Al Ain Football Club ( ar, نادي العين لكرة القدم;

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: Nady al-'Ayn) or Al Ain FC or simply Al Ain is a professional

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, based in the city of

Al Ain Al Ain ( ar, ٱلْعَيْن, , ) is a city in the western side of Tuwwam region and the seat of the administrative division of its namesake, Al Ain in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. It is bordered to the east by the Omani ...

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, United Arab Emirates. It is one of many sport sections of the multi-sports club Al Ain Sports and Cultural Club ( ar, نادي العين الرياضي الثقافي) Al Ain SCC for short. The club was founded in 1968 by players from Al Ain, members of a Bahraini group of exchange students and the Sudanese community working in the

United Arab Emirates The United Arab Emirates (UAE; ar, اَلْإِمَارَات الْعَرَبِيَة الْمُتَحِدَة ), or simply the Emirates ( ar, الِْإمَارَات ), is a country in Western Asia (Middle East, The Middle East). It is ...

. The team quickly gained popularity and recognition throughout the country, being the team with the most trophies (35 in total). Al Ain is by far the most successful club in the UAE. Al Ain has won a record 14

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, 7 President's Cups, 5 Super Cups, 3 Federation Cups, two

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, two Abu Dhabi Championship, Gulf Club Champions Cup and

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. The club is the first and only UAE side so far to win the AFC Champions League.

History

Foundation and early years

In the early 1960s, a group of young men learned the rules of the game by watching British soldiers playing football and formed their own team. The first pitch was very simple and small, taking the shape of a square sandy plot of land on the main street near the Clock Roundabout in Al Ain. In August 1968, the club was officially established, taking its name from the

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they lived. The founders thought it was necessary to have a permanent headquarters for the club and rented a house on the current Khalifa Road for club meetings. The club's founders took responsibility for all the club's affairs, from planning the stadium to cleaning the club headquarters and washing the

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. Sheikh

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was approached for assistance and he provided the club with a permanent headquarters in the Al Jahili district and a

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to serve the club and the team. Al Ain made a successful debut by beating a team made up of British soldiers and went on to play friendly matches against other Abu Dhabi clubs. In 1971, the team played their first match against international opposition when they were defeated 7–0 by the Egyptian club

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in a friendly match for the war effort. In 1971, a group members of the club (Hadher Khalaf Al Muhairi, Saleem Al Khudrawi, Mohammed Khalaf Al Muhairi and Mahmoud Fadhlullah) broke away and founded Al Tadhamun Club. In 1971, Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan provided the club with new headquarters with modern specifications: the

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in Al Sarooj district. In 1974 Al Ain combined with the breakaway Al Tadhamun, to form the ''Al Ain Sports Club''. The first board of directors of the club was formed after the merger under the chairmanship Mohammed Salem Al Dhaheri. The founders were Mohammed Saleh Bin Badooh and Khalifa Nasser Al Suwaidi, Saeed Bin Ghannoum Al Hameli, Abdullah Hazzam, Salem Hassan Al Muhairi, Abdullah and Mane'a Ajlan, Saeed Al Muwaisi, Nasser Dhaen, Abdullah Matar, Juma Al Najem, Ibrahim Al Mahmoud, Ibrahim Rasool and Ali Al Maloud and Ali Bu Majeed, who were the members of the Bahraini group of exchange students and Maamoun Abdulqader, Mahmoud Fadhlullah, Al Fateh Al Talib, Hussain Al Mirghani, Abbas Ali and Nasser, Abdullah Al Mansouri from the Sudanese and Saudi community working in the UAE.

First titles and Entry to the Football League (1974–1997)

On 2 February 1974, the club won its first title, the Abu Dhabi League. On 13 November 1974, Sheikh Khalifa was named honorary president of Al Ain, in recognition of his continuing support for the club. On 21 May 1975, Sheikh Sultan bin Zayed Al Nahyan was elected Chairman of Board of Directors. In 1975, Al Ain won its second Abu Dhabi League In the same year on 21 March 1975, the club played its first

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losing 4–5 on penalties in the Round of 16 against Al Shaab after drawing 1–1 in normal time. In 1975–76 season, the team participated for the first time in the

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, finishing runners-up behind Al Ahli. Al Ain won its first League title in the 1976–77 season, after drawing 1–1 with Al Sharjah in the last match. In the following season, they finished runners-up to Al Nasr; Mohieddine Habita was the top scorer with 20 goals. In the 1978–79 season, Al Ain secure third place with 27 points in the league and defeated by Sharjah in the President Cup final. Mohammed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan became president of Al Ain on 19 January 1979. Al Ain won the League again in the 1980–81 season and lost the President Cup final to Al Shabab of Dubai. In 1983–84, the team won Joint League Cup and followed with its third League title, becoming the second with Al Ahli to have won the championship three times. The team had the strongest attack with 35 goals, and Ahmed Abdullah, with 20 goals was the joint-winner of the Arab League Golden Boot award for top scorer, alongside Al Wasl striker

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. This season was the first season in which foreign players were excluded from the UAE League, a restriction which was opposed by Al Ain. After winning the League title in 1983–84 season, Al Ain failed to win any trophies until 1989 when they won the Federation Cup. In the following year they reached the final of the President Cup, losing to Al Shabab. The 1992–93 season began with several new signings: Saif Sultan ( Ittihad Kalba), Salem Johar (

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), Saeed Juma (

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). Al Ain won their fourth League title with three games left to play, after a 5–0 win at Al Khaleej. In the following season, they finished second in the

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and were runners-up the

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losing 2–1 against Al Shaab. They also reached the President Cup final but were beaten 1–0 by Al Shabab, failing for the fourth time to win the Cup. In 1994 and 1995, Al Ain lost two President Cup finals, finished second in the

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, won the 1995 UAE Super Cup and lost out in the

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second round to the Kuwaiti team Kazma. In the 1996–97 season, Al Ain were eliminated in the round of 16 of the President Cup by Hatta and finished fourth in the

The Golden Age (1997–2003)

Before the start of the 1997–98 season, the honorary board was formed on 7 June 1997. After this initiative, Al Ain won the league championship. In the following season, they won the President Cup and finished runner-up in the league and secured the third place in their second appearance in

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, after the

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. Ilie Balaci took charge in 1999. He led them to their sixth League championship, while in the

they were eliminated by Al Jaish on the

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in the first round. In 2003, Al Ain contested the

competition. In the Group stage they won all three matches, beating Al Hilal of

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and Esteghlal of

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. In the semi-final they were matched against the Chinese side

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over two legs. In the first game, Al Ain won 4–2 at home, with

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scoring twice. In the return match in China Al Ain went 4–2 down with six minutes to play but won 7–6 on aggregate after a late goal by

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the Iranian legend. The final saw Al Ain face

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. In the home leg, Al Ain prevailed 2–0 with goals from Salem Johar and Mohammad Omar. At the

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on 11 October, Al Ain were beaten 1–0 by Tero Sasana, but won 2–1 on aggregate to become the first Emirati club to win the Champions League.

New Era (2016–present)

In December 2018, Al Ain which celebrated the 50th anniversary participating in the

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, representing the host nation as the reigning champions of the UAE Pro-League. Al Ain beat

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from

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in the first round and Espérance de Tunis of

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champions to enter semifinal. On 18 December 2018, Al Ain defeated

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champions River Plate by penalties hosted in their home stadium

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to enter the final for the first time in team history and became the first Emirati club to reach the decisive match. The

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, on 22 December, Al Ain lost 4–1 to

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winners

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at the

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Crest and colours

Crests

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is considered as a symbol of the club, because it reflects the history of the city and also was the formal home of Sheikh

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since 1946 when he was a ruler's representative. It officially became a crest for the club in 1980. They import a single star in their emblem because of their 2003 AFC Champions League victory.

Colours

The team began playing in green and white in 1968. After merging with Al Tadhamon in 1974, their red colour became Al Ain's from season 1974–75 until the start of season 1976–77. During the first team training camp in Morocco in 1977, a friendly tournament was held by Moroccan club Wydad Casablanca with the

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, and

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. Al Ain admired Anderlecht's purple colors, and an idea came to change Al Ain's colors to purple. The idea was presented to Sheikh

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, who agreed to change the club colors officially to the purple with the beginning of the season 1977–78.

Kit suppliers and shirt sponsors

Grounds

Al Ain first playground was set up on the main street near the Clock Roundabout in

. Took the shape of a square sandy plot of land. In 1971, Al Ain moved to new stadium in Al Sarouj district at a cost of £40,290. On 18 June 1978, the new stadium named after honorary president Khalifa Bin Zayed known as

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. The stadium underwent a renovation in 2002 and increased its capacity to 12,000 people and as of the 2006–07 season all the Al Ain matches are played in this stadium. The stadium went through another significant upgrade and renovation, to prepare for the

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, hosted in the UAE. As of 14 January 2014,

been Al Ain home ground.

Honours

34 official Championships. * *

Players

Unregistered players

Out on loan

Personnel

Current technical staff

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Management

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Board of directors

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Managerial history

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1 League Cup

Record

Recent seasons

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Notes

Top goalscorers

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Top scorers in Asian competitions

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2002–03 AFC Champions League The 2002–03 AFC Champions League was the twenty-second edition of Asia's premier football competition organised by the Asian Football Confederation, and the first edition under the AFC Champions League title. Sixteen teams competed in this ed ...

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''Statistics correct as of match played against

Al Nassr Al Nassr Football Club ( ar, نادي النصر السعودي; ''An-Nasr, Naṣr'' meaning ''Victory'') is a Saudi Arabian Association football, football club based in Riyadh. Formed in 1955, the club plays its home games at the Mrsool Park. ...

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Danilo Asprilla Danilo Moreno Asprilla (born 12 January 1989) is a Colombian footballer who plays as a winger for Israeli Premier League club Beitar Jerusalem. Career Asprilla began his career playing for Brazilian club Esporte Clube Juventude in 2008 and for ...

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Subait Khater Subait Khater Fayel Khamis Al-Mukhaini ( ar, سبيت خاطر فايل خميس المخيني, born on February 27, 1980) is a retired Emirati footballer who played as a midfielder for Al Ain FC, Al-Jazira Club and the United Arab Emirates n ...

Asian

Overview

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Participations

* ''QS'' : ''Qualifying Stage'', ''GS'' : ''Group Stage'', ''R16'' : ''Round of 16'', ''QF'' : ''Quarterfinals'', ''SF'' : ''Semifinal'', ''R'' : ''Runner-up'', ''C'' : ''Champions'' {, width=80% class="wikitable" style="text-align:" !colspan=17, Participations , - ! width=20%, Qualified ! width=5%,

2003 File:2003 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: The crew of STS-107 perished when the Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrated during reentry into Earth's atmosphere; SARS became an epidemic in China, and was a precursor to SARS-CoV-2; A ...

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2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight ...

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2005 File:2005 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: Hurricane Katrina in the Gulf of Mexico; the Funeral of Pope John Paul II is held in Vatican City; " Me at the zoo", the first video ever to be uploaded to YouTube; Eris was discover ...

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2007 File:2007 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Steve Jobs unveils Apple Inc., Apple's first iPhone (1st generation), iPhone; TAM Airlines Flight 3054 overruns a runway and crashes into a gas station, killing almost 200 people; Former Pakis ...

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References

External links

Official Al-Ain FC website

on Arabian Gulf League official website
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