2004–05 Al Ain FC season

The 2004–05 season was Al Ain Football Club's 37th season in existence and the club's 30th consecutive season in the top-level football league in the UAE.

Al Ain

2004–05 season
President	Mohammed Bin Zayed
Manager	Alain Perrin (from 13 July 2004[1] until 21 Oct 2004[2]) Mohammad El Mansi* (from 21 Oct 2004[2] until 6 January 2005[3]) Milan Máčala (from 7 January 2005[4][5])
Stadium	Tahnoun bin Mohammed
UAE Football League	2nd
President's Cup	Winners
Federation Cup	Winners
AFC Champions League	2004: Quarter-finals 2005: Quarter-finals[note 1]
Top goalscorer	League: Edílson (15) All: Edílson (22)
Home colours Away colours Third colours
← 2003–04 2005–06 →
All statistics correct as of 16 June 2005.

Competitions

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
					Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Football League	26 September 2004	15 May 2005	Matchday 1	2nd	26	18	3	5	54	26	+28	069.23
President's Cup	25 January 2005	16 June 2005	Round of 16	Winners	4	4	0	0	13	2	+11	100.00
Federation Cup	18 November 2004	15 December 2004	Group stage	Winners	4	3	1	0	6	2	+4	075.00
2004 ACL	14 September 2004	21 September 2004	Quarter-finals	Quarter-finals	2	0	0	2	1	5	−4	000.00
2005 ACL	9 March 2005	25 May 2005	Group stage	Quarter-finals [note 1]	6	4	1	1	13	6	+7	066.67
Total					42	29	5	8	87	41	+46	069.05

Last updated: 16 June 2005
Source: Competitions

UAE Football League

Main article: 2004–05 UAE Football League

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Al Wahda	26	20	2	4	75	35	+40	62
2	Al Ain	26	18	3	5	54	26	+28	57
3	Al Jazira	26	16	5	5	62	41	+21	53
4	Al Nasr	26	13	7	6	48	33	+15	46
5	Sharjah	26	12	6	8	59	44	+15	42

Source: rsssf.com

Matches

Al Ain v Sharjah

26 September 2004 1	Al Ain	3–1	Sharjah	Al Ain
19:50	Fakher 46' R. Yaslam 84' Sanogo 90'	Report	Al Anberi 49'	Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed Referee: Salah Amen

Al Ahli v Al Ain

30 September 2004 2	Al Ahli	0–2	Al Ain	Dubai
19:45		Report	S. Khater 71' M. Omar 89'	Stadium: Rashid Stadium Referee: Mohamed Omar

Al Nasr v Al Ain

4 October 2004 3	Al Nasr	3–0	Al Ain	Dubai
19:40	Bigode 22', 35', 87'	Report		Stadium: Al Maktoum Stadium Referee: Mohamed Al-Zarouni

Al Ain v Al Shaab

21 October 2004 4	Al Ain	1–3	Al Shaab	Al Ain
21:00	M. Omar 21'	Report	S. Ibraheem 22', 89' M. Srour 27'	Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed Referee: Fareed Al-Marzouqi

Al Dhafra v Al Ain

27 October 2004 5	Al Dhafra	2–2	Al Ain	Abu Dhabi
21:00	S. Basheer 55' Akaruye 59'	Report	S. Khater 44' Fakher 65'	Stadium: Al Dhafra Stadium Referee: Ali Al-Badwawi

Al Ain v Al Wasl

25 December 2004 6	Al Ain	5–2	Al Wasl	Al Ain
16:50	M. Omar 38', 79' Sanogo 25', 53' S. Johar 67'	Report	Majidi 77' El Moubarki 90'	Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed Referee: Salah Amen

Ittihad Kalba v Al Ain

30 December 2004 7	Ittihad Kalba	1–2	Al Ain	Kalba
16:45	Alamiri 41'	Report	M. Omar 26' Sanogo 75'	Stadium: Ittihad Kalba Stadium Referee: Khaled Al-Doukhi

Al Ain v Al Shabab

5 January 2005 8	Al Ain	2–1	Al Shabab	Al Ain
17:00	Sanogo 16' F. Ali 95'	Report	Fernandes 63'	Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed Referee: Abdullah Al Bannai

Al Wahda v Al Ain

10 January 2005 9	Al Wahda	2–1	Al Ain	Abu Dhabi
17:05	Mitrović 5' Koutouan 49'	Report	S. Khater 8'	Stadium: Al Nahyan Stadium Referee: Mohamed Omar

Al Ain v Emirates

14 January 2005 10	Al Ain	1–0	Emirates	Al Ain
17:05	Sanogo 44'	Report		Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed Referee: Ali Al Mulla

Dubai v Al Ain

18 January 2005 11	Dubai	0–3	Al Ain	Dubai
17:05		Report	Shehab .A 7' Edílson 24', 43'	Stadium: Al Aweer Stadium Referee: Mohamed Al-Zarouni

Al Ain v Al Jazira

30 January 2005 12	Al Ain	2–1	Al Jazira	Al Ain
19:45	F. Ali 26' S. Khater 65'	Report	Al-Enazi 75'	Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed Referee: Salah Amen

Al Khaleej v Al Ain

4 February 2005 13	Al Khaleej	0–3	Al Ain	Khor Fakkan
19:35		Report	Shehab .A 59', 73' G. Harib 64'	Stadium: Saqr bin Mohammed Al Qasimi Referee: Abdullah Al Bannai

Sharjah v Al Ain

13 February 2005 14	Sharjah	2–1	Al Ain	Sharjah
19:40	Al Anberi 31' Barbosa 72'	Report	Edílson 12'	Stadium: Sharjah Stadium Referee: Mohamed Al Junaibi

Al Ain v Al Ahli

19 February 2005 15	Al Ain	2–0	Al Ahli	Al Ain
19:45	Edílson 60', 70'	Report		Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed Referee: Ali Al-Badwawi

Al Ain v Al Nasr

23 February 2005 16	Al Ain	2–1	Al Nasr	Al Ain
17:35	S. Khater 84' Edílson 89'	Report	M. Ibrahim 36'	Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed Referee: Khaled Al-Doukhi

Al Shaab v Al Ain

4 March 2005 17	Al Shaab	1–1	Al Ain	Sharjah
19:45	Samereh 84' (pen.)	Report	Edílson 4'	Stadium: Khalid bin Mohammed Stadium Referee: Fareed Al-Marzouqi

Al Ain v Al Dhafra

21 March 2005 18	Al Ain	2–1	Al Dhafra	Al Ain
17:50	Edílson 41' S. Khater 89'	Report	Kambou 74'	Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed Referee: Mohamed Omar

Al Wasl v Al Ain

26 March 2005 19	Al Wasl	2–2	Al Ain	Dubai
17:45	Tariq .H 58' I. Rashid 68'	Report	Edílson 31', 40'	Stadium: Zabeel Stadium Referee: Mohamed Al Junaibi

Al Ain v Ittihad Kalba

31 March 2005 20	Al Ain	7–0	Ittihad Kalba	Al Ain
17:50	N. Khamis 5' G. Harib 10' Edílson 35', 62', 86', 88' Msarri 71'	Report		Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed Referee: Ali Al-Badwawi

Al Shabab v Al Ain

10 April 2005 21	Al Shabab	0–1	Al Ain	Dubai
19:30		Report	G. Harib 28'	Stadium: Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum Referee: Fareed Al-Marzouqi

Al Ain v Al Wahda

15 April 2005 22	Al Ain	2–1	Al Wahda	Al Ain
20:10	Msarri 25', 75'	Report	I. Matar 89'	Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed Referee: Salah Amen

Emirates v Al Ain

25 April 2005 23	Emirates	0–2	Al Ain	Ras al-Khaimah
19:35		Report	G. Harib 10' S. Khater 88'	Stadium: Emirates Club Stadium Referee: Mohamed Al-Zarouni

Al Ain v Dubai

30 April 2005 24	Al Ain	3–0	Dubai	Al Ain
19:35	Shehab .A 20' Edílson 71' Sanogo 80'	Report		Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed Referee: Khaled Al-Doukhi

Al Jazira v Al Ain

5 May 2005 25	Al Jazira	2–0	Al Ain	Abu Dhabi
19:40	Alebri 55' Diaky 70'	Report		Stadium: Mohammed bin Zayed Referee: Fareed Al-Marzouqi

Al Ain v Al Khaleej

15 May 2005 26	Al Ain	2–0	Al Khaleej	Al Ain
19:40	Sanogo 63', 89'	Report		Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed Referee: Abdullah Al Bannai

UAE President's Cup

Main article: 2004–05 UAE President's Cup

Al Ain v Al Urooba

25 January 2005 Round of 16	Al Ain	7–1	Al Urooba	Dubai
18:45	F. Ali 24', 27', 59' Edílson 28' Msarri 56' R. Yaslam 75' G. Harib 85'	Report	Al-Abdooli 83'	Stadium: Al Maktoum Stadium Referee: Waleed Ali Yousif

Al Ain v Al Jazira

28 February 2005 Quarter-finals	Al Ain	1–0	Al Jazira	Dubai
19:00	R. Yaslam 105'	Report		Stadium: Zabeel Stadium Referee: Mohamed Omar

Al Ain v Al Wasl

9 June 2005 Semi-finals	Al Ain	2–0	Al Wasl	Abu Dhabi
19:55	Edílson 23' H. Saeed 54'	Report		Stadium: Al Nahyan Stadium Referee: Mohamed Omar

Al Ain v Al Wahda

16 June 2005 Final	Al Ain	3–1	Al Wahda	Abu Dhabi
20:00	Edílson 17' Shehab .A 100' Sanogo 115'	Report	Haider .A 20'	Stadium: Zayed Sports City Referee: Fareed Al-Marzouqi

UAE Federation Cup

Main article: 2004–05 UAE Federation Cup

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Al Ain	2	1	1	0	4	1	+3	4
Al Jazira	2	1	0	1	1	3	−2	3
Al Khaleej	2	0	1	1	1	2	−1	1

Source: Goalzz.com

Al Ain v Al Khaleej

18 November 2004 1	Al Ain	1–1	Al Khaleej	Al Ain
16:45	F. Ali 69'	Report Report	M. Malallah 58' (pen.)	Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed

Al Jazira v Al Ain

1 December 2004 2	Al Jazira	0–3	Al Ain	Abu Dhabi
16:50		Report Report	Sanogo 32' H. Saeed 85' M. Omar 89' (pen.)	Stadium: Mohammed bin Zayed Referee: Abdullah Al Bannai

Semi-finals

Al Ain v Al Nasr

9 December 2004	Al Ain	1–0	Al Nasr	Abu Dhabi
18:00	R. Yaslam 61'	Report Report		Stadium: Mohammed bin Zayed Referee: Salah Amen

Final

Al Ain v Al Ahli

15 December 2004	Al Ain	1–1 (a.e.t.) (10–9 p)	Al Ahli	Abu Dhabi
18:30	Shehab .A 65'	Report Report	Adel .A 20'	Stadium: Al Nahyan Stadium Referee: Mohamed Omar

2004 AFC Champions League

Main article: 2004 AFC Champions League

Quarter-finals

Al Ain v Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors

14 September 2004 First leg	Al Ain	0–1	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	Al Ain
18:45		Report	Gomes 90+3'	Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed

Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors v Al Ain

21 September 2004 Second leg	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	4–1 (5–1 agg.)	Al Ain	Jeonju
14:00	Do 52' Rink 68' Gomes 89' Dong-Hyuk 90+3' (pen.)	Report	R. Yaslam 88'	Stadium: Jeonju World Cup Stadium

2005 AFC Champions League

Main article: 2005 AFC Champions League

Group B

Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Al Ain	6	4	1	1	13	6	+7	13
Sepahan	6	3	2	1	10	6	+4	11
Al Shabab	6	3	1	2	7	7	0	10
Al Wahda	6	0	0	6	5	16	−11	0

Source: afcchampionsleague.com

Al Ain v Al Wahda

9 March 2005	Al Ain	3–0	Al Wahda	Al Ain
	Shehab .A 42' Edílson 54', 82'			Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed

Sepahan v Al Ain

16 March 2005	Sepahan	1–1	Al Ain	Isfahan
	Bezik 36'		Kano 49'	Stadium: Naghsh-e Jahan Stadium

Al Ain v Al Shabab

6 April 2005	Al Ain	3–0	Al Shabab	Al Ain
	Edílson 29', 31' S. Khater 47'			Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed

Al Shabab v Al Ain

20 April 2005	Al Shabab	1–0	Al Ain	Riyadh
	Attram 77'			Stadium: King Fahd International Stadium

Al Wahda v Al Ain

11 May 2005	Al Wahda	2–3	Al Ain	Damascus
	Al-Sayed 58', 65'		Sanogo 80' N. Khamis 83' S. Khater 90+5'	Stadium: Abbasiyyin Stadium

Al Ain v Sepahan

25 May 2005	Al Ain	3–2	Sepahan	Al Ain
	S. Khater 11' Sanogo 31', 70'		M. Karimi 69' Bengar 82'	Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed

Notes

1. Advanced to next round but the cup continued in next season.

Statistics

Goalscorers

As of 16 June 2005

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

Rank	Pos.	Player	Football League	President's Cup	Federation Cup	2004 ACL	2005 ACL	Total
1	FW	Edílson	15	3	0	0	4	22
2	FW	Boubacar Sanogo	9	1	1	0	3	14
3	MF	Subait Khater	7	0	0	0	3	10
4	MF	Shehab Ahmed	4	1	1	0	1	7
5	FW	Mohammad Omar	5	0	1	0	0	6
	FW	Faisal Ali	2	3	1	0	0	6
7	MF	Gharib Harib	4	1	0	0	0	5
	MF	Rami Yaslam	1	2	1	1	0	5
9	DF	Ali Msarri	3	1	0	0	0	4
10	MF	Helal Saeed	0	1	1	0	0	2
	FW	Nasser Khamis	1	0	0	0	1	2
	DF	Humaid Fakher	2	0	0	0	0	2
13	MF	Salem Johar	1	0	0	0	0	1
	DF	Ahmed Kano	0	0	0	0	1	1
Own goals (from the opponents)			0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals			54	13	6	1	13	87