2012–13 Al Ain FC season

Al Ain
2012–13 season
President	Mohammed Bin Zayed
Manager	Cosmin Olăroiu
Stadium	Tahnoun bin Mohammed
League	1st
Super Cup	Winners
President's Cup	Semi-finals
League Cup	Group Stage
Champions League	Group Stage
Top goalscorer	League: ; Asamoah Gyan (31); All: ; Asamoah Gyan (32)
Biggest win	7–0 vs Al Dhafra; 6–0 vs Ittihad Kalba; 5–0 vs Al Wasl
Biggest defeat	3–6 vs Al Ahli
	← 2011–12 2013–14 →
	All statistics correct as of 24 May 2013.

The 2012–13 season was Al Ain Football Club's 45th in existence and the club's 38th consecutive season in the top-level football league in the UAE.

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
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 Apostolos Dritsas Abdelnasser Aljohny Wiesław Sojka Georgios Bosineaus
Team Supervisor	Mohammed Obeid Hammad
Team Administrator	Nasser Al Junaibi
Doctor	Nikolaos Tzouroudis

Last updated: 23 August 2012
Source: AlKhaleej.ae

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
Member of Board of Directors	Awad bin Hasom Al Darmaki
Member of Board of Directors	Hamad Nekhirat Al Ameri
Member of Board of Directors	Mohammed Abdullah bin Bdouh
Member of Board of Directors	Mohammed bin Obaid Al Dhaheri

Last updated: 21 November 2011
Source: Al Ain Club Official Website, AlKhaleej.ae

Other information[edit]

Ground (capacity and dimensions)	Tahnoun bin Mohammed Stadium (15,000 / 91,341)

Source: AlAinClub.ae

Kits[edit]

Home
0

Away
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Third
0

Supplier: Adidas / Sponsor: First Gulf Bank / Sorouh / Strata / Abu Dhabi National Hotels

Players[edit]

First team[edit]

No.	Position(s)	Nationality	Name	Since	Age	Signed from
Goalkeepers
12	GK	UAE	Waleed Salem	2001	32	Youth system
22	GK	UAE	Mahmoud Al Mas	2011	29	Sharjah
30	GK	UAE	Abdullah Sultan	2007	27	Youth system
36	GK	UAE	Dawoud Sulaiman	2010	23	Youth system
Defenders
4	DF	UAE	Musallem Fayez	2007	26	Youth system
5	DF	UAE	Ismail Ahmed	2008	29	FUS de Rabat
—	DF	UAE	Mohammed Fayez	2007	23	Youth system
15	DF	UAE	Khaled Abdulrahman	2010	24	Youth system
19	DF	UAE	Mohanad Salem	2008	28	Al Dhafra
21	DF	UAE	Fawzi Fayez	2007	25	Youth system
23	DF	UAE	Mohamed Ahmed	2012	24	Al Shabab
33	DF	UAE	Mohammed Al-Dhahri	2010	22	Youth system
44	DF	UAE	Fares Jumaa	2007	24	Youth system
Midfielders
2	MF	UAE	Yaqoub Al Hosani	2012	25	Al Wahda
6	MF	ROU	Mirel Rădoi (3rd C)	2011	32	Al Hilal
7	MF	UAE	Ali Al-Wehaibi (VC)	2001	29	Youth system
8	MF	UAE	Mohammed Al Saadi	2011	30	Al Dhafra
10	MF	UAE	Omar Abdulrahman	2008	21	Youth system
18	MF	UAE	Abdullah Malallah	2008	29	Emirates
20	MF	UAE	Helal Saeed (C)	2011	36	Al Jazira
25	MF	UAE	Ahmed Al Shamisi	2009	25	Youth system
27	MF	UAE	Salem Abdullah	2006	26	Youth system
Forwards
3	FW	GHA	Asamoah Gyan	2011	27	Sunderland
9	FW	FRA	Kembo Ekoko	2012	25	Rennais
11	FW	UAE	Abdulaziz Fayez	2009	22	Youth system
16	FW	UAE	Mohamed Abdulrahman	2008	24	Youth system
32	FW	AUS	Alex Brosque	2012	29	Shimizu S-Pulse
29	FW	UAE	Mohamed Malallah	2011	29	Ittihad Kalba
45	FW	UAE	Mohamed Naser	2011	25	Al Shabab

From Reserve and Youth Academy[edit]

No.	Nat	Position	Player	Since
1	GK	UAE	Saif Rashed	2012
17	DF	UAE	Mohammed Ayed	2009
26	DF	UAE	Abdulsalam Mohammed	2012
28	FW	UAE	Abdulla Al Sheeba	2012
31	DF	UAE	Fahad Juma	2012
34	MF	UAE	Sultan Nasser	2010
37	FW	UAE	Faraj Juma	2010
60	DF	UAE	Saeed Al-Menhali	2012
39	MF	UAE	Saqer Mohammed	2012
43	DF	UAE	Salem Sultan	2012
47	DF	UAE	Souad Mosabeh	2012
51	MF	UAE	Abdulrahman Ahmed	2013
64	MF	UAE	Rayan Yaslam	2012
65	FW	UAE	Yousef Ahmed	2012
66	FW	UAE	Majed Ahmed	2012
68	MF	UAE	Ahmed Barman	2012
13	MF	UAE	Ahmed Sahel	2013

New contracts[edit]

Date	Pos	No.	Player	Ref.	Notes
13 September 2012	MF	6	Mirel Rădoi	^[1]
16 January 2013	FW	65	Yousef Ahmed	^[2]	first professional contract

Transfers[edit]

In[edit]

Date	Position	No.	Name	From	Type	Transfer window	Fee	Ref.
12 May 2012	MF	2	Yaqoub Al Hosani	Al Wahda	Transfer	Summer	€277,000	^[3]^[4]
7 June 2012	DF	23	Mohamed Ahmed	Al Shabab	Transfer	Summer	€4,600,000	^[5]^[6]
6 July 2012	FW	3	Asamoah Gyan	Sunderland	Transfer	Summer	€7.500,000	^[7]
31 August 2012	FW	9	Kembo Ekoko	Rennais	Transfer	Summer	€3.700,000	^[8]
26 September 2012	FW	32	Alex Brosque	Shimizu S-Pulse	Transfer	Summer	€4.000,000	^[9]

Transfer summary[edit]

Undisclosed fees are not included in the transfer totals.

Expenditure

Summer: €20,077,000

Winter: €0,000,000

Total: €20,077,000

Income

Summer: €1.300,000

Winter: €0,000,000

Total: €1.300,000

Net totals

Summer: €18,777,000

Winter: €0,000,000

Total: €18,777,000

Out[edit]

Date	Position	No.	Name	To	Type	Transfer window	Fee	Ref.
30 June 2012	FW	9	Yasser Al-Qahtani	Al Hilal	End of loan	Summer	Free	^[10]
1 June 2012	MF	23	Shehab Ahmed	Ajman	Transfer	Summer	Undisclosed	^[11]
7 June 2012	GK	39	Ismail Rabee	Al Shabab	Swap	Summer	Free	^[5]^[6]
16 June 2012	DF	35	Hazza Salem	Al Dhafra	Loan	Summer	Undisclosed	^[12]
16 June 2012	MF	26	Hamad Al Merri	Al Dhafra	Loan	Summer	Undisclosed	^[12]
16 June 2012	DF	70	Bandar Al-Ahbabi	Al Dhafra	Loan	Summer	Undisclosed	^[12]
16 June 2012	MF	31	Haddaf Al Ameri	Al Dhafra	Loan	Summer	Undisclosed	^[12]
16 June 2012	FW	—	Hamad Raqea	Al Dhafra	Loan	Summer	Undisclosed	^[12]
29 June 2012	MF	—	Saif Mohammed	Al Dhafra	Loan	Summer	Undisclosed	^[13]
1 August 2012	FW	32	Ignacio Scocco	Newell's Old Boys	Loan	Summer	€1.300,000	^[14]^[15]
23 August 2012	GK	55	Yousif Al Bairaq	Al Shaab	Loan	Summer	Undisclosed	^[16]
13 September 2012	MF	—	Rami Yaslam	Dubai	Loan	Summer	Undisclosed	^[17]^[18]
20 September 2012	FW	—	Jumaa Saeed	Al Nahda	Loan	Summer	Undisclosed	^[19]
23 January 2013	FW	45	Mohamed Naser	Al Wasl	Transfer	Winter	Undisclosed	^[20]
4 February 2013	FW	29	Mohamed Malallah	Ittihad Kalba	Loan	Winter	Undisclosed	^[21]

Pre-season and friendlies[edit]

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

15 July 2012 Friendly	Krasnodar	3–0	Al Ain	Leogang
	Golyshev 55' Lambarschi 71' Picușceac 89'	Report		Referee: Hill Hannes

18 July 2012 Friendly	Energie Cottbus	1–1	Al Ain	Tirol
17:00	Glasner 51'	Report	A. Fayez 65'	Stadium: Angerberg Attendance: 100 Referee: Issen Steen

26 July 2012 Friendly	Al Ain	2–0	Higher Education	Al Ain
17:00	Al-Rami 41' (o.g.) A. Sahel 60'	Report		Stadium: Khalifa bin Zayed Referee: Abdullah Naji

2 August 2012 Friendly	Al Ain	5–0	Al Shaab	Al Ain
	Gyan 32', 44' M. Malallah 46' M. Naser 84' (pen.) J. Saeed 94'	Report		Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed Referee: Sultan Abdulrazzaq

9 August 2012 Al Ain Football International Championship	Al Ain	2–1	Al Orouba	Al Ain
22:30 GMT+4 (UAE Time)	Gyan 47', 63'	Report	Katkout 34'	Stadium: Khalifa bin Zayed Referee: Sultan Abdulrazzaq

12 August 2012 Al Ain Football International Championship	Al Ain	4–0	Al Salmiya	Al Ain
22:30 GMT+4 (UAE Time)	Gyan 19' A. Fayez 25' M. Naser 47' J. Saeed 74'	Report		Stadium: Khalifa bin Zayed Referee: Hamad Al Shaikh

15 August 2012 Al Ain Football International Championship	Al Ain	1–1	Al Shabab	Al Ain
23:30 GMT+4 (UAE Time)	M. Naser 7'	Report	Tagliabué 59'	Stadium: Khalifa bin Zayed Referee: Mohammed Abdulkarim

28 August 2012 Friendly	Getafe	1–2	Al Ain	Getafe
	León 7'	Report	Rădoi 85' (pen.) A. Fayez 86'	Stadium: Alfonso Pérez Referee: García Valencia

29 August 2012 Trofeo Vallecas	Rayo Vallecano	1–2	Al Ain	Madrid
	Quero 7'	Report	I. Ahmed 8' A. Fayez 31'	Stadium: Vallecas Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Jose Luis Lopez

4 September 2012 Friendly	Atlético Madrid	1–0	Al Ain	Madrid
	Costa 7'	Report		Stadium: Vicente Calderón Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Carlos Sánchez

10 September 2012 Friendly	Al Ain	0–0	Al Shabab	Al Ain
		Report		Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed Referee: Abdullah Naji

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	23 September 2012	24 May 2013	Matchday 1	Winners	26	20	2	4	74	26	+48	076.92
League Cup	9 October 2012	17 March 2013	Group stage	Group stage	8	5	3	0	13	5	+8	062.50
President's Cup	20 December 2012	5 May 2013	Round of 16	Semi-finals	3	2	0	1	7	3	+4	066.67
Super Cup	17 September 2012		Final	Winners	1	1	0	0	0	0	+0	100.00
Champions League	27 February 2013	30 April 2013	Group stage	Group stage	6	2	0	4	6	9	−3	033.33
Total					44	30	5	9	100	43	+57	068.18

Last updated: 24 May 2013
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)	26	20	2	4	74	26	+48	62	Qualification to the 2014 AFC Champions League Group Stage
2	Al-Ahli	26	15	6	5	62	33	+29	51
3	Al Jazira	26	13	8	5	56	37	+19	47
4	Baniyas	26	14	5	7	50	37	+13	47	Qualification to the 2014 AFC Champions League Second Qualifying Round
5	Al Shabab	26	13	3	10	48	39	+9	42	Qualification to the 2014 GCC Champions League

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

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
26	20	2	4	74	26	+48	62	10	1	2	39	13	+26	10	1	2	35	13	+22

Last updated: 24 May 2013.
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	23	24	25	26
Ground	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	L	W	W	W	D	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	L	W	W	W	W	W	L	D	L	W
Position	12	9	2	2	3	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

Updated to match(es) played on 24 May 2013. Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches[edit]

23 September 2012 1	Al Ain	3–6	Al Ahli	Al-Ain
20:15 GMT+4 (UAE Time)	D. Sulaiman 17' I. Ahmed 29' M. Abdulrahman 36' Kembo 38' Gyan 11', 71' H. Saeed 83' Rădoi 85'	Report	Grafite 18', 52', 65', 81' 76' B. Saeed 50' 70' Sanqour 53' Jiménez 83'	Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed Stadium Attendance: 5,178 Referee: Yaqoub Al Hammadi Assistant referees: Saleh Mohamed Al Marzouqi, Masoud Hassan Fourth official: Bader Abdullah

28 September 2012 2	Ajman	1–4	Al Ain	Ajman
17:25 GMT+4 (UAE Time)	Sy 18'	Report	Gyan 5', 11' F. Fayez 43' M. Abdulrahman 48' Al Hosani 58'	Stadium: Rashid Bin Saeed Stadium Attendance: 5,422 Referee: Fahad Al Kassar Assistant referees: Mohamed Abdullah Jassim, Omar Sulaiman Al Adab Fourth official: Ibrahim Al Muhairi

5 October 2012 3	Al Ain	7–0	Al Dhafra	Al-Ain
17:10 GMT+4 (UAE Time)	Gyan 4', 19', 51' M. Abdulrahman 48', 90+2' O. Abdulrahman 50' Brosque 68'	Report	A. Jumaa 3' M. Awad 27' M. Qassim 47'	Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed Stadium Attendance: 4,421 Referee: Mohamed Abdullah Hassan Mohamed Assistant referees: Masoud Hassan, Ahmed Al Hossani Fourth official: Fahad Al Hawasin

21 October 2012 4	Dibba Al Fujairah	1–5	Al Ain	Al-Ain
18:30 GMT+4 (UAE Time)	Al-Naqbi 51' Murad 68' Alex 76' Júnior 83'	Report	Kembo 6' F. Jumaa 26' Gyan 38', 42' Brosque 41', 67' Al-Dhahri 75'	Stadium: Khalifa bin Zayed Stadium Attendance: 1,730 Referee: Adel Al Naqbi Assistant referees: Jasem Abdullah Al Ali, Abdulsattar Sanqoor Fourth official: Yaseen Al Mansory

29 October 2012 5	Al Jazira	2–2	Al Ain	Abu Dhabi
21:00 GMT+4 (UAE Time)	Hyung-min 33' S. Masoud 44' A. Mousa 59' 72' K. Esmaeel 65' R. Oliveira 74' Diaky 79'	Report	Gyan 45+1' Kembo 50' O. Abdulrahman 75' M. Ahmed 87'	Stadium: Mohammed bin Zayed Stadium Attendance: 19,756 Referee: Ali Hamad Albadwawi Assistant referees: Mohamed Al Jalaf Al Mehairi, Masoud Hassan Fourth official: Ibrahim Al Muhairi

3 November 2012 6	Al Ain	5–0	Al Wasl	Al-Ain
20:00 GMT+4 (UAE Time)	O. Abdulrahman 21' H. Saeed 24' Brosque 45+1' Gyan 57', 74' M. Abdulrahman 85'	Report	R. Eisa 42' S.Saeed 55' Shikabala 56' Neill 75'	Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed Stadium Attendance: 7,035 Referee: Mohamed Abdullah Hassan Mohamed Assistant referees: Saleh Mohamed Al Marzouqi, Jasem Abdullah Al Ali Fourth official: Yaseen Al Mansory

8 November 2012 7	Al Shabab	2–3	Al Ain	Dubai
20:00 GMT+4 (UAE Time)	Marzooq 36' Ciel 54', 90+3' 87' Edgar 76'	Report	Gyan 43', 64' Kembo 45+3' H. Saeed 60' M. Ahmed 69' I. Ahmed 75' Rădoi 83' K. Abdulrahman 90+2' D. Sulaiman 90+4'	Stadium: Maktoum bin Rashid Stadium Attendance: 1,830 Referee: Abdulwahid Qhater Assistant referees: Hasan Al Mahri, Masoud Hassan Fourth official: Yaseen Al Mansory

18 November 2012 8	Al Ain	6–0	Ittihad Kalba	Al-Ain
16:45 GMT+4 (UAE Time)	M. Ahmed 43', 55' O. Abdulrahman 45', 53' Gyan 65' Kembo 78' Brosque 85'	Report	Jahouh 27' S.Saeed 41' J. Musabeh 44' S. Faraj 62' N. Mohamed 85'	Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed Stadium Attendance: 1,263 Referee: Yaseen Al Mansory Assistant referees: Mohamed Abdullah Jassem, Sabet Al Ali Fourth official: Rashid Abdulkarim

23 November 2012 9	Dubai	2–5	Al Ain	Dubai
16:45 GMT+4 (UAE Time)	A. Hassan 31' Keita 68' Porta 84' Y. Al Hammadi 85'	Report	Gyan 3', 67' Brosque 15' O. Abdulrahman 33', 43' 33'	Stadium: Dubai Club Stadium Attendance: 2,450 Referee: Abdullah Al Aajel Assistant referees: Mohamed Ahmed Al Hammadi, Abdulsattar Sanqoor Fourth official: Ahmed Sulaiman Jemei

30 November 2012 10	Al Ain	2–1	Al Shaab	Al-Ain
20:00 GMT+4 (UAE Time)	Gyan 14' M. Salem 35' I. Ahmed 47' Al-Wehaibi 60'	Report	S. Abbas 17' Bu Safared 29' Careca 82'	Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed Stadium Attendance: 7,802 Referee: Ali Hamad Albadwawi Assistant referees: Hasan Almahri, Ebrahim Al Mansory Fourth official: Yaseen Al Mansory

5 December 2012 11	Baniyas	0–3	Al Ain	Abu Dhabi
20:00 GMT+4 (UAE Time)	Zidan 52' Nawaf .M 63' M. Jaber 72'	Report	Kembo 9' Brosque 47' 75' Gyan 90+1'	Stadium: Baniyas Stadium Attendance: 7,242 Referee: Hamad Al Shaikh Assistant referees: Mohamed Al Jalaf, Masoud Hassan Fourth official: Yaqoub Al Hammadi

10 December 2012 12	Al Ain	2–1	Al Wahda	Al-Ain
20:00 GMT+4 (UAE Time)	Brosque 6' K. Abdulrahman 17' I. Ahmed 60' Gyan 81' M. Abdulrahman 90+2'	Report	Santo 21' Al Mansoori 42' Al Kathiri 74'	Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed Stadium Attendance: 6,931 Referee: Ammar Ali Al Junaibi Assistant referees: Saleh Mohamed Al Marzouqi, Ahmed Saeed Al Rashedi Fourth official: Abdulla Najee Al Harthi

16 December 2012 13	Al Nasr	0–2	Al Ain	Dubai
20:00 GMT+4 (UAE Time)	Mascara 29'	Report	Kembo 7' Gyan 37' M. Ahmed 68' O. Abdulrahman 90+1' D. Sulaiman 90+3' K. Abdulrahman 90+4'	Stadium: Al-Maktoum Stadium Attendance: 7,340 Referee: Mohamed Abdulkarim Assistant referees: Mohamed Al Jalaf, Ali Al Nuaimi Fourth official: Yaqoub Al Hammadi

26 January 2013 15	Al Ain	4–0	Ajman	Al-Ain
17:15 GMT+4 (UAE Time)	Kembo 11' 53' M. Ahmed 44' Brosque 64' O. Abdulrahman 76' Yousef 87'	Report	Waleed 34' Shehab 71' Al Yassi 75'	Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed Stadium Attendance: 2,807 Referee: Mohamed Abdullah Hassan Mohamed Assistant referees: Hassan Al Mahri, Mohamed Al Hammadi Fourth official: Sultan Mohamed Saleh

14 February 2013 16	Al Dhafra	0–3	Al Ain	Abu Dhabi
17:35 GMT+4 (UAE Time)	Abdulrahim 30' Zahran 40'	Report	I. Ahmed 13' Al Wehaibi 43' Rădoi 61' Brosque 76' H. Saeed 86' M. Ahmed 90+1'	Stadium: Hamdan bin Zayed Al Nahyan Attendance: 1,054 Referee: Fahad Al Kassar Assistant referees: Hassan Al Mahri, Ebrahim Al Mansory Fourth official: Abdul Ghafar Besher

21 February 2013 17	Al Ain	0–1	Dibba Al Fujairah	Al-Ain
17:30 GMT+4 (UAE Time)		Report	Fernandinho 33' Ocran 50' Malallah 65' Al Rowaihy 83'	Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed Stadium Attendance: 1,733 Referee: Sultan Abdulrazzaq Al Marzouqi Assistant referees: Sabet Al Ali, Esshaq Ali Al Hammadi Fourth official: Abdallah Rashid Al Naqbi

3 March 2013 18	Al Ain	1–0	Al Jazira	Al-Ain
20:15 GMT+4 (UAE Time)	O. Abdulrahman 25' K. Abdulrahman 61' Gyan 80' M. Abdulrahman 90+3'	Report	Oliveira 37' Delgado 63' Y. Matar 78' Juma .A 79' Khamis .E 86'	Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed Stadium Attendance: 8,021 Referee: Mohamed Abdullah Hassan Mohamed Assistant referees: Saleh Mohamed Al Marzouqi, Masoud Hassan Fourth official: Bader Abdullah

7 March 2013 19	Al Wasl	1–2	Al Ain	Dubai
20:15 GMT+4 (UAE Time)	Emaná 3' Ahmed .I 30' Yasser 39' A. Abbas 41' Mahir 64' Mahmoud 72' Waheed 88'	Report	Gyan 66', 79' Kembo 16'	Stadium: Za'abeel Stadium Attendance: 4,708 Referee: Ammar Ali Al Junaibi Assistant referees: Hassan Al Mahri, Jasem Abdullah Al Ali Fourth official: Yaqoub Al Hammadi

29 March 2013 20	Al Ain	2–1	Al Shabab	Al-Ain
20:30 GMT+4 (UAE Time)	M. Salem 23' Yaqoub 68' Brosque 77' Yousef 81' F. Fayez 85'	Report	Henrique 49' 76' Essa .o 75' 79' Hamdan .Q 90+3'	Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed Stadium Attendance: 4,132 Referee: Ali Hamad Albadwawi Assistant referees: Mohamed Ahmed Al Hammadi, Saeed Sreh Yammahi Fourth official: Adel Al Naqbi

6 April 2013 14	Al Ahli	0–3	Al Ain	Dubai
17:50 GMT+4 (UAE Time)	B. Saeed 11' Grafite 46' Y. Mohamad 71' Al Hammadi 89'	Report	Al-Dhahri 30'	Stadium: Rashid Stadium Attendance: 6,290 Referee: Hamad Al Shaikh Assistant referees: Saleh Mohamed Al Marzouqi, Mohamed Al Jalaf Fourth official: Yaqoub Al Hammadi
Note: Called off at the end of the match after an assistant referee Mohamed Al Jalaf was hit by an metal object thrown from Al Ahli crowd.^[22] Al Ain have been awarded a 3-0 victory by the Football Association's Disciplinary Committee.^[23]

14 April 2013 21	Ittihad Kalba	1–3	Al Ain	Kalba
17:50 GMT+4 (UAE Time)	Dufrennes 18' Faraj 38' S. Saif 72' Al-Mansoori 74' Abdulazeiz 89'	Report	Rădoi 6', 47' Gyan 90+1'	Stadium: Ittihad Kalba Stadium Attendance: 850 Referee: Mohamed Abdulkarim Al Zarouni Assistant referees: Hassan Al Mahri, Zayed Dawood Kamal Fourth official: Abdulwahid Qhater

18 April 2013 22	Al Ain	3–0	Dubai	Al-Ain
19:25 GMT+4 (UAE Time)	Gyan 37', 56', 75' Yaqoub 90' M. Salem 90+2'	Report	I. Ahmed 12' Magrão 19'	Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed Stadium Attendance: 6,216 Referee: Abdullah Ali Al Aajel Assistant referees: Masoud Hassan, Khamis Fairooz Obid Fourth official: Abdulla Najee Al Harthi

27 April 2013 23	Al Shaab	1–0	Al Ain	Sharjah
18:00 GMT+4 (UAE Time)	Al-Junaibi 44' N'dri 79'	Report		Stadium: Khalid bin Mohammed Stadium Attendance: 1,856 Referee: Mohamed Abdullah Hassan Mohamed Assistant referees: Mohamed Ahmed Al Hammadi, Zayed Dawood Kamal Fourth official: Abdullah Eshtairy

12 May 2013 24	Al Ain	2–2	Baniyas	Al-Ain
18:10 GMT+4 (UAE Time)	Gyan 23', 65' 32' Al-Dhahri 33' Al Nasseri 90+3' Kembo 90+4'	Report	Y. Jaber 44' Senghor 74', 86'	Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed Stadium Attendance: 1,074 Referee: Abdullah Ali Al Aajel Assistant referees: Mohamed Al Jalaf, Sabet Al Ali Fourth official: Sultan Abdulrazzaq Al Marzouqi

18 May 2013 25	Al Wahda	2–0	Al Ain	Abu Dhabi
19:40 GMT+4 (UAE Time)	Salem 42' Waigo 75' Al-Hosani 83'	Report	Rădoi 58'	Stadium: Al Nahyan Stadium Attendance: 3,855 Referee: Fahad Al Kassar Assistant referees: Masoud Hassan, Abdulsattar Sanqoor Fourth official: Yaseen Al Mansory

24 May 2013 26	Al Ain	2–1	Al Nasr	Al-Ain
18:15 GMT+4 (UAE Time)	Kembo 67' 73' Gyan 88'	Report	Correa 9' 89' Humaid 36' Ghazi 72' Mascara 88'	Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed Stadium Attendance: 5,852 Referee: Abdulwahid Qhater Assistant referees: Ahmed Saeed Al Rashedi, Saeed Sreh Yammahi Fourth official: Abdulla Najee Al Harthi

Super Cup[edit]

17 September 2012 Final	Al Ain	0–0 (a.e.t.) (5–4 p)	Al Jazira	Dubai
19:05 GMT+4 (UAE Time)	K. Abdulrahman 68' M. Ahmed 88'	Report	K. Esmaeel 21' Hyung-min 66' Bargash 85'	Stadium: Zabeel Stadium Attendance: 8,274 Referee: Ali Hamad Albadwawi Assistant referees: Mohamed Ahmed Al Hammadi, Jasem Abdullah Al Ali Fourth official: Abdulwahid Qhater
	Penalties
	Gyan Kembo Rădoi O. Abdulrahman F. Jumaa M. Ahmed M. Abdulrahman D. Sulaiman		Diaky Fernandinho Bargash R. Oliveira A. Mousa Y. Matar Hyung-min S. Masoud

President's Cup[edit]

20 December 2012 Round of 16	Al Ain	4–0	Al Fujairah	Sharjah
19:45 GMT+4 (UAE Time)	Kembo 31', 45' I. Ahmed 35' 46' (2H) 60' M. Fayez 60' Gyan 70' Y. Ahmed 70' Al Saadi 75' Rădoi 76' M. Malallah 76'	Report		Stadium: Sharjah Stadium Referee: Abdullah Najee
Note: Lineups

10 February 2013 Quarter-finals	Al Ain	2–1	Bani Yas	Dubai
17:25 GMT+4 (UAE Time)	Brosque 15' I. Ahmed 56' M. Salem 56' Al-Wehaibi 77' Kembo 89' M. Abdulrahman 89' H. Saeed 92' Al Hosani 92'	Report	Y. Jaber 63' Senghor 63' N. Mubarak 65' H. Saleh 65' Aboutrika 68'	Stadium: Zabeel Stadium Referee: Ammar Al Junaibi
Note: Lineups

5 May 2013 Semi-finals	Al Ain	1–2	Al Ahli	Al Nahyan Stadium
18:10 GMT+4 (UAE Time)	M. Ahmed 24' 58' I. Ahmed 29' F. Jumaa 30' 45' Al-Dhahri 45' Gyan 47' Kembo 62' Al-Wehaibi 62' H. Saeed 73' M. Abdulrahman 73' Brosque 82' 84' Mahmoud Al Mas 93' O. Abdulrahman 96' 96'	Report	Grafite 16' B. Saeed 35' M.Naser 84' Haikal 84'	Attendance: Abu Dhabi Referee: Ammar Al Junaibi
Note: Lineups

League Cup[edit]

Group stage[edit]

Group A[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Al-Wahda	8	6	1	1	18	7	+11	19
2	Al Ain	8	5	3	0	13	5	+8	18
3	Al Nasr	8	2	3	3	13	10	+3	9
4	Dubai	8	2	1	5	11	16	−5	7
5	Al-Shaab	8	0	2	6	6	23	−17	2

Updated to match(es) played on 17 March 2013. Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

9 October 2012 1	Dubai	2–4	Al Ain	Dubai
17:10 GMT+4 (UAE Time)	Porta 24' M. Ismael 63' Feindouno 87'	Report	Brosque 13', 53', 65' Al Shamisi 41' M. Abdulrahman 74' M. Fayez 89'	Stadium: Police Officers Club Attendance: 850 Referee: Sultan Abdulrazzaq Al Marzouqi

14 October 2012 2	Al Ain	0–0	Al Wahda	Al Ain
20:00 GMT+4 (UAE Time)	I. Ahmed 35'	Report		Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed Attendance: 2,419 Referee: Ali Hamad Al Badwawi

13 November 2012 3	Al Nasr	0–0	Al Ain	Dubai
20:00 GMT+4 (UAE Time)		Report	Al Saadi 11' Al Hosani 54' Al Dhahri 68'	Stadium: Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum Attendance: 1,281 Referee: Abdullah Al Aajel

28 December 2012 4	Al Ain	2–0	Al-Shaab	Al Ain
16:50 GMT+4 (UAE Time)	Al Shamisi 21' F. Jumaa 55' Y. Ahmed 80' Al Saadi 82'	Report	Careca 55'	Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed Attendance: 1,211 Referee: Ibrahim Al Muhairi

10 January 2013 5	Al Ain	2–1	Dubai	Al Ain
17:00 GMT+4 (UAE Time)	Al Saadi 2', 78' Rădoi 15' F. Fayez 90+3'	Report	A. Hassan 18' M. Ismael 38' Juca 51' Y. Al Hammadi 72' R. Yaslam 85' M. Lashkari 86'	Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed Attendance: 502 Referee: Eisa Khalifa Al Hajri

17 January 2013 6	Al-Wahda	0–1	Al Ain	Abu Dhabi
20:00 GMT+4 (UAE Time)	Basulaiman 61' Tawfeeq 88'	Report	Kembo 45' I. Ahmed 66' H. Saeed 92'	Stadium: Al Nahyan Attendance: 563 Referee: Fahad Al Kassar

1 February 2013 7	Al Ain	1–1	Al Nasr	Al Ain
17:20 GMT+4 (UAE Time)	Rădoi 44' Kembo 79' A. Malallah 90'	Report	Al Ajmani 49' Lima 90+1' Mascara 90+2'	Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed Attendance: 2,043 Referee: Hamad Ali Yousef

17 March 2013 8	Al-Shaab	1–3	Al Ain	Sharjah
17:45 GMT+4 (UAE Time)	Kaseke 32' K. Saqar 59' J. Sanqoor 61'	Report	A. Malallah 43' Y. Ahmed 29', 73'	Stadium: Khalid bin Mohammed Attendance: 923 Referee: Adel Al Naqbi

AFC Champions League[edit]

Group stage[edit]

Group D[edit]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	EST	HIL	AIN	RAY
1	Esteghlal	6	4	1	1	11	5	+6	13	Advance to knockout stage	—	0–1	2–0	3–0
2	Al-Hilal	6	4	0	2	10	6	+4	12	Advance to knockout stage	1–2	—	2–0	3–1
3	Al-Ain	6	2	0	4	6	9	−3	6		0–1	3–1	—	2–1
4	Al-Rayyan	6	1	1	4	7	14	−7	4		3–3	0–2	2–1	—

Source: ScoresPro

27 February 2013	Al-Ain	3–1	Al-Hilal	Tahnoun bin Mohammed Stadium, Al Ain
19:15 UTC+4	Abdulrahman 27' Brosque 46' Gyan 90+2'	Report	Al-Zori 9'	Attendance: 8,819 Referee: Peter Green (Australia)

13 March 2013	Esteghlal	2–0	Al-Ain	Azadi Stadium, Tehran
19:00 UTC+3:30	Samuel 64' Majidi 73'	Report		Attendance: 21,330 Referee: Valentin Kovalenko (Uzbekistan)

3 April 2013	Al-Ain	2–1	Al-Rayyan	Tahnoun bin Mohammed Stadium, Al Ain
19:30 UTC+4	Ekoko 34' Brosque 70'	Report	Nilmar 32'	Attendance: 8,102 Referee: Ryuji Sato (Japan)

9 April 2013	Al-Rayyan	2–1	Al-Ain	Ahmed bin Ali Stadium, Al Rayyan
18:40 UTC+3	Nilmar 59' Al-Marri 86'	Report	Ahmed 78'	Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Kim Jong-Hyeok (South Korea)

23 April 2013	Al-Hilal	2–0	Al-Ain	Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium, Riyadh
20:50 UTC+3	Al-Dossari 4' Wesley 24'	Report		Attendance: 13,067 Referee: Vladislav Tseytlin (Uzbekistan)

30 April 2013	Al-Ain	0–1	Esteghlal	Tahnoun bin Mohammed Stadium, Al Ain
19:50 UTC+4		Report	Nekounam 80' (pen.)	Attendance: 4,173 Referee: Masaaki Toma (Japan)

Statistics[edit]

Squad appearances and goals[edit]

Last updated on 24 May 2013.

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Pro-League		President's Cup		League Cup		Super Cup		Champions League
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
22	GK	UAE	Mahmoud Al Mas	12	0	4	0	1	0	4	0	0	0	3	0
30	GK	UAE	Abdullah Sultan	7	0	3	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0
36	GK	UAE	Dawoud Sulaiman	25	0	19	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	3	0
Defenders
4	DF	UAE	Musallem Fayez	9	0	3	0	1	0	5	0	0	0	0	0
5	DF	UAE	Ismail Ahmed	32	4	21	3	3	1	3	0	0	0	5	0
14	DF	UAE	Mohammed Fayez	4	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
15	DF	UAE	Khaled Abdulrahman	30	0	20	0	1	0	6	0	1	0	2	0
17	DF	UAE	Mohammed Ayed	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
19	DF	UAE	Mohanad Salem	30	0	20	0	3	0	1	0	1	0	5	0
21	DF	UAE	Fawzi Fayez	26	1	15	1	1	0	6	0	0	0	4	0
23	DF	UAE	Mohamed Ahmed	30	2	21	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	6	0
26	DF	UAE	Abdulsalam Mohammed	4	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
31	DF	UAE	Fahed Juma	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
33	DF	UAE	Mohammed Al-Dhahri	19	0	9	0	1	0	7	0	0	0	2	0
43	DF	UAE	Salem Sultan	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
44	DF	UAE	Fares Jumaa	30	0	15	0	2	0	7	0	1	0	5	0
60	DF	UAE	Saeed Musabbeh	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Midfielders
2	MF	UAE	Yaqoub Al Hosani	23	0	12	0	2	0	6	0	1	0	2	0
6	MF	ROU	Mirel Rădoi	35	2	20	2	3	0	5	0	1	0	6	0
7	MF	UAE	Ali Al-Wehaibi	32	3	19	2	3	1	6	0	0	0	4	0
8	MF	UAE	Mohammed Al Saadi	13	3	5	0	1	1	7	2	0	0	0	0
10	MF	UAE	Omar Abdulrahman	31	8	22	7	2	0	0	0	1	0	6	1
18	MF	UAE	Abdullah Malallah	6	1	2	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0
20	MF	UAE	Helal Saeed	30	0	19	0	2	0	3	0	1	0	5	0
25	MF	UAE	Ahmed Al Shamisi	9	1	7	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0
27	MF	UAE	Salem Abdullah	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
34	MF	UAE	Sultan Nasser	6	0	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
64	MF	UAE	Rayan Yaslam	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
68	MF	UAE	Ahmed Barman	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
Forwards
3	FW	GHA	Asamoah Gyan	29	32	22	31	2	0	0	0	1	0	4	1
9	FW	FRA	Kembo Ekoko	37	13	23	8	3	2	4	2	1	0	6	1
11	FW	UAE	Abdulaziz Fayez	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
16	FW	UAE	Mohamed Abdulrahman	36	4	22	3	2	0	5	1	1	0	6	0
28	FW	UAE	Abdullah Al Sheeba	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
32	FW	AUS	Alex Brosque	32	17	20	10	2	2	4	3	0	0	6	2
37	FW	UAE	Faraj Juma	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
65	FW	UAE	Yousef Ahmed	13	6	6	2	1	0	3	3	0	0	3	1
Players who have made an appearance this season but have left the club
29	FW	UAE	Mohamed Malallah	5	0	0	0	1	0	4	0	0	0	0	0
45	FW	UAE	Mohamed Naser	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0

Clean sheets[edit]

Rank	Player	Clean sheets
1	Dawoud Sulaiman	8
2	Mahmoud Almas	5
3	Abdulla Sultan	3
TOTALS		16

Last updated: 24 May 2013
Source: Competitive matches

Hat-tricks[edit]

Player	Against	Result	Date	Competition
Asamoah Gyan	Al Dhafra	7–0 (H)	5 October 2012	Pro-League
Alex Brosque	Dubai	2–4 (A)	9 October 2012	League Cup
Asamoah Gyan	Dubai	3–0 (H)	18 April 2013	Pro-League

(H) – Home; (A) – Away

Assists[edit]

Rnk	No.	Pos	Player	League	League Cup	President's Cup	Champions League	Total
1	10	MF	Omar Abdulrahman	12			4	16
2	9	FW	Kembo Ekoko	4		3		7
—	3	FW	Asamoah Gyan	6		1		7
4	6	MF	Mirel Radoi	4	1	1		6
5	16	FW	Mohamed Abdulrahman	5				5
—	20	MF	Helal Saeed	5				5
7	32	FW	Alex Brosque	4				4
—	15	DF	Khaled Abdulrahman	2			2	4
9	7	MF	Ali Al-Wehaibi	1	1	1		3
10	8	MF	Mohammed Al Saadi		2			2
—	33	DF	Mohammed Al-Dhahri	2				2
12	23	DF	Mohamed Ahmed	1				1
—	19	DF	Mohanad Salem			1		1
—	25	MF	Ahmed Al Shamisi	1				1
—	65	FW	Yousef Ahmed		1			1
—	45	FW	Mohamed Naser		1			1
—	36	GK	Dawoud Sulaiman	1				1
—	18	MF	Abdullah Malallah		1			1
—	27	MF	Salem Abdullah		1			1
—	30	GK	Abdulla Sultan	1				1
—	34	MF	Sultan Al Shamsi	1				1
TOTALS				49	8	7	6	70

Last updated: 24 May 2013
Source: Competitive matches

Goalscorers[edit]

Rnk	No.	Pos	Player	League	League Cup	President's Cup	Champions League	Total
1	3	FW	Asamoah Gyan	31			1	32
2	32	FW	Alex Brosque	10	3	2	2	17
3	9	FW	Kembo Ekoko	8	2	2	1	13
4	10	MF	Omar Abdulrahman	7			1	8
5	65	FW	Yousef Ahmed	2	3		1	6
6	5	DF	Ismail Ahmed	3		1		4
—	16	FW	Mohamed Abdulrahman	3	1			4
8	8	MF	Mohammed Al Saadi		2	1		3
—	7	MF	Ali Al-Wehaibi	2		1		3
10	6	MF	Mirel Radoi	2				2
—	23	DF	Mohamed Ahmed	2				2
12	21	DF	Fawzi Fayez	1				1
—	25	MF	Ahmed Al Shamisi		1			1
—	18	MF	Abdullah Malallah		1			1
Own Goals
TOTALS				71	13	7	6	97

Last updated: 24 May 2013
Source: Competitive matches

Awards[edit]

Award	Winner
Fans’ Player of the Year	Omar Abdulrahman^[24]
Emirati Player of the Year	Omar Abdulrahman^[24]
UAE Pro League Top Scorer	Asamoah Gyan^[24]
Young Player of the Year	Yousef Ahmed^[24]

References[edit]

^ Al Ain Football Club [@alainfcae] (12 September 2012). "Rădoi signs new Al Ain contract until 2014" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
^ Al Ain Football Club [@alainfcae] (16 January 2013). "Al Ain sign professional contract sign academy player Yousef Ahmed" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
^ "Yaqoub will moves to Al Ain at the end of the season for 1.2M dirhams". Kooora.com. Retrieved 31 March 2012.
^ "Al Hosani: my contract with Al Ain for 3 years". AlIttihad.ae. Retrieved 12 May 2012.
^ ^a ^b "Mohamed Ahmed to Al Ain for 20M dirhams". EmaratAlYoum.com. Retrieved 7 June 2012.
^ ^a ^b "Mohamed Ahmed Ainawi for 5 season". AlIttihad.ae. Retrieved 9 June 2012.
^ "Gyan signs four years with Al-Ain". AlAinFC.net. Archived from the original on 23 July 2012. Retrieved 6 July 2012.
^ "Ekoko Ainawi for 4 season". AlIttihad.ae. Retrieved 2 September 2012.
^ "Brosque joins UAE's Al Ain in two-year deal". Goal.com. Retrieved 27 September 2012.
^ "Al Qahtani to return to Al Hilal". Goal.com. 27 June 2012.
^ "Shehab Ahmed signs a two-year contract with Ajman". ProLeague.ae. Archived from the original on 28 March 2021. Retrieved 28 December 2021.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Five players from Al Ain play for Al Dhafra on loan". ProLeague.ae. 17 June 2012. Archived from the original on 29 March 2021.
^ "Saif Mohammed moves to Al Dhafra on loan basis". ProLeague.ae. 30 June 2012. Archived from the original on 29 March 2021.
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^ "Ignacio Scocco ya es jugador de Newell's". ElRojinegro.com. 31 July 2012.
^ "Al Shaab sign Al Bairaq on loan". AlIttihad.ae. 23 August 2012.
^ Al Ain Football Club [@alainfcae] (12 September 2012). "Rami Yaslam move to Dubai" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
^ "Al Ain loan Yaslam to Dubai". AlKhaleej.ae. 14 September 2012.
^ Al Nahda Club [@fcalnahda] (24 September 2012). "Al Nahda signs Jumaa Saeed on loan from Al Ain" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
^ "Al Wasl Sign Al Ain Striker Mohammed Nasser". UAEProLeague.com. 23 January 2013. Archived from the original on 29 March 2021.
^ "Pro League January transfer window review". ProLeague.ae. 6 February 2013. Archived from the original on 29 March 2021.
^ "Dubai police hunt for football fan who hit referee during UAE Pro-League match". Gulf News. 7 April 2013. Retrieved 25 March 2021.
^ "Pro League: FA award three points to Al Ain as Al Ahli are punished". The National News. 10 April 2013. Retrieved 25 March 2021.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Winners of first Etisalat Pro League Awards honoured at ceremony". Pro-League. 26 May 2013. Archived from the original on 25 March 2021.

External links[edit]

Al Ain FC official website (in English and Arabic)

[1] Al Ain Football Club [@alainfcae] (12 September 2012). "Rădoi signs new Al Ain contract until 2014" (Tweet) – via Twitter.

[2] Al Ain Football Club [@alainfcae] (16 January 2013). "Al Ain sign professional contract sign academy player Yousef Ahmed" (Tweet) – via Twitter.

[3] "Yaqoub will moves to Al Ain at the end of the season for 1.2M dirhams". Kooora.com. Retrieved 31 March 2012.

[4] "Al Hosani: my contract with Al Ain for 3 years". AlIttihad.ae. Retrieved 12 May 2012.

[Swap_With_Ismail_Rabee-5] "Mohamed Ahmed to Al Ain for 20M dirhams". EmaratAlYoum.com. Retrieved 7 June 2012.

[Swap_With_Ismail_Rabee2-6] "Mohamed Ahmed Ainawi for 5 season". AlIttihad.ae. Retrieved 9 June 2012.

[7] "Gyan signs four years with Al-Ain". AlAinFC.net. Archived from the original on 23 July 2012. Retrieved 6 July 2012.

[8] "Ekoko Ainawi for 4 season". AlIttihad.ae. Retrieved 2 September 2012.

[9] "Brosque joins UAE's Al Ain in two-year deal". Goal.com. Retrieved 27 September 2012.

[10] "Al Qahtani to return to Al Hilal". Goal.com. 27 June 2012.

[11] "Shehab Ahmed signs a two-year contract with Ajman". ProLeague.ae. Archived from the original on 28 March 2021. Retrieved 28 December 2021.

[Five_players-12] "Five players from Al Ain play for Al Dhafra on loan". ProLeague.ae. 17 June 2012. Archived from the original on 29 March 2021.

[13] "Saif Mohammed moves to Al Dhafra on loan basis". ProLeague.ae. 30 June 2012. Archived from the original on 29 March 2021.

[14] Newell's Old Boys [@Newells] (1 August 2012). "Nacho Scocco regresó a Newell's" (Tweet) – via Twitter.

[15] "Ignacio Scocco ya es jugador de Newell's". ElRojinegro.com. 31 July 2012.

[16] "Al Shaab sign Al Bairaq on loan". AlIttihad.ae. 23 August 2012.

[17] Al Ain Football Club [@alainfcae] (12 September 2012). "Rami Yaslam move to Dubai" (Tweet) – via Twitter.

[18] "Al Ain loan Yaslam to Dubai". AlKhaleej.ae. 14 September 2012.

[19] Al Nahda Club [@fcalnahda] (24 September 2012). "Al Nahda signs Jumaa Saeed on loan from Al Ain" (Tweet) – via Twitter.

[20] "Al Wasl Sign Al Ain Striker Mohammed Nasser". UAEProLeague.com. 23 January 2013. Archived from the original on 29 March 2021.

[21] "Pro League January transfer window review". ProLeague.ae. 6 February 2013. Archived from the original on 29 March 2021.

[22] "Dubai police hunt for football fan who hit referee during UAE Pro-League match". Gulf News. 7 April 2013. Retrieved 25 March 2021.

[23] "Pro League: FA award three points to Al Ain as Al Ahli are punished". The National News. 10 April 2013. Retrieved 25 March 2021.

[Pro_League_Awards-24] "Winners of first Etisalat Pro League Awards honoured at ceremony". Pro-League. 26 May 2013. Archived from the original on 25 March 2021.

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