2011–12 Al Ain FC season

Al Ain
2011–12 season
President	Mohammed Bin Zayed
Manager	Cosmin Olăroiu
Stadium	Tahnoun bin Mohammed
Pro-League	1st
President's Cup	Quarter-finals
League Cup	Group stage
Top goalscorer	League: ; Asamoah Gyan (22); All: ; Asamoah Gyan (27)
Highest home attendance	15,187 vs Al Jazira; (27 April 2012)
Lowest home attendance	1,856 vs Al Jazira; (7 October 2011)
Biggest win	1–3 vs Al Jazira; 4–0 vs Emirates; 4–1 vs Ajman; 1–4 vs Sharjah; 3–0 vs Baniyas; 1–4 vs Emirates; 0–4 vs Ajman; 4–2 vs Al Jazira; 0–3 vs Emirates; 1–4 vs Al Wahda; 4–2 vs Emirates
Biggest defeat	4–0 vs Al Jazira
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2010–11 2012–13 →
	All statistics correct as of 26 May 2012.

The 2011–12 season was Al Ain Football Club's 44th in existence and the club's 37th consecutive season in the top-level football league in the UAE.

Al Ain started the season with a new board of directors,^[1]^[2] after the former board of directors resigned following the 2010–11 season, one of the worst in the club's history.^[3]

Season overview[edit]

Pre-season[edit]

On June 6, Al Ain announced officially Cosmin Olaroiu as the new manager for two seasons and released all the foreign players.^[4] After only one day of contracted with Cosmin Olaroiu, Al Ain reaching an agreement with AEK Athens for Argentine Ignacio Scocco according to reports a value of €3 million.^[5]

August[edit]

On 8 August, Al Hilal announced on his official website an agreement to loan Saudi international Forward Yasser Al Qahtani to Al Ain for one-year at a cost of €2.5 million.^[6]

On 13 August, At the opening of Al Ain Football International Championship, Al Ain S.C.C. launched the new logo for the club.^[7]

Club[edit]

Technical staff[edit]

Position	Staff
Head coach	Cosmin Olăroiu
Assistant coach	Cătălin Necula Gabriel Caramarin Massimo Pedrazzini
Translator	Hussein Fakih
Fitness Coach	Ferdinando Hippoliti
Goalkeeping coach	Vasile Iordache Amer Abdul Wahab
Head of Performance Analysis	Liam Weeks
Academy Director	Wayne Harrison
Reserve team head coach	Ahmed Abdullah
Team Manager	Matar Obaid Al Sahbani
Physiotherapist	Ion Buduga Abdelnasser Aljohny Wiesław Sojka
Team Supervisor	Mohammed Obeid Hammad
Team Administrator	Nasser Al Junaibi

Last updated: 6 June 2011
Source: AlKhaleej.ae, Al Ain FC

Board of directors[edit]

Office	Name
President	Mohammed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan
First Deputy President	Hazza bin Zayed Al Nahyan
Second Deputy President	Tahnoon Bin Zayed Al Nahyan
Chairman of Board of Directors	Abdullah bin Mohammed bin Khaled Al Nahyan
Vice Chairman of Board of Directors	Rashid bin Mubarak Al Hajri
Supervising of Financial and Administrative affairs	Awad bin Hasoum Al Darmaki
Member of Board of Directors	Mohammed Abdullah bin Bdouh
Supervise of the football sector	Mohammed bin Obaid Al Dhaheri

Last updated: 26 March 2011
Source: Al Ain FC, Al Ain FC

Other information[edit]

Ground (capacity and dimensions)	Tahnoun bin Mohammed Stadium (10,000 / )
Ground (capacity and dimensions)	Sheikh Khalifa International Stadium (16,000 / )

Kit[edit]

Home
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Away
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Source: Al Ain FC
Supplier: Kappa / Sponsor: Tamouh / Abu Dhabi National Hotels
Al Ain used this kit only for represent the new players and for three match in Al Ain Football International Championship.

Home
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Away
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Source: Al Ain FC
Supplier: Adidas / Sponsor: First Gulf Bank / Sorouh / Abu Dhabi National Hotels / Strata
On 16 September 2011, Al Ain wear this kit against Al Wahda in League Cup from the new supplier Adidas.

Players[edit]

First Team[edit]

No.	Position(s)	Nationality	Name	Since	Age	Signed from	Notes
Goalkeepers
12	GK	UAE	Waleed Salem	2001	31	Youth system
22	GK	UAE	Mahmoud Al Mas	2011	28	Sharjah
Defenders
4	DF	UAE	Musallem Fayez	2007	25	Youth system
5	DF	UAE	Ismail Ahmed	2008	28	FUS de Rabat
14	DF	UAE	Mohammed Fayez	2010	22	Youth system
19	DF	UAE	Mohanad Salem	2008	27	Al Dhafra
21	DF	UAE	Fawzi Fayez	2007	24	Youth system
33	DF	UAE	Mohammed Al-Dhahri	2010	21	Youth system
44	DF	UAE	Fares Jumaa	2007	23	Youth system
77	DF	UAE	Hazza Salem	2010	23	Youth system
Midfielders
6	MF	ROU	Mirel Rădoi	2011	31	Al Hilal	(3rd C)
7	MF	UAE	Ali Al-Wehaibi	2001	28	Youth system	(VC)
8	MF	UAE	Mohammed Al Saadi	2011	29	Al Dhafra
10	MF	UAE	Omar Abdulrahman	2008	20	Youth system
13	MF	UAE	Rami Yaslam	2001	30	Youth system
17	MF	UAE	Ahmed Al Shamisi	2009	24	Youth system
20	MF	UAE	Helal Saeed (C)	2011	35	Al Jazira	Originally from Youth system
23	MF	UAE	Shehab Ahmed	2002	28	Youth system
24	MF	UAE	Abdullah Malallah	2008	28	Emirates
27	MF	UAE	Salem Abdullah	2006	25	Youth system
Forwards
3	FW	GHA	Asamoah Gyan	2011	26	Sunderland	(on loan from Sunderland)
9	FW	KSA	Yasser Al-Qahtani	2011	29	Al Hilal	(on loan from Al Hilal)
18	FW	UAE	Mohamed Abdulrahman	2008	23	Youth system
28	FW	UAE	Mohamed Naser	2011	24	Al Shabab
29	FW	UAE	Mohamed Malallah	2011	28	Ittihad Kalba
32	FW	ARG	Ignacio Scocco	2011	26	AEK Athens

From Reserve and Youth Academy[edit]

No.	Nat	Position	Player	Since
15	DF	UAE	Khaled Abdulrahman	2010
26	MF	UAE	Hamad Al Marri	2010
28	FW	UAE	Hamad Raqea	2010
30	GK	UAE	Abdullah Sultan	2007
31	MF	UAE	Haddaf Al Ameri	2010
34	MF	UAE	Sultan Nasser	2010
36	GK	UAE	Dawoud Sulaiman	2010
37	DF	UAE	Abdusalam Mohammed	2012
38	MF	UAE	Ahmed Sahel	2010
70	DF	UAE	Bandar Al-Ahbabi	2010
—	DF	UAE	Mohammed Ayed	2009
—	MF	UAE	Saqer Mohammed	2012
—	MF	UAE	Ibrahim Aziz	2011
—	FW	CIV	Jumaa Saeed	2010

New contracts[edit]

Date	Pos	No.	Player	Ref.	Notes
24 May 2012	DF	44	Fares Jumaa	^[8]	30 June 2018
24 May 2012	DF	21	Fawzi Fayez	^[8]	30 June 2018
24 May 2012	MF	27	Salem Abdullah	^[8]	30 June 2018
24 May 2012	DF	4	Musallem Fayez	^[8]	30 June 2015
24 May 2012	GK	30	Abdullah Sultan	^[8]	30 June 2015
24 May 2012	MF	8	Mohammed Al Saadi	^[8]	30 June 2015
24 May 2012	DF	—	Abdusalam Mohammed	^[8]	30 June 2018 (first professional contract)

Transfers[edit]

In[edit]

Date	Position	No.	Name	From	Type	Transfer window	Fee	Ref.
7 June 2011	FW	32	Ignacio Scocco	AEK Athens	Transfer	Summer	€2.800,000	^[9]
9 June 2011	FW	28	Mohamed Naser	Al Shabab	Transfer	Summer	Undisclosed	^[10]
11 June 2011	FW	29	Mohamed Malallah	Ittihad Kalba	Transfer	Summer	Undisclosed	^[11]
24 June 2011	MF	6	Mirel Rădoi	Al Hilal	Transfer	Summer	€4,200,000	^[12]
12 July 2011	GK	22	Mahmoud Al Mass	Sharjah	Transfer	Summer	€917,000	^[13]
13 July 2011	DF	–	Adnan Bisho	Al Shaab	Transfer	Summer	Undisclosed	^[13]
4 August 2011	MF	20	Helal Saeed	Al Jazira	Transfer	Summer	Undisclosed	^[14]
7 August 2011	FW	9	Yasser Al-Qahtani	Al Hilal	Loan	Summer	€1,300,000	^[15]
11 August 2011	MF	8	Mohammed Al Saadi	Al Dhafra	Transfer	Summer	Undisclosed	^[16]
9 September 2011	FW	3	Asamoah Gyan	Sunderland	Loan	Summer	€7,000,000	^[17]
Total							€16,217,000

Out[edit]

Date	Position	No.	Name	To	Type	Transfer window	Fee	Ref.
26 June 2011	MF	38	Elias Ribeiro	Figueirense	Transfer	Summer	Free	^[18]
30 June 2011	FW	—	José Sand	Tijuana	Transfer	Summer	€4,370,000	^[19]
30 June 2011	MF	6	Ibrahima Keita	Qadsia	End of loan	Summer	Free	^[20]
3 August 2011	GK	39	Ismail Rabee	Al Shabab	Loan	Summer	Undisclosed	^[21]
5 August 2011	FW	99	Faisal Ali	Al Dhafra	Transfer	Summer	Free	^[22]
25 August 2011	MF	—	Milovan Mirošević	Universidad Católica	Transfer	Summer	Released	^[23]
26 August 2011	DF	—	Adnan Bisho	Al Shaab	Loan	Summer	Undisclosed	^[24]
8 September 2011	MF	11	Saif Mohammed	Al Shaab	Loan	Summer	Undisclosed	^[25]
27 September 2011	FW	9	Valentin Badea	Concordia Chiajna	Transfer	Summer	Free	^[26]
Total							€4,370,000

Pre-season and friendlies[edit]

12 July 2011 Friendly	Riccione	1–3	Al Ain	Italy
21:30 GMT+4 (UAE Time)		Report Details		Stadium: Bruneck Stadium

16 July 2011 Friendly	Palermo	2–0	Al Ain	Brixen
22:00 GMT+4 (UAE Time)		Report Details		Stadium: Stadio Comunale Referee: Zuliani

23 July 2011 Friendly	Leogang	0–11	Al Ain	Austria
			S. Mohammed M. Malallah M. Naser Al Ahbabi Raqea Shehab o.g.' o.g.' o.g.'

24 July 2011 Friendly	Wigan Athletic	0–0	Al Ain	Bischofshofen
21:00 GMT+4 (UAE Time)		Report		Attendance: 418

26 July 2011 Friendly	MTK Budapest	2–0	Al Ain	Austria
20:00 GMT+4 (UAE Time)		Report

28 July 2011 Friendly	PAS Giannina	3–1	Al Ain	Austria
20:30 GMT+4 (UAE Time)	Tzimopoulos 27' Tzanis 66' Becerra 68'	Report Details	Scocco 51' (pen.)

13 August 2011 AFIC	Al Ain	6–1	Al Riffa	Al Ain
22:30	Yasser 14' 32' (pen.) Mohamed. M 37' Haddaf 66' Helal. S 70' Salem. A 73' R. Yaslam 80'	Report	17' Hussein 60' Abubakar	Stadium: Khalifa Bin Zyed Referee: Ali Hamad

16 August 2011 AFIC	Al Ain	0–0	Al Suwaiq	Al Ain
21:30		Report		Stadium: Khalifa Bin Zyed Referee: Ammar Al Junaibi

19 August 2011 AFIC	Al Ain	1–1	Al Shabab	Al Ain
23:30	Musallem. F 49' Radoi 55' Yasser 58' Azoz 87'	Report	22' (o.g.) Ismail 54' Hassan 55' Abdulmalk 57' Marcelo 61' Fernando 73' Waleed 77' Ahmed	Stadium: Khalifa Bin Zyed Referee: Mohammed Abdulkarim

23 August 2011 Friendly	Al Ain	2–0	Dubai	Al Ain
22:00 GMT+4 (UAE Time)	M. Nasser 54' 62' Raqea 75'	Report	20' Feindouno 44' J.Abdulla 53' Camara 69' A.Salim	Stadium: Khalifa Bin Zyed Referee: Sultan Mohammed Saleh

5 September 2011 Friendly	Alkharitiyat	0–1	Al Ain	Doha
19:45	Vivian	Report	27' (pen.) Radoi 48' S. Rabie	Stadium: Suheim Bin Hamad Referee: Abdul Rahman Jassim

8 September 2011 Friendly	Al Sadd	1–0	Al Ain	Doha
19:45	Al-Hamad 65'	Report		Stadium: Jassim Bin Hamad Referee: Mohammed Taha

18 September 2011 Friendly	Al Ain	3–1	Al Shabab	Al Ain
21:30 GMT+4 (UAE Time)	Mohammed .S 40' Shehab 43' (pen.) Ayed 50' S. Rabie 59' I. Aziz 83'	Report	2' Rabia 80' Dew	Stadium: Khalifa Bin Zyed Referee: Issa Khalifa

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 %
Pro League	16 October 2011	26 May 2012	Matchday 1	Winners	22	17	4	1	52	16	+36	077.27
League Cup	16 September 2011	2 March 2012	Group stage	Group stage	10	5	2	3	17	13	+4	050.00
President's Cup	18 December 2011	10 January 2012	Round of 16	Quarter-finals	2	1	0	1	4	3	+1	050.00
Total					34	23	6	5	73	32	+41	067.65

Last updated: 26 May 2012
Source: Competitions

UAE Pro-League[edit]

League table[edit]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Al Ain (C)	22	17	4	1	52	16	+36	55	2013 AFC Champions League Group stage
2	Al Nasr	22	11	8	3	49	33	+16	41	2013 AFC Champions League Qualifying play-off
3	Al Shabab	22	10	8	4	39	27	+12	38	2013 AFC Champions League Qualifying play-off
4	Al Jazira	22	11	2	9	47	38	+9	35	2013 AFC Champions League Group stage^[a]
5	Al-Ahli	22	10	4	8	45	42	+3	34

Updated to match(es) played on 27 May 2012. Source: Standings
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions
Notes:

^ Al Jazira secured qualification for the 2013 AFC Champions League through winning the 2011–12 UAE President's Cup

Results summary[edit]


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
22	17	4	1	52	16	+36	55	12	0	0	30	4	+26	5	4	1	22	12	+10

Last updated: 26 May 2012.
Source: Competitive Matches

Results by round[edit]

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	W	D	W	W	W	D	W	W	W	D	W	L	W	W	W	W	W	D	W	W	W	W
Position	3	3	3	1	3	3	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

Updated to match(es) played on 26 May 2012. Source: Pro-League
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches[edit]

16 October 2011 1	Al Ain	2–0	Al Nasr	Al Ain
18:40 GMT+4 (UAE Time)	I. Ahmed 13' Al Qahtani 32' 56'	Summary Report	Lima 14' T. Hamad 40' Bangoura 75' A. Moosa 75'	Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed Attendance: 5,322 Referee: Mohamed Al-Zarouni

21 October 2011 2	Al Wahda	2–2	Al Ain	Abu Dhabi
20:00 GMT+4 (UAE Time)	Al Kamali 30' Al Shehhi 42' K. Jalal 83' Eisa .A 86' Baiano 87'	Summary Report	Gyan 27' Al Wehaibi 29' R. Yaslam 85' I. Ahmed 90+3'	Stadium: Al Nahyan Attendance: 8,882 Referee: Ali Hamad

29 October 2011 3	Al Ain	2–1	Dubai	Al Ain
20:00 GMT+4 (UAE Time)	F. Fayez 8' Scocco 19' Gyan 20', 23' M. Fayez 38' W. Salem 41' M. Abdulrahman 67' S. Abdullah 90+3'	Summary Report	Daoudi 33' Feindouno 43'	Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed Attendance: 4,845 Referee: Hamad Al Shaikh

26 November 2011 5	Al Ain	2–1	Sharjah	Al Ain
20:00 GMT+4 (UAE Time)	Scocco 6' Al Wehaibi 74'	Summary Report	Y. Mustafa 42' Marcelinho 48' H. Ahmed 52' Al-Maghni 60' Fahad. M 76'	Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed Attendance: 4,887 Referee: Hamad Al Shaikh

4 December 2011 6	Baniyas	2–2	Al Ain	Abu Dhabi
16:50 GMT+4 (UAE Time)	Senghor 6' 6' A. Abdulrahman 14' F. Bashir 43' M. Khalaf 47' N. Mubarak 86' Thamer. M 88'	Summary Report	Gyan 12', 49' (pen.) Scocco 28' F. Jumaa 52'	Stadium: Baniyas Attendance: 3,037 Referee: Mohammed Abdullah

9 December 2011 7	Al Ain	2–0	Al Wasl	Al Ain
20:00 GMT+4 (UAE Time)	Gyan 12' (pen.) Scocco 38'	Summary Report	M. Nasser 45' S. Saeed 56' Rashed. E 75'	Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed Attendance: 7,432 Referee: Hamad Al Shaikh

13 December 2011 4	Al Ahli	0–2	Al Ain	Dubai
20:00 GMT+4 (UAE Time)	Grafite 41' M. Qassim 76'	Summary Report	Gyan 20' K. Abdulrahman 23' Scocco 46' M. Salem 62' Musallem. F 90+1'	Stadium: Rashid Attendance: 5,120 Referee: Ammar Al-Jeneibi

22 December 2011 8	Al Jazira	1–3	Al Ain	Abu Dhabi
20:00 GMT+4 (UAE Time)	J. Abdullah 49'	Summary Report	Gyan 4', 90+3' F. Jumaa 32' F. Fayez 60' W. Salem 66' Scocco 81'	Stadium: Mohammed Bin Zayed Attendance: 21,455 Referee: Ammar Al-Jeneibi

30 December 2011 9	Al Ain	4–0	Emirates	Al Ain
16:55 GMT+4 (UAE Time)	Gyan 6' (pen.) K. Abdulrahman 14' A. Fayez 44' M. Naser 49' Al Saadi 67'	Summary Report	Shamarikh 37' Malek 42' M. Ali 66' A. Ali 86'	Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed Attendance: 6,471 Referee: Mohammed Abdullah

4 January 2012 10	Al Shabab	1–1	Al Ain	Dubai
20:00 GMT+4 (UAE Time)	E. Dhahi 5' A. Al Blooshi 42' César 57' (pen.) W. Abbas 90+3'	Summary Report	Scocco 6' (pen.) M. Salem 9' F. Jumaa 10' F. Fayez 56'	Stadium: Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum Attendance: 7,623 Referee: Ammar Al-Jeneibi

14 January 2012 11	Al Ain	4–1	Ajman	Al Ain
18:15 GMT+4 (UAE Time)	M. Naser 56', 84' Scocco 82' (pen.), 90' M. Abdulrahman 85'	Summary Report	Touré 33' W. Ahmed 59'	Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed Attendance: 5,281 Referee: Abdullah Al Ajel

23 January 2012 12	Al Nasr	2–0	Al Ain	Dubai
20:00 GMT+4 (UAE Time)	Bresciano 5' 15' Younes. A 90+2' Diané 90+2'	Summary Report	H. Salem 2' Al Qahtani 49' W. Salem 90+2'	Stadium: Al-Maktoum Attendance: 6,427 Referee: Mohammed Abdullah

8 February 2012 13	Al Ain	1–0	Al Wahda	Al Ain
20:00 GMT+4 (UAE Time)	Al Qahtani 11' F. Jumaa 82'	Summary Report	Yaqoub 12' Ismail. M 47' Mahmoud. K 73'	Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed Attendance: 10,322 Referee: Mohamed Al-Zarouni

15 February 2012 14	Dubai	0–2	Al Ain	Dubai
17:25 GMT+4 (UAE Time)	A. Abdulqader 37' Hassan. M 61' Camara 66' Y. Al Hammadi 77'	Summary Report	Scocco 20' Gyan 62'	Stadium: Police Officers Club Attendance: 2,150 Referee: Hamad Al Shaikh

16 March 2012 15	Al Ain	1–0	Al Ahli	Al Ain
20:30 GMT+4 (UAE Time)	Gyan 65' (pen.) F. Jumaa 85' H. Saeed 90+2'	Summary Report	M. Hassan 14' A. Khamis 45' Y. Mohamad 45+2' Haikal 61' Emaná 83'	Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed Attendance: 7,821 Referee: Mohamed Al-Zarouni

24 March 2012 16	Sharjah	1–4	Al Ain	Sharjah
20:30 GMT+4 (UAE Time)	Al Sharif 7' Al Maghni 20' Y. Saeed 57'	Summary Report	Gyan 8' (pen.) F. Jumaa 15' Al Qahtani 58', 67' A. Fayez 90+3'	Stadium: Sharjah Attendance: 3,704 Referee: Mohammed Abdullah

30 March 2012 17	Al Ain	3–0	Baniyas	Al Ain
17:50 GMT+4 (UAE Time)	Al Wehaibi 26' Gyan 50' 55', 84' I. Ahmed 56'	Summary Report	I. Saeed 12' M. Jaber 50'	Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed Attendance: 6,502 Referee: Ali Hamad

14 April 2012 18	Al Wasl	2–2	Al Ain	Dubai
20:30 GMT+4 (UAE Time)	T. Hassan 83' Khalatbari 65' 78' Olivera 67' 67' K. Abdullah 69'	Summary Report	H. Saeed 19' Gyan 36', 84' (pen.) Scocco 53'	Stadium: Zabeel Attendance: 10,492 Referee: Mohammed Abdullah

27 April 2012 19	Al Ain	2–0	Al Jazira	Al Ain
21:00 GMT+4 (UAE Time)	Al Qahtani 9', 21' 64' M. Salem 40'	Summary Report	A. Abbas 23' K. Sebil 69' Baré 90+4'	Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed Attendance: 15,187 Referee: Ali Hamad

6 May 2012 20	Emirates	1–4	Al Ain	Ras al-Khaimah
19:35 GMT+4 (UAE Time)	A. Rabee 26' Geynrikh 30' Hasanov 90+1'	Summary Report	Gyan 7', 23' Rădoi 11' O. Abdulrahman 44' M. Abdulrahman 45+1' Scocco 54'	Stadium: Emirates Club Attendance: 3,752 Referee: Mohammed Abdullah

11 May 2012 21	Al Ain	3–1	Al Shabab	Al Ain
19:40 GMT+4 (UAE Time)	Al Qahtani 38' Scocco 45' I. Ahmed 53' Gyan 87'	Summary Report	A. Al Blooshi 17' (pen.) H. Ibrahim 22' Kieza 46' E. Mohammed 55' A. Darwish 71'	Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed Attendance: 3,486 Referee: Fahad Al-Kassar

26 May 2012 22	Al Ain	4–0	Ajman	Al Ain
18:15 GMT+4 (UAE Time)	Rădoi 20' Scocco 32' Gyan 63', 80' O. Abdulrahman 67' F. Jumaa 90+4'	Summary Report	Adel. M 87'	Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed Attendance: 10,432 Referee: Mohamed Al-Zarouni

Etisalat Cup[edit]

Group A[edit]

Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Al Jazira	10	7	1	2	28	13	+15	22
Al Wasl	10	6	0	4	18	18	0	18
Al Ain	10	5	2	3	17	13	+4	17
Dubai	10	5	1	4	18	13	+5	16
Al Wahda	10	3	0	7	13	20	−7	9
Emirates	10	1	2	7	7	24	−17	5

Source: UAEProLeague

16 September 2011 1	Al Ain	1–2	Al Wahda	Dubai
20:30 GMT+4 (UAE Time)	Rădoi 35' I. Ahmed 76' R. Yaslam 89'	Report	Hugo 20' (pen.), 50' Al Hosani 40'	Stadium: Rashid Attendance: 3,869 Referee: Abdullah Al Ajel

23 September 2011 2	Dubai	1–2	Al Ain	Dubai
17:30 GMT+4 (UAE Time)	Camara 10' I. Ahmed 41' A. Malallah 90+3'	Report	Scocco 4' Al-Qahtani 56'	Stadium: Police Officers Club Attendance: 1,950 Referee: Mohamed Al-Zarouni

1 October 2011 3	Emirates	1–1	Al Ain	Ras al-Khaimah
17:15 GMT+4 (UAE Time)	A. Ali 17' Keita 77' Shamarikh 90+2'	Report	Gyan 25' (pen.) I. Ahmed 82' M. Fayez 90+4'	Stadium: Emirates Club Attendance: 841 Referee: Abdulwahid Qhater

7 October 2011 4	Al Ain	4–2	Al Jazira	Al Ain
21:00 GMT+4 (UAE Time)	Rădoi 19' (pen.), 70' (pen.), 83' Ayed 51' Al Saadi 74' 85' H. Saeed 89'	Report	A. Qasim 22' Oliveira 32' Delgado 53' 69' S. Obaid 56' K. Esmaeel 65'	Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed Attendance: 1,856 Referee: Mohammed Abdullah

12 November 2011 5	Al Wasl	1–0	Al Ain	Dubai
20:00 GMT+4 (UAE Time)	Porta 20' Olivera 65' H. Ali 71' Al Mesmari 90+1'	Report	H. Saeed 48' Al-Dhahri 56'	Stadium: Zabeel Attendance: 2,021 Referee: Abdullah Al Ajel

19 November 2011 6	Al Ain	1–0	Al Wasl	Al Ain
20:00 GMT+4 (UAE Time)	Scocco 14' Musallem. F 22' Gyan 23' Al-Qahtani 29' 39' Al Shamisi 90+4'	Report	Fadel 10' Issa 28' Yasser 40' Puch 64'	Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed Attendance: 5,380 Referee: Ammar Al-Jeneibi

27 January 2012 7	Al Jazira	4–0	Al Ain	Abu Dhabi
20:00 GMT+4 (UAE Time)	S. Masoud 7' Diaky 14' A. Jumaa 33' Baré 63', 90+1' Oliveira 67' Al-Senani 73' M. Barqesh 75'	Report		Stadium: Mohammed Bin Zayed Attendance: 3,754 Referee: Abdulwahid Qhater

3 February 2012 8	Al Ain	3–0	Emirates	Al Ain
18:50 GMT+4 (UAE Time)	Scocco 13' Al-Qahtani 36' (pen.), 65' Ayed 56'	Report	Saif. M 44' A. Al Shehhi 81'	Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed Attendance: 4,133 Referee: Yaqoub Al Hammadi

23 February 2012 9	Al Ain	1–1	Dubai	Al Ain
19:05 GMT+4 (UAE Time)	H. Saeed 20' Al-Qahtani 28' M. Malallah 33'	Report	Hassan. M 6' Y. Al Hammadi 52'	Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed Attendance: 2,204 Referee: Adel Al Naqbi

2 March 2012 10	Al Wahda	1–4	Al Ain	Abu Dhabi
19:05 GMT+4 (UAE Time)	A. Alawi 4' Eisa. A 67' Al-Harthi 71' Al Mansoori 77' H. Rashed 90+4'	Report	Al-Ahbabi 36' K. Abdulrahman 48' Al Saadi 65', 89' Gyan 72' (pen.), 90+1' W. Salem 76'	Stadium: Al Nahyan Attendance: 2,312 Referee: Yaqoub Al Hammadi

President's Cup[edit]

18 December 2011 Round of 16	Al Ain	4–2	Emirates	Dubai
16:45 GMT+4 (UAE Time)	Gyan 17', 45+1' M. Abdulrahman 19' 42' M. Salem 54'	Report Details	Moutaouali 4' Akarandut 20' A. Ali 36' M. Ali 52' F. Jumaa 90+2' (o.g.)	Stadium: Rashid Referee: Ibrahim Al Muhairi

10 January 2012 Quarter-finals	Baniyas	1–0 (a.e.t.)	Al Ain	Dubai
20:15 GMT+4 (UAE Time)	Fawzi 2' Msarri 46' Y. Jaber 84' Al Ghaferi 105' Senghor 113' 114'	Report Details		Stadium: Al Maktoum Referee: Fahad Al-Kassar

Statistics[edit]

Squad appearances and goals[edit]

Last updated on 26 May 2012.

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Pro-League		President's Cup		League Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
22	GK	UAE	Mahmoud Al Mas	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
12	GK	UAE	Waleed Salem	20	0	11	0	1	0	8	0
30	GK	UAE	Abdullah Sultan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
36	GK	UAE	Dawoud Sulaiman	15	0	11	0	2	0	2	0
Defenders
2	DF	UAE	Mohammed Ayed	5	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
4	DF	UAE	Musallem Fayez	17	0	9	0	1	0	7	0
5	DF	UAE	Ismail Ahmed	14	4	8	3	0	0	6	1
14	DF	UAE	Mohammed Fayez	5	0	3	0	0	0	2	0
15	DF	UAE	Khaled Abdulrahman	24	0	19	0	2	0	3	0
19	DF	UAE	Mohanad Salem	20	1	16	0	2	1	2	0
21	DF	UAE	Fawzi Fayez	22	1	14	1	2	0	6	0
33	DF	UAE	Mohammed Al-Dhahri	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
35	DF	UAE	Hazza Salem	6	0	2	0	0	0	4	0
44	DF	UAE	Fares Jumaa	24	0	21	0	1	0	2	0
Midfielders
6	MF	ROU	Mirel Rădoi	29	3	19	0	1	0	9	3
7	MF	UAE	Ali Al-Wehaibi	17	2	16	2	0	0	1	0
8	MF	UAE	Mohammed Al Saadi	16	4	10	1	1	0	5	3
10	MF	UAE	Omar Abdulrahman	9	2	7	2	0	0	2	0
13	MF	UAE	Rami Yaslam	16	0	7	0	2	0	7	0
18	MF	UAE	Abdullah Malallah	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
17	MF	UAE	Bandar Al-Ahbabi	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
20	MF	UAE	Helal Saeed	26	0	19	0	1	0	6	0
23	MF	UAE	Shehab Ahmed	7	0	2	0	0	0	5	0
17→25	MF	UAE	Ahmed Al Shamisi	4	0	0	0	1	0	3	0
27	MF	UAE	Salem Abdullah	16	0	8	0	1	0	7	0
31	MF	UAE	Haddaf Al Ameri	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
34	MF	UAE	Sultan Nasser	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Forwards
3	FW	GHA	Asamoah Gyan	24	27	18	22	1	2	5	3
9	FW	KSA	Yasser Al-Qahtani	21	12	15	7	0	0	6	5
11	FW	UAE	Abdulaziz Fayez	28	2	19	2	2	0	7	0
16	FW	UAE	Mohamed Abdulrahman	21	1	18	0	2	1	1	0
28	FW	UAE	Mohamed Naser	12	3	6	3	2	0	4	0
29	FW	UAE	Mohamed Malallah	19	0	9	0	1	0	9	0
32	FW	ARG	Ignacio Scocco	27	11	19	9	2	0	6	2
40	FW	UAE	Hamad Raqea	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Players who have made an appearance this season but have left the club

Disciplinary record[edit]

N	P	Nat.	Name								Notes
N	P	Nat.	Name	Pro-League		League Cup		President's Cup	Total		Notes
2	DF		Mohammed Ayed			2			2
3	FW		Asamoah Gyan	1		1			2
4	DF		Musallem Fayez	1			1		1	1
5	DF		Ismail Ahmed	1		1			2
6	MF		Mirel Rădoi	1	1	1			2	1
7	MF		Ali Al-Wehaibi	1					1
8	MF		Mohammed Al Saadi				1			1
9	FW		Yasser Al-Qahtani	3		1			4
12	GK		Waleed Salem	3		1			4
13	MF		Rami Yaslam	1		1			2
14	DF		Mohammed Fayez	1		1			2
15	DF		Khaled Abdulrahman	2		1			3
16	FW		Mohamed Abdulrahman	3				1	4
17	MF		Bandar Al-Ahbabi			1			1
19	DF		Mohanad Salem	3					3
20	MF		Helal Saeed	2		3			5
21	DF		Fawzi Fayez	2					2
25	MF		Ahmed Al Shamisi			1			1
27	MF		Salem Abdullah	1					1
29	FW		Mohamed Malallah			1			1
32	FW		Ignacio Scocco	5		1			6
33	DF		Mohammed Al-Dhahri			1			1
44	DF		Fares Jumaa	7					7
77	DF		Hazza Salem	1					1

Last updated: 26 May 2012
Source: Competitive matches
Only competitive matches
= Number of bookings; = Number of sending offs after a second yellow card; = Number of sending offs by a direct red card.

Assists[edit]

Rnk	No.	Pos	Player	League Cup	President's Cup	Total
1	6	MF	Mirel Rădoi	4		4
2	32	FW	Ignacio Scocco	2		2
—	11	FW	Abdulaziz Fayez	2		2
—	44	DF	Fares Jumaa	1	1	2
5	16	MF	Mohamed Abdulrahman		1	1
—	3	FW	Asamoah Gyan		1	1
—	19	DF	Mohanad Salem		1	1
—	9	FW	Yasser Al-Qahtani	1		1
—	13	MF	Rami Yaslam	1		1
TOTALS				11	4	15

Last updated: 26 May 2012
Source: Competitive matches

Goalscorers[edit]

Rnk	No.	Pos	Player	League	League Cup	President's Cup	Total
1	3	FW	Asamoah Gyan	22	3	2	27
2	9	FW	Yasser Al-Qahtani	7	5		12
3	32	FW	Ignacio Scocco	9	2		11
4	5	DF	Ismail Ahmed	3	1		4
—	8	MF	Mohammed Al Saadi	1	3		4
6	6	MF	Mirel Radoi		3		3
—	28	FW	Mohamed Naser	3			3
8	10	MF	Omar Abdulrahman	2			2
—	11	FW	Abdulaziz Fayez	2			2
—	7	MF	Ali Al-Wehaibi	2			2
11	19	DF	Mohanad Salem			1	1
—	21	DF	Fawzi Fayez	1			1
—	16	FW	Mohamed Abdulrahman			1	1
Own Goals						1	1
TOTALS				52	17	5	74

Last updated: 26 May 2012
Source: Competitive matches

Hat-tricks[edit]

Player	Against	Result	Date	Competition
Mirel Rădoi	Al Dhafra	4–2 (H)	7 October 2011	League Cup

(H) – Home; (A) – Away

Clean sheets[edit]

Rank	Player	Clean sheets
1	Dawoud Sulaiman	7
2	Waleed Salem	5
TOTALS		12

Last updated: 26 May 2012
Source: Competitive matches

Awards[edit]

Award	Winner
UAE Pro League Top Scorer	Asamoah Gyan

References[edit]

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^ "Headed by Abdullah bin Mohammed, Al Ain Board of Directors Supports Assigning the Management Positions and Recommends Continuing the Players' Contracts ". AlAinFc.net. 2011-03-29. Retrieved 2011-04-01.
^ "Accepted the resignation". AlAinFc.net. 2011-03-25. Retrieved 2011-04-01.
^ "Officially Cosmin Olaroiu is Al Ain Coach". AlAinfc.ae. 6 June 2011. Archived from the original on 3 September 2011. Retrieved 9 June 2011.
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^ "The New Logo of Al Ain Sport and Cultural Club Company". AlAinfc.ae. 13 August 2011. Archived from the original on 9 October 2011. Retrieved 16 August 2011.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g "Al Ain FC renew the contracts of six players". AlKhaleej.ae. 25 May 2012.
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^ "Figueirense assina pré-contrato com o meia Elias". Figueirense.com.br. 12 May 2011. Archived from the original on 2011-07-02.
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^ "Vali Badea returns to League 1". Adevărul.ro. 27 September 2011.

External links[edit]

Al Ain FC official website

[table_note_res_CLGS10.85204159321824-27] Al Jazira secured qualification for the 2013 AFC Champions League through winning the 2011–12 UAE President's Cup

[1] "Mohammed bin Zayed supports the formation of the New Board of Directors of Al Ain Club". AlAinFc.net. 2011-03-26. Retrieved 2011-04-01.

[2] "Headed by Abdullah bin Mohammed, Al Ain Board of Directors Supports Assigning the Management Positions and Recommends Continuing the Players' Contracts ". AlAinFc.net. 2011-03-29. Retrieved 2011-04-01.

[3] "Accepted the resignation". AlAinFc.net. 2011-03-25. Retrieved 2011-04-01.

[4] "Officially Cosmin Olaroiu is Al Ain Coach". AlAinfc.ae. 6 June 2011. Archived from the original on 3 September 2011. Retrieved 9 June 2011.

[5] "Officially Argentine Ignacio the first season deals for Al Ain". zaimuae.com. 7 June 2011. Archived from the original on 11 June 2011. Retrieved 9 June 2011.

[6] "Yasser Alqhtani to Alain Club for one-year loan". AlHilal.com. 8 August 2011. Archived from the original on 5 October 2011. Retrieved 16 August 2011.

[7] "The New Logo of Al Ain Sport and Cultural Club Company". AlAinfc.ae. 13 August 2011. Archived from the original on 9 October 2011. Retrieved 16 August 2011.

[six_players-8] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g "Al Ain FC renew the contracts of six players". AlKhaleej.ae. 25 May 2012.

[9] "Scoco will join Al Ain at the end of the month". EmaratAlYoum.com. 9 June 2011.

[10] Dubai Sports Tv [@dubaisportstv] (June 9, 2011). "Al Ain Signs Mohammed Nasser, Helal Saeed from Al Shabab and Al Jazira" (Tweet) – via Twitter.

[11] "Al Ain sign Mohamed Malallah for a 3 seasons". AlIttihad.ae. 12 June 2011.

[12] "Radoi is signing for Al Ain for two seasons". AlAinFC.net. 24 June 2011. Archived from the original on 2011-08-29.

[Al_Mas_and_Bishowa-13] "Al Ain Sign Keeper Al Mas and Bishowa". UAEProLeague.com. 13 July 2011. Archived from the original on 2021-04-07.

[14] "Hilal Saeed Is Back to Al Ain With a Two-year Contract". UAEProLeague.com. 4 August 2011. Archived from the original on 2021-04-07.

[15] "Al Qahtani arrives on Wednesday to Al Ain". AlAinFC.net. 8 August 2011. Archived from the original on 2011-10-09.

[16] "Al Ain Sign Mohammed Salem". UAEProLeague.com. 13 August 2011. Archived from the original on 2021-04-07.

[17] "Asamoah Gyan completes Al Ain foreign players digit". AlAinFC.net. 10 September 2011. Archived from the original on 2012-03-28.

[18] "Figueirense assina pré-contrato com o meia Elias". Figueirense.com.br. 12 May 2011. Archived from the original on 2011-07-02.

[19] "Xolos de Tijuana: José Sand, nuevo refuerzo". 30 June 2011. Archived from the original on 2011-07-05. Retrieved 2021-12-26.

[20] "Keita Returns To Qadsia As Al Ain Loan Spell Ends". AlWasatNews.com. 12 May 2011.

[21] "Ismail Rabee Returns To Al Shabab". AlKhaleej.ae. 3 August 2011.

[22] "Al Dhafra signed very good players". AlKhaleej.ae. 26 August 2011.

[23] "Mirosevic se desliga del Al Ain y ya puede jugar por la UC". LaTercera.com. 25 August 2011.

[24] "Adnan Bisho joins Al Shaab for two seasons". AlShaabClub.ae. 26 August 2011. Archived from the original on 2014-08-06.

[25] "Officially: Saif Mohammed returns to former club Commandos". AlShaabClub.ae. 8 September 2011. Archived from the original on 2014-08-06.

[26] "Vali Badea returns to League 1". Adevărul.ro. 27 September 2011.

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