2000–01 Al Ain FC season

Al Ain
2000–01 season
President	Mohammed Bin Zayed
Manager	Oscar Fulloné; (from 29 June 2000[1] ; until 13 November 2000[2]) ; Mrad Mahjoub; (from 13 November 2000[3][4][2] ; until 13 March 2001[5]); Anghel Iordănescu; (from 13 March 2001[6][5])
UAE Football League	4th
President's Cup	Winners
Federation Cup	Group Stage
Gulf Club Champions Cup	Winners
Asian Club Championship	Second round
Top goalscorer	League: Juma Mossi (15); All: Juma Mossi (8)
	All statistics correct as of 7 June 2001.

The 2000–01 season was Al Ain Football Club's 33rd in existence and the club's 26th consecutive season in the top-level football league in the UAE.

Club

Technical staff

Position	Name
Sporting Director	Mrad Mahjoub[7]
Head coach	Oscar Fulloné (Sacked) Mrad Mahjoub (Caretaker) Anghel Iordănescu
Assistant coach	Ahmed Abdullah Abdulhameed Al Mistaki Mohammad El Mansi
Fitness coach	Abdulrahim Dazaz
Physiotherapist	Wiesław Sojka Edimar Da Silva
Team Manager	Butti Al Shamsi

Last updated: 13 March 2001
Source:

Competitions

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Football League	18 October 2000	14 March 2001	Matchday 1	4th	22	10	4	8	33	27	+6	045.45
President's Cup	5 April 2001	7 June 2001	Group stage	Winners	9	8	0	1	21	9	+12	088.89
Federation Cup	6 September 2000	5 October 2000	Group stage	Group stage	5	2	0	3	11	12	−1	040.00
Gulf Club Champions Cup	3 January 2001	14 January 2001	First round	Winners	5	4	0	1	6	4	+2	080.00
Asian Club Championship	11 September 2000	16 November 2000	First round	Second round	4	1	1	2	7	6	+1	025.00
Total					45	25	5	15	78	58	+20	055.56

Last updated: 7 June 2001
Source: Competitions

UAE Football League

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
2	Al Ahli (Dubai)	22	13	3	6	47	36	+11	42
3	Al Jazira	22	11	5	6	47	33	+14	38
4	Al Ain	22	10	4	8	33	27	+6	34
5	Al Wasl	22	9	5	8	42	32	+10	32
6	Al Shaab	22	8	8	6	32	26	+6	32

Source: rsssf.org

Matches

18 October 2000 1	Al Ain	0–0	Al Shabab	Al Ain
19:00 GMT+4 (UAE Time)		Report		Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed Referee: Younis Al Yassi

22 October 2000 3	Al Ain	3–1	Al Nasr	Al Ain
	S. Johar 10' H. Saeed 78' G. Harib 85'	Report	Y. Mousa 2'	Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed Referee: Musallam Ahmad

26 October 2000 2	Al Wahda	1–0	Al Ain	Abu Dhabi
	Tondelua 60'	Report		Stadium: Al Nahyan Stadium Referee: Fareed Al-Marzouqi

9 November 2000 5	Al Ain	1–2	Sharjah	Al Ain
	Al Owais 79'	Report	Al Anberi 45' Fadhli 85'	Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed Referee: Hassan Eisa

22 November 2000 7	Al Ain	1–0	Emirates	Al Ain
	Mossi 40'	Report		Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed Referee: Musallam Ahmad

25 November 2000 4	Al Shaab	1–1	Al Ain	Sharjah
	Diop 83'	Report	S. Johar 3'	Stadium: Khalid bin Mohammed Stadium Referee: Saeed Abdullah

1 December 2000 8	Al Ahli	1–2	Al Ain	Dubai
	F. Khalil 19'	Report	S. Khater 31' Mossi 40'	Stadium: Rashid Stadium Referee: Musallam Ahmad

7 December 2000 9	Al Ain	6–2	Ittihad Kalba	Al Ain
21:30 GMT+4 (UAE Time)	S. Johar 11', 38', 64' Mossi 48' Sandro 71' S. Khater 80'	Report	J. Mohamed 26' I. Mohamed 65'	Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed

14 December 2000 10	Al Jazira	2–1	Al Ain	Abu Dhabi
21:30 GMT+4 (UAE Time)	Suhail 52', 84'	Report	Mossi 76'	Stadium: Al Jazira Stadium

17 December 2000 6	Al Wasl	2–1	Al Ain	Dubai
21:30 GMT+4 (UAE Time)	M. Omar 12' Daoudi 90' (p)	Report	S. Khater 33'	Stadium: Zabeel Stadium

20 December 2000 11	Ahli Al Fujairah	0–1	Al Ain	Fujairah
21:30 GMT+4 (UAE Time)		Report	J. Khater 64'	Stadium: Fujairah Stadium

24 December 2000 12	Al Shabab	2–1	Al Ain	Dubai
21:30 GMT+4 (UAE Time)	Adamu 24', 53'	Report	G. Harib 72'	Stadium: Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum Referee: Saeed Abdullah

19 January 2001 14	Al Nasr	1–1	Al Ain	Dubai
19:00 GMT+4 (UAE Time)	Kadem .A 41'	Report	G. Harib 21'	Stadium: Al Maktoum Stadium Referee: Fareed Al-Marzouqi

25 January 2001 15	Al Ain	1–2	Al Shaab	Al Ain
	S. Khater 26'		A. Ibrahim 55' Jesmi 69'	Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed

28 January 2001 16	Sharjah	1–0	Al Ain	Sharjah
	Fadhli 26'	Report		Stadium: Sharjah Stadium

31 January 2001 17	Al Ain	1–0	Al Wasl	Al Ain
	Mossi 81'	Report		Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed Referee: Abdulaziz Al Mulla

19 February 2001 18	Emirates	2–3	Al Ain	Ras al-Khaimah
	Moustawdaa 84', 88'	Report	Mossi 4', 46', 68'	Stadium: Emirates Club Stadium Referee: Fareed Al-Marzouqi

23 February 2001 19	Al Ain	1–3	Al Ahli	Al-Ain
19:00 GMT+4 (UAE Time)	G. Harib 50'	Report	Benmahmoud 58', 77' Hassan .A 84'	Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed Referee: Ali Bujsaim

26 February 2001 20	Ittihad Kalba	1–2	Al Ain	Kalba
	Skočić 30'	Report	Sandro 43' R. Yaslam 56'	Stadium: Ittihad Kalba Stadium Referee: Musallam Ahmad

3 March 2001 21	Al Ain	3–1	Al Jazira	Al Ain
	Sandro 38' S. Khater 63', 90'	Report	Suhail 82'	Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed

10 March 2001 13	Al Ain	1–1	Al Wahda	Al Ain
19:00 GMT+4 (UAE Time)	G. Harib 60'	Report	Abdulsalam 57'	Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed Referee: Mohamed Omar

14 March 2001 22	Al Ain	2–1	Ahli Al Fujairah	Al Ain
	S. Khater 40' (p) G. Harib 85'	Report	S. Ali 58' (o.g.)	Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed Referee: Mohamed Al-Zarouni

Group D

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Al Ain	5	4	0	1	12	6	+6	12
Al Jazira	5	3	2	0	11	2	+9	11
Ahli Al Fujairah	5	2	2	1	8	7	+1	8
Dubai	5	1	2	2	6	6	0	5
Al Dhaid	5	1	1	3	9	16	−7	4
Hatta	5	0	1	4	5	14	−9	1

Source: rsssf.org, alainteam.com

5 April 2001 Round 1	Al Jazira	2–0	Al Ain	Abu Dhabi
19:30	Ebiede 14' M. Saad 48'	Report Report		Stadium: Al Jazira Stadium Referee: Mohamed Omar

11 April 2001 Round 2	Al Ain	2–1	Al Dhaid	Al Ain
19:30	R. Yaslam 21', 43'	Report Report	Traoré 60' (p)	Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed Referee: Mohamed Al-Zarouni

18 April 2001 Round 3	Dubai	1–3	Al Ain	Dubai
19:30	(p)	Report	S. Johar 45' Mossi 65', 81'	Stadium: Dubai Club Stadium

27 April 2001 Round 4	Al Ain	4–1	Ahli Al Fujairah	Al Ain
19:30	R. Yaslam 38', 84' A. Ali 64' Mossi 71'	Report Report	H. Abdullah 76'	Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed Referee: Khaled Al-Doukhi

2 May 2001 Round 5	Hatta	1–3	Al Ain	Hatta
19:30	26'	Report	Tiéhi 13', 52' Mossi 85'	Stadium: Hatta Stadium

23 May 2001 Round of 16	Ittihad Kalba	0–3	Al Ain	Sharjah
19:45		Report Report	Mossi 16', 79' Tiéhi 73'	Stadium: Sharjah Stadium

27 May 2001 Quarter-finals	Al Ain	1–0	Al Nasr	Abu Dhabi
20:45	Tiéhi 53'	Report Report		Stadium: Al Jazira Stadium

30 May 2001 Semi-finals	Al Ain	2–1	Al Shabab	Abu Dhabi
19:45	Tiéhi 39' S. Johar 85'	Report	Denílson 31'	Stadium: Al Nahyan Stadium

7 June 2001 Final	Al Ain	3–2	Al Shaab	Abu Dhabi
19:45 GMT+4 (UAE Time)[8]	S. Yousif 71' (o.g.) Tiéhi 85' Mossi 90'	Report	Brusselers 44', 79'	Stadium: Zayed Sports City Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Mohamed Omar

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Al Shaab	5	4	1	0	12	6	+6	13
Al Shabab	5	3	2	0	17	3	+14	11
Al Jazira	5	2	2	1	10	9	+1	8
Al Ain	5	2	0	3	11	12	−1	6
Ittihad Kalba	5	1	1	3	6	15	−9	4
Sharjah	5	0	0	5	3	14	−11	0

Source: rsssf.org

6 September 2000 1	Ittihad Kalba	1–5	Al Ain	Kalba
19:00	A. Hassan 18' (p)	Report	M. Abdullah 4' Hamdoon 8' (pen.) J. Khater 59' A. Ali 73' F. Ali 93'	Stadium: Ittihad Kalba Stadium

17 September 2000 2	Al Ain	2–3	Al Jazira	Al Ain
19:00	G. Harib 68' M. Abdullah 89'	Report	Tiéhi 60' S. Obaid 87' Ebiede 90'	Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed Referee: Ali Bujsaim

2 October 2000 3	Al Ain	1–5	Al Shabab	Al Ain
19:00	Musabbah .S 39'	Report	Denílson 29', 89' Adamu 69', 70', 90'	Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed Referee: Mohamed Omar

29 September 2000 5	Al Ain	1–2	Al Shaab	Al Ain
19:00	G. Harib 71' (p)	Report	S. Ibraheem 74', 85'	Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed Referee: Abdullah Al Bannai

5 October 2000 4	Sharjah	1–2	Al Ain	Sharjah
19:00	A. Ibrahim 89'	Report	G. Harib 21' S. Johar 80'	Stadium: Sharjah Stadium Referee: Fareed Al-Marzouqi

Gulf Club Champions Cup

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Al Ain	12	5	4	0	1	6	4	+2
Al Ittihad	10	5	3	1	1	10	1	+9
Dhofar	10	5	3	1	1	6	4	+2
Al Salmiya	5	5	1	2	2	5	6	−1
Al-Ittihad	4	5	1	1	3	7	7	0
Riffa	1	5	0	1	4	5	17	−12

3 January 2001 1	Al Ain	2–1	Riffa	Al Ain
	S. Khater 53' S. Johar 85'	Report Report	H. Darwish 82'	Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed

6 January 2001 2	Al Ain	2–1	Al Salmiya	Al Ain
17:00 GMT+4 (UAE Time)	S. Khater 47' G. Harib 70'	Report	Al-Huwaidi 85'	Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed

8 January 2001 3	Al Ain	1–0	Al-Ittihad	Al Ain
18:30 GMT+4 (UAE Time)	G. Harib 44'	Report		Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed Referee: Youssef Fadhel Al-Balushi (Oman)

12 January 2001 4	Al Ain	1–0	Dhofar	Al Ain
18:30 GMT+4 (UAE Time)	Fahad .A 9'	Report		Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed

14 January 2001 5	Al Ain	0–2	Al Ittihad	Al Ain
17:00 GMT+4 (UAE Time)		Report	Al-Yami 22', 77'	Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed

Asian Club Championship

First round

11 September 2000 First leg	Al-Zawraa	2–1	Al Ain	Amman
	E. Mohammed 13', 37'	Report	S. Khater 70'	Stadium: Amman International Stadium Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Abdulmajeed Abdulaziz (Bahrain)

22 September 2000 Second leg	Al Ain	4–0 (5–2 agg.)	Al-Zawraa	Al Ain
20:00	Rey 28', 78' Berti 40' (p) F. Ali 86'	Report		Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed Referee: Khaled Dalu (Syria)

Second round

2 November 2000 First leg	Persepolis	2–0	Al Ain	Tehran
15:30 GMT+4 (UAE Time)	Rafat 20', 55'	Report		Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 80,000 Referee: Abdul Rahman Al-Zaid (Saudi Arabia)

16 November 2000 Second leg	Al Ain	2–2 (a.e.t.) (2–4 agg.)	Persepolis	Al Ain
19:00 GMT+4 (UAE Time)	Sandro 58' S. Khater 71' (p)	Report	Peyrovani 81' Khanmohammadi 90'	Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed

Statistics

Goalscorers

As of 7 June 2001

Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted alphabetically by surname when total goals are equal.

Rank	Pos.	Player	Football League	President's Cup	Federation Cup	Gulf Club Champions Cup	Asian Club Championship	Total
1	FW	Juma Mossi	8	7	0	0	0	15
2	MF	Gharib Harib	6	0	3	2	0	11
2	MF	Subait Khater	7	0	0	2	2	11
4	MF	Salem Johar	5	2	1	1	0	9
5	FW	Joël Tiéhi	0	6	0	0	0	6
6	DF	Rami Yaslam	1	4	0	0	0	5
7	FW	Sandro Oliveira	3	0	0	0	1	4
8	FW	Emiliano Rey	0	0	0	0	2	2
	DF	Mohamad Abdullah	0	0	2	0	0	2
	DF	Juma Khater	1	0	1	0	0	2
	DF	Abdullah Ali	0	1	1	0	0	2
	FW	Faisal Ali	0	0	1	0	1	2
13	FW	Majid Al Owais	1	0	0	0	0	1
	MF	Helal Saeed	1	0	0	0	0	1
	MF	Sergio Berti	0	0	0	0	1	1
	DF	Fahad Ali	0	0	0	1	0	1
	FW	Musabbah Salem	0	0	1	0	0	1
	DF	Mohammed Hamdoon	0	0	1	0	0	1
Own goals (from the opponents)			0	1	0	0	0	1
Totals			33	21	11	6	7	78

Hat-tricks

Player	Against	Result	Date	Competition	Round
Salem Johar	Ittihad Kalba	6–2 (H)	7 December 2000	Football League	9
Juma Mossi	Emirates	2–3 (A)	19 February 2001	Football League	18

⁴ – Player scored four goals.

References

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"العين يقيل الارجنتيني فولوني". Addiyar.com.
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"بروح معنوية عالية ومتابعة جماهيرية كبيرة ، العين يواصل تدريباته استعدادا لمباراته المرتقبة مع بيروزي". Albayan.com. Archived from the original on 2003-09-18. Retrieved 2023-05-26.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
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Al Ain set to take on Al Shaab in President's Cup final on GulfNews.com

External links

Al Ain FC official website (in English and Arabic)

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