2019–20 Al Ain FC season

Al Ain
2019–20 season
President	Mohammed Bin Zayed
Manager	Ivan Leko; (from 1 June 2019); (until 21 December 2019); Pedro Emanuel; (from 5 January 2020)
Stadium	Hazza Bin Zayed Stadium
UAE Pro-League	Cancelled
President's Cup	Cancelled
League Cup	Semi-finals
Champions League	Group Stage
Top goalscorer	League: ; Kodjo Laba (19 goals); All: ; Kodjo Laba (28 goals)
Highest home attendance	14,423 vs Al Jazira; (1 November 2019)
Lowest home attendance	3,455 vs Hatta; (19 October 2019)
Average home league attendance	7,721
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2018–19 2020–21 →

The 2019–20 season was Al Ain Football Club's 52nd in existence and the club's 45th consecutive season in the top-level football league in the UAE.

Squad list

Players and squad numbers last updated on 20 September 2019.
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Position	Name	Date of Birth (Age)	Signed from
Goalkeepers
1	GK	Mohammed Abo Sandah	(1995-06-20)20 June 1995 (aged 24)	Youth system
12	GK	Hamad Al-Mansouri	(1996-03-28)28 March 1996 (aged 23)	Youth system
17	GK	Khalid Eisa	(1989-09-15)15 September 1989 (aged 30)	Al Jazira
Defenders
2		Ali Al Haidhani	(1998-01-07)7 January 1998 (aged 21)	Youth system
3		Salem Abdullah	(1998-09-17)17 September 1998 (aged 21)	Youth system
4	CB	Mohammed Ali Shaker	(1997-07-27)27 July 1997 (aged 22)	Ajman
5	CB	Ismail Ahmed	(1983-07-07)7 July 1983 (aged 36)	Youth system
19	CB / LB	Mohanad Salem	(1985-03-01)1 March 1985 (aged 34)	Al Dhafra
21	AM	Mohammed Hilal	(1995-08-10)10 August 1995 (aged 24)	Ajman
22	LB	Mohammed Fayez	(1989-10-06)6 October 1989 (aged 29)	Youth system
23	CB	Mohamed Ahmed	(1989-04-16)16 April 1989 (aged 30)	Al-Shabab
33	CB / DM	Tsukasa Shiotani	(1988-12-05)5 December 1988 (aged 30)	Sanfrecce Hiroshima
44		Saeed Juma	(1998-07-08)8 July 1998 (aged 21)	Youth system
53		Saoud Al Abri	(1999-08-03)3 August 1999 (aged 20)	Youth system
Midfielders
6	DM	Yahya Nader	(1998-09-11)11 September 1998 (aged 21)	Youth system
11	RB / RW	Bandar Al-Ahbabi	(1990-07-09)9 July 1990 (aged 29)	Baniyas
13	CM / LM / RM	Ahmed Barman	(1994-02-05)5 February 1994 (aged 25)	Youth system
14	AM	Rayan Yaslam	(1994-11-23)23 November 1994 (aged 24)	Youth system
16	CF / RW / LW	Mohamed Abdulrahman	(1989-02-04)4 February 1989 (aged 30)	Youth system
18		Khalid Al-Bloushi	(1999-03-22)22 March 1999 (aged 20)	Youth system
20		Andrija Radovanovic	(2000-09-15)15 September 2000 (aged 19)	NK Domžale
24		Falah Waleed	(1998-09-13)13 September 1998 (aged 21)	Youth system
26	AM	Omar Yaisien	(2000-05-08)8 May 2000 (aged 19)	Paris Saint-Germain II
27		Mohsen Abdullah	(1995-04-13)13 April 1995 (aged 24)	Youth system
28	CM	Idriss Mzaouiyani	(2000-01-15)15 January 2000 (aged 19)	Paris Saint-Germain II
Forwards
7	FW / AM	Caio Canedo	(1990-08-09)9 August 1990 (aged 29)	Al Wasl
9	CF	Kodjo Laba	(1992-01-27)27 January 1992 (aged 27)	RS Berkane
30	FW	Mohammed Khalvan	(1998-08-28)28 August 1998 (aged 21)	Youth system
99	FW	Jamal Maroof	(1991-09-23)23 September 1991 (aged 27)	Al Sharjah

Pre-season

4 August 2019 Friendly	Al-Ettifaq	2–0	Al Ain	Gornja Radgona, Slovenia
18:30 CEST	Rogerinho 65' Kiss 90' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Gornja Radgona Stadium

Competitions

Overview

Competition	Record								Started round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
Competition	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %	Started round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
Pro-League	19	11	4	4	46	21	+25	057.89	—	Cancelled	20 September 2019	14 March 2020
President's Cup	3	3	0	0	11	7	+4	100.00	Final	Cancelled	23 December 2019	10 March 2020
League Cup	8	4	3	1	16	10	+6	050.00	Group stage	Semi-finals	23 August 2019	10 January 2020
Champions League	7	2	2	3	6	13	−7	028.57	Play-off round	Group Stage	28 January 2020	24 September 2020
Total	37	20	9	8	79	51	+28	054.05	—	—	23 August 2019	24 September 2020

Updated to match played 24 September 2020
Source: Competitions

UAE Pro-League

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Shabab Al Ahli	19	13	4	2	42	13	+29	43	Qualification for AFC Champions League group stage
2	Al Ain	19	11	4	4	46	21	+25	37	Qualification for AFC Champions League play-off round
3	Al Jazira	19	11	3	5	29	17	+12	36
4	Sharjah	19	10	5	4	38	23	+15	35	Qualification for AFC Champions League group stage
5	Al Wahda	19	11	2	6	31	29	+2	35	Qualification for AFC Champions League play-off round

Source: Arabian Gulf League
Rules for classification: ^[4] 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^[5] 10) draw

Results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
19	11	4	4	46	21	+25	37	4	3	2	17	11	+6	7	1	2	29	10	+19

Last updated: 14 March 2020.
Source: Competitive matches

Results by round

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	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	×	×	×	×	×	×	×
Result	W	W	L	W	W	D	D	D	W	L	W	L	W	W	D	W	W	W	L	×	×	×	×	×	×	×
Position	4	3	4	3	2	3	3	3	3	4	4	5	2	2	4	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2

Updated to match(es) played on 14 March 2020. Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

Win Draw Loss

20 September 2019 Round 1	Al Ain	3–2	Kalba	Al Ain
18:45	Kodjo Laba 8' Jamal Ibrahim 54' Saeed Jumaa 90+6'	Soccerway report	Peniel Mlapa 19', 83' Dzsudzsák 59' Al-Zaabi 86'	Stadium: Hazza bin Zayed Stadium Attendance: 5,285^[6] Referee: Ahmed Eisa Mohamed

26 September 2019 Round 2	Al Wasl	1–3	Al Ain	Zabeel, Dubai
21:15	Welliton 15' Al-Bloushi 46' Saleh 79'	Soccerway report	Shiotani 18' Al-Ahbabi 61' Kodjo Laba 69'	Stadium: Zabeel Stadium Attendance: 8,123^[7] Referee: Hamad Ali Yousef

3 October 2019 Round 3	Sharjah	3–2	Al Ain	Sharjah City
21:15	Coronado 11' (pen.), 83' Abdulrahman 56' Salem Sultan 90+1' Al-Hosani 90+7'	Soccerway report	Al-Ahbabi 41' Kodjo Laba 52' Radovanovic 87'	Stadium: Sharjah Stadium Attendance: 9,858^[8] Referee: Ammar Ali Abdulla Jumaa Al Junaibi

19 October 2019 Round 4	Al Ain	2–1	Hatta	Al Ain
18:30	Caio 42' (pen.) Kodjo Laba 82'	Soccerway report	Valente 66'	Stadium: Hazza bin Zayed Stadium Attendance: 3,455^[9] Referee: Mohomed Obaid Khadim Mohd

25 October 2019 Round 5	Fujairah	1–7	Al Ain	Fujairah
18:15	Yao 32' Jhonnattann 39' Sebil 90'	Soccerway report	Kodjo Laba 42', 57', 68', 87' Mohanad Salem 53' Caio 66' Jamal Ibrahim 80'	Stadium: Fujairah Club Stadium Attendance: 1,378^[10] Referee: Yahya Al Mulla

1 November 2019 Round 6	Al Ain	0–0	Al Jazira	Al Ain
20:45	Shaker 13' Al-Ahbabi 14'	Soccerway report	Obaid 90+5'	Stadium: Hazza bin Zayed Stadium Attendance: 14,423^[11] Referee: Ahmad Salem Khalfan

7 November 2019 Round 7	Baniyas	0–0	Al Ain	Al Shamkha, Abu Dhabi
18:00	João Victor 26' 55' Al-Otaibah 81'	Soccerway report	Abdulrahman 64'	Stadium: Baniyas Stadium Attendance: 3,667^[12] Referee: Mohamed Abdulla Hassan Mohd

11 December 2019 Round 8	Al Ain	2–2	Al Nasr	Al Ain
20:30	Nader 10' Kodjo Laba 42' (pen.) Caio 45+3' Fayez 61' 90+5'	Soccerway report	Pavez 9' Saeed 34' Shambih 40' Tozé 54', 90+6' (pen.) Hazza Salem 76' Kuwas 81' Khamis 90+6'	Stadium: Hazza bin Zayed Stadium Referee: Ahmed Eisa Mohamed

15 December 2019 Round 9	Ajman	1–4	Al Ain	Ajman
18:00	Ismail Ahmed 3' (o.g.) Bin Yousef 42' Vander 64'	Soccerway report	Meziane 28' Mohanad Salem 44' Caio 55' Jamal Ibrahim 90+5'	Stadium: Sheikh Rashid Bin Saeed Stadium Referee: Mohomed Obaid Khadim Mohd

19 December 2019 Round 10	Al Ain	1–2	Al Dhafra	Al Ain
18:00	Mohammed Jamal 29' Shiotani 32' Caio 51' (pen.) Yaisien 73' Ismail Ahmed 85' Abdulrahman 90+5'	Soccerway report	Ibrahim Saeed 13' Diego Jardel 27' (pen.) João Pedro 60' Al-Zaabi 82' Al-Marzouqi 90+8'	Stadium: Hazza bin Zayed Stadium Referee: Yahya Almulla

28 December 2019 Round 11	Al Wahda	0–2	Al Ain	Al Nahyan, Abu Dhabi
20:30	Tagliabué 85' Abdullah El Refaey 88' Saleh 90+1'	Soccerway report	Abdullah El Refaey 42' (o.g.) Shaker 57' Nader 62' Jamal Ibrahim 71' Kodjo Laba 90+4' 90+6'	Stadium: Al Nahyan Stadium Referee: Hamad Ali Yousef

2 January 2020 Round 12	Al Ain	1–2	Shabab Al Ahli	Al Ain
20:45	Shiotani 50'	Soccerway report	Khalil 60' (pen.) Abdulla 80'	Stadium: Hazza bin Zayed Stadium Referee: Ahmed Eisa Mohamed

23 January 2020 Round 13	Khor Fakkan	0–3	Al Ain	Sharjah
17:30		Soccerway report	Kodjo Laba 4' (pen.), 19' Al-Ahbabi 51'	Stadium: Khalid bin Mohammed Stadium Referee: Mohomed Obaid Khadim Mohd

1 February 2020 Round 14	Al Ain	5–0	Al Wasl	Al Ain
19:00	Abdulrahman 3', 9' Kodjo Laba 54', 85' Abdullah 48' 65' Ibrahim 90+4'	Soccerway report		Stadium: Hazza bin Zayed Stadium Referee: Sultan Mohamed

7 February 2020 Round 15	Al Ain	1–1	Sharjah	Al Ain
16:00	Kodjo Laba 86'	Soccerway report	Caio 2'	Stadium: Hazza bin Zayed Stadium Referee: Mohamed Abdulla Hassan Mohd

14 February 2020 Round 16	Kalba	1–4	Al Ain	Kalba
17:30	Mlapa 20'	Soccerway report	Yaisien 17' Kodjo Laba 43' Dzsudzsák 71' Caio 90+3'	Stadium: Ittihad Kalba Stadium Referee: Omar Mohamed Al Ali

27 February 2020 Round 17	Hatta	0–3	Al Ain	Hatta
17:30	Lahej Al-Nofali 72' Al-Hosani 75'	Soccerway report	Salem Abdullah 41' Barman 45+1' Al-Ahbabi 50' Ibrahim 68', 88'	Stadium: Hamdan Bin Rashid Stadium Referee: Ahmad Salem Khalfan

5 March 2020 Round 18	Al Ain	2–1	Fujairah	Al Ain
17:30	Ibrahim 56' Kodjo Laba 77' (pen.) Barman 84'	Soccerway report	Asante 3' Al Zeyoudi 81'	Stadium: Hazza bin Zayed Stadium Attendance: 0 (close doors) Referee: Mohomed Obaid Khadim Mohd
Note: due to coronavirus outbreak, United Arab Emirates Football Association decided to be all matches played behind closed doors.^[13]

14 March 2020 Round 19	Al Jazira	3–1	Al Ain	Al Nahyan, Abu Dhabi
16:00	Abdulrahman 43' Kosanović 72' Keno 82' Faisel Mabkhout 90+4'	Soccerway report	Kodjo Laba 39' Al-Ahbabi 57' 69'	Stadium: Mohammed bin Zayed Stadium Attendance: 0 (close doors) Referee: Mohamed Abdulla Hassan Mohd
Note: due to coronavirus outbreak, United Arab Emirates Football Association decided to be all matches played behind closed doors.^[13]

19 March 2020 Round 20	Al Ain	Cancelled	Baniyas	Al Ain
16:00		Soccerway report		Stadium: Hazza bin Zayed Stadium

4 April 2020 Round 21	Al Nasr	Cancelled	Al Ain	Al Nasr, Dubai
20:45		Soccerway report		Stadium: Al Maktoum Stadium

Round 22

Cancelled

Round 23

Cancelled

Round 24

Cancelled

Round 25

Cancelled

Round 26

Cancelled

President's Cup

23 December 2019 Round of 16	Dibba Al Hisn	0–2	Al Ain	Dubai
16:50		Report	Jamal Ibrahim 41' Caio 45+1' Abdulrahman 49' Shiotani 84'	Stadium: Al Maktoum Stadium

21 February 2020 Quarter-finals	Al Ain	6–5	Al Wasl	Abu Dhabi
17:30	K. Laba 3', 37' (pen.), 73', 85' Caio 60', 67'	Report	Welliton 9' Dwubeng 45', 66' 83' F. Lima 55' (pen.), 90+7' (pen.)	Stadium: Al Nahyan Stadium Referee: Ammar Al Junaibi

10 March 2020 Semi-finals	Sharjah	2–3	Al Ain	Abu Dhabi
20:40	Marcos Meloni 12' Caio 42'	Report	Dzsudzsák 4' Islamkhan 32' Caio Canedo 38'	Stadium: Mohammed bin Zayed Stadium Attendance: 0 (close doors) Referee: Hamad Ali Yousef
Note: due to coronavirus outbreak, United Arab Emirates Football Association decided to be all matches played behind closed doors.^[13]

Final	Al Ain	Cancelled	Al Dhafra	Abu Dhabi
				Stadium: Zayed Sports City Stadium

League Cup

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Al Ain	6	3	2	1	13	8	+5	11
Shabab Al Ahli	6	3	2	1	9	4	+5	11
Al Nasr	6	2	2	2	6	5	+1	8
Al Jazira	6	2	1	3	5	10	−5	7^[a]
Khor Fakkan	6	1	4	1	5	5	0	7^[a]
Al Dhafra	6	2	1	3	5	7	−2	7^[a]
Kalba	6	1	2	3	5	9	−4	5

Source: scorespro.com
Notes:

^ ^a ^b ^c Al Jazira are ahead of Khor Fakkan and Al Dhafra on head-to-head points: Al Jazira 6, Khor Fakkan 1, Al Dhafra 1.

23 August 2019 (2019-08-23) Matchday 1	Al Ain	2–2	Shabab Al Ahli	Al Ain
19:15	Kodjo 6' (pen.), 80' (pen.) 83' Radovanovic 13' Juma 34' Al-Ahbabi 84' Shaker 90+4' Barman 90+5'	Report	Salem Ali 5' Mariani 52' Henrique Luvannor 64' Haikal 66' Naser 81' Ahmed Khalil 90+5' (pen.)	Stadium: Hazza bin Zayed Stadium Referee: Mohomed Obaid Khadim Mohd

6 September 2019 (2019-09-06) Matchday 2	Al Jazira	0–3	Al Ain	Abu Dhabi City
21:15	Idriss 12'	Report	Salem Abdullah 28' Amer Abdulrahman 39' (o.g.) Caio 48' Mzaouiyani 83' Jamal Ibrahim 90+4'	Stadium: Mohammed bin Zayed Stadium Referee: Omar Mohamed Al Ali

11 October 2019 (2019-10-11) Matchday 3	Al Ain	3–1	Al Nasr	Al Ain
20:45	Jamal Ibrahim 13', 53' Abdulrahman 24' Shiotani 27' Caio 45'	Report	Gláuber 36' 42' Gabriel Valentini 86' 89'	Stadium: Hazza bin Zayed Stadium Referee: Ahmad Salem Khalfan

16 November 2019 (2019-11-16) Matchday 4	Al Dhafra	0–2	Al Ain	Madinat Zayed
17:00	Ibrahim Saeed 48'	Report	Caio 32' Masoud Sulaiman 86' (o.g.)	Stadium: Al Dhafra Stadium Referee: Yaqoub Al Hammadi

23 November 2019 (2019-11-23) Matchday 5	Al Ain	1–1	Kalba	Al Ain
17:00	Waleed 2' Jamal Ibrahim 39'	Report	Majed Rashed 45+4' Nasser 73' Dzsudzsák 84'	Stadium: Sheikh Khalifa International Stadium Referee: Omar Mohamed Al Ali

28 November 2019 (2019-11-28) Matchday 6	Khor Fakkan	4–2	Al Ain	Kalba
17:00	Bismark 41' (pen.), 88' Dodô 48' Malallah 55' Yousif 90+1' Al-Yassi 90+3'	Report	Omar Yaisien 15' Salem Abdullah 35' Abdulrahman 36' Ismail Ahmed 85'	Stadium: Ittihad Kalba Stadium Referee: Yahya Al Mulla

Knockout stage

6 December 2019 (2019-12-06) Quarter-finals	Al Ain	2–1	Sharjah	Al Ain
17:00	Ismail Ahmed 7' Kodjo Laba 28' Mohamed Abdulrahman 87' Yahya Nader 90+2' Khalid Eisa 90+5'	Report	Igor Coronado 8' (pen.) Majed Suroor 69'	Stadium: Hazza bin Zayed Stadium Referee: Hamad Ali Yousef

10 January 2020 (2020-01-10) Semi-finals	Al Ain	1–1 (1–4 p)	Al Nasr	Al Ain
20:45	Mahmoud Khamees 26' (o.g.)	Report	Tozé 82'	Stadium: Hazza bin Zayed Stadium Referee: Adel Al Naqbi
	Penalties
	Jamal Ibrahim Caio Kodjo Fo-Doh Laba		Tozé Álvaro Negredo Brandley Kuwas Tareq Ahmed

2020 AFC Champions League

Play-off round

28 January 2020 (2020-01-28)	Al-Ain	1–0	Bunyodkor	Al Ain
18:40 UTC+4	Juma 78'	Report		Stadium: Hazza Bin Zayed Stadium Attendance: 4,424^[14] Referee: Ko Hyung-jin (South Korea)

Group stage

Group D

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	NAS	SAD	SEP	AIN
1	Al-Nassr	6	3	2	1	9	5	+4	11	Advance to knockout stage	—	2–2	2–0	0–1
2	Al-Sadd	6	2	3	1	14	8	+6	9	Advance to knockout stage	1–1	—	3–0	4–0
3	Sepahan	6	2	1	3	6	8	−2	7		0–2	2–1	—	0–0
4	Al-Ain	6	1	2	3	5	13	−8	5		1–2	3–3	0–4	—

Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

11 February 2020 (2020-02-11) Matchday 1	Al-Ain	0–4	Sepahan	Al Ain
17:50 UTC+4	Salem Abdullah 34' Saeed Jumaa 67'	Report	Mohebi 38' Kiros 46' Rafiei 52' Tayyebi 78'	Stadium: Hazza bin Zayed Stadium Attendance: 7,028 Referee: Hiroyuki Kimura (Japan)

18 February 2020 (2020-02-18) Matchday 2	Al-Ain	1–2	Al-Nassr	Al Ain
17:55 UTC+4	Yaisien 18' Barman 28' M. Ahmed 56'	Report	M. Ali 57' Al-Obaid 65' Hamadallah 80' Amrabat 83' Giuliano 87'	Stadium: Hazza bin Zayed Stadium Attendance: 7,326 Referee: Nawaf Shukralla (Bahrain)

15 September 2020 (2020-09-15) Matchday 3	Al-Ain	3–3	Al-Sadd	Doha
18:00 UTC+3	Laba 5' Islamkhan 38' Khoukhi 67' (o.g.)	Report	Afif 35' Cazorla 55' Bounedjah 60'	Stadium: Jassim bin Hamad Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Hettikamkanamge Perera (Sri Lanka)

18 September 2020 (2020-09-18) Matchday 4	Al-Sadd	4–0	Al-Ain	Doha
21:00 UTC+3	Bounedjah 26', 70' Afif 56' Tabata 86'	Report		Stadium: Jassim bin Hamad Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Mohd Amirul Izwan Yaacob (Malaysia)

21 September 2020 (2020-09-21) Matchday 5	Sepahan	0–0	Al-Ain	Doha
21:00 UTC+3		Report		Stadium: Jassim bin Hamad Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Ali Shaban (Kuwait)

24 September 2020 (2020-09-24) Matchday 6	Al-Nassr	0–1	Al-Ain	Doha
18:00 UTC+3		Report	Laba 19'	Stadium: Education City Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Hussein Abo Yehia (Lebanon)

Squad information

Playing statistics

As of 28 December 2019^[update]

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Pro-League		President's Cup		League Cup		Champions League
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK	UAE	Mohammed Abo Sandah	5	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0
12	GK	UAE	Hamad Al-Mansouri	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
17	GK	UAE	Khalid Eisa	14	0	11	0	1	0	2	0	0	0
Defenders
2	DF	UAE	Ali Al Haidhani	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0
3	DF	UAE	Salem Abdullah	7	0	1	0	1	0	5	0	0	0
4	DF	UAE	Mohammed Ali Shaker	8	0	6	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
5	DF	UAE	Ismail Ahmed	15	0	9	0	0	0	6	0	0	0
19	DF	UAE	Mohanad Salem	9	2	6	2	1	0	2	0	0	0
21	DF	UAE	Mohammed Hilal	4	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	0
22	DF	UAE	Mohammed Fayez	5	0	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
23	DF	UAE	Mohamed Ahmed	3	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0
33	DF	JPN	Tsukasa Shiotani	18	1	11	1	1	0	6	0	0	0
44	DF	UAE	Saeed Juma	19	1	11	1	1	0	7	0	0	0
53	DF	UAE	Saoud Al Abri	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Midfielders
6	MF	EGY	Yahia Nader	14	0	10	0	0	0	4	0	0	0
11	MF	UAE	Bandar Al-Ahbabi	11	2	9	2	0	0	2	0	0	0
13	MF	UAE	Ahmed Barman	8	0	6	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
14	MF	UAE	Rayan Yaslam	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
16	MF	UAE	Mohamed Abdulrahman	15	2	10	0	1	0	4	2	0	0
18	MF	UAE	Khalid Al-Bloushi	4	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
20	MF	SRB	Andrija Radovanovic	9	0	5	0	0	0	4	0	0	0
24	MF	UAE	Falah Waleed	11	0	6	0	1	0	4	0	0	0
26	MF	EGY	Omar Yaisien	10	1	5	0	0	0	5	1	0	0
27	MF	UAE	Mohsen Abdullah	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0
28	MF	FRA	Idriss Mzaouiyani	8	0	5	0	0	0	3	0	0	0
Forwards
7	FW	BRA	Caio Canedo	14	9	8	6	1	0	5	3	0	0
9	FW	TOG	Kodjo Laba	14	13	10	10	0	0	4	3	0	0
30	FW	UAE	Mohammed Khalvan	4	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
50	FW	UAE	Mohammed Jamal	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
77	FW	UAE	Ali Eid	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
99	FW	UAE	Jamal Maroof	19	7	11	3	1	0	7	4	0	0
Players transferred out during the season
8	MF	ALG	Abderrahmane Meziane	6	1	4	1	0	0	2	0	0	0

Last updated: 8 June 2019
Source: fr.soccerway.com

Goalscorers

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

No.	Player	Pos.	PL	PC	LC	CL 1	TOTAL
9	Kodjo Laba	FW	19	4	3	2	28
7	Caio Canedo	FW	6	1	3	0	10
99	Jamal Maroof	FW	3	1	4	0	8
11	Bandar Al-Ahbabi	MF	2	0	0	0	2
16	Mohamed Abdulrahman	MF	0	0	2	0	2
19	Mohanad Salem	DF	2	0	0	0	2
26	Omar Yaisien	MF	0	0	1	0	1
44	Saeed Juma	DF	1	0	0	0	1
8	Abderrahmane Meziane	MF	1	0	0	0	1
33	Tsukasa Shiotani	DF	1	0	0	0	1
Own Goals			1	0	2	0	3
Totals			27	2	15	0	44

Assists

No.	Player	Pos.	PL	LC	TOTAL
11	Bandar Al-Ahbabi	MF	6	1	7
8	Abderrahmane Meziane	MF	2	1	3
9	Kodjo Laba	FW	3	0	3
16	Mohamed Abdulrahman	MF	2	0	2
7	Caio Canedo	FW	1	1	2
33	Tsukasa Shiotani	DF	2	0	2
3	Salem Abdullah	DF	0	2	2
4	Mohammed Ali Shaker	DF	1	0	1
5	Ismail Ahmed	DF	1	0	1
99	Jamal Maroof	FW	1	0	1
26	Omar Yaisien	MF	0	1	1
30	Mohammed Khalvan	FW	0	1	1
18	Khalid Al-Bloushi	MF	1	0	1
6	Yahya Nader	MF	1	0	1
Totals			21	7	28

Clean sheets

Includes all competitive matches.

No.	Name	PL	PC	LC	Total
1	Mohammed Abo Sandah	0	0	2	2
12	Hamad Al-Mansouri	0	0	0	0
17	Khalid Eisa	3	1	0	4
	TOTALS	3	1	2	6

Hat-tricks

Player	Against	Result	Date	Competition	Ref
Kodjo Laba⁴	Fujairah	1–7 (A)	25 October 2019	UAE Pro League	^[15]
Kodjo Laba⁴	Al Wasl	6–5 (H)	21 February 2020	President's Cup

(H) – Home ; (A) – Away

Transfers

In

Date	Pos	Player	From club	Transfer fee	Source
5 June 2019	FW	Caio Canedo	Al Wasl	€5.34m	^{[citation needed]}
12 June 2019	DF	Mohammed Hilal	Ajman Club	Free transfer	^[16]
12 June 2019	MF	Mohammed Jamal	Al Jazira	Free transfer	^{[citation needed]}
13 June 2019	FW	Kodjo Laba	RS Berkane	Free transfer	^[17]
13 June 2019	ST	Abderrahmane Meziane	USM Alger	Free transfer	^[18]
29 June 2019	MF	Mohammed Shaker	Ajman Club	Free transfer	^[19]
22 August 2019	MF	Andrija Radovanovic	NK Domžale	Free transfer	^[20]
1 September 2019	MF	Idriss Mzaouiyani	Paris Saint-Germain II	Free transfer	^[21]^[22]
1 September 2019	MF	Omar Yaisien	Paris Saint-Germain II	Free transfer	^[23]
31 January 2020	MF	Bauyrzhan Islamkhan	Kairat	Free transfer	^[24]
3 February 2020	DF	Rafael Pereira	Vila FC	Free transfer	^[25]^[26]
8 February 2020	MF	Balázs Dzsudzsák	Ittihad Kalba	Free transfer	^[27]^[28]

Out

Date	Pos	Player	To club	Type	Fee	Source
23 February 2019	MF	Danilo Asprilla	Al Shabab	End of contract	Free	^[29]
27 May 2019	MF	Caio Lucas Fernandes	Benfica	End of contract	Free	^[30]^[31]
13 July 2019	FW	Marcus Berg	Krasnodar	End of contract	Free	^[32]^[33]
July 2019	DF	Khaled Abdulrahman		End of contract
16 July 2019	MF	Ibrahim Diaky		End of contract		^[34]
8 August 2019	MF	Amer Abdulrahman	Al Jazira	End of contract	Free	^[35]
18 January 2020	FW	Abderrahmane Meziane	Espérance de Tunis	Transfer	€900k	^[36]^[37]^[38]
25 January 2020	MF	Andrija Radovanovic	Ittihad Kalba	Loan	Undisclosed	^[39]

References

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External links

Al Ain FC official website (in English and Arabic)

[table_hth_JAZ0.87562093551998-14] Al Jazira are ahead of Khor Fakkan and Al Dhafra on head-to-head points: Al Jazira 6, Khor Fakkan 1, Al Dhafra 1.

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[10] النمر, إعداد-العوضي (29 October 2019). "حيرة بعد تراجع الحضور الجماهيري". البيان (in Arabic).

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[27] "Rafael Pereira is winter reinforcement of al-AI FC". Providing Soccer Solutions Facebook Page. Retrieved 4 February 2020.

[28] "Dzsudzsák Attends His First Training Session Wearing Al Ain Jersey". AlAinClub.ae. Retrieved 8 February 2020.

[29] Al Ain Football Club [@alainfcae_en] (8 February 2020). "Balázs Dzsudzsák is Al Ain FC player" (Tweet). Retrieved 8 February 2020 – via Twitter.

[30] Al Shabab Football Club [@AlShababSaudiFC] (23 February 2019). "اسبيريا شبابي ابتداءً من الموسم المقبل" (Tweet). Retrieved 23 February 2019 – via Twitter.

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[33] "РЯДЫ «КРАСНОДАРА» ПОПОЛНИЛ ЕЩЕ ОДИН ИГРОК СБОРНОЙ ШВЕЦИИ" [Another Sweden national team player joined Krasnodar] (in Russian). FC Krasnodar. 13 July 2019.

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