Al Ain FC

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Al-Ain Club

Full name

Al-Ain Sports and Cultural Club

Founded

1968

Ground

Sheikh Khalifa International Stadium
Tahnoun Bin Mohamed Stadium

Capacity

12,500
10,000

Chairman

Mohamed Bin Zayed AL Nahyan

Manager

Walter Zenga

League

UAE League

05/06

UAE League, 4th





Home colours





Away colours

Al-Ain Football Club (Arabic: نادي العين; transliterated: Nady al-'Ayn) is a professional association football club based in the city of Al Ain in the United Arab Emirates. Al-Ain won the 2003 Asian Champions League competition with a 2-1 aggregate victory over BEC Tero Sasana of Thailand.

Al Ain FC is the most successful club in the UAE and among the best in Asia. The team was established in 1968 in the quiet garden city of Al Ain. The team quickly gained popularity and recognition throughout the country, being the team with the most UAE league titles (nine) and the first UAE side to win the AFC Champions league title in 2003.

1 Al Ain Club Leaders
2 Al Ain Stadiums
3 Al Ain Jersey
4 2006/2007 Squad
5 Honors
6 Trivia
7 External links

[edit] Al Ain Club Leaders

Honorary President: Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan (President of the UAE/Ruler of Abu Dhabi)

President: Sheikh Mohammed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan (Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi)

Vice President 1: Sheikh Hazza Bin Zayed Al Nahyan

Vice President 2: Sheikh Tahnoun Bin Zayed Al Nahyan

[edit] Al Ain Stadiums

Tahnoun Bin Mohamed Stadium, capacity: 10,000

Sheikh Khalifa International Stadium, capacity: 12,500

[edit] Al Ain Jersey

The Al Ain purple jersey was inspired by the Belgian Club Anderlecht's colours during a football training camp in Morroco in 1977. Al Ain's previous colours were green and then red but they are now permanently purple.

[edit] 2006/2007 Squad

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Mutaz Abdulla
2	DF	Fabricio Al Cantara
3	DF	Jumaa Khater
4	DF	Msalam Faiez
5	MF	Sultan Rashed
6	DF	Ali Msarri
7	MF	Ali Al-Wehaibi
8	MF	Ahmed Khalfan
9	FW	Faisal Ali
10	MF	Frank Olivier Ongfiang
11	MF	Hawar Mulla Mohammed
12	GK	Waleed Salim
13	MF	Rami Yaslam
14	FW	Naseeb Isaaq
15	FW	Nasser Khamis

No.	Position	Player
16	DF	Abdullah Ali
17	FW	Abdulla Al Jaberi
18	DF	Fawzi Fayez
19	DF	Fahad Ali
20	MF	Hilal Saeed
21	MF	Ghareeb Hareb
22	FW	Adnan Mohammed
23	MF	Shehab Ahmed
24	MF	Subait Khater
25	DF	Humaid Fakher
26	DF	Abdulla Mousa
27	FW	Salem Abdulla
28	DF	Mahbob Jumaa
29	DF	Juma Abdulla
30	GK	Abdulla Sultan
~~	MF	Kelly

[edit] Honors

UAE League (9): 76/77, 80/81, 83/84, 92/93, 97/98, 99/2000, 2001/2002, 2002/2003, 2003/2004
UAE Emir Cup (4): 1998/1999, 2000/2001, 2004/2005, 2005/2006
UAE FA Cup (3): 88/89, 2004/2005, 2005/2006
UAE Super Cup (2): 94/95, 2002/2003
AFC Champions League (1): 2003
Gulf Club Champions Cup (1): 2001
Friendly Tournament in Morocco: August 2006 (winner)

[edit] Trivia

Al Ain Club is the first team to win the domestic soccer league for three years in a row, 2001/2002, 2002/2003, 2003/2004
Al Ain Club is also the first UAE team to win three titles in one season, the 2002/2003 league, Super Cup and the AFC Champions League.
Al Ain beat the Italian Champions Juventus 1-0 in a friendly match played at the Tahnoun Bin Mohamed Stadium on 05, 01, 2003.
Al Ains 1000th league goal was scored by the UAE player Mohamed Omer, this player also scored Al Ains winning goal in the 2003 AFC Champions League final and scored the only goal in Al Ains victorious clash against Juventus.
The UAE Leagues 10,000th goal was scored by Al Ains player Nenad Jestrovic.
Two of the UAEs four goals in the 2003 FIFA World Youth Championship held in the Emirates were scored by Al Ain players Ali Al-Wehaibi and Shehab Ahmed.