2018–19 Al Ain FC season

Al Ain
2018–19 season
President	Mohammed Bin Zayed
Manager	Zoran Mamic Until 30 January 2019 Zeljko Sopic From 30 January 2019 Until 18 February 2019 Juan Carlos Garrido From 18 February 2019
Stadium	Hazza Bin Zayed Stadium
UAE Pro-League	4th
President's Cup	Round of 16
League Cup	Quarter Finals
UAE Super Cup	Runners–up
AFC Champions League	Group stage
FIFA Club World Cup	Runners–up
Top goalscorer	League: ; Marcus Berg (10 goals); All: ; Caio (17 goals)
	← 2017–18 2019–20 →

The 2018–19 season was Al Ain Football Club's 45rd in existence and the club's 43st consecutive season in the top-level football league in the UAE. In December 2018, Al Ain which celebrated the 50th anniversary participating in the 2018 FIFA Club World Cup, representing the host nation as the reigning champions of the UAE Pro-League, Al Ain defeated Copa Libertadores champions River Plate by penalties hosted in home stadium Hazza Bin Zayed Stadium to enter the final for the first time in team history and became the first Emirati club to reach the decisive match. The final, on 22 December, was lost 4–1 to UEFA Champions League winners Real Madrid at the Zayed Sports City Stadium in Abu Dhabi.

Players[]

First Team[]

No	Position	Nation	Player
1	GK	UAE	Mohammed Abo Sandah
12	GK	UAE
17	GK	UAE	Khalid Eisa
2	DF	UAE	Ali Al Haidhani
3	DF	MLI	Tongo Doumbia
4	DF	UAE	Saeed Musabbeh
5	DF	UAE	Ismail Ahmed
14	DF	UAE	Mohammed Fayez
15	DF	UAE	Khaled Abdulrahman
19	DF	UAE	Mohanad Salem
23	DF	UAE	Mohamed Ahmed
33	DF	JPN	Tsukasa Shiotani
44	DF	UAE	Saeed Juma
45	DF	UAE
50	DF	EGY	Ahmed Jamal
56	DF	UAE	Salem Abdullah
62	DF	UAE
6	MF	UAE	Amer Abdulrahman
7	MF	BRA	Caio
8	MF	UAE
11	MF	UAE	Bandar Al-Ahbabi
13	MF	UAE	Ahmed Barman
16	MF	UAE	Mohamed Abdulrahman
18	MF	CIV	Ibrahim Diaky
28	MF	UAE	Sulaiman Nasser
29	MF	EGY	Mohamed Fathy
43	MF	UAE	Rayan Yaslam
51	MF	UAE	Khalid Al-Bloushi
54	MF	PLE
58	MF	UAE	Falah Waleed
74	MF	EGY	Hussein El Shahat
88	MF	EGY	Yahia Nader
9	FW	SWE	Marcus Berg
10	FW	POR	Rúben Ribeiro
20	FW	UAE	Saad Khamis
30	FW	UAE	Mohammed Khalfan
99	FW	UAE	Jamal Maroof

Transfers[]

Competitions[]

Overview[]

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	31 August 2018	26 May 2019	Matchday 1	4th	26	14	4	8	45	35	+10	053.85
President's Cup	7 December 2018		Round of 16	Round of 16	1	0	0	1	3	5	−2	000.00
League Cup	5 September 2018	28 December 2018	Group stage	Quarter-finals	7	4	1	2	11	5	+6	057.14
UAE Super Cup	25 August 2018		Final	Runners–up	1	0	1	0	3	3	+0	000.00
Champions League	5 March 2019	20 May 2019	Group stage	Group stage (4th)	6	0	2	4	4	10	−6	000.00
FIFA Club World Cup	12 December 2018	22 December 2018	First round	Runners–up	4	1	2	1	9	9	+0	025.00
Total					45	19	10	16	75	67	+8	042.22

Last updated: 19 December 2019
Source: Competitions

UAE Pro-League[]

League table[]

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
2	Shabab Al Ahli	26	17	2	7	57	36	+21	53	Qualification for AFC Champions League group stage^[a]
3	Al Wahda	26	14	4	8	63	40	+23	46	Qualification for AFC Champions League group stage^[a]
4	Al Ain	26	14	4	8	45	35	+10	46	Qualification for AFC Champions League play-off round
5	Al Jazira	26	13	6	7	66	41	+25	45	Qualification for Arab Champions League
6	Baniyas	26	11	7	8	50	40	+10	40

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

^ Since league runners-up Shabab Al Ahli were also UAE President's Cup winners, the league 3rd place qualified for the AFC Champions League group stage.

Results summary[]

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
26	14	4	8	45	35	+10	46	8	2	3	24	15	+9	6	2	5	21	20	+1

Last updated: 19 December 2019.
Source: Competitive matches

Results by round[]

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	H	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A
Result	W	W	W	W	D	L	W	L	W	W	W	W	W	D	L	W	L	W	L	L	D	L	D	W	W	L
Position	4	3	3	2	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	4	4	4	5	5	3	4

Updated to match(es) played on 19 December 2019. Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches[]

Win Draw Loss

31 August 2018 Round 1	Emirates	1–3	Al Ain	Ras al-Khaimah
18:50	Ibini-Isei 18'	Soccerway report	El Shahat 2' Berg 21' Caio 78'	Stadium: Emirates Club Stadium Referee: Omar Mohamed Al Ali

15 September 2018 Round 2	Al Ain	2–1	Al Dhafra	Al Ain
19:35	Diaky 80', 87'	Soccerway report	18'	Stadium: Hazza bin Zayed Stadium Referee: Yaqoub Al Hammadi

21 September 2018 Round 3	Al Nasr	0–3	Al Ain	Dubai
19:30		Soccerway report	Berg 15' Shiotani 30' Caio 74' (pen.)	Stadium: Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum Stadium Referee: Abdulrazaq Ibrahim Al Marzouqi

28 September 2018 Round 4	Al Ain	2–1	Shabab Al Ahli	Al Ain
21:00	El Shahat 41' Abdulrahman 45+6'	Soccerway report	Luvannor 66'	Stadium: Hazza bin Zayed Stadium Referee: Abdulla Ali Al Ajel Al Zaabi

5 October 2018 Round 5	Fujairah	2–2	Al Ain	Fujairah
21:00	Benyettou 39' 88'	Soccerway report	Berg 15' Diaky 78'	Stadium: Fujairah Club Stadium Referee: Hamad Ali Yousef

20 October 2018 Round 6	Al Ain	1–2	Al Jazira	Al Ain
20:45	Berg 33'	Soccerway report	Leonardo 85' 90'	Stadium: Hazza bin Zayed Stadium Referee: Ammar Ali Al Junaibi

26 October 2018 Round 7	Ajman	0–3	Al Ain	Ajman
18:00		Soccerway report	Berg 81' El Shahat 87' Diaky 90+4'	Stadium: Sheikh Rashid Bin Saeed Stadium Referee: Yaqoub Al Hammadi

31 October 2018 Round 8	Al Ain	1–2	Sharjah	Al Ain
19:30	Berg 67'	Soccerway report	Welliton 25' Coronado 61' (pen.)	Stadium: Hazza bin Zayed Stadium Referee: Mohamed Abdulla Hassan

4 November 2018 Round 9	Al Ain	2–0	Baniyas	Al Ain
19:30	Yaslam 13' El Shahat 75'	Soccerway report		Stadium: Hazza bin Zayed Stadium Referee: Abdulrazaq Ibrahim Al Marzouqi

24 November 2018 Round 10	Kalba	1–2	Al Ain	Kalba
16:40	Tobar 54'	Soccerway report	Berg 41' Shiotani 89'	Stadium: Ittihad Kalba Club Stadium Referee: Omar Mohamed Al Ali

29 November 2018 Round 11	Al Ain	4–0	Dibba Al Fujairah	Al Ain
16:45	Berg 15', 47' El Shahat 19' Caio 49'	Soccerway report		Stadium: Hazza bin Zayed Stadium Referee: Hamad Ali Yousef

3 December 2018 Round 12	Al Wasl	1–3	Al Ain	Zabeel, Dubai
19:30	Ismail Ahmed 56' (o.g.)	Soccerway report	Berg 19' Caio 48' El Shahat 90'	Stadium: Zabeel Stadium Referee: Ammar Ali Al Junaibi

10 February 2019 Round 13	Al Ain	1–0	Al Wahda	Al Ain
20:00	Caio 65'	Soccerway report		Stadium: Hazza bin Zayed Stadium Referee: Ammar Ali Al Junaibi

5 February 2019 Round 14	Al Ain	0–0	Emirates	Al Ain
20:00		Soccerway report		Stadium: Hazza bin Zayed Stadium Referee: Abdulrazaq Ibrahim Al Marzouqi

15 February 2019 Round 15	Al Dhafra	3–0	Al Ain	Madinat Zayed
17:35	2' Rômulo 85' 90'	Soccerway report		Stadium: Al Dhafra Stadium Referee: Hamad Ali Yousef

23 February 2019 Round 16	Al Ain	2–1	Al Nasr	Al Ain
20:15	28' Diaky 86'	Soccerway report	Negredo 26' (pen.)	Stadium: Hazza bin Zayed Stadium Referee: Adel Al Naqbi

28 February 2019 Round 17	Shabab Al Ahli	2–0	Al Ain	Dubai
20:15	Luvannor 7' Ahmed Khalil 84'	Soccerway report		Stadium: Rashid Stadium Referee: Hamad Ali Yousef

30 March 2019 Round 18	Al Ain	2–1	Fujairah	Al Ain
20:30	Shiotani 14' Rúben Ribeiro 59'	Soccerway report	Khamis 77'	Stadium: Hazza bin Zayed Stadium Referee: Omar Mohamed Al Ali

3 April 2019 Round 19	Al Jazira	5–1	Al Ain	Abu Dhabi City
21:30	Asante 3', 48' Mabkhout 28', 79' Barazite 45+3'	Soccerway report	Ismail Ahmed 42'	Stadium: Mohammed bin Zayed Stadium Referee: Mohamed Abdulla Hassan

13 April 2019 Round 20	Al Ain	0–4	Ajman	Al Ain
18:55		Soccerway report	Ohawuchi 29' Malallah 42' Khalid Eisa 51' (o.g.) Vander 90'	Stadium: Hazza bin Zayed Stadium Referee: Yaqoub Al Hammadi

17 April 2019 Round 21	Sharjah	2–2	Al Ain	Sharjah City
21:30	Coronado 28' Welliton 88'	Soccerway report	35' Shiotani 72' (pen.)	Stadium: Sharjah Stadium Referee: Ammar Ali Al Junaibi

27 April 2019 Round 22	Baniyas	2–0	Al Ain	, Abu Dhabi
19:05	Ortega 49' Pedro Conde 65'	Soccerway report		Stadium: Baniyas Stadium Referee: Abdulrazaq Ibrahim Al Marzouqi

1 May 2019 Round 23	Al Ain	2–2	Kalba	Al Ain
19:05	Al-Ahbabi 7' Mohammed Khalfan 16'	Soccerway report	Sio 2', 45+1'	Stadium: Hazza bin Zayed Stadium Referee: Abdulla Ali Al Ajel Al Zaabi

11 May 2019 Round 24	Dibba Al Fujairah	0–2	Al Ain	Fujairah
23:00		Soccerway report	Amer Abdulrahman 27' Caio 90+5'	Stadium: Fujairah Club Stadium Referee: Yahya Ali Hassan

15 May 2019 Round 25	Al Ain	5–1	Al Wasl	Al Ain
23:00	Rúben Ribeiro 3' (pen.) Yahya Nader 6' Falah Waleed 19' Caio 27' 39'	Soccerway report	Noor 80'	Stadium: Hazza bin Zayed Stadium Referee: Ahmed Essa Mohammed

26 May 2019 Round 26	Al Wahda	1–0	Al Ain	Al Nahyan, Abu Dhabi
23:00	Tagliabué 87'	Soccerway report		Stadium: Al Nahyan Stadium Referee: Abdulla Hassan Mohammed

UAE Super Cup[]

25 August 2018	Al Ain	3–3 (a.e.t.) (3–4 p)	Al Wahda	Cairo
23:00	Berg 62' Diaky 73' (pen.) Caio 77'	Report	Matar 4' Batna 7' Tagliabúe 40'	Stadium: 30 June Stadium Referee: Abdulla Ali Al Zaabi
	Penalties
	Diaky Berg El Shahat Caio Al-Ahbabi		Batna Tagliabúe Chang-woo Al-Kamali Leornado

President's Cup[]

7 December 2018 (2018-12-07) Round of 16	Al Ain	3–5	Al Wasl	Abu Dhabi
19:30	Caio 47' Hussein 58' Diaky 76'		Lima 21', 63' Jassem 29' Caio 42', 82' (pen.)	Stadium: Al Nahyan Stadium Referee: Yaqoub Al Hammadi

League Cup[]

Group B[]

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Al Nasr	6	5	0	1	14	6	+8	15
Al Ain	6	4	1	1	11	4	+7	13
Al Jazira	6	3	1	2	10	7	+3	10
Emirates	6	2	2	2	10	10	0	8
Al Dhafra	6	2	1	3	8	11	−3	7
Fujairah	6	2	1	3	13	18	−5	7
Sharjah	6	0	0	6	5	15	−10	0

Source: GSA

5 September 2018 (2018-09-05) Matchday 1	Sharjah	1–4	Al Ain	Abu Dhabi
21:30	Igor Coronado 80'	Report	Caio 10' (pen.), 35' Tsukasa Shiotani 78' 88'	Stadium: Mohammed bin Zayed Stadium Referee: Sultan Mohamed Al Hammadi

10 September 2018 (2018-09-10) Matchday 2	Al Ain	1–2	Al Nasr	Al Ain
21:15	Caio 32'	Report	Iury 2' Salem Saleh 84'	Stadium: Hazza bin Zayed Stadium Referee: Hamad Ali Al Ali

10 October 2018 (2018-10-10) Matchday 3	Al Jazira	0–2	Al Ain	Abu Dhabi
18:10		Report	Caio 59' 90+4'	Stadium: Mohammed bin Zayed Stadium Referee: Sultan Abdulrazzaq Al Marzouqi

15 October 2018 (2018-10-15) Matchday 4	Al Ain	1–0	Al Dhafra	Al Ain
18:05	Caio 27'	Report		Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed Stadium Referee: Ahmed Eisa Mohamed

12 November 2018 (2018-11-12) Matchday 5	Fujairah	1–3	Al Ain	Fujairah
17:45	86'	Report	Caio 24' (pen.), 77' 60'	Stadium: Fujairah Club Stadium Referee: Yahya Ali Al Mulla

18 November 2018 (2018-11-18) Matchday 6	Al Ain	0–0	Sharjah	Al Ain
17:45		Report		Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohamed Stadium Referee: Khalid Abdulla Bu Hasan

Knockout Stage[]

28 December 2018 (2018-12-28) Quarter Finals	Al Ain	0–1	Baniyas Club	Al Ain
17:55		Report	Haboush Saleh 68'	Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohamed Stadium Referee: Mohammed Abdulla Hassan

FIFA Club World Cup[]

In the first round on 12 December, Al-Ain defeated Team Wellington in a penalty shoot-out following a 3–3 draw at their home stadium, Hazza bin Zayed Stadium. Wellington, a semi-professional club that qualified as the OFC Champions League champion, entered halftime with a 3–1 lead that was cut back by an equalising volley from Marcus Berg.^[3] The match remained scoreless after extra time and advanced to a penalty shoot-out, which Al-Ain won 4–3 after five rounds after goalkeeper Khalid Eisa made two saves.^[4]^[5]

Al-Ain advanced to face African champions Espérance de Tunis in the second round match, held three days later at Hazza bin Zayed Stadium. The team defeated Espérance 3–0 in an upset that began with two goals scored in the opening 16 minutes.^[6] Al-Ain produced a larger upset in the semi-finals, defeating Copa Libertadores champions River Plate in a penalty shoot-out to advance to the Club World Cup final.^[7] The match began with two early goals for River Plate scored by Rafael Santos Borré following an opening strike from Berg; after an equalising goal was disallowed by the video assistant referee, Caio Lucas Fernandes scored for Al-Ain in the 51st minute to draw the teams level at 2–2. After a scoreless extra time, aided by goalkeeper Essa's saves, Al-Ain defeated River Plate 5–4 in a penalty shoot-out, its second of the competition,^[8] with Essa making one save on River's Enzo Pérez.^[9]^[10]^[11] The semi-final upset of River was called the "greatest achievement" in Emirati football history by Al-Ain manager Zoran Mamić.^[8]

12 December 2018 (2018-12-12) First round	Al-Ain	3–3 (a.e.t.) (4–3 p)	Team Wellington	Al Ain
19:30	Shiotani 45' Doumbia 49' Berg 85'	Report	Barcia 11' Clapham 15' 44'	Stadium: Hazza bin Zayed Stadium Attendance: 15,279^[12] Referee: Ryuji Sato (Japan)
	Penalties
	Diaky Berg El Shahat Shiotani Caio		Allen Watson Gulley

15 December 2018 (2018-12-15) Second round	Espérance de Tunis	0–3	Al-Ain	Al Ain
20:30		Report	Ahmed 2' El Shahat 16' Al-Ahbabi 60'	Stadium: Hazza bin Zayed Stadium Attendance: 21,333^[13] Referee: Jair Marrufo (United States)

18 December 2018 (2018-12-18) Semi-finals	River Plate	2–2 (a.e.t.) (4–5 p)	Al-Ain	Al Ain
20:30	Borré 11', 16'	Report	Berg 3' Caio 51'	Stadium: Hazza bin Zayed Stadium Attendance: 21,383^[14] Referee: Gianluca Rocchi (Italy)
	Penalties
	Scocco Quintero Pratto Borré Pérez		Caio Shiotani Al-Ahbabi Abdulrahman Yaslam

22 December 2018 (2018-12-22) Final	Real Madrid	4–1	Al-Ain	Abu Dhabi
20:30	Modrić 14' Llorente 60' Ramos 79' Nader 90+1' (o.g.)	Report	Shiotani 86'	Stadium: Zayed Sports City Stadium Attendance: 40,696^[15] Referee: Jair Marrufo (United States)

AFC Champions League[]

Group stage[]

Group C[]

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	HIL	DUH	EST	AIN
1	Al-Hilal	6	4	1	1	10	5	+5	13	Advance to knockout stage	—	3–1	1–0	2–0
2	Al-Duhail	6	2	3	1	11	8	+3	9	Advance to knockout stage	2–2	—	3–0	2–2
3	Esteghlal	6	2	2	2	6	8	−2	8		2–1	1–1	—	1–1
4	Al-Ain	6	0	2	4	4	10	−6	2		0–1	0–2	1–2	—

Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

5 March 2019 (2019-03-05) 1	Al-Ain	0–1	Al-Hilal	Al Ain
19:20 UTC+4		Live Report Stats Report	Al-Shalhoub 65'	Stadium: Hazza bin Zayed Stadium, Attendance: 9,726 Referee: Nawaf Shukralla (Bahrain)

12 March 2019 (2019-03-12) 2	Esteghlal	1–1	Al-Ain	Tehran
19:00 UTC+3:30	Bagheri 53'	Live Report Stats Report	Shiotani 85'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 65,178 Referee: Ahmed Al-Kaf (Oman)

8 April 2019 (2019-04-08) 3	Al-Duhail	2–2	Al-Ain	Doha
18:30 UTC+3	Boudiaf 9' El-Arabi 32'	Live Report Stats Report	36' Berg 58'	Stadium: Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium Attendance: 6,300 Referee: Ma Ning (China)

23 April 2019 (2019-04-23) 4	Al-Ain	0–2	Al-Duhail	Al Ain
20:00 UTC+4		Live Report Stats Report	Ali 3' El-Arabi 66'	Stadium: Hazza bin Zayed Stadium Attendance: 6,126 Referee: Muhammad Taqi (Singapore)

6 May 2019 (2019-05-06) 5	Al-Hilal	2–0	Al-Ain	Riyadh
22:00 UTC+3	Bahebri 1' Al-Shalhoub 90'	Live Report Stats Report		Stadium: King Saud University Stadium Attendance: 12,105 Referee: Valentin Kovalenko (Uzbekistan)

20 May 2019 (2019-05-20) 6	Al-Ain	1–2	Esteghlal	Al Ain
22:00 UTC+4	Berg 13'	Live Report Stats Report	Daneshgar 22' Tabrizi 45+1'	Stadium: Hazza bin Zayed Stadium Attendance: 1,126 Referee: Ko Hyung-jin (South Korea)

Statistics[]

Squad appearances and goals[]

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Pro-League		President's Cup		League Cup		Champions League		Other^[a]
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK	UAE	Mohammed Abo Sandah	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
12	GK	UAE		7	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0
17	GK	UAE	Khalid Eisa	34	0	23	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	5	0
Defenders
2	DF	UAE	Ali Al Haidhani	7	0	4	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0
3	DF	MLI	Tongo Doumbia	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	4	1
4	DF	UAE	Saeed Musabbeh	11	0	6	0	0	0	4	0	1	0	0	0
5	DF	UAE	Ismail Ahmed	26	1	17	1	0	0	0	0	4	0	5	0
14	DF	UAE	Mohammed Fayez	18	0	7	0	0	0	5	0	3	0	3	0
15	DF	UAE	Khaled Abdulrahman	8	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0
19	DF	UAE	Mohanad Salem	27	0	16	0	0	0	3	0	6	0	2	0
23	DF	UAE	Mohamed Ahmed	14	1	8	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	5	1
33	DF	JPN	Tsukasa Shiotani	42	6	26	4	0	0	6	1	5	1	5	0
44	DF	UAE	Saeed Juma	20	0	11	0	0	0	5	0	4	0	0	0
45	DF	UAE		1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
50	DF	EGY	Ahmed Jamal	3	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
56	DF	UAE	Salem Abdullah	4	0	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0
62	DF	UAE		1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Midfielders
6	MF	UAE	Amer Abdulrahman	27	1	18	1	0	0	0	0	5	0	4	0
7	MF	BRA	Caio	36	16	22	7	0	0	6	7	3	0	5	2
8	MF	UAE		3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0
11	MF	UAE	Bandar Al-Ahbabi	32	2	21	1	0	0	0	0	6	0	5	1
13	MF	UAE	Ahmed Barman	26	0	18	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	4	0
16	MF	UAE	Mohamed Abdulrahman	22	1	15	1	0	0	2	0	1	0	4	0
18	MF	CIV	Ibrahim Diaky	15	6	11	5	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	1
28	MF	UAE	Sulaiman Nasser	5	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0
29	MF	EGY	Mohamed Fathy	6	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0
43	MF	UAE	Rayan Yaslam	26	1	17	1	0	0	1	0	3	0	5	0
51	MF	UAE	Khalid Al-Bloushi	9	1	6	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0
58	MF	UAE	Falah Waleed	12	1	4	1	0	0	6	0	2	0	0	0
88	MF	EGY	Yahia Nader	22	1	14	1	0	0	5	0	0	0	3	0
Forwards
9	FW	SWE	Marcus Berg	32	15	20	10	0	0	1	0	6	2	5	3
10	FW	POR	Rúben Ribeiro	12	2	12	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
20	FW	UAE	Saad Khamis	9	0	2	0	0	0	6	0	1	0	0	0
30	FW	UAE	Mohammed Khalvan	26	1	15	1	0	0	6	0	5	0	0	0
99	FW	UAE	Jamal Maroof	32	6	20	2	0	0	7	3	4	1	1	0
Players transferred out during the season
74	MF	EGY	Hussein El Shahat	18	7	12	6	0	0	1	0	0	0	5	1

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

^ Includes the UAE Super Cup and FIFA Club World Cup

Goalscorers[]

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

No.	Player	Pos.	PL	PC	SC	LC	CL 1	CWC	TOTAL
7	Caio	MF	7	1	1	7	0	1	17
9	Marcus Berg	FW	10	0	1	0	2	2	15
74	Hussein El Shahat	MF	6	1	0	0	0	1	8
33	Tsukasa Shiotani	DF	4	0	0	1	1	2	8
18	Ibrahim Diaky	MF	5	1	1	0	0	0	7
99	Jamal Maroof	FW	2	0	0	3	1	0	6
10	Rúben Ribeiro	FW	2	0	0	0	0	0	2
11	Bandar Al-Ahbabi	MF	1	0	0	0	0	1	2
30	Mohammed Khalvan	FW	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
88	Yahya Nader	MF	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
58	Falah Waleed	MF	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
51	Khalid Al-Bloushi	MF	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
43	Rayan Yaslam	MF	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
16	Mohamed Abdulrahman	MF	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
6	Amer Abdulrahman	MF	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
5	Ismail Ahmed	DF	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
3	Tongo Doumbia	DF	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
23	Mohamed Ahmed	DF	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
Own Goals			0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals			45	3	3	11	4	9	75

Assists[]

Clean sheets[]

Includes all competitive matches.

No.	Name	PL	LC	CWC	Total
1	Mohammed Abo Sandah	1	0	0	1
12		0	3	0	3
17	Khalid Eisa	6	0	1	7
	TOTALS	7	3	1	11

References[]

^ "Article (15) of Arabian Gulf League Regulations" (PDF). Retrieved 4 November 2018.
^ "Fairplay - Arabian Gulf League". uae.agleague.ae. Retrieved 16 October 2018.
^ "Football: Team Wellington handed shootout defeat at World Cup Club after leading 3–0". New Zealand Herald. 13 December 2018. Retrieved 18 December 2018.
^ "Eisa: I never doubted our ability to qualify". FIFA.com. 12 December 2018. Retrieved 18 December 2018.
^ Cornwell, Alexander (12 December 2018). "Al Ain hit back from three behind, win on penalties". Reuters. Archived from the original on 19 December 2018. Retrieved 18 December 2018.
^ "Fifa Club World Cup: African champions Esperance lose 3–0 to Al Ain". BBC Sport. 15 December 2018. Retrieved 18 December 2018.
^ "River Plate stunned by Al Ain in Club World Cup shootout". The Guardian. Associated Press. 18 December 2018. Retrieved 18 December 2018.
^ ^a ^b Hammond, Ashley (19 December 2018). "Mamic hails UAE football's finest hour as Al Ain stun River Plate". Gulf News. Retrieved 19 December 2018.
^ "River Plate fall to Al Ain on penalties in Club World Cup semifinal". ESPN. Reuters. 18 December 2018. Retrieved 18 December 2018.
^ "Club World Cup: River Plate 2–2 Al Ain (4–5 pens)". BBC Sport. 18 December 2018. Retrieved 18 December 2018.
^ "Al Ain outlast River to reach final with shoot-out win". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 18 December 2018. Retrieved 22 December 2018.
^ "Match report – First round – Al Ain FC v Team Wellington FC" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 12 December 2018. Retrieved 5 June 2019.
^ "Match report – Second round – ES Tunis v Al Ain FC" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 15 December 2018. Retrieved 5 June 2019.
^ "Match report – Semi-finals – CA River Plate v Al Ain FC" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 18 December 2018. Archived (PDF) from the original on 19 December 2018. Retrieved 5 June 2019.
^ "Match report – Final – Real Madrid CF v Al Ain FC" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 22 December 2018. Retrieved 22 December 2018.

External links[]

Al Ain FC official website (in English and Arabic)

[table_note_res_CLGS0.22337919810013-1] Since league runners-up Shabab Al Ahli were also UAE President's Cup winners, the league 3rd place qualified for the AFC Champions League group stage.

[17] Includes the UAE Super Cup and FIFA Club World Cup

[2] "Article (15) of Arabian Gulf League Regulations" (PDF). Retrieved 4 November 2018.

[3] "Fairplay - Arabian Gulf League". uae.agleague.ae. Retrieved 16 October 2018.

[4] "Football: Team Wellington handed shootout defeat at World Cup Club after leading 3–0". New Zealand Herald. 13 December 2018. Retrieved 18 December 2018.

[5] "Eisa: I never doubted our ability to qualify". FIFA.com. 12 December 2018. Retrieved 18 December 2018.

[6] Cornwell, Alexander (12 December 2018). "Al Ain hit back from three behind, win on penalties". Reuters. Archived from the original on 19 December 2018. Retrieved 18 December 2018.

[7] "Fifa Club World Cup: African champions Esperance lose 3–0 to Al Ain". BBC Sport. 15 December 2018. Retrieved 18 December 2018.

[8] "River Plate stunned by Al Ain in Club World Cup shootout". The Guardian. Associated Press. 18 December 2018. Retrieved 18 December 2018.

[Gulf-Finest-9] Hammond, Ashley (19 December 2018). "Mamic hails UAE football's finest hour as Al Ain stun River Plate". Gulf News. Retrieved 19 December 2018.

[10] "River Plate fall to Al Ain on penalties in Club World Cup semifinal". ESPN. Reuters. 18 December 2018. Retrieved 18 December 2018.

[11] "Club World Cup: River Plate 2–2 Al Ain (4–5 pens)". BBC Sport. 18 December 2018. Retrieved 18 December 2018.

[12] "Al Ain outlast River to reach final with shoot-out win". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 18 December 2018. Retrieved 22 December 2018.

[13] "Match report – First round – Al Ain FC v Team Wellington FC" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 12 December 2018. Retrieved 5 June 2019.

[14] "Match report – Second round – ES Tunis v Al Ain FC" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 15 December 2018. Retrieved 5 June 2019.

[15] "Match report – Semi-finals – CA River Plate v Al Ain FC" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 18 December 2018. Archived (PDF) from the original on 19 December 2018. Retrieved 5 June 2019.

[match_report-16] "Match report – Final – Real Madrid CF v Al Ain FC" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 22 December 2018. Retrieved 22 December 2018.

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