1999–2000 Al Ain FC season

Al Ain
1999–2000 season
President	Mohammed Bin Zayed
Manager	Ilie Balaci; (from 15 November 1998 ; until 10 May 2000)
UAE Football League	Winners
President's Cup	Round of 16
Federation Cup	Fourth place
Asian Cup Winners' Cup	First round
Top goalscorer	League: Majid Al Owais (15); All: Majid Al Owais (15)
	← 1998–99 2000–01 →

The 1999–2000 season was Al Ain Football Club's 32nd in existence and the club's 25th consecutive season in the top-level football league in the UAE.

Competitions[edit]

Overview[edit]

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	6 December 1999	10 May 2000	Matchday 1	Winners	22	13	7	2	47	25	+22	059.09
President's Cup	23 March 2000	23 March 2000	Round of 16	Round of 16	1	0	1	0	0	0	+0	000.00
Federation Cup	22 September 1999	17 November 1999	Group stage	Fourth place	12	6	3	3	19	12	+7	050.00
Asian Cup Winners' Cup	16 September 1999	20 September 1999	First round	First round	2	1	0	1	2	2	+0	050.00
Total					37	20	11	6	68	39	+29	054.05

Last updated: 10 May 2000
Source: Competitions

UAE Football League[edit]

League table[edit]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Al Ain	22	13	7	2	47	25	+22	47^[a]	Champion
2	Al Nasr	22	11	9	2	40	20	+20	46^[b]
3	Al Wahda	22	12	6	4	49	27	+22	45^[c]
4	Al Shaab	22	10	8	4	37	27	+10	38
5	Al Jazira	22	8	10	4	35	29	+6	34

Source: rsssf.com
Notes:

^ 1 bonus point from Federation Cup
^ 4 bonus points from Federation Cup
^ 3 bonus points from Federation Cup

Matches[edit]

6 December 1999 1	Al Ain	1–0	Al Nasr	Al Ain
18:30 GMT+4 (UAE Time)	Ricardo 6' S. Rashed 51'	Report		Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed Referee: Fareed Al-Marzouqi

13 December 1999 2	Al Wasl	4–3	Al Ain	Dubai
21:30 GMT+4 (UAE Time)	N. Khamees 14' M. Omar 31', 67' Daoudi 53'	Report	Al Owais 51', 56', 88'	Stadium: Zabeel Stadium Referee: Abdullah Al Bannai

17 December 1999 3	Al Ain	2–1	Al Wahda	Al Ain
	Fakher 14' G. Harib 41'	Report	Conteh 30' (p)	Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed Referee: Ali Bujsaim

23 December 1999 4	Baniyas	0–2	Al Ain	Abu Dhabi
		Report	S. Khater 8' Al Owais 25'	Referee: Abdulaziz Al Mulla

26 December 1999 5	Al Ain	4–0	Al Khaleej	Al Ain
21:30 GMT+4 (UAE Time)	S. Khater 38' Ricardo 58' A. Gharib 83' Al Owais 90'	Report		Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed Referee: Musallam Ahmad

29 December 1999 6	Al Shaab	2–2	Al Ain	Sharjah
	J. Al-Doukhi 20' (p) Denílson 73'		G. Harib 15' S. Rashed 55'	Stadium: Khalid bin Mohammed Stadium Referee: Mohamed Omar

4 January 2000 8	Al Ahli	2–3	Al Ain	Dubai
	Atiq 45' F. Khalil 62'	Report	Zeigbo 26' G. Harib 84' R. Yaslam 86'	Stadium: Rashid Stadium Referee: Abdulaziz Al Mulla

13 January 2000 7	Al Ain	2–1	Al Shabab	Al Ain
	Al Owais 25', 82'	Report	W. Obaid 35' (p)	Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed Referee: Salah Ameen

21 January 2000 9	Al Ain	2–1	Emirates	Al Ain
	G. Harib 72' H. Saeed 79' (p)	Report	Balhoul 75'	Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed Referee: Fareed Al-Marzouqi

26 January 2000 10	Ittihad Kalba	2–2	Al Ain	Kalba
19:00 GMT+4 (UAE Time)	I. Mohamed 1' Hassan .S 86'		Al Owais 64' Al Nowais 80'	Stadium: Ittihad Kalba Stadium

3 February 2000 11	Al Ain	2–2	Al Jazira	Al Ain
	H. Saeed 32' (p) Al Owais 49'	Report	Tiéhi 66' (p), 89' (p)	Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed

10 February 2000 12	Al Nasr	4–2	Al Ain	Dubai
	Mossi 23' Bagheri 45', 56' M. Ibrahim 88'	Report	H. Saeed 49' S. Khater 65'	Stadium: Al Maktoum Stadium Referee: Younis Al Yassi

5 March 2000 13	Al Ain	2–0	Al Wasl	Al Ain
	G. Harib 31' S. Khater 90'	Report		Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed

10 March 2000 14	Al Wahda	0–0	Al Ain	Abu Dhabi
19:30 GMT+4 (UAE Time)		Report		Stadium: Al Nahyan Stadium Attendance: 15,000

29 March 2000 15	Al Ain	4–0	Baniyas	Al-Ain
	Fakher 15' H. Hassan 24' Al Owais 55', 62'	Report		Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed Referee: Mohamed Omar

3 April 2000 16	Al Khaleej	2–3	Al Ain	Khor Fakkan
19:30 GMT+4 (UAE Time)	Gilmar 57' Hani .S 85'	Report	H. Hassan 12', 14' S. Rashed 60'

7 April 2000 17	Al Ain	0–0	Al Shaab	Al-Ain
19:30 GMT+4 (UAE Time)		Report		Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed

13 April 2000 18	Al Shabab	0–0	Al Ain	Dubai
		Report		Stadium: Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Fareed Al-Marzouqi

20 April 2000 19	Al Ain	1–0	Al Ahli	Al-Ain
	H. Saeed 56' (p)	Report		Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed Referee: Younis Al Yassi

27 April 2000 20	Emirates	0–3	Al Ain	Ras al-Khaimah
		Report	Al Nowais 77', 89' Al Owais 81'	Stadium: Emirates Club Stadium Referee: Saeed Abdullah

3 May 2000 21	Al Ain	4–1	Ittihad Kalba	Al-Ain
	H. Saeed 63' (p) Al Owais 72' S. Johar 89' A. Gharib 90'	Report	R. Saif 81'	Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed Referee: Abdulaziz Al Mulla

10 May 2000 22	Al Jazira	3–3	Al Ain	Abu Dhabi
19:30 GMT+4 (UAE Time)	Tiéhi 21' Abedi 52' M. Abdullah 82'	Report	Al Owais 7', 35' Al Nowais 57'	Stadium: Al Jazira Stadium Referee: Younis Al Yassi

UAE President's Cup[edit]

23 March 2000 R16	Hatta	0–0 (a.e.t.) (4–3 p)	Al Ain	Dubai
19:30 GMT+4 (UAE Time)		Report		Stadium: Zabeel Stadium Referee: Hassan Eisa
	Penalties
	Faye S. Amer S. Mubarak N. Juma Anan A. Ibrahim		S. Khater Al Owais Fahad. A R. Yaslam O. Gharib Fakher

UAE Federation Cup[edit]

Group B[edit]

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Al Ain	10	6	3	1	18	6	+12	21
Al Nasr	10	6	3	1	18	10	+8	21
Al Jazira	10	5	4	1	17	11	+6	19
Emirates	10	3	1	6	15	20	−5	10
Al Shabab	10	2	3	5	12	16	−4	9
Al Khaleej	10	1	0	9	6	23	−17	3

Source: rsssf.org

22 September 1999 1	Al Ain	2–0	Al Shabab	Al Ain
	G. Harib 68' Ricardo 82'	Report		Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed Referee: Abdullah Al Bannai

27 September 1999 2	Al Khaleej	0–5	Al Ain	Khor Fakkan
		Report	Fahad. A 19' H. Saeed 60' S. Khater 72' G. Harib 77' Ricardo 92'	Referee: Abdulaziz Al Mulla

30 September 1999 3	Al Ain	4–1	Al Jazira	Al Ain
	Nei Bala 1', 6' Ricardo 24', 55'	Report	Tiéhi 25'	Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed Referee: Saeed Abdullah

7 October 1999 4	Al Nasr	0–1	Al Ain	Dubai
		Report	Ricardo 55'	Stadium: Al Maktoum Stadium

10 October 1999 5	Al Ain	1–1	Emirates	Al Ain
	H. Saeed 87' (p)	Report	B. Abdullah 10'	Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed

13 October 1999 6	Al Shabab	1–1	Al Ain	Dubai
19:00 GMT+4 (UAE Time)	Fikri 35'	Report	H. Saeed 66' (p)	Stadium: Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum

21 October 1999 7	Al Ain	1–0	Al Khaleej	Al Ain
	Ricardo 52'	Report		Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed Referee: Hassan Eisa

28 October 1999 8	Al Jazira	1–1	Al Ain	Abu Dhabi
	Tiéhi 34' (p)	Report	H. Saeed 5'	Stadium: Al Jazira Stadium Referee: Ali Bujsaim

31 October 1999 9	Al Ain	1–2	Al Nasr	Al Ain
19:00 GMT+4 (UAE Time)	H. Saeed 54' (p)	Report	Mossi 16', 84'	Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed Referee: Saeed Abdullah

7 November 1999 10	Emirates	0–1	Al Ain	Ras al-Khaimah
19:00 GMT+4 (UAE Time)			Ricardo 35'	Stadium: Emirates Club Stadium

Semi-finals[edit]

11 November 1999	Al Wahda	4–0	Al Ain	Dubai
19:30 GMT+4 (UAE Time)	Conteh 12' S. Khamees 50' H. Ali 76' Faye 83'	Report		Stadium: Al Maktoum Stadium

Third Place[edit]

17 November 1999	Al Ain	1–2	Al Wasl	Abu Dhabi
19:45 GMT+4 (UAE Time)	Ricardo 82'	Report	T. Darwish 25', 43'	Stadium: Al Jazira Stadium Referee: Abdullah Al Bannai

Asian Cup Winners' Cup[edit]

First round[edit]

16 September 1999 First leg	Al Jaish	0–1	Al Ain	Damascus
16:30 GMT+4 (UAE Time)		Report	H. Saeed 41'	Stadium: Abbasiyyin Stadium Attendance: 9,000 Referee: Ahmad Abharan (Iran)

20 September 1999 Second leg	Al Ain	1–2 (2–2a agg.)	Al Jaish	Al Ain
19:00 GMT+4 (UAE Time)	G. Harib 64'	Report	Afash 40' Al-Sayed 69'	Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed

Statistics[edit]

Goalscorers[edit]

As of 10 May 2000

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

Rank	Pos.	Player	Football League	Federation Cup	Asian Cup Winners' Cup	Total
1	FW	Majid Al Owais	15	0	0	15
2	MF	Helal Saeed	5	5	1	11
3	FW	Sérgio Ricardo	1	8	0	9
4	MF	Gharib Harib	5	2	1	8
5	MF	Subait Khater	4	1	0	5
6	FW	Fahad Al Nowais	4	0	0	4
7	FW	Hossam Hassan	3	0	0	3
7	MF	Sultan Rashed	3	0	0	3
9	MF	Awad Gharib	2	0	0	2
	FW	Nei Bala	0	2	0	2
	DF	Humaid Fakher	2	0	0	2
12	DF	Rami Yaslam	1	0	0	1
	MF	Salem Johar	1	0	0	1
	DF	Fahad Ali	0	1	0	1
	FW	Kenneth Zeigbo	1	0	0	1
Own goals (from the opponents)			0	0	0	0
Totals			47	19	2	68

Awards[edit]

UAE Football League^[3]

Award	Player
Most Valuable Player	Gharib Harib

References[edit]

^ "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)
^ "هزاع بن زايد في حديث لـ الرياضة :استغنينا عن بيلاتشي ولدينا الوقت لاختيار (البديل)". AlBayan.ae. 13 June 2000. Archived from the original on 16 Aug 2003.
^ "الولد الشقي خطف الاضواء من المحترفين، غريب حارب أفضل لاعب بدوري 2000:". AlBayan.ae. 4 June 2000. Archived from the original on 27 Feb 2003.

External links[edit]

Al Ain FC official website (in English and Arabic)

[table_hth_AIN0.98878824291229-3] 1 bonus point from Federation Cup

[table_hth_NSR0.98878824291229-4] 4 bonus points from Federation Cup

[table_hth_WAH0.98878824291229-5] 3 bonus points from Federation Cup

[العين_يستغني_عن_مدربه_البرتغالي_فينجادا-1] "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)

[Manager-2] "هزاع بن زايد في حديث لـ الرياضة :استغنينا عن بيلاتشي ولدينا الوقت لاختيار (البديل)". AlBayan.ae. 13 June 2000. Archived from the original on 16 Aug 2003.

[Awards-6] "الولد الشقي خطف الاضواء من المحترفين، غريب حارب أفضل لاعب بدوري 2000:". AlBayan.ae. 4 June 2000. Archived from the original on 27 Feb 2003.

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