2011–12 Al Ain FC season

Al Ain
2011–12 season
President Mohammed Bin Zayed
Manager Cosmin Olăroiu
Stadium Tahnoun bin Mohammed
Pro-League 1st (Champions)
President's Cup Quarterfinals
Etisalat Cup Group stage
Top goalscorer League:
Asamoah Gyan (22)
All:
Asamoah Gyan (27)
Home colours
Away colours

The 2011–12 season was Al Ain Sports and Cultural Club's 36th consecutive season in Pro-League. Al Ain started the season with a new board of directors,[1][2] after the former board of directors resigned following the 2010–11 season, one of the worst in the club's history.[3]

Season overview

Pre-season

On June 6, Al Ain announced officially Cosmin Olaroiu as the new manager for two seasons and released all the foreign players.[4] After only one day of contracted with Cosmin Olaroiu, Al Ain reaching an agreement with AEK Athens for Argentine Ignacio Scocco according to reports a value of €3 million.[5]

August

On 8 August, Al Hilal announced on his official website an agreement to loan Saudi international Forward Yasser Al Qahtani to Al Ain for one-year at a cost of €2.5 million.[6]

On 13 August, At the opening of Al Ain Football International Championship, Al Ain S.C.C. launched the new logo for the club.[7]

Players

From the youth system

As of 18 September 2011[8]

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

No. Position Player
2 United Arab Emirates DF Mohammed Ali Ayed
15 United Arab Emirates DF Khaled Abdulrahman
24 United Arab Emirates MF Saqer Mohd
26 United Arab Emirates MF Hamad Al Merri
30 United Arab Emirates GK Abdulla Sultan
34 United Arab Emirates MF Sultan Nasser
No. Position Player
36 United Arab Emirates GK Dawoud Sulaiman
38 United Arab Emirates MF Ahmed Sahel
37 United Arab Emirates DF Abdulsalam Mohammed
70 United Arab Emirates MF Bandar Mohammed
United Arab Emirates MF Hamad Raqea
United Arab Emirates MF Ibrahim Aziz

Players in / out

In

N
P
Nat.
Name
Age
EU
Moving from
Type
Transfer
window
Ends
Transfer
fee
Ref.
32 LW Argentina Ignacio Scocco 30EU AEK Athens Greece Transfer Summer 2013 €2.8Μ AlAinFc.ae
28 FW United Arab Emirates Mohammed Nasser 27Non-EU Al Shabab Transfer Summer 2014 Undisclosed AlAinFc.ae
6 MF Romania Mirel Radoi 34EU Al-Hilal Saudi Arabia Transfer Summer 2013 €4.2m AlAinFc.ae
22 GK United Arab Emirates Mahmoud Al Mass 32Non-EU Al Sharjah Transfer Summer 2014 €0.7m AlAinFc.ae
29 FW United Arab Emirates Mohamed Malallah 31Non-EU Ittihad Kalba Transfer Summer 2014 Free AlAinFc.ae
20 MF United Arab Emirates Helal Saeed 38Non-EU Al Jazira Transfer Summer 2013 Undisclosed AlAinFc.ae
9 FW Saudi Arabia Yasser Al-Qahtani 33Non-EU Al-Hilal Saudi Arabia Loan Summer 2012 €1.3m AlAinFc.ae
8 MF United Arab Emirates Mohammed Salem 33Non-EU Al Dhafra Transfer Summer 2012 Undisclosed AlAinFc.ae
3 FW Ghana Asamoah Gyan 30Non-EU Sunderland England Loan None 2012 €2.05m AlAinFc.ae

Total spending: Decrease €11.05 million

Out

N
P
Nat.
Name
Age
EU
Moving to
Type
Transfer
window
Transfer
fee
Source
6 DM Ivory Coast Keita 31Non-EU Qadsia SC Kuwait End of loan Summer Undisclosed TheNational.ae
99 FW Romania Valentin Badea 33EU Brașov Romania End of loan Summer Undisclosed TheNational.ae
38 AM Brazil Elias 32Non-EU Figueirense Brazil End of loan Summer Undisclosed TheNational.ae
39 GK United Arab Emirates Ismail Rabee 33Non-EU Al Shabab loan Summer Undisclosed AlAinFc.ae

Total income: Increase €0 million

Club

Current technical staff

Position Staff
Manager Romania Cosmin Olăroiu
Assistant manager United Arab Emirates Ahmed Abdullah
Goalkeeping Coach Iraq Amer Abdul Wahab
Head of Performance Analysis England Liam Weeks
Academy Director England Wayne Harrison

Last updated: 6 June 2011
Source: Al Ain S.C.C. Official Website

Kit

Supplier: Kappa

Home
Away
Third

Source: AlAinfc.ae

Official sponsors

United Arab Emirates First Gulf BankUnited Arab Emirates SorouhUnited Arab Emirates Al Qudra • United Arab Emirates Al Ain Water • United Arab Emirates STRATAUnited Arab Emirates PrismUnited Arab Emirates Al Foah • United Arab Emirates Bawadi Mall • United Arab Emirates ADNH

Source: AlAinfc.ae

Statistics

Squad Stats

Pro-League Etisalat Cup President's Cup
Games played 0 1 0
Games won 0 0 0
Games drawn 0 0 0
Games lost 0 1 0
Goals for 0 1 0
Goals against 0 2 0
Shots 0 19 0
Corners for 0 17 0
Corners against 0 4 0
Players used 0 14 0
Offsides 0 7 0
Fouls received 0 13 0
Fouls committed 0 16 0
Yellow cards 0 2 0
Red cards 0 0 0

Last updated: 16 September
Source: Competitive matches

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Player Stats

Total Etisalat Cup Pro-LeagueOthers1
N
P
Name
Nat.
GS
App

Min
App

App

App

Notes
55 GK Yousif. A United Arab Emirates Source
12 GK Waleed. S United Arab Emirates (-) denotes goals conceded
30 GK Abdullah. S United Arab Emirates (-) denotes goals conceded
36 GK Dawoud United Arab Emirates 1 1 95 1 1 (-) denotes goals conceded
22 GK M. Al Mass United Arab Emirates (-) denotes goals conceded
4 DF Musallem. F United Arab Emirates 1 82 1
5 DF Ismail Morocco 1 1 95 1 1
14 DF M. Fayez United Arab Emirates Source
15 DF Khaled. A United Arab Emirates
19 DF Mohanad Qatar
21 DF Fawzi. F United Arab Emirates
33 DF M. Salem United Arab Emirates 1 56 1
37 DF Abdulsalam United Arab Emirates
44 DF Fares. J United Arab Emirates 1 95 1
6 MF Radoi Romania 1 95 1
7 MF Al Wehaibi United Arab Emirates Source
8 MF Mohammed .S United Arab Emirates 1 14 1
20 MF Helal. S United Arab Emirates
10 MF Omar. A United Arab Emirates Source
MF Saif. M United Arab Emirates Source
13 MF R. Yaslam United Arab Emirates 1 95 1
18 MF Abdullah. M United Arab Emirates Source
23 MF Shehab. A United Arab Emirates
25 MF Al Shamisi United Arab Emirates
26 MF Al Merri United Arab Emirates
27 MF Salem. A United Arab Emirates 1 40 1
31 MF Haddaf United Arab Emirates
34 MF Sultan. N United Arab Emirates
35 MF Hazza. S United Arab Emirates 1 29 1
70 MF Bandar United Arab Emirates
16 FW Mohammed. A United Arab Emirates
32 FW Scocco Argentina 1 95 1
28 FW M. Nasser United Arab Emirates
29 FW Mohamed. M United Arab Emirates 1 95 1
9 FW Yasser Saudi Arabia 1 67 1
3 FW Gyan Ghana
11 FW Azooz United Arab Emirates 1 95 1

Last updated: 16 September
Source:
Ordered by position
0 shown as blank
1 Other Competitions: Friendly

Top scorers

R Player Position League Etisalat Cup Presidents Cup Total
1 United Arab Emirates Ismail Ahmed CB 0 1 0 1
TOTALS 0 1 0 1

Last updated: 16 September 2011
Source: Match reports in Competitive matches

Assists

R Player Position League Etisalat Cup Presidents Cup Total
1 Romania Mirel Rădoi DM 0 1 0 1

Last updated: 16 September 2011

Disciplinary record

N P Nat. Name - Pro-League Etisalat Cup President's Cup Total Notes
6 DM Romania Mirel Rădoi 1 1
13 DM United Arab Emirates Rami Yaslam 1 1

Last updated: 16 September 2011
Source: Competitive matches and PL.ae
Ordered by , and
= Number of bookings; = Number of sending offs after a second yellow card; = Number of sending offs by a direct red card.

Competitions

Pre-season

Overall

Competition Started roundCurrent
position / round
Final
position / round
First match Last match
Pro-League 1 1 16 October 201126 May 2012
Etisalat Cup Group stage 16 September 20112 March 2012

Last updated: 26 May 2012
Source: Competitions

Pro-League

League table

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Al Ain (C) 22 17 4 1 52 16 +36 55 AFC Champions League
2 Al-Nasr SC (Dubai) (Q) 22 11 8 3 49 33 +16 41 AFC Champions League
3 Al Shabab (Q) 22 10 8 4 39 27 +12 38 AFC Champions League playoff

Updated to games played on 27 May 2012.
Source: UFL
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Results Summary

OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
22 17 4 1 52 16 +36 55 12 0 0 30 4 +26 5 4 1 22 12 +10

Last updated: 26 May 2012.
Source: Competitive Matches

Results by Round

Round12345678910111213141516171819202122
GroundHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Result W D W W W D W W W D W L W W W W W D W W W W
Position 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1

Last updated: 27 May 2012.
Source: Pro-League
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Matches

Kickoff times are in UAE Time (GMT+4).

Etisalat Cup

Group A

Team GP W D L GS GA GD Pts
Al Jazira 107122813+1522
Al Wasl 106041818+018
Al Ain 105231713+417
Dubai 105141813+516
Al Wahda 103071320-79
Emirates 10127724-175

President's Cup

References

External links

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