2001–02 Al Ain FC season

The 2001–02 season was Al Ain Football Club's 34th in existence and the club's 27th consecutive season in the top-level football league in the UAE.

Al Ain
2001–02 season
PresidentMohammed Bin Zayed
ManagerAnghel Iordănescu
(from 13 March 2001[1][2]
until 4 January 2002[3][4])

Ahmed Abdullah*
(from 6 January 2002
until 8 January 2002[5])

Džemal Hadžiabdić
(from 8 January 2002[5][4]
until 15 June 2002[6])
UAE Football League1st
President's CupSemi-finals
Federation CupGroup stage
UAE Super CupRunner-ups
Asian Cup Winners' CupQuarter-finals
Arab Club Champions CupWithdrew[7][8]
Top goalscorerLeague: Arthur Moses (12)
All: Joël Tiéhi (19)
All statistics correct as of 7 June 2002.

Competitions

Overview

Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Football League 15 November 2001 12 May 2002 Matchday 1 Winners 22 14 5 3 44 23 +21 063.64
President's Cup 8 January 2002 7 June 2002 Group stage Semi-finals 9 8 0 1 34 6 +28 088.89
Federation Cup 13 September 2001 1 November 2001 Group stage Group stage 10 5 2 3 14 10 +4 050.00
UAE Super Cup 19 May 2002 24 May 2002 Semi-finals Runners-up 2 1 0 1 2 2 +0 050.00
Asian Cup Winners' Cup 21 December 2001 22 February 2002 First round Quarter-finals 5 3 0 2 5 4 +1 060.00
Total 48 31 7 10 99 45 +54 064.58

Last updated: 7 June 2002
Source: Competitions

UAE Football League

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Al Ain 22 14 5 3 44 23 +21 47
2 Al Jazira 22 11 5 6 50 33 +17 38
3 Al Shaab 22 9 10 3 40 26 +14 37
4 Al Wahda 22 10 6 6 55 38 +17 36
5 Al Ahli 22 8 6 8 42 35 +7 30
Source: rsssf.org

Matches

15 November 2001 1 Ittihad Kalba 0–2 Al Ain Kalba
Report
  • Tiéhi 6', 49'
Stadium: Ittihad Kalba Stadium
Referee: Musallam Ahmad
18 November 2001 2 Al Ain 3–1 Al Shabab Al Ain
Report
  • W. Obaid 80'
Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed
Referee: Ali Bujsaim
22 November 2001 3 Al Shaab 3–1 Al Ain Sharjah
Report
  • G. Harib 61'
Stadium: Khalid bin Mohammed Stadium
Referee: Fareed Al-Marzouqi
28 November 2001 4 Al Ain 3–1 Baniyas Al Ain
Report
Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed
5 December 2001 5 Al Nasr 0–0 Al Ain Dubai
Report Stadium: Al Maktoum Stadium
Referee: Fareed Al-Marzouqi
27 December 2001 7 Al Khaleej 0–2 Al Ain Khor Fakkan
Report
4 February 2002 8 Al Ain 2–1 Al Ahli Al Ain
  • F. Khalil 85' (p)
Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed
28 February 2002 11 Al Wasl 1–0 Al Ain Dubai
Report Stadium: Zabeel Stadium
5 March 2002 6 Al Ain 3–1 Al Wahda Al Ain
Report
  • S. Khamees 71'
Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed
Referee: Ali Bujsaim
10 March 2002 9 Sharjah 3–3 Abandoned Al Ain Sharjah
Report
Stadium: Sharjah Stadium
Referee: Ahmed Khamis
15 March 2002 10 Al Ain 0–1 Al Jazira Al Ain
Report
  • Suhail 87'
Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed
19 March 2002 Replay Sharjah 2–2 Al Ain Dubai
Report
Stadium: Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum
Referee: Mohamed Omar
29 March 2002 14 Al Ain 2–2 Al Shaab Al Ain
Report
Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed
Referee: Fareed Al-Marzouqi
4 April 2002 15 Baniyas 0–1 Al Ain Abu Dhabi
Report
Referee: Ahmed Khamis
8 April 2002 13 Al Shabab 1–2 Al Ain Dubai
Report
Stadium: Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum
11 April 2002 16 Al Ain 3–1 Al Nasr Al Ain
Report
Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed
Referee: Mohamed Omar
16 April 2002 17 Al Wahda 2–3 Al Ain Abu Dhabi
Report
Stadium: Al Nahyan Stadium
Referee: Mohamed Omar
19 April 2002 18 Al Ain 3–2 Al Khaleej Al Ain
  • A. Ali 12'
  • S. Johar 45'
  • Tiéhi 86'
Report
Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed
25 April 2002 19 Al Ahli 0–0 Al Ain Dubai
Report Stadium: Rashid Stadium
29 April 2002 12 Al Ain 2–1 Ittihad Kalba Al Ain
Report
  • Zolo 75' (p)
Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed
Referee: Salah Amen
2 May 2002 20 Al Ain 5–1 Sharjah Al Ain
Report Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed
Referee: Mohamed Al-Zarouni
8 May 2002 21 Al Jazira 2–2 Al Ain Abu Dhabi
Report
Stadium: Al Jazira Stadium
Referee: Mohamed Omar
12 May 2002 22 Al Ain 3–0 Al Wasl Al Ain
Report Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed
Referee: Musallam Ahmad

Group D

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Al Ain 6 6 0 0 27 1 +26 18
Al Khaleej 6 4 1 1 12 7 +5 13
Al Shaab 6 3 0 3 14 14 0 9
Ahli Al Fujairah 6 2 1 3 13 13 0 7
Al Urooba 6 2 1 3 9 11 2 7
Dibba 6 1 1 4 3 15 12 4
Al Jazirah Al Hamra 6 1 0 5 7 24 17 3
Source: rsssf.org
8 January 2002 2 Al Ain 3–0 Dibba Al Ain
Report Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed
14 January 2002 1 Al Urooba 0–6 Al Ain Fujairah
Stadium: Al Urooba Club Stadium
18 January 2002 3 Al Khaleej 1–3 Al Ain Khor Fakkan
Report
21 January 2002 4 Al Ain 6–0 Al Jazirah Al Hamra Al Ain
Report Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed
26 January 2002 5 Ahli Al Fujairah 0–3 Al Ain Fujairah
Report
  • H. Abdullah 18'
  • Muftah 86'
  • S. Johar 87'
Stadium: Fujairah Stadium
Referee: Abdullah Al Bannai
30 January 2002 6 Al Ain 6–0 Al Shaab Al Ain
Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed
30 May 2002 Round of 16 Al Ain 2–1 Al Shabab Abu Dhabi
Report
  • W. Obaid 19'
Stadium: Al Jazira Stadium
3 June 2002 Quarter-finals Al Dhafra 1–3 Al Ain Abu Dhabi
Report
Stadium: Al Jazira Stadium
7 June 2002 Semi-finals Al Jazira 3–2 Al Ain Abu Dhabi
  • Weah 30', 95'
  • Qassim .M 92'
Report
Stadium: Al Nahyan Stadium

UAE Super Cup

19 May 2002 Semi-finals Al Ain 2–1 Al Shaab Abu Dhabi
  • A. Ali 49'
  • S. Johar gold-colored soccer ball 115'
Report Stadium: Al Nahyan Stadium
Referee: Ali Bujsaim
24 May 2002 Final Al Wahda 1–0 Al Ain Dubai
Report Stadium: Al Maktoum Stadium
Referee: Mohamed Al-Zarouni

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Al Nasr 10 7 3 0 34 15 +19 24
Al Ahli 10 5 3 2 20 18 +2 18
Al Ain 10 5 2 3 14 10 +4 17
Al Shabab 10 3 3 4 17 18 1 12
Ittihad Kalba 10 1 4 5 12 17 5 7
Al Khaleej 10 1 1 8 9 28 19 4
Source: rsssf.org
13 September 2001 1 Al Ain 0–2
Awarded[n 1]
Al Ahli Al Ain
Report Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed
Referee: Musallam Ahmad
17 September 2001 2 Al Ain 1–0 Al Khaleej Al Ain
  • Muftah 71'
Report Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed
Referee: Ali Al-Badwawi
20 September 2001 3 Al Ain 1–1 Al Shabab Al Ain
Report Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed
Referee: Ahmed Khamis
26 September 2001 4 Al Ain 1–1 Al Nasr Al Ain
Report
  • Kadem .A 64'
Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed
Referee: Mohamed Al-Zarouni
3 October 2001 5 Ittihad Kalba 1–2 Al Ain Kalba
  • A. Mohamed 73' (p)
Report
Stadium: Ittihad Kalba Stadium
Referee: Waleed Ali
7 October 2001 6 Al Ahli 1–0 Al Ain Dubai
  • Shah 31'
Report Stadium: Rashid Stadium
Referee: Ali Bujsaim
11 October 2001 7 Al Khaleej 1–5 Al Ain Khor Fakkan
Report
Referee: Ali Al Mulla
17 October 2001 8 Al Shabab 0–1 Al Ain Dubai
Report
Stadium: Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum
Referee: Abdullah Al Bannai
24 October 2001 9 Al Nasr 3–1 Al Ain Dubai
  • Mosalam .A 39'
  • Kadem .A 60'
  • da Silva 87'
Report
Stadium: Al Maktoum Stadium
Referee: Mohamed Omar
1 November 2001 10 Al Ain 2–0 Ittihad Kalba Al Ain
Report Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed
Referee: Ali Al Mulla

Notes

  1. The Al Ain v Al Ahli first leg, originally won 3–0 by Al Ain, was forfeited and awarded 2–0 to Al Ahli by the UAE FA Competitions Committee on 16 September 2001, as Al Ain fielded the player Salim Ali, whose FA registration card was not renewed by the club.[9]

Asian Cup Winners' Cup

First round

Al Ain United Arab Emirates w/o[n 1] Kuwait Al Salmiya

Notes

  1. Al Salmiya withdrew.

Second round

21 December 2001 First leg Al Wahdat Jordan 2–1 United Arab Emirates Al Ain Amman
Stadium: King Abdullah II Stadium
Referee: Mahmoud Al Rifai (Syria)
4 January 2002 Second leg Al Ain United Arab Emirates 2–0
(3–2 agg.)
Jordan Al Wahdat Al Ain
Report Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed
Referee: Sabah Qasim (Iraq)

Quarter-finals

15 February 2002 First leg Al Sadd Qatar 1–0 United Arab Emirates Al Ain Doha
Report Stadium: Jassim bin Hamad Stadium
22 February 2002 Second leg Al Ain United Arab Emirates 2–1
(2–2a agg.)
Qatar Al Sadd Al Ain
Report Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Qassem Shaaban (Kuwait)

Statistics

Goalscorers

As of 7 June 2002

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

Rank Pos. Player Football League President's Cup Federation Cup UAE Super Cup Asian Cup Winners' Cup Total
1FWIvory Coast Joël Tiéhi7660019
2FWGhana Arthur Moses12200418
3MFNigeria Emmanuel Ebiede261009
4FWUnited Arab Emirates Mohammad Omar620008
5MFUnited Arab Emirates Salem Johar320106
6DFUnited Arab Emirates Abdullah Ali400105
MFUnited Arab Emirates Rami Yaslam050005
8MFUnited Arab Emirates Helal Saeed112004
FWUnited Arab Emirates Faisal Ali013004
FWUnited Arab Emirates Salem Muftah031004
11MFUnited Arab Emirates Gharib Harib200013
MFUnited Arab Emirates Subait Khater210003
MFUnited Arab Emirates Sultan Rashed300003
DFUnited Arab Emirates Fahad Ali120003
15MFUnited Arab Emirates Shehab Ahmed110002
16DFUnited Arab Emirates Humaid Fakher010001
DFUnited Arab Emirates Hassan Abdullah010001
MFUnited Arab Emirates Abdullah Musabbah001001
Own goals (from the opponents)000000
Totals4434142599

References

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  2. "Al Ain signs up Romanian coach". GulfNews.com.
  3. "يوردانيسكو يستقيل من العين لتدريب منتخب رومانيا" (in Arabic). Al-Bayan. Archived from the original on 2002-11-20. Retrieved 2023-06-08.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
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  5. "يصل مساء اليوم لتوقيع العقد وقيادة الفريق، البوسني حاجي مدربا للعين بديلا ليوردانيسكو" (in Arabic). Al-Bayan. Archived from the original on 2002-01-11. Retrieved 2023-06-08.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
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  8. "الريان القطري يشارك في بطولة الأندية العربية" (in Arabic). AlJazeera.net.
  9. "Al Ahli declared winners over Al Ain". Gulf News. 17 September 2001.
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