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The 2012–13 season was Al Ain Football Club's 45th in existence and the club's 38th consecutive season in the top-level football league in the UAE.

Club

Players

Transfers

Pre-season and friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

15 July 2012 Friendly Krasnodar Russia 3–0 United Arab Emirates Al Ain Leogang
Report Referee: Hill Hannes
18 July 2012 Friendly Energie Cottbus Germany 1–1 United Arab Emirates Al Ain Tirol
17:00
Report Stadium: Angerberg
Attendance: 100
Referee: Issen Steen
26 July 2012 Friendly Al Ain United Arab Emirates 2–0 United Arab Emirates Higher Education Al Ain
17:00
Report Stadium: Khalifa bin Zayed
Referee: Abdullah Naji
2 August 2012 Friendly Al Ain United Arab Emirates 5–0 United Arab Emirates Al Shaab Al Ain
Report Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed
Referee: Sultan Abdulrazzaq
9 August 2012 Al Ain Football International Championship Al Ain United Arab Emirates 2–1 Oman Al Orouba Al Ain
22:30 GMT+4 (UAE Time)
Report
Stadium: Khalifa bin Zayed
Referee: Sultan Abdulrazzaq
12 August 2012 Al Ain Football International Championship Al Ain United Arab Emirates 4–0 Kuwait Al Salmiya Al Ain
22:30 GMT+4 (UAE Time)
Report Stadium: Khalifa bin Zayed
Referee: Hamad Al Shaikh
15 August 2012 Al Ain Football International Championship Al Ain United Arab Emirates 1–1 Saudi Arabia Al Shabab Al Ain
23:30 GMT+4 (UAE Time) Report Stadium: Khalifa bin Zayed
Referee: Mohammed Abdulkarim
28 August 2012 Friendly Getafe Spain 1–2 United Arab Emirates Al Ain Getafe
Report
Stadium: Alfonso Pérez
Referee: García Valencia
29 August 2012 Trofeo Vallecas Rayo Vallecano Spain 1–2 United Arab Emirates Al Ain Madrid
Report Stadium: Vallecas
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Jose Luis Lopez
4 September 2012 Friendly Atlético Madrid Spain 1–0 United Arab Emirates Al Ain Madrid
Report Stadium: Vicente Calderón
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Carlos Sánchez
10 September 2012 Friendly Al Ain United Arab Emirates 0–0 Oman Al Shabab Al Ain
Report Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed
Referee: Abdullah Naji

Competitions

Overview

Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Pro League 23 September 2012 24 May 2013 Matchday 1 Winners 26 20 2 4 74 26 +48 076.92
League Cup 9 October 2012 17 March 2013 Group stage Group stage 8 5 3 0 13 5 +8 062.50
President's Cup 20 December 2012 5 May 2013 Round of 16 Semi-finals 3 2 0 1 7 3 +4 066.67
Super Cup 17 September 2012 Final Winners 1 1 0 0 0 0 +0 100.00
Champions League 27 February 2013 30 April 2013 Group stage Group stage 6 2 0 4 6 9 −3 033.33
Total 44 30 5 9 100 43 +57 068.18

Last updated: 24 May 2013
Source: Competitions

UAE Pro-League

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Al Ain (C) 26 20 2 4 74 26 +48 62 Qualification to the 2014 AFC Champions League Group Stage
2 Al-Ahli 26 15 6 5 62 33 +29 51
3 Al Jazira 26 13 8 5 56 37 +19 47
4 Baniyas 26 14 5 7 50 37 +13 47 Qualification to the 2014 AFC Champions League Second Qualifying Round
5 Al Shabab 26 13 3 10 48 39 +9 42 Qualification to the 2014 GCC Champions League
Source: Full Standings
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions

Matches

23 September 2012 1 Al Ain 3–6 Al Ahli Al-Ain
20:15 GMT+4 (UAE Time)
Report
Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed Stadium
Attendance: 5,178
Referee: Yaqoub Al Hammadi
Assistant referees: Saleh Mohamed Al Marzouqi, Masoud Hassan
Fourth official: Bader Abdullah
28 September 2012 2 Ajman 1–4 Al Ain Ajman
17:25 GMT+4 (UAE Time)
Report
Stadium: Rashid Bin Saeed Stadium
Attendance: 5,422
Referee: Fahad Al Kassar
Assistant referees: Mohamed Abdullah Jassim, Omar Sulaiman Al Adab
Fourth official: Ibrahim Al Muhairi
5 October 2012 3 Al Ain 7–0 Al Dhafra Al-Ain
17:10 GMT+4 (UAE Time)
Report
Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed Stadium
Attendance: 4,421
Referee: Mohamed Abdullah Hassan Mohamed
Assistant referees: Masoud Hassan, Ahmed Al Hossani
Fourth official: Fahad Al Hawasin
21 October 2012 4 Dibba Al Fujairah 1–5 Al Ain Al-Ain
18:30 GMT+4 (UAE Time)
Report
Stadium: Khalifa bin Zayed Stadium
Attendance: 1,730
Referee: Adel Al Naqbi
Assistant referees: Jasem Abdullah Al Ali, Abdulsattar Sanqoor
Fourth official: Yaseen Al Mansory
29 October 2012 5 Al Jazira 2–2 Al Ain Abu Dhabi
21:00 GMT+4 (UAE Time)
Report
Stadium: Mohammed bin Zayed Stadium
Attendance: 19,756
Referee: Ali Hamad Albadwawi
Assistant referees: Mohamed Al Jalaf Al Mehairi, Masoud Hassan
Fourth official: Ibrahim Al Muhairi
3 November 2012 6 Al Ain 5–0 Al Wasl Al-Ain
20:00 GMT+4 (UAE Time)
Report
Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed Stadium
Attendance: 7,035
Referee: Mohamed Abdullah Hassan Mohamed
Assistant referees: Saleh Mohamed Al Marzouqi, Jasem Abdullah Al Ali
Fourth official: Yaseen Al Mansory
8 November 2012 7 Al Shabab 2–3 Al Ain Dubai
20:00 GMT+4 (UAE Time)
Report
Stadium: Maktoum bin Rashid Stadium
Attendance: 1,830
Referee: Abdulwahid Qhater
Assistant referees: Hasan Al Mahri, Masoud Hassan
Fourth official: Yaseen Al Mansory
18 November 2012 8 Al Ain 6–0 Ittihad Kalba Al-Ain
16:45 GMT+4 (UAE Time)
Report
Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed Stadium
Attendance: 1,263
Referee: Yaseen Al Mansory
Assistant referees: Mohamed Abdullah Jassem, Sabet Al Ali
Fourth official: Rashid Abdulkarim
23 November 2012 9 Dubai 2–5 Al Ain Dubai
16:45 GMT+4 (UAE Time)
Report
Stadium: Dubai Club Stadium
Attendance: 2,450
Referee: Abdullah Al Aajel
Assistant referees: Mohamed Ahmed Al Hammadi, Abdulsattar Sanqoor
Fourth official: Ahmed Sulaiman Jemei
30 November 2012 10 Al Ain 2–1 Al Shaab Al-Ain
20:00 GMT+4 (UAE Time)
Report
Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed Stadium
Attendance: 7,802
Referee: Ali Hamad Albadwawi
Assistant referees: Hasan Almahri, Ebrahim Al Mansory
Fourth official: Yaseen Al Mansory
5 December 2012 11 Baniyas 0–3 Al Ain Abu Dhabi
20:00 GMT+4 (UAE Time)
Report
Stadium: Baniyas Stadium
Attendance: 7,242
Referee: Hamad Al Shaikh
Assistant referees: Mohamed Al Jalaf, Masoud Hassan
Fourth official: Yaqoub Al Hammadi
10 December 2012 12 Al Ain 2–1 Al Wahda Al-Ain
20:00 GMT+4 (UAE Time)
Report
Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed Stadium
Attendance: 6,931
Referee: Ammar Ali Al Junaibi
Assistant referees: Saleh Mohamed Al Marzouqi, Ahmed Saeed Al Rashedi
Fourth official: Abdulla Najee Al Harthi
16 December 2012 13 Al Nasr 0–2 Al Ain Dubai
20:00 GMT+4 (UAE Time)
Report
Stadium: Al-Maktoum Stadium
Attendance: 7,340
Referee: Mohamed Abdulkarim
Assistant referees: Mohamed Al Jalaf, Ali Al Nuaimi
Fourth official: Yaqoub Al Hammadi
26 January 2013 15 Al Ain 4–0 Ajman Al-Ain
17:15 GMT+4 (UAE Time)
Report
Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed Stadium
Attendance: 2,807
Referee: Mohamed Abdullah Hassan Mohamed
Assistant referees: Hassan Al Mahri, Mohamed Al Hammadi
Fourth official: Sultan Mohamed Saleh
14 February 2013 16 Al Dhafra 0–3 Al Ain Abu Dhabi
17:35 GMT+4 (UAE Time)
Report
Stadium: Hamdan bin Zayed Al Nahyan
Attendance: 1,054
Referee: Fahad Al Kassar
Assistant referees: Hassan Al Mahri, Ebrahim Al Mansory
Fourth official: Abdul Ghafar Besher
21 February 2013 17 Al Ain 0–1 Dibba Al Fujairah Al-Ain
17:30 GMT+4 (UAE Time) Report
Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed Stadium
Attendance: 1,733
Referee: Sultan Abdulrazzaq Al Marzouqi
Assistant referees: Sabet Al Ali, Esshaq Ali Al Hammadi
Fourth official: Abdallah Rashid Al Naqbi
3 March 2013 18 Al Ain 1–0 Al Jazira Al-Ain
20:15 GMT+4 (UAE Time) Report
Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed Stadium
Attendance: 8,021
Referee: Mohamed Abdullah Hassan Mohamed
Assistant referees: Saleh Mohamed Al Marzouqi, Masoud Hassan
Fourth official: Bader Abdullah
7 March 2013 19 Al Wasl 1–2 Al Ain Dubai
20:15 GMT+4 (UAE Time)
Report
Stadium: Za'abeel Stadium
Attendance: 4,708
Referee: Ammar Ali Al Junaibi
Assistant referees: Hassan Al Mahri, Jasem Abdullah Al Ali
Fourth official: Yaqoub Al Hammadi
29 March 2013 20 Al Ain 2–1 Al Shabab Al-Ain
20:30 GMT+4 (UAE Time)
Report
Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed Stadium
Attendance: 4,132
Referee: Ali Hamad Albadwawi
Assistant referees: Mohamed Ahmed Al Hammadi, Saeed Sreh Yammahi
Fourth official: Adel Al Naqbi
6 April 2013 14 Al Ahli 0–3 Al Ain Dubai
17:50 GMT+4 (UAE Time)
Report
Stadium: Rashid Stadium
Attendance: 6,290
Referee: Hamad Al Shaikh
Assistant referees: Saleh Mohamed Al Marzouqi, Mohamed Al Jalaf
Fourth official: Yaqoub Al Hammadi
Note: Called off at the end of the match after an assistant referee Mohamed Al Jalaf was hit by an metal object thrown from Al Ahli crowd.[22] Al Ain have been awarded a 3-0 victory by the Football Association's Disciplinary Committee.[23]
14 April 2013 21 Ittihad Kalba 1–3 Al Ain Kalba
17:50 GMT+4 (UAE Time)
Report
Stadium: Ittihad Kalba Stadium
Attendance: 850
Referee: Mohamed Abdulkarim Al Zarouni
Assistant referees: Hassan Al Mahri, Zayed Dawood Kamal
Fourth official: Abdulwahid Qhater
18 April 2013 22 Al Ain 3–0 Dubai Al-Ain
19:25 GMT+4 (UAE Time)
Report
Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed Stadium
Attendance: 6,216
Referee: Abdullah Ali Al Aajel
Assistant referees: Masoud Hassan, Khamis Fairooz Obid
Fourth official: Abdulla Najee Al Harthi
27 April 2013 23 Al Shaab 1–0 Al Ain Sharjah
18:00 GMT+4 (UAE Time)
Report Stadium: Khalid bin Mohammed Stadium
Attendance: 1,856
Referee: Mohamed Abdullah Hassan Mohamed
Assistant referees: Mohamed Ahmed Al Hammadi, Zayed Dawood Kamal
Fourth official: Abdullah Eshtairy
12 May 2013 24 Al Ain 2–2 Baniyas Al-Ain
18:10 GMT+4 (UAE Time)
Report
Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed Stadium
Attendance: 1,074
Referee: Abdullah Ali Al Aajel
Assistant referees: Mohamed Al Jalaf, Sabet Al Ali
Fourth official: Sultan Abdulrazzaq Al Marzouqi
18 May 2013 25 Al Wahda 2–0 Al Ain Abu Dhabi
19:40 GMT+4 (UAE Time)
Report
Stadium: Al Nahyan Stadium
Attendance: 3,855
Referee: Fahad Al Kassar
Assistant referees: Masoud Hassan, Abdulsattar Sanqoor
Fourth official: Yaseen Al Mansory
24 May 2013 26 Al Ain 2–1 Al Nasr Al-Ain
18:15 GMT+4 (UAE Time)
Report
Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed Stadium
Attendance: 5,852
Referee: Abdulwahid Qhater
Assistant referees: Ahmed Saeed Al Rashedi, Saeed Sreh Yammahi
Fourth official: Abdulla Najee Al Harthi

Super Cup

17 September 2012 Final Al Ain 0–0 (a.e.t.)
(5–4 p)
Al Jazira Dubai
19:05 GMT+4 (UAE Time) Report
Stadium: Zabeel Stadium
Attendance: 8,274
Referee: Ali Hamad Albadwawi
Assistant referees: Mohamed Ahmed Al Hammadi, Jasem Abdullah Al Ali
Fourth official: Abdulwahid Qhater
Penalties

President's Cup

20 December 2012 Round of 16 Al Ain 4–0 Al Fujairah Sharjah
19:45 GMT+4 (UAE Time)
Report Stadium: Sharjah Stadium
Referee: Abdullah Najee
Note: Lineups
10 February 2013 Quarter-finals Al Ain 2–1 Bani Yas Dubai
17:25 GMT+4 (UAE Time)
Report
Stadium: Zabeel Stadium
Referee: Ammar Al Junaibi
Note: Lineups
5 May 2013 Semi-finals Al Ain 1–2 Al Ahli Al Nahyan Stadium
18:10 GMT+4 (UAE Time)
Report
Attendance: Abu Dhabi
Referee: Ammar Al Junaibi
Note: Lineups

League Cup

Group stage

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Al-Wahda 8 6 1 1 18 7 +11 19
2 Al Ain 8 5 3 0 13 5 +8 18
3 Al Nasr 8 2 3 3 13 10 +3 9
4 Dubai 8 2 1 5 11 16 −5 7
5 Al-Shaab 8 0 2 6 6 23 −17 2
Updated to match(es) played on 17 March 2013. Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
9 October 2012 1 Dubai 2–4 Al Ain Dubai
17:10 GMT+4 (UAE Time)
Report
Stadium: Police Officers Club
Attendance: 850
Referee: Sultan Abdulrazzaq Al Marzouqi
14 October 2012 2 Al Ain 0–0 Al Wahda Al Ain
20:00 GMT+4 (UAE Time)
Report Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed
Attendance: 2,419
Referee: Ali Hamad Al Badwawi
13 November 2012 3 Al Nasr 0–0 Al Ain Dubai
20:00 GMT+4 (UAE Time) Report
Stadium: Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum
Attendance: 1,281
Referee: Abdullah Al Aajel
28 December 2012 4 Al Ain 2–0 Al-Shaab Al Ain
16:50 GMT+4 (UAE Time)
Report
Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed
Attendance: 1,211
Referee: Ibrahim Al Muhairi
10 January 2013 5 Al Ain 2–1 Dubai Al Ain
17:00 GMT+4 (UAE Time)
Report
Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed
Attendance: 502
Referee: Eisa Khalifa Al Hajri
17 January 2013 6 Al-Wahda 0–1 Al Ain Abu Dhabi
20:00 GMT+4 (UAE Time)
Report
Stadium: Al Nahyan
Attendance: 563
Referee: Fahad Al Kassar
1 February 2013 7 Al Ain 1–1 Al Nasr Al Ain
17:20 GMT+4 (UAE Time)
Report
Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed
Attendance: 2,043
Referee: Hamad Ali Yousef
17 March 2013 8 Al-Shaab 1–3 Al Ain Sharjah
17:45 GMT+4 (UAE Time)
Report
Stadium: Khalid bin Mohammed
Attendance: 923
Referee: Adel Al Naqbi

AFC Champions League

Group stage

Group D

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification EST HIL AIN RAY
1 Iran Esteghlal 6 4 1 1 11 5 +6 13 Advance to knockout stage 0–1 2–0 3–0
2 Saudi Arabia Al-Hilal 6 4 0 2 10 6 +4 12 1–2 2–0 3–1
3 United Arab Emirates Al-Ain 6 2 0 4 6 9 −3 6 0–1 3–1 2–1
4 Qatar Al-Rayyan 6 1 1 4 7 14 −7 4 3–3 0–2 2–1
Source: ScoresPro
27 February 2013 Al-Ain United Arab Emirates 3–1 Saudi Arabia Al-Hilal Tahnoun bin Mohammed Stadium, Al Ain
19:15 UTC+4 Abdulrahman 27'
Brosque 46'
Gyan 90+2'
Report Al-Zori 9' Attendance: 8,819
Referee: Peter Green (Australia)
13 March 2013 Esteghlal Iran 2–0 United Arab Emirates Al-Ain Azadi Stadium, Tehran
19:00 UTC+3:30 Samuel 64'
Majidi 73'
Report Attendance: 21,330
Referee: Valentin Kovalenko (Uzbekistan)
3 April 2013 Al-Ain United Arab Emirates 2–1 Qatar Al-Rayyan Tahnoun bin Mohammed Stadium, Al Ain
19:30 UTC+4 Ekoko 34'
Brosque 70'
Report Nilmar 32' Attendance: 8,102
Referee: Ryuji Sato (Japan)
9 April 2013 Al-Rayyan Qatar 2–1 United Arab Emirates Al-Ain Ahmed bin Ali Stadium, Al Rayyan
18:40 UTC+3 Nilmar 59'
Al-Marri 86'
Report Ahmed 78' Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Kim Jong-Hyeok (South Korea)
30 April 2013 Al-Ain United Arab Emirates 0–1 Iran Esteghlal Tahnoun bin Mohammed Stadium, Al Ain
19:50 UTC+4 Report Nekounam 80' (pen.) Attendance: 4,173
Referee: Masaaki Toma (Japan)

Statistics

Awards

Award Winner
Fans’ Player of the Year United Arab Emirates Omar Abdulrahman[24]
Emirati Player of the Year United Arab Emirates Omar Abdulrahman[24]
UAE Pro League Top Scorer Ghana Asamoah Gyan[24]
Young Player of the Year United Arab Emirates Yousef Ahmed[24]

References

  1. ^ Al Ain Football Club [@alainfcae] (12 September 2012). "Rădoi signs new Al Ain contract until 2014" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  2. ^ Al Ain Football Club [@alainfcae] (16 January 2013). "Al Ain sign professional contract sign academy player Yousef Ahmed" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  3. ^ "Yaqoub will moves to Al Ain at the end of the season for 1.2M dirhams". Kooora.com. Retrieved 31 March 2012.
  4. ^ "Al Hosani: my contract with Al Ain for 3 years". AlIttihad.ae. Retrieved 12 May 2012.
  5. ^ a b "Mohamed Ahmed to Al Ain for 20M dirhams". EmaratAlYoum.com. Retrieved 7 June 2012.
  6. ^ a b "Mohamed Ahmed Ainawi for 5 season". AlIttihad.ae. Retrieved 9 June 2012.
  7. ^ "Gyan signs four years with Al-Ain". AlAinFC.net. Archived from the original on 23 July 2012. Retrieved 6 July 2012.
  8. ^ "Ekoko Ainawi for 4 season". AlIttihad.ae. Retrieved 2 September 2012.
  9. ^ "Brosque joins UAE's Al Ain in two-year deal". Goal.com. Retrieved 27 September 2012.
  10. ^ "Al Qahtani to return to Al Hilal". Goal.com. 27 June 2012.
  11. ^ "Shehab Ahmed signs a two-year contract with Ajman". ProLeague.ae. Archived from the original on 28 March 2021. Retrieved 28 December 2021.
  12. ^ a b c d e "Five players from Al Ain play for Al Dhafra on loan". ProLeague.ae. 17 June 2012. Archived from the original on 29 March 2021.
  13. ^ "Saif Mohammed moves to Al Dhafra on loan basis". ProLeague.ae. 30 June 2012. Archived from the original on 29 March 2021.
  14. ^ Newell's Old Boys [@Newells] (1 August 2012). "Nacho Scocco regresó a Newell's" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  15. ^ "Ignacio Scocco ya es jugador de Newell's". ElRojinegro.com. 31 July 2012.
  16. ^ "Al Shaab sign Al Bairaq on loan". AlIttihad.ae. 23 August 2012.
  17. ^ Al Ain Football Club [@alainfcae] (12 September 2012). "Rami Yaslam move to Dubai" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  18. ^ "Al Ain loan Yaslam to Dubai". AlKhaleej.ae. 14 September 2012.
  19. ^ Al Nahda Club [@fcalnahda] (24 September 2012). "Al Nahda signs Jumaa Saeed on loan from Al Ain" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  20. ^ "Al Wasl Sign Al Ain Striker Mohammed Nasser". UAEProLeague.com. 23 January 2013. Archived from the original on 29 March 2021.
  21. ^ "Pro League January transfer window review". ProLeague.ae. 6 February 2013. Archived from the original on 29 March 2021.
  22. ^ "Dubai police hunt for football fan who hit referee during UAE Pro-League match". Gulf News. 7 April 2013. Retrieved 25 March 2021.
  23. ^ "Pro League: FA award three points to Al Ain as Al Ahli are punished". The National News. 10 April 2013. Retrieved 25 March 2021.
  24. ^ a b c d "Winners of first Etisalat Pro League Awards honoured at ceremony". Pro-League. 26 May 2013. Archived from the original on 25 March 2021.

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