Al Ain FC in international football

Al Ain FC in international football competitions
Club	Al Ain FC
Most appearances	Omar Abdulrahman (61)
Top scorer	Omar Abdulrahman ; Asamoah Gyan ; (18)
First entry	1995 Asian Cup Winners' Cup
Latest entry	2023–24 AFC Champions League
Titles
Champions League	1 2003;
GCC Champions League	1 2001;

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.

Omar Abdulrahman against Zob Ahan in 2016

Omar Abdulrahman, Asamoah Gyan Al Ain's top goalscorer in AFC Champions League with 18 goals

History

Al Ain first contested participation was in 1995 Asian Cup Winners' Cup were they lost to Kazma SC 0–6 on aggregate. Al Ain won their first international title in the 2001 Gulf Club Champions Cup 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%
Club Championship / Champions League[n 1]	130	52	38	40	202	170	+32	040.00
Cup Winners' Cup	8	3	0	5	7	12	−5	037.50
GCC Champions League	14	5	3	6	13	19	−6	035.71
Arab Champions League	2	1	0	1	2	2	+0	050.00
FIFA Club World Cup	4	1	2	1	9	9	+0	025.00
Total	158	62	43	53	233	212	+21	039.24

does not include 4 match in play-off round.

Participations

QS : Qualifying stage, R1 : First round, R2 : Second round, GS : Group stage, R16 : Round of 16, QF : Quarterfinals, SF : Semifinal, R : Runner-up, C : Champions

AFC Champions League
16	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2010	2011	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021
16	C	QF	RU	QF	GS	GS	GS	GS	SF	R16	RU	QF	R16	GS	GS	QS
Asian Club Championship
2	1999	2001
2	3rd	R2
Asian Cup Winners' Cup
3	1995	2000	2002
3	R2	R1	QF
Arab Club Champions Cup
1	2001	2017	2019
1	Withdrew	Withdrew	R1
GCC Champions League
3	1985	1995	2001
3	3rd	5th	C
FIFA Club World Cup
1	2018
1	RU
26 Participations

International competitions

Match won	Match drawn	Match lost	Champions	Runners-up

AFC Champions League

Season	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
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

2023–24
	Group stage	Pakhtakor
		Ahal
		Al-Fayha

Asian Club Championship

Season	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
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	1–2	4–0	5–2
2000–01	Second round	Persepolis	0–2	2–2 (a.e.t.)	2–4

Asian Cup Winners' Cup

Season	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
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
2001–2002	Quarter-finals	Al-Sadd	2–1	0–1	2–2 (a)

Arab Club Champions Cup

Season	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
2018–19	First round	ES Sétif	1–2	1–0	2–2 (a)

GCC Champions League

Season	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
1985	Group stage	Al-Ahli	0–2	4–1	3rd
1985	Group stage	Fanja	2–3	1–2	3rd

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	Riffa	2–1		C
		Al-Salmiya	2–1
		Al-Gharafa	1–0
		Dhofar	1–0
		Al-Ittihad	0–2

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

Statistics

By competition

Al Ain FC in international football by competition
Competition	Played	Won	Drew	Lost	GF	GA	GD	Win%
Club Championship / Champions League	134	55	38	41	209	174	+35	041.04
Cup Winners' Cup	8	3	0	5	7	12	−5	037.50
GCC Champions League	14	5	3	6	13	19	−6	035.71
Arab Champions League	2	1	0	1	2	2	+0	050.00
FIFA Club World Cup	4	1	2	1	9	9	+0	025.00
Total	162	65	43	54	240	216	+24	040.12

By country

Country	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Win%
Saudi Arabia	38	14	8	16	41	50	036.84
Iran	31	9	14	8	46	41	029.03
Qatar	21	8	4	9	36	36	038.10
Uzbekistan	13	7	4	2	18	10	053.85
China	7	4	2	1	17	8	057.14
South Korea	6	0	1	5	3	12	000.00
Kuwait	6	1	2	3	4	12	016.67
Syria	6	3	2	1	9	5	050.00
Oman	6	4	1	1	12	6	066.67
Iraq	4	3	0	1	9	4	075.00
United Arab Emirates	4	2	2	0	7	5	050.00
Japan	3	1	1	1	5	7	033.33
Bahrain	3	2	0	1	4	3	066.67
Algeria	2	1	0	1	2	2	050.00
Jordan	2	1	0	1	3	2	050.00
Lebanon	2	1	0	1	3	2	050.00
Thailand	2	1	0	1	2	1	050.00
Tunisia	1	1	0	0	3	0	100.00
Turkmenistan	1	1	0	0	6	1	100.00
New Zealand	1	0	1	0	3	3	000.00
Indonesia	1	1	0	0	4	0	100.00
Argentina	1	0	1	0	2	2	000.00
Spain	1	0	0	1	1	4	000.00

By club

Opposition	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Win%
Al-Hilal	14	6	2	6	12	16	042.86
Esteghlal	10	2	3	5	14	13	020.00
Al-Shabab	9	3	2	4	9	10	033.33
Sepahan	8	3	4	1	10	10	037.50
Al-Ittihad	7	2	2	3	10	11	028.57
Al-Ahli	6	2	2	2	8	11	033.33
Al-Duhail	6	2	1	3	12	13	033.33
Al-Sadd	5	2	1	2	7	9	040.00
Zob Ahan	4	2	2	0	7	2	050.00
Al-Rayyan	4	2	1	1	8	5	050.00
El-Jaish	4	1	1	2	7	7	025.00
Pakhtakor	4	1	1	2	4	5	025.00
Jeonbuk	4	0	1	3	3	8	000.00
Bunyodkor	3	3	0	0	7	2	100.00
Kazma	3	0	1	2	0	6	000.00
Dalian Shide	3	2	0	1	10	8	066.67
Al-Nassr	2	1	0	1	2	2	050.00
Persepolis	2	0	1	1	2	4	000.00
Tractor	2	1	1	0	5	3	050.00
Naft Tehran	2	1	1	0	4	1	050.00
PAS	2	0	2	0	4	4	000.00
Nasaf	2	1	1	0	3	1	050.00
Mash'al	2	1	1	0	3	2	050.00
Lokomotiv	2	1	1	0	1	0	050.00
Al-Wahda	2	2	0	0	6	2	100.00
Al-Jaish	2	1	0	1	2	2	050.00
Al-Ittihad	2	0	2	0	1	1	000.00
Qadsia	2	0	1	1	2	5	000.00
Shenzhen	2	1	1	0	6	0	050.00
Zhejiang	2	1	1	0	1	0	050.00
Nagoya Grampus	2	1	0	1	3	5	050.00
Oman	2	2	0	0	7	2	100.00
Dhofar	2	1	1	0	1	0	050.00
Fanja	2	1	0	1	4	4	050.00
Riffa	2	1	0	1	2	3	050.00
Al-Mina'a	2	2	0	0	4	2	100.00
Al-Zawraa	2	1	0	1	5	2	050.00
Seoul	2	0	0	2	0	4	000.00
Shabab Al Ahli	2	0	2	0	3	3	000.00
Al-Jazira	2	2	0	0	4	2	100.00
Al-Wehdat	2	1	0	1	3	2	050.00
ES Sétif	2	1	0	1	2	2	050.00
Police Tero	2	1	0	1	2	1	050.00
Al-Ansar	2	1	0	1	3	2	050.00
Foolad	1	0	0	1	0	4	000.00
Al-Gharafa	1	1	0	0	1	0	100.00
Al-Arabi	1	0	0	1	1	2	000.00
Al-Salmiya	1	1	0	0	2	1	100.00
Júbilo Iwata	1	0	1	0	2	2	000.00
Malkiya	1	1	0	0	2	0	100.00
Real Madrid	1	0	0	1	1	4	000.00
River Plate	1	0	1	0	2	2	000.00
Sriwijaya	1	1	0	0	4	0	100.00
Köpetdag Aşgabat	1	1	0	0	6	1	100.00
Team Wellington	1	0	1	0	3	3	000.00
ES Tunis	1	1	0	0	3	0	100.00

References

External links

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[1] s not include 4 match in play-off round.

[2] "2003 AFC Champions League".

[3] "2004 AFC Champions League".

[4] "2005 AFC Champions League".

[5] "2006 AFC Champions League".

[6] "2007 AFC Champions League".

[7] "2010 AFC Champions League".

[8] "2011 AFC Champions League".

[9] "2013 AFC Champions League".

[10] "2014 AFC Champions League".

[11] "2015 AFC Champions League".

[12] "2016 AFC Champions League".

[13] "2017 AFC Champions League".

[14] "2018 AFC Champions League".

[15] "2019 AFC Champions League".

[16] "2020 AFC Champions League".

[17] "2021 AFC Champions League".

[18] "Gulf Cup for Clubs 2001". RSSSF.

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