Al Ain Football Club is an association football club based in Al Ain, Abu Dhabi, that competes in UAE Pro League, the top-division football league in United Arab Emirates. 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. Al Ain is one of only three clubs never to have been relegated from the top level of Emirati football since 1975–76 season, the others being Al Nasr and Al Wasl.
Key Pos. = Position Div. = Division C = Champion RU = Final (Runner-up) SF = Semi-finals QF = Quarter-finals R16/R32 = Round of 16, round of 32, etc. R1/R2 = First round, second round, etc. GS = Group stage PO = Play-off QS = Qualifying Stage LS = League stage W = Withdrew ChampionsRunners-up3rd PlaceAdvanced to next round but the cup continued in next season
Seasons Pre-Football League era SeasonDiv.Pos.CupManager1969–70Abu Dhabi Championship Abu Dhabi Ruler CupNot held Nasser Dhaen1970–71Abu Dhabi Championship Abu Dhabi Ruler CupRU1971–72Abu Dhabi ChampionshipNot completedAbu Dhabi Ruler CupRU Abdelaziz Hammami1972–73Abu Dhabi Championship Abu Dhabi Ruler Cup 1973–74Abu Dhabi Championship1stAbu Dhabi Ruler CupNot held Ahmed Alyan1974–75Abu Dhabi Championship1stUAE President's CupR16 Notes
Football League and Pro League era SeasonDiv.Pos.Pl.WDLGSGAGDPPresident's CupFederation Cup / League CupSuper CupGCCACCCAsiaOther competitionsTop scorerManager1975–7612nd1610423315+1824Not completedNot held – – Ahmed Alyan 1976–7711st321063+35Quarter-finals Mohieddine Habita Humaid Dhib1977–7812nd241545 –34Cancelled 1978–7913rd20 –27RU Ahmed Alyan 1979–8018th183692840−1212Semi-Finals Abdelmajid Chetali1980–8111st1810442422+224RU Ahmed Abdullah Abdelmajid Chetali Ahmed Nagah*1981–8212nd18 –21 Quarter-finals Not held – Ahmed Nagah1982–8315th186752121019 Quarter-finals Not held –Not heldJoint LeagueC Nelsinho Rosa1983–8411st1812333518+1727 Semi-Finals – – Ahmed Abdullah 1984–8518th – Quarter-finals Group Stage Not heldGulf Club Champions CupGSJoint League4th Nelsinho Rosa Miljan Miljanić 1985–8619th1842122747−2014 Semi-FinalsRU – – 1986–8713rd2011363223+925Semi-Finals Not held Jair Picerni João Francisco1987–8815th229672624+233Round of 16 João Francisco 1988–8915th228952921+825Quarter-finals C Zé Mario 1989–9017th269983626+1027RUNot held –Not held Not held 1990–9118th135531510+515Semi-Finals Not held Not held –cancelled Mahieddine Khalef1991–9217th3013894235+734Round of 16 – 1992–9311st2215525413+4135Round of 16 Group Stage – Saif Sultan Yusri Abdul Ghani Amarildo1993–9412nd1812513110+2129RURURU Amarildo1994–9512nd187922615+1123RU –1stGulf Club Champions Cup5th Amarildo Shaker Abdel-Fattah1995–9613rd186751711+625Round of 16Not held4th –Asian Cup Winners' CupR2 Ángel Marcos1996–9715th28101174031+941Round of 16Not held – Lori Sandri Yusri Abdul Ghani Cabralzinho1997–9811st3217964929+2061Semi-Finals Salem Johar Cabralzinho Shaker Abdel-Fattah1998–9912nd3316985836+2257CAsian Club Championship3rd Seydou Traoré15 Nelo Vingada Ilie Balaci1999–200011st2213724825+2347Round of 16Group StageAsian Cup Winners' CupR1 Majid Al Owais15 Ilie Balaci2000–0114th2210483327+634CGroup StageGulf Club Champions CupCAsian Club ChampionshipR2 Juma Mossi15 Oscar Fulloné Mrad Mahjoub Ahmed Abdullah * Anghel Iordănescu2001–0211st2214534423+2147Semi-FinalsGroup StageRU –Arab Club Champions CupWAsian Cup Winners' CupQF Joël Tiéhi19 Džemal Hadžiabdić2002–0311st2214625120+3148Quarter-finals Not heldC – AFC Champions LeagueC Boubacar Sanogo24 Bruno Metsu2003–0411st1611323417+1736Semi-Finals Not heldNot heldAFC Champions Leaguebye GS Rodrigo Mendes192004–0512nd2618355426+2857CC –AFC Champions LeagueQF Edílson 22 Alain Perrin Mohammad El Mansi * Milan MáčalaAFC Champions LeagueQF2005–0614th2213274223+1941CCAFC Champions LeagueRU Nenad Jestrović 14 Milan Máčala Mohammad El Mansi *AFC Champions LeagueQF2006–0719th227782226−428RUGroup Stage AFC Champions LeagueQF Nenad Jestrović 9 Anghel Iordănescu Tiny Ruys * Walter ZengaAFC Champions LeagueGS2007–0816th229584136+532Round of 16Not held – Ousman Jallow 11 Tite Winfried Schäfer2008–0913rd2212734020+2043CC –Not held André Dias 23 Winfried Schäfer2009–1013rd2214355729+2845Round of 16Semi-FinalsC –AFC Champions LeagueGS José Sand 33 Winfried Schäfer Rachid Benmahmoud * Toninho Cerezo Abdulhameed Al Mistaki *2010–11110th226793335−225Round of 16RU –AFC Champions LeagueGS José Sand Omar Abdulrahman 11 Abdulhameed Al Mistaki * Ahmed Abdullah * Alexandre Gallo2011–1211st2217415216+3655Quarter-FinalsGroup Stage – Asamoah Gyan 27 Cosmin Olăroiu2012–1311st2620247426+4862Semi-FinalsGroup StageCAFC Champions LeagueGS Asamoah Gyan 322013–1416th2612775233+1943CGroup StageRUAFC Champions LeagueQF Asamoah Gyan 45 Jorge Fossati Ahmed Abdullah * Quique Flores Zlatko Dalić2014–1511st2618626219+4360Quarter-FinalsGroup StageRUAFC Champions LeagueSF Asamoah Gyan 24 Zlatko DalićAFC Champions LeagueR162015–1612nd2618355324+2957RUGroup StageCCancelledAFC Champions LeagueQFEmirati-Moroccan Super CupC Dyanfres Douglas 182016–1714th2617455837+2155Quarter-FinalsGroup Stage –Arab Club Champions CupWAFC Champions LeagueRU – Caio Lucas 18 Zlatko Dalić Joško Španjić * Zoran MamićAFC Champions LeagueQF2017–1811st2216516523+4253CQuarter-FinalsNot held –AFC Champions LeagueQF Marcus Berg 35 Zoran MamićAFC Champions LeagueR162018–1914th2614484535+1046Round of 16Quarter-FinalsRUArab Club Champions CupR32AFC Champions LeagueGSFIFA Club World CupRU Caio Lucas 17 Zoran Mamić Željko Sopić * Juan Garrido2019–2012nd1911444621+2537FinalSemi-Finals –—AFC Champions LeagueGS — Kodjo Laba 28 Ivan Leko Ghazi Fahad * Pedro Emanuel2020–2116th2611873933+641Round of 16First Round –AFC Champions LeagueQS Kodjo Laba 13 Pedro Emanuel2021–2211st2620515717+4065Quarter-finalsC— Kodjo Laba 31 Serhii Rebrov2022–2312nd2616646731+3654RURURU Kodjo Laba312023–2413rd2614395437+1745Quarter-finalsRU—AFC Champions LeagueC Soufiane Rahimi23 Alfred Schreuder Hernán Crespo2024–2515th2612895632+2444Quarter-finalsQuarter-finals—AFC Champions LeagueLSFIFA Intercontinental CupR2 Kodjo Fo-Doh Laba20 Hernán Crespo Leonardo Jardim Vladimir IvićFIFA Club World CupGS Notes
References
External links Al Ain FC official website UAE Football Stats at rsssf.com