Al Ain FC in international football

Al Ain FC in international football competitions
Club	Al Ain FC
Most appearances	Omar Abdulrahman (61)
Top scorer	Omar Abdulrahman ; Asamoah Gyan ; (18)
First entry	1995 Asian Cup Winners' Cup
Latest entry	2023–24 AFC Champions League
Titles
Champions League	2 2003, 2024;
GCC Champions League	1 2001;

Al Ain FC is an Emirati football club in Al Ain, United Arab Emirates that competes in the UAE Pro League, it has contested in various international competitions and has won two titles so far. It has made the most appearances in the AFC Champions League out any other team in the United Arab Emirates and is by far the only team in the UAE to win a Champions League title after winning the 2003 Asian CL Final.

Asamoah Gyan Al Ain's top foreign goalscorer in AFC Champions League with 18 goals

History

Al Ain first contested participation was in 1995 Asian Cup Winners' Cup were they lost to Kazma SC 0–6 on aggregate. Al Ain won their first international title in the 2001 Gulf Club Champions Cup after finishing first in a round-robin tournament, however only two years later Al Ain would win its first major international title after beating BEC Tero Sasana 2–1 on aggregate, Al Ain became the first Emirati team to win the Asian Cup and is by far the only UAE side to do so in present time. Al Ain would qualify for the final of the ACL twice only to lose both finals. Al Ain also qualified for the 2018 FIFA Club World Cup Final were they lost to Real Madrid CF 1–4.

Overall record

As of 23 April 2024 Legend: GF = Goals For. GA = Goals Against. GD = Goal Difference.

Competition	Played	Won	Drew	Lost	GF	GA	GD	Win%
Club Championship / Champions League[n 1]	142	60	39	43	230	188	+42	042.25
Cup Winners' Cup	8	3	0	5	7	12	−5	037.50
GCC Champions League	14	5	3	6	13	19	−6	035.71
Arab Champions League	2	1	0	1	2	2	+0	050.00
FIFA Club World Cup	4	1	2	1	9	9	+0	025.00
Total	170	70	44	56	261	230	+31	041.18

does not include 4 match in play-off round.

Participations

W : Withdrew, QS : Qualifying stage, R1 : First round, R2 : Second round, GS : Group stage, R16 : Round of 16, QF : Quarterfinals, SF : Semifinal, R : Runner-up, C : Champions
^RR Round-robin tournament

Competition	No.
AFC Champions League	16
		Season	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2010	2011	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2024
		Round	C	QF	RU	QF	GS	GS	GS	GS	SF	R16	RU	QF	R16	GS	GS	QS	F
Asian Club Championship	2
		Season	1999	2001
		Round	3rd	R2
Asian Cup Winners' Cup	3
		Season	1995	2000	2002
		Round	R2	R1	QF
Arab Club Champions Cup	1
		Season	2001	2017	2019
		Round	W	W	R1
GCC Club Cup	3
		Edition	1985	1995	2001
		Round	3rd^RR	5th^RR	C^RR
FIFA Club World Cup	1
		Edition	2018

Round	RU

International competitions

Match won	Match drawn	Match lost	Champions	Runners-up

AFC Champions League

Season	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
2003[1]	Group stage	Al-Hilal	1–0		1st
		Al-Sadd	2–0
		Esteghlal	3–1
	Semi-finals	Dalian Shide	4–2	3–4	7–6
	Final	BEC Tero Sasana	2–0	0–1	2–1

2004[2]	Quarter-finals	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	0–1	1–4	1–5

2005[3]	Group stage	Al-Wahda	3–0	3–2	1st
		Sepahan	3–2	1–1
		Al-Shabab	3–0	0–1
	Quarter-finals	PAS Tehran	1–1	3–3	4–4 (a)
	Semi-finals	Shenzhen	6–0	0–0	6–0
	Final	Al-Ittihad	1–1	2–4	3–5

2006[4]	Group stage	Al-Hilal	2–0	1–2	1st
		Mash'al	2–1	1–1
		Al-Minaa	2–1	2–1
	Quarter-finals	Al-Qadsia	2–2	0–3	2–5

2007[5]	Group stage	Al-Shabab	0–2	0–2	3rd
		Al-Ittihad	1–1	0–0
		Sepahan	3–2	1–1

2010[6]	Group stage	Pakhtakor	0–1	2–3	4th
		Sepahan	2–0	0–0
		Al-Shabab	2–1	2–3

2011[7]	Play off round	Sriwijaya	4–0
	Group stage	FC Seoul	0–1	0–3	3rd
		Hangzhou Greentown	1–0	0–0
		Nagoya Grampus	3–1	0–4

2013[8]	Group stage	Al-Hilal	3–1	0–2	3rd
		Esteghlal	0–1	0–2
		Al-Rayyan	2–1	1–2

2014[9]	Group stage	Lekhwiya	2–1	5–0	1st
		Al-Ittihad	1–1	1–2
		Tractor Sazi	3–1	2–2
	Round of 16	Al-Jazira	2–1	2–1	4–2
	Quarter-finals	Al-Ittihad	2–0	3–1	5–1
	Semi-finals	Al-Hilal	2–1	0–3	2–4

2015[10]	Group stage	Al-Shabab	0–0	1–0	1st
		Naft Tehran	3–0	1–1
		Pakhtakor	1–1	1–0
	Round of 16	Al-Ahli	3–3	0–0	3–3 (a)

2016[11]	Group stage	El-Jaish	1–2	1–2	2nd
		Al-Ahli	1–0	2–1
		Nasaf Qarshi	2–0	1–1
	Round of 16	Zob Ahan	1–1	2–0	3–1
	Quarter-finals	Lokomotiv Tashkent	0–0	1–0	1–0
	Semi-finals	El-Jaish	3–1	2–2	5–3
	Final	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	1–1	1–2	2–3

2017[12]	Group stage	Zob Ahan	1–1	3–0	1st
		Bunyodkor	3–0	3–2
		Al-Ahli	2–2	2–2
	Round of 16	Esteghlal	6–1	0–1	6–2
	Quarter-finals	Al-Hilal	0–0	0–3	0–3

2018[13]	Play off round	Malkiya	2–0
	Group stage	Al-Hilal	2–1	0–0	2nd
		Al-Rayyan	1–1	4–1
		Esteghlal	2–2	1–1
	Round of 16	Al-Duhail	2–4	1–4	3–8

2019[14]	Group stage	Al-Hilal	0–1	0–2	4th
		Esteghlal	1–2	1–1
		Al-Duhail	0–2	2–2

2020[15]	Play off round	Bunyodkor	1–0
	Group stage	Sepahan	0–4	0–0	4th
		Al-Nassr	1–2	1–0
		Al-Sadd	3–3	0–4

2021[16]	Play off round	Foolad	0–4

2023–24
	Group stage	Pakhtakor	1–3	3–0	1st
		Ahal	4–2	2–1
		Al-Fayha	4–1	3–2
	Round of 16	Nasaf	2–1	0–0	2–1
	Quarter-finals	Al-Nassr	1–0	3–4 (a.e.t.)	4–4 (3–1 p)
	Semi-finals	Al Hilal	4–2	1–2	5–4
	Final	Yokohama F. Marinos	5–1	1–2	6–3

Asian Club Championship

Season	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
1998–99	First round	Oman	5–2	2–0	7–2
	Second round	Al-Ansar	3–1	0–1	3–2
	Group stage	Köpetdag Aşgabat	6–1		1st
		Esteghlal	0–1
		Al-Hilal	1–0
	Semi-finals	Júbilo Iwata	2–2 (p) (2–4)
	Third place match	Dalian Shide	3–2

2000–01	First round	Al-Zawraa	1–2	4–0	5–2
2000–01	Second round	Persepolis	0–2	2–2 (a.e.t.)	2–4

Asian Cup Winners' Cup

Season	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
1995	Second round	Kazma	0–4	0–2	0–6

1999–2000	First round	Al-Jaish	1–2	1–0	2–2 (a)

2001–2002	Second round	Al-Wehdat	2–0	1–2	3–2
2001–2002	Quarter-finals	Al-Sadd	2–1	0–1	2–2 (a)

Arab Club Champions Cup

Season	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
2018–19	First round	ES Sétif	1–2	1–0	2–2 (a)

GCC Champions League

Season	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
1985	Group stage	Al-Ahli	0–2	4–1	3rd
1985	Group stage	Fanja	2–3	1–2	3rd

1995	Round robin	Kazma	0–0		5th
		Al-Arabi	1–2
		Al-Shabab	1–1
		Dhofar	0–0
		Riffa	0–2

2001[17]	Round robin	Riffa	2–1		C
		Al-Salmiya	2–1
		Al-Gharafa	1–0
		Dhofar	1–0
		Al-Ittihad	0–2

FIFA Club World Cup

Season	Round	Club	Result
2018	First round	Team Wellington	3–3 (p) (4–3)
	Second round	Espérance de Tunis	3–0
	Semi-finals	River Plate	2–2 (p) (5–4)
	Final	Real Madrid	1–4

Statistics

By club

Opposition	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Win%
Al-Hilal	16	7	2	7	17	20	043.75
Esteghlal	10	2	3	5	14	13	020.00
Al-Shabab	9	3	2	4	9	10	033.33
Sepahan	8	3	4	1	10	10	037.50
Al-Ittihad	7	2	2	3	10	11	028.57
Al-Ahli	6	2	2	2	8	11	033.33
Al-Duhail	6	2	1	3	12	13	033.33
Pakhtakor	6	2	1	3	8	8	033.33
Al-Sadd	5	2	1	2	7	9	040.00
Al-Nassr	4	2	0	2	6	6	050.00
Zob Ahan	4	2	2	0	7	2	050.00
Nasaf	4	2	2	0	5	2	050.00
Al-Rayyan	4	2	1	1	8	5	050.00
El-Jaish	4	1	1	2	7	7	025.00
Jeonbuk	4	0	1	3	3	8	000.00
Bunyodkor	3	3	0	0	7	2	100.00
Kazma	3	0	1	2	0	6	000.00
Dalian Shide	3	2	0	1	10	8	066.67
Al-Fayha	2	2	0	0	7	3	100.00
Persepolis	2	0	1	1	2	4	000.00
Tractor	2	1	1	0	5	3	050.00
Naft Tehran	2	1	1	0	4	1	050.00
PAS	2	0	2	0	4	4	000.00
Mash'al	2	1	1	0	3	2	050.00
Lokomotiv	2	1	1	0	1	0	050.00
Al-Wahda	2	2	0	0	6	2	100.00
Al-Jaish	2	1	0	1	2	2	050.00
Al-Ittihad	2	0	2	0	1	1	000.00
Qadsia	2	0	1	1	2	5	000.00
Shenzhen	2	1	1	0	6	0	050.00
Zhejiang	2	1	1	0	1	0	050.00
Nagoya Grampus	2	1	0	1	3	5	050.00
Yokohama F. Marinos	2	1	0	1	6	3	050.00
Ahal	2	2	0	0	6	3	100.00
Oman	2	2	0	0	7	2	100.00
Dhofar	2	1	1	0	1	0	050.00
Fanja	2	1	0	1	4	4	050.00
Riffa	2	1	0	1	2	3	050.00
Al-Mina'a	2	2	0	0	4	2	100.00
Al-Zawraa	2	1	0	1	5	2	050.00
Seoul	2	0	0	2	0	4	000.00
Shabab Al Ahli	2	0	2	0	3	3	000.00
Al-Jazira	2	2	0	0	4	2	100.00
Al-Wehdat	2	1	0	1	3	2	050.00
ES Sétif	2	1	0	1	2	2	050.00
Police Tero	2	1	0	1	2	1	050.00
Al-Ansar	2	1	0	1	3	2	050.00
Foolad	1	0	0	1	0	4	000.00
Al-Gharafa	1	1	0	0	1	0	100.00
Al-Arabi	1	0	0	1	1	2	000.00
Al-Salmiya	1	1	0	0	2	1	100.00
Júbilo Iwata	1	0	1	0	2	2	000.00
Malkiya	1	1	0	0	2	0	100.00
Real Madrid	1	0	0	1	1	4	000.00
River Plate	1	0	1	0	2	2	000.00
Sriwijaya	1	1	0	0	4	0	100.00
Köpetdag Aşgabat	1	1	0	0	6	1	100.00
Team Wellington	1	0	1	0	3	3	000.00
ES Tunis	1	1	0	0	3	0	100.00

By competition

Al Ain FC in international football by competition[n 1]
Competition	Played	Won	Drew	Lost	GF	GA	GD	Win%
Club Championship / Champions League	148	64	39	45	243	195	+48	043.24
Cup Winners' Cup	8	3	0	5	7	12	−5	037.50
GCC Champions League	14	5	3	6	13	19	−6	035.71
Arab Champions League	2	1	0	1	2	2	+0	050.00
FIFA Club World Cup	4	1	2	1	9	9	+0	025.00
Total	176	74	44	58	274	237	+37	042.05

As of 25 May 2024

included 4 match in play-off round.

By country

Country	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Win%
Saudi Arabia	44	18	8	18	57	61	040.91
Iran	31	9	14	8	46	41	029.03
Qatar	21	8	4	9	36	36	038.10
Uzbekistan	17	9	5	3	24	14	052.94
China	7	4	2	1	17	8	057.14
South Korea	6	0	1	5	3	12	000.00
Kuwait	6	1	2	3	4	12	016.67
Syria	6	3	2	1	9	5	050.00
Oman	6	4	1	1	12	6	066.67
Japan	5	2	1	2	11	10	040.00
Iraq	4	3	0	1	9	4	075.00
United Arab Emirates	4	2	2	0	7	5	050.00
Bahrain	3	2	0	1	4	3	066.67
Turkmenistan	3	3	0	0	12	4	100.00
Algeria	2	1	0	1	2	2	050.00
Jordan	2	1	0	1	3	2	050.00
Lebanon	2	1	0	1	3	2	050.00
Thailand	2	1	0	1	2	1	050.00
Tunisia	1	1	0	0	3	0	100.00
New Zealand	1	0	1	0	3	3	000.00
Indonesia	1	1	0	0	4	0	100.00
Argentina	1	0	1	0	2	2	000.00
Spain	1	0	0	1	1	4	000.00

References

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[2] "2003 AFC Champions League".

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[5] "2006 AFC Champions League".

[6] "2007 AFC Champions League".

[7] "2010 AFC Champions League".

[8] "2011 AFC Champions League".

[9] "2013 AFC Champions League".

[10] "2014 AFC Champions League".

[11] "2015 AFC Champions League".

[12] "2016 AFC Champions League".

[13] "2017 AFC Champions League".

[14] "2018 AFC Champions League".

[15] "2019 AFC Champions League".

[16] "2020 AFC Champions League".

[17] "2021 AFC Champions League".

[18] "Gulf Cup for Clubs 2001". RSSSF.

Al Ain Sports and Cultural Club
History Academy Players Managers Presidents Seasons International Statistics Current season
Home stadiums	Hazza bin Zayed Stadium (2014–present) Tahnoun bin Mohammed Stadium (1987–2014) Khalifa bin Zayed Stadium (1971–1987)
Training ground	Tahnoun bin Mohammed Stadium Khalifa bin Zayed Stadium
Rivalries	Al Wahda Shabab Al Ahli
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