2002–03 Al Ain FC season

Al Ain
2002–03 season
President	Mohammed Bin Zayed
Manager	Bruno Metsu
Stadium	Tahnoun bin Mohammed
UAE Football League	1st
President's Cup	Quarter-finals
UAE Super Cup	Winners
AFC Champions League	Winners
Top goalscorer	League: Boubacar Sanogo (15); All: Boubacar Sanogo (24)
	← 2001–02 2003–04 →

The 2002–03 season was Al Ain Football Club's 35th season in existence and the club's 28th consecutive season in the top-level football league in the UAE.

Club

Staff

Position	Name
Head coach	France Bruno Metsu

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 2002	3 March 2003	Matchday 1	Winners	22	14	6	2	51	20	+31	063.64
President's Cup	13 September 2002	2 May 2003	Group stage	Quarter-finals	8	6	1	1	23	6	+17	075.00
UAE Super Cup	7 May 2003	16 May 2003	Semi-finals	Winners	3	2	1	0	6	3	+3	066.67
AFC Champions League	9 March 2003	11 October 2003	Group stage	Winners	7	5	0	2	15	8	+7	071.43
Total					40	27	8	5	95	37	+58	067.50

Last updated: 11 October 2003
Source: Soccerway

UAE Football League

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Al Ain	22	14	6	2	51	20	+31	48
2	Al Wahda	22	12	7	3	50	29	+21	43
3	Al Ahli	22	9	7	6	47	36	+11	34
4	Al Nasr	22	8	10	4	36	25	+11	34
5	Al Shaab	22	8	8	6	39	31	+8	32

Source: rsssf.com

Matches

18 October 2002 1	Al Ain	4–0	Sharjah	Al Ain
19:30	Sanogo File:Soccerball shade.svg 43' Msarri File:Soccerball shade.svg 51' S. Rashed File:Soccerball shade.svg 77' M. Omar File:Soccerball shade.svg 82'			Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed

24 October 2002 2	Al Shabab	2–2	Al Ain	Dubai
	W. Obaid File:Soccerball shade.svg 38' J. Khater File:Soccerball shade.svg 87' (o.g.)		Kherrazi File:Soccerball shade.svg 20' M. Omar File:Soccerball shade.svg 30'	Stadium: Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum

30 October 2002 3	Al Ain	5–3	Al Wahda	Al Ain
	S. Khater File:Soccerball shade.svg 17' S. Rashed File:Soccerball shade.svg 24' M. Omar File:Soccerball shade.svg 61', 88' Fahad. A File:Soccerball shade.svg 78'		Sérgio File:Soccerball shade.svg 5' A. Jumaa File:Soccerball shade.svg 45' F. Masoud File:Soccerball shade.svg 52'	Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed

7 November 2002 4	Al Dhafra	0–1	Al Ain	Abu Dhabi
			F. Ali File:Soccerball shade.svg 60'

14 November 2002 5	Al Ain	3–2	Al Wasl	Al Ain
	Sanogo File:Soccerball shade.svg 11', 46' M. Omar File:Soccerball shade.svg 86'		I. Ali File:Soccerball shade.svg 10' Majidi File:Soccerball shade.svg 65'	Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed

22 November 2002 6	Dubai	1–1	Al Ain	Dubai
	Montecinos File:Soccerball shade.svg 65'		M. Omar File:Soccerball shade.svg 88'

2 December 2002 7	Al Ain	2–4	Al Ahli	Al Ain
	M. Omar File:Soccerball shade.svg 6' S. Rashed File:Soccerball shade.svg 45'		H. Ali File:Soccerball shade.svg 8' (pen.) Kazemian File:Soccerball shade.svg 48' Karimi File:Soccerball shade.svg 62' F. Khalil File:Soccerball shade.svg 93'	Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed

12 December 2002 8	Al Shaab	0–2	Al Ain	Sharjah
			S. Khater File:Soccerball shade.svg 80' S. Joher File:Soccerball shade.svg 90'	Stadium: Khalid bin Mohammed Stadium

19 December 2002 9	Ittihad Kalba	1–1	Al Ain	Kalba
	Tamba File:Soccerball shade.svg 58'		Sanogo File:Soccerball shade.svg 52'	Stadium: Ittihad Kalba Stadium

26 December 2002 10	Al Ain	5–1	Al Jazira	Al Ain
	Sanogo File:Soccerball shade.svg 18', 40' F. Ali File:Soccerball shade.svg 28' M. Omar File:Soccerball shade.svg 64' S. Joher File:Soccerball shade.svg 68'		Weah File:Soccerball shade.svg 61'	Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed

31 December 2002 11	Al Nasr	1–1	Al Ain	Dubai
	N'Diaye File:Soccerball shade.svg 13'		Sanogo File:Soccerball shade.svg 5'	Stadium: Al Maktoum Stadium

7 January 2003 12	Sharjah	1–0	Al Ain	Sharjah
	N. Mubarak File:Soccerball shade.svg 59'			Stadium: Sharjah Stadium

11 January 2003 13	Al Ain	2–0	Al Shabab	Al Ain
	Traoré File:Soccerball shade.svg 50' R. Yaslam File:Soccerball shade.svg 75'			Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed

17 January 2003 14	Al Wahda	1–1	Al Ain	Abu Dhabi
	A. Jumaa File:Soccerball shade.svg 38' (pen.)		Traoré File:Soccerball shade.svg 78'	Stadium: Al Nahyan Stadium

30 January 2003 15	Al Ain	6–0	Al Dhafra	Al Ain
	Sanogo File:Soccerball shade.svg 3', 12' Traoré File:Soccerball shade.svg 41' R. Yaslam File:Soccerball shade.svg 50' F. Ali File:Soccerball shade.svg 72' Fahad. A File:Soccerball shade.svg 79'			Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed

5 February 2003 16	Al Wasl	0–0	Al Ain	Dubai
				Stadium: Zabeel Stadium

9 February 2003 17	Al Ain	2–1	Dubai	Al Ain
	Sanogo File:Soccerball shade.svg 57', 90'		Montecinos File:Soccerball shade.svg 74'	Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed

12 February 2003 18	Al Ahli	1–5	Al Ain	Dubai
	Kazemian File:Soccerball shade.svg 52'		Sanogo File:Soccerball shade.svg 12', 55' S. Khater File:Soccerball shade.svg 23' Traoré File:Soccerball shade.svg 60', 68'	Stadium: Rashid Stadium

17 February 2003 19	Al Ain	4–1	Al Shaab	Al Ain
	S. Khater File:Soccerball shade.svg 7' F. Ali File:Soccerball shade.svg 18', 34' Traoré File:Soccerball shade.svg 44'		Y. Hassan File:Soccerball shade.svg 24'	Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed

22 February 2003 20	Al Ain	1–0	Ittihad Kalba	Al Ain
	Sanogo File:Soccerball shade.svg 59'			Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed

27 February 2003 21	Al Jazira	0–2	Al Ain	Abu Dhabi
			S. Khater File:Soccerball shade.svg 15' Sanogo File:Soccerball shade.svg 88'

3 March 2003 22	Al Ain	1–0	Al Nasr	Al Ain
	Traoré File:Soccerball shade.svg 26'			Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed

UAE President's Cup

Group stage

Group D

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Al Ain	6	5	1	0	17	3	+14	16
Al Wasl	6	4	1	1	14	4	+10	13
Al Shabab	6	4	1	1	14	4	+10	13
Al Khaleej	6	2	2	2	8	10	−2	8
Hatta	6	1	2	3	6	14	−8	5
Al Hamriyah	6	1	1	4	5	17	−12	4
Al Jazirah Al Hamra	6	0	0	6	2	14	−12	0

Source: rsssf.org

13 September 2002 Round 1	Al Ain	6–0	Al Hamriyah
	Msarri File:Soccerball shade.svg 4' H. Saeed File:Soccerball shade.svg 31' Sanogo File:Soccerball shade.svg 32', 43' M. Omar File:Soccerball shade.svg 61' Musabbah .S File:Soccerball shade.svg 75'	Report

20 September 2002 Round 2	Al Khaleej	1–3	Al Ain
	A. Mohammed File:Soccerball shade.svg 53'		Sanogo File:Soccerball shade.svg 8' (pen.) R. Yaslam File:Soccerball shade.svg 24', 84'

26 September 2002 Round 3	Al Ain	1–1	Al Shabab	Dubai
	Fahad. A File:Soccerball shade.svg 48'	Report	Daei File:Soccerball shade.svg 36'	Stadium: Zabeel Stadium

2 October 2002 Round 4	Al Wasl	0–2	Al Ain
			Sanogo File:Soccerball shade.svg 41' Kherrazi File:Soccerball shade.svg 42'

10 October 2002 Round 5	Al Ain	4–1	Hatta
	S. Khater File:Soccerball shade.svg 15', 65' Fahad. A File:Soccerball shade.svg 17' Sanogo File:Soccerball shade.svg 75'	Report	Anan File:Soccerball shade.svg 35'

20 March 2003 Round 6	Al Jazirah Al Hamra	0–1	Al Ain
			M. Omar File:Soccerball shade.svg 20'

Round of 16

30 March 2003	Al Ain	6–0	Al Urooba	Dubai
			M. Omar File:Soccerball shade.svg 11', 24' S. Joher File:Soccerball shade.svg 27' G. Harib File:Soccerball shade.svg 32' F. Ali File:Soccerball shade.svg 44' R. Yaslam File:Soccerball shade.svg 75'	Stadium: Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum

Quarter-finals

2 May 2003	Al Ain	0–3	Sharjah	Abu Dhabi
			Barbosa File:Soccerball shade.svg 56', 93' M. Rashid File:Soccerball shade.svg 81'	Stadium: Al Nahyan Stadium

UAE Super Cup

Semi-finals

7 May 2003^[1] First leg	Al Ahli	0–0	Al Ain	Dubai
				Stadium: Rashid Stadium

11 May 2003^[2]^[3] Second leg	Al Ain	3–2	Al Ahli	Al Ain
	F. Ali File:Soccerball shade.svg 25', 64' M. Qassim File:Soccerball shade.svg 69' (o.g.)	Report	F. Khalil File:Soccerball shade.svg 46' Karimi File:Soccerball shade.svg 52'	Stadium: Tahnoun Bin Mohamed

Final

16 May 2003 (2003-05-16)^[4] Final	Al Ain	3–1	Al Wahda	Sharjah
	F. Ali File:Soccerball shade.svg 18' S. Khater File:Soccerball shade.svg 34', 89'	Report Report	Y. Salem File:Soccerball shade.svg 84'	Stadium: Sharjah Stadium Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Fareed Al-Marzouqi^[5]

AFC Champions League

Group stage

Group C

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
United Arab Emirates Al Ain (H)	3	3	0	6	1	+5	9
Qatar Al Sadd	3	1	2	4	5	−1	3
Iran Esteghlal	3	1	2	5	7	−2	3
Saudi Arabia Al-Hilal	3	1	2	4	6	−2	3

Source: ^[6]
(H) Hosts

9 March 2003	Al Ain United Arab Emirates	1–0	Saudi Arabia Al-Hilal	Al Ain
	G. Harib File:Soccerball shade.svg 12' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Tahnoun Bin Mohamed Attendance: 6,500 Referee: Shaban Qassem

12 March 2003	Al Ain United Arab Emirates	2–0	Qatar Al Sadd	Al Ain
	Traoré File:Soccerball shade.svg 24' Sanogo File:Soccerball shade.svg 89'	Report		Stadium: Tahnoun Bin Mohamed Attendance: 9,000 Referee: Lu Jun

15 March 2003	Esteghlal Iran	1–3	United Arab Emirates Al Ain	Al Ain
	Samereh File:Soccerball shade.svg 67'	Report	F. Ali File:Soccerball shade.svg 65' Sanogo File:Soccerball shade.svg 76' G. Harib File:Soccerball shade.svg 78'	Stadium: Tahnoun Bin Mohamed Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Lu Jun

Semi-finals

9 April 2003 First leg	Al Ain United Arab Emirates	4–2	China Dalian Shide	Al Ain
	Sanogo File:Soccerball shade.svg 62' (pen.) File:Soccerball shade.svg 83' M. Omar File:Soccerball shade.svg 64' R. Yaslam File:Soccerball shade.svg 75'	Report	Haidong File:Soccerball shade.svg 17' Yao File:Soccerball shade.svg 88'	Stadium: Tahnoun Bin Mohamed Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Ahdul Rahman

30 August 2003^{[upper-alpha 1]} Second leg	Dalian Shide China	4–3 (6–7 agg.)	United Arab Emirates Al Ain	Dalian
	Peng File:Soccerball shade.svg 27' Janković File:Soccerball shade.svg 77' Haidong File:Soccerball shade.svg 81', 84'	Report	Mendes File:Soccerball shade.svg 46' M. Omar File:Soccerball shade.svg 65' Majidi File:Soccerball shade.svg 87'	Stadium: People's Stadium Attendance: 46,000 Referee: Masayoshi Okada

Notes

↑ Matches was postponed from 22 April 2003 to 30 August 2003 due to SARS outbreak in China.

Final

3 October 2003 First leg	Al Ain United Arab Emirates	2–0	Thailand BEC Tero Sasana	Al Ain
	Majidi File:Soccerball shade.svg 38' Majidi File:Soccerball shade.svg 74'	Report		Stadium: Tahnoun Bin Mohamed

11 October 2003 Second leg	BEC Tero Sasana Thailand	1–0 (1–2 agg.)	United Arab Emirates Al Ain	Bangkok
	Chaiman File:Soccerball shade.svg 60' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Rajamangala Stadium

Statistics

Goalscorers

As of 11 October 2003

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

Rank	Pos.	Player	Football League	President's Cup	Super Cup	Champions League	Total
1	FW	Ivory Coast Boubacar Sanogo	15	5	0	4	24
2	FW	United Arab Emirates Mohammad Omar	8	4	0	2	14
3	FW	United Arab Emirates Faisal Ali	5	1	3	1	10
4	MF	United Arab Emirates Subait Khater	5	2	2	0	9
5	FW	Ivory Coast Kandia Traoré	7	0	0	1	8
6	MF	United Arab Emirates Rami Yaslam	2	3	0	1	6
7	DF	United Arab Emirates Fahad Ali	2	2	0	0	4
8	FW	Iran Farhad Majidi	0	0	0	3	3
	MF	United Arab Emirates Gharib Harib	0	1	0	2	3
	MF	United Arab Emirates Sultan Rashed	3	0	0	0	3
	MF	United Arab Emirates Salem Johar	2	1	0	0	3
12	FW	Morocco Said Kherrazi	1	1	0	0	2
12	DF	United Arab Emirates Ali Msarri	1	1	0	0	2
14	FW	United Arab Emirates Musabbah Salem	0	1	0	0	1
	FW	Brazil Rodrigo Mendes	0	0	0	1	1
	MF	United Arab Emirates Helal Saeed	0	1	0	0	1
Own goals (from the opponents)			0	0	1	0	1
Totals			51	23	6	15	95

References

↑ "لقاء ناري ضمن "السوبر" الاماراتية". Sauress.com.
↑ "العين والوحدة أقرب إلى النهائي في كأس السوبر الإماراتية". Sauress.com.
↑ "العين والوحدة اقرب الى النهائي". Addiyar.com.ae.
↑ "اللقب بين العين والوحدة اليوم". Addiyar.com.ae.
↑ "النتائج الكاملة لمباريات كأس السوبر". AlKhaleej.ae.
↑ "AFC Champions League 02-03 - Group C". AFCChampionsLeague.com. Archived from the original on 18 October 2003. Retrieved 20 May 2023.

External links

Al Ain FC official website (in English and Arabic)

[7] Matches was postponed from 22 April 2003 to 30 August 2003 due to SARS outbreak in China.

[1] "لقاء ناري ضمن "السوبر" الاماراتية". Sauress.com.

[2] "العين والوحدة أقرب إلى النهائي في كأس السوبر الإماراتية". Sauress.com.

[3] "العين والوحدة اقرب الى النهائي". Addiyar.com.ae.

[4] "اللقب بين العين والوحدة اليوم". Addiyar.com.ae.

[5] "النتائج الكاملة لمباريات كأس السوبر". AlKhaleej.ae.

[AFC_Champions_League_02-03_-_Group_C-6] "AFC Champions League 02-03 - Group C". AFCChampionsLeague.com. Archived from the original on 18 October 2003. Retrieved 20 May 2023.

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2002–03 Al Ain FC season

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Competitions

Overview

UAE Football League

League table

Matches

UAE President's Cup

Group stage

Group D

Round of 16

Quarter-finals

UAE Super Cup

Semi-finals

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