2010–11 Al Ain FC season

Al Ain S.C.C.
2010–11 season
Chairman United Arab Emirates Mohammed Bin Zayed
Manager Brazil Alexandre Gallo
Stadium Sheikh Khalifa International Stadium
Tahnoun bin Mohammed Stadium
Pro-League 10
Presidents Cup Round of 16
Etisalat Cup Runner-up
Champions League Group stage
Top goalscorer

League: Omar Abdulrahman (8)
All: Omar Abdulrahman
Jose Sand

(11)
Highest home attendance 7,498 (30 September vs Al Ahli, Pro-League)
Lowest home attendance 851 (30 December vs Al Dhafra, Etisalat Cup)
Average home league attendance 4,817 (14 February vs Al Nasr, Pro-League)
Home colours
Away colours
Third colours

The 2010–11 season is Al Ain Sports and Cultural Club's 35th season in Pro-League. Al Ain in this season will seek to win trophies, and competing in the Pro-League, the Champions League, the Presidents Cup, and the Etisalat Cup, after a frustrating season in 2009–10.

Season overview

March

On 24 March, Al Ain, lost his second game in the second round against Al Sharjah,[1] to Increases the pressure on the Board of Directors because of The club's position in the league. On 25 March, The Board of Directors resigned[2] Shiekh Abdullah bin Mohammed bin Khalid Al Nahyan Has been appointed as the Chairman of the Board of Directors, the membership of Rashid Mubarak Al Hajiri, Awad Hasoum Al Darmaki, Mohammed bin Abdullah bin Badwah, and Mohammed bin Obaid Al Daheri by Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan[3][4] On 31 March, Al Ain won after 209 days against arch-rivals Al Wahda.[5]

Players

From youth system

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

No. Position Player
3 United Arab Emirates DF Mohammed Ayed
16 United Arab Emirates DF Ahmed Sahel
26 United Arab Emirates MF Hamad Al Merri
28 United Arab Emirates FW Faraj Juma
29 Ivory Coast FW Juma Saeed
30 United Arab Emirates GK Abdulla Sultan
31 United Arab Emirates MF Haddaf Al Ameri
No. Position Player
32 United Arab Emirates MF Hamad Raqea
33 United Arab Emirates DF Mohammed Salem
34 United Arab Emirates MF Sultan Nasser
36 United Arab Emirates GK Dawoud Sulaiman
43 United Arab Emirates DF Saleem Al Sharjee
70 United Arab Emirates MF Bandar Al Ahbabi

Players in / out

In

N
P
Nat.
Name
Age
EU
Moving from
Type
Transfer
window
Ends
Transfer
fee
Ref.
33 FW Morocco Soufiane Alloudi 33Non-EU Al Wasl End of loan spell Summer N/A N/A AlAinFC.ae
6 MF Ivory Coast Ibrahima Keita 31Non-EU Qadsia SC Kuwait Loan Summer 2011 N/A AlAinFC.ae
80 MF Chile Milovan Mirosevic 36Non-EU Universidad Católica Chile Loan Winter N/A N/A AlAinFC.ae
38 FW Brazil Elias 33Non-EU Atlético Goianiense Brazil Loan Winter N/A N/A AlAinFC.ae
50 GK United Arab Emirates Ismail Rabee 33Non-EU Al Nasr SC (Dubai) Transfer Winter 2015 N/A AlAinFC.ae
N/A FW France Jérémie Aliadière 33Non-EU Middlesbrough England Transfer Winter N/A N/A AlAinFC.ae

Out

N
P
Nat.
Name
Age
EU
Moving to
Type
Transfer
window
Transfer
fee
Source
9 FW Brazil Emerson 37Non-EU Fluminense Brazil Transfer Summer N/A GloboeSporte.Globo.com
50 MF South Korea Lee Ho 32Non-EU Omiya Ardija Japan Transfer Summer N/A Kooora.com
10 MF Chile Jorge Valdivia 33Non-EU Palmeiras Brazil Transfer Summer €6.5M[6] AlAinFC.net
3 DF United Arab Emirates Hilal Saeed 34Non-EU Al Nasr SC (Dubai) Transfer Summer AED8.5M[7] AlIttihad.ae
11 MF United Arab Emirates Ahmad Mathaad 35Non-EU Al-Ahli Transfer Summer N/A AlAhliClub.ae
15 FW United Arab Emirates Nasser Khamis 28Non-EU Dubai Club Transfer Summer N/A
18 MF United Arab Emirates Ahmed Khamis 31Non-EU Al-Ahli Transfer Summer N/A AlAhliClub.ae
9 FW Argentina Jose Sand 36Non-EU Deportivo La Coruña Spain Loan Winter €500,000 AlAinFC.net

Long-term injury list

Date Player Injury Estimated Return Date
January 2010 United Arab Emirates Abdullah SultanPosterior cruciate ligamentAugust 2011[8][9]
January 2010 United Arab Emirates Mohamed FayezCruciate ligamentAugust 2011[8]
January 2010 United Arab Emirates Yousif AbdelrahmanInfected in the neuroscienceAugust 2011[8]
January 2010 United Arab Emirates Salem AbdullahKnee InflammationN/A[8]

Last updated: 17 May 2011
Source: Alainfc.net

Managerial changes

During the season

Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Replaced by Date of appointment Position in table
United Arab Emirates Abdel Hameed Al Mestkie Sacked 20 December 2010 Brazil Alexandre Gallo 20 December 2010 10rd [10]

Player statistics

Top scorers

Position Nation Number Name Pro-League Etisalat Cup Presidents Cup Champions League Total
1 United Arab Emirates 10 Omar Abdulrahman 8 0 1 2 11
= Argentina 9 Jose Sand 7 4 0 0 11
3 United Arab Emirates 38 Elias Ribeiro 5 1 0 4 10
4 Ivory Coast 29 Juma Saeed 2 4 0 0 6
5 United Arab Emirates 5 Ismail Ahmed 2 1 0 0 3
= United Arab Emirates 31 Haddaf Al Ameri 0 2 0 1 3
= United Arab Emirates 70 Bandar Al Ahbabi 0 3 0 0 3
= United Arab Emirates 20 Mohamed Abdulrahman 3 0 0 0 3
9 United Arab Emirates 26 Hamad Al Merri 0 0 1 1 2
= United Arab Emirates 7 Ali Al-Wehaibi 1 1 0 0 2
= United Arab Emirates 23 Shehab Ahmed 1 0 1 0 2
= United Arab Emirates 2 Abdulaziz Fayez 2 0 0 0 2
= United Arab Emirates 19 Mohanad Salem 1 0 1 0 2
= United Arab Emirates 11 Saif Mohammed 0 2 0 0 2
= United Arab Emirates 44 Faris Jumaa 2 0 0 0 2
= Ivory Coast 6 Ibrahima Keita 0 2 0 0 2
= United Arab Emirates 8 Ahmed Al Shamisi 0 0 1 0 1
TOTALS 27 20 5 8 60
Last updated on 1 June 2011

Disciplinary records

No. Pos. Nat. Player
50 GK United Arab Emirates Rabee 1 0 0
36 GK United Arab Emirates Dawoud 0 0 0
30 GK United Arab Emirates Sultan 1 0 0
55 GK United Arab Emirates Al Bairaq 0 0 0
33 DF United Arab Emirates Mohammed. S 5 0 0
3 DF United Arab Emirates Ayed 2 0 0
15 DF United Arab Emirates Khaled. A 1 0 0
21 DF United Arab Emirates Fawzi. F 2 0 0
4 DF United Arab Emirates Musallem 6 0 1
5 DF United Arab Emirates Ismail 7 0 0
19 DF United Arab Emirates Mohanad 2 0 0
44 DF United Arab Emirates Fares 1 0 1
14 DF United Arab Emirates Mohamed. F 1 0 0
8 MF United Arab Emirates Al Shamsi 0 0 0
10 MF United Arab Emirates Omar. A 3 0 0
7 MF United Arab Emirates Al Wehaibi 2 0 0
26 MF United Arab Emirates Al Merri 2 0 0
70 MF United Arab Emirates Bandar 2 0 0
77 MF United Arab Emirates Hazza 3 0 0
6 MF Ivory Coast Keita 8 1 0
80 MF Chile Mirosevic 0 0 0
13 MF United Arab Emirates Yaslam 3 0 0
23 MF United Arab Emirates Shehab 2 0 0
11 MF United Arab Emirates Saif 5 0 0
31 MF United Arab Emirates Haddaf 2 0 0
32 MF United Arab Emirates Raqea 1 0 0
18 MF United Arab Emirates Malallah 2 0 0
2 FW United Arab Emirates Azooz 0 0 0
38 FW Brazil Elias 4 0 0
- FW Argentina Sand 6 0 0
29 FW Ivory Coast Juma Saeed 4 0 0
20 FW United Arab Emirates Mohammed. A 4 0 0
9 FW Romania Badea 1 0 0

Last updated on 9 June.

Club

Starting XI

Current technical staff

Position Staff
Manager Alexandre Gallo
Assistant manager Ahmed Abdullah
Goalkeeping Coach Amer Abdul Wahab
Head of Performance Analysis Liam Weeks
Academy Director Wayne Harrison

Last updated: 30 December 2010
Source: Al Ain Club

Kit

Supplier: Macron
Sponsor(s): First Gulf Bank, Sorouh

Home
Away
Third

Source: "Al Ain Jersey". Macron.com. Retrieved 1 May 2011. 

Other information

Ground (capacity and dimensions) Tahnoun bin Mohammed Stadium (10,000 / )
Ground (capacity and dimensions) Sheikh Khalifa International Stadium (16,000 / )

Current board of directors

Mohammed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, current President.
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

Competitions

Overall

Competition Started roundCurrent
position / round
Final
position / round
First match Last match
Pro-League 10 28 August 20105 June 2011
Etisalat Cup Group stage Runner Up 9 October 201029 April 2011
President's Cup Round of 32 Round of 16 20 September 20109 February 2011
2011 AFC Champions League Qualifying Play-off Group stage 19 February 201111 May 2011

Last updated: 6 June 2011
Source: Competitions

Pro-League

League table

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
10 Al Ain 22 6 7 9 33 35 2 25
11 Ittihad Kalba (R) 22 6 2 14 39 56 17 20 Relegation to UAE Division 2 Group A
12 Al-Dhafra (R) 22 3 4 15 27 50 23 13

Source: UFL
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Results summary

OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
22 6 7 9 33 35  −2 25 3 5 3 17 16  +1 3 2 6 16 19  −3

Last updated: 6 June 2011.
Source: Competitive Matches

Results by round

Round12345678910111213141516171819202122
GroundHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Result W W D D L L D D L L D L L L W W D W D L W
Position 5 1 1 2 5 7 8 8 8 9 10 11 11 11 9 10 10 9 10 10 10

Last updated: 6 June 2011.
Source: Alainfc.ae
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Matches

Pro-League

Kickoff times are in UAE Time (GMT+4).























AFC Champions League

Qualifying play-off

Group Stage

Group F
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
South Korea FC Seoul 632194+511
Japan Nagoya Grampus 631296+310
United Arab Emirates Al-Ain 62134957
China Hangzhou Greentown 61233635
  AIN HAN NAG SEO
Al-Ain 10 11 May 01
Hangzhou Greentown 00 20 11 May
Nagoya Grampus 40 4 May 11
FC Seoul 4 May 30 02





Etisalat Cup

Group A
Team GP W D L GS GA GD Pts
Al Ain 10541156+919
Al Wahda 10523129+317
Al Dhafra 104331515015
Al Nasr 103341113-212
Dubai Club 102442121010
Bani Yas 102261019-98
Group Stage










Semi-finals

Final

UAE President's Cup



Notes
  1. Al Ain loses his match because of a Masafi complaint.

[11]

References

  1. "Al Ain loses Against Al Sharjah 2-1.". AlAinFc.net. 2011-03-24. Retrieved 2011-04-01.
  2. "Accepted the resignation.". AlAinFc.net. 2011-03-25. Retrieved 2011-04-01.
  3. "Mohammed bin Zayed supports the formation of the New Board of Directors of Al Ain Club.". AlAinFc.net. 2011-03-26. Retrieved 2011-04-01.
  4. "Headed by Abdullah bin Mohammed, Al Ain Board of Directors Supports Assigning the Management Positions and Recommends Continuing the Players' Contracts .". AlAinFc.net. 2011-03-29. Retrieved 2011-04-01.
  5. "Al Ain 2-0 Al Wahda.". AlAinFc.net. 2011-03-31. Retrieved 2011-04-01.
  6. "Valdivia moves to Palmeiras officially". alittihad.ae. 28 July 2010. Retrieved 22 January 2011.
  7. "Hilal Saeed deal for 8 million, 500 thousand dirhams". alittihad.ae. 20 May 2010. Retrieved 22 January 2011.
  8. 1 2 3 4 "Owais: Salem Abdullah injury did not cause for concern". AlAinFC.net. 30 January 2011. Retrieved 30 January 2011.
  9. "Amer Abdul Rahman: I'm lucky because of the youth and refused to surrender". AlKhaleej.ae. 2010-10-25. Retrieved 2011-01-31.
  10. "Al Ain sacked Abdul Hameed Al Mistake". AlAinFC.ae. 20 December 2010. Retrieved 20 January 2011.
  11. "Disciplinary Committee decided the loss of Al Ain from Masafi in the President's Cup.". Kooora.com. 2011-02-05. Retrieved 2011-04-01.

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