List of Al Ain FC records and statistics

Al Ain FC is a professional football club, based in Al Ain, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. It is one of many sport sections of the multi-sports club Al Ain Sports and Cultural Club (Arabic: نادي العين الرياضي الثقافي) Al Ain SCC for short. Founded in 1968 by players from Al Ain, members of a Bahraini group of exchange students and the Sudanese community working in the United Arab Emirates.[1]

Al Ain made a successful debut by beating a team made up of British soldiers and went on to play friendly matches against other Abu Dhabi clubs. In 1971, the team played their first match against international opposition when they were defeated 7–0 by the Egyptian club Ismaily in a friendly match for the war effort. Has amassed various records since its founding, quickly gained popularity and recognition throughout the country, being the team with the most trophies 36 in total.[2]

Honours

See also: List of Al Ain FC records and statistics, Al Ain FC in international football, List of Al Ain FC seasons, and United Arab Emirates football records

38 official Championships.[3]

Type		Competition	Seasons
			Titles		Runners-up
Domestic	National	Pro League	1976–77, 1980–81, 1983–84, 1992–93, 1997–98, 1999–00, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2014–15, 2017–18, 2021–22	14	1975–76, 1977–78, 1981–82, 1993–94, 1994–95, 1998–99, 2004–05, 2015–16	9
		President's Cup[4]	1998–99, 2000–01, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2008–09, 2013–14, 2017–18	7	1978–79, 1980–81, 1989–90, 1993–94, 1994–95, 2006–07, 2015–16, 2022–23	8^S
		Super Cup	1995, 2003, 2009, 2012, 2015	5^S	1993, 2002, 2013, 2014, 2018, 2022	6
		League Cup	2008–09, 2021–22	2	2010–11, 2022–23	2
		Federation Cup	1988–89, 2004–05, 2005–06	3	1986, 1994	2
		Joint League[5]	1982–83	1^S
	State	Abu Dhabi Championship[6]	1973–74, 1974–75	2^S
Regional		GCC Champions League	2001	1
		Emirati-Moroccan Super Cup	2015	1
Continental		AFC Champions League	2003, 2024	2	2005, 2016	2
Worldwide		FIFA Club World Cup			2018	1

•   record
•   ^S shared record

Doubles and trebles (9–1)

• Doubles

• League and President's Cup doubles (1) (shared record):

2017–18

• League and League Cup (1) (shared record):

2021–22

• League and Super Cup (2) (shared record):

2002–03, 2012–13

• President's Cup and League Cup (1) (shared record):

2008–09

• President's Cup and Federation Cup (2) (record):

2004–05, 2005–06

• President's Cup and GCC Club Championship (1) (record):

2000–01

• Super Cup and Emirati-Moroccan Super Cup (1) (record):

2015–16

• Treble

• League, Super Cup and Champions League (1) (record):

2002–03

Three-peats

• UAE Pro League (1) (record):

2001–02, 2002–03, 2003–04

Players records

Most appearances

All competitions

As of match played 25 May 2024

The below list is since the Pro League era starting in 2008–09.

Rank	Player	Nationality	Years	League	LC/SC/PC[a]	Asia/ACCC/FCWC/EMSC[b]	Total	Ref.
1	Khalid Eisa	United Arab Emirates	2013–	247	22 / 5 / 29	79 / 2 / 4 / 1	389
2	Mohanad Salem	United Arab Emirates	2008–2021	213	25 / 6 / 24	61 / 0 / 1 / 1	331
	Mohammed Abdulrahman	United Arab Emirates	2008–2021	203	32 / 4 / 20	66 / 2 / 3 / 1	331
4	Ismail Ahmed	United Arab Emirates	2008–2021	192	34 / 3 / 22	70 / 2 / 4 / 1	328
5	Bandar Al-Ahbabi	United Arab Emirates	2010–	152	24 / 1 / 13	45 / 2 / 4 / 0	241
6	Omar Abdulrahman	United Arab Emirates	2008–2018	141	8 / 4 / 16	61 / 0 / 0 / 1	231
7	Mohamed Ahmed	United Arab Emirates	2012–2023	125	11 / 4 / 19	48 / 1 / 4 / 0	212

Notes

1. Includes the UAE League Cup, UAE Super Cup, UAE President Cup
2. Includes the AFC Champions League, Arab Club Champions Cup, FIFA Club World Cup, Emirati-Moroccan Super Cup

Top goalscorers

Omar Abdulrahman, Asamoah Gyan Al Ain's top goalscorer in AFC Champions League with 18 goals

All competitions

As of 3 September 2024.
Bold indicates player is still active at club level.

Rank	Player	Nationality	Years	Goals
1	Ahmed Abdullah		1978–1995	185
2	Asamoah Gyan		2011–2015	128
3	Kodjo Laba		2019–present	128
4	Mohieddine Habita		1976–1983	71
5	Majid Al Owais		1992	70
6	Omar Abdulrahman		2008–2018	62
7	Matar Al Sahbani		1983	60
	Salem Johar		1992–2005	60
9	Saif Sultan		1992–2005	55
10	Marcus Berg		2017–2019	51

Note: this includes goals scored in all competitions.[7]

International competitions

Rank	Player	Nationality	Goals
1	Omar Abdulrahman		19
2	Asamoah Gyan		18
3	Soufiane Rahimi		13
4	Marcus Berg		11
5	Kodjo Fo-Doh Laba		10
6	Ibrahim Diaky		9
	Subait Khater		9
	Gharib Harib		9
9	Caio Lucas		7
	Helal Saeed		7
	Boubacar Sanogo		7
12	Nenad Jestrović		6

UAE Pro League

Statistics correct as of match played on 25 August 2024[8]

Rank	Player	Goals
1	Ahmed Abdullah	117
2	Kodjo Laba	101
3	Asamoah Gyan	95
4	Majid Al Owais	86
5	Mohieddine Habita	57
6	Salem Johar	53
7	Saif Sultan	45
8	Omar Abdulrahman	39
9	Subait Khater	38
10	Matar Al Sahbani	37
11	Marcus Berg	35
12	Boubacar Sanogo	35
13	José Sand	31

AFC Champions League

Since 2002–03 AFC Champions League, includes goals scored in qualifying play-off
Statistics correct as of match played against Yokohama F. Marinos on 25 May 2024

P	Player	TOTAL
1	Asamoah Gyan	18
2	Omar Abdulrahman	18
3	Soufiane Rahimi	13
4	Kodjo Laba	10
5	Marcus Berg	9
4	Boubacar Sanogo	7
	Ibrahim Diaky
6	Nenad Jestrović	6
	Caio
8	Mohamed Abdulrahman	5
	Douglas
	Danilo Asprilla
	Subait Khater
12	Kaku	4
	Edílson
	Elias Ribeiro
	José Sand
	Kembo Ekoko
	Ismail Ahmed
	Lee Myung-joo
18	Mohammad Omar	3
	Nasser Al-Shamrani
	Onyekachi Nwoha
	Shehab Ahmed
	Gharib Harib
	Alex Brosque
24	Erik Jorgens	2
	Kouame Autonne
	Rami Yaslam
	Luis Tejada
	Ahmed Khalil
	Tsukasa Shiotani
	Helal Saeed
	Faisal Ali
	Kelly
32	Mohammed Abbas	1
	Sultan Al-Shamsi
	Omer Atzili
	Eisa Khalfan
	Khalid Al-Balochi
	Kandia Traoré
	Rodrigo Mendes
	Farhad Majidi
	Salem Johar
	Ahmed Kano
	Nasser Khamis
	Ali Msarri
	Dodô
	Ali Al-Wehaibi
	Musallem Fayez
	Franck Ongfiang
	Hawar Mulla
	Emerson Sheik
	Jorge Valdivia
	Haddaf Abdullah
	Hamad Al Marri
	Yousef Ahmed
	Miroslav Stoch
	Rashed Eisa
	Saeed Al-Kathiri
	Hussein El Shahat
	Jamal Maroof
	Saeed Juma
	Omar Yaisien
	Bauyrzhan Islamkhan
Total		208

FIFA Club World Cup

Statistics correct as of match played against Real Madrid on 22 December 2018

P	Player	TOTAL
1	Marcus Berg	2
	Tsukasa Shiotani
3	Mohamed Ahmed	1
	Bandar Al-Ahbabi
	Caio
	Tongo Doumbia
	Hussein El Shahat
Total		9

Asian Cup Winners' Cup

P	Player	TOTAL
1	Arthur Moses[9][10]	4
2	Gharib Harib[11][10]	2
3	Helal Saeed[12]	1
Total		7

Arab Club Champions Cup

P	Player	TOTAL
1	Ibrahim Diaky	2
Total		2

GCC Champions League

P	Player	TOTAL
1	Ahmed Abdullah	2
	Subait Khater
	Gharib Harib
4	Abdulhameed Al Mistaki	1
	Salem Johar
	Fahad Ali
	Mohamed Mubarak
	Abubakar Omar
	Awad Gharib
	Jasem Tawfiq
Total		13

Emirati-Moroccan Super Cup

P	Player	TOTAL
1	Lee Myung-joo	1
1	Omar Abdulrahman	1
Total		2

Asian Club Championship

P	Player	TOTAL
1	Helal Saeed	4
	Abedi Pele[13]
2	Fahad Al Nowais[13]	3
3	Subait Khater[14]	2
	Emiliano Rey
	Gharib Harib
	Seydou Traoré[13]
	Abdullah Shila
	Majid Al Owais
	Rachid Daoudi[13]
4	Sandro Oliviera	1
	Faisal Ali
	Sergio Berti
	Jasem Tawfiq[13]
Total		29

Players' individual honours and awards while playing with Al Ain

Asamoah Gyan won the top scorer of the UAE Pro League and Arabian Golden Boot for three consecutive season. Becoming the first player ever to achieve that.

• Al Ain players that have been the top scorer of UAE Pro League:
  • Mohieddine Habita (1977–78, 20 goals)
  • Ahmed Abdullah (1981–82, 13 goals); (1983–84, 20 goals)
  • Saif Sultan (1992–93, 21 goals)
  • José Sand (2009–10, 24 goals)
  • Asamoah Gyan (2011–12, 21); (2012–13, 31); (2013–14, 29)
  • Marcus Berg (2017–18, 25 goals)
  • Kodjo Fo-Doh Laba (2019–20, 19 goals); (2021–22, 26)
• Al Ain players that have been the top scorer of UAE President's Cup:
  • Ahmed Abdullah (1978–79, 5 goals)
  • Ali Al-Wehaibi (2005–06, 3 goals)
  • Nenad Jestrović (2006–07, 4 goals)
  • André Dias (2008–09, 9 goals)
  • Asamoah Gyan (2013–14, 6 goals); (2014–15, 4 goals)
  • Dyanfres Douglas (2015–16, 5 goals)
• Al Ain players that have been the top scorer of UAE Super Cup:
  • Salem Johar (1994–95, 6 goals)
• Al Ain players that have won the GCC Golden Boot:
  • Ahmed Abdullah (1982–83, 20 goals in 18 games)
  • Saif Sultan (1992–93, 21 goals in 22 games)
  • José Sand (2009–10, 24 goals in 22 games)
  • Asamoah Gyan (2011–12, 22 goals in 22 games); (2012–13, 31 goals in 26 games); (2013–14, 29 goals in 26 games)
• Al Ain players that have won the Asian Footballer of the Year:
  • Omar Abdulrahman (1): 2016
• Al Ain players that have won the Best player award at AFC Champions League:
  • Seydou Traoré (1): 1999[15]
  • Omar Abdulrahman (1): 2016
  • Soufiane Rahimi (1): 2024
• Al Ain players that have been the top scorer of AFC Champions League:
  • Asamoah Gyan (2014, 12 goals in 12 games)
  • Soufiane Rahimi (1): (2024, 13 goals in 13 games)
• Al Ain players that were included in the AFC Champions League Team of the Season:
  • Omar Abdulrahman (3), Lee Myung-joo (2), Asamoah Gyan (1), Ismail Ahmed (1), Caio Lucas (1), Danilo Asprilla (1)
• Al Ain players that have won Player of the week awards at AFC Champions League:
  • Omar Abdulrahman (1), Khalid Eisa (1)
• Al Ain players that have won man of the match at FIFA Club World Cup:
  • Khalid Eisa (2), Hussein El Shahat (1)
• Al Ain players that have won Adidas Silver Ball at FIFA Club World Cup:
  • Caio Lucas (1): (2018)

See also

• List of Al Ain FC seasons
• Al Ain FC in international football

References

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2. "Club Milestones". AlAinClub.ae. Retrieved 1 February 2022.
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External links

• "Al Ain FC Official website". Al Ain FC.