2014–15 Al Ain FC season

Al Ain
2014–15 season
President	Mohammed Bin Zayed
Manager	Zlatko Dalić
Stadium	Hazza Bin Zayed, Al Ain
UAE Pro-League	1st
Arabian Gulf Super Cup	Final
President's Cup	Round of 16
League Cup	Group stage
AFC Champions League	Semi-finals
Top goalscorer	League: ; Asamoah Gyan (13); All: ; Asamoah Gyan (22)
Highest home attendance	24,204 vs Al-Hilal; (30 September 2014)
Lowest home attendance	1,386 vs Ittihad Kalba; (9 October 2014)
Average home league attendance	18,830 vs Al-Ittihad; (19 August 2014)
	← 2013–14 2015–16 →

The 2014–15 season was Al Ain Football Club's 47th in existence and the club's 40th consecutive season in the top-level football league in the UAE.

Season overview[edit]

June[edit]

On 10 June, Al Ain announced its first two signing of the season by reached an agreement with Pohang Steelers to get Lee Myung-Joo for a three-year deal and Rashed Eisa for a one-season loan from Al Wasl FC in exchange deal of joining Salem Abdullah and Hazza Salem for loan.^[1]^[2] On 23 June, Al Ain agreed a contract extension with Waleed Salem, keeping him with the club for three more years.^[3] On 26 June, Alex Brosque leaves the club and return to Sydney FC,^[4] has signed a two-season deal and was presented on 1 July.^[5]

July[edit]

Miroslav Stoch joined on a one-season loan from Fenerbahçe.

On 3 July, Al Ain announce the signing of the Slovakian Miroslav Stoch from Fenerbahçe on one-year loan contract to become the third player joining the club.^[6] On 4 July, Team Supervisor, Mohammed Obeid Hammad, Stated that 20 players will leave the club, from the first team and most of them of the reserve team, after cancellation of the Reserve League and replaced by Under-21 Championship.^[7] Khaled and his younger brother Mohammed Abdulrahman signs a new extension 3 years with the club.^[8] Kembo Ekoko returned to the club after a one-year loan spell at the Qatari club El Jaish, also was called to join the club camp by Zlatko Dalić, to decide the 4th foreign player.^[9] On 9 July, Mohammed Salem became the third player loaned to Al Wasl FC, After Salem, Hazza.^[10] Sultan Nasser moved to promoted club Ittihad Kalba, for one season.^[11] Al Ain announce the signing of former Al Ahli Defender Mohammed Fawzi from Baniyas for three seasons along with the transfer of midfielder Bandar Al Ahbabi and Defender Abdulsalam Mohammed. He will wear the number 77 shirt.^[12]^[13] On the same day, Al Ain also announced that Kembo Ekoko will stay and will be the last foreign player.^[14] Later on the day, Mirel Rădoi moved to Al Ain rivals Al Ahli after end of his contract at the end of the 2013–14 season.^[15]^[16] Al Ain camp was supposed to be in Erzurum, Turkey. Due to bad weather they moved to Montecatini, Italy.^[17] On 11 July, Al Ain began its pre-season campaign against Italy 3rd Division side Montecatini FC. Al Ain won 2–0, goals coming from Faris Jumaa and Ibrahim Diaky, assisted by Bandar Al Ahbabi.^[18] On 14 July, Al Ain won in its second pre-season match against Folgore Falciano, with a 1–7, goals coming from a brace by Ryan Yslam and goals from Ibrahim Diaky, Mohamed Ahmed, Miroslav Stoch, Rashed Eisa and Khalid Khalfan.^[19] On 15 July, goalkeeper Yousif Abdelrahman moved to Fujairah for two seasons.^[20] On 17 July, Asamoah Gyan awarded Al Hadath Al Riyadi's golden boot for the third time in a row, After he scored 29 goals in 26 match in league.^[21] On 18 July, Al Ain beat Barnsley 2–1 in its third pre-season match, a brace by Kembo Ekoko.^[22] On 23 July, Al Ain played their fifth pre-season match in the Al Ain International Championship against Kuwait at the Sheikh Khalifa International Stadium in Al Ain. The match ended 4–0, coming from a brace by Kembo Ekoko and goals from Miroslav Stoch, Mohamed Abdulrahman. Kembo Ekoko named man of the match.^[23] On 24 July, Asamoah Gyan extending contract until 2018. Gyan joined Al Ain in 2011 from Sunderland on one season loan. On 6 July 2012 signed a five-year contract with club. He scored 103 goals in 92 match. Become Al Ain second top scorers in all competitions behind Ahmed Abdullah with 180.^[24]^[25] On 25 July, Al Ain won Al Ain International Championship in their sixth pre-season match after a draw with Al Nassr 1–1, with Al Ain only goal coming from Kembo Ekoko in the 72nd minute. Ahmed Barman named man of the match.^[26] Kembo Ekoko was top scorer of the Championship for scoring three goals.^[27] After the match Al Ain honored Asamoah Gyan as the top African goalscorer in the World Cup.^[28] He also ranked 35 on Goal 50 best footballers of the 2013–14 season, ahead of Paul Pogba and Robin van Persie.^[29]^[30]^[31] On 30 July, Al Ain announced renewed the contracts of four players Ahmed Barman, Mohamad Busanda, Saeed Mosabah, and Khalid Khalfan for long term contracts.^[32]

August[edit]

On 5 August, Al Ain lose from Catania 0–3 in its sixth pre-season match.^[33] On 6 August, Faraj Juma moved on a 1-year loan deal to club Al Shaab.^[34] On 8 August, Al Ain win 2–1, in its seventh pre-season match against Al Wahda, a penalty goal from Asamoah Gyan and a second goal from Mohamed Abdulrahman.^[35] On 11 August, Al Ain win 1–0 in its last pre-season match against Moroccan club Raja Casablanca. The only goal coming from Asamoah Gyan in the 85th minute.^[36]

Players[edit]

First team squad[edit]

No.	Position(s)	Name	Since	Date of Birth (Age)
Goalkeepers
12	GK	Waleed Salem	2001	(1980-10-28) 28 October 1980 (age 43)
17	GK	Khalid Eisa	2013	(1989-09-15) 15 September 1989 (age 34)
22	GK	Mahmood Al Mas	2011	(1983-09-08) 8 September 1983 (age 40)
36	GK	Dawoud Sulaiman	2010	(1990-03-21) 21 March 1990 (age 34)
Defenders
5	CB	Ismail Ahmed	2008	(1983-07-07) 7 July 1983 (age 40)
15	LB	Khaled Abdulrahman	2009	(1988-09-10) 10 September 1988 (age 35)
19	CB	Mohanad Salem	2008	(1985-03-01) 1 March 1985 (age 39)
21	RB	Fawzi Fayez	2007	(1987-07-14) 14 July 1987 (age 36)
23	RB / CB	Mohamed Ahmed	2012	(1989-04-16) 16 April 1989 (age 35)
44	CB / RB	Faris Jumaa	2007	(1988-12-19) 19 December 1988 (age 35)
50	LB	Mohammed Fayez	2007	(1989-10-06) 6 October 1989 (age 34)
77	DM / RB / CB	Mohammed Fawzi	2014	(1990-02-22) 22 February 1990 (age 34)
Midfielders
4	DM	Sultan Al Ghaferi	2013	(1986-09-18) 18 September 1986 (age 37)
7	RM / RW / AM	Ali Al-Wehaibi (VC)	2001	(1983-10-27) 27 October 1983 (age 40)
8	AM	Rashed Eisa	2014	(1990-08-24) 24 August 1990 (age 33)
9	RW / LW / SS	Kembo Ekoko	2012	(1988-01-08) 8 January 1988 (age 36)
10	LW / RW / AM	Omar Abdulrahman	2008	(1991-09-20) 20 September 1991 (age 32)
18	CM / AM / DM	Ibrahim Diaky	2013	(1982-05-24) 24 May 1982 (age 41)
20	DM / CM	Helal Saeed (C)	2011	(1982-03-24) 24 March 1982 (age 42)
24	DM / CM	Ahmed Barman	2013	(1994-02-05) 5 February 1994 (age 30)
29	DM / CM	Lee Myung-joo	2014	(1990-04-24) 24 April 1990 (age 33)
30	AM / RM	Mohammed Al Saadi	2011	(1982-10-28) 28 October 1982 (age 41)
99	LW / RW / AM	Miroslav Stoch	2014	(1989-10-19) 19 October 1989 (age 34)
Forwards
3	CF	Asamoah Gyan	2011	(1985-11-22) 22 November 1985 (age 38)
16	CF / RW / LW / AM / CM / DM	Mohammed Abdulrahman	2012	(1989-02-04) 4 February 1989 (age 35)

From the youth squad[edit]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
13	FW	UAE	Khalefah Rashed
31	DF	UAE	Ahmad Salem
33	FW	UAE	Majed Ahmad
35	FW	UAE	Yousef Ahmed
37	DF	UAE	Rashed Muhayer


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
38	DF	UAE	Saeed Mosabah
39	MF	UAE	Saqer Mohd
43	MF	UAE	Ryan Yslam
40	GK	UAE	Mohamad Busanda
49	DF	UAE	Salem Juma

Players in / out[edit]

IN
No.	Pos.	Player	From	T.w	Type	T.fee	Source
8	AM	Rashed Eisa	Al Wasl FC	S	Loan	Undisc.	AlAinFC.net
29	CM	Lee Myung-joo	Pohang Steelers	S	Transfer	Undisc.	AlAinFC.net
6	LW	Miroslav Stoch	Fenerbahçe	S	Loan	Undisc.	AlAinFC.net
9	CF	Kembo Ekoko	El Jaish	S	Loan return		AlAinFC.net
77	RB	Mohammed Fawzi	Baniyas	S	Transfer	Undisc.	24.ae
11	CF	Hamad Raqea	Al Dhafra	S	Loan return		EmaratAlYoum.com

OUT
No.	Pos.	Player	To	T.w	Type	Source
–	LW	Michel Bastos	São Paulo	S	Transfer	AlAinFC.net
8	LW	Yassine El Ghanassy	Gent	S	End of Loan	AlAinFC.net
—	DM	Bakary Saré	CFR Cluj	S	End of Loan	AlAinFC.net
27	CM	Salem Abdullah	Al Wasl FC	S	Loan	AlAinFC.net
31	RB	Hazza Salem	Al Wasl FC	S	Loan	AlAinFC.net
32	CF	Alex Brosque	Sydney FC	S	End of contact	SydneyFC.com.au Archived 14 July 2014 at the Wayback Machine
33	LB	Mohammed Salem	Al Wasl FC	S	Loan	EmaratAlYoum.com
—	GK	Yousif Abdelrahman	Fujairah SC	S	Transfer	EmaratAlYoum.com
34	CM	Sultan Nasser	Ittihad Kalba	S	Transfer	AlRoeya.ae Archived 13 July 2014 at the Wayback Machine
14	RW	Bandar Al Ahbabi	Baniyas	S	Tra. (included in M.Fawzi transfer)	24.ae
26	CB	Abdulsalam Mohammed	Baniyas	S	Tra. (included in M.Fawzi transfer)	24.ae
6	DM	Mirel Rădoi	Al Ahli	S	End of contact	AlAhliClub.ae
2	CB	Mohammed Ali Ayed	Al Shabab	S	Loan	EmaratAlYoum.com
37	CF	Faraj Juma	Al Shaab	S	Loan	AlShaabClub.ae
11	CF	Abdulaziz Fayez	Al Wasl FC	S	Loan	AlBayan.ae
25	AM	Ahmed Al Shamisi	Al Wasl FC	S	Loan	AlBayan.ae

Club[edit]

Current technical staff[edit]

Position	Name
First team head coach	Zlatko Dalić
Assistant coach	Dražen Ladić Hisham Sorour
Goalkeeping coach	Bashar Abduljalil
Fitness coach	Frano Lecco
Club doctor	Nicholas Tzorudis
Physiotherapist	Ibstolius Derstas Georgios Bosineaus
Team Manager	Matar Obaid Al Sahbani
Team Supervisor	Mohammed Obeid Hammad
Team Administrator	Nasser Al Junaibi
Director of football	Khalifa Suleiman

Other information[edit]

Chairman	Mohammed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan
Vice Chairman	Hazza Bin Zayed Al Nahyan
Chairman of Board of Directors	Abdullah Bin Mohammed Bin Khaled Al Nahyan
Vice Chairman of Board of Directors	Rashed Mubarak Al Hajeri
Board of Directors Member	Mohammed Salem Omair Al Shamisi
Board of Directors Member	Mohammed Abdullah Bin Bdoua Al Darmaki
Board of Directors Member	Mohamed Obaid Helal Al Dhaheri
Ground (capacity and dimensions)	Hazza Bin Zayed Stadium (25,000 / 45x50 metres)

Updated to match played 15 June 2014
Source: Al Ain FC, HBZStadium

Statistics[edit]

Squad, appearances and goals[edit]

No.	Nat	Player	Total				League		Asia		Cup		League Cup		Super Cup
No.	Nat	Player	Starts	Apps	Goals	Min	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
12		Waleed.S	1	1	—	95	0	—	0	—	0	—	1	—	0	—
17		Khalid.E	9	9	—	824	6	—	3	—	0	—	0	—	0	—
36		Dawoud	0	1	—	29	0	—	1	—	0	—	0	—	0	—
40		Bu Senda	1	1	—	94	0	—	0	—	0	—	1	—	0	—
Defenders
5		Ismail	9	9	1	856	6	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
15		Khaled.A	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
19		Mohanad	5	6	2	486	6	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
21		Fawzi	5	6	0	476	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
23		M. Ahmed	7	7	0	575	4	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
38		Saeed.M	2	2	0	166	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
44		Fares.J	5	5	0	471	0	0	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
49		Salem.J	2	2	0	155	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
50		Mohammed.F	10	10	0	934	6	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
77		M.Fawzi	0	4	1	97	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Midfielders
4		S. Al Ghaferi	2	6	0	225	3	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
7		Al Wehaibi (VC)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8		Rashed	1	3	0	92	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9		Kembo	8	8	3	612	4	3	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
10		Omar.A	5	5	1	433	2	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
18		Diaky	6	9	3	626	5	2	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	0
20		Helal.S (C)	4	5	0	384	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
24		A.Barman	6	10	0	597	6	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
29		Lee.M.J	9	9	0	831	5	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
30		Mohammed.S	0	2	0	96	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
43		Rayan.Y	1	2	0	95	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
99		Stoch	10	10	4	882	6	3	3	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Forwards
3		Asamoah	5	6	4	475	3	2	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
11		H.Raqea	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
13		Khalefah.R	0	1	0	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
16		Mohammed.A	5	8	2	487	5	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
33		Majed.A	0	1	0	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
35		Yousef.A	1	4	0	173	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
Appearances = Total appearances
Last updated: 6 November 2014

Squad Stats[edit]

	League	Asia	League Cup	Total Stats
Games played	6	4	2	12
Games won	4	3	0	7
Games drawn	1	0	0	1
Games lost	1	1	2	4
Goals for	15	7	1	23
Goals against	7	5	4	16
Goal by Substitute	1	1	0	2
Players used	84	56	28	168
Yellow cards	11	4	3	18
Red cards	1	2	0	3

Last updated: 6 November 2014
Source: Competitive matches

Goalscorers[edit]

Rnk	No.	Pos	Player	League	League Cup	Champions League	Total
1	99	MF	M.Stoch	3	1		4
—	9	MF	Kembo	3		1	4
—	3	FW	Gyan	2		2	4
4	18	MF	Diaky	2		1	3
5	19	DF	Mohanad	2			2
—	16	FW	Mohammed.A	2			2
7	29	MF	Lee			1	1
—	77	DF	M.Fawzi	1			1
—	10	MF	Omar.A			1	1
—	5	DF	Ismail			1	1
—	Own Goals					1	1
TOTALS				15	1	8	24

Last updated: 6 November 2014

Assists[edit]

R	Player	Position	League	Champions League	Total
1	Miroslav Stoch	LW	2	2	4
—	Mohammed Abdulrahman	CF	3		3
—	Kembo Ekoko	SS	2	1	3
4	Omar Abdulrahman	AM		2	2
—	Asamoah Gyan	CF	2		2
6	Fawzi Fayez	RB	1		1
—	Helal Saeed	DM	1		1
—	Mohamed Ahmed	RB		1	1
—	Khalid Eisa	GK		1	1

Last updated: 27 October 2014

Disciplinary record[edit]

N	P	Nat.	Name											Notes
N	P	Nat.	Name	League		League Cup	President's Cup	Champions League		Super Cup	Total			Notes
3	FW		Gyan						1				1
4	MF		S. Al Ghaferi	1		1					2
5	DF		Ismail	2							2
9	MF		Kembo			1					1
10	MF		Omar.A	1				1			2
16	MF		Mohammed.A	2							2
17	GK		Khalid.E						1				1
18	MF		Diaky	1							1
20	MF		Helal	1							1
23	DF		M. Ahmed	1	1			1			2	1
24	MF		Barman			1		1			2
38	DF		Saeed.M			1					1
44	DF		Fares.J			1					1
49	DF		Salem.J			1					1
99	MF		M.Stoch	1		1		1			3

Last updated: 6 November 2014
Source: Competitive matches and AGLeague.ae
Only competitive matches
Ordered by , and
= Number of bookings; = Number of sending offs after a second yellow card; = Number of sending offs by a direct red card.

Pre-season and friendlies[edit]

Win Draw Loss

11 July 2014	Montecatini FC	0 – 2	Al Ain	Montecatini, Italy
21:00 GMT+4 (UAE Time)		Report	38' Faris 44' Diaky	Stadium: Stadio Di Montecatini Referee: Sikshi

14 July 2014	Folgore Falciano	1 – 7	Al Ain	Montecatini, Italy
23:30 GMT+4 (UAE Time)	Matinee 70'	Report	26' Diaky 36' M.Ahmed 45' M.Stoch 56', 75' Ryan.Y 66' Rashed.E 83' K.Khalfan	Stadium: Stadio Di Montecatini Referee: Torbeka Silver

18 July 2014	Barnsley	1 – 2	Al Ain	Verona, Italy
	75' Brad	Report	6', 27' Kembo	Stadium: Verona club Referee: Zambalini

23 July 2014 AIFC	Al Ain	4 – 0	Kuwait	Al Ain, United Arab Emirates
22:15 GMT+4 (UAE Time)	Kembo 29', 53' M.Stoch 45' Mohammed.A 58' K.Khalfan 88'	Report	22' N.Al Qahtani 75' Makelele	Stadium: Sheikh Khalifa International Referee: Hamad Al Shaikh Man of the Match: Kembo Ekoko^[37]

25 July 2014 AIFC	Al Ain	1 – 1	Al Nassr	Al Ain, United Arab Emirates
22:15 GMT+4 (UAE Time)	Mohammed.F 9' Kembo 72' Ismail 30' Mohanad 88'	Report	29' Al-Sahlawi 37' Al-Sahlawi 62' Al-Raheb 81' Abdulghani 88' Hawsawi	Stadium: Sheikh Khalifa International Referee: Sultan Al Marzouqi Man of the Match: Ahmed Barman

5 August 2014	Al Ain	0 – 3	Catania	Logan, Austria
		Report	5', 35' Castro 70' Rosina

8 August 2014	Al Ain	2 – 1	Al Wahda	Logan, Austria
	Gyan 44' (pen.) Mohammed.A 56'	Report	45' (pen.) Tagliabué

11 August 2014	Al Ain	1 – 0	Raja Casablanca	Logan, Austria
	Gyan 85'

14 August 2014	Al Ain	2 – 0	Sohar SC	Al Ain, United Arab Emirates
	Lee 20' Rashed.E 61'			Stadium: Hazza Bin Zayed Stadium

2 September 2014	Al Sharjah	1 – 2	Al Ain	Sharjah
17:45 GMT+4 (UAE Time)	Saif.R 18'	Report	77' Faris 83' Mohammed.A	Stadium: Sharjah Stadium Referee: Hassan Karim

Goals and assists[edit]

Player	Goals
Kembo Ekoko	5
Mohammed Abdulrahman	3
Faris Jumaa	2
Rashed Eisa	2
Asamoah Gyan	2
Miroslav Stoch	2
Ibrahim Diaky	2
Ryan Yslam	2
Lee Myung-joo	1
Khalid Khalfan	1
Mohamed Ahmed	1

Player	Assists
Bandar Al Ahbabi	2
Kembo Ekoko	1
Miroslav Stoch	1
Lee Myung-joo	1
Ismail Ahmed	1
Ahmed Al Shamisi	1
Yousef Ahmed	1

Competitions[edit]

Overall[edit]

Competition	Started round	Current position / round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
Arabian Gulf Super Cup	Final	—
Arabian Gulf League	—	4		20 September 2014
Arabian Gulf Cup	Group stage	—		9 October 2014
UAE President's Cup	—	—
AFC Champions League	Group stage	—	Semi-finals	26 February 2014	30 September 2014

Updated to match played 27 October 2014
Source: Competitions

UAE Arabian Gulf Super Cup[edit]

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	18	6	2	62	19	+43	60	Qualification to the 2016 AFC Champions League Group Stage
2	Al Jazira	26	16	3	7	66	46	+20	51	Qualification to the 2016 AFC Champions League Qualifying play-off
3	Al-Shabab Al-Arabi	26	14	7	5	49	35	+14	49	Qualification to the 2016 AFC Champions League Second Qualifying Round
4	Al Wahda	26	13	8	5	44	32	+12	47
5	Al-Nasr	26	10	9	7	43	32	+11	39	Qualification to the 2016 AFC Champions League Group Stage^[a]

Updated to match(es) played on 3 June 2015. Source: [1]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions
Notes:

^ Al-Nasr qualifies for 2016 AFC Champions League Group Stage as winners of 2014–15 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
6	4	1	1	15	7	+8	13	3	0	0	7	2	+5	1	1	1	8	5	+3

Last updated: 27 October 2014.
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	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	P	W	W	P	L	W	W	D	D	W	W	W	W
Position		5	3		7	5	3	4	6	5	5	2	1	1

Updated to match(es) played on 19 December 2014. Source: Matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; P = Postponed

Matches[edit]

TBC 1	Al Shabab	v	Al Ain	Dubai
TBC				Stadium: Maktoum Bin Rashid

20 September 2014 2	Al Ain	2 – 0	Al Wasl	Al Ain
20:15 GMT+4 (UAE Time)	Mohammed.A 26' Omar. A 30' Gyan 35' M.Ahmed 40' 57' M.Stoch 90+2'	Report	47' Berola 66' M.Salem 80' Hazza	Stadium: Hazza Bin Zayed Attendance: 3,783 Referee: Mohamed Abdulla

24 September 2014 3	Ajman	0 – 4	Al Ain	Ajman
18:55 GMT+4 (UAE Time)	Nasser.A 62' Haddaf 45+1' 90+4'	Report	36' Mohammed.A 40' M.Stoch 56' Gyan 90+1' M.Fawzi	Stadium: Ajman Stadium Attendance: 2,450 Referee: Hamad Ali

20 September 2014 4	Al Ain	v	Al Fujairah	Al Ain
20:15 GMT+4 (UAE Time)				Stadium: Hazza Bin Zayed

5 October 2014 5	Al Jazira	4 – 3	Al Ain	Abu Dhabi
20:00 GMT+4 (UAE Time)	Vucinic 8', 38', 60', 70' Khasif 84' Bargash 90+5'	Report	15' Ismail 25' Mohammed.A 31', 64' Kembo 59' M. Ahmed	Stadium: Mohammed Bin Zayed Attendance: 11,680 Referee: Ammar Al Junaibi

17 October 2014 6	Al Ain	3 – 1	Al Dhafra	Al Ain
20:00 GMT+4 (UAE Time)	M.Stoch 37' 80' Helal 45+1' Kembo 52' Mohanad 57'	Report	65' Saif.M	Stadium: Hazza Bin Zayed Attendance: 2,772 Referee: Abdulla Al Aajel

22 October 2014 7	Al Ain	2 – 1	Emirates	Al Ain
20:00 GMT+4 (UAE Time)	Ismail 39' Diaky 59', 81'	Report	2' J.Maroof 38' Rodrigo 81' Mubarek	Stadium: Hazza Bin Zayed Attendance: 2,155 Referee: Adel Al Naqbi

27 October 2014 8	Al Ahli	1 – 1	Al Ain	Dubai
20:00 GMT+4 (UAE Time)	Luis 21' Carlitos 35' 75' 90+1' Walid.A 39' Majed.H 43' M.Naser 90+1'	Report	5' Mohanad 45+1' Diaky 90+3' Mohammed.A 90+5' S. Al Ghaferi	Stadium: Al-Rashid Stadium Attendance: 9,500 Referee: Yaqoub Al Hammadi

30 November 2014 9	Al Ain	v	Al Nasr	Al Ain
16:45 GMT+4 (UAE Time)				Stadium: Hazza Bin Zayed

5 December 2014 10	Ittihad Kalba	v	Al Ain	Kalba
20:00 GMT+4 (UAE Time)				Stadium: Ittihad Kalba Club Stadium

10 December 2014 11	Al Ain	v	Al Wahda	Al Ain
20:00 GMT+4 (UAE Time)				Stadium: Hazza Bin Zayed

15 December 2014 12	Baniyas	v	Al Ain	Abu Dhabi
16:40 GMT+4 (UAE Time)				Stadium: Baniyas Stadium

19 December 2014 13	Al Ain	v	Al Sharjah	Al Ain
20:00 GMT+4 (UAE Time)				Stadium: Hazza Bin Zayed

TBC 14	Al Ain	v	Al Shabab	Al Ain
TBC				Stadium: Hazza Bin Zayed

TBC 15	Al Wasl	v	Al Ain	Dubai
TBC				Stadium: Zabeel Stadium

TBC 16	Al Ain	v	Ajman	Al Ain
TBC				Stadium: Hazza Bin Zayed

TBC 17	Al Fujairah	v	Al Ain	Fujairah
TBC				Stadium: Fujairah Club Stadium

TBC 18	Al Ain	v	Al Jazira	Al Ain
TBC				Stadium: Hazza Bin Zayed

TBC 19	Al Dhafra	v	Al Ain	Abu Dhabi
TBC				Stadium: Hamdan bin Zayed

TBC 20	Emirates	v	Al Ain	Ras al-Khaimah
TBC				Stadium: Emirates Club Stadium

TBC 21	Al Ain	v	Al Ahli	Al Ain
TBC				Stadium: Hazza Bin Zayed

TBC 22	Emirates	v	Al Ain	Dubai
TBC				Stadium: Al-Maktoum Stadium

TBC 23	Al Ain	v	Ittihad Kalba	Al Ain
TBC				Stadium: Hazza Bin Zayed

TBC 24	Al Wahda	v	Al Ain	Abu Dhabi
TBC				Stadium: Al-Nahyan Stadium

TBC 25	Al Ain	v	Baniyas	Al Ain
TBC				Stadium: Hazza Bin Zayed

TBC 26	Al Sharjah	v	Al Ain	Sharjah
TBC				Stadium: Sharjah Stadium

President's Cup[edit]

14 May 2015 Round of 16	Al Ain	5–0	Dibba Al Fujairah
		Report

23 May 2015 Quarter-finals	Al Nasr	1–0	Al Ain
TBC		Report

UAE Arabian Gulf Cup[edit]

Group A[edit]

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Al Shabab	2	2	0	0	5	0	+5	6
Al Nasr	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	3
Al Jazira	2	1	0	1	3	2	+1	3
Kalba	2	1	0	1	1	2	−1	3
Ajman	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	1
Al Wasl	2	0	1	1	1	4	−3	1
Al Ain	2	0	0	2	1	4	−3	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Matches[edit]

9 October 2014 1	Al Ain	0 – 1	Kalba	Al Ain
17:10 GMT+4 (UAE Time)	S. Al Ghaferi 61' Kembo 88' Barman 90+2'	Report	22' Y.Hassan 24' Wael.A 66' Danilo.P 77' Hassan	Stadium: Hazza Bin Zayed Attendance: 1,386 Referee: Ali Karim

6 November 2014 2	Al Jazira	1 – 3	Al Ain	Abu Dhabi
19:30	Ahmed.R 54' Pitroipa 78' K.Alrezzy 83' K.Alsenaani 90+2'	Report	28' Salem.J 34' 68', pen' Stoch 24' Fares.J 24' Saeed.M	Stadium: Mohammad Bin Zayed Attendance: 320 Referee: Ahmad Salem

TBC 3	Al Ain	v	Al Nasr	TBC
TBC

TBC 4	Al Shabab	v	Al Ain	TBC
TBC

TBC 5	Al Ain	v	Ajman	TBC
TBC

TBC 6	Al Wasl	v	Al Ain	TBC
TBC

Last updated: 6 November 2014
Source: AGLeague.ae

AFC Champions League[edit]

Group stage[edit]

Group B[edit]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	AIN	NAF	PAK	SHB
1	Al-Ain	6	3	3	0	7	2	+5	12	Advance to knockout stage	—	3–0	1–1	0–0
2	Naft Tehran	6	2	2	2	8	8	0	8	Advance to knockout stage	1–1	—	1–1	2–1
3	Pakhtakor	6	1	3	2	6	8	−2	6		0–1	2–1	—	0–2
4	Al-Shabab	6	1	2	3	5	8	−3	5		0–1	0–3	2–2	—

Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

24 February 2015	Al-Ain	0–0	Al-Shabab	Hazza Bin Zayed Stadium, Al Ain
19:00 UTC+4		Report		Attendance: 15,426 Referee: Mohd Amirul Izwan Bin Yaacob (Malaysia)

3 March 2015	Naft Tehran	1–1	Al-Ain	Azadi Stadium, Tehran
18:00 UTC+3:30	Kouroshi 50'	Report	Gyan 58' (pen.)	Attendance: 3,300 Referee: Tan Hai (China)

18 March 2015	Pakhtakor	0–1	Al-Ain	Pakhtakor Markaziy Stadium, Tashkent
17:00 UTC+5		Report	Stoch 61'	Attendance: 8,675 Referee: Kim Jong-hyeok (South Korea)

7 April 2015	Al-Ain	1–1	Pakhtakor	Hazza Bin Zayed Stadium, Al Ain
19:15 UTC+4	Kembo 20'	Report	Sergeev 45+2'	Attendance: 6,872 Referee: Fahad Al-Marri (Qatar)

22 April 2015	Al-Shabab	0–1	Al-Ain	Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium, Riyadh
20:40 UTC+3		Report	Gyan 58'	Attendance: 1,977 Referee: Minoru Tōjō (Japan)

6 May 2015	Al-Ain	3–0	Naft Tehran	Hazza Bin Zayed Stadium, Al Ain
19:30 UTC+4	Abdulrahman 63' Gyan 74' Kembo 87'	Report		Attendance: 4,299 Referee: Peter Green (Australia)

Knockout phase[edit]

Round of 16[edit]

20 May 2015 First leg	Al-Ahli	0–0	Al-Ain	Al-Rashid Stadium, Dubai
19:45 UTC+4		Report		Attendance: 8,900 Referee: Ko Hyung-jin (South Korea)

27 May 2015 Second leg	Al-Ain	3–3	Al-Ahli	Hazza Bin Zayed Stadium, Al Ain
19:50 UTC+4	Gyan 5', 78' Eisa 90+2'	Report	Khamis 51' Khalil 53', 56'	Attendance: 14,270 Referee: Mohanad Qasim Eesee Sarray (Iraq)

3–3 on aggregate. Al-Ahli won on away goals.

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External links[edit]

Al Ain FC official website (in English and Arabic)

[table_note_res_CLGS10.45032221053276-38] Al-Nasr qualifies for 2016 AFC Champions League Group Stage as winners of 2014–15 UAE President's Cup.

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[Waleed_Salem_renews_until_2016-3] "Waleed Salem renews until 2016". AlAinFC. 23 June 2014. Archived from the original on 15 July 2014. Retrieved 23 June 2014.

[Alex_Brosque_leaves_Al_Ain_for_Sydney_FC_return-4] "Alex Brosque leaves Al Ain for Sydney FC return". SydneyFC.com.au. 1 July 2014.

[Happy_To_Be_Home_Says_Brosque-5] "Happy To Be Home Says Brosque". Sport360.com. 27 June 2014. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 1 July 2014.

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