2009–10 Al Ain FC season

The 2009–10 season was Al Ain Football Club's 42nd in existence and the club's 35th consecutive season in the top-level football league in the UAE.

Al Ain

2009–10 season
President	Mohammed Bin Zayed
Chairman	Hazza Bin Zayed
Head coach	Winfried Schäfer (from 26 Dec 2007[1]) (until 2 December 2009[2][3]) Rachid Benmahmoud* (from 2 December 2009[3]) (until 11 December 2009[4]) Toninho Cerezo (from 11 December 2009[4]) (until 14 April 2010[5]) Abdulhameed Al Mistaki* (from 14 April 2010[6])
Stadium	Khalifa bin Zayed
UAE Pro League	3rd
President's Cup	Round of 16
League Cup	Semi-finals
UAE Super Cup	Winners
AFC Champions League	2010: Group stage
Top goalscorer	League: José Sand (24) All: José Sand (33)
Home colours Away colours Third colours
← 2008–09 2010–11 →

Al Ain began this season by winning the Super Cup. To continue his career at winning competitions, after a Great achievement in last season, at winning two titles in two weeks., Etisalat Emirates Cup and UAE President Cup.

During the summer transfer window, Al Ain Club signing with Emerson for 2 years from Flamengo, and with the player Jose Sand from Lanús at $10 million for 4 years, Also signed a contract with Ittihad kalba goalkeeper Yousef Abdulrahman at $10 million for 5 years .

On 18 January, During The winter transfer window opened, Al Ain Club signing the Asian foreigner and the four professional player in the team Lee Ho from Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma till the end of the season, and he was given the number 50.

Players

First Team

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  UAE Yousif Al Bairaq 2 FW  UAE Abdulaziz Fayez 3 DF  UAE Hilal Saeed 4 DF  UAE Msalam Fayez 5 DF  UAE Ismail Ahmed 6 MF  UAE Omar Abdulrahman 7 MF  UAE Ali Al-Wehaibi 8 FW  BRA Emerson 9 FW  ARG José Sand 10 MF  CHI Jorge Valdivia (captain) 11 MF  UAE Ahmad Mathaad 12 GK  UAE Waleed Salem 13 MF  UAE Rami Yaslam 15 FW  UAE Nasser Khamis 17 MF  UAE Ahmed Al-Shamsi 18 FW  UAE Ahmed Khamis

No. Pos. Nation Player 19 DF  UAE Mohanad Salem 20 FW  UAE Mohammed Abdulrahman 21 DF  UAE Fawzi Fayez 22 GK  UAE Sultan Musabah 23 MF  UAE Shehab Ahmed 24 MF  UAE Abdullah Malallah 26 MF  UAE Saif Mohammed 27 MF  UAE Salem Abdullah 30 GK  UAE Abdulla Sultan 44 DF  UAE Faris Jumaa 50 MF  KOR Lee Ho 77 MF  UAE Hazaa Salem 80 DF  UAE Mohamed Fayez 99 FW  UAE Faisal Ali

Starting 11

Waleed Salim

Ismaeel Ahmed

Mohanad Salem

Fares Jumaa

Mohammed Fayez

Jorge Valdivia

Salem Abdullah

Ali Al-Wehaibi

Saif Mohammed

José Sand

Emerson

No.	Pos.	Name
1	GK	Waleed Salim
5	DF	Ismaeel Ahmed
19	DF	Mohanad Salem
44	DF	Fares Jumaa
80	DF	Mohammed Fayez
10	MF	Jorge Valdivia
27	MF	Salem Abdullah
26	MF	Saif Mohammed
7	MF	Ali Al-Wehaibi
8	FW	Emerson
9	FW	José Sand

From youth system

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 20 FW  UAE Mohammed Abdulrahman 6 MF  UAE Omar Abdulrahman 15 DF  UAE Khaled Abdulrahman 2 FW  UAE Abdulaziz Fayez

Transfers

In

No.	Position	Player	From	Fee	Date	Ref.
1	GK	Yousif Al Bairaq	Ittihad Kalba	Undisclosed	21 June 2009	[7]
9	FW	José Sand	Lanús	€9,280,000	8 August 2009	[8]
8	FW	Emerson	Flamengo	€1,600,000	2 September 2009	[9]
50	MF	Lee Ho	Seongnam	Free transfer	18 January 2010	[10]

Out

No.	Position	Player	To	Fee	Date	Ref.
—	MF	Fadel Ahmad	Al Wasl	Undisclosed	8 June 2009	[11]
29	DF	Jumaa Abdullah	Al Jazira	€610,000	13 June 2009	[12]
6	DF	Ali Msarri	Baniyas	€410,000	18 June 2009	[13]
1	GK	Mutaz Abdulla	Al Wahda	Undisclosed	20 June 2009	[14]
16	DF	Abdullah Ali	Baniyas	Undisclosed	28 June 2009	[15]
—	DF	Mahboob Juma	Ajman	Free transfer	4 July 2009	[16]
14	FW	André Senghor	Baniyas	Undisclosed	1 July 2009
99	FW	André Dias	Unattached		1 July 2009
25	DF	Humaid Fakher	Baniyas	Undisclosed	17 July 2009	[17]
77	MF	Darwish Ahmed	Al Wasl	Undisclosed	23 July 2009	[18]

Loans out

No.	Pos	Name	To	Start date	End date	Ref.
8	MF	Ahmad Khalfan	Al Wasl	19 June 2009	End of Season	[19]
33	FW	Soufiane Alloudi	Raja	19 August 2009	End of Season	[20]

Managerial changes

During the season

Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Replaced by	Date of appointment	Position in table
Winfried Schaefer	Sacked	2 December 2009[2][3]	Rachid Benmahmoud (Caretaker)	2 December 2009[3]	3rd
Rachid Benmahmoud	Caretaker	11 December 2009[4]	Toninho Cerezo	11 December 2009[4]	4th
Toninho Cerezo	Sacked (poor ACL performances)	14 April 2010[5][21]	Abdulhameed Al Mistaki (Coach U17) (Caretaker)	14 April 2010[22][23][6]	3rd

Pre-season and friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

UAE-Germany Super Cup

Al Ain v SV Werder Bremen

5 February 2010	Al Ain	1–2	SV Werder Bremen	Al Ain
8:00	Abdulaziz .F 59'	(Report)	Pizarro 41', 43'	Stadium: Khalifa bin Zayed

Competitions

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
					Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Pro League	28 September 2009	16 May 2010	Matchday 1	3rd	22	14	3	5	57	29	+28	063.64
League Cup	8 October 2009	27 March 2010	Group stage	Semi-finals	8	4	2	2	13	12	+1	050.00
President's Cup	24 November 2009	24 November 2009	Round of 16	Round of 16	1	0	1	0	0	0	+0	000.00
Champions League	24 February 2010	27 April 2010	Group stage	Group stage	6	2	1	3	8	8	+0	033.33
Total					37	20	7	10	78	49	+29	054.05

Last updated: 16 May 2010
Source: Competitions

UAE Pro League

Main article: 2009–10 UAE Pro League

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Al-Wahda (C)	22	19	1	2	42	15	+27	58	2010 FIFA Club World Cup play-off stage and 2011 AFC Champions League group stage[a]
2	Al-Jazira	22	15	6	1	48	26	+22	51	2011 AFC Champions League group stage[b]
3	Al-Ain	22	14	3	5	57	29	+28	45	2011 AFC Champions League qualifying play-off
4	Baniyas	22	10	6	6	44	37	+7	36
5	Al-Wasl	22	8	5	9	41	40	+1	29

Source: goalzz.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions
Notes:

1. League champions Al-Wahda also qualified for the 2011 AFC Champions League group stage.
2. Emirates Club, which played in the UAE Division 1 Group A, also secured 2011 AFC Champions League group stage qualification by winning the 2009–10 UAE President's Cup.

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
22	14	3	5	57	29	+28	45	7	1	3	26	14	+12	7	2	2	31	15	+16

Last updated: 16 May 2010.
Source: UAE Premier League

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
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A
Result	W	W	W	D	W	D	L	L	W	W	W	W	W	W	L	W	L	L	W	W	W	D
Position	3	1	1	1	1	2	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3

Updated to match(es) played on 16 May 2010. Source: UPLeague
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; P = Postponed

Matches

Al Ain v Al Nasr

28 September 2009 1	Al Ain	2–0	Al Nasr	Al Ain
17:25 GMT+4 (UAE Time)	Sand 20' (pen.) Emerson 89' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Khalifa bin Zayed Referee: Abdullah Al Ajeel

Al Ahli v Al Ain

2 October 2009 2	Al Ahli	1–5	Al Ain	Dubai
20:00 GMT+4 (UAE Time)	M. Srour 5'	Report	Emerson 20' Sand 22', 47', 66' Ahmed. K 91'	Stadium: Rashid Stadium Referee: Mohamed Al-Zarouni

Al Ain v Ajman

18 October 2009 3	Al Ain	3–2	Ajman	Al Ain
17:05 GMT+4 (UAE Time)	Sand 41', 52' Emerson 68'	Report	Sektioui 30' Kazemian 79'	Stadium: Khalifa bin Zayed Referee: Abdulwahid Qhater

Al Jazira v Al Ain

24 October 2009 4	Al Jazira	2–2	Al Ain	Abu Dhabi
20:00 GMT+4 (UAE Time)	Koutouan 50', 54' (pen.)	Report	I. Ahmed 18' Sand 62'	Stadium: Mohammed bin Zayed Referee: Ali Al-Badwawi

Al Ain v Al Shabab

29 October 2009 5	Al Ain	4–0	Al Shabab	Al Ain
20:00 GMT+4 (UAE Time)	Sand 24' (pen.), 30' Mohanad .S 82' Emerson 88'	Report		Stadium: Khalifa bin Zayed Referee: Mohamed Al Junaibi

Al Ain v Al Dhafra

7 November 2009 6	Al Ain	1–1	Al Dhafra	Al Ain
16:50 GMT+4 (UAE Time)	Sand 75' (pen.)	Report	Lawal 27' (pen.)	Stadium: Khalifa bin Zayed Referee: Abdullah Al Ajeel

Al Wahda v Al Ain

1 December 2009 7	Al Wahda	1–0	Al Ain	Abu Dhabi
20:00 GMT+4 (UAE Time)	Al-Kamali 43'	Report		Stadium: Al Nahyan Stadium Referee: Fareed Al-Marzouqi

Al Ain v Al Wasl

6 December 2009 8	Al Ain	1–3	Al Wasl	Al Ain
20:00 GMT+4 (UAE Time)	Shehab .A 22'	Report	Darweesh 46', 85' Oliveira 70'	Stadium: Khalifa bin Zayed Referee: Mohamed Omar

Emirates v Al Ain

21 December 2009 9	Emirates	0–1	Al Ain	Ras Al Khaimah
16:45 GMT+4 (UAE Time)		Report	Emerson 90'	Stadium: Emirates Club Stadium Referee: Mohammed Abdulla

Baniyas v Al Ain

10 January 2010 10	Baniyas	1–6	Al Ain	Al Ain
17:00 GMT+4 (UAE Time)	Senghor 60'	Report	Emerson 5' (pen.), 74' (pen.) Thamer .M 16' (o.g.) Salem .A 53' Mohammed .A 63', 91'	Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed Referee: Mohamed Al-Zarouni

Al Ain v Sharjah

16 January 2010 11	Al Ain	2–1	Sharjah	Al Ain
20:00 GMT+4 (UAE Time)	Emerson 19' Sand 92'	Report	Marcelinho 25' (pen.)	Stadium: Khalifa bin Zayed Referee: Fareed Al-Marzouqi

Al Nasr v Al Ain

29 January 2010 12	Al Nasr	0–2	Al Ain	Dubai
20:00 GMT+4 (UAE Time)		Report	Al-Wehaibi 14' Emerson 28' (pen.)  65'	Stadium: Al Maktoum Stadium Referee: Mohammed Abdulla

Al Ain v Al Ahli

8 February 2010 13	Al Ain	5–1	Al Ahli	Al Ain
20:00 GMT+4 (UAE Time)	Sand 3', 71' A. Malallah 5', 86' Hilal .M 68'	Report	A. Khalil 85'	Stadium: Khalifa bin Zayed Attendance: 10,500 Referee: Mohamed Al Junaibi

Ajman v Al Ain

13 February 2010 14	Ajman	4–5	Al Ain	Ajman
17:25 GMT+4 (UAE Time)	G. Harib 3' Kabi 13' Kader 48', 91'	Report	Salem .A 20' Valdivia 31', 49' Sand 45', 55'	Stadium: Ajman Stadium Attendance: 2,400 Referee: Ali Al Mulla

Al Ain v Al Jazira

18 February 2010 15	Al Ain	0–1	Al Jazira	Al Ain
20:15 GMT+4 (UAE Time)		Report	Juma .A 87'	Stadium: Khalifa bin Zayed Attendance: 11,863 Referee: Fareed Al-Marzouqi

Al Shabab v Al Ain

14 March 2010 16	Al Shabab	2–5	Al Ain	Dubai
17:40 GMT+4 (UAE Time)	Suroor .S 10' Renato 72'	Report	Sand 1', 47', 88' (pen.) Fares .J 32' Abdulaziz .F 68'	Stadium: Al Maktoum Stadium Referee: Mohamed Al-Zarouni

Al Dhafra v Al Ain

18 March 2010 17	Al Dhafra	2–1	Al Ain	Madinat Zayed
17:55 GMT+4 (UAE Time)	Hamad .A 10' Lawal 87'	Report	Sand 8'	Stadium: Hamdan Bin Zayed Attendance: 2,217 Referee: Mohamed Omar

Al Ain v Al Wahda

9 April 2010 18	Al Ain	0–1	Al Wahda	Al Ain
20:30 GMT+4 (UAE Time)		Report	I. Matar 39'	Stadium: Khalifa bin Zayed Attendance: 11,371 Referee: Ali Al-Badwawi

Al Wasl v Al Ain

22 April 2010 19	Al Wasl	1–3	Al Ain	Dubai
18:00 GMT+4 (UAE Time)	Tariq .H 59'	Report	Saif .M 20' Sand 69' (pen.) Valdivia 88'	Stadium: Zabeel Stadium Referee: Ammar Al-Jeneibi

Al Ain v Emirates

2 May 2010 20	Al Ain	5–3	Emirates	Al Ain
19:35 GMT+4 (UAE Time)	Sand 10', 19' (pen.), 47' Shehab .A 26' Omar .A 75' Fawzi .F  83'	Report	Kerkar 1' Al Dawoodi 45' Enayati 69'	Stadium: Khalifa bin Zayed Referee: Fareed Al-Marzouqi

Al Ain v Baniyas

7 May 2010 21	Al Ain	3–1	Baniyas	Al Ain
19:35 GMT+4 (UAE Time)	Abdulaziz .F 5' A. Malallah 35' Sand 56'	Report	Senghor 65'	Stadium: Khalifa bin Zayed Attendance: 1,162 Referee: Ammar Al-Jeneibi

Sharjah v Al Ain

16 May 2010 22	Sharjah	1–1	Al Ain	Sharjah
19:40 GMT+4 (UAE Time)	N. Mubarak 30'	Report	Fawzi .F 40'	Stadium: Sharjah Stadium Referee: Yaqoub Al Hammadi

UAE League Cup

Main article: 2009–10 Etisalat Emirates Cup

Group B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts		AIN	AJM	YAS	SHA
1	Al Ain	6	4	1	1	9	8	+1	13			3–1	1–1	1–0
2	Ajman	6	3	1	2	14	9	+5	10		4–0		3–1	5–3
3	Baniyas	6	3	1	2	10	5	+5	10		0–1	2–1		1–0
4	Al Shabab	6	0	1	5	6	15	−9	1		2–3	0–0	1–5

Source: Standings and Matches
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Al Shabab v Al Ain

8 October 2009 1	Al Shabab	2–3	Al Ain	Dubai
16:00	Pedrão 59' N. Masoud 83'	(Report)	I. Ahmed 19' Hazza .S 75' Emerson 88'	Stadium: Al Maktoum Stadium

Al Ain v Ajman

13 November 2009 2	Al Ain	3–1	Ajman	Al Ain
12:45	Sand 60' Mohammed .A 70' Saif .M 93'	(Report)	Kabi 14'	Stadium: Khalifa bin Zayed

Baniyas v Al Ain

13 December 2009 3	Baniyas	0–1	Al Ain	Al Ain
16:00		(Report)[permanent dead link]	Hazza .S 5'	Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed

Al Ain v Baniyas

30 December 2009 4	Al Ain	1–1	Baniyas	Al Ain
12:55	Ahmed. K 84'	(Report)	T. Awana 42'	Stadium: Khalifa bin Zayed

Al Ain v Al Shabab

19 January 2010 5	Al Ain	1–0	Al Shabab	Al Ain
13:00	Sand 45'	(Report)		Stadium: Khalifa bin Zayed

Al Ain v Ajman

28 February 2010 6	Al Ain	0–4	Ajman	Al Ain
16:30		(Report)	Kader 10', 83', 89' Mubarek .S 60'	Stadium: Khalifa bin Zayed

Semi-finals

Ajman v Al Ain

4 March 2010 First leg	Ajman	1–1	Al Ain	Ajman
20:30 GMT+4 (UAE Time)	Kabi 71'	Report	Sand 34'	Stadium: Ajman Stadium Referee: Fahad Al-Kassar

Al Ain v Ajman

27 March 2010 Second leg	Al Ain	3–3 (4–4(a) agg.)	Ajman	Al Ain
13:45	Sand 42', 65' I. Ahmed 53' Valdivia  90+4'	Report	Kader 23', 60', 94'	Stadium: Khalifa bin Zayed Referee: Fareed Al-Marzouqi

UAE President's Cup

Main article: 2009–10 UAE President's Cup

Ajman v Al Ain

24 November 2009 Round of 16	Ajman	0–0 (a.e.t.) (4–3 p)	Al Ain	Dubai
16:40 GMT+4 (UAE Time)		Report Report		Stadium: Rashid Stadium Referee: Hamad Al Shaikh
	Penalties
	Mohamed .S Jasem .A Salem .O Ali .K Najmi		Shehab .A Saif .M Moadhed Mohammed .A Sand

2010 AFC Champions League

Main article: 2010 AFC Champions League group stage

Group stage

Group D

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Al-Shabab	6	3	1	2	10	8	+2	10	Advance to knockout stage
2	Pakhtakor	6	3	0	3	8	10	−2	9
3	Sepahan	6	2	2	2	5	5	0	8
4	Al-Ain	6	2	1	3	8	8	0	7

Source: AFC Champions League Official Page

Al Ain v Pakhtakor

24 February 2010	Al Ain	0–1	Pakhtakor	Al Ain
19:20 (UTC+4)		Report	Gevorkyan 60'	Stadium: Khalifa bin Zayed Attendance: 6,405 Referee: Sun Baojie (China)

Sepahan v Al Ain

10 March 2010	Sepahan	0–0	Al Ain	Isfahan
17:00 (UTC+3:30)		Report		Stadium: Foolad Shahr Stadium Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Abdul Malik Bashir (Singapore)

Al Ain v Al-Shabab

23 March 2010	Al Ain	2–1	Al-Shabab	Al Ain
19:30 (UTC+4)	Emerson 15' Sand 24' Valdivia  72'	Report	Al-Saran 45'	Stadium: Khalifa bin Zayed Attendance: 4,607 Referee: Kim Dong-Jin (Korea Republic)

Al-Shabab v Al Ain

31 March 2010	Al-Shabab	3–2	Al Ain	Riyadh
20:30 (UTC+3)	Amado 12', 66' Camacho 83'	Report	Sand 31' Neda 56' (o.g.)	Stadium: King Fahd International Stadium Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Mohsen Basma (Syria)

Pakhtakor v Al Ain

13 April 2010	Pakhtakor	3–2	Al Ain	Tashkent
18:00 (UTC+5)	Ahmedov 9', 12', 29'	Report	Valdivia 2' Suyunov 20' (o.g.)	Stadium: Pakhtakor Markaziy Stadium Attendance: 14,600 Referee: Matthew Breeze (Australia)

Al Ain v Sepahan

27 April 2010	Al Ain	2–0	Sepahan	Al Ain
19:50 (UTC+4)	Sand 43' (pen.), 71'	Report		Stadium: Khalifa bin Zayed Attendance: 1,543 Referee: Hiroyoshi Takayama (Japan)

Statistics

Goalscorers

As of 16 May 2010

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

Rank	Pos.	Player	Pro League	President's Cup	League Cup	Champions League	Total
1	FW	José Sand	24		5	4	33
2	FW	Emerson Sheik	9		1	1	11
3	MF	Jorge Valdivia	3			1	4
4	MF	Abdullah Malallah	3				3
	FW	Mohammed Abdulrahman	2		1		3
	DF	Ismail Ahmed	1		2		3
4	MF	Saif Mohammed	1		1		2
	MF	Shehab Ahmed	2				2
	MF	Ahmed Khamis	1		1		2
	FW	Abdulaziz Fayez	2				2
	MF	Salem Abdullah	2				2
	DF	Hazza Salem			2		2
4	DF	Mohanad Salem	1				1
	DF	Fares Jumaa	1				1
	MF	Omar Abdulrahman	1				1
	MF	Ali Al-Wehaibi	1				1
	DF	Fawzi Fayez	1				1
	MF	Hilal Saeed	1				1
Own goals (from the opponents)			1			2	3
Totals			57	0	13	8	78