2014–15 Al Ain FC season

Season overview

Players

Club

Statistics

Pre-season and friendlies

Competitions

References

External links

June

July

August

First team squad

From the youth squad

Players in / out

Current technical staff

Other information

Squad, appearances and goals

Squad Stats

Goalscorers

Assists

Disciplinary record

Goals and Assists

Overall

League table

Results summary

Results by round

Matches

UAE Arabian Gulf Cup

AFC Champions League

Group A

Matches

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Al Ain

2014–15 season

President

Mohammed Bin Zayed

Manager

Zlatko Dalić

Stadium

Hazza Bin Zayed, Al Ain

Arabian Gulf League

Arabian Gulf Super Cup

Final

President's Cup

Round of 16

League Cup

AFC Champions League

Semi-finals

Top goalscorer

League:
Kembo Ekoko (3)
Miroslav Stoch (3)
All: Miroslav Stoch (4) Kembo Ekoko (4)
Asamoah Gyan (4)

Highest home attendance

24,204 vs Al-Hilal
(30 September 2014)

Lowest home attendance

1,386 vs Ittihad Kalba
(9 October 2014)

Average home league attendance

18,830 vs Al-Ittihad
(19 August 2014)

Home colours

Away colours

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The 2014–15 season is Al Ain Football Club's 41st in existence and the club's 39th consecutive season in the top-level football league in the UAE.

On 10 June, Al Ain announced its first two signing of the season by reached an agreement with Pohang Steelers to get Lee Myung-Joo for a three-year deal and Rashed Eisa for a one season loan from Al Wasl FC in exchange deal of joining Salem Abdullah and Hazza Salem for loan.^[1]^[2] On 23 June, Al Ain agreed a contract extension with Waleed Salem, keeping him with the club for three more years.^[3] On 26 June, Alex Brosque leaves the club and return to Sydney FC,^[4] has signed a two-season deal and was presented on 1 July.^[5]

Miroslav Stoch joined on a one-season loan from Fenerbahçe.

On 3 July, Al Ain announce the signing of the Slovakian Miroslav Stoch from Fenerbahçe on one-year loan contract to become the third player joining the club.^[6] On 4 July, Team Supervisor, Mohammed Obeid Hammad, Stated that 20 players will leave the club, from the first team and most of them of the reserve team, after cancellation of the Reserve League and replaced by Under-21 Championship.^[7] Khaled and his younger brother Mohammed Abdulrahman signs a new extension 3 years with the club.^[8] Kembo Ekoko returned to the club after a one-year loan spell at the Qatari club El Jaish, also was called to join the club camp by Zlatko Dalić, to decide the 4th foreign player.^[9] On 9 July, Mohammed Salem became the third player loaned to Al Wasl FC, After Salem, Hazza.^[10] Sultan Nasser moved to promoted club Ittihad Kalba, for one season.^[11] Al Ain announce the signing of former Al Ahli Defender Mohammed Fawzi from Baniyas for three seasons along with the transfer of midfielder Bandar Al Ahbabi and Defender Abdulsalam Mohammed. He will wear the number 77 shirt.^[12]^[13] On the same day, Al Ain also announced that Kembo Ekoko will stay and will be the last foreign player.^[14] Later on the day, Mirel Rădoi moved to Al Ain rivals Al Ahli after end of his contract at the end of the 2013–14 season.^[15]^[16] Al Ain camp was supposed to be in Erzurum, Turkey. Due to bad weather they moved to Montecatini, Italy.^[17] On 11 July, Al Ain began its pre-season campaign against Italy 3rd Division side Montecatini FC. Al Ain won 2–0, goals coming from Faris Jumaa and Ibrahim Diaky, assisted by Bandar Al Ahbabi.^[18] On 14 July, Al Ain won in its second pre-season match against Folgore Falciano, with a 1–7, goals coming from a brace by Ryan Yslam and goals from Ibrahim Diaky, Mohamed Ahmed, Miroslav Stoch, Rashed Eisa and Khalid Khalfan.^[19] On 15 July, goalkeeper Yousif Abdelrahman moved to Fujairah for two seasons.^[20] On 17 July, Asamoah Gyan awarded Al Hadath Al Riyadi’s golden boot for the third time in a row, After he scored 29 goals in 26 match in league.^[21] On 18 July, Al Ain beat Barnsley 2–1 in its third pre-season match, a brace by Kembo Ekoko.^[22] On 23 July, Al Ain played their fifth pre-season match in the Al Ain International Championship against Kuwait at the Sheikh Khalifa International Stadium in Al Ain. The match ended 4–0, coming from a brace by Kembo Ekoko and goals from Miroslav Stoch, Mohamed Abdulrahman. Kembo Ekoko named man of the match.^[23] On 24 July, Asamoah Gyan extending contract until 2018. Gyan joined Al Ain in 2011 from Sunderland on one season loan. On 6 July 2012 signed a five-year contract with club. He scored 103 goals in 92 match. Become Al Ain second top scorers in all competitions behind Ahmed Abdullah with 180.^[24]^[25] On 25 July, Al Ain won Al Ain International Championship in their sixth pre-season match after a draw with Al Nassr 1–1, with Al Ain only goal coming from Kembo Ekoko in the 72nd minute. Ahmed Barman named man of the match.^[26] Kembo Ekoko was top scorer of the Championship for scoring three goals.^[27] After the match Al Ain honored Asamoah Gyan as the top African goalscorer in the World Cup.^[28] He also ranked 35 on Goal 50 best footballers of the 2013-14 season, ahead of Paul Pogba and Robin van Persie.^[29]^[30]^[31] On 30 July, Al Ain announced renewed the contracts of four players Ahmed Barman, Mohamad Busanda, Saeed Mosabah, and Khalid Khalfan for long term contracts.^[32]

On 5 August, Al Ain lose from Catania 0–3 in its sixth pre-season match.^[33] On 6 August, Faraj Juma moved on a 1-year loan deal to club Al Shaab.^[34] On 8 August, Al Ain win 2–1, in its seventh pre-season match against Al Wahda, a penalty goal from Asamoah Gyan and a second goal from Mohamed Abdulrahman.^[35] On 11 August, Al Ain win 1–0 in its last pre-season match against Moroccan club Raja Casablanca. The only goal coming from Asamoah Gyan in the 85th minute.^[36]

No.	Position(s)	Name	Since	Date of Birth (Age)
Goalkeepers
12	GK	Waleed Salem	2001	(1980-10-28) 28 October 1980
17	GK	Khalid Eisa	2013	(1989-09-15) 15 September 1989
22	GK	Mahmood Al Mas	2011	(1983-09-08) 8 September 1983
36	GK	Dawoud Sulaiman	2010	(1990-03-21) 21 March 1990
Defenders
5	CB	Ismail Ahmed	2008	(1983-07-07) 7 July 1983
15	LB	Khaled Abdulrahman	2009	(1988-09-10) 10 September 1988
19	CB	Mohanad Salem	2008	(1985-03-01) 1 March 1985
21	RB	Fawzi Fayez	2007	(1987-07-14) 14 July 1987
23	RB / CB	Mohamed Ahmed	2012	(1989-04-16) 16 April 1989
44	CB / RB	Faris Jumaa	2007	(1988-12-19) 19 December 1988
50	LB	Mohammed Fayez	2007	(1989-10-06) 6 October 1989
77	DM / RB / CB	Mohammed Fawzi	2014	(1990-02-22) 22 February 1990
Midfielders
4	DM	Sultan Al Ghaferi	2013	(1986-09-18) 18 September 1986
7	RM / RW / AM	Ali Al-Wehaibi (VC)	2001	(1983-10-27) 27 October 1983
8	AM	Rashed Eisa	2014	(1990-08-24) 24 August 1990
9	RW / LW / SS	Kembo Ekoko	2012	(1988-01-08) 8 January 1988
10	LW / RW / AM	Omar Abdulrahman	2008	(1991-09-20) 20 September 1991
18	CM / AM / DM	Ibrahim Diaky	2013	(1982-05-24) 24 May 1982
20	DM / CM	Helal Saeed (C)	2011	(1982-03-24) 24 March 1982
24	DM / CM	Ahmed Barman	2013	(1994-02-05) 5 February 1994
29	DM / CM	Lee Myung-joo	2014	(1990-04-24) 24 April 1990
30	AM / RM	Mohammed Al Saadi	2011	(1982-10-28) 28 October 1982
99	LW / RW / AM	Miroslav Stoch	2014	(1989-10-19) 19 October 1989
Forwards
3	CF	Asamoah Gyan	2011	(1985-11-22) 22 November 1985
16	CF / RW / LW / AM / CM / DM	Mohammed Abdulrahman	2012	(1989-02-04) 4 February 1989

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Position	Player
13	FW	Khalefah Rashed
31	DF	Ahmad Salem
33	FW	Majed Ahmad
35	FW	Yousef Ahmed
37	DF	Rashed Muhayer

No.	Position	Player
38	DF	Saeed Mosabah
39	MF	Saqer Mohd
43	MF	Ryan Yslam
40	GK	Mohamad Busanda
49	DF	Salem Juma

IN
No.	Pos.	Player	From	T.w	Type	T.fee	Source
8	AM	Rashed Eisa	Al Wasl FC	S	Loan	5000000000000000000♠Undisc.	AlAinFC.net
29	CM	Lee Myung-joo	Pohang Steelers	S	Transfer	5000000000000000000♠Undisc.	AlAinFC.net
6	LW	Miroslav Stoch	Fenerbahçe	S	Loan	5000000000000000000♠Undisc.	AlAinFC.net
9	CF	Kembo Ekoko	El Jaish	S	Loan return	5000000000000000000♠	AlAinFC.net
77	RB	Mohammed Fawzi	Baniyas	S	Transfer	5000000000000000000♠Undisc.	24.ae
11	CF	Hamad Raqea	Al Dhafra	S	Loan return	5000000000000000000♠	EmaratAlYoum.com

OUT
No.	Pos.	Player	To	T.w	Type	Source
–	LW	Michel Bastos	São Paulo	S	Transfer	AlAinFC.net
8	LW	Yassine El Ghanassy	Gent	S	End of Loan	AlAinFC.net
—	DM	Bakary Saré	CFR Cluj	S	End of Loan	AlAinFC.net
27	CM	Salem Abdullah	Al Wasl FC	S	Loan	AlAinFC.net
31	RB	Hazza Salem	Al Wasl FC	S	Loan	AlAinFC.net
32	CF	Alex Brosque	Sydney FC	S	End of contact	SydneyFC.com.au
33	LB	Mohammed Salem	Al Wasl FC	S	Loan	EmaratAlYoum.com
—	GK	Yousif Abdelrahman	Fujairah SC	S	Transfer	EmaratAlYoum.com
34	CM	Sultan Nasser	Ittihad Kalba	S	Transfer	AlRoeya.ae
14	RW	Bandar Al Ahbabi	Baniyas	S	Tra. (included in M.Fawzi transfer)	24.ae
26	CB	Abdulsalam Mohammed	Baniyas	S	Tra. (included in M.Fawzi transfer)	24.ae
6	DM	Mirel Rădoi	Al Ahli	S	End of contact	AlAhliClub.ae
2	CB	Mohammed Ali Ayed	Al Shabab	S	Loan	EmaratAlYoum.com
37	CF	Faraj Juma	Al Shaab	S	Loan	AlShaabClub.ae
11	CF	Abdulaziz Fayez	Al Wasl FC	S	Loan	AlBayan.ae
25	AM	Ahmed Al Shamisi	Al Wasl FC	S	Loan	AlBayan.ae

Position	Name
First team head coach	Zlatko Dalić
Assistant coach	Dražen Ladić Hisham Sorour
Goalkeeping coach	Bashar Abduljalil
Fitness coach	Frano Lecco
Club doctor	Nicholas Tzorudis
Physiotherapist	Ibstolius Derstas Georgios Bosineaus
Team Manager	Matar Obaid Al Sahbani
Team Supervisor	Mohammed Obeid Hammad
Team Administrator	Nasser Al Junaibi
Director of football	Khalifa Suleiman

Chairman	Mohammed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan
Vice Chairman	Hazza Bin Zayed Al Nahyan
Chairman of Board of Directors	Abdullah Bin Mohammed Bin Khaled Al Nahyan
Vice Chairman of Board of Directors	Rashed Mubarak Al Hajeri
Board of Directors Member	Mohammed Salem Omair Al Shamisi
Board of Directors Member	Mohammed Abdullah Bin Bdoua Al Darmaki
Board of Directors Member	Mohamed Obaid Helal Al Dhaheri
Ground (capacity and dimensions)	Hazza Bin Zayed Stadium (25,000 / 45x50 metres)

Last updated: 15 June 2014
Source: Al Ain FC, HBZStadium

No.	Nat	Player	Total				League		Asia		Cup		League Cup		Super Cup
No.	Nat	Player	Starts	Apps	Goals	Min	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
12		Waleed.S	1	1	—	95	0	—	0	—	0	—	1	—	0	—
17		Khalid.E	9	9	—	824	6	—	3	—	0	—	0	—	0	—
36		Dawoud	0	1	—	29	0	—	1	—	0	—	0	—	0	—
40		Bu Senda	1	1	—	94	0	—	0	—	0	—	1	—	0	—
Defenders
5		Ismail	9	9	1	856	6	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
15		Khaled.A	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
19		Mohanad	5	6	2	486	6	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
21		Fawzi	5	6	0	476	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
23		M. Ahmed	7	7	0	575	4	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
38		Saeed.M	2	2	0	166	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
44		Fares.J	5	5	0	471	0	0	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
49		Salem.J	2	2	0	155	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
50		Mohammed.F	10	10	0	934	6	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
77		M.Fawzi	0	4	1	97	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Midfielders
4		S. Al Ghaferi	2	6	0	225	3	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
7		Al Wehaibi (VC)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8		Rashed	1	3	0	92	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9		Kembo	8	8	3	612	4	3	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
10		Omar.A	5	5	1	433	2	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
18		Diaky	6	9	3	626	5	2	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	0
20		Helal.S (C)	4	5	0	384	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
24		A.Barman	6	10	0	597	6	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
29		Lee.M.J	9	9	0	831	5	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
30		Mohammed.S	0	2	0	96	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
43		Rayan.Y	1	2	0	95	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
99		Stoch	10	10	4	882	6	3	3	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Forwards
3		Asamoah	5	6	4	475	3	2	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
11		H.Raqea	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
13		Khalefah.R	0	1	0	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
16		Mohammed.A	5	8	2	487	5	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
33		Majed.A	0	1	0	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
35		Yousef.A	1	4	0	173	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
0! colspan="18"\|Appearances = Total appearances
Last updated: 6 November 2014

	League	Asia	League Cup	Total Stats
Games played	6	4	2	12
Games won	4	3	0	7
Games drawn	1	0	0	1
Games lost	1	1	2	4
Goals for	15	7	1	23
Goals against	7	5	4	16
Goal by Substitute	1	1	0	2
Players used	84	56	28	168
Yellow cards	11	4	3	18
Red cards	1	2	0	3

Last updated: 6 November 2014
Source: Competitive matches

Rnk	No.	Pos	Player	League	League Cup	Champions League	Total
1	99	MF	M.Stoch	3	1		4
—	9	MF	Kembo	3		1	4
—	3	FW	Gyan	2		2	4
4	18	MF	Diaky	2		1	3
5	19	DF	Mohanad	2			2
—	16	FW	Mohammed.A	2			2
7	29	MF	Lee			1	1
—	77	DF	M.Fawzi	1			1
—	10	MF	Omar.A			1	1
—	5	DF	Ismail			1	1
—	Own Goals					1	1
TOTALS				15	1	8	24

Last updated: 6 November 2014

R	Player	Position	League	Champions League	Total
1	Miroslav Stoch	LW	2	2	4
—	Mohammed Abdulrahman	CF	3		3
—	Kembo Ekoko	SS	2	1	3
4	Omar Abdulrahman	AM		2	2
—	Asamoah Gyan	CF	2		2
6	Fawzi Fayez	RB	1		1
—	Helal Saeed	DM	1		1
—	Mohamed Ahmed	RB		1	1
—	Khalid Eisa	GK		1	1

Last updated: 27 October 2014

N	P	Nat.	Name											Notes
N	P	Nat.	Name	League		League Cup	President's Cup	Champions League		Super Cup	Total			Notes
3	FW		Gyan						1				1
4	MF		S. Al Ghaferi	1		1					2
5	DF		Ismail	2							2
9	MF		Kembo			1					1
10	MF		Omar.A	1				1			2
16	MF		Mohammed.A	2							2
17	GK		Khalid.E						1				1
18	MF		Diaky	1							1
20	MF		Helal	1							1
23	DF		M. Ahmed	1	1			1			2	1
24	MF		Barman			1		1			2
38	DF		Saeed.M			1					1
44	DF		Fares.J			1					1
49	DF		Salem.J			1					1
99	MF		M.Stoch	1		1		1			3

Last updated: 6 November 2014
Source: Competitive matches and AGLeague.ae
Only competitive matches
Ordered by , and
= Number of bookings; = Number of sending offs after a second yellow card; = Number of sending offs by a direct red card.

Win Draw Loss

11 July 2014	Montecatini FC	0 – 2	Al Ain	Montecatini, Italy
21:00 GMT+4 (UAE Time)		Report	38' Faris 44' Diaky	Stadium: Stadio Di Montecatini Referee: Sikshi

14 July 2014	Folgore Falciano	1 – 7	Al Ain	Montecatini, Italy
23:30 GMT+4 (UAE Time)	Matinee 70'	Report	26' Diaky 36' M.Ahmed 45' M.Stoch 56', 75' Ryan.Y 66' Rashed.E 83' K.Khalfan	Stadium: Stadio Di Montecatini Referee: Torbeka Silver

18 July 2014	Barnsley	1 – 2	Al Ain	Verona, Italy
	75' Brad	Report	6', 27' Kembo	Stadium: Verona club Referee: Zambalini

AIFC 23 July 2014	Al Ain	4 – 0	Kuwait	Al Ain, United Arab Emirates
22:15 GMT+4 (UAE Time)	Kembo 29', 53' M.Stoch 45' Mohammed.A 58' K.Khalfan 88'	Report	22' N.Al Qahtani 75' Makelele	Stadium: Sheikh Khalifa International Referee: Hamad Al Shaikh Man of the Match: Kembo Ekoko^[37]

AIFC 25 July 2014	Al Ain	1 – 1	Al Nassr	Al Ain, United Arab Emirates
22:15 GMT+4 (UAE Time)	Mohammed.F 9' Kembo 72' Ismail 30' Mohanad 88'	Report	29' Al-Sahlawi 37' Al-Sahlawi 62' Al-Raheb 81' Abdulghani 88' Hawsawi	Stadium: Sheikh Khalifa International Referee: Sultan Al Marzouqi Man of the Match: Ahmed Barman

2 September 2014	Al Sharjah	1 – 2	Al Ain	Sharjah
17:45 GMT+4 (UAE Time)	Saif.R 18'	Report	77' Faris 83' Mohammed.A	Stadium: Sharjah Stadium Referee: Hassan Karim

Player	Goals
Kembo Ekoko	5
Mohammed Abdulrahman	3
Faris Jumaa	2
Rashed Eisa	2
Asamoah Gyan	2
Miroslav Stoch	2
Ibrahim Diaky	2
Ryan Yslam	2
Lee Myung-joo	1
Khalid Khalfan	1
Mohamed Ahmed	1

Player	Assists
Bandar Al Ahbabi	2
Kembo Ekoko	1
Miroslav Stoch	1
Lee Myung-joo	1
Ismail Ahmed	1
Ahmed Al Shamisi	1
Yousef Ahmed	1

Competition	Started round	Current position / round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
Arabian Gulf Super Cup	Final	—
Arabian Gulf League	—	4		20 September 2014
Arabian Gulf Cup	Group stage	—		9 October 2014
UAE President's Cup	—	—
AFC Champions League	Group stage	—	Semi-finals	26 February 2014	30 September 2014

Last updated: 27 October 2014
Source: Competitions


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Al Ain	13	9	3	1	34	12	+22	30	2016 AFC Champions League Group stage
2	Al Jazira	14	9	3	2	40	27	+13	30
3	Al-Wahda	14	8	4	2	25	17	+8	28
4	Al Shabab	14	8	2	4	30	22	+8	26
5	Al-Ahli	14	6	5	3	23	15	+8	23

Updated to games played on 27 October 2014.
Source: Soccerway.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
6	4	1	1	15	7	+8	13	3	0	0	7	2	+5	1	1	1	8	5	+3

Last updated: 27 October 2014.
Source: Competitive matches

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	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	P	W	W	P	L	W	W	D	D	W	W	W	W
Position		5	3		7	5	3	4	6	5	5	2	1	1

Last updated: 19 December 2014.
Source: Matches
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

2 20 September 2014	Al Ain	2 – 0	Al Wasl	Al Ain
20:15 GMT+4 (UAE Time)	Mohammed.A 26' Omar. A 30' Gyan 35' M.Ahmed 40', 57' M.Stoch 90+2'	Report	47' Berola 66' M.Salem 80' Hazza	Stadium: Hazza Bin Zayed Attendance: 3,783 Referee: Mohamed Abdulla

3 24 September 2014	Ajman	0 – 4	Al Ain	Ajman
18:55 GMT+4 (UAE Time)	Nasser.A 62' Haddaf 45+1', 90+4'	Report	36' Mohammed.A 40' M.Stoch 56' Gyan 90+1' M.Fawzi	Stadium: Ajman Stadium Attendance: 2,450 Referee: Hamad Ali

5 5 October 2014	Al Jazira	4 – 3	Al Ain	Abu Dhabi
20:00 GMT+4 (UAE Time)	Vucinic 8', 38', 60', 70' Khasif 84' Bargash 90+5'	Report	15' Ismail 25' Mohammed.A 31', 64' Kembo 59' M. Ahmed	Stadium: Mohammed Bin Zayed Attendance: 11,680 Referee: Ammar Al Junaibi

6 17 October 2014	Al Ain	3 – 1	Al Dhafra	Al Ain
20:00 GMT+4 (UAE Time)	M.Stoch 37' 80' Helal 45+1' Kembo 52' Mohanad 57'	Report	65' Saif.M	Stadium: Hazza Bin Zayed Attendance: 2,772 Referee: Abdulla Al Aajel

7 22 October 2014	Al Ain	2 – 1	Emirates	Al Ain
20:00 GMT+4 (UAE Time)	Ismail 39' Diaky 59', 81'	Report	2' J.Maroof 38' Rodrigo 81' Mubarek	Stadium: Hazza Bin Zayed Attendance: 2,155 Referee: Adel Al Naqbi

8 27 October 2014	Al Ahli	1 – 1	Al Ain	Dubai
20:00 GMT+4 (UAE Time)	Luis 21' Carlitos 35' 75', 90+1' Walid.A 39' Majed.H 43' M.Naser 90+1'	Report	5' Mohanad 45+1' Diaky 90+3' Mohammed.A 90+5' S. Al Ghaferi	Stadium: Al-Rashid Stadium Attendance: 9,500 Referee: Yaqoub Al Hammadi

Team	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA	GD	Pts
Al Shabab	2	2	0	0	5	0	5	6
Al Nasr	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	3
Al Jazira	2	1	0	1	3	2	1	3
Kalba	2	1	0	1	1	2	-1	3
Ajman	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	1
Al Wasl	2	0	1	1	1	4	-3	1
Al Ain	2	0	0	2	1	4	-3	0

1 9 October 2014	Al Ain	0 – 1	Kalba	Al Ain
17:10 GMT+4 (UAE Time)	S. Al Ghaferi 61' Kembo 88' Barman 90+2'	Report	22' Y.Hassan 24' Wael.A 66' Danilo.P 77' Hassan	Stadium: Hazza Bin Zayed Attendance: 1,386 Referee: Ali Karim

2 06 November 2014	Al Jazira	1 – 3	Al Ain	Abu Dhabi
19:30	Ahmed.R 54' Pitroipa 78' K.Alrezzy 83' K.Alsenaani 90+2'	Report	28' Salem.J 34' 68', pen' Stoch 24' Fares.J 24' Saeed.M	Stadium: Mohammad Bin Zayed Attendance: 320 Referee: Ahmad Salem

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First leg 19 August 2014	Al Ain	2–0	Al-Ittihad	Hazza Bin Zayed, Al Ain
20:00 UTC+4	Ismail 48' Gyan 61'	Report		Attendance: 18,830 Referee: Abdullah Al Hilali (Oman)

Second leg 26 August 2014	Al-Ittihad	1–3	Al-Ain	King Abdul Aziz Stadium, Mecca
20:50 UTC+3	Ismail 35' (o.g.)	Report	40' Gyan 66' Omar.A 84' Diaky	Attendance: 342 Referee: Peter Green (Australia)

First leg 16 September 2014	Al-Hilal	3–0	Al-Ain	King Fahd International Stadium, Riyadh
20:30 UTC+3	Al-Shamrani 61', 64' Neves 70'	Report		Attendance: 57,170 Referee: Masaaki Toma (Japan)

Second leg 30 September 2014	Al-Ain	2–1	Al-Hilal	Hazza Bin Zayed Stadium, Al Ain
19:15 UTC+4	Lee Myung-joo 10' Kembo 78'	Report	Al-Shamrani 66'	Attendance: 24,204 Referee: Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan)

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