2010–11 Al Ain FC season

Al Ain FC
2010–11 season
Chairman	Mohammed Bin Zayed
Manager	Abdul Hameed Al Mistaki; (until 20 Dec 2010); Alexandre Gallo; (from 20 Dec 2010)
Stadium	Khalifa International; Tahnoun bin Mohammed
Pro-League	10
Presidents Cup	Round of 16
Etisalat Cup	Runner-up
Champions League	Group stage
Top goalscorer	League: ; Omar Abdulrahman (8); All: ; José Sand (11)
Highest home attendance	7,498 (30 September vs Al Ahli, Pro-League)
Lowest home attendance	851 (30 December vs Al Dhafra, Etisalat Cup)
Average home league attendance	4,817 (14 February vs Al Nasr, Pro-League)

The 2010–11 season was Al Ain Football Club's 43rd in existence and the club's 36th consecutive season in the top-level football league in the UAE.

Al Ain in this season will seek to win trophies, and competing in the Pro-League, the Champions League, the Presidents Cup, and the Etisalat Cup, after a frustrating season in 2009–10.

Season overview

March

On 24 March, Al Ain, lost his second game in the second round against Al Sharjah,[1] to Increases the pressure on the Board of Directors because of The club's position in the league. On 25 March, The Board of Directors resigned[2] Shiekh Abdullah bin Mohammed bin Khalid Al Nahyan Has been appointed as the chairman of the Board of Directors, the membership of Rashid Mubarak Al Hajiri, Awad Hasoum Al Darmaki, Mohammed bin Abdullah bin Badwah, and Mohammed bin Obaid Al Daheri by Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan[3][4] On 31 March, Al Ain won after 209 days against arch-rivals Al Wahda.[5]

Club

Technical and administrative staff

Position	Name
Head coach	Alexandre Gallo
Assistant coach	Maurício Copertino Ahmed Abdullah
Team Manager	Matar Obaid Al Sahbani
Team Administrator	Nasser Al Junaibi
Team Supervisor	Mohammed Obaid Hammad
Fitness coach	Francisco Ferreira Matheus Henrique
Goalkeeping coach	Amer Abdul Wahab
Physiotherapist	Guthemberg Soares Shanavas Vettipandi Edimar Da Silva Wiesław Sojka Abdelnasser Aljohny Deniz Ozay
Doctor	Tawfaiq Salman
Performance analyst	Liam Weeks
Academy Director	Wayne Harrison

Last updated: 30 March 2011
Source: Al Ain FC

Technical staff changes

During the season

Outgoing	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Replaced by	Date of appointment	Position in table
Abdulhameed Al Mistaki	Sacked	20 December 2010	Alexandre Gallo	20 December 2010	10th[6]

Administrative staff

During the season

Outgoing	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Replaced by	Date of appointment
Majed Al Owais	Sacked	30 March 2011[7]	Matar Obaid Al Sahbani	30 March 2011
Sultan Rashed	Sacked	30 March 2011[7]	Nasser Al Junaibi	30 March 2011
No outgoing[7]			Mohammed Obaid Hammad	30 March 2011

Board of directors

Mohammed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, current President.

Office	Name
President Honorary Board President	Mohammed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan
First Deputy President Honorary Board First Deputy President	Hazza bin Zayed Al Nahyan
Second Deputy President Honorary Board Second Deputy President	Tahnoon Bin Zayed Al Nahyan
Chairman of Board of Directors	Abdullah bin Mohammed bin Khaled Al Nahyan
Vice Chairman of Board of Directors	Rashid bin Mubarak Al Hajri
Member of Board of Directors	Awad bin Hasom Al Darmaki
Member of Board of Directors	Mohammed Abdullah bin Bdouh
Member of Board of Directors	Mohammed bin Obaid Al Dhaheri

Last updated: 26 March 2011
Source: Al Ain Club Official Website

Board changes

During the season

Outgoing Member	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Replaced by	Date of appointment
Hazza bin Zayed Al Nahyan	Remain as First Deputy President Honorary Board First Deputy President	25 March 2011[8]	Abdullah bin Mohammed bin Khaled Al Nahyan	25 March 2011[3]
Mohamed Mubarak bin Fadel Al Mazrouei	Resigned[8]	25 March 2011	Rashid bin Mubarak Al Hajri	26 March 2011[3]
Mohammed bin Thaaloob Al Derie	Resigned[8]	25 March 2011	Awad bin Hasom Al Darmaki	26 March 2011[3]
Hamad bin Mubarak Al Shamsi	Resigned[8]	25 March 2011	Mohammed Abdullah bin Bdouh	26 March 2011[3]
Mohammed Abdullah bin Hazam Al Dhaheri	Resigned[8]	25 March 2011	Mohammed bin Obaid Al Dhaheri	26 March 2011[3]

Other information

Ground (capacity and dimensions)	Tahnoun bin Mohammed Stadium (10,000 / )
Ground (capacity and dimensions)	Sheikh Khalifa International Stadium (16,000 / )

Kits

Home

Away

Third

'Home ACL'

'Away ACL'

Players

First Team

No.	Position(s)	Nationality	Name	Since	Age	Signed from	Notes
Goalkeepers
12	GK	UAE	Waleed Salem	2001	30	Youth system
39	GK	UAE	Ismail Rabee	2011	28	Al Nasr
55	GK	UAE	Yousif Abdelrahman	2009	22	Ittihad Kalba
Defenders
4	DF	UAE	Musallem Fayez	2007	24	Youth system
5	DF	UAE	Ismail Ahmed	2008	27	FUS de Rabat
14	DF	UAE	Mohammed Fayez	2010	21	Youth system
15	DF	UAE	Khaled Abdulrahman	2010	22	Youth system
19	DF	UAE	Mohanad Salem	2008	26	Al Dhafra
21	DF	UAE	Fawzi Fayez	2007	23	Youth system
44	DF	UAE	Fares Jumaa	2007	22	Youth system
77	DF	UAE	Hazza Salem	2010	22	Youth system
Midfielders
6	MF	CIV	Brahima Keita	2010	26	Qadsia	(on loan from Qadsia)
7	MF	UAE	Ali Al-Wehaibi	2001	27	Youth system	(VC)
8	MF	UAE	Ahmed Al Shamisi	2009	23	Youth system
10	MF	UAE	Omar Abdulrahman	2008	19	Youth system
11	MF	UAE	Saif Mohammed	2008	27	Al Shaab
13	MF	UAE	Rami Yaslam (C)	2001	29	Youth system
18	MF	UAE	Abdullah Malallah	2008	27	Emirates
23	MF	UAE	Shehab Ahmed	2002	27	Youth system
27	MF	UAE	Salem Abdullah	2006	24	Youth system
38	FW	BRA	Elias Ribeiro	2011	27	Atlético Goianiense
Forwards
2	FW	UAE	Abdulaziz Fayez	2009	20	Youth system
9	FW	ROU	Valentin Badea	2011	28	Brașov
20	FW	UAE	Mohamed Abdulrahman	2008	22	Youth system
99	FW	UAE	Faisal Ali	2001	29	Youth system

From youth system

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	UAE	Saif Rashed
3	DF	UAE	Mohammed Ayed
22	GK	UAE	Sultan Musabah
24	MF	UAE	Saqer Mohammed
26	MF	UAE	Hamad Al Marri
28	FW	UAE	Faraj Jumaa
29	FW	CIV	Jumaa Saeed
30	GK	UAE	Abdullah Sultan
31	MF	UAE	Haddaf Al Ameri


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
32	MF	UAE	Hamad Raqea
33	DF	UAE	Mohammed Al-Dhahri
34	MF	UAE	Sultan Nasser
36	GK	UAE	Dawoud Sulaiman
43	DF	UAE	Salem Sultan
50	GK	UAE	Abdulrazzaq Mohammed
70	MF	UAE	Bandar Al-Ahbabi

Transfers

In

Date	Position	No.	Name	From	Type	Transfer window	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2010	FW	33	Soufiane Alloudi	Al Wasl	Loan return	Summer	Free	[9]
26 August 2010	MF	6	Brahima Keita	Qadsia	Loan	Summer	€1,000,000	[10]
8 January 2011	MF	38	Elias Ribeiro[lower-greek 1]	Atlético Goianiense	Loan	Winter	Undisclosed	[13]
15 January 2011	MF	80	Milovan Mirošević	Universidad Católica	Transfer	Winter	€450,000	[14]
25 January 2011	GK	50	Ismail Rabee	Al Nasr	Transfer	Winter	Undisclosed	[15]
13 February 2011	FW	80	Jérémie Aliadière[lower-greek 2]	Middlesbrough	Transfer	Winter	Undisclosed	[18]
22 February 2011	FW	9	Valentin Badea	Brașov	Transfer	Winter	Free	[19]
Total							€1,450,000

On 14 September 2010, Al Ain announced that they had signed Elias,[11] but the agreement have fallen through at the last minute due to player passport expired.[12]
Atlético Goianiense committed to Al Ain to not transfer the player to any club except them after the end of the Brazilian football season.
On 8 January 2011, Elias joined Al Ain on a six-month deal.[13]
On 15 February, Al Ain stated that the player did not pass the medical examination due to cruciate ligament injury, but the player denounced that, stating that he
reject the move because they been unprofessional.[16][17]

Out

Date	Position	No.	Name	To	Type	Transfer window	Fee	Ref.
16 May 2010	DF	3	Hilal Saeed	Al Nasr	Transfer	Summer	€1,700,000	[20]
29 May 2010	MF	11	Ahmed Moadhed	Al Ahli	Transfer	Summer	Undisclosed	[21]
14 June 2010	FW	8	Emerson	Fluminense	Transfer	Summer	€700,000	[22]
4 July 2010	MF	18	Ahmed Khamis	Al Ahli	Transfer	Summer	Undisclosed	[23]
13 July 2010	MF	–	Fadel Ishaq	Al Shaab	Loan	Summer	Undisclosed
13 July 2010	FW	–	Naseeb Ishak	Al Shaab	Loan	Summer	Undisclosed
14 July 2010	MF	–	Ahmad Khalfan	Emirates	Transfer	Summer	Free	[24]
26 July 2010	MF	10	Jorge Valdivia	Palmeiras	Transfer	Summer	€6,500,000	[25][26]
9 August 2010	MF	50	Lee Ho	Omiya Ardija	Released	Summer	Free	[27]
13 August 2010	FW	–	Nasser Khamis	Dubai	Transfer	Summer	Free
23 September 2010	FW	33	Soufiane Alloudi	Raja Casablanca	Released	Summer	Free	[28]
29 January 2011	FW	9	José Sand	Deportivo La Coruña	Loan	Winter	€500,000	[29]
15 February 2011	MF	–	Milovan Mirošević[lower-greek 1]	Universidad Católica	Loan	Winter	Free	[30]
Total							€9,400,000

The club failed to finalize the deal because error in registration and loaned him to Universidad Católica until July.[30]

Transfer summary

Undisclosed fees are not included in the transfer totals.

Expenditure

Summer: €1,000,000

Winter: €450,000

Total: €1,450,000

Income

Summer: €8,900,000

Winter: €500,000

Total: €9,400,000

Net totals

Summer: €7,900,000

Winter: €50,000

Total: €7,950,000

Pre-season and friendlies

25 July 2010 Friendly	USK Anif	0–3	Al Ain	Austria
19:00 GMT+4 (UAE Time)		Report	Sand 10' Alloudi 27' F. Ali 83' (pen.)	Stadium: USK Anif Referee: Riedel Ronald

26 July 2010 Friendly	Puch	1–1	Al Ain	Austria
20:30 GMT+4 (UAE Time)	Huber 7'	Report	N. Khamis 22'	Stadium: FC Puch Referee: Mario Loghofer

29 July 2010 Friendly	Fürth	7–2	Al Ain	Germany
19:00 GMT+4 (UAE Time)	Sararer 10' Biliškov 28' Schahin 51' Onuegbu 58' Haas 67' Pektürk 73' Nehrig 81'	Report	Sand 5', 43' (pen.)	Stadium: Ruhpolding Referee: Simon Skoroneski

2 August 2010 Friendly	Concordia	3–1	Al Ain	Austria
20:30 GMT+4 (UAE Time)	Popa 13' Trică 25' Budeanu 38'	Report	J. Saeed 86'	Stadium: Bruck Referee: Martin Stone

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	28 August 2010	5 June 2011	Matchday 1	10	22	6	7	9	33	35	−2	027.27
League Cup	9 October 2010	29 April 2011	Group stage	Runner-up	12	6	4	2	20	13	+7	050.00
President's Cup	20 September 2010	9 February 2011	First round	Round of 16	2	1	0	1	5	3	+2	050.00
Champions League	19 February 2011	11 May 2011	Play-off	Group stage	7	3	1	3	8	9	−1	042.86
Total					43	16	12	15	66	60	+6	037.21

Last updated: 5 June 2011
Source: Competitions

Pro League

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
8	Al-Ahli	22	7	6	9	30	42	−12	27
9	Dubai Club	22	8	2	12	33	48	−15	26
10	Al Ain	22	6	7	9	33	35	−2	25
11	Ittihad Kalba (R)	22	6	2	14	39	56	−17	20	Relegation to UAE Division 2 Group A
12	Al-Dhafra (R)	22	3	4	15	27	50	−23	13	Relegation to UAE Division 2 Group A

Source: UFL
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(R) Relegated

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
22	6	7	9	33	35	−2	25	3	5	3	17	16	+1	3	2	6	16	19	−3

Last updated: 5 June 2011.
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
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	W	W	D	D	L	L	D	D	L	L	D	L	L	L	W	W	D	W	D	L	W	L
Position	5	1	1	3	7	8	8	8	8	9	10	11	11	11	10	10	10	9	10	10	10	10

Updated to match(es) played on 5 June 2011. Source: AlAinFC.ae
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

28 August 2010 1	Al Ain	4–3	Dubai	Al Ain
22:00 GMT+4 (UAE Time)	M. Salem 2' Keita 20' Sand 30', 45' 89' O. Abdulrahman 34' A. Fayez 70' M. Abdulrahman 90+3'	Report Live TV: Abu Dhabi Sports Dubai Sports	Laurent 7' 16', 50' Anbar 19' J. Khater 44' Tiberkanine 76'	Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed Attendance: 7,153 Referee: Hamad Al Shaikh

3 September 2010 2	Al Nasr	0–3	Al Ain	Dubai
22:00 GMT+4 (UAE Time)	M. Ali 11' Tenorio 23' M. Hassan 63' B. Yaqoot 81'	(Report) Live TV: Abu Dhabi Sports Dubai Sports	Musallem. F 23' Sand 52', 9+2' M. Abdulrahman 64' A. Fayez 87'	Stadium: Al Maktoum Attendance: 4,972 Referee: Ali Hamad

17 September 2010 3	Al Ain	1–1	Sharjah	Al Ain
17:30	Sand 28' 42' (pen.)	(Report) Live TV: Abu Dhabi Sports Dubai Sports	28' F.Jumah Marcelinho 80' (pen.) 36' Al Mas	Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed Attendance: 4,970 Referee: Ammar Al-Jeneibi

25 September 2010 4	Al Wahda	0–0	Al Ain	Abu Dhabi
20:00	Matar 48' Al Kamali 52'	(Report) Live TV: Abu Dhabi Sports Dubai Sports	23' Sand 28' F.Fayez 81' Sultan 90' Saif	Stadium: Al Nahyan Attendance: 11,913 Referee: Mohammed Abdullah

30 September 2010 5	Al Ain	1–2	Al Ahli	Al Ain
20:00	Amoory 37' (pen.) Musalam 62' Saif 76'	(Report) Live TV: Abu Dhabi Sports Dubai Sports	36' Al Taweela 75' Qassim 79' Pinga 81' F.Khalil 88' Mathaad 89' Cannavaro	Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed Attendance: 7,498 Referee: Fareed Ali

16 October 2010 6	Baniyas	3–0	Al Ain	Abu Dhabi
20:00	Senghor 37', 64' Bashir 62'	(Report) Live TV: Abu Dhabi Sports Dubai Sports		Stadium: Baniyas Attendance: 4,656 Referee: Ali Hamad

22 October 2010 7	Al Ain	1–1	Al Dhafra	Al Ain
17:00	Sand 70' (pen.) Mohammed 60' Saif 86'	(Report) Live TV: Abu Dhabi Sports Dubai Sports	23' Kabi 34' Hareb 39' Al Yassi 98' Al Tamimi 90+4' Berrabah	Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed Attendance: 4,165 Referee: Mohamed Abdelkarim

27 October 2010 8	Al Wasl	2–2	Al Ain	Dubai
20:00	Yeste 16', 80' (pen.) Oliveira 47'	(Report) Live TV: Abu Dhabi Sports Dubai Sports	54' 75' J.Saeed 64' Mohanad 69' Shehab 79' I. Ahmed	Stadium: Zabeel Attendance: 8,695 Referee: Mohammed Abdullah

12 December 2010 9	Al Ain	1–4	Ittihad Kalba	Al Ain
18:15	J.Saeed 4' Sand 19' Haddaf 69'	(Report) Live TV: Abu Dhabi Sports Dubai Sports	54' Dufrennes 55', 76' Jasim 65' Essa 87' Feindouno	Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed Attendance: 1,482 Referee: Ibrahim Al Muhairi

19 December 2010 10	Al Jazira	4–0	Al Ain	Abu Dhabi
20:30	Baré 6' (pen.), 42', 78' A.Jumaa 29' Y.Matar 34' Mousa 50' Delgado 50' Subait 55'	(Report) Live TV: Abu Dhabi Sports Dubai Sports	49' I. Ahmed 55' Sand 81' Al Ahbabi	Stadium: Mohammed bin Zayed Attendance: 19,398 Referee: Ali Hamad

23 December 2010 11	Al Ain	1–1	Al Shabab	Al Ain
18:10	Sand 17' 63' Saif 78'	(Report) Live TV: Abu Dhabi Sports Dubai Sports	32' Abbas 35' 48' Dawoud 75' Haykal 90+3' Villanueva	Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed Attendance: 2,260 Referee: Mohammed Abdullah

3 February 2011 12	Dubai	1–0	Al Ain	Dubai
17:20	Abdulrahman 35' Mohammad 64' Anbar 67'	(Report) Live TV: Abu Dhabi Sports Dubai Sports	67' Al Wehaibi 82' Keita	Stadium: Al Aweer Attendance: 925 Referee: Ammar Al-Jeneibi

14 February 2011 13	Al Ain	1–2	Al Nasr	Al Ain
17:30	Musalam 33' Elias 34' Haddaf 79'	(Report) Live TV: Abu Dhabi Sports Dubai Sports	27' Bangoura 68' Careca Darwish 84' Khamis 90+2' Ibrahim	Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed Attendance: 4,817 Referee: Mohammed Abdullah

24 March 2011 14	Sharjah	2–1	Al Ain	Sharjah
20:30	Marcelo 53' (pen.), 57' N. Mubarak 87'	(Report) Live TV: Abu Dhabi Sports Dubai Sports	52' M. Salem 73' F. Jumaa	Stadium: Sharjah Attendance: 2,337 Referee: Fahad Al-Kassar

31 March 2011 15	Al Ain	2–0	Al Wahda	Al Ain
17:50	Elias 27' (pen.), 59' Yaslam 30' Badea 56'	(Report) Live TV: Abu Dhabi Sports Dubai Sports	25' Al Shehhi 40' Ameen 85' Magrão 90+2' Bashir	Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed Attendance: 7,129 Referee: Ali Hamad

24 April 2011 17	Al Ain	1–1	Baniyas	Al Ain
20:45	Elias 44' Keita 67' Ismail. A 90+3'	(Report) Live TV: Abu Dhabi Sports Dubai Sports	75' M. Jaber	Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed Attendance: 5,322 Referee: Mohammed Abdullah

8 May 2011 16	Al Ahli	0–4	Al Ain	Dubai
18:10		(Report) Live TV: Abu Dhabi Sports Dubai Sports	27' Omar. A 34' Al Wehaibi 38' Hazza 75' Musallem 82' Shehab 90+3' Elias	Stadium: Rashid Attendance: 2,117 Referee: Hamad Al Shaikh

16 May 2011 18	Al Dhafra	0–3	Al Ain	Abu Dhabi
18:20	Basulaiman 31' Al Musaabi 70' Khairi 73'	(Report) Live TV: Abu Dhabi Sports Dubai Sports	38' Keita 80' M. Salem 21', 50' Mohamed. A 86' Omar. A	Stadium: Al Dhafra Attendance: 739 Referee: Mohamed Abdelkarim

20 May 2011 19	Al Ain	0–0	Al Wasl	Al Ain
21:00	M. Salem 86'	(Report) Live TV: Abu Dhabi Sports Dubai Sports	66' A. Yousif 69' Al Sheiba	Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed Attendance: 3,598 Referee: Ammar Al-Jeneibi

28 May 2011 20	Ittihad Kalba	4–3	Al Ain	Kalba
19:50	J. Sanqoor 14' Dufrennes 22', 58' R. Malullah 39' 48' Kanú 74' Deyaa 87' Moftah 88' Malallah 89'	(Report) Live TV: Abu Dhabi Sports Dubai Sports	24' Yaslam 28' Mohamed. A 35' 44' Keita 40', 85' Omar. A 73' Ayed 74' Ismail 76' Al Wehaibi 76' J. Saeed 88' Musallem	Stadium: Ittihad Kalba Attendance: 901 Referee: Ali Hamad

1 June 2011 21	Al Ain	4–1	Al Jazira	Al Ain
19:50	Omar. A 6', 36' J. Saeed 48' 86' Elias 74' 90+1'	(Report) Live TV: Abu Dhabi Sports Dubai Sports	9' Ali Khasif 41' R. Oliveira 89' Ali Mabkhout 14' 92' Mousa	Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed Attendance: 6,058 Referee: Hamad Al Shaikh

5 June 2011 22	Al Shabab	3–0	Al Ain	Dubai
19:55	Ahmed 34' Ciel 47', 65' Essa 72' Darwish 90+1'	(Report) Live TV: Abu Dhabi Sports Dubai Sports	4' Bandar 39' Musallem 89' Al Merri	Stadium: Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum Attendance: 353 Referee: Abdullah Al Ajel

President's Cup

20 September 2010 First round	Al Ain	5–0	Masfout	Dubai
20:15	Amoory 24' Mohanad 62' Shehab 79' Al Merri 82' Al-Shamsi 85'	Report Live TV: Abu Dhabi Sports Dubai Sports	15' 41' S. Ali 6' Ablaye	Stadium: Al Aweer Referee: Abdullah Naji

9 February 2011 Round of 16	Masafi	3–0¹	Al Ain	Dubai
	Fahad 12' Yacob 76'		34' Elias 90+3' Al Marri	Stadium: Al Maktoum Referee: Yaqoub Al Hammadi

Notes

Note 1: Al Ain were found to have used an ineligible player and were disqualified, Masafi went through.[31]

AFC Champions League

Qualifying play-off

19 February 2011	Sriwijaya	0–4	Al-Ain	Jakabaring Stadium, Palembang
15:30 UTC+07:00	Mahadirga 7' Rotinsulu 45+3' Satria 50' Gathuessi 90+3'	Report	H. Al Ameri 13' 13' Elias 29' 45+4' (pen.), 53' H. Salem 36' O. Abdulrahman 45+2' 50' (pen.)	Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Masaaki Toma (Japan)

Group stage

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	SEO	NAG	AIN	HAN
1	FC Seoul	6	3	2	1	9	4	+5	11	Advance to knockout stage	—	0–2	3–0	3–0
2	Nagoya Grampus	6	3	1	2	9	6	+3	10	Advance to knockout stage	1–1	—	4–0	1–0
3	Al-Ain	6	2	1	3	4	9	−5	7		0–1	3–1	—	1–0
4	Hangzhou Greentown	6	1	2	3	3	6	−3	5		1–1	2–0	0–0	—

Source: Stats.The-AFC.com

2 March 2011	Al Ain	0–1	FC Seoul	Al Ain, United Arab Emirates
19:05 UTC+04:00		Report	25' Damjanović 48' Ko Yo-Han 64' Kim Dong-Jin	Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed Attendance: 5,128 Referee: Alireza Faghani (Iran)

6 April 2011	Hangzhou Greentown	0–0	Al Ain	Hangzhou, China
20:00 UTC+08:00	Du Wei 62'	Report	52' Omar. A 90+3' Rabee	Stadium: Zheijiang Dragon Attendance: 26,973 Referee: Saeed Mozaffarizadeh (Iran)

12 April 2011¹	Nagoya Grampus	4–0	Al Ain	Nagoya, Japan
19:00 UTC+09:00	Kanazaki 27', 45+1' 55' Keita 61' (o.g.) Fujimoto 77' Yoshida 86'	Report	76' Fares	Stadium: Mizuho Athletic Attendance: 5,914 Referee: Subkhiddin Mohd Salleh (Malaysia)

19 April 2011	Al Ain	1–0	Hangzhou Greentown	Al Ain, United Arab Emirates
19:30 UTC+04:00	Omar. A 60' 61'	Report	54' Vázquez 57' Mamatil	Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed Attendance: 2,324 Referee: Valentin Kovalenko (Uzbekistan)

4 May 2011	FC Seoul	3–0	Al Ain	Seoul, South Korea
20:00 UTC+09:00	Ko Yo-Han 16' Damjanović 39', 72' Lee Kyu-Ro 55' Ha Dae-Sung 61'	Report	15' Ayed 45' Al Merri 29' Mohamed. A	Stadium: Seoul World Cup Attendance: 23,623 Referee: Abdullah Balideh (Qatar)

11 May 2011	Al Ain	3–1	Nagoya Grampus	Al Ain, United Arab Emirates
19:40 UTC+04:00	Al Merri 21' Elias 39', 50' (pen.) Khaled. A 54'	Report	49' Fujimoto 49' Matsuo	Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed Attendance: 892 Referee: Muhsen Basma (Syria)

Notes

Note 1: Nagoya Grampus v Al-Ain postponed from 15 March 2011 to 12 April 2011 due to earthquake in Japan.[32][33]

League Cup

Group stage

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Al Ain	10	5	4	1	15	8	+7	19
Al Wahda	10	5	2	3	12	9	+3	17
Al Dhafra	10	4	3	3	15	15	0	15
Al Nasr	10	3	3	4	11	13	−2	12
Dubai	10	2	4	4	21	21	0	10
Bani Yas	10	2	2	6	10	19	−9	8

Source: UAEProLeague.com

9 October 2010 1	Al Wahda	0–2	Al Ain	Abu Dhabi
17:20	T. Abdullah 50' B. Saeed 55'	Report	R. Yaslam 25' Sand 53' Al-Ahbabi 90' Raqea 90+1'	Stadium: Al Nahyan Attendance: 1,935 Referee: Ibrahim Al Muhairi

4 November 2010 2	Al Ain	1–1	Dubai	Al Ain
16:55	Sand 60' Keita 85'	Report	N'dri 48' J. Abdallah 87'	Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed Attendance: 1,543 Referee: Abdulwahid Qhater

13 November 2010 3	Al Ain	0–0	Baniyas	Al Ain
20:00	I. Ahmed 62'	Report	S. Idrees 23' Senghor 62' T. Mohammed 64' Zahran 73' Éder 75' F. Ismail 77'	Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed Attendance: 1,321 Referee: Hamad Al Shaikh

20 November 2010 4	Al Dhafra	1–3	Al Ain	Abu Dhabi
17:00	M. Qasem 20' A. Abdullah 29' Tawfeeq 45+1' Kabi 68' Y. Abdullah 82'	Report	J. Saeed 32', 86' H. Al Ameri 64' Keita 75' S. Ahmed 90+3'	Stadium: Hamdan Bin Zayed Attendance: 408 Referee: Ali Hamad

26 November 2010 5	Al Ain	1–1	Al Nasr	Al Ain
20:00	Al Ahbabi 11' Al-Shamsi 85' Keita 87' I. Ahmed 90+3'	(Report) Live TV: Abu Dhabi Sports Dubai Sports	76' Sabil 83' Khamis	Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed Attendance: 1,207 Referee: Ammar Al-Jeneibi

2 December 2010 6	Al Nasr	0–2	Al Ain	Dubai
16:45	61' Ahmed	(Report) Live TV: Abu Dhabi Sports Dubai Sports	Haddaf 15' Sand 42' I. Ahmed 85'	Stadium: Al Maktoum Attendance: 412 Referee: Mohamed Abdelkarim

30 December 2010 7	Al Ain	3–2	Al Dhafra	Al Ain
16:55	Musalam 19' Malallah 42' Keita 47' (pen.) Saif 50' J.Saeed 75'	(Report) Live TV: Abu Dhabi Sports Dubai Sports	36' Kabi 61' Al Saadi 65' Basulaiman 69' H.Al Hammadi	Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed Attendance: 851 Referee: Abdullah Al Zaabi

7 January 2011 8	Baniyas	1–1	Al Ain	Abu Dhabi
18:35	Bashir 59' (pen.) S.Mubarak 73'	(Report) Live TV: Abu Dhabi Sports Dubai Sports	18' Hazaa 58' I. Ahmed 69' Sand	Stadium: Baniyas Stadium Attendance: 568 Referee: Adel Al Naqbi

14 January 2011 9	Dubai	1–2	Al Ain	Dubai
18:35	Kazim 50' Camara 53'	Report Live TV: Abu Dhabi Sports Dubai Sports	44' 89' Saif 61' Khaled 69' Al Ahbabi 70' J.Saeed 83' Mohanad 90+3' Malallah	Stadium: Al Aweer Attendance: 250 Referee: Yaqoub Al Hammadi

21 January 2011 10	Al Ain	0–1	Al Wahda	Al Ain
18:40		(Report) Live TV: Abu Dhabi Sports Dubai Sports	90+3' Ameen 34' T. Al Junaibi	Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed Attendance: 1,362 Referee: Eisa Al Hajri

Semi-finals

10 March 2011	Al Ain	3–2	Al Wasl	Abu Dhabi
20:30 GMT+4 (UAE Time)	F. Fayez 15' I. Ahmed 50' F. Jumaa 62' Keita 67' Elias 89'	Report	I. Ali 23' 88' F. Ahmad 39' Yeste 51' Oliveira 59' W. Ismail 86'	Stadium: Al Nahyan Attendance: 1,871 Referee: Ibrahim Al Muhairi

Final

29 April 2011	Al Ain	2–3	Al Shabab	Abu Dhabi
19:35 (GMT+4)	E. Dhahi 18' (o.g.) Al-Dhahri 61' J. Saeed 90+1'	Report	Villanueva 52' E. Obaid 71' César 87' W. Abbas 88' Ciel 70', 90+3'	Stadium: Mohammad bin Zayed Attendance: 8,027 Referee: Ali Hamad

Statistics

Squad appearances and goals

Last updated on 5 June 2011.

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Pro-League		League Cup		President's Cup		Champions League
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK	UAE	Saif Rashed	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
12	GK	UAE	Waleed Salem	6	0	3	0	2	0	0	0	1	0
22	GK	UAE	Sultan Musabah	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
30	GK	UAE	Abdullah Sultan	7	0	5	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
36-1(ِACL)	GK	UAE	Dawoud Sulaiman	24	0	11	0	9	0	1	0	3	0
39	GK	UAE	Ismail Rabee	7	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
55	GK	UAE	Yousif Abdelrahman	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Defenders
3	DF	UAE	Mohammed Ayed	7	0	2	0	3	0	0	0	2	0
4	DF	UAE	Musallem Fayez	29	0	17	0	5	0	1	0	6	0
5	DF	UAE	Ismail Ahmed	27	2	14	1	9	1	0	0	4	0
14	DF	UAE	Mohammed Fayez	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
15	DF	UAE	Khaled Abdulrahman	10	0	1	0	6	0	0	0	3	0
19	DF	UAE	Mohanad Salem	21	2	9	1	8	0	1	1	3	0
21	DF	UAE	Fawzi Fayez	17	0	9	0	5	0	2	0	1	0
33	DF	UAE	Mohammed Al-Dhahri	14	0	8	0	2	0	0	0	4	0
17(ِACL)-77	DF	UAE	Hazza Salem	27	0	10	0	11	0	2	0	4	0
44	DF	UAE	Fares Jumaa	25	2	16	2	3	0	2	0	4	0
Midfielders
6	MF	CIV	Brahima Keita	31	2	15	0	10	2	0	0	6	0
7	MF	UAE	Ali Al-Wehaibi	27	1	17	1	3	0	2	0	5	0
8	MF	UAE	Ahmed Al Shamisi	11	1	4	0	3	0	2	1	2	0
10	MF	UAE	Omar Abdulrahman	29	11	21	8	1	0	2	1	5	2
11	MF	UAE	Saif Mohammed	23	2	12	0	8	2	2	0	1	0
13	MF	UAE	Rami Yaslam	30	0	16	0	9	0	1	0	4	0
18	MF	UAE	Abdullah Malallah	9	0	2	0	6	0	0	0	1	0
23	MF	UAE	Shehab Ahmed	25	2	13	1	9	0	1	1	2	0
24	MF	UAE	Saqer Mohammed	6	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
26	MF	UAE	Hamad Al Marri	19	2	8	0	5	0	2	1	4	1
27	MF	UAE	Salem Abdullah	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
28	MF	UAE	Faraj Jumaa	6	0	1	0	5	0	0	0	0	0
32	MF	UAE	Hamad Raqea	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
34	MF	UAE	Sultan Nasser	3	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
50(ACL)-70	MF	UAE	Bandar Al-Ahbabi	26	3	11	0	10	3	0	0	5	0
Forwards
2	FW	UAE	Abdulaziz Fayez	20	2	14	2	2	0	1	0	3	0
20	FW	UAE	Mohamed Abdulrahman	25	3	16	3	5	0	1	0	3	0
29	FW	CIV	Jumaa Saeed	23	6	12	2	10	4	1	0	0	0
31	FW	UAE	Haddaf Al Ameri	17	3	4	0	7	2	1	0	5	1
38	FW	BRA	Elias Ribeiro	19	10	10	5	2	1	1	0	6	4
99-9(ACL)	FW	UAE	Faisal Ali	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
49	FW	ROU	Valentin Badea	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
Players who have made an appearance this season but have left the club
9	FW	ARG	José Sand	16	11	10	7	5	4	1	0	0	0

Goalscorers

Rnk	No.	Pos	Player	League	League Cup	President's Cup	Champions League	Total
1	10	MF	Omar Abdulrahman	8		1	2	11
—	9	FW	José Sand	7	4			11
3	38	MF	Elias Ribeiro	5	1		4	10
4	29	FW	Jumaa Saeed	2	4			6
5	70	MF	Bandar Al-Ahbabi		3			3
—	20	MF	Mohamed Abdulrahman	3				3
—	31	MF	Haddaf Al Ameri		2		1	3
8	2	FW	Abdulaziz Fayez	2				2
—	26	MF	Hamad Al Marri			1	1	2
—	23	MF	Shehab Ahmed	1		1		2
—	11	MF	Saif Mohammed		2			2
—	8	MF	Brahima Keita		2			2
—	—	DF	Mohanad Salem	1		1		2
—	5	DF	Ismail Ahmed	1	1			2
—	44	DF	Fares Jumaa	2				2
16	7	MF	Ali Al-Wehaibi	1				1
—	8	MF	Ahmed Al Shamisi			1		1
Own Goals							1
TOTALS				33	19	5	8	65

Last updated: 5 June 2011
Source: Competitive matches

Disciplinary record

N	P	Nat.	Name											Notes
N	P	Nat.	Name	League			League Cup	President's Cup	Champions League		Total			Notes
3	DF		Mohammed Ayed	1					1		2
4	DF		Musallem Fayez	5		1	1				6		1
5	DF		Ismail Ahmed	3			4				7
6	MF		Brahima Keita	4	1		3				7	1
7	MF		Ali Al-Wehaibi	2							2
9	FW		José Sand	6							6
9	FW		Valentin Badea	1							1
10	MF		Omar Abdulrahman						3		3
11	MF		Saif Mohammed	4			1				5
13	MF		Rami Yaslam	2			1				3
15	DF		Khaled Abdulrahman				1		1		2
18	MF		Abdullah Malallah				2				2
19	DF		Mohanad Salem	1			1				2
20	FW		Mohamed Abdulrahman	3					1		4
21	DF		Fawzi Fayez	1			1				2
23	MF		Shehab Ahmed	1			1				2
26	MF		Hamad Al Marri	2				1	1		4
29	MF		Jumaa Saeed	3			1				4
30	GK		Abdullah Sultan	1							1
31	FW		Haddaf Al Ameri	2					1		3
32	MF		Hamad Raqea				1				1
33	DF		Mohammed Al-Dhahri	3			1				4
38	FW		Elias Ribeiro	2				1	1		4
39	GK		Ismail Rabee						1		1
44	DF		Fares Jumaa				1			1	1		1
70	MF		Bandar Al-Ahbabi	2							2
77	DF		Hazza Salem	1			1		1		3

Last updated: 5 June 2011
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.

Assists

Rnk	No.	Pos	Player	League Cup	President's Cup	Champions League	Total
—	8	MF	Ahmed Al Shamisi		1		1
—	9	FW	Valentin Badea			1	1
—	10	MF	Omar Abdulrahman			1	1
—	11	MF	Saif Mohammed	1			1
—	13	MF	Rami Yaslam			1	1
—	23	MF	Shehab Ahmed	1			1
—	26	MF	Hamad Al Marri		1		1
—	28	MF	Faraj Jumaa	1			1
—	29	FW	Jumaa Saeed	2			1
—	31	FW	Haddaf Al Ameri			1	1
—	33	DF	Mohammed Al-Dhahri	1			1
—	36	GK	Dawoud Sulaiman	1			1
—	38	FW	Elias Ribeiro	1			1
—	70	MF	Bandar Al-Ahbabi	2		1	1
—	77	DF	Hazza Salem		1		1
TOTALS

Last updated: 5 June 2011
Source: Competitive matches

Clean sheets

Rank	Player	Clean sheets
1	Dawoud Sulaiman	5
2	Abdullah Sultan	4
3	Waleed Salem	3
4	Ismail Rabee	2
TOTALS		14

Last updated: 5 June 2011
Source: Competitive matches

References

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AFC President offers condolences
ACL update: Nagoya Grampus-Al Ain match to be played as scheduled

External links

Al Ain FC official website (in English and Arabic)

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[Elias_Ribeiro_de_Oliveira-14] On 14 September 2010, Al Ain announced that they had signed Elias,[11] but the agreement have fallen through at the last minute due to player passport expired.[12]
Atlético Goianiense committed to Al Ain to not transfer the player to any club except them after the end of the Brazilian football season.
On 8 January 2011, Elias joined Al Ain on a six-month deal.[13]

[Aliadiere-19] On 15 February, Al Ain stated that the player did not pass the medical examination due to cruciate ligament injury, but the player denounced that, stating that he
reject the move because they been unprofessional.[16][17]

[Milo-33] The club failed to finalize the deal because error in registration and loaned him to Universidad Católica until July.[30]

[1] "Al Ain loses Against Al Sharjah 2-1". AlAinFc.net. 24 March 2011. Retrieved 1 April 2011.

[2] "Accepted the resignation". AlAinFc.net. 25 March 2011. Retrieved 1 April 2011.

[New_Board_of_Directors-3] "Mohammed bin Zayed supports the formation of the New Board of Directors of Al Ain Club". AlAinFC.ae. 26 March 2011. Archived from the original on 9 October 2011.

[4] "Headed by Abdullah bin Mohammed, Al Ain Board of Directors Supports Assigning the Management Positions and Recommends Continuing the Players' Contracts ". AlAinFc.net. 29 March 2011. Retrieved 1 April 2011.

[5] "Al Ain 2-0 Al Wahda". AlAinFc.net. 31 March 2011. Retrieved 1 April 2011.

[6] "Al Ain sacked Abdul Hameed Al Mistake". AlAinFC.ae. 20 December 2010. Archived from the original on 3 September 2011.

[New_Administrative_staff-7] "New Administrative staff". AlAinFC.ae. 30 March 2011. Archived from the original on 5 November 2011.

[Accepted_the_resignation-8] "Accepted the resignation". AlAinFC.ae. 25 March 2011. Archived from the original on 9 October 2011.

[9] "I come back to my home in Dar Al-Zaien: Says Sofian Al Loudi". AlAinFC.ae. 28 July 2010. Archived from the original on 27 October 2010.

[10] "The Ivorian footballer Ibrahim Keita arrived to Al Ain and underwent medical tests". AlAinFC.ae. 26 August 2010. Archived from the original on 9 September 2010.

[Elias-11] "Al Ain inks a deal with The Brazilian Series A top scorer Elias Ribeiro". alainfc.ae. 14 September 2010. Archived from the original on 20 September 2010.

[12] "Elias move is in jeopardy". Gulf News. 17 September 2010.

[I_will_do_my_best_with_my_teammates_to_make_Al_Ain_fans_happy:_Elias_Ribeiro-13] "I will do my best with my teammates to make Al Ain fans happy: Elias Ribeiro". alainfc.ae. 8 January 2011. Archived from the original on 6 July 2011. Retrieved 22 January 2011.

[15] "Milovan Mirosevic joins Al Ain Club". AlAinFC.ae. 15 January 2011. Archived from the original on 3 September 2011.

[16] "Al Nasser goalkeeper, Rabie joins Al Ain: Al Owais stresses". AlAinFC.ae. 25 January 2011. Archived from the original on 23 July 2011.

[17] "Aliadiere rejects Al Ain move". Sky Sports. 15 February 2011.

[18] "Aliadiere failed the medical examination". Al Ittihad. 15 February 2011.

[20] "The French striker Jérémie Aliadière joins Al Ain Club". AlAinFC.ae. 13 February 2011. Archived from the original on 18 February 2011.

[21] "The Romanian Valli appears in the training sessions". alainfc.ae. 22 February 2011. Archived from the original on 26 February 2011.

[22] "صفقة هلال سعيد بـ8 ملايين و500 ألف درهم". AlIttihad.ae. 19 May 2010.

[23] "رسمياً: أحمد معضد أهلاوي لمدة موسمين". AlAhliClub.ae. 3 June 2010. Archived from the original on 8 June 2010.

[24] "Fluminense confirma a contratação de Emerson". GloboeSporte.Globo.com. 14 June 2010.

[25] "الاهلي يتعاقد مع أحمد خميس". AlAhliClub.ae. 7 July 2010. Archived from the original on 17 September 2010.

[26] "خلفان: العين لم يرغب في تمديد عقدي". EmaratAlYoum.com. 16 July 2010.

[27] "Palmeiras e Al Ain selam acordo e Valdivia está chegando". Palmeiras.com.br. 26 July 2010. Archived from the original on 23 April 2021.

[28] "Valdivia signs officially to his former club Palmeiras". AlAinFC.ae. 29 July 2010. Archived from the original on 25 October 2010.

[29] "Lee Ho join Ardija". Ardija.co.jp. 9 August 2010. Archived from the original on 17 November 2010.

[30] "Al Ain terminate Alloudi contract". Bayane Al Yaoume. 23 September 2010.

[31] ".Jose Sand to Deportivo La Coruña of Spain". AlAinFC.ae. 29 January 2011. Archived from the original on 23 July 2011.

[error_in_registration-32] "La UC trae de vuelta a Mirosevic". ElDinamo.cl. 15 February 2011.

[34] "Al Ain kicked out of President's Cup". The National. Abu Dhabi. 11 February 2011.

[postponed-35] AFC President offers condolences

[36] ACL update: Nagoya Grampus-Al Ain match to be played as scheduled