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Al Ain

Full name	Al Ain Football Club
Nickname(s)	Al Zaeem (The Boss)
Short name	AIN
Founded	August 1, 1968; 56 years ago (1968-08-01), as Al Ain Sports Club
Ground	Hazza bin Zayed Stadium
Ground Capacity	25,053
President	Mohamed Bin Zayed
Chairman	Hazza bin Zayed
Manager	Hernán Crespo
League	UAE Pro League
2022–23	UAE Pro League, 2nd
Home colours Away colours

Al Ain Football Club (Arabic: نادي العين لكرة القدم; transliterated: Nady al-'Ayn), known simply as Al Ain, is a professional football club based in the city of Al Ain, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. It is one of many sport sections of the multi-sports club Al Ain Sports and Cultural Club (Arabic: نادي العين الرياضي الثقافي).

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 team quickly gained popularity and recognition throughout the country, being the team with the most trophies (38 in total).

Al Ain is by far the most successful club in the UAE. Al Ain has won a record 14 UAE Pro League, 7 President's Cups, 5 Super Cups, 3 Federation Cups, two League Cup, two Abu Dhabi Championship, Joint League, Gulf Club Champions Cup and two AFC Champions League and one Emirati-Moroccan Super Cup. 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 city 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 kit. Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan was approached for assistance and he provided the club
with a permanent headquarters in the Al Jahili district and a Land Rover 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 Ismaily 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 Khalifa Stadium in Al Sarooj district. On 10 November 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 UAE President Cup 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 UAE Football League, 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 Fahad Khamees. 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 (Ajman), Saeed Juma (Emirates). 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 Football League and were runners-up the 1993 UAE Super Cup 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 League, won the 1995 UAE Super Cup and lost out in the Asian Cup Winners' Cup 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 Football League.

Eisa

Ismail (C)

Fayez

M.Ahmed

Shiotani

Abdulrahman

Rayan

Doumbia

El Shahat

Caio

Berg

2018 Club World Cup Final starting lineup

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 Asian Club Championship, after the 1985. Ilie Balaci took charge in 1999. He led them to their sixth League championship, while in the Asian Cup Winners' Cup they were eliminated by Al Jaish on the away goals rule in the first round.

In 2003, Al Ain contested the AFC Champions League competition. In the Group stage they won all three matches, beating Al Hilal of Saudi Arabia, Al Sadd of Qatar and Esteghlal of Iran. In the semi-final they were matched against the Chinese side Dalian Shide over two legs.
In the first game, Al Ain won 4–2 at home, with Boubacar Sanogo 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 Farhad Majidi the Iranian legend. The final saw Al Ain face BEC Tero Sasana of Thailand.
In the home leg, Al Ain prevailed 2–0 with goals from Salem Johar and Mohammad Omar. At the Rajamangala Stadium 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 2018 FIFA Club World Cup, representing the host nation as the reigning champions of the UAE Pro-League. Al Ain beat Team Wellington from New Zealand in the first
round and Espérance de Tunis of 2018 CAF Champions League champions to enter semifinal. On 18 December 2018, Al Ain defeated Copa Libertadores champions River Plate by penalties hosted in their home stadium Hazza Bin Zayed Stadium to enter the final
for the first time in team history and became the first Emirati club to reach the decisive match. On 22 December during the 2018 FIFA Club World Cup Final, Al Ain lost 4–1 to UEFA Champions League winners Real Madrid at the Zayed Sports City Stadium in Abu Dhabi with Japanese player Tsukasa Shiotani scoring the only goal for the club.

In the 2023–24 AFC Champions League campaign, Al Ain was drawn with Saudi Arabia club Al Fayha, Uzbekistan side Pakhtakor and Turkmenistan side Ahal FK. Al Ain than finished the group as group leaders with 5 wins, 0 draws and 1 losses which sees the club qualified to the Round of 16. Al Ain than faced Uzbekistan club Nasaf in which Al Ain won 3–0 on aggregate to qualified to the quarter-finals. Al Ain than faced Saudi Arabian giants Al Nassr containing multiplies world renowned superstars like Cristiano Ronaldo, Sadio Mané, Alex Telles, David Ospina, Aymeric Laporte, Marcelo Brozović and Talisca. Al Ain won the first leg 1–0 at home but suffered a 4–3 away defeat after extra time which was tied 4–4 on aggregate leading both team to penalties shootout. Al Ain managed to win 3–1 on penalties thus seeing them qualified to the semi-finals against another Saudi Arabian giants, Al Hilal. On 17 April 2024, Al Ain won Al Hilal 4–2 at home with Moroccan Soufiane Rahimi scoring a hat-trick in the match for the club. However Al Ain suffered an 2–1 away defeat to Al Hilal but managed to qualified to the 2023–24 AFC Champions League final 5–4 on aggregate thus seeing them face Japanese Yokohama F.Marinos.

Club rivalries

Abu Dhabi Classico

Al Ain–Shabab Al Ahli rivlary

Al Ain–Sharjah rivlary

Crest and colours

Al Jahili Fort, symbol of the club since 1980.

Crests

Al Jahili Fort is considered as a symbol of the club, because it reflects the history of the city and also was the formal home of Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan 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.

Kits and 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 Nice, Sporting CP, and Anderlecht. 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 Hamdan bin Mubarak Al Nahyan, who agreed to change the club colors officially to the purple with the beginning of the season 1977–78.

1968–74

1974–77

1977–78

2018–19

2023–24

Notes

Kit suppliers and shirt sponsors

Grounds

Al Ain training grounds

Khalifa bin Zayed

Tahnoun bin Mohammed

Al Ain first playground was set up on the main street near the Clock Roundabout in Al Ain. 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 Sheikh Khalifa International Stadium. 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 2019 AFC Asian Cup, hosted in the UAE. As of 14 January 2014, Hazza bin Zayed been Al Ain home ground.

Panorama view of Al Ain current ground, Hazza bin Zayed.

Honours

38 official Championships.

•      record
•      ^S shared record

Players

Current squad

No. Position Player 1 GK Mohammed Abo Sandah 3 DF Kouame Autonne 4 DF Mohammed Ali Shaker 5 MF Park Yong-woo 6 MF Yahia Nader 7 MF Omer Atzili 8 MF Mohammed Abbas U21 9 FW Kodjo Fo-Doh Laba 10 MF Alejandro Gamarra 11 DF Bandar Al-Ahbabi (captain) 12 GK Sultan Al-Mantheri 13 MF Ahmed Barman 15 DF Erik 16 DF Khalid Al-Hashemi 17 GK Khalid Eisa (vice-captain) 18 MF Khalid Mohammed Al-Balochi 20 MF Matías Palacios 21 MF Soufiane Rahimi

No. Position Player 22 MF Falah Waleed 26 MF Ahmed Al-Qatesh 27 MF Sultan Al-Shamsi 28 DF Solomon Sosu U21 30 MF Hazem Mohammad U19 36 GK Amer Al-Faresi U21 40 DF Khalid Ali Al-Baloushi U21 42 MF Jonatas Santos 44 DF Saeed Juma 46 DF Dramane Koumare 50 DF Manea Al-Shamsi 66 DF Mansour Al-Shamsi 70 MF Abdoul Karim Traoré 77 FW Rilwanu SarkiU21 88 DF Hamid Mohammed U21 90 FW Eisa Khalfan U21 94 DF Yohan Gonzalez U19 99 FW Josna Loulendo

Out on loan

No. Position Player 2 MF El Mehdi El Moubarik (on loan to Raja) 34 DF Rafael Pereira (on loan to Khor Fakkan)

No. Position Player 72 FW Mohamed Awadalla U21 (on loan to Khor Fakkan) MF Mohammed Khalfan (on loan to Khor Fakkan)

Personnel

Current technical staff

Position	Name
Head coach	Hernán Crespo
Assistant coaches	Juan Branda Nicolás Domínguez Ahmed Abdullah
Chief analyst	Carles Martínez
Analyst	Tiago Freire
Goalkeeping coaches	Gustavo Nepote
Fitness coach	Federico Martinetti
U-21 team head coach	Ismail Ahmed
Physiotherapist	Santiago Thompson Felipe Perseu Pianca Abdelnasser Aljohny
Club Doctor	Nikos Tzouroudis
Nutritionist	Ricardo Pinto
Scout	Daniele Di Napoli
Team manager	Ahmed Al Shamsi
Team supervisor	Abdullah Al Shamsi

Management

Mohammed bin Zayed is the current club president.

Board of directors

Hazza bin Zayed, current Vice President.

Office	Name
President	Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan
Vice President Chairman of the Board of Directors of Al Ain SCC	Hazza bin Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan
Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of Al Ain SCC Chairman of the Executive Committee Chairman of the Steering Committee	Sultan bin Hamdan bin Zayed Al Nahyan
Members of the Steering Committee	Mohammad Obaid Hammad
Members of the Steering Committee	Awad Al Kaabi
Members of the Steering Committee	Matar Al Darmaki
Members of the Steering Committee	Mohamed Al Mahmood

Managerial history

^* Served as caretaker coach.

No.	Nationality	Head coach	From	Until	Honours
1		Dhaen, Nasser Nasser Dhaen*	1968	1971
2		Hammami, Abdel Aziz Abdel Aziz Hammami	1971	1973
3		Alyan, Ahmed Ahmed Alyan	1973	1976	2 Abu Dhabi Championship
4		Dhib, Humaid Humaid Dhib	1976	1976
5		Alyan, Ahmed Ahmed Alyan	1976	1979	1 Championship
6		Chetali, Abdelmajid Abdelmajid Chetali	1979	1980
7		Nagah, Ahmed Ahmed Nagah*	1980	1982	1 Championship
8		Rosa, Nelsinho Nelsinho Rosa	1982	1984	1 Championship, 1 Joint League
9		Miljanić, MiljanMiljan Miljanić	1984	1986
10		Picerni, Jair Jair Picerni	1986	1986
11		Francisco, João João Francisco	1986	1988
12		Mario, Zé Zé Mario	1988	1990	1 Federation Cup
13		Khalef, Mahieddine Mahieddine Khalef	1990	1992
14		Abdul Ghani, Yusri Yusri Abdul Ghani	1992	1992
15		Amarildo Amarildo	1992	1995	1 Championship
16		Abdel-Fattah, Shaker Shaker Abdel-Fattah	1995	1995	1 Supercup
17		Marcos, Ángel Ángel Marcos	1995	1996
18		Sandri, Lori Lori Sandri	1996	1996
19		Cabral, Carlos Cabralzinho	1997	1997
20		Abdel-Fattah, Shaker Shaker Abdel-Fattah	1997	1998	1 Championship
21		Vingada, Nelo Nelo Vingada	1998	15 November 1998
22		Balaci, Ilie Ilie Balaci	15 November 1998	10 May 2000	1 President's Cup 1 Championship
23		Fulloné, Oscar Oscar Fulloné	29 June 2000	November 2000
24		Mahjoub, Mrad Mrad Mahjoub	November 2000	March 2001	1 Gulf Club Champions Cup
25		Iordănescu, Anghel Anghel Iordănescu	March 2001	4 January 2002	1 President's Cup
26		Abdullah, Ahmed Ahmed Abdullah*	6 January 2002	8 January 2002
27		Hadžiabdić, DžemalDžemal Hadžiabdić	8 January 2002	15 June 2002	1 Championship
28		Metsu, Bruno Bruno Metsu	14 July 2002	1 June 2004	2 Championships, 1 Champions League, 1 Supercup
29		Perrin, Alain Alain Perrin	July 2004	21 Oct 2004
30		El Mansi, Mohammad Mohammad El Mansi*	23 Oct 2004	Jan 2005	1 Federation Cup

No.	Nationality	Head coach	From	Until	Honours
31		Máčala, Milan Milan Máčala	Jan 2005	Jan 2006	1 President's Cup
32		El Mansi, Mohammad Mohammad El Mansi*	Jan 2006	June 2006	1 President's Cup, 1 Federation Cup
33		Iordănescu, Anghel Anghel Iordănescu	June 2006	Nov 2006
34		Ruys, Tiny Tiny Ruys*	Nov 2006	January 2007
35		Zenga, Walter Walter Zenga	7 January 2007	1 June 2007
36		Tite Tite	9 July 2007	22 Dec 2007
37		Schäfer, Winfried Winfried Schäfer	25 Dec 2007	2 Dec 2009	1 League Cup, 1 President's Cup, 1 Supercup
38		Benmahmoud, Rachid Rachid Benmahmoud*	2 Dec 2009	6 Dec 2009
39		Cerezo, Toninho Toninho Cerezo	6 Dec 2009	14 April 2010
40		Al Mistaki, Abdulhameed Abdulhameed Al Mistaki*	14 April 2010	20 Dec 2010
41		Abdullah, Ahmed Ahmed Abdullah*	20 Dec 2010	30 Dec 2010
42		Gallo, Alexandre Alexandre Gallo	30 Dec 2010	6 June 2011
43		Olăroiu, Cosmin Cosmin Olăroiu	6 June 2011	6 July 2013	2 Championships, 1 Supercup
44		Fossati, Jorge Jorge Fossati	29 July 2013	13 Sept 2013
45		Abdullah, Ahmed Ahmed Abdullah*	13 Sept 2013	27 Sept 2013
46		Sánchez Flores, Quique Quique Sánchez Flores	27 Sept 2013	8 March 2014
47		Dalić, Zlatko Zlatko Dalić	8 March 2014	23 January 2017	1 Championship, 1 President's Cup, 1 Supercup 1 Emirati-Moroccan Super Cup
–		Španjić, Joško Joško Španjić*	23 January 2017	1 February 2017
49		Mamić, Zoran Zoran Mamić	1 February 2017	30 January 2019	1 Championship, 1 President's Cup
–		Sopić, Željko Željko Sopić*	30 January 2019	18 February 2019
51		Garrido, Juan Carlos Juan Carlos Garrido	18 February 2019	26 May 2019
52		Ivan Leko Ivan Leko	1 June 2019	21 December 2019
–		Ghazi Fahad Ghazi Fahad*	21 December 2019	5 January 2020
54		Pedro Emanuel Pedro Emanuel	5 January 2020	11 May 2021
55		Serhiy Rebrov Serhiy Rebrov	6 June 2021	27 May 2023	1 Championship, 1 League Cup
56		Alfred Schreuder Alfred Schreuder	27 May 2023	8 November 2023
57		Hernán Crespo Hernán Crespo	14 November 2023	present	1 Champions League

Record

Recent seasons

Al Ain's season-by-season
Season	Div.	Pos.	Pl.	W	D	L	GS	GA	GD	P	President's Cup	Federation Cup / League Cup	Super Cup	GCC	ACCC	Asia		Other		Top scorer		Manager
2010–11	1	10th	22	6	7	9	33	35	−2	25	R16	RU	—	—	—	AFC Champions League	GS	—		José Sand Omar Abdulrahman	11	Abdulhameed Al Mistaki* Ahmed Abdullah* Alexandre Gallo
2011–12	1	1st	22	17	4	1	52	16	+36	55	QF	GS				—				Asamoah Gyan	27	Cosmin Olăroiu
2012–13	1	1st	26	20	2	4	74	26	+48	62	SF	GS	C			AFC Champions League	GS			Asamoah Gyan	32
2013–14	1	6th	26	12	7	7	52	33	+19	43	C	GS	RU			AFC Champions League	QF			Asamoah Gyan	45	Jorge Fossati Ahmed Abdullah* Quique Flores Zlatko Dalić
2014–15	1	1st	26	18	6	2	62	19	+43	60	QF	GS	RU
																AFC Champions League	SF			Asamoah Gyan	24	Zlatko Dalić
																AFC Champions League	R16
2015–16	1	2nd	26	18	3	5	53	24	+29	57	RU	GS	C			AFC Champions League	QF	Emirati-Moroccan Super Cup	C	Douglas	18
2016–17	1	4th	26	17	4	5	58	37	+21	55	QF	GS	—		W	AFC Champions League	RU	—		Caio Lucas	18	Zlatko Dalić Joško Španjić* Zoran Mamić
																AFC Champions League	QF
2017–18	1	1st	22	16	5	1	65	23	+42	53	C	QF			—	AFC Champions League	QF			Marcus Berg	35	Zoran Mamić
																AFC Champions League	R16
2018–19	1	4th	26	14	4	8	45	35	+10	46	R16	QF	RU		R32	AFC Champions League	GS	FIFA Club World Cup	RU	Caio Lucas	17	Zoran Mamić Željko Sopić* Juan Garrido
2019–20	1	2nd	19	11	4	4	46	21	+25	37	Finalists	SF	—		—	AFC Champions League	GS	—		Kodjo Laba	28	Ivan Leko Ghazi Fahad* Pedro Emanuel
2020–21	1	6th	26	11	8	7	39	33	+6	41	R16	First Round	—			AFC Champions League	QS			Kodjo Laba	13	Pedro Emanuel
2021–22	1	1st	26	20	5	1	57	17	+40	65	QF	C				—				Kodjo Laba	31	Serhiy Rebrov
2022–23	1	2nd	26	16	6	4	67	31	+36	54	RU	RU	RU							Kodjo Laba	31	Serhiy Rebrov
2023–24	1	3rd	18	11	3	4	44	24	+22	36	QF	F	—			AFC Champions League	C			Soufiane Rahimi	20	Alfred Schreuder Hernán Crespo

Notes

Top goalscorers

Updated 25 May 2024.
Bold indicates player is still active at club level.

Rank	Player	Years	Goals
1	Ahmed Abdullah	1978–1995	185
2	Asamoah Gyan	2011–2015	128
3	Kodjo Fo-Doh Laba	2019–present	123
4	Mohieddine Habita	1976–1983	71
5	Majid Al Owais	1992	70
6	Omar Abdulrahman	2008–2018	62
7	Matar Al Sahbani	1983	60
	Salem Johar	1992–2005
9	Saif Sultan	1992–2005	55
10	Marcus Berg	2017–2019	51

Note: this includes goals scored in all competitions.

Top scorers in Asian competitions

Since 2002–03 AFC Champions League, includes goals scored in qualifying play-off
Statistics correct as of match played against Yokohama F. Marinos on 25 May 2024

R	Player	TOTAL
1	Omar Abdulrahman	18
	Asamoah Gyan
3	Soufiane Rahimi	13
4	Marcus Berg	9
5	Kodjo Fo-Doh Laba	8
6	Boubacar Sanogo	7
	Ibrahim Diaky
8	Nenad Jestrović	6
	Caio Lucas
10	Mohamed Abdulrahman	5
	Douglas
	Danilo Asprilla
	Subait Khater

Asian

Overview

• GF = Goals For. GA = Goals Against. GD = Goal Difference.

Participations

• QS : Qualifying Stage, 1R/2R : First/Second round, GS : Group Stage, R16 : Round of 16, QF : Quarterfinals, SF : Semifinal, R : Runner-up, C : Champions

See also

In Spanish: Al-Ain Football Club para niños

• List of football clubs in the United Arab Emirates
• List of world champion football clubs and vice-world champions in football