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Al-Ain Club
Full name	Al-Ain Sports and Cultural Club
Nickname(s)	The Boss
Founded	1968
Ground	Sheikh Khalifa International Stadium Tahnoun Bin Mohamed Stadium (Capacity 15,000 18,000)
Chairman	Mohamed Bin Zayed AL Nahyan
Manager	Tite
League	UAE League
06/07	UAE League, 9th
Home colours 　 Away colours

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

Al Ain FC is by far the most successful club in the UAE and among the best in Asia. The team was established in 1968 in the quiet garden city of Al Ain. The team quickly gained popularity and recognition throughout the country, being the team with the most UAE league titles (nine) and the first UAE side to win the AFC Champions league title in 2003.

Contents 1 Al Ain Club Leaders 2 Al Ain Stadiums 3 Al Ain Jersey 4 Current Squad 5 Transfers In 6 Transfers Out 7 Famous Players 8 Notable Coaches 9 The New Stadium 10 Titles 11 Trivia 12 External links

Honorary President: Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan (President of the UAE/Ruler of Abu Dhabi)

President: Sheikh Mohammed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan (Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi)

Vice President 1: Sheikh Hazza Bin Zayed Al Nahyan

Vice President 2: Sheikh Tahnoun Bin Zayed Al Nahyan

Tahnoun Bin Mohamed Stadium, capacity: 15,000

Sheikh Khalifa International Stadium, capacity: 15,000

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

No. Position Player 1 GK Mutaz Abdulla 2 DF Hilal Saeed 3 DF Jumaa Khater 4 DF Msalam Fayez 5 MF Sultan Rashed 6 DF Ali Msarri 7 MF Ali Al-Wehaibi 8 MF Ahmad Khalfan 9 FW Faisal Ali 10 FW Soufiane Alloudi 11 MF Ahmad Mathaad 12 GK Waleed Salim 13 MF Rami Yaslam 14 FW Ousman Jallow 15 FW Nasser Khamis 16 DF Abdullah Ali

No. Position Player 17 MF Nashat Akram 18 FW Ahmed Khamis 19 DF Fahad Ali 20 MF Hilal Saeed 21 MF Ghareeb Hareb 22 FW Adnan Mohammed 23 MF Shehab Ahmed 24 MF Subait Khater 25 DF Humaid Fakher 26 DF Abdulla Mousa 27 FW Salem Abdulla 28 DF Mahbob Jumaa 29 DF Juma Abdulla 30 GK Abdulla Sultan 31 FW Naseeb Ishaaq  ? FW Baye Djiby Fall 33 DF Fawzi Fayez

• Essam Abdullah: Team Administrator
• Matar Al-Sahbani: Team Manager

No. Position Player 11 MF Ahmad Mathaad (from AL Fujeriah F.C) 3 DF Hilal Saeed (from AL Fujeriah F.C) 18 FW Ahmad Khamis (from AL Fujeriah F.C)

No. Position Player 3 DF Juma Khater (to AL Dhafra F.C) 31 FW Naseeb Ishaaq (to AL Dhafra F.C) 21 MF Ghareeb Hareb (to AL Dhafra F.C) 26 DF Abdulla Mousa (to Al Nasr F.C)

• Abedi Pele
• Arther Mosis
• Boubacar Sanogo
• Joel Tiehi
• Kandia Traoré
• Farhad Majidi
• Edílson
• Rodrigo
• Kelly
• Dodô
• Roberto Acuña
• Hawar Mulla Mohammed
• Ahmed Kanu
• Sedo Traore
• Hossam Hassan
• Skander Souayah
• Rachid Daoudi
• Mustapha Hadji
• Nenad Jestrovic
• Luis Tejada
• Alberto Blanco
• Onyekachi
• Mohamed Omar
• Ibrahima Diakite
• Mauricio Molina
• Sergio Berti

• Bruno Metsu
• Alain Perrin
• Milan Macala
• Mohammed AL Mansi
• Iordănescu
• Walter Zenga
• Tite
• Budgie (Goal-Keeper Coach)

It has been confirmed that a new 45,000 capacity all seater stadium will be built for the club as part of a new major residential and commercial project called Ain Al Emarat (Eye of the Emirates) which will be conducted by the Al Qudra Holding comapny in Al Ain, however the completion date for this project is yet to have been confirmed. Many news articles on the internet stated that the new stadium will be one of the worlds most technologically advanced sports stadiums with movable seat tiers similar to that of Japans Sapporo Dome, the stadium will also be fully covered with climate control features in order to protect the spectators from the suns heat and the new score board will be suspended above the playing pitch by four powerful steel cables.

• UAE League (9): 76/77, 80/81, 83/84, 92/93, 97/98, 99/2000, 2001/2002, 2002/2003, 2003/2004
• UAE Emir Cup (4): 1998/1999, 2000/2001, 2004/2005, 2005/2006
• UAE FA Cup (3): 88/89, 2004/2005, 2005/2006
• UAE Super Cup (2): 94/95, 2002/2003
• AFC Champions League (1): 2003
• Gulf Club Champions Cup (1): 2001
• Friendly Tournament in Morocco: August 2006 (winner)

• Al Ain Club is the first team to win the domestic soccer league for three years in a row, 2001/2002, 2002/2003, 2003/2004
• Al Ain Club is also the first UAE team to win three titles in one season, the 2002/2003 league, Super Cup and the AFC Champions League.
• Al Ain beat the Italian Champions Juventus 1-0 in a friendly match played at the Tahnoun Bin Mohamed Stadium on 05, 01, 2003.
• Al Ains 1000th league goal was scored by the UAE player Mohamed Omer, this player also scored Al Ains winning goal in the 2003 AFC Champions League final and scored the only goal in Al Ains victorious clash against Juventus.
• The UAE Leagues 10,000th goal was scored by Al Ains player Nenad Jestrovic on his first match .
• Two of the UAEs four goals in the 2003 FIFA World Youth Championship held in the Emirates were scored by Al Ain players Ali Al-Wehaibi and Shehab Ahmed.

• (Arabic) Official Website
• Zaimuae.ae

Preceded by Suwon Samsung Bluewings

Champions of Asia 2003

Succeeded by Al-Ittihad

UAE League Division 1 2007-2008

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