Al Ain FC

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Al-Ain SCC

Full name	Al-Ain Sports and Cultural Club
Nickname(s)	الزعيم (The Boss)
Founded	August 1968
Ground	Sheikh Khalifa International Al Ain, United Arab Emirates (Capacity: 16,000)
President	Mohammed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan
Manager	Cosmin Olăroiu
League	UAE Pro-League
2010–11	10th
Website	Club home page
Home colours Away colours Third colours
Current season

Al-Ain Sports and Cultural Club (Arabic: نادي العين‎; transliterated: Nady al-'Ayn) is a professional association football and mult-sports club based in the city of Al Ain in the United Arab Emirates. The football section of Al Ain won the 2003 AFC Champions League competition with a 2-1 aggregate victory over BEC Tero Sasana of Thailand.

Al Ain Club is by far the most successful club in the UAE.^{[citation needed]} The team was established in 1968 in Al Ain. The team quickly gained popularity and recognition throughout the country, being the team with the most tournament titles (54 in Total) and the team with the most UAE league titles (14). Furthermore, the club is the first and only UAE side so far to win the AFC Champions League.

Jersey

The Al Ain purple jersey was inspired by the Belgian Club Anderlecht's colours during a football training camp in Morocco in 1977. Al Ain's previous colours were green and then red but they are now permanently purple.

Stadiums

Tahnoun Bin Mohamed Stadium

Tahnoun Bin Mohamed Stadium is one of the home grounds of Al Ain. The stadium holds approximately 15,000 people and was built in 1987.This stadium played host to two AFC Champions League final matches one in 2003 and the other in 2005.^[1][2][3]

Sheikh Khalifa International Stadium

Sheikh Khalifa International Stadium is the second stadium for Al Ain ,holds 12,000 people. One of the most famous events to be staged on this stadium was the group E matches of the 2003 FIFA World Youth Tournament and the stadium also hosted some matches from the 1996 Asian Cup.^[4][5]

Personnel

Current technical staff

Cosmin Olăroiu, the current manager of Al Ain S.C.C.

See also List of Al Ain S.C.C. managers

Position	Staff
Manager	Cosmin Olăroiu
Assistant manager	Ahmed Abdullah
Goalkeeping Coach	Amer Abdul Wahab
Head of Performance Analysis	Liam Weeks

Last updated: 6 June 2011
Source: Al Ain Club

Management

See also: List of Al Ain S.C.C. presidents

Mohammed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the current President of Al Ain S.C.C.

Current board of directors

Office	Name
President	Mohammed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan
First Deputy President	Hazza bin Zayed Al Nahyan
Second Deputy President	Tahnoon Bin Zayed Al Nahyan
Chairman of Board of Directors	Abdullah bin Mohammed bin Khaled Al Nahyan
Vice Chairman of Board of Directors	Rashid bin Mubarak Al Hajri
Member of Board of Directors	Awad bin Hasom Al Darmaki
Member of Board of Directors	Mohammed Abdullah bin Bdouh
Member of Board of Directors	Mohammed bin Obaid Al Dhaheri

Last updated: 1 May 2011
Source: Al Ain Club Official Website

• President of the Honorary Board: HH Sheikh Mohammed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan (Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi)
• Chairman of Board of Directors, Vice-President of the Executive Board, Vice-President of the Honorary Board: HH Sheikh Hazza bin Zayed Al Nahyan^[6]

In the past HH Sheikh Sultan bin Zayed Al Nahyan, half brother of Sheikh Khalifa and Sheikh Mohammed also chaired the club in 1970s.^[7]

Current squad

See Al Ain squad 2011–12

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 2 FW Abdulaziz Fayez 3 FW Asamoah Gyan (on loan from Sunderland) 4 DF Msalam Fayez 5 DF Ismail Ahmed 6 MF Mirel Radoi 7 MF Ali Al-Wehaibi 8 MF Mohammed Salem 9 FW Yasser Al-Qahtani (on loan from Al Hilal) 10 MF Omar Abdulrahman 11 MF Saif Mohammed 12 GK Waleed Salem 13 MF Rami Yaslam 14 DF Mohammed Fayez 17 MF Ahmed Al-Shamsi 18 FW Mohammed Abdulrahman 19 DF Mohanad Salem 20 MF Hilal Saeed Al-Saadi

No. Position Player 21 DF Fawzi Fayez 22 GK Mahmoud Al-Mass 23 MF Shehab Ahmed 24 MF Abdullah Malallah 26 MF Hamad Al-Merri 27 MF Salem Abdullah 28 FW Mohammed Nasser 29 FW Mohammed Malallah 31 MF Haddaf Al Ameri 32 FW Ignacio Scocco 33 DF Mohammed Salem Ali 36 GK Dawoud Sulaiman 44 DF Faris Jumaa 70 MF Bandar Mohammed 77 MF Hazaa Salem 99 DF Mykel Foster

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 50 GK Ismail Rabee (to Al Shabab)

Notable players

See also Category:Al Ain FC players

Argentina Roberto Acuña Sergio Berti José Sand Brazil André Dias Emerson Chile Jorge Valdivia Côte d'Ivoire Boubacar Sanogo Egypt Hossam Hassan

England Harvey Yevrah Gambia Ousman Jallow Ghana Asamoah Gyan Abedi Pele Iran Farhad Majidi Iraq Nashat Akram Hussein Alaa Hussein Hawar Mulla Mohammed

Morocco Soufiane Alloudi Mustapha Hadji Panama Alberto Blanco Romania Valentin Badea Eduard Iordănescu Mirel Rădoi Saudi Arabia Yasser Al-Qahtani Senegal André Senghor

Serbia Nenad Jestrovic Tunisia Skander Souayah United Arab Emirates Omar Abdulrahman Hamad Al Merri Ali Al-Wehaibi Ibrahim Diaky Subait Khater Ali Msarri Mohamed Omar Hilal Saeed

Notable former coaches

See also Category:Al Ain Club managers.

• [The Greyhound] (Coach)

Honours

Domestic

League

• Pro-League^[8]

Winners (9): 1976–77, 1980–81, 1983–84, 1992–93, 1997–98, 1999–00, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2003–04

Runners-up (7):^[9] 1975–76, 1977–78, 1981–82, 1993–94, 1994–95, 1998–99, 2004–05

Cups

• President's Cup^[10]

Winners (5): 1999, 2001, 2005, 2006, 2009

Runners-up (3): 1994, 1995, 2007

• Federation Cup^[8]

Winners (3): 1989, 2005, 2007

• Etisalat Cup^[8]

Winners (1): 2008–09

Runners-up (1): 2010–11

• Super Cup^[8]

Winners (3): 1995, 2003, 2009

• Abu Dhabi Championship Cup^[8]

Winners (2): 1974, 1975

Gulf

• Gulf Club Champions Cup

Winners (1) : 2001

Asian

• AFC Champions League

Winners (1) : 2003

Runners-up (1) : 2005

AFC competitions history

old crest -2011

• AFC Champions League: 6 appearances

2002-03: Champion

2004: Quarter-Finals

2005: Finalist

2006: Quarter-Finals

2007: Group Stage

2011: Group Stage

• Asian Club Championship: 3 appearances

1986: Qualifying Stage

1999: 3rd place

2001: Second Round

• Asian Cup Winners Cup: 3 appearances

1995/96: Second Round

1999/00: First Round

2001/02: Quarter-Finals

References

1. ^ "Tahnoon Bin Mohammed Stadium". virtual Globetrotting.com. 7 June 2009. http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/tahnoon-bin-mohammed-stadium/. Retrieved 23 April 2010. 
2. ^ "Tahnoon Bin Mohammed Stadium". Soccerway.com. http://www.soccerway.com/venues/united-arab-emirates/tahnoun-bin-mohamed-stadium/. Retrieved 23 April 2010. 
3. ^ "Tahnoon Bin Mohammed Stadium". World Stadiums.com. http://www.worldstadiums.com/stadium_pictures/middle_east/uae/al_ayn_bin.shtml. Retrieved 23 April 2010. 
4. ^ "Sheikh Khalifa International Stadium". Soccerway.com. http://www.soccerway.com/venues/united-arab-emirates/sheikh-khalifa-international-stadium/. Retrieved 23 April 2010. 
5. ^ "Sheikh Khalifa International Stadium". World Stadiums.com. http://www.worldstadiums.com/stadium_pictures/middle_east/uae/al_ayn_stadium.shtml. Retrieved 23 April 2010. 
6. ^ "Board of Directors". http://www.alainfc.net/en/index.php?p=bod. Retrieved 2010-01-18. 
7. ^ "Al Ain. The Past, the Present and the Future:". http://www.alainclub.com/English/club/theClub.aspx. Retrieved 2010-01-18. ^{[dead link]}
8. ^ ^{a b c d e} "About Al Ain Sports Club". Al Ain FC. http://www.alainfc.ae/en/index.php?p=club. Retrieved 11 September 2011. 
9. ^ "List of Champions". RSSSF. http://www.rsssf.com/tablesu/uaechamp.html. Retrieved 11 September 2011. 
10. ^ "List of Cup Winners". RSSSF. http://www.rsssf.com/tablesu/uaecuphist.html. Retrieved 11 September 2011. 

External links

• Official Website

Achievements
Preceded by Suwon Samsung Bluewings	Champions of Asia 2002–03	Succeeded by Al-Ittihad