Omar Abdulrahman, Asamoah Gyan Al Ain's top goalscorer in AFC Champions League with 18 goals

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.

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 24 September 2020. Legend: GF = Goals For. GA = Goals Against. GD = Goal Difference.

Participations

• 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

International competitions

AFC Champions League[edit] 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 Qarshi 2–1 0–0 2–1

Asian Club Championship[edit] 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 Second round Persepolis 0–2 2–2 (a.e.t.) 2–4 Asian Cup Winners' Cup[edit] 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 Quarter-finals Al-Sadd 2–1 0–1 2–2 (a) Arab Club Champions Cup[edit] Season Round Club Home Away Aggregate 2018–19 First round ES Sétif 1–2 1–0 2–2 (a) GCC Champions League[edit] Season Round Club Home Away Aggregate 1985 Group stage Al-Ahli 0–2 4–1 3rd Fanja 2–3 1–2 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[edit] 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 competition[edit] Al Ain FC in international football by competition Competition Played Won Drew Lost GF GA GD Win% Club Championship / Champions League 142 61 39 42 228 184 +44 042.96 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 71 44 55 259 226 +33 041.76 By country[edit] Country Played Won Drawn Lost For Against Win% Saudi Arabia 40 16 8 16 48 53 040.00 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 Iraq 4 3 0 1 9 4 075.00 United Arab Emirates 4 2 2 0 7 5 050.00 Japan 3 1 1 1 5 7 033.33 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

By club[edit] Opposition Played Won Drawn Lost For Against Win% Al-Hilal 14 6 2 6 12 16 042.86 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 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 Al-Nassr 2 1 0 1 2 2 050.00 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 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