2009–10 Al Ain FC season

The 2009–10 season is the results of Al Ain Club in all matches.

Al Ain Club

2009–10 season
Chairman	Hazza bin Zayed Al Nahyan
Manager	Abdel Hameed Al Mestkie
Premier League	3
Presidents Cup	Round of 16
Etisalat Cup	Semi-finals
Super Cup	Winners[1]
Champions League	Group stage
Top goalscorer	League: José Sand (24) All: José Sand (33)
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Al Ain Club 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.

Current squad

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  UAE Yousif Abdelrahman 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

Transfers

Summer 2009 Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Pos. Nation Player 8 FW  BRA Emerson (from Flamengo) 9 FW  ARG José Sand (from Lanús) 1 GK  UAE Yousef Abdulrahman (from Al Ittihad FC)

winter 2010 Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Pos. Nation Player 50 MF  KOR Lee Ho (from Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma) [2]

From youth system Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. 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

Out

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 33 FW  MAR Soufiane Alloudi ( On loan to Raja Casablanca) 99 FW  BRA André Dias 16 DF  UAE Abdulla Ali (to Bani-Yas FC) 77 MF  UAE Darweesh Ahmed (to Al Wasl FC) 25 DF  UAE Humaid Fakher (to Bani-Yas FC) 14 FW  SEN André Senghor (to Bani-Yas FC) 1 GK  UAE Mutaz Abdulla (to Al-Wahda) 8 MF  UAE Ahmad Khalfan (to Al Wasl) 29 DF  UAE Juma Abdulla (to Al Jazira) 6 DF  UAE Ali Msarri (to Bani-Yas FC)

Squad stats

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[3][4]	Rasheed Mahmoud (Caretaker)	2 December 2009	3rd
Rasheed Mahmoud	Caretaker	13 December 2009	Toninho Cerezo	13 December 2009	4rd
Toninho Cerezo	Sacked	14 April 2010[5][6][7]	Abdel Hameed Al Mestkie (Coach U17)	14 April 2010[8][9][10]	3rd

UAE Pro-League

Results

Kickoff times are in UTC.

Al Ain v Al-Nasr

Week 1 28 September 2009	Al Ain	2–0	Al-Nasr	Sheikh Khalifa International, Al Ain
13:25	Sand  20' (pen.) Emerson  89' (pen.)	(Report)		Referee: Abdullah Al Ajeel

Al-Ahli v Al Ain

Week 2 2 October 2009	Al-Ahli	1–5	Al Ain	Al-Rashid Stadium, Dubai
16:00		(Report)	Emerson  20' Sand  22'  47'  66' Khamis  91'

Al Ain v Ajman

Week 3 18 October 2009	Al Ain	3–2	Ajman	Sheikh Khalifa International, Al Ain
13:05	Sektioui  36' Kazemian  80'	(Report)	Sand  43'  54' Emerson  69'	Referee: Abd AlWahid Khater

Al Jazira v Al Ain

Week 4 24 October 2009	Al Jazira	2–2	Al Ain	Mohammed Bin Zayed, Abu Dhabi
16:00	I.Ahmed  9' Sand  62'	(Report)	Toni  50'  54' (pen.)	Referee: Ali Hamad

Al Ain v Al Shabab

Week 5 29 October 2009	Al Ain	4–0	Al Shabab	Sheikh Khalifa International, Al Ain
16:00	Sand  24' (pen.)  30' M.Salem  82' Emerson  88'	(Report)		Referee: Mohammed Al Junaibi

Al Ain v Al Dhafra

Week 6 7 November 2009	Al Ain	1–1	Al Dhafra	Sheikh Khalifa International, Al Ain
12:50	Sand  66'	(Report)	A.Moya  28'	Referee: Abdullah Al Ajeel

Al Wahda v Al Ain

Week 7 1 December 2009	Al Wahda	1–0	Al Ain	Al-Nahyan Stadium, Abu Dhabi
16:00	Al Kamali  43'	(Report)

Al Ain v Al Wasl

Week 8 6 December 2009	Al Ain	1–3	Al Wasl	Sheikh Khalifa International, Al Ain
16:00	Ahmed  22'	(Report)	Darweesh  46'  85' Oliveira  70'

Emirates v Al Ain

Week 9 21 December 2009	Emirates	0–1	Al Ain	Emirates Club Stadium, Ras al-Khaimah
12:45		(Report)	Emerson  91'

Bani Yas v Al Ain

Week 10 10 January 2010	Bani Yas	1–6	Al Ain	Tahnoun Bin Mohamed, Al Ain
13:10	Senghor  62'	(Report)	Emerson  6' (pen.) T.Mohammed  17' (Own goal) Abdullah  55' Abdulrahman  17' Emerson  74' (pen.) Abdullah  55' (92)

Al Ain v Al Sharjah

Week 11 15 January 2010	Al Ain	2–1	Al Sharjah	Sheikh Khalifa International, Al Ain
16:00	Senghor  25' (pen.)	(Report)	Emerson  19' Sand  90+2'	Referee: Farid Ali

Al Ain v Al-Nasr

Week 12 29 January 2010	Al Ain	2–0	Al-Nasr	Al-Maktoum Stadium, Dubai
16:00	Al-Wehaibi  14' Emerson  28' (pen.) Emerson 65'	(Report)

Al Ain v Al-Ahli

Week 13 8 February 2010	Al Ain	5–1	Al-Ahli	Sheikh Khalifa International, Al Ain
16:00	Sand  3' Malallah  5' Hilal Saeed  68' Sand  71' Malallah  86'	(Report)	Khalil  85'	Attendance: 10,500 Referee: Mohammed Al Junaibi

Ajman v Al Ain

Week 14 14 February 2010	Ajman	4–5	Al Ain	Ajman Stadium, Ajman
13:05	Harib  3' Kabi  13' Abdalqader  48'  90+1'	(Report)	Abdullah  20' Valdivia  31' Sand  45' Valdivia  49' Sand  55'	Attendance: 2,400 Referee: Ali Almulla

Al Ain v Al Jazira

Week 15 18 February 2010	Al Ain	0–1	Al Jazira	Sheikh Khalifa International, Al Ain
16:15			Abullah  87'	Attendance: 11,863 Referee: Farid Ali

Al Shabab v Al Ain

Week 16 14 March 2010	Al Shabab	2–5	Al Ain	Al Maktoum Stadium, Dubai
	Salem  10' Renato  72'	(Report)	Sand  1' Jumaa  32' Sand  47' Fayez  68' Sand  88' (pen.)	Referee: Mohammad Abd Al Karim

Al Dhafra v Al Ain

Week 17 19 March 2010	Al Dhafra	2–1	Al Ain	Al Dhafra Stadium, Abu Dhabi
14:00	Abdulrahman  10' Moya  87'	(Report)	Sand  8'	Attendance: 2,217 Referee: Mohammad Omar

Al Ain v Al-Wahda

Week 18 9 April 2010	Al Ain	0–1	Al-Wahda	Sheikh Khalifa International, Al Ain
16:30		(Report)	Matar  39'	Attendance: 11,371 Referee: Ali Hamad

Al-Wasl v Al Ain

Week 19 22 April 2010	Al-Wasl	1–3	Al Ain	Zabeel Stadium, Dubai
14:00	Hassan  59'	(Report)	Mohammed  20' Sand  69' (pen.) Valdivia  88'	Referee: Amaar Al Junaibi

Al Ain v Emirates

Week 20 2 May 2010	Al Ain	5–3	Emirates	Sheikh Khalifa International, Al Ain
15:35	Sand  10'  19' (pen.)  47'  51' Shehab.A  26' Omar.A  75' Fawzi.F  83'	(Report)	1' Kerkar  45' Al Dawoodi  69' Enayati  3' Abdullah Ali  19' Mohamad Ali  58' Enayati  88' Kazemian	Referee: Farid Ali

Al Ain v Bani Yas

Week 21 7 May 2010	Al Ain	3–1	Bani Yas	Sheikh Khalifa International, Al Ain
15:35	Azooz  5' Malallah  35' Sand  56'  61' S.Ahmed  44'	(Report)	25' Zahran  38' S.Srour  65' Senghor	Attendance: 1,162 Referee: Amaar Al Junaibi

Al Sharjah v Al Ain

Week 22 14 May 2010	Al Sharjah	1–1	Al Ain	Sharjah Stadium, Sharjah
15:40	Nawaf  30'	(Report)	40' Fawzi	Referee: Yaquob Al Hammadi

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	2–0	1–5	3–2	2–2	4–0	1–1	1–0	1–3	0–1	1–6	2–1	0–2	5–1	4–5	0–1	2–5	2–1	0–1	1–3	5–3	3–1	1–1

Source:
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

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: 23 May 2010.
Source: UAE Premier League

League standings

Pos	Team	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[lower-alpha 1]
2	Al Jazira	22	15	6	1	48	26	+22	51	2011 AFC Champions League group stage[lower-alpha 2]
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) Champion.
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.

Etisalat Emirates Cup

Results

Kickoff times are in UTC.

Al-Shabbab v Al Ain

Groub B 8 October 2009	Al-Shabbab	2–3	Al Ain	Al Maktoum Stadium, Dubai
16:00	Pedrao  59' N.Masoud  83'	(Report)	I.Ahmed  19' H.Salem  75' Emerson  88'

Al Ain v Ajman

Group B 13 November 2009	Al Ain	3–1	Ajman	Sheikh Khalifa International, Al Ain
12:45	Sand  60' M.Abdulrahman  70' S.Mohammed  93'	(Report)	Kabi  14'

Bani Yas v Al Ain

Group B 13 December 2009	Bani Yas	0–1	Al Ain	Tahnoun Bin Mohamed Stadium, Abu Dhabi
16:00		(Report)	H.Salem  5'

Al Ain v Bani Yas

Group B 30 December 2010	Al Ain	1–1	Bani Yas	Sheikh Khalifa International, Al Ain
12:55	Khamis  84'	(Report)	Awana  42'

Al Ain v Al-Shabbab

Group B 19 January 2010	Al Ain	1–0	Al-Shabbab	Sheikh Khalifa International, Al Ain
13:00	Sand  45'	(Report)

Al Ain v Ajman

Group B 28 February 2010	Al Ain	0–4	Ajman	Sheikh Khalifa International, Al Ain
16:30		(Report)	Kader  10' Salem  60' Kader  83' Kader  89'

Semi-finals

1st Legs

Ajman Club v Al Ain

4 March 2010	Ajman Club	1–1	Al Ain	Ajman Stadium, Ajman
16:30	Kabi  71'	(Report)	Sand  34'	Referee: Fahad Al Kasar

2nd Legs

Al Ain v Ajman Club

27 March 2010	Al Ain	3–3	Ajman Club	Sheikh Khalifa International, Al Ain
13:45	Sand  42' Ahmed  55' Sand  66' Valdivia  90+4'	(report)	Kader  23' Kader  60' Harib  90+4'	Referee: Farid Ali

Group B

Pos	Team	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.

UAE President Cup

Results

Kickoff times are in UTC.

Ajman v Al Ain

Round 2 24 November 2009	Ajman	0 – 0 (a.e.t.) (4–3 p)	Al Ain	Rashed Stadium, Dubai
12:45
	Penalties
	M.Said J.Mohamed ? ? Najmi		Ahmed Mohammed Mathaad M.Abdulrahman Sand

Friendly matches

UAE-Germany Super Cup

Results

Kickoff time are in UAE.

Al Ain v SV Werder Bremen

5 February 2010	Al Ain	1–2	SV Werder Bremen	Sheikh Khalifa International, Al Ain
8:00	Fayez  59'	(Report)	Pizarro  41,44'

2010 AFC Champions League

Results

Al Ain v Pakhtakor

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

Sepahan v Al Ain

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

Al Ain v Al-Shabab

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

Al-Shabab v Al Ain

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

Pakhtakor v Al Ain

13 April 2009	Pakhtakor	3–2	Al Ain	Pakhtakor Markaziy Stadium, Tashkent
18:00 (UTC+5)	Ahmedov  9', 12', 29'	Report	Valdivia  2' Suyunov  20' (o.g.)	Attendance: 14,600 Referee: Matthew Breeze (Australia)

Al Ain v Sepahan

27 April 2009	Al Ain	2–0	Sepahan	Sheikh Khalifa International, Al Ain
19:50 (UTC+4)	Sand  43' (pen.), 71'	Report		Attendance: 1,543 Referee: Hiroyoshi Takayama (Japan)

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Al-Shabab	6	3	1	2	10	8	+2	10	Advanced to Round of 16
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

References

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2. "Lee Ho: Hoping to achieve a champion". alainfc.net (official website). 18 January 2010. Retrieved 11 February 2010.
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4. "Al Ain sack Schaefer". The National. 3 December 2009. Archived from the original on 7 April 2014. Retrieved 3 December 2009.
5. "Al Ain sacked Toninho Cerezo and the new coach will be announced in the next period". Al Ain Official Website. 14 April 2010. Archived from the original on 28 October 2010. Retrieved 14 April 2010.
6. "Al Ain sack Brazilian coach Cerezo". wam.org.ae. 14 April 2010. Archived from the original on 18 July 2011. Retrieved 14 April 2010.
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External links

• Al Ain FC official website (in English and Arabic)
• ZaimUae Fans (in Arabic)
• Goalzz.com: Al Ain Club Page
• Kooora.com: Al Ain Club Page (in Arabic)