehhi, Khamis Fairooz Fourth official: Yousif Al Jasmi

15 September 2022 3	Al Jazira	2–1	Al Ain	Abu Dhabi
20:30 GMT+4 (UAE Time)	Ramadan 19' Mabkhout 52'	Report	Laba 39'	Stadium: Mohammed bin Zayed Stadium Referee: Omar Mohamed Al Ali Assistant referees: Mohamed Ahmed Yousef, Waled Al Karmati Fourth official: Mohamed Abdalla Al Harmoodi

2 October 2022 4	Al Ain	3–0	Ittihad Kalba	Al-Ain
20:00 GMT+4 (UAE Time)	Rahimi 15' Laba 52' Caio 79'	Report		Stadium: Hazza Bin Zayed Referee: Adel Al Naqbi Assistant referees: Jasem Abdulla, Yasser Sabeel Al Murshdi Fourth official: Mohamed Abdalla Al Harmoodi

7 October 2022 5	Dibba	0–2	Al Ain	Dibba Al-Fujairah
17:15 GMT+4 (UAE Time)		Report	Yarmolenko 6' Laba 90'	Stadium: Dibba Stadium Referee: Yousif Al Jasmi Assistant referees: Salah Salim, Amer Al Qadri Fourth official: Hasan Ali Mohamed Al Blooshi

15 October 2022 6	Al Ain	2–3	Al Wahda	Al-Ain
20:00 GMT+4 (UAE Time)	Rahimi 13', 57'	Report	Silva 43' Pedro 45' Barman 47' (o.g.)	Stadium: Hazza Bin Zayed Referee: Artur Soares Dias Assistant referees: Rui Barbosa, Paulo Soares Fourth official: Ahmed Eisa Darwish

22 October 2022 7	Al Nasr	1–3	Al Ain	Dubai
20:00 GMT+4 (UAE Time)	Mendes 48'	Report	Yarmolenko 5' Laba 76', 93'	Stadium: Al Maktoum Stadium Referee: Mohammed Abdulla Hassan Assistant referees: Mohamed Ahmed Yousef, Hasan Al Mahri Fourth official: Suhail Abdulla Ali

29 October 2022 8	Shabab Al Ahli	2–1	Al Ain	Dubai
20:00 GMT+4 (UAE Time)	Khribin 43' Ganiev 74'	Report	Marzooq 10' (o.g.)	Stadium: Rashid Stadium Referee: Ahmed Salim Khalfan Assistant referees: Ahmed Al Rashdi, Talal Rashid Al Nuaimi Fourth official: Naser Al Ali

4 November 2022 9	Al Ain	2–1	Khor Fakkan	Al-Ain
16:45 GMT+4 (UAE Time)	Autonne 52' Laba 80'	Report	Abeid 7'	Stadium: Hazza Bin Zayed Referee: Sultan Abdurazzaq Assistant referees: Juma Al Mukhaini, Ibrahim Al Ajmi Fourth official: Ahmed Hasan Hussain Bilal

12 November 2022 10	Sharjah	2–2	Al Ain	Sharjah
19:30 GMT+4 (UAE Time)	Camara 13' Alcácer 77'	Report	Rahimi 87', 90'	Stadium: Sharjah Stadium Referee: Srdjan Jovanovic Assistant referees: Uros Stojkovic, Milan Mihajlovic Fourth official: Suhail Abdulla Ali

20 December 2022 11	Al Ain	2–2	Baniyas	Al-Ain
19:30 GMT+4 (UAE Time)	Yarmolenko 28' Laba 54' (pen.)	Report	Giménez 31' El Moubarik 36' (o.g.)	Stadium: Hazza Bin Zayed Referee: Sultan Mohamed Saleh Assistant referees: Sabet Obaid, Waled Al Karmati Fourth official: Zayed Alawlaqi

24 December 2022 12	Al Ain	1–1	Al Wasl	Al-Ain
19:30 GMT+4 (UAE Time)	Laba 8'	Report	Lima 33'	Stadium: Hazza Bin Zayed Referee: Adel Al Naqbi

22 January 2023 13	Al Bataeh	2–3	Al Ain	Khor Fakkan
20:00 GMT+4 (UAE Time)	Autonne 60' (o.g.) Lourency 81'	Report	Laba 27', 87' Yarmolenko 35' Erik 45+6'	Stadium: Saqr bin Mohammed Al Qasimi Referee: Yahya Al Mulla

27 January 2023 14	Al Ain	5–1	Ajman	Al-Ain
17:15 GMT+4 (UAE Time)	Laba 4', 83' Yarmolenko 31', 37' Al-Ahbabi 70'	Report	Mboungou 48'	Stadium: Hazza Bin Zayed Referee: Adel Al Naqbi

5 February 2023 15	Al Dhafra	1–4	Al Ain	Abu Dhabi
17:30 GMT+4 (UAE Time)	Leonço (8'	Report	Erik 5' Laba 47' (pen.) Yarmolenko 47' Rahimi 56'	Stadium: Hamdan Bin Zayed Referee: Yousif Al Jasmi

11 February 2023 16	Al Ain	3–2	Al Jazira	Al-Ain
20:15 GMT+4 (UAE Time)	Rahimi 70' Laba 37', 94' (pen.)	Report	Bruno 24' Ramadan 29'	Stadium: Hazza Bin Zayed Referee: Adel Al Naqbi

17 February 2023 17	Ittihad Kalba	2–3	Al Ain	Kalba
17:30 GMT+4 (UAE Time)	Al Fardan 47' Cicâldău 94' (pen.)	Report	Caio 21' Rahimi 81' Laba 97'	Stadium: Ittihad Kalba Stadium Referee: Mohamed Abdalla Al Harmoodi

2 March 2023 18	Al Ain	3–0	Dibba	Al Ain
17:30 GMT+4 (UAE Time)	Caio 11' Rahimi 61' Santos 81'	Report		Stadium: Hazza bin Zayed Stadium Referee: Nawwaf Al Zeyoudi

10 March 2023 19	Al Wahda	0–3	Al Ain	Abu Dhabi
20:30 GMT+4 (UAE Time)		Report	Jedvaj 25' Laba 65' Caio 68'	Stadium: Al Nahyan Stadium Referee: István Kovács

17 March 2023 20	Al Ain	0–1	Al Nasr	Al-Ain
20:30 GMT+4 (UAE Time)		Report	Toure 75'	Stadium: Hazza Bin Zayed Referee: Sultan Abdurazzaq

1 April 2023 21	Al Ain	1–1	Shabab Al Ahli	Al-Ain
22:00 GMT+4 (UAE Time)	Laba 80'	Report	Bala 68'	Stadium: Hazza Bin Zayed Referee: Ahmed Salim Khalfan

9 April 2023 22	Khor Fakkan	0–3	Al Ain	Khor Fakkan
22:00 GMT+4 (UAE Time)		Report	Erik 54' Laba 63' Yarmolenko 66'	Stadium: Saqr bin Mohammad Al Qassimi Referee: Sultan Mohamed Saleh

19 April 2023 23	Al Ain	2–0	Sharjah	Al-Ain
22:00 GMT+4 (UAE Time)	Laba 4', 86'	Report		Stadium: Hazza Bin Zayed Referee: Sultan Abdurazzaq

23 April 2023 24	Baniyas	2–2	Al Ain	Abu Dhabi
20:45 GMT+4 (UAE Time)	Giménez 90' Barman 97' (o.g.)	Report	Laba 48' Rahimi 61'	Stadium: Baniyas Stadium Referee: Sultan Mohamed Saleh

7 May 2023 25	Al Wasl	2–3	Al Ain	Dubai
21:00 GMT+4 (UAE Time)	Diallo 5' Lima 90' (pen.)	Report	Al-Ahbabi 52', 72' Santos 102'	Stadium: Zabeel Stadium Referee: Ahmed Salim Khalfan

12 May 2023 26	Al Ain	5–2	Al Bataeh	Al-Ain
18:15 GMT+4 (UAE Time)	Laba 20', 46' Yarmolenko 2', 60' Santos 79'	Report	Lourency 53' Abang 69'	Stadium: Hazza Bin Zayed Referee: Adel Al Naqbi

UAE President's Cup[edit]

8 December 2022 R32	Al Ain	4–0	Dibba	Al Ain
16:45	Laba 45+2' (pen.) Caio 75', 84' Erik 87'	Report		Stadium: Hazza bin Zayed Stadium Referee: Hamad Ali Yousef Assistant referees: Mohammed Ghulaita Al Shehhi Turki Al Zaabi Fourth official: Khalid Al Mula

1 February 2023 R16	Khor Fakkan	0–1	Al Ain	Khor Fakkan
17:10		Report	F. Waleed 73'	Stadium: Saqr bin Mohammed Al Qasimi Referee: Yahya Al Mulla Assistant referees: Talal Rashid Al Nuaimi, Ibrahim Al Ajmi Fourth official: Naser Al Ali

6 March 2023 QF	Shabab Al Ahli	0–2	Al Ain	Dubai
20:30		Report	Palacios 7' Laba 80' (pen.)	Stadium: Rashid Stadium Referee: Omar Mohamed Al Ali Man of the Match: El Mehdi El Moubarik

Semi-finals[edit]

5 April 2023 First leg	Al Wasl	0–0	Al Ain	Dubai
22:00		Report		Stadium: Zabeel Stadium Referee: Mohamed Abdalla Alharmoodi

14 April 2023 Second leg	Al Ain	1–0 (1–0 agg.)	Al Wasl	Al Ain
22:00	Erik 25'	Report		Stadium: Hazza Bin Zayed Referee: Omar Mohamed Al Ali

Final[edit]

28 April 2023 (2023-04-28)	Al Ain	1–1 (13–14 p)	Sharjah	Al Nahyan, Abu Dhabi
19:25	Laba 56'	Report	Abdulbasit 48'	Stadium: Mohammed bin Zayed Stadium
	Penalties
	Yarmolenko Erik Laba Palacios Al-Ahbabi Nader Autonne Barman El Moubarik Santos Abo Sandah Yarmolenko Laba Palacios		Caio Alcácer Luanzinho Ba Wazir Meloni Ibrahim Abdulrahman Rashid Manolas Suroor Al-Hosani Caio Alcácer Luanzinho

UAE League Cup[edit]

Quarter-finals[edit]

12 December 2022 1st leg	Al Ain	0–0	Al Wahda	Al Ain
19:30		Report		Stadium: Hazza Bin Zayed Referee: Mohamed Al Harmoodi

16 December 2022 2nd leg	Al Wahda	1–1	Al Ain	Abu Dhabi
19:30	Pedro 25'	Report	Rahimi 72'	Stadium: Al Nahyan Stadium Referee: Ahmed Salim Khalfan

Semi-finals[edit]

17 May 2023 1st leg	Al Ain	4–1	Al Nasr	Al Ain
19:35	Yarmolenko 59' (pen.) Palacios 69' Rahimi 77', 94'	Report	Taarabt 92'	Stadium: Hazza Bin Zayed Referee: Omar Mohamed Alali

21 May 2023 2nd leg	Al Nasr	1–0 (2–4 agg.)	Al Ain	Dubai
19:35	Taarabt 59'	Report		Stadium: Al Maktoum Stadium Referee: Adel Al Naqbi

Final[edit]

27 May 2023 (2023-05-27)	Al Ain	1–2	Sharjah	Abu Dhabi
19:45	Autonne 30'	Report	Luanzinho 52' Caio 55'	Stadium: Al Nahyan Stadium Referee: Ahmed Salim Khalfan

UAE Super Cup[edit]

25 February 2023 (2023-02-25) Final	Sharjah	1–0	Al Ain	Dubai
20:30	Laba 29' (o.g.)	Report		Stadium: Al Maktoum Stadium Referee: Szymon Marciniak

Statistics[edit]

Squad appearances and goals[edit]

Clean sheets[edit]

As of 19 April 2023

Rank	No.	Player	Pro League	League Cup	President's Cup	Super Cup	Total
1	17	Khalid Eisa	7	1	5		13
2	1	Mohammed Abo Sandah			1		1

Goalscorers[edit]

As of 27 May 2023

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

Rank	No.	Pos.	Player	Pro-League	President's Cup	League Cup	Total
1	9	FW	Kodjo Laba	28	3	0	31
2	21	FW	Soufiane Rahimi	11	0	3	14
3	10	FW	Andriy Yarmolenko	11	0	1	12
4	7	FW	Caio Canedo	4	2	0	6
5	15	DF	Erik Jorgens	3	2	0	5
6	42	MF	Jonathan Santos	3	0	0	3
6	11	MF	Bandar Al-Ahbabi	3	0	0	3
8	33	DF	Kouame Autonne	1	0	1	2
8	20	MF	Matías Palacios	0	1	1	2
10	16	DF	Tin Jedvaj	1	0	0	1
	78	MF	Falah Waleed	0	1	0	1
	5	DF	Danilo Arboleda	1	0	0	1
Own goals (from the opponents)				1	0	0	1
Totals				67	9	6	82

Disciplinary record[edit]

Assists[edit]

As of 17 May 2023^[31]

No.	Player	Pro-League	President's Cup	League Cup	Total
21	Soufiane Rahimi	11	1	1	13
11	Bandar Al-Ahbabi	6	0	2	8
9	Kodjo Laba	8	0	0	8
15	Erik Menezes	6	1	0	7
10	Andriy Yarmolenko	4	0	0	4
33	Kouame Autonne	3	0	0	3
44	Saeed Juma	2	0	0	2
10	Matías Palacios	2	1	0	3
7	Caio Canedo	2	0	0	2
90	Eisa Khalfan	0	0	1	1
42	Jonathan Santos	1	0	0	1
6	Yahia Nader	1	0	0	1
18	Khalid Al-Balochi	1	0	0	1
22	Saeed Ahmed	1	0	0	1
Totals		48	3	4	55

Hat-tricks[edit]

Player	Against	Result	Date	Round
Kodjo Laba⁴	Al Dhafra	7–0 (H)	10 September 2022	2

⁴ – Player scored four goals.

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^ Sharjah Football Club [@SharjahFC] (July 20, 2022). "نرحب بإنضمام لاعب الوسط ريان يسلم إلى صفوف فريقنا في صفقة انتقال حر" (Tweet). Retrieved 25 July 2022 – via Twitter.
^ Al Ain Football Club [@alainfcae_en] (July 18, 2022). "Thank You All" (Tweet). Retrieved 25 July 2022 – via Twitter.
^ Al Jazira Football Club [@aljazirafc] (August 23, 2022). "نادي الجزيرة يكمل رسمياً اجراءات التعاقد مع لاعب الوسط محمد جمال" (Tweet). Retrieved 18 December 2022 – via Twitter.
^ Al Ain Football Club [@alainfcae] (August 2, 2022). "كل التوفيق لك "ياسين مرياح" في مشوارك القادم" (Tweet). Retrieved 22 December 2022 – via Twitter.
^ Espérance de Tunis [@ESTuniscom] (August 4, 2022). "La signature du défenseur Yassine Meriah a été officialisée" (Tweet). Retrieved 23 December 2022 – via Twitter.
^ Al Ain Football Club [@alainfcae] (August 3, 2022). "مع الأمنيات الصادقة بالتوفيق لك "جمال معروف" في مشوارك القادم" (Tweet). Retrieved 16 December 2022 – via Twitter.
^ Dibba Football Club [@FcDibba] (September 26, 2022). "شركة نادي دبا لكرة القدم تنجح بالتعاقد مع المهاجم جمال معروف لموسم واحد" (Tweet). Retrieved 16 December 2022 – via Twitter.
^ "نادي حتا يتعاقد مع اللاعب الصربي اندريجا رادوفانوفيتش لمدة موسم واحد". Hatta Football Club Instagram. Retrieved 23 December 2022.
^ Al Ain Football Club [@alainfcae_en] (July 18, 2022). "Our Player Mohamed Khalfan has joined Al Bataeh on loan until the end of the 2021/2023 season" (Tweet). Retrieved 25 July 2022 – via Twitter.
^ Al Ain Football Club [@alainfcae_en] (January 10, 2023). "Our Player Sultan Al-Shamsi has joined Al-Nasr on loan until the end of this season" (Tweet). Retrieved 3 April 2023 – via Twitter.
^ Al Ain Football Club [@alainfcae_en] (February 8, 2023). "Our Player Mohammed Shaker has joined Al-Nasr on loan until the end of this season" (Tweet). Retrieved 3 April 2023 – via Twitter.
^ "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.
^ "UAE Pro League 2021/22 – Top Scorers & Top Assists". Soccerway.

External links[edit]

Al Ain FC official website (in English and Arabic)

[table_note_res_CLGS0.41865920900305-30] since Al Ain won the 2021–22 UAE Pro League, they qualified directly to the AFC Champions League group stage meanwhile this seasons league champions will qualify for the play-off round.

[1] Al Ain Football Club [@alainfcae_en] (June 6, 2021). "Al Ain announces that Sergiy Rebrov will be the new head coach" (Tweet). Retrieved 7 June 2021 – via Twitter.

[2] Al Ain Football Club [@alainfcae] (May 27, 2023). "شكر ريبروف..العين يتعاقد مع الهولندي ألفريد شرودر" (Tweet). Retrieved 28 May 2023 – via Twitter.

[3] "Nieuw trainersavontuur aanstaande voor Alfred Schreuder". theNationalNews.com. 24 May 2023. Retrieved 27 May 2023.

[4] Al Ain Football Club [@alainfcae] (May 27, 2023). "شكر ريبروف..العين يتعاقد مع الهولندي ألفريد شرودر" (Tweet). Retrieved 28 May 2023 – via Twitter.

[5] "Happy to come back home". Dan Zdrinca Instagram. 26 July 2021. Retrieved 25 January 2022.

[6] "With great pleasure I come to announce my new home and club Al Ain". Felipe Perseu Instagram. 11 January 2022. Retrieved 25 January 2022.

[7] "Abdullah Al Shamesi Appointed The Supervisor Of First And Reserved Football Teams". AlAinClub.ae. 1 July 2021. Retrieved 5 August 2021.

[8] "Al Ain Club Rewards Laba With A New Contract". Al Ain. 9 February 2023. Retrieved 3 April 2023.

[9] Al Ain Football Club [@alainfcae_en] (July 4, 2022). "Falah is back to the Team List" (Tweet). Retrieved 25 July 2022 – via Twitter.

[10] Al Ain Football Club [@alainfcae_en] (July 13, 2022). "Andriy Yarmolenko from West Ham United to Al Ain until end of 2022-2023 season" (Tweet). Retrieved 25 July 2022 – via Twitter.

[11] Al Ain Football Club [@alainfcae_en] (July 14, 2022). "Al Ain announces that it has reached a preliminary agreement with Basel on the transfer of Matias Palacios" (Tweet). Retrieved 25 July 2022 – via Twitter.

[12] Al Ain Football Club [@alainfcae_en] (December 20, 2022). "Al Ain Club signs in initials with Croatia's Tin Jedvaj, defender of the Russian Premier League club Lokomotiv Moscow, to play for the Boss squad" (Tweet). Retrieved 20 December 2022 – via Twitter.

[13] "إبراهيم الكعبي يعود لحراسة عرين «الصقور»". AlKhaleej.ae.

[14] Al Ain Football Club [@alainfcae_en] (July 18, 2022). "Thank You All" (Tweet). Retrieved 25 July 2022 – via Twitter.

[15] Al Ain Football Club [@alainfcae_en] (July 18, 2022). "Thank You All" (Tweet). Retrieved 25 July 2022 – via Twitter.

[16] Al Ain Football Club [@alainfcae_en] (July 18, 2022). "Thank You All" (Tweet). Retrieved 25 July 2022 – via Twitter.

[17] "الظفرة يبرم 3 صفقات". Kooora.com.

[18] Al Ain Football Club [@alainfcae_en] (July 18, 2022). "Thank You All" (Tweet). Retrieved 25 July 2022 – via Twitter.

[19] Sharjah Football Club [@SharjahFC] (July 20, 2022). "نرحب بإنضمام لاعب الوسط ريان يسلم إلى صفوف فريقنا في صفقة انتقال حر" (Tweet). Retrieved 25 July 2022 – via Twitter.

[20] Al Ain Football Club [@alainfcae_en] (July 18, 2022). "Thank You All" (Tweet). Retrieved 25 July 2022 – via Twitter.

[21] Al Jazira Football Club [@aljazirafc] (August 23, 2022). "نادي الجزيرة يكمل رسمياً اجراءات التعاقد مع لاعب الوسط محمد جمال" (Tweet). Retrieved 18 December 2022 – via Twitter.

[22] Al Ain Football Club [@alainfcae] (August 2, 2022). "كل التوفيق لك "ياسين مرياح" في مشوارك القادم" (Tweet). Retrieved 22 December 2022 – via Twitter.

[23] Espérance de Tunis [@ESTuniscom] (August 4, 2022). "La signature du défenseur Yassine Meriah a été officialisée" (Tweet). Retrieved 23 December 2022 – via Twitter.

[24] Al Ain Football Club [@alainfcae] (August 3, 2022). "مع الأمنيات الصادقة بالتوفيق لك "جمال معروف" في مشوارك القادم" (Tweet). Retrieved 16 December 2022 – via Twitter.

[25] Dibba Football Club [@FcDibba] (September 26, 2022). "شركة نادي دبا لكرة القدم تنجح بالتعاقد مع المهاجم جمال معروف لموسم واحد" (Tweet). Retrieved 16 December 2022 – via Twitter.

[26] "نادي حتا يتعاقد مع اللاعب الصربي اندريجا رادوفانوفيتش لمدة موسم واحد". Hatta Football Club Instagram. Retrieved 23 December 2022.

[27] Al Ain Football Club [@alainfcae_en] (July 18, 2022). "Our Player Mohamed Khalfan has joined Al Bataeh on loan until the end of the 2021/2023 season" (Tweet). Retrieved 25 July 2022 – via Twitter.

[28] Al Ain Football Club [@alainfcae_en] (January 10, 2023). "Our Player Sultan Al-Shamsi has joined Al-Nasr on loan until the end of this season" (Tweet). Retrieved 3 April 2023 – via Twitter.

[29] Al Ain Football Club [@alainfcae_en] (February 8, 2023). "Our Player Mohammed Shaker has joined Al-Nasr on loan until the end of this season" (Tweet). Retrieved 3 April 2023 – via Twitter.

[31] "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.

[SW-32] "UAE Pro League 2021/22 – Top Scorers & Top Assists". Soccerway.

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