2008–09 Al Ain FC season

Al Ain
2008–09 season
President	Mohammed Bin Zayed
Manager	Winfried Schäfer; (from 26 Dec 2007)
Stadium	Khalifa bin Zayed
UAE Pro League	3rd
President's Cup	Winners
League Cup	Winners
Top goalscorer	League: Jorge Valdivia (23); All: André Dias (23)
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2007–08 2009–10 →
	All statistics correct as of 24 May 2009.

The 2008–09 season was Al Ain Football Club's 41st season in existence and the club's 34th consecutive season in the top-level football league in the UAE.

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	19 September 2008	24 May 2009	Matchday 1	3rd	22	12	7	3	40	20	+20	054.55
President's Cup	31 October 2008	13 April 2009	Round of 32	Winners	5	5	0	0	19	4	+15	100.00
League Cup	11 October 2008	3 April 2009	Group stage	Winners	9	7	1	1	15	5	+10	077.78
Total					36	24	8	4	74	29	+45	066.67

Last updated: 24 May 2009
Source: Competitions

UAE Pro League

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Al-Ahli (C)	22	17	4	1	54	25	+29	55	2009 Club World Cup and 2010 AFC Champions League Group Stage
2	Al Jazira	22	17	3	2	57	17	+40	54	2010 AFC Champions League Group Stage
3	Al Ain	22	12	7	3	40	20	+20	43	2010 AFC Champions League Group Stage
4	Al-Wahda	22	10	4	8	40	39	+1	34	2010 AFC Champions League Qualifying play-off^[a]
5	Al Shabab	22	8	4	10	33	37	−4	28	2009–10 Gulf Club Champions Cup

Source: [1]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions
Notes:

^ Since Al-Ain also won the 2008–09 UAE President's Cup, the fourth-placed team of the league also qualified for the 2010 AFC Champions League.

Matches

19 September 2008 1	Al Ain	4–0	Sharjah	Al Ain
22:00	Dias 2' Valdivia 45' Alloudi 55' Salem .A 85'	Report		Stadium: Khalifa bin Zayed Referee: Mohamed Al Junaibi

25 September 2008 2	Al Dhafra	0–0	Al Ain	Abu Dhabi
22:00		Report		Stadium: Hamdan Bin Zayed Referee: Mohamed Omar

4 October 2008 3	Khor Fakkan	0–2	Al Ain	Khor Fakkan
17:15		Report	Alloudi 48' Senghor 57'	Stadium: Saqr bin Mohammad Al Qassimi Referee: Ali Al Mulla

24 October 2008 4	Al Ain	2–0	Al Shabab	Al Ain
20:00	Valdivia 14', 28'	Report		Stadium: Khalifa bin Zayed Referee: Fareed Al-Marzouqi

6 November 2008 5	Al Nasr	2–2	Al Ain	Dubai
20:00	Mosalam .A 23' Madanchi 43'	Report	Valdivia 17' Senghor 55'	Stadium: Al Maktoum Stadium Referee: Ali Al-Badwawi

11 November 2008 6	Al Ain	2–0	Ajman	Al Ain
20:15	Valdivia 30', 45'	Report		Stadium: Khalifa bin Zayed Referee: Abdulla Al Ajel

24 November 2008 7	Al Wahda	0–1	Al Ain	Abu Dhabi
20:15			Senghor 50'	Stadium: Al Nahyan Stadium Referee: Fareed Al-Marzouqi

6 December 2008 8	Al Ain	0–2	Al Jazira	Al Ain
20:15		Report	Saleh .A 34' Baiano 57'	Stadium: Khalifa bin Zayed Referee: Mohamed Omar

13 December 2008 9	Al Ahli	2–2	Al Ain	Dubai
20:15	Abd Rabo 22', 33'	Report	Valdivia 60' Senghor 89'	Stadium: Rashid Stadium Referee: Ali Al-Badwawi

18 December 2008 10	Al Ain	2–0	Al Wasl	Al Ain
18:00	Dias 82', 89'	Report		Stadium: Khalifa bin Zayed Referee: Fareed Al-Marzouqi

6 February 2009 11	Al Shaab	1–2	Al Ain	Sharjah
17:25	Attram 39'	Report	Dias 8' Senghor 48'	Stadium: Khalid bin Mohammed Referee: Mohamed Al-Zarouni

15 February 2009 12	Sharjah	1–2	Al Ain	Sharjah
17:30	Barbosa 17'	Report	Al-Wehaibi 46' Senghor 93'	Stadium: Sharjah Stadium Referee: Abdulla Al Ajel

20 February 2009 13	Al Ain	2–2	Al Dhafra	Al Ain
17:30	Saif .M 27' F. Ali 37'	Report	Kader 79' Suhail 82'	Stadium: Khalifa bin Zayed Referee: Abdelwahid Khatir

28 February 2009 14	Al Ain	2–1	Khor Fakkan	Al Ain
17:35	Senghor 60' Hazza .S 76'	Report	Malallah 78'	Stadium: Khalifa bin Zayed Referee: Fareed Al-Marzouqi

6 March 2009 15	Al Shabab	0–0	Al Ain	Dubai
17:45		Report		Stadium: Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum Referee: Mohamed Omar

14 March 2009 16	Al Ain	1–2	Al Nasr	Al Ain
20:15	F. Ali 95'	Report	Madanchi 51', 60'	Stadium: Khalifa bin Zayed Referee: Mohamed Al-Zarouni

17 April 2009 17	Ajman	0–5	Al Ain	Ajman
18:00		Report	Dias 11', 69' Al-Wehaibi 46' Saif .M 73' Valdivia 90'	Stadium: Rashid Bin Saeed Referee: Mohammed Abdulla

25 April 2009 18	Al Ain	4–2	Al Wahda	Al Ain
20:00	Dias 49', 54' Al-Wehaibi 62' Senghor 87'	Report	Coly 59', 75'	Stadium: Khalifa bin Zayed Referee: Ali Al-Badwawi

2 May 2009 19	Al Jazira	2–0	Al Ain	Abu Dhabi
20:30	Baiano 53' Mabkhout 89'	Report		Stadium: Mohammed bin Zayed Referee: Fareed Al-Marzouqi

11 May 2009 20	Al Ain	2–2	Al Ahli	Al Ain
19:35	Valdivia 56' Omar .A 78'	Report	Baré 26', 80'	Stadium: Khalifa bin Zayed Referee: Mohamed Omar

16 May 2009 21	Al Wasl	1–1	Al Ain	Dubai
19:35	Mobali 86'	Report	Omar .A 55'	Stadium: Zabeel Stadium Referee: Mohammed Abdulla

24 May 2009 22	Al Ain	2–0	Al Ahli	Al Ain
19:40	Omar .A 85' Saif .M 89'	Report		Stadium: Khalifa bin Zayed Referee: Mohamed Al-Zarouni

UAE President's Cup

31 October 2008 Round of 32	Al Ain	8–0	Dibba	Dubai
16:50	Abdulla .A 4' (o.g.) Dias 27', 66', 72' Valdivia 32', 84' Saif .M 50' Salem .A 85'	Report		Stadium: Al Aweer Stadium Referee: Hamad Ali Yousef

29 November 2008 Round of 16	Al Ain	4–0	Fujairah	Dubai
16:40	Dias 49', 61', 68' F. Ali 86'	Report		Stadium: Zabeel Stadium Referee: Bader Abdullah

2 February 2009 Quarter-finals	Al Ain	3–2	Baniyas	Dubai
20:15	Valdivia 71' I. Ahmed 77' F. Ali 119'	Report	Georges 33' Diarra 82'	Stadium: Al Maktoum Stadium Referee: Ali Al Mulla

24 February 2009 Semi-finals	Al Dhafra	1–3	Al Ain	Abu Dhabi
17:30	Al Saadi 22'	Report	Dias 55', 75' Senghor 82'	Stadium: Zayed Sports City Referee: Mohamed Al Junaibi

13 April 2009 Final	Al Ain	1–0	Al Shabab	Abu Dhabi
17:55	Dias 64' (p)	Report		Stadium: Mohammed bin Zayed Referee: Mohamed Al-Zarouni

UAE League Cup

Group stage

Group C

Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Al Ain	6	4	1	1	9	4	+5	13
Al-Ahli	6	3	1	2	13	10	+3	10
Al-Nasr	6	2	0	4	6	6	0	6
Ajman	6	2	0	4	5	13	−8	6

Source: goalzz.com

11 October 2008 1	Al Ain	1–0	Ajman	Al Ain
17:20	Al-Wehaibi 14'	Report		Stadium: Khalifa bin Zayed Referee: Hamad Al Shaikh

18 October 2008 2	Al Ahli	1–1	Al Ain	Dubai
20:00	Abd Rabo 57'	Report	Senghor 8'	Stadium: Rashid Stadium Referee: Mohamed Omar

7 January 2009 3	Al Nasr	0–1	Al Ain	Dubai
17:05		Report	Valdivia 41'	Stadium: Zabeel Stadium Referee: Mohammed Abdulla

13 January 2009 4	Al Ain	2–1	Al Nasr	Al Ain
20:00	Valdivia 18' (p) Dias 76'	Report	Nosrati 49'	Stadium: Khalifa bin Zayed Referee: Khaled Al-Doukhi

18 January 2009 5	Ajman	0–3	Al Ain	Ajman
17:10		Report	R. Yaslam 34' Salem .A 41' Dias 52'	Stadium: Rashid Bin Saeed Referee: Hamad Al Shaikh

24 January 2009 6	Al Ain	1–2	Al Ahli	Al Ain
17:15	Senghor 34'	Report	F. Khalil 52' Baré 65'	Stadium: Khalifa bin Zayed Referee: Abdullah Karam

Semi-finals

22 March 2009 First leg	Al Jazira	1–4	Al Ain	Abu Dhabi
17:55	Baiano 48'	Report	Dias 10', 30', 45' (p) Hilal .M 46'	Stadium: Mohammed bin Zayed Referee: Mohammed Abdulla

27 March 2009 Second leg	Al Ain	1–0 (5–1 agg.)	Al Jazira	Al Ain
20:30	Dias 70'	Report		Stadium: Khalifa bin Zayed Referee: Mohamed Al Junaibi

Final

3 April 2009	Al Ain	1–0	Al Wahda	Abu Dhabi
19:30	Shehab .A 74'	Report Details		Stadium: Mohammed bin Zayed Referee: Mohammed Abdulla

Statistics

Goalscorers

As of 24 May 2009

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

Rank	Pos.	Player	Pro League	President's Cup	League Cup	Total
1	FW	André Dias	8	9	6	23
2	MF	Jorge Valdivia	9	3	2	14
3	FW	André Senghor	8	1	2	11
4	MF	Saif Mohammed	3	1	0	4
	MF	Ali Al-Wehaibi	3	0	1	4
	FW	Faisal Ali	2	2	0	4
7	MF	Omar Abdulrahman	3	0	0	3
7	MF	Salem Abdullah	1	1	1	3
9	FW	Soufiane Alloudi	2	0	0	2
10	DF	Hazza Salem	1	0	0	1
	DF	Ismail Ahmed	0	1	0	1
	MF	Rami Yaslam	0	0	1	1
	DF	Hilal Al Mesmari	0	0	1	1
	MF	Shehab Ahmed	0	0	1	1
Own goals (from the opponents)			0	1	0	1
Totals			40	19	15	74

References

^ "العين الإماراتي يتعاقد رسميا مع المدرب الإلماني شايفر" (in Arabic). Al Arabiya.

External links

Al Ain FC official website (in English and Arabic)

[table_note_res_ACLQ0.249294074834-2] Since Al-Ain also won the 2008–09 UAE President's Cup, the fourth-placed team of the league also qualified for the 2010 AFC Champions League.

[العين_الإماراتي_يتعاقد_رسميا_مع_المدرب_الإلماني_شايفر-1] "العين الإماراتي يتعاقد رسميا مع المدرب الإلماني شايفر" (in Arabic). Al Arabiya.

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