List of Al Ain FC seasons

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.[1] 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
Champions Runners-up 3rd Place Advanced to next round but the cup continued in next season

Seasons

Pre-Football League era

Season Div. Pos. Cup Manager
1969–70[n 1] Abu Dhabi Championship Abu Dhabi Ruler Cup Not held United Arab Emirates Nasser Dhaen[2][3][4]
1970–71 Abu Dhabi Championship Abu Dhabi Ruler Cup RU
1971–72 Abu Dhabi Championship Not completed Abu Dhabi Ruler Cup RU Egypt Abdelaziz Hammami
1972–73 Abu Dhabi Championship Abu Dhabi Ruler Cup
1973–74 Abu Dhabi Championship 1st Abu Dhabi Ruler Cup Not held Syria Ahmed Alyan
1974–75[n 2] Abu Dhabi Championship 1st UAE President's Cup R16[5]

Notes

  1. ↑ from 1969 to 1974, Al Ain competed in the championship and Cup of the Abu Dhabi region organised by Abu Dhabi Football Association.
  2. ↑ Played as Categorization League and organised by UAEFA, included four clubs from Abu Dhabi region, Al Ain, Al Emirates qualified to 1975–76 UAE Football League, Al Jazira, Abu Dhabi to 1975–76 First Division League.

Football League and Pro League era

SeasonDiv.Pos.Pl.WDLGSGAGDPPresident's CupFederation Cup / League Cup[n 1]Super CupGCCACCCAsiaOther competitionsTop scorerManager
1975–76 12nd1610423315+1824 Not completed Not held  –  – Syria Ahmed Alyan
1976–77 11st321063+35 Quarter-finals Tunisia Mohieddine Habita[6] Tunisia Humaid Dhib
1977–78 12nd241545 –34 Cancelled
1978–79 13rd20 –27 RU Syria Ahmed Alyan
1979–80 18th183692840−1212 Semi-Finals Tunisia Abdelmajid Chetali
1980–81 11st1810442422+224 RU United Arab Emirates Ahmed Abdullah Tunisia Abdelmajid Chetali
Morocco Ahmed Nagah*
1981–82 12nd18 –21 Quarter-finals Not held  – Morocco Ahmed Nagah
1982–83 15th186752121019 Quarter-finals Not held  – Not held Joint League C Brazil Nelsinho Rosa
1983–84 11st1812333518+1727 Semi-Finals  –  – United Arab Emirates Ahmed Abdullah
1984–85 18th – Quarter-finals Group Stage Not held Gulf Club Champions Cup GS Joint League 4th Brazil Nelsinho Rosa
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Miljan Miljanić
1985–86 19th1842122747−2014 Semi-Finals RU  –  –
1986–87 13rd2011363223+925 Semi-Finals Not held Brazil Jair Picerni
Brazil João Francisco
1987–88 15th229672624+233 Round of 16 Brazil João Francisco
1988–89 15th228952921+825 Quarter-finals C Brazil Zé Mario
1989–90 17th269983626+1027 RU Not held  – Not held Not held
1990–91[n 2] 18th135531510+515 Semi-Finals Not held Not held  – cancelled[n 3] Algeria Mahieddine Khalef
1991–92 17th3013894235+734 Round of 16  –
1992–93 11st2215525413+4135 Round of 16 Group Stage  – United Arab Emirates Saif Sultan Egypt Yusri Abdul Ghani
Brazil Amarildo
1993–94 12nd1812513110+2129 RU RU RU Brazil Amarildo
1994–95 12nd187922615+1123 RU  – 1st Gulf Club Champions Cup 5th Brazil Amarildo
Egypt Shaker Abdel-Fattah
1995–96 13rd186751711+625 Round of 16 Not held 4th  – Asian Cup Winners' Cup R2 Argentina Ángel Marcos
1996–97 15th28101174031+941 Round of 16 Not held  – Brazil Lori Sandri
Egypt Yusri Abdul Ghani
Brazil Cabralzinho
1997–98 11st3217964929+2061 Semi-Finals United Arab Emirates Salem Johar Brazil Cabralzinho
Egypt Shaker Abdel-Fattah
1998–99 12nd3316985836+2257 C Asian Club Championship 3rd Burkina Faso Seydou Traoré 15 Portugal Nelo Vingada
Romania Ilie Balaci
1999–2000 11st2213724825+2347 Round of 16 Group Stage Asian Cup Winners' Cup R1 United Arab Emirates Majid Al Owais 15 Romania Ilie Balaci
2000–01 14th2210483327+634 C Group Stage Gulf Club Champions Cup C Asian Club Championship R2 Burundi Juma Mossi 15 Argentina Oscar Fulloné
Tunisia Mrad Mahjoub
United Arab Emirates Ahmed Abdullah *
Romania Anghel Iordănescu
2001–02 11st2214534423+2147 Semi-Finals Group Stage RU  – Arab Club Champions Cup W[n 4] Asian Cup Winners' Cup QF Ivory Coast Joël Tiéhi 19 Bosnia and Herzegovina Džemal Hadžiabdić
2002–03 11st2214625120+3148 Quarter-finals Not held C  – AFC Champions League C Ivory Coast Boubacar Sanogo 24 France Bruno Metsu
2003–04 11st1611323417+1736 Semi-Finals Not held Not held AFC Champions League bye GS [n 5] Brazil Rodrigo Mendes 19
2004–05 12nd2618355426+2857 C C  –
AFC Champions League QF Brazil Edílson 22 France Alain Perrin
Tunisia Mohammad El Mansi *
Czech Republic Milan Máčala
AFC Champions League QF
2005–06 14th2213274223+1941 C C
AFC Champions League RU Serbia Nenad Jestrović 14 Czech Republic Milan Máčala
Tunisia Mohammad El Mansi *
AFC Champions League QF
2006–07 19th227782226−428 RU Group Stage
AFC Champions League QF Serbia Nenad Jestrović 9 Romania Anghel Iordănescu
Netherlands Tiny Ruys *
Italy Walter Zenga
AFC Champions League GS
2007–08 16th229584136+532 Round of 16 Not held  – The Gambia Ousman Jallow 11 Brazil Tite
Germany Winfried Schäfer
2008–09 13rd2212734020+2043 C C  – Not held Brazil André Dias 23 Germany Winfried Schäfer
2009–10 13rd2214355729+2845 Round of 16 Semi-Finals C  – AFC Champions League GS Argentina José Sand 33 Germany Winfried Schäfer
Morocco Rachid Benmahmoud *
Brazil Toninho Cerezo
United Arab Emirates Abdulhameed Al Mistaki *
2010–11 110th226793335−225 Round of 16 RU  – AFC Champions League GS Argentina José Sand
United Arab Emirates Omar Abdulrahman		 11 United Arab Emirates Abdulhameed Al Mistaki *
United Arab Emirates Ahmed Abdullah *
Brazil Alexandre Gallo
2011–12 11st2217415216+3655 Quarter-Finals Group Stage  – Ghana Asamoah Gyan 27 Romania Cosmin Olăroiu
2012–13 11st2620247426+4862 Semi-Finals Group Stage C AFC Champions League GS Ghana Asamoah Gyan 32
2013–14 16th2612775233+1943 C Group Stage RU AFC Champions League QF Ghana Asamoah Gyan 45 Uruguay Jorge Fossati
United Arab Emirates Ahmed Abdullah *
Spain Quique Flores
Croatia Zlatko Dalić
2014–15 11st2618626219+4360 Quarter-Finals Group Stage RU
AFC Champions League SF Ghana Asamoah Gyan 24 Croatia Zlatko Dalić
AFC Champions League R16
2015–16 12nd2618355324+2957 RU Group Stage C Cancelled AFC Champions League QF Emirati-Moroccan Super Cup C Brazil Dyanfres Douglas 18
2016–17 14th2617455837+2155 Quarter-Finals Group Stage  – Arab Club Champions Cup W[n 6] AFC Champions League RU  – Brazil Caio Lucas 18 Croatia Zlatko Dalić
Croatia Joško Španjić *
Croatia Zoran Mamić
AFC Champions League QF
2017–18 11st2216516523+4253 C Quarter-Finals Not held  – AFC Champions League QF Sweden Marcus Berg 35 Croatia Zoran Mamić
AFC Champions League R16
2018–19 14th2614484535+1046 Round of 16 Quarter-Finals RU Arab Club Champions Cup R32 AFC Champions League GS FIFA Club World Cup RU Brazil Caio Lucas 17 Croatia Zoran Mamić
Croatia Željko Sopić *
Spain Juan Garrido
2019–20[n 7] 12nd1911444621+2537 Final Semi-Finals  – — AFC Champions League GS  — Togo Kodjo Laba 28 Croatia Ivan Leko
Iraq Ghazi Fahad *
Portugal Pedro Emanuel
2020–21 16th2611873933+641 Round of 16 First Round  – AFC Champions League QS Togo Kodjo Laba 13 Portugal Pedro Emanuel
2021–22 11st2620515717+4065 Quarter-finals C — Togo Kodjo Laba 31 Ukraine Serhii Rebrov
2022–23 12nd2616646731+3654 RU RU RU Togo Kodjo Laba31
2023–24 13rd2614395437+1745 Quarter-finals RU — AFC Champions League C Morocco Soufiane Rahimi23 Netherlands Alfred Schreuder
Argentina Hernán Crespo
2024–25 15th2612895632+2444 Quarter-finals Quarter-finals — AFC Champions League LS FIFA Intercontinental CupR2 Togo Kodjo Fo-Doh Laba20 Argentina Hernán Crespo
Portugal Leonardo Jardim
Serbia Vladimir Ivić
FIFA Club World CupGS

Notes

  1. ↑ Starting from the 2008-09 season or whats known as the Pro Era, UAE Federation Cup was replaced with UAE League Cup.
  2. ↑ cancelled due to Gulf War.
  3. ↑ cancelled due to Gulf War.
  4. ↑ Al-Ain withdrew the tournament, Al-Rayyan replaced it.
  5. ↑ bye through the Group Stage as the reigning champions
  6. ↑ Al-Ain withdrew the tournament, Al-Wahda replaced it.
  7. ↑ 2019–20 UAE football season was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Arab Emirates.

References

  1. ↑ "club Foundation3". alainclub.com. Retrieved 23 June 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  2. ↑ "ناصر ضاعن: ملعب "دوار الساعة" شاهد على الانطلاقة". Al-Ittihad.
  3. ↑ "أفكار محمد وهزاع بن زايد وراء القفزة النوعية للبنفسج". Al Bayan.
  4. ↑ "ناصر ضاعن أول مواطن يقود تدريب العين". Al Bayan.
  5. ↑ "نهائي الأحلام بين فرسـان الوحدة والعين الليلة بمديـنـة زايـد". AlEtihad.ae. 16 June 2005. Retrieved 30 June 2024.
  6. ↑ "قصة زعامة الفريق البنفسجي". AlKhaleej.ae. Retrieved 22 June 2024.
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