2023–24 Al Ain FC season

Al Ain
2023–24 season
President	Mohammed Bin Zayed
Chairman	Hazza Bin Zayed
Head coach	Alfred Schreuder; (from 27 May 2023; until 8 November 2023) ; Hernán Crespo; (from 14 November 2023)
Stadium	Hazza Bin Zayed
UAE Pro League	3rd
President's Cup	Quarter-finals
League Cup	Runners–up
AFC Champions League	Winners
Top goalscorer	League: Kodjo Laba (12); All: Soufiane Rahimi (23)
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2022–23 2024–25 →
	All statistics correct as of 7 June 2024.

The 2023–24 Al Ain Football Club season is the club's 56th in existence and their 49th consecutive season in the top-level football league in the UAE.

Kits

Supplier: Nike
Sponsors: FAB (front) / Solutions Plus^[4] (left sleeve) / EIH – Ethmar International Holding^[5] (back) / Nirvana Travel & Tourism^[6] (Short)

Home

Away

Goalkeeper 1

Goalkeeper 2

Goalkeeper 3

Club

Staff

Position	Name
Head coach	Hernán Crespo
Assistant coaches	Juan Branda Nicolás Domínguez Ahmed Abdullah
Chief analyst	Carles Martínez
Analyst	Tiago Freire
Goalkeeping coaches	Gustavo Nepote
Fitness coach	Federico Martinetti
U-21 team head coach	Ismail Ahmed
Physiotherapist	Santiago Thompson Felipe Perseu Pianca Abdelnasser Aljohny
Club Doctor	Nikos Tzouroudis
Nutritionist	Ricardo Pinto
Scout	Daniele Di Napoli
Team manager	Ahmed Al Shamsi
Team supervisor	Abdullah Al Shamsi^[7]

Last updated: 14 November 2023
Source: 1

The Steering Committee

Office	Name
Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of Al Ain SCC Chairman of the Executive Committee Chairman of the Steering Committee	Sultan bin Hamdan bin Zayed
Members of the Steering Committee	Mohammad Obaid Hammad
Members of the Steering Committee	Awad Al Kaabi
Members of the Steering Committee	Matar Al Darmaki
Members of the Steering Committee	Mohamed Al Mahmood

Source: alainclub.ae

Players

First Team

^[8]^[9]^[10]

N	Position	Player	Age	Since	Notes
Goalkeepers
1	GK	Mohammed Abo Sandah	29	2014
12	GK	Sultan Al-Mantheri	29	2021
17	GK	Khalid Eisa (VC)	35	2013
36	GK	Amer Al-Faresi	19	2024	^U21
Defenders
3	DF	Kouame Autonne	24	2021
4	DF	Mohammed Shaker	27	2019
15	DF	Erik Jorgens	23	2020
16	DF	Khalid Al-Hashemi	27	2023
44	DF	Saeed Juma	26	2017
46	DF	Dramane Koumare	19	2024
50	DF	Manea Al Shamsi	23	2021
66	DF	Mansour Al Shamsi	23	2020
Midfielders
5	MF	Park Youg-woo	31	2023
6	MF	Yahia Nader	26	2018
7	MF	Omer Atzili	31	2023
8	MF	Mohammed Abbas	22	2021	^U21
10	MF	Kaku	29	2023
11	MF	Bandar Al-Ahbabi (C)	34	2016
13	MF	Ahmed Barman	30	2013
18	MF	Khalid Al-Balochi	25	2018
20	MF	Matías Palacios	22	2022
21	MF	Soufiane Rahimi	29	2021
22	MF	Falah Waleed	26	2018
26	MF	Ahmed Al-Qatesh	22	2021
27	MF	Sultan Al-Shamsi	28	2021
30	MF	Hazem Mohammad	19	2023	^U19
42	MF	Jonatas Santos	22	2019
70	MF	Abdoul Karim Traoré	19	2023	^U19
Forwards
9	FW	Kodjo Laba	32	2019
77	FW	Rilwanu Sarki	20	2023	^U19
90	FW	Eisa Khalfan	21	2021	^U21
99	FW	Josna Loulendo	20	2023	^U21

Unregistered players

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	GHA	Sampson Agyapong
98	DF	UAE	Salem Abdullah

Transfers

In

No.	Position	Player	From	Fee	Date	Ref.
7	FW	Omer Atzili	Maccabi Haifa	€2,000,000	9 June 2023	^[11]
77	FW	Rilwanu Sarki ^U21	Mahanaim	Undisclosed	18 June 2023	^[12]
14	DF	Khalid Al-Hashemi	Baniyas	Undisclosed	20 June 2023	^[13]
10	MF	Kaku	Al Taawoun	€5,000,000	28 June 2023	^[14]
30	MF	Mohammed Khalfan	Al Bataeh	Loan return	1 July 2023
27	MF	Sultan Al-Shamsi	Al Nasr
4	DF	Mohammed Shaker	Al Nasr
33	DF	Gianluca Santini ^U21	Masfout
5	MF	Park Yong-woo	Ulsan Hyundai	€1,000,000	16 July 2023	^[15]
–	DF	Yohan Gonzalez ^U19	Zamora	Undisclosed	19 July 2023

Out

No.	Position	Player	To	Fee	Date	Ref.
16	DF	Tin Jedvaj	Lokomotiv Moscow	Loan return	13 June 2023	^[16]
10	MF	Andriy Yarmolenko	Dynamo Kyiv	Free transfer	13 June 2023	^[17]
7	FW	Caio Canedo	Al Wasl	Free transfer	13 June 2023	^[18]
22	DF	Saeed Ahmed	Khor Fakkan	Free transfer	7 July 2023	^[19]^[20]
23	DF	Mohamed Ahmed	Al Bataeh	Free transfer	7 July 2023	^[21]^[22]
33	DF	Gianluca Santini ^U21	Dibba Al-Hisn	Free transfer	11 July 2023	^[23]
2	DF	Danilo Arboleda	Al Ahli	Released	14 July 2023	^[24]
29	DF	Omar Saeed	Khor Fakkan	Free transfer	15 August 2023	^[25]

Loans in

No.	Pos	Player	From	Start date	End date	Ref.

Loans out

No.	Pos	Name	To	Start date	End date	Ref.
30	MF	Mohammed Khalfan	Khor Fakkan	23 July 2023	End of Season	^[26]
72	FW	Mohamed Awadalla ^U21	Khor Fakkan	1 August 2023	End of Season	^[27]
34	DF	Rafael Pereira	Khor Fakkan	18 August 2023	End of Season	^[28]^[29]
2	MF	El Mehdi El Moubarik	Raja	18 August 2023	End of Season	^[30]

Pre-season and friendlies

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

14 July 2023 Friendly	Cotillas C.D.	1–10	Al Ain	La Manga, Spain
12:20		Report		Stadium: La Manga Club Football Stadium Referee: Kevin Javier Moreno

20 July 2023 Friendly	Deportivo Murcia	0–10	Al Ain	Murcia, Spain
12:20		Report		Stadium: Pinatar Arena Referee: Alejandro Clemente Ortuño

28 July 2023 Friendly

Racing

0–1

Al Ain

Spain

28 July 2023 Friendly

Intercity

0–2

Al Ain

Spain

6 August 2023 Friendly	Al Ain	3–1	Al-Khaldiya	Al Ain
20:30				Stadium: Hazza Bin Zayed

12 August 2023 Friendly	Al Ain	2–0	Khor Fakkan	Al Ain
19:30				Stadium: Hazza Bin Zayed

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 %
Pro-League	18 August 2023	7 June 2024	Matchday 1	3rd	26	14	3	9	54	37	+17	053.85
President's Cup	18 February 2024	3 April 2024	Round of 16	Quarter-finals	2	1	0	1	2	2	+0	050.00
League Cup	30 August 2023	3 May 2024	First round	Runners–up	7	4	0	3	12	6	+6	057.14
AFC Champions League	19 September 2023	25 May 2024	Group stage	Winners	14	9	1	4	34	21	+13	064.29
Total					49	28	4	17	102	66	+36	057.14

Last updated: 7 June 2024
Source: Soccerway

Pro League

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Al Wasl (C)	26	21	4	1	70	27	+43	67	Qualification for ACLE League stage
2	Shabab Al Ahli	26	18	4	4	73	34	+39	58	Qualification for ACLE play off round
3	Al Ain	26	14	3	9	54	37	+17	45	Qualification for ACLE League stage^[a]
4	Sharjah	26	10	12	4	53	40	+13	42^[b]	Qualification for AFC CL2 group stage
5	Al Wahda	26	12	6	8	45	34	+11	42^[b]

Source: UPLeague
Rules for classification: ^[31] 1) points; 2) head-to-head goal difference; 3) head-to-head goals scored; 4) head-to-head away goals scored; 5) goal difference; 6) number of goals scored; 7) number of away goals scored; 8) head-to-head points; 9) fair play ranking 10) draw
(C) Champions
Notes:

^ As 2023–24 AFC Champions League winners.
^ ^a ^b Sharjah are ahead of Al Wahda on head-to-head points: Sharjah 3–2 Al Wahda, Al Wahda 1–1 Sharjah

Results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
26	14	3	9	54	37	+17	45	6	2	6	29	24	+5	8	1	3	25	13	+12

Last updated: 7 June 2024.
Source: Soccerway

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26
Ground	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	H	H	H	A	H	A
Result	W	W	W	W	L	W	L	W	W	D	L	W	D	W	W	W	D	L	W	L	L	W	L	W	L	L
Position	4	2	1	1	2	1	3	2	2	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	4	3	3	3

Updated to match(es) played on 7 June 2024. Source: UPLeague
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; P = Postponed

Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 22 June 2023.^[32]

18 August 2023 1	Al Ain	3–2	Baniyas	Al Ain
20:30 GMT+4 (UAE Time)	Kaku 38' Autonne 49' H. Abbas 64' (o.g.)	Report	Niakaté 23' Abunamous 74'	Stadium: Hazza Bin Zayed Referee: Ahmed Salim Khalfan

26 August 2023 2	Hatta	0–2	Al Ain	Hatta
18:00 GMT+4 (UAE Time)		Report	Laba 10', 26'	Stadium: Hamdan Bin Rashid Referee: Sultan Abdurazzaq

23 September 2023 3	Al Ain	6–0	Ajman	Al Ain
20:00 GMT+4 (UAE Time)	Rahimi 19', 44' Y. Nader 31' Jonatas 68' Rakan 14' (o.g.) Laba 87'	Report		Stadium: Hazza Bin Zayed Referee: Daniel Siebert (Germany)

28 September 2023 4	Sharjah	2–3	Al Ain	Sharjah
20:00 GMT+4 (UAE Time)	Caio 50', 54'	Report	Autonne 14' 37' Rahimi 41' Laba 50' Jonatas 66'	Stadium: Sharjah Stadium Referee: Michael Oliver

8 October 2023 5	Al Nasr	1–0	Al Ain	Dubai
20:00 GMT+4 (UAE Time)	Memišević 71'	Report	Jonatas 52' 82'	Stadium: Al Maktoum Stadium Referee: Maurizio Mariani

28 October 2023 6	Al Ain	3–1	Emirates	Al Ain
16:45 GMT+4 (UAE Time)	Al-Ahbabi 10' Laba 7', 49' Erik 44'	Report	Iniesta 58' (pen.)	Stadium: Hazza Bin Zayed Referee: Adel Al Naqbi

2 November 2023 7	Al Wasl	3–1	Al Ain	Dubai
19:30 GMT+4 (UAE Time)	Lima 23' Bouftini 53' Canedo 80'	Report	Loulendo 64'	Stadium: Zabeel Stadium Referee: Slavko Vinčić

26 November 2023 8	Shabab Al Ahli	0–3	Al Ain	Dubai
19:30 GMT+4 (UAE Time)		Report	Laba 9', 82' Palacios 23'	Stadium: Rashid Stadium Referee: Raphael Claus

9 December 2023 10	Ittihad Kalba	2–2	Al Ain	Kalba
19:30 GMT+4 (UAE Time)	Vombergar 30' Bessa 38' Ghayedi 50'	Report	Kaku 20' Jonatas 24' Rahimi 71'	Stadium: Ittihad Kalba Stadium Referee: Artur Soares Dias

16 December 2023 11	Al Ain	0–2	Al Wahda	Al Ain
19:30 GMT+4 (UAE Time)		Report	Khribin 12' Bakayev 54'	Stadium: Hazza Bin Zayed Referee: Daniele Orsato

20 December 2023 9	Al Ain	4–1	Khor Fakkan	Al Ain
16:45 GMT+4 (UAE Time)	Laba 7', 37' Al-Ahbabi 47' Atzili 64'	Report	Sulaiman 23'	Stadium: Hazza Bin Zayed Referee: Mohamed Abdalla Alharmoodi

24 December 2023 12	Al Bataeh	1–3	Al Ain	Sharjah
16:45 GMT+4 (UAE Time)	Baba 49'	Report	Laba 36' Atzili 47' Kaku 65'	Stadium: Khalid bin Mohammed Referee: Ahmed Salim Khalfan

25 February 2024 14	Baniyas	0–1	Al Ain	Abu Dhabi
20:00 GMT+4 (UAE Time)		Report	Loulendo 94'	Stadium: Baniyas Stadium Referee: Sultan Abdurazzaq

29 February 2024 15	Al Ain	5–3	Hatta	Al Ain
17:35 GMT+4 (UAE Time)	Atzili 21' Al-Shamsi 44', 47' Kaku 47' Nader 62'	Report	Gabrielzinho 49' Egbuchulam 87', 91'	Stadium: Hazza Bin Zayed Referee: Mohamed Abdalla Alharmoodi

15 March 2024 16	Ajman	0–4	Al Ain	Ajman
22:00 GMT+4 (UAE Time)		Report	Rahimi 19' (pen.), 74', 88' Traoré 21'	Stadium: Rashid Bin Saeed Referee: Mohamed Abdalla Alharmoodi

30 March 2024 17	Al Ain	1–1	Sharjah	Al Ain
22:00 GMT+4 (UAE Time)	Laba 53'	Report	Ben Larbi 56'	Stadium: Hazza Bin Zayed Referee: Yahya Al Mulla

7 April 2024 18	Al Ain	1–3	Al Nasr	Al Ain
22:00 GMT+4 (UAE Time)	Kaku 68'	Report	Taarabt 10' Medeiros 16' Jshak 50'	Stadium: Hazza Bin Zayed Referee: Ahmed Salim Khalfan

11 April 2024 13	Al Ain	2–2	Al Jazira	Al Ain
20:15 GMT+4 (UAE Time)	Autonne 51' Palacios 61'	Report	Bruno 11' Coulibaly 94'	Stadium: Hazza Bin Zayed Referee: Adel Al Naqbi

27 April 2024 21	Al Ain	1–2	Shabab Al Ahli	Al Ain
20:45	M. Abbas 50'	Report	Milivojević 31' Jesus 61'	Stadium: Hazza Bin Zayed Referee: Omar Mohamed Alali

7 May 2024 22	Al Ain	1–0	Khor Fakkan	Al Ain
18:05	Al-Shamsi 26'	Report		Stadium: Hazza Bin Zayed Referee: Bader Bujamhoor

16 May 2024 23	Al Ain	0–1	Ittihad Kalba	Al Ain
18:10		Report	Ghayedi 7'	Stadium: Khalifa bin Zayed Referee: Adel Al Naqbi

20 May 2024 24	Al Wahda	0–2	Al Ain	Abu Dhabi
21:00		Report	Loulendo 23' Sarki 69'	Stadium: Al Nahyan Stadium Referee: Ahmed Salim Khalfan

29 May 2024 20	Al Ain	2–4	Al Wasl	Al Ain
21:00	Rahimi 69' Yong-woo 84'	Report	Bouftini 7' Canedo 19', 60' Lima 40'	Stadium: Hazza Bin Zayed Referee: Mohamed Abdalla Alharmoodi

2 June 2024 26	Al Jazira	2–1	Al Ain	Abu Dhabi
18:20	Traoré 46' Akonnor 59'	Report	Hazem.M 21'	Stadium: Mohammed bin Zayed Stadium Referee: Omar Mohamed Alali

5 June 2024 19	Emirates	2–3	Al Ain	Ras Al Khaimah
18:20	M.Fahad 15' Alcácer 29'	Report	Al-Balochi 42' Atzili 43' Palacios 52'	Stadium: Emirates Club Stadium Referee: Rashid Abdulla Mohammed

7 June 2024 25	Al Ain	0–2	Al Bataeh	Al Ain
18:20		Report	Abang 32' A. Khalil 89'	Stadium: Khalifa bin Zayed Referee: Rawdha Almansoori

UAE President's Cup

18 February 2024 Round of 16	Al Ain	1–0	Al Wahda	Al Ain
20:20	Palacios 86'	Report		Stadium: Hazza bin Zayed Referee: Sergei Karasev

3 April 2024 Quarter-finals	Ittihad Kalba	2–1	Al Ain	Dubai
21:30 GMT+4 (UAE Time)	Ghayedi 10', 26' (pen.)	Report	Loulendo 45+3'	Stadium: Zabeel Stadium Referee: Omar Mohamed Al Ali

UAE League Cup

First round

30 August 2023 First leg	Al Bataeh	0–5	Al Ain	Sharjah
18:00		Report	Autonne 11' S. Al-Shamsi 37' Atzili 65' Loulendo 91', 97'	Stadium: Khalid bin Mohammed Referee: Naser Al Ali

14 September 2023 Second leg	Al Ain	2–1	Al Bataeh	Al Ain
17:30	Rahimi 23' Atzili 43'	Report	Abang 25'	Stadium: Hazza Bin Zayed Referee: Adel Al Naqbi

Quarter-finals

19 October 2023 First leg	Al Nasr	0–2	Al Ain	Dubai
19:30 GMT+4 (UAE Time)		Report	Traoré 28' Palacios 61'	Stadium: Al Maktoum Stadium Referee: Ahmed Salim Khalfan

12 December 2023 Second leg	Al Ain	1–2 (3–2 agg.)	Al Nasr	Al Ain
19:30 GMT+4 (UAE Time)	Kaku 88'	Report	Tshibangu 41' Mohammed 92'	Stadium: Hazza Bin Zayed Referee: Adel Al Naqbi

Semi-finals

9 February 2024 First leg	Ittihad Kalba	0–2	Al Ain	Kalba
17:20 GMT+4 (UAE Time)		Report	Rahimi 47' Abbas 91'	Stadium: Ittihad Kalba Stadium Referee: Ahmed Salim Khalfan

7 March 2024 Second leg	Al Ain	0–2 (2–2 agg.) (2–0 p)	Ittihad Kalba	Al Ain
17:35 GMT+4 (UAE Time)		Report	Bessa 46', 83'	Stadium: Hazza Bin Zayed Referee: Yahya Al Mulla

Final

3 May 2024	Al Wahda	1–0	Al Ain	Abu Dhabi
20:45 GMT+4 (UAE Time)	Pimenta 15'	Report		Stadium: Mohammed bin Zayed Stadium Attendance: 29,768 Referee: César Arturo Ramos

AFC Champions League

Group stage

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	AIN	FEI	PAK	AHA
1	Al-Ain	6	5	0	1	17	9	+8	15	Advance to round of 16	—	4–1	1–3	4–2
2	Al-Fayha	6	3	0	3	12	10	+2	9	Advance to round of 16	2–3	—	2–0	3–1
3	Pakhtakor	6	2	1	3	8	11	−3	7		0–3	1–4	—	3–0
4	Ahal	6	1	1	4	6	13	−7	4		1–2	1–0	1–1	—

Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

19 September 2023 1	Pakhtakor	0–3	Al Ain	Tashkent
18:00		Report	Laba 11', 66' Al-Balochi 25'	Stadium: Bunyodkor Stadium^{[note 1]} Referee: Ko Hyung-jin (South Korea)

3 October 2023 2	Al Ain	4–2	Ahal	Al Ain
20:00	Erik 4' Rahimi 32' Laba 41' Autonne 70'	Report	Tagaýew 58' Meredov 85'	Stadium: Hazza Bin Zayed Attendance: 8,126 Referee: Abdullah Jamali (Kuwait)

24 October 2023 3	Al Ain	4–1	Al-Fayha	Al Ain
20:00	Autonne 36' Kaku 45+3', 67' Rahimi 90'	Report	Al-Harthi 84'	Stadium: Hazza Bin Zayed Attendance: 7,126 Referee: Hanna Hattab (Syria)

7 November 2023 4	Al-Fayha	2–3	Al Ain	Riyadh
20:00		Report		Stadium: King Fahd International Stadium^{[note 1]} Attendance: 1,002 Referee: Ma Ning (China)

28 November 2023 (2023-11-28) 5	Al-Ain	1–3	Pakhtakor	Hazza bin Zayed Stadium, Al Ain
20:00 UTC+4	Khalfan 18'	Report	Erkinov 55', 62' Ćeran 78'	Attendance: 2,926 Referee: Adham Makhadmeh (Jordan)

5 December 2023 (2023-12-05) 6	Ahal	1–2	Al-Ain	Ashgabat Stadium, Ashgabat
19:00 UTC+5	Tagaýew 35'	Report	Rahimi 13' (pen.) Atzili 32' (pen.)	Attendance: 9,544 Referee: Kim Jong-hyeok (South Korea)

Round of 16

14 February 2024 (2024-02-14) First leg	Nasaf	0–0	Al Ain	Markaziy Stadium, Qarshi
19:00 UTC+5		Report		Attendance: 15,186 Referee: Adham Makhadmeh (Jordan)

21 February 2024 (2024-02-21) Second leg	Al Ain	2–1 (2–1 agg.)	Nasaf	Hazza bin Zayed Stadium, Al Ain
20:00 UTC+4	Laba 55' Rahimi 90+2'	Report	Mozgovoy 51'	Attendance: 10,036 Referee: Alireza Faghani (Iran)

Quarter-finals

4 March 2024 (2024-03-04) First leg	Al Ain	1–0	Al Nassr	Hazza bin Zayed Stadium, Al Ain
20:00 UTC+4	Rahimi 44'	Report		Attendance: 22,326 Referee: Hiroyuki Kimura (Japan)

11 March 2024 (2024-03-11)	Al Nassr	4–3 (a.e.t.) (1–3 p)	Al Ain	Al-Awwal Park, Riyadh
22:00 UTC+3	Ghareeb 45+5' Eisa 51' (o.g.) Telles 72' Ronaldo 118' (pen.)	Report	Rahimi 28', 45' Al-Shamsi 103'	Attendance: 23,878 Referee: Ahmed Al-Kaf (Oman)
	Penalties
	Brozović Telles Ronaldo Otávio		Rahimi Kaku Al-Shamsi

4–4 on aggregate; Al Ain won 3–1 on penalties.

Semi-finals

17 April 2024 (2024-04-17)^[a]	Al Ain	4–2	Al Hilal	Hazza bin Zayed Stadium, Al Ain
20:00 UTC+4	Rahimi 6', 26' (pen.), 38' (pen.) Kaku 56' (pen.)	Report	Malcom 49' S. Al-Dawsari 78'	Attendance: 21,226 Referee: Adham Makhadmeh (Jordan)

23 April 2024 (2024-04-23)	Al Hilal	2–1 (4–5 agg.)	Al Ain	Kingdom Arena, Riyadh
21:00 UTC+3	Neves 4' (pen.) S. Al-Dawsari 51'	Report	Erik 12'	Attendance: 18,445 Referee: Ahmed Al-Alili (United Arab Emirates)

Al Ain won 5–4 on aggregate.

Final

11 May 2024 (2024-05-11)	Yokohama F. Marinos	2–1	Al Ain	Nissan Stadium, Yokohama
19:00 UTC+9	Uenaka 72' Watanabe 84'	Report	M. Abbas 12'	Attendance: 53,704 Referee: Salman Falahi (Qatar)

25 May 2024 (2024-05-25)	Al Ain	5–1	Yokohama F. Marinos	Hazza bin Zayed Stadium, Al Ain
20:00 UTC+4	Rahimi 8', 67' Kaku 33' (pen.) Laba 90+1', 90+5'	Report	Matheus 40'

Statistics

Overall

As of 3 April 2024^[34]^[35]^[36]

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Player	Pro League		President's Cup		League Cup		Champions League		Total		Discipline		Notes
No.	Pos.	Nat.	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals			Notes
Goalkeepers
1	GK		Mohammed Abo Sandah	0+1	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	4	0	0	0
12	GK		Sultan Al-Mantheri	0	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
17	GK		Khalid Eisa	16	0	2	0	4	0	9	0	31	0	1	0
Defenders
3	DF		Kouame Autonne	14	1	2	0	5	1	9	0	30	2	5	1
4	DF		Mohammed Shaker	0+5	0	0	0	4	0	2+1	0	12	0	2	0
15	DF		Erik Jorgens	14	1	1	0	6	0	6	1	27	1	5	0
16	DF		Khalid Al-Hashemi	14	0	1+1	0	1+1	0	8+1	0	27	0	3	0
40	DF		Khaled Ali	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	5	0	0	0
44	DF		Saeed Juma	3+7	0	0+1	0	2	0	1+4	0	18	0	1	0
46	DF		Dramane Koumare	3+1	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	7	0	1	0
50	DF		Manea Al Shamsi	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
66	DF		Mansour Al Shamsi	0+1	0	0	0	0+1	0	1+2	0	5	0	1	0
Midfielders
5	MF		Park Youg-woo	14	0	2	0	1+2	0	8	0	27	0	3	0
6	MF		Yahia Nader	10+2	2	1+1	0	1+1	0	7	0	23	2	2	0
7	MF		Omer Atzili	8+6	3	0+2	0	5	2	2	1	23	6	0	0
8	MF		Mohammed Abbas	3+4	0	1	0	0+3	1	5+4	0	20	1	4	0
10	MF		Kaku	15+1	4	2	0	2	1	7	2	27	7	3	0
11	MF		Bandar Al-Ahbabi	11	1	2	0	5	0	9+1	0	26	1	8	1
13	MF		Ahmed Barman	0+6	0	0	0	4+1	0	2+4	0	17	0	1	0
18	MF		Khalid Al-Balochi	1+5	0	0+1	0	2	0	3+1	1	13	1	2	0
20	MF		Matías Palacios	8	1	1	1	3+1	1	4+1	0	18	3	3	0
21	MF		Soufiane Rahimi	15	7	2	0	4+2	2	9	8	32	17	4	0
22	MF		Falah Waleed	0+5	0	0	0	2+1	0	0+6	0	14	0	0	0
26	MF		Ahmed Al-Qatesh	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
27	MF		Sultan Al-Shamsi	1+3	2	0	0	2	1	1+4	1	11	4	1	0
28	MF		Solomon Sosu	0	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
30	MF		Hazem Mohammad	0+5	0	0	0	0+3	0	0+7	0	15	0	3	0
42	MF		Jonatas Santos	2+5	2	0	0	2+2	0	2	0	13	2	2	2
70	MF		Abdoul Karim Traoré	6+5	1	1	0	3+2	1	2	0	19	2	0	0
88	MF		Hamid Mohamed	0+1	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0	2	0	1	0
Forwards
9	FW		Kodjo Laba	14	12	1+1	0	1+2	0	6	6	25	18	2	0
90	FW		Eisa Khalfan	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	1+3	1	5	1	1	0
99	FW		Josna Loulendo	2+6	2	1	1	3+2	2	1+1	0	15	5	5	0

Goalscorers

As of 5 June 2024

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

Rank	No.	Pos.	Player	Pro League	President's Cup	League Cup	Champions League	Total
1	21	MF	Soufiane Rahimi	8		2	13	23
2	9	FW	Kodjo Laba	12			8	20
3	10	MF	Kaku	5		1	4	10
4	7	MF	Omer Atzili	4		2	1	7
5	99	FW	Josna Loulendo	3	1	2		6
6	20	MF	Matías Palacios	3	1	1		5
	27	MF	Sultan Al-Shamsi	3		1	1	5
	33	DF	Kouame Autonne	2		1	2	5
9	8	MF	Mohammed Abbas	1		1	1	3
9	15	DF	Erik Jorgens	1			2	3
11	18	MF	Khalid Al-Balochi	1			1	2
	6	MF	Yahia Nader	2				2
	42	MF	Jonatas Santos	2				2
	70	MF	Abdoul Karim Traoré	1		1		2
15	30	MF	Hazem Mohammad	1				1
	5	MF	Park Yong-woo	1				1
	77	FW	Rilwanu Sarki	1				1
	11	MF	Bandar Al-Ahbabi	1				1
	90	FW	Eisa Khalfan				1	1
Own goals (from the opponents)				2				2
Totals				54	2	12	34	102

Assists

As of 5 June 2024^[37]

No.	Player	Pro League	President's Cup	League Cup	Champions League	Total
10	Kaku	6			4	10
15	Erik Jorgens	6		2	2	10
21	Soufiane Rahimi	2		3	3	8
11	Bandar Al-Ahbabi	3	1	1	2	7
7	Omer Atzili	5				5
18	Khalid Al-Balochi	2		2		4
9	Kodjo Laba		1	2	1	4
20	Matías Palacios	1			2	3
6	Yahia Nader	1			2	3
8	Mohammed Abbas	1			1	2
44	Saeed Juma	1				1
66	Mansour Al Shamsi	1				1
46	Dramane Koumare	1				1
28	Solomon Sosu	1				1
5	Park Youg-woo				1	1
Totals		31	2	10	18	61

Clean sheets

As of 20 May 2024

Rank	No.	Player	Pro League	President's Cup	League Cup	Champions League	Total
1	17	Khalid Eisa	5	1	3	3	12
2	1	Mohammed Abo Sandah	2				2
Totals			7	1	3	3	14

Disciplinary record

As of 7 June 2024^[38]^[39]^[40]

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Player	Pro League			President's Cup	League Cup	Champions League	Total
No.	Pos.	Nat.	Player
42	MF		Jonatas Santos	3	1	1				3	1	1
11	MF		Bandar Al-Ahbabi	5		1			4	9		1
33	DF		Kouame Autonne	5	1				3	8	1
21	MF		Soufiane Rahimi	2				1	4	7
70	MF		Abdoul Karim Traoré	2		1	1			3		1
8	MF		Mohammed Abbas	1				1	4	6
15	DF		Erik Jorgens	3			1		2	6
10	MF		Kaku	2					3	5
99	FW		Josna Loulendo	2				1	2	5
30	MF		Hazem Mohammad	2				1	1	4
5	MF		Park Youg-woo	2					2	4
13	MF		Ahmed Barman	2					1	3
28	MF		Solomon Sosu	3						3
46	DF		Dramane Koumare	3						3
16	DF		Khalid Al-Hashemi	2					1	3
20	MF		Matías Palacios	1				1	1	3
17	GK		Khalid Eisa						2	2
6	MF		Yahia Nader	2						2
9	FW		Kodjo Laba	2						2
18	MF		Khalid Al-Balochi						2	2
4	DF		Mohammed Shaker					2		2
77	FW		Rilwanu Sarki	1		1				1		1
7	MF		Omer Atzili	1						1
88	MF		Hamid Mohamed	1						1
44	DF		Saeed Juma						1	1
66	DF		Mansour Al Shamsi						1	1
27	MF		Sultan Al-Shamsi						1	1
90	FW		Eisa Khalfan						1	1
Totals				47	2	4	2	7	36	92	2	4

Source: Soccerway.com
Ordered by , and
= Number of bookings; = Number of sending offs after a second yellow card; = Number of sending offs by a direct red card.

Hat-tricks

Player	Against	Result	Date	Competition	Round
Soufiane Rahimi	Ajman	0–4 (A)	15 March 2024	Pro-League	16
Soufiane Rahimi	Al Hilal	4–2 (H)	17 April 2024 (2024-04-17)	AFC Champions League	Semi-finals (FL)

⁴ – Player scored four goals.

Awards

Player	Position	Award	Ref.
Soufiane Rahimi	Midfielder	AFC Champions League (2023–24) MVP, Top scorer	^[41]

Notes

^ ^a ^b Team is not using their own home stadium.

^ The match was postponed from 16 April due to adverse weather conditions.^[33]

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External links

Al Ain FC official website (in English and Arabic)

[table_note_res_CLTH0.24181423254396-31] As 2023–24 AFC Champions League winners.

[table_hth_SHR0.24181423254396-32] Sharjah are ahead of Al Wahda on head-to-head points: Sharjah 3–2 Al Wahda, Al Wahda 1–1 Sharjah

[Stadium-35] Team is not using their own home stadium.

[37] The match was postponed from 16 April due to adverse weather conditions.^[33]

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[2] Al Ain Football Club [@alainfcae] (27 May 2023). "شكر ريبروف..العين يتعاقد مع الهولندي ألفريد شرودر" (Tweet). Retrieved 28 May 2023 – via Twitter.

[3] "Al Ain terminates Alfred Schreuder's contract by mutual agreement". AlAinClub.ae. 8 November 2023. Retrieved 8 November 2023.

[4] "Al Ain FC and "Solutions Plus" announce a strategic partnership at a press conference". AlAinClub.ae. 21 September 2023. Retrieved 24 September 2023.

[5] "Al Ain Club and Ethmar International Holding sign a 2-year partnership contract". AlAinClub.ae. 22 August 2023. Retrieved 28 August 2023.

[6] "Al Ain Announces A New Marketing Deal With Nirvana joining "Al Zaeem" Partners". AlAinClub.ae. 31 August 2023. Retrieved 24 September 2023.

[7] "Abdullah Al Shamesi Appointed The Supervisor Of First And Reserved Football Teams". AlAinClub.ae. 1 July 2021. Archived from the original on 5 August 2021. Retrieved 5 August 2021.

[8] "Team | ALAINFC". Archived from the original on 5 August 2021. Retrieved 6 August 2021.

[9] "UAEFA; Players". Archived from the original on 6 February 2022. Retrieved 6 February 2022.

[10] "UAEProLeague; Squad and Manager". Archived from the original on 6 February 2022. Retrieved 6 February 2022.

[11] Al Ain Football Club [@alainfcae_en] (9 June 2023). "Al Ain Club signs in initials with Maccabi Haifa player Omer Atzili to play for the Boss Squad" (Tweet). Retrieved 20 June 2023 – via Twitter.

[12] Al Ain Football Club [@alainfcae_en] (18 June 2023). "Al Ain Club Wins A New Long Term Deal Nigeria' Sarki Joins Al Ain Reserve Team" (Tweet). Retrieved 20 June 2023 – via Twitter.

[13] Al Ain Football Club [@alainfcae_en] (20 June 2023). "Khaled Al Hashemi Signs to the Boss Squad Until 2026" (Tweet). Retrieved 20 June 2023 – via Twitter.

[14] "Kaku" Happiness Creator and Man of Records.. He is the Eid Gift for Ainawi Nation". AlAinClub.ae. 28 June 2023. Retrieved 29 June 2023.

[15] Al Ain Football Club [@alainfcae_en] (16 July 2023). "Park Youg Woo.. Welcome to Al Ain" (Tweet). Retrieved 17 July 2023 – via Twitter.

[16] "رسميا.. العين يعلن رحيل أندري يارمولينكو وكايو كانيدو". EremNews. 13 June 2023.

[17] Al Ain Football Club [@alainfcae_en] (13 June 2023). "Good Luck & Thank You.. Yarmolenko" (Tweet). Retrieved 20 June 2023 – via Twitter.

[18] Al Ain Football Club [@alainfcae_en] (13 June 2023). "Good Luck & Thank You.. Caio Canedo" (Tweet). Retrieved 20 June 2023 – via Twitter.

[19] Al Ain Football Club [@alainfcae_en] (7 July 2023). "Thank You" (Tweet). Retrieved 9 July 2023 – via Twitter.

[20] Khor Fakkan Football Club [@KhorFakkanfc] (13 July 2023). "سعيد أحمد نسراً جديداً في خورفكان" (Tweet). Retrieved 14 July 2023 – via Twitter.

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[22] Al Bataeh Football Club [@AlBataehFC] (8 July 2023). "شركة البطائح لكرة القدم تتعاقد مع المدافع محمد أحمد علي" (Tweet). Retrieved 9 July 2023 – via Twitter.

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[34] "UAE Pro League Holds AI-Powered Draw for 2023-24 Season at Yas Island's SeaWorld - New Season Kicks Off August 18, 2023". UAE Pro League Committee. 22 June 2023. Retrieved 29 June 2023.

[36] ttps://www.reuters.com/sports/soccer/al-ain-v-al-hilal-asian-champions-league-semi-final-postponed-due-bad-weather-2024-04-16/

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