2011–12 Al Ain FC season

The 2011–12 season was Al Ain Football Club's 44th in existence and the club's 37th consecutive season in the top-level football league in the UAE.

Al Ain started the season with a new board of directors, after the former board of directors resigned following the 2010–11 season, one of the worst in the club's history.

Pre-season
On June 6, Al Ain announced officially Cosmin Olaroiu as the new manager for two seasons and released all the foreign players. After only one day of contracted with Cosmin Olaroiu, Al Ain reaching an agreement with AEK Athens for Argentine Ignacio Scocco according to reports a value of €3 million.

August
On 8 August, Al Hilal announced on his official website an agreement to loan Saudi international Forward Yasser Al Qahtani to Al Ain for one-year at a cost of €2.5 million.

On 13 August, At the opening of Al Ain Football International Championship, Al Ain S.C.C. launched the new logo for the club.

Technical staff
{| class="wikitable" ! style="color:#FFFFFF; background: #7300E6; border:2px solid #AB9767;"|Position ! style="color:#FFFFFF; background: #7300E6; border:2px solid #AB9767;"|Staff

🇮🇹 Massimo Pedrazzini

Board of directors
{| class="wikitable" ! style="color:#FFFFFF; background: #7300E6; border:2px solid #AB9767;"|Office ! style="color:#FFFFFF; background: #7300E6; border:2px solid #AB9767;"|Name
 * President
 * Mohammed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan
 * First Deputy President
 * Hazza bin Zayed Al Nahyan
 * Second Deputy President
 * Tahnoon Bin Zayed Al Nahyan
 * Chairman of Board of Directors
 * Abdullah bin Mohammed bin Khaled Al Nahyan
 * Vice Chairman of Board of Directors
 * Rashid bin Mubarak Al Hajri
 * Supervising of Financial and Administrative affairs
 * Awad bin Hasoum Al Darmaki
 * Member of Board of Directors
 * Mohammed Abdullah bin Bdouh
 * Supervise of the football sector
 * Mohammed bin Obaid Al Dhaheri
 * Supervising of Financial and Administrative affairs
 * Awad bin Hasoum Al Darmaki
 * Member of Board of Directors
 * Mohammed Abdullah bin Bdouh
 * Supervise of the football sector
 * Mohammed bin Obaid Al Dhaheri
 * Supervise of the football sector
 * Mohammed bin Obaid Al Dhaheri

Kit


Supplier: Kappa / Sponsor: Tamouh / Abu Dhabi National Hotels Al Ain used this kit only for represent the new players and for three match in Al Ain Football International Championship.



Supplier: Adidas / Sponsor: First Gulf Bank / Sorouh / Abu Dhabi National Hotels / Strata On 16 September 2011, Al Ain wear this kit against Al Wahda in League Cup from the new supplier Adidas.

Squad appearances and goals

 * Last updated on 26 May 2012.

! colspan=16 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Goalkeepers

! colspan=16 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Defenders

! colspan=16 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Midfielders

! colspan=16 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Forwards

! colspan=16 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center|Players who have made an appearance this season but have left the club
 * }
 * }

Assists
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 100%; text-align: center;" !width=20|Rnk !width=20|No. !width=20|Pos !width=200|Player !width=50|League !width=50|League Cup !width=50|President's Cup !width=50|Champions League !width=50|Super Cup !width=50|Total
 * 1
 * 6
 * MF
 * align="left"| Mirel Rădoi
 * 4||||||||4
 * 2
 * 32
 * FW
 * align="left"|🇦🇷 Ignacio Scocco
 * 2||||||||2
 * 11
 * FW
 * align="left"| Abdulaziz Fayez
 * 2||||||||2
 * 44
 * DF
 * align="left"| Fares Jumaa
 * 1||1||||||2
 * 5
 * 16
 * MF
 * align="left"| Mohamed Abdulrahman
 * 1||||||1
 * 3
 * FW
 * align="left"|🇬🇭 Asamoah Gyan
 * 1||||||1
 * 19
 * DF
 * align="left"| Mohanad Salem
 * 1||||||1
 * 9
 * FW
 * align="left"| Yasser Al-Qahtani
 * 1||||||||1
 * 13
 * MF
 * align="left"| Rami Yaslam
 * 1||||||||1
 * colspan="4"|TOTALS
 * 11||4||||||15
 * 1||||||1
 * 9
 * FW
 * align="left"| Yasser Al-Qahtani
 * 1||||||||1
 * 13
 * MF
 * align="left"| Rami Yaslam
 * 1||||||||1
 * colspan="4"|TOTALS
 * 11||4||||||15
 * align="left"| Rami Yaslam
 * 1||||||||1
 * colspan="4"|TOTALS
 * 11||4||||||15
 * 11||4||||||15

Goalscorers
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 100%; text-align: center;" !width=20|Rnk !width=20|No. !width=20|Pos !width=200|Player !width=50|League !width=90|League Cup !width=120|President's Cup !width=50|Total
 * 1
 * 3
 * FW
 * align="left"| 🇬🇭 Asamoah Gyan
 * 22||3||2||27
 * 2
 * 9
 * FW
 * align="left"| Yasser Al-Qahtani
 * 7||5||||12
 * 3
 * 32
 * FW
 * align="left"|🇦🇷 Ignacio Scocco
 * 9||2||||11
 * 4
 * 5
 * DF
 * align="left"| Ismail Ahmed
 * 3||1||||4
 * 8
 * MF
 * align="left"| Mohammed Al Saadi
 * 1||3||||4
 * 6
 * 6
 * MF
 * align="left"| Mirel Radoi
 * 3||||3
 * 28
 * FW
 * align="left"| Mohamed Naser
 * 3||||||3
 * 8
 * 10
 * MF
 * align="left"| Omar Abdulrahman
 * 2||||||2
 * 11
 * FW
 * align="left"| Abdulaziz Fayez
 * 2||||||2
 * 7
 * MF
 * align="left"| Ali Al-Wehaibi
 * 2||||||2
 * 11
 * 19
 * DF
 * align="left"| Mohanad Salem
 * 1||1
 * 21
 * DF
 * align="left"| Fawzi Fayez
 * 1||||||1
 * 16
 * FW
 * align="left"| Mohamed Abdulrahman
 * 1||1
 * colspan="4"|Own Goals
 * 1||1
 * colspan="4"|TOTALS
 * 52||17||5||74
 * DF
 * align="left"| Mohanad Salem
 * 1||1
 * 21
 * DF
 * align="left"| Fawzi Fayez
 * 1||||||1
 * 16
 * FW
 * align="left"| Mohamed Abdulrahman
 * 1||1
 * colspan="4"|Own Goals
 * 1||1
 * colspan="4"|TOTALS
 * 52||17||5||74
 * colspan="4"|Own Goals
 * 1||1
 * colspan="4"|TOTALS
 * 52||17||5||74
 * colspan="4"|TOTALS
 * 52||17||5||74

Hat-tricks
(H) – Home; (A) – Away

Clean sheets
{| class=wikitable !Rank !Player !Clean sheets
 * align=center|1
 * align=left| Dawoud Sulaiman
 * rowspan=1 align="center" |7
 * align=center|2
 * align=left| Waleed Salem
 * rowspan=1 align="center" |5
 * colspan="2" align="center"|TOTALS
 * align=center|12
 * colspan="2" align="center"|TOTALS
 * align=center|12
 * align=center|12