Al Ain FC in international football

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.

Al Ain FC in international football competitions
ClubAl Ain FC
Most appearancesOmar Abdulrahman (61)
Top scorerOmar Abdulrahman (19)
First entry1995 Asian Cup Winners' Cup
Latest entry2020 AFC Champions League
Titles
Champions League
GCC Champions League


History

Al Ain first contested in the 1995 Asian Cup Winners' Cup were they lost to Kazma SC 1–6 on aggregate. Al Ain won their first international title in the 2001 GCC Champions League 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.

International competitions

Asian Cup Winners' Cup
Season Round Club Home Away Aggregate
1995 Second round Kazma 1–4 0–2 1–6
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
Quarter-Finals Al-Sadd 2–1 0–1 2–2 (a)

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 4–0 1–2 5–2
Second round Persepolis 2–2 (a.e.t.) 0–2 2–4

AFC Champions League
Season Round Club Home Away Aggregate
2003 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 Quarter-Finals Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 0–1 1–4 1–5
2005 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 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 Group Stage Al-Shabab 0–2 0–2 3rd
Al-Ittihad 1–1 0–0
Sepahan 3–2 1–1
2010 Group Stage Pakhtakor 0–1 2–3 4th
Sepahan 2–0 0–0
Al-Shabab 2–1 2–3
2011 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 Group Stage Al-Hilal 3–1 0–2 3rd
Esteghlal 0–1 0–2
Al-Rayyan 2–1 1–2
2014 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 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 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 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 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 Group Stage Al-Hilal 0–1 0–2 4th
Esteghlal 1–2 1–1
Al-Duhail 0–2 2–2
2020 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

GCC Champions League
Season Round Club Result
2001[1] Round robin Al-Riffa 2–1
Al-Salmiya 2–1
Al-Gharafa 1–0
Dhofar 1–0
Al-Ittihad 0–2

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

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

Overall record
Asia
Competition Seasons Played Won Drawn Lost Goals For Goals Against
Champions League 17 133 55 38 40 207 170
Cup Winners' Cup 3 6 2 0 4 8 12
GCC Champions League 1 5 4 0 1 6 4
Total 21 144 61 38 45 221 186
Worldwide
Competition Seasons Played Won Drawn Lost Goals For Goals Against
Arab Champions League 1 2 1 0 1 2 2
FIFA Club World Cup 1 4 1 2 1 9 9
Total 2 6 2 2 2 11 11

ACL goals

Since 2002–03 AFC Champions League
Statistics correct as of game against Sepahan on September 21, 2020

P Player TOTAL
1 Omar Abdulrahman19
2 Asamoah Gyan18
3 Marcus Berg8
4 Boubacar Sanogo7
Ibrahim Diaky
6 Nenad Jestrović6
Caio
8 Mohamed Abdulrahman5
Douglas
Danilo Asprilla

FCWC goals

Statistics correct as of game against Real Madrid on December 22, 2018

P Player TOTAL
1 Marcus Berg2
Tsukasa Shiotani
3 Mohamed Ahmed1
Bandar Al-Ahbabi
Tongo Doumbia
Hussein El Shahat

Record by country
Country Club P W D L GF GA GD
Algeria ES Sétif 2101220
Subtotal 2101220
Argentina River Plate 1010220
Subtotal 1010220
Bahrain Al-Riffa 110021+1
Malkiya 110020+2
Subtotal 220041+3
China Dalian Shide 3201108+2
Shenzhen 211060+6
Z.E. Greentown 211010+1
Subtotal 7421178+9
Indonesia Sriwijaya 110040+4
Subtotal 110040+4
Iran Esteghlal 102351513+2
Naft Tehran 211041+3
PAS Tehran 2020440
Persepolis 201124–2
Sepahan 834110100
Tractor Sazi 211053+2
Zob Ahan 422072+5
Subtotal 3091474637+9
Iraq Al-Zawraa 210152+3
Al-Minaa 220042+2
Subtotal 230194+5
Japan Júbilo Iwata 1010220
Nagoya Grampus 210135–2
Subtotal 311157–2
Jordan Al-Wehdat 210132+1
Subtotal 210132+1
Kuwait Al-Qadsia 201125−3
Kazma 200216−5
Subtotal 4013311−8
Lebanon Al-Ansar 210132+1
Subtotal 210132+1
New Zealand Team Wellington 1010330
Subtotal 1010330
Oman Dhofar 110010+1
Oman 220072+5
Subtotal 330082+6
Qatar Al-Duhail 62131213–1
Al-Gharafa 110010+1
Al-Rayyan 4211850
Al-Sadd 521279–2
El-Jaish 4112770
Subtotal 209483536–1
Saudi Arabia Al-Ahli 422075+2
Al-Hilal 146261216–4
Al-Ittihad 72231011–1
Al-Nassr 2101220
Al-Shabab 831489–1
Subtotal 35147143943–4
South Korea FC Seoul 200204–4
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 401338–5
Subtotal 6015212–10
Spain Real Madrid 100114–3
Subtotal 100114–3
Syria Al-Ittihad 2020110
Al-Jaish 2101220
Al-Wahda 220062+4
Subtotal 632195+4
Thailand Police Tero 210121+1
Subtotal 210121+1
Tunisia Espérance de Tunis 110030+3
Subtotal 110030+3
Turkmenistan Köpetdag Aşgabat 110061+5
Subtotal 110061+5
United Arab Emirates Al-Jazira 220042+2
Shabab Al-Ahli 2020330
Subtotal 422075+2
Uzbekistan Bunyodkor 330072+5
Lokomotiv Tashkent 211010+1
Mash'al 211032+1
Nasaf 211031+2
Pakhtakor 411245–1
Subtotal 137421810+8
Total 150624049232194+38

References
  1. "Gulf Cup for Clubs 2001". rsssf.com.
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