2021–22 Al Ain FC season

Al Ain
2021–22 season
President	Mohammed Bin Zayed
Manager	Serhii Rebrov; (from 6 June 2021)
Stadium	Hazza Bin Zayed
UAE Pro-League	1st
President's Cup	Quarter-finals
League Cup	Winners
AFC Champions League	Play-off round
Top goalscorer	League: ; Kodjo Laba (26 goals); All: ; Kodjo Laba (31 goals)
Biggest win	Al Jazira 1–5 Al Ain; Al Ain 5–0 Al Jazira
	← 2020–21 2022–23 →
	All statistics correct as of 22 May 2022.

The 2021–22 season was Al Ain Football Club's 54th in existence and the club's 47th consecutive season in the top-level football league in the UAE.

Club[edit]

Technical staff[edit]

Position	Name
Head coach	Serhii Rebrov
Assistant coach	Vicente Gómez Ahmed Abdullah
Assistant coach and analyst	Alberto Bosch
Fitness coach	Jesus Pinedo Alessandro Sarrocco
Goalkeeping coach	Radu Lefter Dan Zdrinca^[2]
Physiotherapist	Felipe Perseu^[3]
U-21 team head coach	Ghazi Fahad
First and U21 team supervisor	Abdullah Al Shamsi^[4]

Last updated: 18 July 2021
Source: [1]

Board of directors[edit]

Office	Name
President	Mohammed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan
Vice President	Hazza Bin Zayed Al Nahyan
Chairman of Board of Directors	Matar Al Darmaki
Vice Chairman of Board of Directors	Khaled Al Dhaheri
Board of Directors Member	Matar Al Dhaheri
Board of Directors Member	Salem Al Jneibi
Board of Directors Member	Majid Al Owais

Last updated: 22 June 2019
Source: Al Ain Club

Players[edit]

First Team[edit]

No	Position	Player	Age	Since	Ends	Notes
1	GK	Mohammed Abo Sandah	28	2014	2024
3	DF	Salem Abdullah	25	2018	2024
4	DF	Mohammed Shaker	26	2019	2024
5	DF	Danilo Arboleda	28	2022	2023
6	MF	Yahia Nader	25	2018	2021	Second nationality: Egypt
7	FW	Caio Canedo	33	2019	2024	Second nationality: Brazil
8	FW	Ali Eid	26	2017
9	FW	Kodjo Laba	32	2019	2024
10	MF	Cristian Guanca	31	2021	2022
11	MF	Bandar Al-Ahbabi (captain)	33	2016	2024
12	GK	Sultan Al-Mantheri	29	2021	2024
13	MF	Ahmed Barman	30	2013	2024
14	MF	Rayan Yaslam	29	2014	2024
15	DF	Erik Jorgens	23	2020
17	GK	Khalid Eisa (3rd captain)	34	2013	2024
18	MF	Khalid Al-Balochi	25	2018
20	DF	Yassine Meriah	27	2021	2023
21	FW	Soufiane Rahimi	29	2021	2026
22	DF	Saeed Ahmed	30	2021	2024
23	DF	Mohamed Ahmed (vice-captain)	35	2012	2024
27	MF	Sultan Al-Shamsi	27	2021	2024
29	DF	Omar Saeed	25	2022	2024
30	MF	Mohammed Khalfan	25	2016	2024
31	GK	Suhail Al-Shamsi	25	2021
33	DF	Kouame Autonne	23	2021	2024
34	DF	Rafael Pereira	24	2020	2022
44	DF	Saeed Juma	25	2017	2024

Unregistered players[edit]

No	Position	Player	Nation
20	DF	Yassine Meriah ^(Injured)	Tunisia
—	MF	Bauyrzhan Islamkhan ^{(Doping ban)}	Kazakhstan

From Reserve U21 and Youth Academy[edit]

No	Position	Player	Nation
2	DF	Saoud Al-Mahri	United Arab Emirates
24	MF	Andrija Radovanovic	Serbia
25	MF	Ali Al-Balochi	United Arab Emirates
35	MF	Khalid Alaa	United Arab Emirates
39	FW	Hamad Al Kalbani	United Arab Emirates
40	DF	Khaled Al Balouchi	United Arab Emirates
42	MF	Jonathan Santos	Brazil
50	DF	Manea Al Shamsi	United Arab Emirates
57	DF	Khalifa Al Hosani	United Arab Emirates
59	MF	Khaled Waleed	United Arab Emirates
61	GK	Zayed Khaled	United Arab Emirates
66	DF	Mansour Saeed	United Arab Emirates
70	MF	Mohammed Abbas	United Arab Emirates
72	FW	Mohamed Awadalla	Sudan
74	DF	Adham Khalid	Egypt
75	MF	Zayed Alharthi	United Arab Emirates
78	MF	Hamid Yahya	Oman
88	MF	Naser Al-Shikali	United Arab Emirates
89	MF	Ahmed Al Qatesh	United Arab Emirates

New contracts[edit]

Date	Pos	No.	Player	Ref.	Notes
3 July 2021	FW	9	Kodjo Laba	^[5]	2024
8 July 2021	MF	30	Mohammed Khalfan	^[6]	2024
8 July 2021	DF	44	Saeed Juma	^[6]	2024
21 September 2021	MF	70	Mohammed Abbas	^[7]	2025
21 January 2022	MF	42	Jonathan Santos	^[8]	2025

Injury record[edit]

N	P	Nat.	Name	Type	Status	Source	Match	Inj. Date	Ret. Date
38	DF		Saeed Al-Menhali	cruciate ligament		AlAinClub.ae	Pre-Season	Unknown	13 December 2021
27	MF		Sultan Al-Shamsi	muscles rupture		AlAinClub.ae	in training (Pre-Season)	20 July 2021	7 August 2021
70	MF		Mohammed Abbas	back muscle		Sharjah24.ae, AlAinClub.ae	in training with UAE	13 November 2021	31 January 2022
27	MF		Sultan Al-Shamsi	leg muscle		AlAinClub.ae	vs Al-Ittihad (Friendly)	6 December 2021	20 January 2022
20	DF		Yassine Meriah	tear in the right anterior cruciate ligament		AlAinClub.ae	vs Egypt with Tunisia	15 December 2021	15 June 2022
7	FW		Caio Canedo	moderate bruise		AlAinClub.ae	vs Al Wasl	17 December 2021	1 January 2022
11	MF		Bandar Al-Ahbabi	mild back pain		AlAinClub.ae	vs Al Wasl	17 December 2021	27 December 2021
33	DF		Kouame Autonne	back muscle tear		AlAinClub.ae	vs Al Wasl	17 December 2021	21 January 2022
9	FW		Kodjo Laba	leg muscle		AlAinClub.ae	vs Al Nasr	21 December 2021	31 January 2022
18	MF		Khalid Al-Balochi	muscle injury		AlAinClub.ae	in training	9 January 2022	Unknown
6	MF		Yahia Nader			UAEFA.ae	in training with UAE	18 January 2022	3 February 2022
42	MF		Jonathan Santos			AlAinClub.ae	in training	26 January 2022	Unknown
7	FW		Caio Canedo	bruise in his ankle		AlAinClub.ae	in training with UAE	1 February 2022	Unknown

- Player is injured
- Player has recovered from injury
Last updated: 5 April 2022
Source: AlAinClub.ae

Transfers[edit]

In[edit]

Date	Position	No.	Name	From	Type	Transfer window	Fee	Team	Ref.
1 June 2021	MF	—	Hazem Muhanaeh	Al-Taawon	Loan return	Summer		Reserve U21
1 June 2021	DF	—	Waleed Siraj	Khor Fakkan	Loan return	Summer		First team
1 June 2021	MF	—	Idriss Mzaouiyani	Al Dhafra	Loan return	Summer		First team
1 June 2021	FW	8	Ali Eid	Al-Fujairah	Loan return	Summer		First team
1 June 2021	MF	—	Falah Waleed	Khor Fakkan	Loan return	Summer		First team
1 June 2021	MF	—	Mohammed Jamal	Al Jazira	Loan return	Summer		First team
1 June 2021	MF	27	Sultan Al-Shamsi	Baniyas	Transfer	Summer	Free	First team	^[9]
7 July 2021	DF	33	Kouame Autonne	Khor Fakkan	Transfer	Summer	Undisclosed	First team	^[10]
14 July 2021	GK	12	Sultan Al-Mantheri	Al Wasl	Transfer	Summer	Free	First team	^[11]
28 July 2021	DF	20	Yassine Meriah	Olympiacos	Transfer	Summer	€1,500,000	First team	^[12]
6 August 2021	DF	74	Adham Khalid	Al Jazira	Transfer	Summer	Undisclosed	Reserve U21
8 August 2021	FW	21	Soufiane Rahimi	Raja Casablanca	Transfer	Summer	€2,550,000	First team	^[13]
14 August 2021	DF	22	Saeed Ahmed	Shabab Al Ahli	Transfer	Summer	Free	First team	^[14]
7 January 2022	DF	5	Danilo Arboleda	Sheriff	Transfer	Winter	Free	First team	^[15]
31 January 2022	DF	29	Omar Saeed	Hatta	Transfer	Winter	Free	First team	^[16]
7 February 2022	MF	—	Vítor Hugo	Fiorentina U18	Transfer	Winter	Free	Al Ain U19

Loans in[edit]

No.	Pos	Player	From	Start date	End date	Ref.
10	MF	Cristian Guanca	Al Shabab	11 July 2021	End of Season	^[17]

Out[edit]

Date	Position	No.	Name	To	Fee	Team	Ref.
30 May 2021	MF	29	Abdullah Sameer	Hatta	Free transfer	Reserve U21	^[18]
6 June 2021	DF	31	Saoud Al-Abri	Hatta	Free transfer	Reserve U21	^[19]
8 June 2021	MF	—	Hazem Muhanaeh	Free agent	End of contract	Reserve U21	^[20]
12 June 2021	DF	33	Tsukasa Shiotani	Free agent	End of contract	First team	^[21]
15 June 2021	MF	99	Fahad Hadeed	Khor Fakkan	Free transfer	First team	^[22]
26 June 2021	DF	50	Mohammed Fayez	Free agent	End of contract	First team	^[23]
1 July 2021	DF	—	Waleed Siraj	Free agent	End of contract	Reserve U21
1 July 2021	DF	5	Ismail Ahmed	Free agent		First team
1 July 2021	MF	22	Shoya Nakajima	Porto	End of loan	First team
8 July 2021	GK	12	Hamad Al-Mansouri	Ittihad Kalba	Free transfer	Reserve U21	^[24]
12 July 2021	MF	20	Wilson Eduardo	Free agent	Contract termination	First team	^[25]
27 July 2021	DF	75	Saif Ghazi	Al Dhafra	Free transfer	Reserve U21	^[26]
30 July 2021	DF	71	Ali Al-Haidhani	Al Urooba	Free transfer	First team
6 August 2021	MF	21	Mohammed Helal	Ajman	Free transfer	First team	^[27]
27 September 2021	MF	20	Mohamed Abdulrahman	Al-Wasl	Free transfer	First team	^[28]
6 January 2022	DF	35	Ahmed Jamal	Hatta	Contract termination	First team	^[29]
12 January 2022	MF	—	Omar Yaisien	Al Hamriyah	Contract termination	First team	^[30]
28 January 2022	MF	—	Idriss Mzaouiyani	Fujairah	Free transfer	First team	^[31]

Loans out[edit]

No.	Pos	Name	To	Start date	End date	Ref.
—	MF	Falah Waleed	Khor Fakkan	6 July 2021	End of Season	^[32]
19	DF	Mohanad Salem	Ittihad Kalba	27 July 2021	End of Season	^[33]
77	GK	Ibrahim Al-Kaebi	Al Urooba	4 October 2021	End of Season	^[34]
—	MF	Mohammed Jamal	Al Jazira	4 January 2022	End of Season	^[35]
99	FW	Jamal Maroof	Khor Fakkan	31 January 2022	End of Season	^[36]

Pre-season and friendlies[edit]

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

24 July 2021 Friendly	UCAM Murcia	1–0	Al Ain	San Pedro del Pinatar, Spain
21:00 GMT+4 (UAE Time)	Moyita 37'	Report +		Stadium: Pinatar Arena Football Center Attendance: 0 Referee: Pavlo Ivarsky

1 August 2021 Friendly	Real Murcia	0–1	Al Ain	Roldán, Spain
21:00 GMT+4 (UAE Time)		Report + +	Guanca 70'	Stadium: La Torre Golf Resort Attendance: 0 Referee: Rafael Sánchez López

2 August 2021 Friendly	Al Raed	0–1	Al Ain	Los Belones, Spain
21:00 GMT+4 (UAE Time)		Report	Pereira 34'	Stadium: La Manga Club Football Attendance: 0

6 August 2021 Friendly	Atlético Pulpileño	2–3	Al Ain	Roldán, Spain
21:00 GMT+4 (UAE Time)	Iglesias 30' Ruiz 60'	Report +	Laba 18' Meriah 51' Guanca 88'	Stadium: La Torre Golf Resort Attendance: 0 Referee: Alejandro Ojaos Valera

7 August 2021 Friendly	Alzira	0–1	Al Ain	San Pedro del Pinatar, Spain
21:00 GMT+4 (UAE Time)		Report +	Maroof 4'	Stadium: Pinatar Arena Football Center Attendance: 0 Referee: Juan Francisco Roca

13 August 2021 Friendly	Al Nasr	1–0	Al Ain	Dubai
19:45 GMT+4 (UAE Time)		Report +	Mendes 57'	Stadium: Al-Maktoum Attendance: 0

5 September 2021 Friendly	Al Ain	8–0	United Sport	Al Ain
		Report		Stadium: Khalifa bin Zayed Attendance: 0

8 October 2021 Friendly	Al Urooba	1–0	Al Ain	Dubai
	A. Moosa 37'	Report		Stadium: Humaid Al Tayer Attendance: 0

10 November 2021 Friendly	Al Ain	3–0	Madenat Alamal	Al Ain
		Report		Stadium: Khalifa bin Zayed Attendance: 0

14 November 2021 Friendly	Al Ain	5–0	Baynounah	Al Ain
		Report		Stadium: Khalifa bin Zayed Attendance: 0

1 December 2021 Friendly	Al Dhaid	2–3	Al Ain	Dubai
		Report		Attendance: 0

6 December 2021 Friendly	Al Ain	1–1	Al Ittihad	Dubai
		Report		Attendance: 0

11 December 2021 Friendly	Al Ain	1–0	Pyramids	Dubai
		Report		Attendance: 0

24 January 2022 Friendly	Al Ain	3–1	Al Taawon	Al Ain
18:15 GMT+4 (UAE Time)	Jonatas Maroof Al-Shamsi	Report		Stadium: Khalifa bin Zayed Attendance: 0

29 January 2022 Friendly	Al Ain	1–2	Pyunik	Al-Ain
17:18 GMT+4 (UAE Time)		Report		Stadium: Hazza Bin Zayed Attendance: 0

26 March 2022 (2022-03-26) Friendly	Al-Ain	1–2	Mumbai City	Al Ain, UAE
		Report	Jahouh ?' Apuia ?'	Stadium: Khalifa bin Zayed Stadium Attendance: 0

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	20 August 2021	26 May 2022	Matchday 1	Winners	26	20	5	1	57	17	+40	076.92
President's Cup	21 December 2021	15 January 2022	Round of 16	Quarter-finals	2	1	0	1	2	2	+0	050.00
League Cup	15 October 2021	4 May 2022	First round	Winners	7	3	3	1	12	10	+2	042.86
Total					35	24	8	3	71	29	+42	068.57

Last updated: 26 May 2022
Source: Soccerway

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	5	1	57	17	+40	65	Qualification for AFC Champions League group stage
2	Sharjah	26	17	4	5	46	25	+21	55
3	Al Wahda	26	15	8	3	51	25	+26	53
4	Al Jazira	26	14	3	9	42	34	+8	45
5	Shabab Al Ahli	26	12	6	8	33	30	+3	42

Source: UPLeague
Rules for classification: ^[37] 1) points; 2) head-to-head goal difference; 3) head-to-head goals scored; 4) head-to-head away goals scored; 5) goal difference; 6) number of goals scored; 7) number of away goals scored; 8) head-to-head points; 9) fair play ranking 10) draw
(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	5	1	57	17	+40	65	10	3	0	30	9	+21	10	2	1	27	8	+19

Last updated: 26 May 2022.
Source: Soccerway

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	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H
Result	W	W	W	W	D	D	W	D	W	W	W	W	L	W	W	W	W	D	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	D
Position	3	1	1	1	1	1	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 26 May 2022. Source: UAE Pro League
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches[edit]

20 August 2021 1	Khor Fakkan	1–3	Al Ain	Khor Fakkan
19:15 GMT+4 (UAE Time)	I. Al Hammadi 48'	Report	Laba 37', 74' (pen.) Autonne 88'	Stadium: Saqr bin Mohammad Al Qassimi Referee: Sultan Mohamed Saleh Assistant referees: Ali Rashid Al Nuaimi, Salah Salim Fourth official: Amer Aldhubiea

25 August 2021 2	Al Ain	2–0	Emirates	Al-Ain
21:30 GMT+4 (UAE Time)	Meriah 27' Laba 43'	Report		Stadium: Hazza Bin Zayed Referee: Ammar Al-Jeneibi Assistant referees: Jasem Abdullah, Hasan Al Hammadi Fourth official: Khalid Bu Hasan

11 September 2021 3	Baniyas	0–1	Al Ain	Abu Dhabi
18:45 GMT+4 (UAE Time)		Report	Laba 11'	Stadium: Baniyas Stadium Referee: Ahmed Eisa Darwish Assistant referees: Masoud Hassan, Ahmed Al Hossani Fourth official: Mohamed Alharmoodi

17 September 2021 4	Al Ain	4–1	Ittihad Kalba	Al-Ain
21:00 GMT+4 (UAE Time)	Rahimi 2' Laba 10', 26' Guanca 51'	Report	Mlapa 50'	Stadium: Hazza Bin Zayed Referee: Omar Mohamed Alali Assistant referees: Sabet Obaid, Amer Abdulla Hasan Fourth official: Khalid Almula

23 September 2021 5	Al Urooba	3–3	Al Ain	Fujairah
18:45 GMT+4 (UAE Time)	S. Obaid 68' Madan 59', 99'	Report	Laba 29', 38', 43'	Stadium: Fujairah Stadium Referee: Khalid Bu Hasan Assistant referees: Masoud Hassan, Amer Al Qadri Fourth official: Yousuf Alshamali

29 September 2021 6	Al Ain	1–1	Al Wahda	Al-Ain
21:00 GMT+4 (UAE Time)	Rahimi 65'	Report	Kharbin 100'	Stadium: Hazza Bin Zayed Referee: Mohammed Abdulla Hassan Assistant referees: Mohamed Ahmed Yousef, Hasan Almahri Fourth official: Yousif Al Jasmi

21 October 2021 7	Al Wasl	0–2	Al Ain	Dubai
20:30 GMT+4 (UAE Time)	Autonne 33' Caio 78'	Report		Stadium: Zabeel Stadium Referee: Sultan Mohamed Saleh Assistant referees: Ahmed Alrashdi, Saeed Almarzooqi Fourth official: Khalid Almula

29 October 2021 8	Shabab Al Ahli	1–1	Al Ain	Dubai
20:30 GMT+4 (UAE Time)	Eduardo 46'	Report	Autonne 44'	Stadium: Rashid Stadium Referee: Ahmed Salim Khalfan Assistant referees: Hasan Almahri, Jasem Abdulla Fourth official: Nawwaf Alzeyoudi

2 November 2021 9	Al Ain	1–0	Al Dhafra	Al-Ain
18:00 GMT+4 (UAE Time)	Rahimi 68'	Report		Stadium: Hazza Bin Zayed Referee: Sultan Abdurazzaq Assistant referees: Sabet Obaid, Ali Alshehhi Fourth official: Humaid Khalfan Alshamsi

20 November 2021 10	Al Jazira	1–5	Al Ain	Abu Dhabi
20:15 GMT+4 (UAE Time)	Kosanović 12'	Report	Guanca 24' Laba 31' (pen.), 49', 90' Rahimi 45'	Stadium: Al Nahyan Stadium Referee: Daniele Doveri Assistant referees: Matteo Passeri, Alessandro Costanzo Fourth official: Nawwaf Alzeyoudi

25 December 2021 11	Al Ain	3–1	Al Nasr	Al-Ain
19:30 GMT+4 (UAE Time)	Guanca 47' (pen.), 71' Barman 81'	Report	Tagliabué 65'	Stadium: Hazza Bin Zayed Referee: Omar Mohamed Alali Assistant referees: Hasan Almahri, Ali Rashid Al Nuaimi Fourth official: Yousif Aljasmi

30 December 2021 12	Al Ain	2–1	Ajman	Al-Ain
17:00 GMT+4 (UAE Time)	Laba 36' M. Ismael 86' (o.g.)	Report	Samardžić 5'	Stadium: Hazza Bin Zayed Referee: Sultan Abdurazzaq Assistant referees: Sabet Obaid, Amer Abdulla Hasan Fourth official: Naser Alali

8 January 2022 13	Sharjah	2–0	Al Ain	Sharjah
19:30 GMT+4 (UAE Time)	Caio 11' Luanzinho 18'	Report		Stadium: Sharjah Stadium Referee: Ahmed Salim Khalfan Assistant referees: Mohamed Ahmed Yousef, Ahmed Alrashdi Fourth official: Amer Aldhubiea

5 February 2022 14	Al Ain	4–1	Khor Fakkan	Al-Ain
16:15 GMT+4 (UAE Time)	Rahimi 19' Laba 41' (pen.), 64' Guanca 59'	Report	H. Nasser 50'	Stadium: Hazza Bin Zayed Referee: Mohamed Al Harmoodi Assistant referees: Juma Almukhaini, Mohamed Alobeidli Fourth official: Zayed Alawlaqi

11 February 2022 15	Emirates	0–3	Al Ain	Ras al-Khaimah
17:30 GMT+4 (UAE Time)		Report	Arboleda 27' Barman 62' Laba 71'	Stadium: Emirates Club Stadium Referee: Sultan Mohamed Assistant referees: Jasim Al Ajmi, Amer Abdulla Fourth official: Hasan Al Blooshi

18 February 2022 16	Al Ain	2–0	Baniyas	Al-Ain
17:30 GMT+4 (UAE Time)	Guanca 47' Rahimi 86'	Report		Stadium: Hazza Bin Zayed Referee: Ahmed Salim Khalfan Assistant referees: Ahmed Al Hossani, Ibrahim Al Ajmi Fourth official: Amer Aldhubiea

25 February 2022 17	Ittihad Kalba	0–2	Al Ain	Kalba
20:00 GMT+4 (UAE Time)		Report	Laba 28' (pen.) Rahimi 63'	Stadium: Ittihad Kalba Stadium Referee: Adel Al Naqbi Assistant referees: Khamis Fairooz, Yasser Almurshdi Fourth official: Naser Alali

4 March 2022 18	Al Ain	1–1	Al Urooba	Al-Ain
17:45 GMT+4 (UAE Time)	Pereira 87'	Report	Madan 38'	Stadium: Hazza Bin Zayed Referee: Omar Mohamed Alali Assistant referees: Mohamed Almaazmi, Mohammed Alshehhi Fourth official: Nawwaf Alzeyoudi

12 March 2022 19	Al Wahda	0–1	Al Ain	Abu Dhabi
20:15 GMT+4 (UAE Time)		Report	Laba 82'	Stadium: Al Nahyan Stadium Attendance: 15,127 Referee: Danny Makkelie Assistant referees: Hessel Steegstra, Jan De Vries Fourth official: Mohamed Al Harmoodi

5 April 2022 20	Al Ain	3–2	Al Wasl	Al-Ain
22:00 GMT+4 (UAE Time)	Laba 29', 89' Caio 61'	Report	Gilberto 43' Ali.S 82'	Stadium: Hazza Bin Zayed Referee: Mohamed Al Harmoodi Assistant referees: Juma Al Mukhaini, Mohamed Alobeidli Fourth official: Amer Aldhubiea

30 April 2022 21	Al Ain	1–0	Shabab Al Ahli	Al-Ain
22:00 GMT+4 (UAE Time)	Laba 30'	Report		Stadium: Hazza Bin Zayed Referee: Sultan Abdurazzaq Assistant referees: Masoud Hassan, Mohammed Ghulaita Al Shehhi Fourth official: Khalid Bu Hasan

7 May 2022 22	Al Dhafra	1–0	Al Ain	Abu Dhabi
18:00 GMT+4 (UAE Time)		Report	Caio 30'	Stadium: Hamdan Bin Zayed Referee: Ahmed Eisa Darwish Assistant referees: Ahmed Alrashdi, Jasim Al Ajmi Fourth official: Hasan Ali Mohamed Alblooshi

11 May 2022 23	Al Ain	5–0	Al Jazira	Al-Ain
20:45 GMT+4 (UAE Time)	Laba 15', 36', 50', 71' Caio 85'	Report		Stadium: Hazza Bin Zayed Attendance: 15,256 Referee: Omar Mohamed Alali Assistant referees: Mohamed Ahmed Yousef, Hasan Almahri Fourth official: Nawwaf Alzeyoudi

17 May 2022 24	Al Nasr	0–1	Al Ain	Dubai
21:00 GMT+4 (UAE Time)		Report	Guanca 61'	Stadium: Al Maktoum Stadium Referee: Sultan Mohamed Saleh Assistant referees: Ali Alshehhi, Turki Alzaabi Fourth official: Yousif Aljasmi

22 May 2022 25	Ajman	0–4	Al Ain	Ajman
18:15 GMT+4 (UAE Time)		Report	Rahimi 14' Laba 60' Barman 71' Guanca 86'	Stadium: Rashid Bin Saeed Referee: Ali Alzarooni Assistant referees: Ahmed Alabdouli, Ibrahim Al Ajmi Fourth official: Fahed Ahmed Khalaf

26 May 2022 26	Al Ain	1–1	Sharjah	Al-Ain
21:00 GMT+4 (UAE Time)	Erik 66'	Report	Caio 38'	Stadium: Hazza Bin Zayed Referee: Mohammed Abdulla Hassan Assistant referees: Mohamed Ahmed Yousef, Hasan Almahri Fourth official: Ahmed Hasan Al Hammadi

President's Cup[edit]

21 December 2021 (2021-12-21) Round of 16	Al Nasr	0–1	Al Ain	Dubai
19:45		Report	Pereira 80'	Stadium: Al-Maktoum Referee: Ahmed Salim Assistant referees: Mohamed Ahmed Yousef Ahmed Al Hossani Fourth official: Nawwaf Alzeyoudi

15 January 2022 (2022-01-15) Quarter-finals	Al Wasl	2–1	Al Ain	Dubai
	Gilberto 60', 90'	Report	Laba 45' (pen.)	Stadium: Zabeel Referee: Ammar Al-Jeneibi Assistant referees: Zayed Dawood, Saeed Al Marzooqi Fourth official: Khalid Bu Hasan

League Cup[edit]

First round[edit]

15 October 2021 First leg	Al Ain	2–0	Emirates	Al Ain
18:15	Guanca 73' Rahimi 82'	Report		Stadium: Hazza bin Zayed Stadium Referee: Ali Al Zarouni Assistant referees: Mohamed Al Maazmi Hasan Abdulrahman Al Jelani Fourth official: Ahmad Al Naqbi

26 October 2021 Second leg	Emirates	1–0 (1–2 agg.)	Al Ain	Ras Al Khaimah
18:15	Yago 78'	Report		Stadium: Emirates Club Stadium Referee: Zayed Alawlaqi Assistant referees: Ali Alshehhi Yasser Sabeel Almurshdi Fourth official: Yousuf Alshamali

Quarter-finals[edit]

17 December 2021 First leg	Al Ain	3–3	Al Wasl	Al Ain
20:15	Laba 19' (pen.), 32' Caio 46'	Report	Araújo 5', 43', 93'	Stadium: Hazza bin Zayed Stadium Referee: Adel Al Naqbi Assistant referees: Salah Salim, Ali Abdulla Shamlan Fourth official: Zayed Alawlaqi

4 January 2022 Second leg	Al Wasl	3–4 (6–7 agg.)	Al Ain	Dubai
19:30	Jonatas 14' (o.g.) Adryelson 19' A. Khamis 59'	Report	Guanca 5', 53' Jonatas 66' Laba 84' (pen.)	Stadium: Zabeel Stadium Referee: Ahmed Eisa Darwish Assistant referees: Hasan Almahri, Ahmed Alabdouli Fourth official: Ahmed Hasan Al Hammadi

Semi-finals[edit]

1 March 2022 First leg	Al Jazira	1–1	Al Ain	Abu Dhabi
20:00 GMT+4 (UAE Time)	Bruno 51'	Report	Autonne 19'	Stadium: Mohammed bin Zayed Referee: Ahmed Eisa Darwish Assistant referees: Hasan Almahri, Mohammed Ghulaita Al Shehhi Fourth official: Khalid Bu Hasan

8 March 2022 Second leg	Al Ain	0–0	Al Jazira	Al Ain
20:15 GMT+4 (UAE Time)		Report		Stadium: Hazza bin Zayed Stadium Referee: Mohammed Abdulla Hassan Assistant referees: Mohamed Ahmed Yousef, Sabet Obaid Fourth official: Yousif Aljasmi

Final[edit]

4 May 2022	Al Ain	2–2 (5–4 p)	Shabab Al Ahli	Abu Dhabi
19:30 GMT+4 (UAE Time)	Laba 53' Caio 75'	Report	Cartabia 28', 81'	Stadium: Mohammed bin Zayed Attendance: 13,000 Referee: Mohamed Alharmoodi Assistant referees: Saeed Almarzooqi, Waled Al Karmati Fourth official: Amer Aldhubiea

Statistics[edit]

Squad appearances and goals[edit]

Last updated on 26 May 2022.

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
1	GK	UAE	Mohammed Abo Sandah	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
12	GK	UAE	Sultan Al-Mantheri	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
17	GK	UAE	Khalid Eisa	33	0	24	0	2	0	7	0
Defenders
4	DF	UAE	Mohammed Shaker	16	0	5+5	0	1	0	3+2	0
5	DF	COL	Danilo Arboleda	18	1	13+1	1	1	0	3	0
15	DF	BRA	Erik Menezes	31	1	22+1	1	2	0	5+1	0
20	DF	TUN	Yassine Meriah	11	1	10	1	0	0	1	0
22	DF	UAE	Saeed Ahmed	16	0	2+11	0	0	0	2+1	0
23	DF	UAE	Mohamed Ahmed	10	0	2+4	0	0	0	3+1	0
29	DF	UAE	Omar Saeed	2	0	1+1	0	0	0	0	0
33	DF	CIV	Kouame Autonne	23	4	15+4	3	0	0	4	1
34	DF	BRA	Rafael Pereira	22	2	12+3	1	2	1	3+2	0
44	DF	UAE	Saeed Juma	25	0	12+7	0	1	0	3+2	0
74	DF	EGY	Adham Khalid	1	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0
Midfielders
6	MF	UAE	Yahia Nader	29	0	16+4	0	2	0	7	0
10	MF	ARG	Cristian Guanca	34	11	25	8	2	0	6+1	3
11	MF	UAE	Bandar Al-Ahbabi	27	0	19+2	0	1	0	4+1	0
13	MF	UAE	Ahmed Barman	28	3	19+2	3	2	0	1+4	0
18	MF	UAE	Khalid Al-Bloushi	17	0	5+8	0	0+1	0	1+2	0
21	MF	MAR	Soufiane Rahimi	30	9	23	8	1	0	5+1	1
25	MF	UAE	Ali Al-Blooshi	13	0	3+7	0	0+1	0	1+1	0
27	MF	UAE	Sultan Al-Shamsi	9	0	1+6	0	0	0	1+1	0
42	MF	BRA	Jonathan Santos	23	1	5+10	0	2	0	4+2	1
45	MF	UAE	Khalifa Al Mazrouei	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
70	MF	UAE	Mohammed Abbas	21	0	13+3	0	0	0	4+1	0
88	MF	UAE	Naser Al-Shikali	19	0	3+12	0	0+2	0	1+1	0
89	MF	UAE	Ahmed Al Qatesh	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Forwards
7	FW	UAE	Caio Canedo	23	6	12+3	4	1	0	5+2	2
8	FW	UAE	Ali Eid	5	0	0+3	0	0	0	2	0
9	FW	TOG	Kodjo Laba	29	31	22	26	2	1	3+2	4
72	FW	SDN	Mohamed Awadalla	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
99	FW	UAE	Jamal Maroof	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Clean sheets[edit]

As of 22 May 2022

Rank	No.	Player	Pro League	League Cup	President's Cup	Total
1	17	Khalid Eisa	12	2	1	15
2	1	Mohammed Abo Sandah	1	0	0	1

Goalscorers[edit]

As of 26 May 2022

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

Rank	No.	Pos.	Player	Pro-League	President's Cup	League Cup	Total
1	9	FW	Kodjo Laba	26	1	4	31
2	10	MF	Cristian Guanca	8	0	3	11
3	21	FW	Soufiane Rahimi	8	0	1	9
4	7	FW	Caio Canedo	4	0	2	6
5	33	DF	Kouame Autonne	3	0	1	4
6	13	MF	Ahmed Barman	3	0	0	3
7	34	DF	Rafael Pereira	1	1	0	2
8	15	DF	Erik Jorgens	1	0	0	1
	5	DF	Danilo Arboleda	1	0	0	1
	42	MF	Jonathan Santos	0	0	1	1
	20	DF	Yassine Meriah	1	0	0	1
Own goals				1	0	0	1
Totals				57	2	12	71

Disciplinary record[edit]

N	P	Nat.	Name							Notes
N	P	Nat.	Name	Pro-League		League Cup	President's Cup	Total		Notes
70	MF		Mohammed Abbas	2		3		5
9	FW		Kodjo Laba	4	1			4	1
13	MF		Ahmed Barman	4				4
34	DF		Rafael Pereira	4				4
15	DF		Erik Jorgens	3		1		4
6	MF		Yahia Nader	2			2	4
21	FW		Soufiane Rahimi	3				3
42	MF		Jonathan Santos	2		1		3
33	DF		Kouame Autonne	2		1		3
7	FW		Caio Canedo	2				2
10	MF		Cristian Guanca	1		1		2
4	DF		Mohammed Shaker			1	1	2
20	DF		Yassine Meriah	2				2
11	MF		Bandar Al-Ahbabi	1				1
88	MF		Naser Al-Shikali	1				1
23	DF		Mohamed Ahmed			1		1
25	MF		Ali Al-Balochi			1		1
17	GK		Khalid Eisa	1				1

Last updated: 26 May 2022
Source: UAEProLeague.ae, AlAinClub.ae
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]

As of 26 May 2022^[38]

No.	Player	Pro-League	President's Cup	League Cup	Total
10	Cristian Guanca	7	1	1	9
21	Soufiane Rahimi	9	0	0	9
11	Bandar Al-Ahbabi	5	0	2	7
15	Erik Menezes	3	0	2	5
9	Kodjo Laba	5	0	0	5
7	Caio Canedo	1	0	2	3
42	Jonathan Santos	2	0	0	2
27	Sultan Al-Shamsi	1	0	0	1
17	Khalid Eisa	0	0	1	1
33	Yassine Meriah	1	0	0	1
33	Kouame Autonne	1	0	0	1
44	Saeed Juma	1	0	0	1
23	Mohamed Ahmed	0	0	1	1
13	Ahmed Barman	1	0	0	1
88	Naser Al-Shikali	1	0	0	1
Totals		38	1	9	48

Hat-tricks[edit]

Player	Against	Result	Date	Round
Kodjo Laba	Al Urooba	3–3 (A)	24 September 2021	5
Kodjo Laba	Al Jazira	1–5 (A)	20 November 2021	10
Kodjo Laba⁴	Al Jazira	5–0 (H)	11 May 2022	23

⁴ – Player scored four goals.

Awards[edit]

Pro League Monthly awards[edit]

Month	Manager of the Month	Player of the Month	Goalkeeper of the Month	References
August	Serhii Rebrov	Kodjo Laba		^[39]
September	Serhii Rebrov	Soufiane Rahimi		^[40]
October	Serhii Rebrov	Kouame Autonne	Khalid Eisa	^[41]
November	Serhii Rebrov	Soufiane Rahimi	Khalid Eisa	^[42]
December	Serhii Rebrov			^[43]
January	Serhii Rebrov			^[43]
February	Serhii Rebrov	Soufiane Rahimi	Khalid Eisa	^[44]
March	Serhii Rebrov		Khalid Eisa	^[45]

References[edit]

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External links[edit]

Al Ain FC official website (in English and Arabic)

[1] Al Ain Football Club [@alainfcae_en] (June 6, 2021). "Al Ain announces that Sergiy Rebrov will be the new head coach" (Tweet). Retrieved 7 June 2021 – via Twitter.

[2] "Happy to come back home". Dan Zdrinca Instagram. 26 July 2021. Retrieved 25 January 2022.

[3] "With great pleasure I come to announce my new home and club Al Ain". Felipe Perseu Instagram. 11 January 2022. Retrieved 25 January 2022.

[4] "Abdullah Al Shamesi Appointed The Supervisor Of First And Reserved Football Teams". AlAinClub.ae. 1 July 2021. Retrieved 5 August 2021.

[5] "The Boss Extends Togo's Laba Kodjo Until 2024". Al Ain. 3 July 2021. Retrieved 18 December 2021.

[Saeed_Jumaa_and_Mohammed_Khalfan-6] "Al Ain Renews the Contracts of Saeed Jumaa and Mohammed Khalfan Until 2024". Al Ain. 8 July 2021. Retrieved 18 December 2021.

[7] "Al Ain Club Extends Mohammed Abbas Until 2025". Al Ain. 21 September 2021. Retrieved 18 December 2021.

[8] "The Boss Rewards Jonatas De Santos by a New Contract Until 2025". Al Ain. 21 January 2022. Retrieved 22 January 2022.

[9] Al Ain Football Club [@alainfcae_en] (June 1, 2021). "DEAL DONE: Sultan Al Shamsi has signed for Al Ain" (Tweet). Retrieved 5 August 2021 – via Twitter.

[10] "The Boss Has Completed the Signing of Ivorian Kouame Autonne". Al Ain. 7 July 2021. Retrieved 5 August 2021.

[11] "Al Mantheri Joins the Protectors of the Boss' Den Until 2024". Al Ain. 14 July 2021. Retrieved 5 August 2021.

[12] "Tunisian International Yassine Meriah Signs to Al Ain Until 2023". Al Ain. 28 July 2021. Retrieved 5 August 2021.

[13] Arryadia [@Arryadia_Brk] (August 8, 2021). "Done deal Soufiane Rahimi is now Al Ain player" (Tweet). Retrieved 8 August 2021 – via Twitter.

[14] "Wearing Jersey #22.. Saeed Ahmad Is a New Star Joining the Boss Squad Until 2024". Al Ain. 14 August 2021. Retrieved 15 August 2021.

[15] Al Ain Football Club [@alainfcae_en] (January 7, 2022). "From San Antonio to Al Ain .. Welcome Danilo Arboleda" (Tweet). Retrieved 7 January 2022 – via Twitter.

[16] Al Ain Football Club [@alainfcae_en] (February 1, 2022). "We have completed the signing of Omar Saeed from Hatta" (Tweet). Retrieved 1 February 2022 – via Twitter.

[17] "Super Guanca Is Ainawi". Al Ain. 11 July 2021. Retrieved 5 August 2021.

[18] Al Ain Football Club [@alainfcae_en] (May 31, 2021). "Abdullah Sameer from Al Ain to Hatta" (Tweet). Retrieved 30 May 2021 – via Twitter.

[19] Al Ittihad Newspaper [@alittihadSport] (June 6, 2021). "Hatta sign Saoud Al-Abri" (Tweet). Retrieved 7 June 2021 – via Twitter.

[20] "تم أنتهاء عقدي مع نادي العين". Hazem Muhanaeh Official Instagram.

[21] Al Ain Football Club [@alainfcae_en] (June 12, 2021). "Thank you for everything you've done for our club" (Tweet). Retrieved 5 August 2021 – via Twitter.

[22] Al Ain Football Club [@alainfcae_en] (June 15, 2021). "Fahad Hadeed from Al Ain to Khor Fakkan" (Tweet). Retrieved 5 August 2021 – via Twitter.

[23] Al Ain Football Club [@alainfcae_en] (June 26, 2021). "Farewell to Mohammed Fayez" (Tweet). Retrieved 5 August 2021 – via Twitter.

[24] Al Ain Football Club [@alainfcae_en] (July 8, 2021). "Hamad Al Mansory from Al Ain to Ittihad Kalba" (Tweet). Retrieved 5 August 2021 – via Twitter.

[25] Al Ain Football Club [@alainfcae_en] (July 12, 2021). "Thank you Wilson Eduardo!" (Tweet). Retrieved 5 August 2021 – via Twitter.

[26] "الظفرة يضم سيف الحارثي". AlBayan.ae.

[27] Al Ain Football Club [@alainfcae_en] (August 8, 2021). "Best of luck, Mohammed" (Tweet). Retrieved 8 August 2021 – via Twitter.

[28] "The "EMPEROR" signs "Ajab"". AlWaslSC.ae.

[29] "أتوجه بالشكر لنادي العين والمدربين وزملائي اللاعبين". Ahmed Jamal Instagram. 6 January 2022. Archived from the original on 2022-01-13. Retrieved 13 January 2022.

[30] Al Hamriyah Cultural & Sports Club [@hcscae] (January 12, 2022). "Welcome OMAR YASSIN" (Tweet). Retrieved 29 January 2022 – via Twitter.

[31] Fujairah Club [@FujairahClub] (January 28, 2022). "رسمياً نادي الفجيرة يتعاقد مع اللاعب إدريس مزاوياني" (Tweet). Retrieved 29 January 2022 – via Twitter.

[32] "Khorfakkan renewed the contract of the midfielder Falah Waleed for one seasons". Khor Fakkan. 6 July 2021. Retrieved 6 August 2021.

[33] Al Ain Football Club [@alainfcae_en] (July 27, 2021). "Mohanad Salem joined Ittihad Kalba on loan for one season" (Tweet). Retrieved 6 August 2021 – via Twitter.

[34] Al Ain Football Club [@alainfcae_en] (October 4, 2021). "Best of luck, Ibrahim" (Tweet). Retrieved 4 October 2021 – via Twitter.

[35] Al Ain Football Club [@alainfcae_en] (January 4, 2022). "Mohammed Jamal has joined Al Jazira on loan until the end of the 2021/2022 season" (Tweet). Retrieved 4 January 2022 – via Twitter.

[36] Al Ain Football Club [@alainfcae_en] (February 1, 2022). "Jamal has joined Khor Fakkan on loan until the end of the 2021/2022 Season" (Tweet). Retrieved 1 February 2022 – via Twitter.

[37] "Article (15) P.50 of Arabian Gulf League Regulations" (PDF) (in Arabic). Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 August 2019. Retrieved 27 August 2019.

[SW-38] "UAE Pro League 2021/22 – Top Scorers & Top Assists". Soccerway.

[August_awards-39] "UAE Pro League announces winners of "The Best" awards for August". Pro-League. 15 September 2021. Archived from the original on 15 November 2021.

[september_awards-40] "UAE Pro League announces the winners of 'The Best' monthly awards for September". Pro-League. 10 October 2021. Archived from the original on 15 November 2021.

[October_awards-41] "Al Ain make a clean sweep of October's "The Best" awards". Pro-League. 15 November 2021. Archived from the original on 15 November 2021.

[November_awards-42] "UAE Pro league announces winners of "The Best" awards for November". Pro-League. 24 December 2021. Archived from the original on 24 December 2021.

[December_and_January_awards-43] "UAE Pro League announces December and January "The Best" awards winners". Pro-League. 9 February 2022. Archived from the original on 9 February 2022.

[February_awards-44] "UAE Pro League Announces February's "The Best" Awards Winners". Pro-League. 18 March 2022. Archived from the original on 18 March 2022.

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