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1998–99 Al Ain FC season

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Al Ain
1998–99 season
PresidentMohammed Bin Zayed
ManagerNelo Vingada
(from 1998 until 15 November 1998[1])
Ilie Balaci
(from 15 November 1998[1])
UAE Football League2nd
President's CupWinners
Asian Club ChampionshipThird place
Top goalscorerLeague: Seydou Traoré (11)
All: Seydou Traoré (15)

The 1998–99 season was Al Ain Football Club's 31st in existence and the club's 24th consecutive season in the top-level football league in the UAE.

Club

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Technical staff

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Position Name
Head coach Portugal Nelo Vingada (Sacked)
Romania Ilie Balaci
Assistant coach Portugal António Simões
Goalkeeping coach Iraq Samir Shaker
Team Manager United Arab Emirates Rabea Ibrahim [2]

Source: [1]

Competitions

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Overview

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Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Football League 2 October 1998 6 May 1999 Matchday 1 2nd 33 16 9 8 58 36 +22 048.48
President's Cup 9 May 1999 27 May 1999 Round of 16 Winners 4 4 0 0 7 2 +5 100.00
Asian Club Championship 4 September 1998 30 April 1999 First round Third place 9 6 0 3 22 10 +12 066.67
Total 46 26 9 11 87 48 +39 056.52

Last updated: 27 May 1999
Source: Competitions

UAE Football League

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League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Al Wahda 33 19 8 6 68 35 +33 65
2 Al Ain 33 16 9 8 58 36 +22 57
3 Al Nasr 33 16 8 9 64 49 +15 56
4 Al Wasl 33 16 7 10 63 37 +26 55
5 Al Ahli 33 15 7 11 69 54 +15 52
Source: rsssf.com

Results by round

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Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233
GroundAAHAHAHAHAHHHAHAHAHAHAAAHAHAHAHAH
ResultDLLWLDWLWDWWWDDWWDLDDWWLWDLWWWLWW
Position10[3]91111[4]7[5]522
Updated to match(es) played on 6 May 1999. Source: UAE Pro League
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

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2 October 1998 1 Baniyas 0–0 Al Ain Abu Dhabi
Report
15 October 1998 3 Al Ain 0–1 Sharjah Al-Ain
Report
Report
Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed
Referee: Saeed Abdullah
31 October 1998 5 Al Ain 2–3 Al Wahda Al-Ain
Report Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed
7 November 1998 6 Al Shabab 1–1 Al Ain Dubai
Stadium: Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum
10 November 1998 2 Al Wasl 1–0 Al Ain Dubai
Stadium: Zabeel Stadium
13 November 1998 7 Al Ain 1–0 Al Jazira Al-Ain
Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed
19 November 1998 8 Al Ahli 1–0 Al Ain Dubai
Report
Report
Stadium: Rashid Stadium
27 November 1998 9 Al Ain 2–1 Al Nasr Al-Ain
Report
Report
Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed
4 December 1998 10 Al Shaab 1–1 Al Ain Sharjah
Stadium: Khalid bin Mohammed Stadium
10 December 1998 11 Al Ain 5–0 Ras Al Khaimah Al-Ain
Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed
25 December 1998 12 Al Ain 2–1 Baniyas Al-Ain
Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed
31 December 1998 13 Al Ain 2–1 Al Wasl Al-Ain
Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed
7 January 1999 14 Sharjah 1–1 Al Ain Sharjah
Stadium: Sharjah Stadium
11 January 1999 15 Al Ain 1–1 Al Khaleej Al-Ain
Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed
25 January 1999 16 Al Wahda 1–2 Al Ain Abu Dhabi
Stadium: Al Nahyan Stadium
28 January 1999 17 Al Ain 1–0 Al Shabab Al-Ain
Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed
3 February 1999 18 Al Jazira 1–1 Al Ain Abu Dhabi
12 February 1999 19 Al Ain 2–3 Al Ahli Al-Ain
Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed
17 February 1999 20 Al Nasr 0–0 Al Ain Dubai
Stadium: Al Maktoum Stadium
5 March 1999 23 Baniyas 2–4 Al Ain Abu Dhabi
10 March 1999 24 Al Wasl 3–0 Al Ain Dubai
Stadium: Zabeel Stadium
14 March 1999 25 Al Ain 5–1 Sharjah Al-Ain
Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed
18 March 1999 26 Al Khaleej 1–1 Al Ain Khor Fakkan
22 March 1999 21 Al Ain 1–1 Al Shaab Al-Ain
Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed
25 March 1999 27 Al Ain 1–2 Al Wahda Al-Ain
Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed
1 April 1999 28 Al Shabab 0–1 Al Ain Dubai
Stadium: Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum
4 April 1999 22 Ras Al Khaimah 2–7 Al Ain Ras al-Khaimah
7 April 1999 29 Al Ain 1–0 Al Jazira Al-Ain
Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed
14 April 1999 30 Al Ahli 0–2 Al Ain Dubai
Stadium: Rashid Stadium
18 April 1999 31 Al Ain 1–3 Al Nasr Al-Ain
Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed
22 April 1999 32 Al Shaab 1–3 Al Ain Sharjah
Stadium: Khalid bin Mohammed Stadium
6 May 1999 33 Al Ain 2–0 Ras Al Khaimah Al-Ain
Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed

UAE President's Cup

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9 May 1999 Round of 16 Al Ain 2–0 Al Dhaid Dubai
Stadium: Zabeel Stadium
12 May 1999 Quarter-finals Al Ain 2–1 Al Shaab Abu Dhabi
Stadium: Al Nahyan Stadium
19 May 1999 Semi-finals Al Ain 2–1 Al Wasl Abu Dhabi
7:30 GMT+4 (UAE Time) Report Stadium: Al Jazira Stadium
27 May 1999 Final Al Ain 1–0 (a.e.t.) Al Shabab Abu Dhabi
Report Stadium: Al Nahyan Stadium
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Fareed Ali

Asian Club Championship

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First round

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4 September 1998 First leg Al Ain United Arab Emirates 5–2 Oman Oman Al Ain
Report
Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed
18 September 1998 Second leg Oman Oman 0–2 United Arab Emirates Al Ain Muscat
Report

Round of 16

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9 October 1998 First leg Al Ain United Arab Emirates 3–1 Lebanon Al-Ansar Al Ain
Report
25 October 1998 Second leg Al-Ansar Lebanon 1–0 United Arab Emirates Al Ain Beirut

Quarter-finals

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
United Arab Emirates Al-Ain 3 2 0 1 7 2 +5 6
Iran Esteghlal 3 2 0 1 3 2 +1 6
Saudi Arabia Al-Hilal 3 1 0 2 5 5 0 3
Turkmenistan Köpetdag Aşgabat 3 1 0 2 4 10 −6 3
Source: AFC
25 February 1999 Al Ain United Arab Emirates 6–1 Turkmenistan Köpetdag Aşgabat Al Ain
Report Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed
27 February 1999 Al Ain United Arab Emirates 0–1 Iran Esteghlal Al Ain
Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed
1 March 1999 Al Ain United Arab Emirates 1–0 Saudi Arabia Al-Hilal Al Ain
Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed

Semi-finals

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28 April 1999 Al-Ain United Arab Emirates 2–2
(aet, 2–4 PK)
Japan Júbilo Iwata Tehran
Al Nowais 35', 66' Tanaka 15'
Fujita 37'
Stadium: Azadi Stadium

Third place

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Statistics

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Goalscorers

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As of 27 May 1999

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

Rank Pos. Player Football League President's Cup Asian Club Championship Total
1 FW Burkina Faso Seydou Traoré 11 2 2 15
2 FW United Arab Emirates Majid Al Owais 7 2 2 11
MF Ghana Abedi Pele 7 0 4 11
4 FW United Arab Emirates Fahad Al Nowais 5 2 3 10
5 MF United Arab Emirates Helal Saeed 5 0 4 9
6 MF United Arab Emirates Jasem Tawfiq 6 0 1 7
7 MF United Arab Emirates Gharib Harib 3 0 2 5
8 FW United Arab Emirates Musabbah Mohamed 4 0 0 4
MF United Arab Emirates Salem Johar 4 0 0 4
10 MF United Arab Emirates Hamad Mubarak 1 1 0 2
FW United Arab Emirates Abdullah Shila 0 0 2 2
MF Morocco Rachid Daoudi 0 0 2 2
14 DF United Arab Emirates Mohamad Abdullah 1 0 0 1
DF United Arab Emirates Abdullah Ali 1 0 0 1
MF United Arab Emirates Awad Gharib 1 0 0 1
MF United Arab Emirates Sultan Rashed 1 0 0 1
DF United Arab Emirates Mohammed Hamdoon 1 0 0 1
Own goals (from the opponents) 0 0 0 0
Totals 58 7 22 87

Awards

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Asian Club Championship

Award[6] Player
Most Valuable Player Burkina Faso Seydou Traoré

References

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  1. ^ a b "العين يستغني عن مدربه البرتغالي فينجادا". AlBayan.ae. Archived from the original on 2002-11-07. Retrieved 2023-05-23.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  2. ^ "نادي الانصار أنهى جميع التحضيرات لاستقبال نادي العين الاماراتي اليوم". Addiyar.com. 23 October 1998. Retrieved 13 May 2023.
  3. ^ "Round 3 results". Al-Jazirah.com.
  4. ^ "Round 8 results". Al-Jazirah.com.
  5. ^ "Round 9 results". Al-Jazirah.com.
  6. ^ "Asian Club Championship 18th Edition 1998/99". Asian Football Confederation. 22 April 1999. Archived from the original on 22 April 1999.
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