List of Al Ain FC seasons

Al Ain Football Club is an association football club based in Al Ain, Abu Dhabi, that competes in UAE Pro League, the top-division football league in United Arab Emirates. Founded in 1968 by players from Al Ain, members of a Bahraini group of exchange students and the Sudanese community working in the United Arab Emirates.^[1] Al Ain is one of only three clubs never to have been relegated from the top level of Emirati football since 1975–76 season, the others being Al Nasr and Al Wasl.

Key[edit]

Pos. = Position
Div. = Division
C = Champion
RU = Final (Runner-up)
SF = Semi-finals
QF = Quarter-finals
R16/R32 = Round of 16, round of 32, etc.
R1/R2 = First round, second round, etc.
GS = Group stage
PO = Play-off
QS = Qualifying Stage
W = Withdrew

Champions	Runners-up	3rd Place	Advanced to next round but the cup continued in next season

Seasons[edit]

Pre-Football League era[edit]

Season	Div.	Pos.	Cup		Manager
1969–70^{[n 1]}	Abu Dhabi Championship		Abu Dhabi Ruler Cup	Not held	Nasser Dhaen^[2]^[3]^[4]
1970–71	Abu Dhabi Championship		Abu Dhabi Ruler Cup	RU	Nasser Dhaen^[2]^[3]^[4]
1971–72	Abu Dhabi Championship	Not completed	Abu Dhabi Ruler Cup	RU	Abdelaziz Hammami
1972–73	Abu Dhabi Championship		Abu Dhabi Ruler Cup		Abdelaziz Hammami
1973–74	Abu Dhabi Championship	1st	Abu Dhabi Ruler Cup	Not held	Ahmed Alyan
1974–75^{[n 2]}	Abu Dhabi Championship	1st	UAE President's Cup	R16	Ahmed Alyan

Notes

^ from 1969 to 1974, Al Ain competed in the championship and Cup of the Abu Dhabi region organised by Abu Dhabi Football Association.
^ Played as Categorization League and organised by UAEFA, included four clubs from Abu Dhabi region, Al Ain, Al Emirates qualified to 1975–76 UAE Football League, Al Jazira, Abu Dhabi to 1975–76 First Division League.

Football League and Pro League era[edit]

Season	Div.	Pos.	Pl.	W	D	L	GS	GA	GD	P	President's Cup	Federation Cup / League Cup^{[n 1]}	Super Cup	GCC		ACCC		Asia		Other		Top scorer		Manager
1975–76	1	2nd	16	10	4	2	33	15	+18	24	Not completed	Not held								–				Ahmed Alyan
1976–77	1	1st	3	2	1	0	6	3	+3	5	Quarter-finals	Not held								–				Ahmed Alyan
1977–78	1	2nd	24	–						34	Not completed	Not held								–				Ahmed Alyan
1978–79	1	3rd	20	–						27	Runner-ups	Not held								–				Ahmed Alyan
1980–81	1	1st	18	10	4	4	–			24	Runner-ups	Not held								–				Ahmed Nagah
1985–86	1	9th	18	4	2	12	27	47	−20	14		Runner-ups	Not held	Gulf Club Champions Cup	GS	–		Asian Club Championship	QS	–				Miljan Miljanić
1993–94	1	2nd	18	12	5	1	31	10	+21	29	Runner-ups	Runner-ups	–	–		–		–		–				Amarildo
1994–95	1	2nd	18	7	9	2	26	15	+11	23	Runner-ups	–	Champions	Gulf Club Champions Cup	5th	–		–		–				Amarildo Shaker Abdel-Fattah
1995–96	1	4th	23	8	7	8	20	18	+2	31	Round of 16	Not held	–	–		–		Asian Cup Winners' Cup	R2	–				Ángel Marcos
1996–97	1	5th	28	10	11	7	40	31	+9	41	Round of 16		Not held					–						Lori Sandri Cabralzinho
1997–98	1	1st	32	17	9	6	49	29	+20	61	Semi-Finals							–						Shaker Abdel-Fattah
1998–99	1	2nd	33	16	9	8	58	36	+22	57	Champions							Asian Club Championship	3rd			Seydou Traoré	15	Nelo Vingada Ilie Balaci
1999–2000	1	1st	22	13	7	2	48	25	+23	47	Round of 16	Group Stage						Asian Cup Winners' Cup	R1			Majid Al Owais	15	Ilie Balaci
2000–01	1	4th	22	10	4	8	33	27	+6	34	Champions	Group Stage		Gulf Club Champions Cup	C			Asian Club Championship	R2	–		Juma Mossi	15	Oscar Fulloné Mrad Mahjoub Ahmed Abdullah * Anghel Iordănescu
2001–02	1	1st	22	14	5	3	44	23	+21	47	Semi-Finals	Group Stage	Runner-ups	–		Arab Club Champions Cup	W^{[n 2]}	Asian Cup Winners' Cup	QF			Joël Tiéhi	19	Džemal Hadžiabdić
2002–03	1	1st	22	14	6	2	51	20	+31	48	Quarter-finals	Not held	Champions	–		–		AFC Champions League	C			Boubacar Sanogo	24	Bruno Metsu
2003–04	1	1st	16	11	3	2	34	17	+17	36	Semi-Finals	Not held	Not held	Not held				AFC Champions League	bye GS ^{[n 3]}			Rodrigo Mendes	19	Bruno Metsu
2004–05	1	2nd	26	18	3	5	54	26	+28	57	Champions	Champions		–
																		AFC Champions League	QF			Edílson	22	Alain Perrin Mohammad El Mansi * Milan Máčala
																		AFC Champions League	QF			Edílson	22	Alain Perrin Mohammad El Mansi * Milan Máčala
2005–06	1	4th	22	13	2	7	42	23	+19	41	Champions	Champions
																		AFC Champions League	RU			Nenad Jestrović	14	Milan Máčala Mohammad El Mansi *
																		AFC Champions League	QF			Nenad Jestrović	14	Milan Máčala Mohammad El Mansi *
2006–07	1	9th	22	7	7	8	22	26	−4	28	Runner-ups	Group Stage
																		AFC Champions League	QF			Nenad Jestrović	9	Anghel Iordănescu Tiny Ruys * Walter Zenga
																		AFC Champions League	GS			Nenad Jestrović	9	Anghel Iordănescu Tiny Ruys * Walter Zenga
2007–08	1	6th	22	9	5	8	41	36	+5	32	Round of 16	Not held						–				Ousman Jallow	11	Tite Winfried Schäfer
2008–09	1	3rd	22	12	7	3	40	20	+20	43	Champions	Champions	–	Not held				–				André Dias	23	Winfried Schäfer
2009–10	1	3rd	22	14	3	5	57	29	+28	45	Round of 16	Semi-Finals	Champions	–				AFC Champions League	GS			José Sand	33	Winfried Schäfer Rachid Benmahmoud * Toninho Cerezo Abdulhameed Al Mistaki *
2010–11	1	10th	22	6	7	9	33	35	−2	25	Round of 16	Runner-ups	–					AFC Champions League	GS			José Sand Omar Abdulrahman	11	Abdulhameed Al Mistaki * Ahmed Abdullah * Alexandre Gallo
2011–12	1	1st	22	17	4	1	52	16	+36	55	Quarter-Finals	Group Stage	–					–				Asamoah Gyan	27	Cosmin Olăroiu
2012–13	1	1st	26	20	2	4	74	26	+48	62	Semi-Finals	Group Stage	Champions					AFC Champions League	GS			Asamoah Gyan	32	Cosmin Olăroiu
2013–14	1	6th	26	12	7	7	52	33	+19	43	Champions	Group Stage	Runner-ups					AFC Champions League	QF			Asamoah Gyan	45	Jorge Fossati Ahmed Abdullah * Quique Flores Zlatko Dalić
2014–15	1	1st	26	18	6	2	62	19	+43	60	Quarter-Finals	Group Stage	Runner-ups
																		AFC Champions League	SF			Asamoah Gyan	24	Zlatko Dalić
																		AFC Champions League	R16			Asamoah Gyan	24
2015–16	1	2nd	26	18	3	5	53	24	+29	57	Runner-ups	Group Stage	Champions	Cancelled				AFC Champions League	QF	Emirati-Moroccan Super Cup	C	Dyanfres Douglas	18
2016–17	1	4th	26	17	4	5	58	37	+21	55	Quarter-Finals	Group Stage	–			Arab Club Champions Cup	W^{[n 4]}	AFC Champions League	RU	–		Caio Lucas	18	Zlatko Dalić Joško Španjić * Zoran Mamić
2016–17	1	4th	26	17	4	5	58	37	+21	55	Quarter-Finals	Group Stage				Arab Club Champions Cup	W^{[n 4]}	AFC Champions League	QF			Caio Lucas	18	Zlatko Dalić Joško Španjić * Zoran Mamić
2017–18	1	1st	22	16	5	1	65	23	+42	53	Champions	Quarter-Finals		Not held		–		AFC Champions League	QF			Marcus Berg	35	Zoran Mamić
2017–18	1	1st	22	16	5	1	65	23	+42	53	Champions	Quarter-Finals				–		AFC Champions League	R16			Marcus Berg	35	Zoran Mamić
2018–19	1	4th	26	14	4	8	45	35	+10	46	Round of 16	Quarter-Finals	Runner-ups			Arab Club Champions Cup	R32	AFC Champions League	GS	FIFA Club World Cup	RU	Caio Lucas	17	Zoran Mamić Željko Sopić * Juan Garrido
2019–20^{[n 5]}	1	2nd	19	11	4	4	46	21	+25	37	Finalists	Semi-Finals	–			–		AFC Champions League	GS	—		Kodjo Laba	28	Ivan Leko Ghazi Fahad * Pedro Emanuel
2020–21	1	6th	26	11	8	7	39	33	+6	41	Round of 16	First Round	–					AFC Champions League	QS			Kodjo Laba	13	Pedro Emanuel
2021–22	1	1st	26	20	5	1	57	17	+40	65	Quarter-finals	Champions	–					—				Kodjo Laba	31	Serhii Rebrov
2022–23	1	2nd	26	16	6	4	67	31	+36	54	RU	RU	RU					—				Kodjo Laba	31	Serhiy Rebrov
2023–24	1	2nd	15	11	1	3	40	18	+22	34	Quarter-finals	Final	—					AFC Champions League	Semi-finals			Kodjo Laba	17	Alfred Schreuder Hernán Crespo

Notes

^ Starting from the 2008-09 season or whats known as the Pro Era, UAE Federation Cup was replaced with UAE League Cup.
^ Al-Ain withdrew the tournament, Al-Rayyan replaced it.
^ bye through the Group Stage as the reigning champions
^ Al-Ain withdrew the tournament, Al-Wahda replaced it.
^ 2019–20 UAE football season was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Arab Emirates.

References[edit]

^ "club Foundation3". alainclub.com. Archived from the original on 1 August 2007. Retrieved 23 June 2014.
^ "ناصر ضاعن: ملعب "دوار الساعة" شاهد على الانطلاقة". Al-Ittihad.
^ "أفكار محمد وهزاع بن زايد وراء القفزة النوعية للبنفسج". Al Bayan.
^ "ناصر ضاعن أول مواطن يقود تدريب العين". Al Bayan.

External links[edit]

Al Ain FC official website (in English and Arabic)

[2] rom 1969 to 1974, Al Ain competed in the championship and Cup of the Abu Dhabi region organised by Abu Dhabi Football Association.

[6] Played as Categorization League and organised by UAEFA, included four clubs from Abu Dhabi region, Al Ain, Al Emirates qualified to 1975–76 UAE Football League, Al Jazira, Abu Dhabi to 1975–76 First Division League.

[7] Starting from the 2008-09 season or whats known as the Pro Era, UAE Federation Cup was replaced with UAE League Cup.

[8] Al-Ain withdrew the tournament, Al-Rayyan replaced it.

[9] ye through the Group Stage as the reigning champions

[10] Al-Ain withdrew the tournament, Al-Wahda replaced it.

[11] 2019–20 UAE football season was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Arab Emirates.

[club_Foundation3-1] "club Foundation3". alainclub.com. Archived from the original on 1 August 2007. Retrieved 23 June 2014.

[3] "ناصر ضاعن: ملعب "دوار الساعة" شاهد على الانطلاقة". Al-Ittihad.

[أفكار_محمد_وهزاع_بن_زايد_وراء_القفزة_النوعية_للبنفسج-4] "أفكار محمد وهزاع بن زايد وراء القفزة النوعية للبنفسج". Al Bayan.

[5] "ناصر ضاعن أول مواطن يقود تدريب العين". Al Bayan.

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History Academy Players Managers Presidents Seasons International Statistics Current season
Home stadiums	Hazza bin Zayed Stadium (2014–present) Tahnoun bin Mohammed Stadium (1987–2014) Khalifa bin Zayed Stadium (1971–1987)
Training ground	Tahnoun bin Mohammed Stadium Khalifa bin Zayed Stadium
Rivalries	Al Wahda Shabab Al Ahli
Other sports	Basketball Handball Volleyball Athletics Swimming Jiu-Jitsu (Men's) Jiu-Jitsu (Women's) Superleague Formula (defunct)
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