2022–23 Al Ain FC season

Al Ain
2022–23 season
President	Mohammed Bin Zayed
Manager	Serhii Rebrov; (from 6 June 2021 ; until 27 May 2023) ; Alfred Schreuder; (from 27 May 2023)
Stadium	Hazza Bin Zayed
UAE Pro-League	2nd
President's Cup	Runners–up
League Cup	Runners–up
UAE Super Cup	Runners–up
Top goalscorer	League: Kodjo Laba (28); All: Kodjo Laba (31)
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	← 2021–22 2023–24 →
	All statistics correct as of 27 May 2023.

The 2022–23 Al Ain Football Club season was the club's 55th in existence and their 48th consecutive season in the top-level football league in the UAE.

Club

Technical staff

Position	Name
Head coach	Ukraine Serhii Rebrov
Assistant coach	Spain Vicente Gómez United Arab Emirates Ahmed Abdullah
Assistant coach and analyst	Spain Alberto Bosch
Fitness coach	Spain Jesus Pinedo Italy Alessandro Sarrocco
Goalkeeping coach	Romania Radu Lefter Romania Dan Zdrinca^[5]
Physiotherapist	Brazil Felipe Perseu^[6]
U-21 team head coach	Iraq Ghazi Fahad
Team Manager	United Arab Emirates Ahmed Al Shamsi
First and U21 team supervisor	United Arab Emirates Abdullah Al Shamsi^[7]

Last updated: 18 July 2021
Source: [1]

Board of directors

Office	Name
President	United Arab Emirates Mohammed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan
Vice President Chairman of the Board of Directors of Al Ain SCC	United Arab Emirates Hazza Bin Zayed Al Nahyan
Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of Al Ain SCC Chairman of the Executive Committee	United Arab Emirates Sultan bin Hamdan bin Zayed
Chairman of Board of Directors	United Arab Emirates Matar Al Darmaki
Vice Chairman of Board of Directors	United Arab Emirates Khaled Al Dhaheri
Board of Directors Member	United Arab Emirates Matar Al Dhaheri
Board of Directors Member	United Arab Emirates Salem Al Jneibi
Board of Directors Member	United Arab Emirates Majid Al Owais

Last updated: 25 May 2022
Source: Al Ain Club

Players

First Team

No	Position	Player	Nation
1	GK	Mohammed Abo Sandah	File:Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg United Arab Emirates
2	MF	El Mehdi El Moubarik	File:Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco
3	DF	Kouame Autonne	File:Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg United Arab Emirates
6	MF	Yahia Nader	File:Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg United Arab Emirates
7	FW	Caio Canedo	File:Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg United Arab Emirates
8	MF	Mohammed Abbas ^U21	File:Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg United Arab Emirates
9	FW	Kodjo Laba	File:Flag of Togo (3-2).svg Togo
10	MF	Andriy Yarmolenko	File:Flag of Ukraine.svg Ukraine
11	DF	Bandar Al-Ahbabi (captain)	File:Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg United Arab Emirates
12	GK	Sultan Al-Mantheri	File:Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg United Arab Emirates
13	MF	Ahmed Barman	File:Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg United Arab Emirates
14	FW	Sampson Agyapong	File:Flag of Ghana.svg Ghana
15	DF	Erik	File:Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil
16	DF	Tin Jedvaj	File:Flag of Croatia.svg Croatia
17	GK	Khalid Eisa (3rd captain)	File:Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg United Arab Emirates
18	MF	Khalid Al-Balochi	File:Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg United Arab Emirates
20	MF	Matías Palacios	File:Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina
21	FW	Soufiane Rahimi	File:Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco
22	MF	Saeed Ahmed	File:Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg United Arab Emirates
23	DF	Mohamed Ahmed (vice-captain)	File:Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg United Arab Emirates
26	MF	Ahmed Al-Qatesh ^U21	File:Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg United Arab Emirates
29	DF	Omar Saeed	File:Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg United Arab Emirates
34	DF	Rafael Pereira	File:Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil
42	MF	Jonathan Santos	File:Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil
44	DF	Saeed Juma	File:Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg United Arab Emirates
45	MF	Khalifa Obaid ^U21	File:Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg United Arab Emirates
72	FW	Mohamed Awadalla ^U21	File:Flag of Sudan.svg Sudan
74	DF	Adham Khalid ^U21	File:Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt
78	MF	Falah Waleed	File:Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg United Arab Emirates
86	DF	Danylo Udod ^U21 (on loan from Shakhtar Donetsk)	File:Flag of Ukraine.svg Ukraine
88	MF	Naser Al-Shikali	File:Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg United Arab Emirates
90	FW	Eisa Khalfan ^U21	File:Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg United Arab Emirates
92	GK	Saif Al-Mazmi ^U21	File:Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg United Arab Emirates
98	DF	Salem Abdullah	File:Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg United Arab Emirates

Unregistered players

No	Position	Player	Nation
5	DF	Danilo Arboleda	File:Flag of Colombia.svg Colombia

New contracts

Date	Pos	No.	Player	Ref.	Notes
9 February 2023	FW	9	Togo Kodjo Laba	^[8]	2026

Transfers

In

Date	Position	No.	Name	From	Type	Transfer window	Team	Ref.
30 June 2022	MF	—	United Arab Emirates Falah Waleed	United Arab Emirates Khor Fakkan	Loan return	Summer	First team	^[9]
30 June 2022	FW	99	United Arab Emirates Jamal Maroof	United Arab Emirates Khor Fakkan	Loan return	Summer	First team
30 June 2022	DF	—	United Arab Emirates Mohanad Salem	United Arab Emirates Ittihad Kalba	Loan return	Summer	First team
30 June 2022	GK	—	United Arab Emirates Ibrahim Al-Kaebi	United Arab Emirates Al Urooba	Loan return	Summer	First team
30 June 2022	MF	—	United Arab Emirates Mohammed Jamal	United Arab Emirates Al Jazira	Loan return	Summer	First team
13 July 2022	FW	—	Ukraine Andriy Yarmolenko	England West Ham United	Free transfer	Summer	First team	^[10]
14 July 2022	MF	—	Argentina Matías Palacios	Switzerland Basel	Transfer	Summer	First team	^[11]

Loans in

No.	Pos	Player	From	Start date	End date	Ref.
—	DF	Croatia Tin Jedvaj	Russia Lokomotiv Moscow	20 December 2022	End of Season	^[12]

Out

Date	Position	No.	Name	To	Fee	Team	Ref.
1 July 2022	MF	10	Argentina Cristian Guanca	Saudi Arabia Al Shabab	End of loan	First team
1 July 2022	GK	—	United Arab Emirates Ibrahim Al-Kaebi	United Arab Emirates Emirates	Free transfer	First team	^[13]^[14]
14 July 2022	MF	25	United Arab Emirates Ali Al-Balochi	United Arab Emirates Al Bataeh	Free transfer	Reserve U21	^[15]
18 July 2022	FW	8	United Arab Emirates Ali Eid	United Arab Emirates Al Dhafra	Contract termination	First team	^[16]^[17]
18 July 2022	MF	14	United Arab Emirates Rayan Yaslam	United Arab Emirates Sharjah	Contract termination	First team	^[18]^[19]
18 July 2022	MF	—	United Arab Emirates Mohammed Jamal	United Arab Emirates Al Jazira	Contract termination	First team	^[20]^[21]
31 July 2022	DF	—	United Arab Emirates Saeed Al-Menhali		End of contract	Al Ain
2 August 2022	DF	20	Tunisia Yassine Meriah	Tunisia Espérance de Tunis	Contract termination	First team	^[22]^[23]
3 August 2022	FW	99	United Arab Emirates Jamal Maroof	United Arab Emirates Dibba	Contract termination	First team	^[24]^[25]
1 September 2022	DF	2	United Arab Emirates Saoud Al-Mahri	United Arab Emirates Al Arabi	Free transfer	Reserve U21
28 September 2022	MF	—	Serbia Andrija Radovanovic	United Arab Emirates Hatta	End of contract	Reserve U21	^[26]

Loans out

No.	Pos	Name	To	Start date	End date	Ref.
30	MF	United Arab Emirates Mohammed Khalfan	United Arab Emirates Al Bataeh	18 July 2022	End of Season	^[27]
27	MF	United Arab Emirates Sultan Al-Shamsi	United Arab Emirates Al Nasr	10 January 2023	End of Season	^[28]
4	DF	United Arab Emirates Mohammed Shaker	United Arab Emirates Al Nasr	8 February 2023	End of Season	^[29]
33	DF	Italy Gianluca Santini ^U21	United Arab Emirates Masfout		End of Season

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	2 September 2022	12 May 2023	Matchday 1	2nd	26	16	6	4	67	31	+36	061.54
President's Cup	8 December 2022	28 April 2023	Round of 32	Runners–up	6	4	1	1	9	1	+8	066.67
League Cup	12 December 2022	27 May 2023	Quarter-finals	Runners–up	5	1	2	2	6	5	+1	020.00
UAE Super Cup	25 February 2023		Final	Runners–up	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1	000.00
Total					38	21	9	8	82	38	+44	055.26

Last updated: 27 May 2023
Source: Soccerway

Pro League

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Shabab Al Ahli (C)	26	17	6	3	53	25	+28	57	Qualification for AFC Champions League play off round
2	Al Ain	26	16	6	4	67	31	+36	54	Qualification for AFC Champions League group stage^{[lower-alpha 1]}
3	Al Wahda	26	15	7	4	48	26	+22	52
4	Al Wasl	26	13	8	5	53	32	+21	47
5	Al Jazira	26	14	4	8	50	39	+11	46

Source: UPLeague
Rules for classification: ^[30] 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:

↑ since Al Ain won the 2021–22 UAE Pro League, they qualified directly to the AFC Champions League group stage meanwhile this seasons league champions will qualify for the play-off round.

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	16	6	4	67	31	+36	54	8	3	2	36	14	+22	8	3	2	31	17	+14

Last updated: 12 May 2023.
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	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H
Result	D	W	L	W	W	L	W	L	W	D	D	D	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	L	D	W	W	D	W	W
Position	7	3	8	4	4	4	3	8	7	8	7	7	7	7	5	4	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2

Updated to match(es) played on 12 May 2023. Source: UAE Pro League
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

2 September 2022 1	Ajman	1–1	Al Ain	Ajman
17:45 GMT+4 (UAE Time)	Madan File:Soccerball shade.svg 60'	Report	Erik File:Soccerball shade.svg 6'	Stadium: Rashid Bin Saeed Referee: Ahmed Eisa Darwish Assistant referees: Ali Rashid Al Nuaimi, Ibrahim Al Ajmi Fourth official: Naser Al Ali

10 September 2022 2	Al Ain	7–0	Al Dhafra	Al-Ain
17:45 GMT+4 (UAE Time)	Laba File:Soccerball shade.svg 11', 29', 43', 68' Yarmolenko File:Soccerball shade.svg 35' Arboleda File:Soccerball shade.svg 81' Rahimi File:Soccerball shade.svg 89'	Report		Stadium: Hazza Bin Zayed Referee: Sultan Abdurazzaq Assistant referees: Mohammed Ghulaita Al Shehhi, Khamis Fairooz Fourth official: Yousif Al Jasmi

15 September 2022 3	Al Jazira	2–1	Al Ain	Abu Dhabi
20:30 GMT+4 (UAE Time)	Ramadan File:Soccerball shade.svg 19' Mabkhout File:Soccerball shade.svg 52'	Report	Laba File:Soccerball shade.svg 39'	Stadium: Mohammed bin Zayed Stadium Referee: Omar Mohamed Al Ali Assistant referees: Mohamed Ahmed Yousef, Waled Al Karmati Fourth official: Mohamed Abdalla Al Harmoodi

2 October 2022 4	Al Ain	3–0	Ittihad Kalba	Al-Ain
20:00 GMT+4 (UAE Time)	Rahimi File:Soccerball shade.svg 15' Laba File:Soccerball shade.svg 52' Caio File:Soccerball shade.svg 79'	Report		Stadium: Hazza Bin Zayed Referee: Adel Al Naqbi Assistant referees: Jasem Abdulla, Yasser Sabeel Al Murshdi Fourth official: Mohamed Abdalla Al Harmoodi

7 October 2022 5	Dibba	0–2	Al Ain	Dibba Al-Fujairah
17:15 GMT+4 (UAE Time)		Report	Yarmolenko File:Soccerball shade.svg 6' Laba File:Soccerball shade.svg 90'	Stadium: Dibba Stadium Referee: Yousif Al Jasmi Assistant referees: Salah Salim, Amer Al Qadri Fourth official: Hasan Ali Mohamed Al Blooshi

15 October 2022 6	Al Ain	2–3	Al Wahda	Al-Ain
20:00 GMT+4 (UAE Time)	Rahimi File:Soccerball shade.svg 13', 57'	Report	Silva File:Soccerball shade.svg 43' Pedro File:Soccerball shade.svg 45' Barman File:Soccerball shade.svg 47' (o.g.)	Stadium: Hazza Bin Zayed Referee: Artur Soares Dias Assistant referees: Rui Barbosa, Paulo Soares Fourth official: Ahmed Eisa Darwish

22 October 2022 7	Al Nasr	1–3	Al Ain	Dubai
20:00 GMT+4 (UAE Time)	Mendes File:Soccerball shade.svg 48'	Report	Yarmolenko File:Soccerball shade.svg 5' Laba File:Soccerball shade.svg 76', 93'	Stadium: Al Maktoum Stadium Referee: Mohammed Abdulla Hassan Assistant referees: Mohamed Ahmed Yousef, Hasan Al Mahri Fourth official: Suhail Abdulla Ali

29 October 2022 8	Shabab Al Ahli	2–1	Al Ain	Dubai
20:00 GMT+4 (UAE Time)	Khribin File:Soccerball shade.svg 43' Ganiev File:Soccerball shade.svg 74'	Report	Marzooq File:Soccerball shade.svg 10' (o.g.)	Stadium: Rashid Stadium Referee: Ahmed Salim Khalfan Assistant referees: Ahmed Al Rashdi, Talal Rashid Al Nuaimi Fourth official: Naser Al Ali

4 November 2022 9	Al Ain	2–1	Khor Fakkan	Al-Ain
16:45 GMT+4 (UAE Time)	Autonne File:Soccerball shade.svg 52' Laba File:Soccerball shade.svg 80'	Report	Abeid File:Soccerball shade.svg 7'	Stadium: Hazza Bin Zayed Referee: Sultan Abdurazzaq Assistant referees: Juma Al Mukhaini, Ibrahim Al Ajmi Fourth official: Ahmed Hasan Hussain Bilal

12 November 2022 10	Sharjah	2–2	Al Ain	Sharjah
19:30 GMT+4 (UAE Time)	Camara File:Soccerball shade.svg 13' Alcácer File:Soccerball shade.svg 77'	Report	Rahimi File:Soccerball shade.svg 87', 90'	Stadium: Sharjah Stadium Referee: Srdjan Jovanovic Assistant referees: Uros Stojkovic, Milan Mihajlovic Fourth official: Suhail Abdulla Ali

20 December 2022 11	Al Ain	2–2	Baniyas	Al-Ain
19:30 GMT+4 (UAE Time)	Yarmolenko File:Soccerball shade.svg 28' Laba File:Soccerball shade.svg 54' (pen.)	Report	Giménez File:Soccerball shade.svg 31' El Moubarik File:Soccerball shade.svg 36' (o.g.)	Stadium: Hazza Bin Zayed Referee: Sultan Mohamed Saleh Assistant referees: Sabet Obaid, Waled Al Karmati Fourth official: Zayed Alawlaqi

24 December 2022 12	Al Ain	1–1	Al Wasl	Al-Ain
19:30 GMT+4 (UAE Time)	Laba File:Soccerball shade.svg 8'	Report	Lima File:Soccerball shade.svg 33'	Stadium: Hazza Bin Zayed Referee: Adel Al Naqbi

22 January 2023 13	Al Bataeh	2–3	Al Ain	Khor Fakkan
20:00 GMT+4 (UAE Time)	Autonne File:Soccerball shade.svg 60' (o.g.) Lourency File:Soccerball shade.svg 81'	Report	Laba File:Soccerball shade.svg 27', 87' Yarmolenko File:Soccerball shade.svg 35' Erik Red card 45+6'	Stadium: Saqr bin Mohammed Al Qasimi Referee: Yahya Al Mulla

27 January 2023 14	Al Ain	5–1	Ajman	Al-Ain
17:15 GMT+4 (UAE Time)	Laba File:Soccerball shade.svg 4', 83' Yarmolenko File:Soccerball shade.svg 31', 37' Al-Ahbabi File:Soccerball shade.svg 70'	Report	Mboungou File:Soccerball shade.svg 48'	Stadium: Hazza Bin Zayed Referee: Adel Al Naqbi

5 February 2023 15	Al Dhafra	1–4	Al Ain	Abu Dhabi
17:30 GMT+4 (UAE Time)	Leonço File:Soccerball shade.svg (8'	Report	Erik File:Soccerball shade.svg 5' Laba File:Soccerball shade.svg 47' (pen.) Yarmolenko File:Soccerball shade.svg 47' Rahimi File:Soccerball shade.svg 56'	Stadium: Hamdan Bin Zayed Referee: Yousif Al Jasmi

11 February 2023 16	Al Ain	3–2	Al Jazira	Al-Ain
20:15 GMT+4 (UAE Time)	Rahimi File:Soccerball shade.svg 70' Laba File:Soccerball shade.svg 37', 94' (pen.)	Report	Bruno File:Soccerball shade.svg 24' Ramadan File:Soccerball shade.svg 29'	Stadium: Hazza Bin Zayed Referee: Adel Al Naqbi

17 February 2023 17	Ittihad Kalba	2–3	Al Ain	Kalba
17:30 GMT+4 (UAE Time)	Al Fardan File:Soccerball shade.svg 47' Cicâldău File:Soccerball shade.svg 94' (pen.)	Report	Caio File:Soccerball shade.svg 21' Rahimi File:Soccerball shade.svg 81' Laba File:Soccerball shade.svg 97'	Stadium: Ittihad Kalba Stadium Referee: Mohamed Abdalla Al Harmoodi

2 March 2023 18	Al Ain	3–0	Dibba	Al Ain
17:30 GMT+4 (UAE Time)	Caio File:Soccerball shade.svg 11' Rahimi File:Soccerball shade.svg 61' Santos File:Soccerball shade.svg 81'	Report		Stadium: Hazza bin Zayed Stadium Referee: Nawwaf Al Zeyoudi

10 March 2023 19	Al Wahda	0–3	Al Ain	Abu Dhabi
20:30 GMT+4 (UAE Time)		Report	Jedvaj File:Soccerball shade.svg 25' Laba File:Soccerball shade.svg 65' Caio File:Soccerball shade.svg 68'	Stadium: Al Nahyan Stadium Referee: István Kovács

17 March 2023 20	Al Ain	0–1	Al Nasr	Al-Ain
20:30 GMT+4 (UAE Time)		Report	Toure File:Soccerball shade.svg 75'	Stadium: Hazza Bin Zayed Referee: Sultan Abdurazzaq

1 April 2023 21	Al Ain	1–1	Shabab Al Ahli	Al-Ain
22:00 GMT+4 (UAE Time)	Laba File:Soccerball shade.svg 80'	Report	Bala File:Soccerball shade.svg 68'	Stadium: Hazza Bin Zayed Referee: Ahmed Salim Khalfan

9 April 2023 22	Khor Fakkan	0–3	Al Ain	Khor Fakkan
22:00 GMT+4 (UAE Time)		Report	Erik File:Soccerball shade.svg 54' Laba File:Soccerball shade.svg 63' Yarmolenko File:Soccerball shade.svg 66'	Stadium: Saqr bin Mohammad Al Qassimi Referee: Sultan Mohamed Saleh

19 April 2023 23	Al Ain	2–0	Sharjah	Al-Ain
22:00 GMT+4 (UAE Time)	Laba File:Soccerball shade.svg 4', 86'	Report		Stadium: Hazza Bin Zayed Referee: Sultan Abdurazzaq

23 April 2023 24	Baniyas	2–2	Al Ain	Abu Dhabi
20:45 GMT+4 (UAE Time)	Giménez File:Soccerball shade.svg 90' Barman File:Soccerball shade.svg 97' (o.g.)	Report	Laba File:Soccerball shade.svg 48' Rahimi File:Soccerball shade.svg 61'	Stadium: Baniyas Stadium Referee: Sultan Mohamed Saleh

7 May 2023 25	Al Wasl	2–3	Al Ain	Dubai
21:00 GMT+4 (UAE Time)	Diallo File:Soccerball shade.svg 5' Lima File:Soccerball shade.svg 90' (pen.)	Report	Al-Ahbabi File:Soccerball shade.svg 52', 72' Santos File:Soccerball shade.svg 102'	Stadium: Zabeel Stadium Referee: Ahmed Salim Khalfan

12 May 2023 26	Al Ain	5–2	Al Bataeh	Al-Ain
18:15 GMT+4 (UAE Time)	Laba File:Soccerball shade.svg 20', 46' Yarmolenko File:Soccerball shade.svg 2', 60' Santos File:Soccerball shade.svg 79'	Report	Lourency File:Soccerball shade.svg 53' Abang File:Soccerball shade.svg 69'	Stadium: Hazza Bin Zayed Referee: Adel Al Naqbi

UAE President's Cup

8 December 2022 R32	Al Ain	4–0	Dibba	Al Ain
16:45	Laba File:Soccerball shade.svg 45+2' (pen.) Caio File:Soccerball shade.svg 75', 84' Erik File:Soccerball shade.svg 87'	Report		Stadium: Hazza bin Zayed Stadium Referee: Hamad Ali Yousef Assistant referees: Mohammed Ghulaita Al Shehhi Turki Al Zaabi Fourth official: Khalid Al Mula

1 February 2023 R16	Khor Fakkan	0–1	Al Ain	Khor Fakkan
17:10		Report	F. Waleed File:Soccerball shade.svg 73'	Stadium: Saqr bin Mohammed Al Qasimi Referee: Yahya Al Mulla Assistant referees: Talal Rashid Al Nuaimi, Ibrahim Al Ajmi Fourth official: Naser Al Ali

6 March 2023 QF	Shabab Al Ahli	0–2	Al Ain	Dubai
20:30		Report	Palacios File:Soccerball shade.svg 7' Laba File:Soccerball shade.svg 80' (pen.)	Stadium: Rashid Stadium Referee: Omar Mohamed Al Ali Man of the Match: El Mehdi El Moubarik

Semi-finals

5 April 2023 First leg	Al Wasl	0–0	Al Ain	Dubai
22:00		Report		Stadium: Zabeel Stadium Referee: Mohamed Abdalla Alharmoodi

14 April 2023 Second leg	Al Ain	1–0 (1–0 agg.)	Al Wasl	Al Ain
22:00	Erik File:Soccerball shade.svg 25'	Report		Stadium: Hazza Bin Zayed Referee: Omar Mohamed Al Ali

Final

28 April 2023 (2023-04-28)	Al Ain	1–1 (13–14 p)	Sharjah	Al Nahyan, Abu Dhabi
19:25	Laba File:Soccerball shade.svg 56'	Report	Abdulbasit File:Soccerball shade.svg 48'	Stadium: Mohammed bin Zayed Stadium
	Penalties
	Yarmolenko soccer ball with check mark Erik soccer ball with check mark Laba soccer ball with check mark Palacios soccer ball with check mark Al-Ahbabi soccer ball with check mark Nader soccer ball with check mark Autonne soccer ball with check mark Barman soccer ball with check mark El Moubarik soccer ball with red X Santos soccer ball with check mark Abo Sandah soccer ball with check mark Yarmolenko soccer ball with check mark Laba soccer ball with check mark Palacios soccer ball with red X		soccer ball with check mark Caio soccer ball with check mark Alcácer soccer ball with check mark Luanzinho soccer ball with check mark Ba Wazir soccer ball with check mark Meloni soccer ball with check mark Ibrahim soccer ball with check mark Abdulrahman soccer ball with check mark Rashid soccer ball with red X Manolas soccer ball with check mark Suroor soccer ball with check mark Al-Hosani soccer ball with check mark Caio soccer ball with check mark Alcácer soccer ball with check mark Luanzinho

UAE League Cup

Quarter-finals

12 December 2022 1st leg	Al Ain	0–0	Al Wahda	Al Ain
19:30		Report		Stadium: Hazza Bin Zayed Referee: Mohamed Al Harmoodi

16 December 2022 2nd leg	Al Wahda	1–1	Al Ain	Abu Dhabi
19:30	Pedro File:Soccerball shade.svg 25'	Report	Rahimi File:Soccerball shade.svg 72'	Stadium: Al Nahyan Stadium Referee: Ahmed Salim Khalfan

Semi-finals

17 May 2023 1st leg	Al Ain	4–1	Al Nasr	Al Ain
19:35	Yarmolenko File:Soccerball shade.svg 59' (pen.) Palacios File:Soccerball shade.svg 69' Rahimi File:Soccerball shade.svg 77', 94'	Report	Taarabt File:Soccerball shade.svg 92'	Stadium: Hazza Bin Zayed Referee: Omar Mohamed Alali

21 May 2023 2nd leg	Al Nasr	1–0 (2–4 agg.)	Al Ain	Dubai
19:35	Taarabt File:Soccerball shade.svg 59'	Report		Stadium: Al Maktoum Stadium Referee: Adel Al Naqbi

Final

27 May 2023 (2023-05-27)	Al Ain	1–2	Sharjah	Abu Dhabi
19:45	Autonne File:Soccerball shade.svg 30'	Report	Luanzinho File:Soccerball shade.svg 52' Caio File:Soccerball shade.svg 55'	Stadium: Al Nahyan Stadium Referee: Ahmed Salim Khalfan

UAE Super Cup

25 February 2023 (2023-02-25) Final	Sharjah	1–0	Al Ain	Dubai
20:30	Laba File:Soccerball shade.svg 29' (o.g.)	Report		Stadium: Al Maktoum Stadium Referee: Szymon Marciniak

Statistics

Squad appearances and goals

Clean sheets

As of 19 April 2023

Rank	No.	Player	Pro League	League Cup	President's Cup	Super Cup	Total
1	17	United Arab Emirates Khalid Eisa	7	1	5		13
2	1	United Arab Emirates Mohammed Abo Sandah			1		1

Goalscorers

As of 27 May 2023

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	Total
1	9	FW	Togo Kodjo Laba	28	3	0	31
2	21	FW	Morocco Soufiane Rahimi	11	0	3	14
3	10	FW	Ukraine Andriy Yarmolenko	11	0	1	12
4	7	FW	United Arab Emirates Caio Canedo	4	2	0	6
5	15	DF	Brazil Erik Jorgens	3	2	0	5
6	42	MF	Brazil Jonathan Santos	3	0	0	3
6	11	MF	United Arab Emirates Bandar Al-Ahbabi	3	0	0	3
8	33	DF	Ivory Coast Kouame Autonne	1	0	1	2
8	20	MF	Argentina Matías Palacios	0	1	1	2
10	16	DF	Croatia Tin Jedvaj	1	0	0	1
	78	MF	United Arab Emirates Falah Waleed	0	1	0	1
	5	DF	Colombia Danilo Arboleda	1	0	0	1
Own goals (from the opponents)				1	0	0	1
Totals				67	9	6	82

Disciplinary record

Assists

As of 17 May 2023^[31]

No.	Player	Pro-League	President's Cup	League Cup	Total
21	Morocco Soufiane Rahimi	11	1	1	13
11	United Arab Emirates Bandar Al-Ahbabi	6	0	2	8
9	Togo Kodjo Laba	8	0	0	8
15	Brazil Erik Menezes	6	1	0	7
10	Ukraine Andriy Yarmolenko	4	0	0	4
33	Ivory Coast Kouame Autonne	3	0	0	3
44	United Arab Emirates Saeed Juma	2	0	0	2
10	Argentina Matías Palacios	2	1	0	3
7	United Arab Emirates Caio Canedo	2	0	0	2
90	United Arab Emirates Eisa Khalfan	0	0	1	1
42	Brazil Jonathan Santos	1	0	0	1
6	United Arab Emirates Yahia Nader	1	0	0	1
18	United Arab Emirates Khalid Al-Balochi	1	0	0	1
22	United Arab Emirates Saeed Ahmed	1	0	0	1
Totals		48	3	4	55

Hat-tricks

Player	Against	Result	Date	Round
Togo Kodjo Laba⁴	Al Dhafra	7–0 (H)	10 September 2022	2

⁴ – Player scored four goals.

References

↑ Al Ain Football Club [@alainfcae_en] (6 June 2021). "Al Ain announces that Sergiy Rebrov will be the new head coach" (Tweet). Retrieved 7 June 2021 – via Twitter.
↑ Al Ain Football Club [@alainfcae] (27 May 2023). "شكر ريبروف..العين يتعاقد مع الهولندي ألفريد شرودر" (Tweet). Retrieved 28 May 2023 – via Twitter.
↑ "Nieuw trainersavontuur aanstaande voor Alfred Schreuder". theNationalNews.com. 24 May 2023. Retrieved 27 May 2023.
↑ Al Ain Football Club [@alainfcae] (27 May 2023). "شكر ريبروف..العين يتعاقد مع الهولندي ألفريد شرودر" (Tweet). Retrieved 28 May 2023 – via Twitter.
↑ "Happy to come back home". Dan Zdrinca Instagram. 26 July 2021. Retrieved 25 January 2022.
↑ "With great pleasure I come to announce my new home and club Al Ain". Felipe Perseu Instagram. 11 January 2022. Retrieved 25 January 2022.
↑ "Abdullah Al Shamesi Appointed The Supervisor Of First And Reserved Football Teams". AlAinClub.ae. 1 July 2021. Retrieved 5 August 2021.
↑ "Al Ain Club Rewards Laba With A New Contract". Al Ain. 9 February 2023. Retrieved 3 April 2023.
↑ Al Ain Football Club [@alainfcae_en] (4 July 2022). "Falah is back to the Team List" (Tweet). Retrieved 25 July 2022 – via Twitter.
↑ Al Ain Football Club [@alainfcae_en] (13 July 2022). "Andriy Yarmolenko from West Ham United to Al Ain until end of 2022-2023 season" (Tweet). Retrieved 25 July 2022 – via Twitter.
↑ Al Ain Football Club [@alainfcae_en] (14 July 2022). "Al Ain announces that it has reached a preliminary agreement with Basel on the transfer of Matias Palacios" (Tweet). Retrieved 25 July 2022 – via Twitter.
↑ Al Ain Football Club [@alainfcae_en] (20 December 2022). "Al Ain Club signs in initials with Croatia's Tin Jedvaj, defender of the Russian Premier League club Lokomotiv Moscow, to play for the Boss squad" (Tweet). Retrieved 20 December 2022 – via Twitter.
↑ "إبراهيم الكعبي يعود لحراسة عرين «الصقور»". AlKhaleej.ae.
↑ Al Ain Football Club [@alainfcae_en] (18 July 2022). "Thank You All" (Tweet). Retrieved 25 July 2022 – via Twitter.
↑ Al Ain Football Club [@alainfcae_en] (18 July 2022). "Thank You All" (Tweet). Retrieved 25 July 2022 – via Twitter.
↑ Al Ain Football Club [@alainfcae_en] (18 July 2022). "Thank You All" (Tweet). Retrieved 25 July 2022 – via Twitter.
↑ "الظفرة يبرم 3 صفقات". Kooora.com.
↑ Al Ain Football Club [@alainfcae_en] (18 July 2022). "Thank You All" (Tweet). Retrieved 25 July 2022 – via Twitter.
↑ Sharjah Football Club [@SharjahFC] (20 July 2022). "نرحب بإنضمام لاعب الوسط ريان يسلم إلى صفوف فريقنا في صفقة انتقال حر" (Tweet). Retrieved 25 July 2022 – via Twitter.
↑ Al Ain Football Club [@alainfcae_en] (18 July 2022). "Thank You All" (Tweet). Retrieved 25 July 2022 – via Twitter.
↑ Al Jazira Football Club [@aljazirafc] (23 August 2022). "نادي الجزيرة يكمل رسمياً اجراءات التعاقد مع لاعب الوسط محمد جمال" (Tweet). Retrieved 18 December 2022 – via Twitter.
↑ Al Ain Football Club [@alainfcae] (2 August 2022). "كل التوفيق لك "ياسين مرياح" في مشوارك القادم" (Tweet). Retrieved 22 December 2022 – via Twitter.
↑ Espérance de Tunis [@ESTuniscom] (5 August 2022). "La signature du défenseur Yassine Meriah a été officialisée" (Tweet). Retrieved 23 December 2022 – via Twitter.
↑ Al Ain Football Club [@alainfcae] (3 August 2022). "مع الأمنيات الصادقة بالتوفيق لك "جمال معروف" في مشوارك القادم" (Tweet). Retrieved 16 December 2022 – via Twitter.
↑ Dibba Football Club [@FcDibba] (26 September 2022). "شركة نادي دبا لكرة القدم تنجح بالتعاقد مع المهاجم جمال معروف لموسم واحد" (Tweet). Retrieved 16 December 2022 – via Twitter.
↑ "نادي حتا يتعاقد مع اللاعب الصربي اندريجا رادوفانوفيتش لمدة موسم واحد". Hatta Football Club Instagram. Retrieved 23 December 2022.
↑ Al Ain Football Club [@alainfcae_en] (18 July 2022). "Our Player Mohamed Khalfan has joined Al Bataeh on loan until the end of the 2021/2023 season" (Tweet). Retrieved 25 July 2022 – via Twitter.
↑ Al Ain Football Club [@alainfcae_en] (10 January 2023). "Our Player Sultan Al-Shamsi has joined Al-Nasr on loan until the end of this season" (Tweet). Retrieved 3 April 2023 – via Twitter.
↑ Al Ain Football Club [@alainfcae_en] (8 February 2023). "Our Player Mohammed Shaker has joined Al-Nasr on loan until the end of this season" (Tweet). Retrieved 3 April 2023 – via Twitter.
↑ "Article (15) P.50 of Arabian Gulf League Regulations" (PDF) (in العربية). Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 August 2019. Retrieved 27 August 2019.
↑ "UAE Pro League 2021/22 – Top Scorers & Top Assists". Soccerway.

External links

Al Ain FC official website (in English and Arabic)

[table_note_res_CLGS0.12089048052248-30] since Al Ain won the 2021–22 UAE Pro League, they qualified directly to the AFC Champions League group stage meanwhile this seasons league champions will qualify for the play-off round.

[1] Al Ain Football Club [@alainfcae_en] (6 June 2021). "Al Ain announces that Sergiy Rebrov will be the new head coach" (Tweet). Retrieved 7 June 2021 – via Twitter.

[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] "Nieuw trainersavontuur aanstaande voor Alfred Schreuder". theNationalNews.com. 24 May 2023. Retrieved 27 May 2023.

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

[5] "Happy to come back home". Dan Zdrinca Instagram. 26 July 2021. Retrieved 25 January 2022.

[6] "With great pleasure I come to announce my new home and club Al Ain". Felipe Perseu Instagram. 11 January 2022. Retrieved 25 January 2022.

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

[8] "Al Ain Club Rewards Laba With A New Contract". Al Ain. 9 February 2023. Retrieved 3 April 2023.

[9] Al Ain Football Club [@alainfcae_en] (4 July 2022). "Falah is back to the Team List" (Tweet). Retrieved 25 July 2022 – via Twitter.

[10] Al Ain Football Club [@alainfcae_en] (13 July 2022). "Andriy Yarmolenko from West Ham United to Al Ain until end of 2022-2023 season" (Tweet). Retrieved 25 July 2022 – via Twitter.

[11] Al Ain Football Club [@alainfcae_en] (14 July 2022). "Al Ain announces that it has reached a preliminary agreement with Basel on the transfer of Matias Palacios" (Tweet). Retrieved 25 July 2022 – via Twitter.

[12] Al Ain Football Club [@alainfcae_en] (20 December 2022). "Al Ain Club signs in initials with Croatia's Tin Jedvaj, defender of the Russian Premier League club Lokomotiv Moscow, to play for the Boss squad" (Tweet). Retrieved 20 December 2022 – via Twitter.

[13] "إبراهيم الكعبي يعود لحراسة عرين «الصقور»". AlKhaleej.ae.

[14] Al Ain Football Club [@alainfcae_en] (18 July 2022). "Thank You All" (Tweet). Retrieved 25 July 2022 – via Twitter.

[15] Al Ain Football Club [@alainfcae_en] (18 July 2022). "Thank You All" (Tweet). Retrieved 25 July 2022 – via Twitter.

[16] Al Ain Football Club [@alainfcae_en] (18 July 2022). "Thank You All" (Tweet). Retrieved 25 July 2022 – via Twitter.

[17] "الظفرة يبرم 3 صفقات". Kooora.com.

[18] Al Ain Football Club [@alainfcae_en] (18 July 2022). "Thank You All" (Tweet). Retrieved 25 July 2022 – via Twitter.

[19] Sharjah Football Club [@SharjahFC] (20 July 2022). "نرحب بإنضمام لاعب الوسط ريان يسلم إلى صفوف فريقنا في صفقة انتقال حر" (Tweet). Retrieved 25 July 2022 – via Twitter.

[20] Al Ain Football Club [@alainfcae_en] (18 July 2022). "Thank You All" (Tweet). Retrieved 25 July 2022 – via Twitter.

[21] Al Jazira Football Club [@aljazirafc] (23 August 2022). "نادي الجزيرة يكمل رسمياً اجراءات التعاقد مع لاعب الوسط محمد جمال" (Tweet). Retrieved 18 December 2022 – via Twitter.

[22] Al Ain Football Club [@alainfcae] (2 August 2022). "كل التوفيق لك "ياسين مرياح" في مشوارك القادم" (Tweet). Retrieved 22 December 2022 – via Twitter.

[23] Espérance de Tunis [@ESTuniscom] (5 August 2022). "La signature du défenseur Yassine Meriah a été officialisée" (Tweet). Retrieved 23 December 2022 – via Twitter.

[24] Al Ain Football Club [@alainfcae] (3 August 2022). "مع الأمنيات الصادقة بالتوفيق لك "جمال معروف" في مشوارك القادم" (Tweet). Retrieved 16 December 2022 – via Twitter.

[25] Dibba Football Club [@FcDibba] (26 September 2022). "شركة نادي دبا لكرة القدم تنجح بالتعاقد مع المهاجم جمال معروف لموسم واحد" (Tweet). Retrieved 16 December 2022 – via Twitter.

[26] "نادي حتا يتعاقد مع اللاعب الصربي اندريجا رادوفانوفيتش لمدة موسم واحد". Hatta Football Club Instagram. Retrieved 23 December 2022.

[27] Al Ain Football Club [@alainfcae_en] (18 July 2022). "Our Player Mohamed Khalfan has joined Al Bataeh on loan until the end of the 2021/2023 season" (Tweet). Retrieved 25 July 2022 – via Twitter.

[28] Al Ain Football Club [@alainfcae_en] (10 January 2023). "Our Player Sultan Al-Shamsi has joined Al-Nasr on loan until the end of this season" (Tweet). Retrieved 3 April 2023 – via Twitter.

[29] Al Ain Football Club [@alainfcae_en] (8 February 2023). "Our Player Mohammed Shaker has joined Al-Nasr on loan until the end of this season" (Tweet). Retrieved 3 April 2023 – via Twitter.

[31] "Article (15) P.50 of Arabian Gulf League Regulations" (PDF) (in العربية). Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 August 2019. Retrieved 27 August 2019.

[SW-32] "UAE Pro League 2021/22 – Top Scorers & Top Assists". Soccerway.

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26	16	6	4	67	31	+36	54	8	3	2	36	14	+22	8	3	2	31	17	+14

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26	16	6	4	67	31	+36	54	8	3	2	36	14	+22	8	3	2	31	17	+14

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Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
26	16	6	4	67	31	+36	54	8	3	2	36	14	+22	8	3	2	31	17	+14