Al Ain FC in international football
Club | Al Ain FC |
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Most appearances | Omar Abdulrahman (61) |
Top scorer | Omar Abdulrahman Asamoah Gyan (18) |
First entry | 1995 Asian Cup Winners' Cup |
Latest entry | 2021 AFC Champions League |
Titles | |
Champions League | 1 |
GCC Champions League | 1 |
Al Ain FC is an Emirati football club in Al Ain, United Arab Emirates that competes in the UAE Pro League, it has contested in various international competitions and has won two titles so far. It has made the most appearances in the AFC Champions League out any other team in the United Arab Emirates and is by far the only team in the UAE to win a Champions League title after winning the 2003 Asian CL Final.
History[]
Al Ain first contested participation was in 1995 Asian Cup Winners' Cup were they lost to Kazma SC 1–6 on aggregate. Al Ain won their first international title in the after finishing first in a round-robin tournament, however only two years later Al Ain would win its first major international title after beating BEC Tero Sasana 2–1 on aggregate, Al Ain became the first Emirati team to win the Asian Cup and is by far the only UAE side to do so in present time. Al Ain would qualify for the final of the ACL twice only to lose both finals. Al Ain also qualified for the 2018 FIFA Club World Cup Final were they lost to Real Madrid CF 1–4.
Overall record[]
- As of 24 September 2020. Legend: GF = Goals For. GA = Goals Against. GD = Goal Difference.
Competition | Played | Won | Drew | Lost | GF | GA | GD | Win% |
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Club Championship / Champions League | 130 | 52 | 38 | 40 | 202 | 170 | +32 | 40.00 |
Cup Winners' Cup | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 12 | −5 | 37.50 |
GCC Champions League | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 19 | −6 | 35.71 |
Arab Champions League | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | +0 | 50.00 |
FIFA Club World Cup | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 9 | +0 | 25.00 |
Total | 158 | 62 | 43 | 53 | 233 | 212 | +21 | 39.24 |
International competitions[]
Asian Cup Winners' Cup[]
Season | Round | Club | Home | Away | Aggregate |
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1995 | Second round | Kazma | 0–4 | 0–2 | 0–6 |
1999–2000 | First round | Al-Jaish | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–2 (a) |
2001–2002 | Second round | Al-Wehdat | 2–0 | 1–2 | 3–2 |
Quarter-Finals | Al-Sadd | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 (a) |
Asian Club Championship[]
Season | Round | Club | Home | Away | Aggregate |
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1998–99 | First round | Oman | 5–2 | 2–0 | 7–2 |
Second round | Al-Ansar | 3–1 | 0–1 | 3–2 | |
Group Stage | Köpetdag Aşgabat | 6–1 | 1st | ||
Esteghlal | 0–1 | ||||
Al-Hilal | 1–0 | ||||
Semi-Finals | Júbilo Iwata | 2–2 (p) (2–4) | |||
Third place match | Dalian Shide | 3–2 | |||
2000–01 | First round | Al-Zawraa | 4–0 | 1–2 | 5–2 |
Second round | Persepolis | 2–2 (a.e.t.) | 0–2 | 2–4 |
AFC Champions League[]
Season | Round | Club | Home | Away | Aggregate |
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2003[1] | Group Stage | Al-Hilal | 1–0 | 1st | |
Al-Sadd | 2–0 | ||||
Esteghlal | 3–1 | ||||
Semi-Finals | Dalian Shide | 4–2 | 3–4 | 7–6 | |
Final | BEC Tero Sasana | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | |
2004[2] | Quarter-Finals | Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors | 0–1 | 1–4 | 1–5 |
2005[3] | Group Stage | Al-Wahda | 3–0 | 3–2 | 1st |
Sepahan | 3–2 | 1–1 | |||
Al-Shabab | 3–0 | 0–1 | |||
Quarter-Finals | PAS Tehran | 1–1 | 3–3 | 4–4 (a) | |
Semi-Finals | Shenzhen | 6–0 | 0–0 | 6–0 | |
Final | Al-Ittihad | 1–1 | 2–4 | 3–5 | |
2006[4] | Group Stage | Al-Hilal | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1st |
Mash'al | 2–1 | 1–1 | |||
Al-Minaa | 2–1 | 2–1 | |||
Quarter-Finals | Al-Qadsia | 2–2 | 0–3 | 2–5 | |
2007[5] | Group Stage | Al-Shabab | 0–2 | 0–2 | 3rd |
Al-Ittihad | 1–1 | 0–0 | |||
Sepahan | 3–2 | 1–1 | |||
2010[6] | Group Stage | Pakhtakor | 0–1 | 2–3 | 4th |
Sepahan | 2–0 | 0–0 | |||
Al-Shabab | 2–1 | 2–3 | |||
2011[7] | Play off round | Sriwijaya | 4–0 | ||
Group Stage | FC Seoul | 0–1 | 0–3 | 3rd | |
Hangzhou Greentown | 1–0 | 0–0 | |||
Nagoya Grampus | 3–1 | 0–4 | |||
2013[8] | Group Stage | Al-Hilal | 3–1 | 0–2 | 3rd |
Esteghlal | 0–1 | 0–2 | |||
Al-Rayyan | 2–1 | 1–2 | |||
2014[9] | Group Stage | Lekhwiya | 2–1 | 5–0 | 1st |
Al-Ittihad | 1–1 | 1–2 | |||
Tractor Sazi | 3–1 | 2–2 | |||
Round of 16 | Al-Jazira | 2–1 | 2–1 | 4–2 | |
Quarter-Finals | Al-Ittihad | 2–0 | 3–1 | 5–1 | |
Semi-Finals | Al-Hilal | 2–1 | 0–3 | 2–4 | |
2015[10] | Group Stage | Al-Shabab | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1st |
Naft Tehran | 3–0 | 1–1 | |||
Pakhtakor | 1–1 | 1–0 | |||
Round of 16 | Al-Ahli | 3–3 | 0–0 | 3–3 (a) | |
2016[11] | Group Stage | El-Jaish | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2nd |
Al-Ahli | 1–0 | 2–1 | |||
Nasaf Qarshi | 2–0 | 1–1 | |||
Round of 16 | Zob Ahan | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | |
Quarter-Finals | Lokomotiv Tashkent | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | |
Semi-Finals | El-Jaish | 3–1 | 2–2 | 5–3 | |
Final | Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–3 | |
2017[12] | Group Stage | Zob Ahan | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1st |
Bunyodkor | 3–0 | 3–2 | |||
Al-Ahli | 2–2 | 2–2 | |||
Round of 16 | Esteghlal | 6–1 | 0–1 | 6–2 | |
Quarter-Finals | Al-Hilal | 0–0 | 0–3 | 0–3 | |
2018[13] | Play off round | Malkiya | 2–0 | ||
Group Stage | Al-Hilal | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2nd | |
Al-Rayyan | 1–1 | 4–1 | |||
Esteghlal | 2–2 | 1–1 | |||
Round of 16 | Al-Duhail | 2–4 | 1–4 | 3–8 | |
2019[14] | Group Stage | Al-Hilal | 0–1 | 0–2 | 4th |
Esteghlal | 1–2 | 1–1 | |||
Al-Duhail | 0–2 | 2–2 | |||
2020[15] | Play off round | Bunyodkor | 1–0 | ||
Group Stage | Sepahan | 0–4 | 0–0 | 4th | |
Al-Nassr | 1–2 | 1–0 | |||
Al-Sadd | 3–3 | 0–4 | |||
2021[16] | Play off round | Foolad | 0–4 |
GCC Champions League[]
Season | Round | Club | Home | Away | Aggregate |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1985 | Group Stage | Al Ahli | 0–2 | 4–1 | 3rd |
Fanja | 2–3 | 1–2 | |||
1995 | Round robin | Kazma | 0–0 | 5th | |
Al Arabi | 1–2 | ||||
Al Shabab | 1–1 | ||||
Dhofar | 0–0 | ||||
Riffa | 0–2 | ||||
2001[17] | Round robin | Al-Riffa | 2–1 | C | |
Al-Salmiya | 2–1 | ||||
Al-Gharafa | 1–0 | ||||
Dhofar | 1–0 | ||||
Al-Ittihad | 0–2 |
Arab Club Champions Cup[]
Season | Round | Club | Home | Away | Aggregate |
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2018–19 | First round | ES Sétif | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–2 (a) |
FIFA Club World Cup[]
Season | Round | Club | Result |
---|---|---|---|
2018 | First round | Team Wellington | 3–3 (p) (4–3) |
Second round | Espérance de Tunis | 3–0 | |
Semi-Finals | River Plate | 2–2 (p) (5–4) | |
Final | Real Madrid | 1–4 |
Record by country[]
Country | Club | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
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Algeria | ES Sétif | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
Subtotal | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | |
Argentina | River Plate | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
Subtotal | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | |
Bahrain | Al-Riffa | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 |
Malkiya | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | +2 | |
Subtotal | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +3 | |
China | Dalian Shide | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 8 | +2 |
Shenzhen | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | +6 | |
Z.E. Greentown | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +1 | |
Subtotal | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 8 | +9 | |
Indonesia | Sriwijaya | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | +4 |
Subtotal | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | +4 | |
Iran | Esteghlal | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 13 | +2 |
Foolad | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | –4 | |
Naft Tehran | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +3 | |
PAS Tehran | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | |
Persepolis | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | –2 | |
Sepahan | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 10 | 0 | |
Tractor Sazi | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | +2 | |
Zob Ahan | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 2 | +5 | |
Subtotal | 31 | 9 | 14 | 8 | 46 | 41 | +5 | |
Iraq | Al-Zawraa | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | +3 |
Al-Minaa | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | +2 | |
Subtotal | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 4 | +5 | |
Japan | Júbilo Iwata | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
Nagoya Grampus | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | –2 | |
Subtotal | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | –2 | |
Jordan | Al-Wehdat | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | +1 |
Subtotal | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | +1 | |
Kuwait | Al-Qadsia | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | −3 |
Al-Salmiya | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | |
Kazma | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | −5 | |
Subtotal | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 12 | −7 | |
Lebanon | Al-Ansar | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | +1 |
Subtotal | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | +1 | |
New Zealand | Team Wellington | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
Subtotal | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | |
Oman | Dhofar | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +1 |
Oman | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | +5 | |
Subtotal | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | +6 | |
Qatar | Al-Duhail | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 13 | –1 |
Al-Gharafa | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +1 | |
Al-Rayyan | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 0 | |
Al-Sadd | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 | –2 | |
El-Jaish | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 0 | |
Subtotal | 20 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 35 | 36 | –1 | |
Saudi Arabia | Al-Ahli | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 5 | +2 |
Al-Hilal | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 16 | –4 | |
Al-Ittihad | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 11 | –1 | |
Al-Nassr | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | |
Al-Shabab | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 9 | –1 | |
Subtotal | 35 | 14 | 7 | 14 | 39 | 43 | –4 | |
South Korea | FC Seoul | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | –4 |
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | –5 | |
Subtotal | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 12 | –10 | |
Spain | Real Madrid | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | –3 |
Subtotal | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | –3 | |
Syria | Al-Ittihad | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Al-Jaish | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | |
Al-Wahda | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | +4 | |
Subtotal | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 5 | +4 | |
Thailand | Police Tero | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | +1 |
Subtotal | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | +1 | |
Tunisia | Espérance de Tunis | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | +3 |
Subtotal | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | +3 | |
Turkmenistan | Köpetdag Aşgabat | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | +5 |
Subtotal | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | +5 | |
United Arab Emirates | Al-Jazira | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | +2 |
Shabab Al-Ahli | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | |
Subtotal | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 5 | +2 | |
Uzbekistan | Bunyodkor | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | +5 |
Lokomotiv Tashkent | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +1 | |
Mash'al | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | +1 | |
Nasaf | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | |
Pakhtakor | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | –1 | |
Subtotal | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 10 | +8 | |
Total | 152 | 63 | 40 | 50 | 234 | 199 | +35 |
Notes[]
References[]
- ^ "2003 AFC Champions League".
- ^ "2004 AFC Champions League".
- ^ "2005 AFC Champions League".
- ^ "2006 AFC Champions League".
- ^ "2007 AFC Champions League".
- ^ "2010 AFC Champions League".
- ^ "2011 AFC Champions League".
- ^ "2013 AFC Champions League".
- ^ "2014 AFC Champions League".
- ^ "2015 AFC Champions League".
- ^ "2016 AFC Champions League".
- ^ "2017 AFC Champions League".
- ^ "2018 AFC Champions League".
- ^ "2019 AFC Champions League".
- ^ "2020 AFC Champions League".
- ^ "2021 AFC Champions League".
- ^ "Gulf Cup for Clubs 2001". rsssf.com.
External links[]
- Al Ain FC
- Emirati football clubs in international competitions