2023–24 Al Ain FC season
| 2023–24 season | |||
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| President | Mohammed Bin Zayed | ||
| Chairman | Hazza Bin Zayed | ||
| Head coach | Alfred Schreuder (from 27 May 2023[1][2] until 8 November 2023[3]) Hernán Crespo (from 14 November 2023) | ||
| Stadium | Hazza Bin Zayed | ||
| UAE Pro League | 3rd | ||
| President's Cup | Quarter-finals | ||
| League Cup | Runners–up | ||
| AFC Champions League | Winners | ||
| Top goalscorer | League: Kodjo Laba (12) All: Soufiane Rahimi (23) | ||
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| All statistics correct as of 7 June 2024. | |||
The 2023–24 Al Ain Football Club season is the club's 56th in existence and their 49th consecutive season in the top-level football league in the UAE.
Kits
- Supplier: Nike
- Sponsors: FAB (front) / Solutions Plus[4] (left sleeve) / EIH – Ethmar International Holding[5] (back) / Nirvana Travel & Tourism[6] (Short)
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Club
Staff
| Position | Name |
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| Head coach |  Hernán Crespo
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| Assistant coaches | Juan Branda Nicolás Domínguez Ahmed Abdullah
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| Chief analyst |  Carles Martínez
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| Analyst | .svg.png){kind=small} Tiago Freire
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| Goalkeeping coaches | Gustavo Nepote
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| Fitness coach | Federico Martinetti
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| U-21 team head coach | Ismail Ahmed
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| Physiotherapist | Santiago Thompson Felipe Perseu Pianca Abdelnasser Aljohny
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| Club Doctor |  Nikos Tzouroudis
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| Nutritionist | Ricardo Pinto
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| Scout |  Daniele Di Napoli
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| Team manager | Ahmed Al Shamsi
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| Team supervisor | Abdullah Al Shamsi[7]
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Last updated: 14 November 2023
Source: 1
The Steering Committee
| Office | Name |
|---|---|
| Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of Al Ain SCC Chairman of the Executive Committee Chairman of the Steering Committee |
Sultan bin Hamdan bin Zayed |
| Members of the Steering Committee | Mohammad Obaid Hammad |
| Members of the Steering Committee | Awad Al Kaabi |
| Members of the Steering Committee | Matar Al Darmaki |
| Members of the Steering Committee | Mohamed Al Mahmood |
Source: alainclub.ae
Players
First Team
| N | Position | Nation | Player | Age | Since | Notes | |||||
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| Goalkeepers | |||||||||||
| 1 | GK |
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Mohammed Abo Sandah | 30 | 2014 | ||||||
| 12 | GK |
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Sultan Al-Mantheri | 30 | 2021 | ||||||
| 17 | GK |
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Khalid Eisa (VC) | 35 | 2013 | ||||||
| 36 | GK |
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Amer Al-Faresi | 20 | 2024 | U21 | |||||
| Defenders | |||||||||||
| 3 | DF |
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Kouame Autonne | 24 | 2021 | ||||||
| 4 | DF |
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Mohammed Shaker | 28 | 2019 | ||||||
| 15 | DF |
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Erik Jorgens | 24 | 2020 | ||||||
| 16 | DF |
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Khalid Al-Hashemi | 28 | 2023 | ||||||
| 44 | DF |
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Saeed Juma | 27 | 2017 | ||||||
| 46 | DF | 
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Dramane Koumare | 20 | 2024 | ||||||
| 50 | DF |
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Manea Al Shamsi | 23 | 2021 | ||||||
| 66 | DF |
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Mansour Al Shamsi | 23 | 2020 | ||||||
| Midfielders | |||||||||||
| 5 | MF | 
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Park Youg-woo | 31 | 2023 | ||||||
| 6 | MF |
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Yahia Nader | 26 | 2018 | ||||||
| 7 | MF | 
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Omer Atzili | 32 | 2023 | ||||||
| 8 | MF |
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Mohammed Abbas | 22 | 2021 | U21 | |||||
| 10 | MF | 
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Kaku | 30 | 2023 | ||||||
| 11 | MF |
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Bandar Al-Ahbabi (C) | 35 | 2016 | ||||||
| 13 | MF |
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Ahmed Barman | 31 | 2013 | ||||||
| 18 | MF |
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Khalid Al-Balochi | 26 | 2018 | ||||||
| 20 | MF |
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Matías Palacios | 23 | 2022 | ||||||
| 21 | MF | 
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Soufiane Rahimi | 30 | 2021 | ||||||
| 22 | MF |
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Falah Waleed | 26 | 2018 | ||||||
| 26 | MF |
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Ahmed Al-Qatesh | 23 | 2021 | ||||||
| 27 | MF |
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Sultan Al-Shamsi | 29 | 2021 | ||||||
| 30 | MF |
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Hazem Mohammad | 20 | 2023 | U19 | |||||
| 42 | MF |
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Jonatas Santos | 23 | 2019 | ||||||
| 70 | MF |
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Abdoul Karim Traoré | 20 | 2023 | U19 | |||||
| Forwards | |||||||||||
| 9 | FW | .svg.png){kind=small}
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Kodjo Laba | 33 | 2019 | ||||||
| 77 | FW | 
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Rilwanu Sarki | 21 | 2023 | U19 | |||||
| 90 | FW |
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Eisa Khalfan | 22 | 2021 | U21 | |||||
| 99 | FW | 
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Josna Loulendo | 21 | 2023 | U21 | |||||
Unregistered players
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Transfers
In
| No. | Position | Player | From | Fee | Date | Ref. |
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| 7 | FW | Omer Atzili
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Maccabi Haifa
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€2,000,000 | 9 June 2023 | [11] |
| 77 | FW | Rilwanu Sarki U21
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Mahanaim
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Undisclosed | 18 June 2023 | [12] |
| 14 | DF | Khalid Al-Hashemi
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Baniyas
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Undisclosed | 20 June 2023 | [13] |
| 10 | MF | Kaku
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 Al Taawoun
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€5,000,000 | 28 June 2023 | [14] |
| 30 | MF | Mohammed Khalfan
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Al Bataeh
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Loan return | 1 July 2023 | |
| 27 | MF | Sultan Al-Shamsi
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Al Nasr
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| 4 | DF | Mohammed Shaker
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Al Nasr
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| 33 | DF | Gianluca Santini U21
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Masfout
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| 5 | MF | Park Yong-woo
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Ulsan Hyundai
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€1,000,000 | 16 July 2023 | [15] |
| – | DF |  Yohan Gonzalez U19
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Zamora
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Undisclosed | 19 July 2023 |
Out
| No. | Position | Player | To | Fee | Date | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 | DF |  Tin Jedvaj
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Lokomotiv Moscow
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Loan return | 13 June 2023 | [16] |
| 10 | MF |  Andriy Yarmolenko
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Dynamo Kyiv
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Free transfer | 13 June 2023 | [17] |
| 7 | FW | Caio Canedo
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Al Wasl
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Free transfer | 13 June 2023 | [18] |
| 22 | DF | Saeed Ahmed
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Khor Fakkan
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Free transfer | 7 July 2023 | [19][20] |
| 23 | DF | Mohamed Ahmed
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Al Bataeh
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Free transfer | 7 July 2023 | [21][22] |
| 33 | DF | Gianluca Santini U21
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Dibba Al-Hisn
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Free transfer | 11 July 2023 | [23] |
| 2 | DF |  Danilo Arboleda
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 Al Ahli
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Released | 14 July 2023 | [24] |
| 29 | DF | Omar Saeed
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Khor Fakkan
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Free transfer | 15 August 2023 | [25] |
Loans in
| No. | Pos | Player | From | Start date | End date | Ref. |
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Loans out
| No. | Pos | Name | To | Start date | End date | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 | MF | Mohammed Khalfan
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Khor Fakkan
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23 July 2023 | End of Season | [26] |
| 72 | FW | Mohamed Awadalla U21
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Khor Fakkan
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1 August 2023 | End of Season | [27] |
| 34 | DF | Rafael Pereira
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Khor Fakkan
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18 August 2023 | End of Season | [28][29] |
| 2 | MF | El Mehdi El Moubarik
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Raja
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18 August 2023 | End of Season | [30] |
Pre-season and friendlies
Win Draw Loss Fixtures
| 14 July 2023 Friendly | Cotillas C.D. | 1–10 | Al Ain | La Manga, Spain |
| 12:20 | Report | Stadium: La Manga Club Football Stadium Referee: Kevin Javier Moreno |
| 20 July 2023 Friendly | Deportivo Murcia | 0–10 | Al Ain | Murcia, Spain |
| 12:20 | Report | Stadium: Pinatar Arena Referee: Alejandro Clemente Ortuño |
| 28 July 2023 Friendly | Racing | 0–1 | Al Ain | Spain |
| 28 July 2023 Friendly | Intercity | 0–2 | Al Ain | Spain |
| 6 August 2023 Friendly | Al Ain | 3–1 |  Al-Khaldiya | Al Ain |
| 20:30 | Stadium: Hazza Bin Zayed |
| 12 August 2023 Friendly | Al Ain | 2–0 | Khor Fakkan | Al Ain |
| 19:30 | Stadium: Hazza Bin Zayed |
Competitions
Overview
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | |||||
| Pro-League | 18 August 2023 | 7 June 2024 | Matchday 1 | 3rd | 26 | 14 | 3 | 9 | 54 | 37 | +17 | 53.85 |
| President's Cup | 18 February 2024 | 3 April 2024 | Round of 16 | Quarter-finals | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | +0 | 50.00 |
| League Cup | 30 August 2023 | 3 May 2024 | First round | Runners–up | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 6 | +6 | 57.14 |
| AFC Champions League | 19 September 2023 | 25 May 2024 | Group stage | Winners | 14 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 34 | 21 | +13 | 64.29 |
| Total | 49 | 28 | 4 | 17 | 102 | 66 | +36 | 57.14 | ||||
Last updated: 7 June 2024
Source: Soccerway
Pro League
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Al Wasl (C) | 26 | 21 | 4 | 1 | 70 | 27 | +43 | 67 | Qualification for AFC CLE League stage |
| 2 | Shabab Al Ahli | 26 | 18 | 4 | 4 | 73 | 34 | +39 | 58 | Qualification for AFC CLE play off round |
| 3 | Al Ain | 26 | 14 | 3 | 9 | 54 | 37 | +17 | 45 | Qualification for AFC CLE League stage[a] |
| 4 | Sharjah | 26 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 53 | 40 | +13 | 42[b] | Qualification for AFC CL2 group stage |
| 5 | Al Wahda | 26 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 45 | 34 | +11 | 42[b] |
Source: UPLeague
Rules for classification: [31] 1) points; 2) head-to-head goal difference; 3) head-to-head goals scored; 4) head-to-head away goals scored; 5) goal difference; 6) number of goals scored; 7) number of away goals scored; 8) head-to-head points; 9) fair play ranking 10) draw
(C) Champions
Notes:
Rules for classification: [31] 1) points; 2) head-to-head goal difference; 3) head-to-head goals scored; 4) head-to-head away goals scored; 5) goal difference; 6) number of goals scored; 7) number of away goals scored; 8) head-to-head points; 9) fair play ranking 10) draw
(C) Champions
Notes:
- ^ As 2023–24 AFC Champions League winners.
- ^ a b Sharjah are ahead of Al Wahda on head-to-head points: Sharjah 3–2 Al Wahda, Al Wahda 1–1 Sharjah
Results summary
| Overall | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||
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| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
| 26 | 14 | 3 | 9 | 54 | 37 | +17 | 45 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 29 | 24 | +5 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 25 | 13 | +12 |
Last updated: 7 June 2024.
Source: Soccerway
Results by round
Updated to match(es) played on 7 June 2024. Source: UPLeague
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; P = Postponed
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; P = Postponed
Matches
The league fixtures were announced on 22 June 2023.[32]
| 18 August 2023 1 | Al Ain | 3–2 | Baniyas | Al Ain |
| 20:30 GMT+4 (UAE Time) | Report | Stadium: Hazza Bin Zayed Referee: Ahmed Salim Khalfan |
| 26 August 2023 2 | Hatta | 0–2 | Al Ain | Hatta |
| 18:00 GMT+4 (UAE Time) | Report |
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Stadium: Hamdan Bin Rashid Referee: Sultan Abdurazzaq |
| 23 September 2023 3 | Al Ain | 6–0 | Ajman | Al Ain |
| 20:00 GMT+4 (UAE Time) | Report | Stadium: Hazza Bin Zayed Referee: Daniel Siebert (Germany) |
| 28 September 2023 4 | Sharjah | 2–3 | Al Ain | Sharjah |
| 20:00 GMT+4 (UAE Time) |
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Report | Stadium: Sharjah Stadium Referee: Michael Oliver |
| 8 October 2023 5 | Al Nasr | 1–0 | Al Ain | Dubai |
| 20:00 GMT+4 (UAE Time) |
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Report |
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Stadium: Al Maktoum Stadium Referee: Maurizio Mariani |
| 28 October 2023 6 | Al Ain | 3–1 | Emirates | Al Ain |
| 16:45 GMT+4 (UAE Time) | Report | Stadium: Hazza Bin Zayed Referee: Adel Al Naqbi |
| 2 November 2023 7 | Al Wasl | 3–1 | Al Ain | Dubai |
| 19:30 GMT+4 (UAE Time) | Report |
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Stadium: Zabeel Stadium Referee: Slavko Vinčić |
| 26 November 2023 8 | Shabab Al Ahli | 0–3 | Al Ain | Dubai |
| 19:30 GMT+4 (UAE Time) | Report | Stadium: Rashid Stadium Referee: Raphael Claus |
| 9 December 2023 10 | Ittihad Kalba | 2–2 | Al Ain | Kalba |
| 19:30 GMT+4 (UAE Time) | Report | Stadium: Ittihad Kalba Stadium Referee: Artur Soares Dias |
| 16 December 2023 11 | Al Ain | 0–2 | Al Wahda | Al Ain |
| 19:30 GMT+4 (UAE Time) | Report | Stadium: Hazza Bin Zayed Referee: Daniele Orsato |
| 20 December 2023 9 | Al Ain | 4–1 | Khor Fakkan | Al Ain |
| 16:45 GMT+4 (UAE Time) | Report |
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Stadium: Hazza Bin Zayed Referee: Mohamed Abdalla Alharmoodi |
| 24 December 2023 12 | Al Bataeh | 1–3 | Al Ain | Sharjah |
| 16:45 GMT+4 (UAE Time) |
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Report | Stadium: Khalid bin Mohammed Referee: Ahmed Salim Khalfan |
| 25 February 2024 14 | Baniyas | 0–1 | Al Ain | Abu Dhabi |
| 20:00 GMT+4 (UAE Time) | Report |
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Stadium: Baniyas Stadium Referee: Sultan Abdurazzaq |
| 29 February 2024 15 | Al Ain | 5–3 | Hatta | Al Ain |
| 17:35 GMT+4 (UAE Time) | Report |
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Stadium: Hazza Bin Zayed Referee: Mohamed Abdalla Alharmoodi |
| 15 March 2024 16 | Ajman | 0–4 | Al Ain | Ajman |
| 22:00 GMT+4 (UAE Time) | Report | Stadium: Rashid Bin Saeed Referee: Mohamed Abdalla Alharmoodi |
| 30 March 2024 17 | Al Ain | 1–1 | Sharjah | Al Ain |
| 22:00 GMT+4 (UAE Time) |
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Report |
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Stadium: Hazza Bin Zayed Referee: Yahya Al Mulla |
| 7 April 2024 18 | Al Ain | 1–3 | Al Nasr | Al Ain |
| 22:00 GMT+4 (UAE Time) |
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Report | Stadium: Hazza Bin Zayed Referee: Ahmed Salim Khalfan |
| 11 April 2024 13 | Al Ain | 2–2 | Al Jazira | Al Ain |
| 20:15 GMT+4 (UAE Time) | Report | Stadium: Hazza Bin Zayed Referee: Adel Al Naqbi |
| 27 April 2024 21 | Al Ain | 1–2 | Shabab Al Ahli | Al Ain |
| 20:45 |
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Report |
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Stadium: Hazza Bin Zayed Referee: Omar Mohamed Alali |
| 7 May 2024 22 | Al Ain | 1–0 | Khor Fakkan | Al Ain |
| 18:05 |
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Report | Stadium: Hazza Bin Zayed Referee: Bader Bujamhoor |
| 16 May 2024 23 | Al Ain | 0–1 | Ittihad Kalba | Al Ain |
| 18:10 | Report |
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Stadium: Khalifa bin Zayed Referee: Adel Al Naqbi |
| 20 May 2024 24 | Al Wahda | 0–2 | Al Ain | Abu Dhabi |
| 21:00 | Report |
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Stadium: Al Nahyan Stadium Referee: Ahmed Salim Khalfan |
| 29 May 2024 20 | Al Ain | 2–4 | Al Wasl | Al Ain |
| 21:00 | Report | Stadium: Hazza Bin Zayed Referee: Mohamed Abdalla Alharmoodi |
| 2 June 2024 26 | Al Jazira | 2–1 | Al Ain | Abu Dhabi |
| 18:20 |
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Report |
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Stadium: Mohammed bin Zayed Stadium Referee: Omar Mohamed Alali |
| 5 June 2024 19 | Emirates | 2–3 | Al Ain | Ras Al Khaimah |
| 18:20 |
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Report |
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Stadium: Emirates Club Stadium Referee: Rashid Abdulla Mohammed |
| 7 June 2024 25 | Al Ain | 0–2 | Al Bataeh | Al Ain |
| 18:20 | Report | Stadium: Khalifa bin Zayed Referee: Rawdha Almansoori |
UAE President's Cup
| 18 February 2024 Round of 16 | Al Ain | 1–0 | Al Wahda | Al Ain |
| 20:20 |
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Report | Stadium: Hazza bin Zayed Referee: Sergei Karasev |
| 3 April 2024 Quarter-finals | Ittihad Kalba | 2–1 | Al Ain | Dubai |
| 21:30 GMT+4 (UAE Time) | Report |
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Stadium: Zabeel Stadium Referee: Omar Mohamed Al Ali |
UAE League Cup
First round
| 30 August 2023 First leg | Al Bataeh | 0–5 | Al Ain | Sharjah |
| 18:00 | Report |
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Stadium: Khalid bin Mohammed Referee: Naser Al Ali |
| 14 September 2023 Second leg | Al Ain | 2–1 | Al Bataeh | Al Ain |
| 17:30 | Report |
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Stadium: Hazza Bin Zayed Referee: Adel Al Naqbi |
Quarter-finals
| 19 October 2023 First leg | Al Nasr | 0–2 | Al Ain | Dubai |
| 19:30 GMT+4 (UAE Time) | Report | Stadium: Al Maktoum Stadium Referee: Ahmed Salim Khalfan |
| 12 December 2023 Second leg | Al Ain | 1–2 (3–2 agg.) | Al Nasr | Al Ain |
| 19:30 GMT+4 (UAE Time) |
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Report | Stadium: Hazza Bin Zayed Referee: Adel Al Naqbi |
Semi-finals
| 9 February 2024 First leg | Ittihad Kalba | 0–2 | Al Ain | Kalba |
| 17:20 GMT+4 (UAE Time) | Report | Stadium: Ittihad Kalba Stadium Referee: Ahmed Salim Khalfan |
| 7 March 2024 Second leg | Al Ain | 0–2 (2–2 agg.) (2–0 p) | Ittihad Kalba | Al Ain |
| 17:35 GMT+4 (UAE Time) | Report |
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Stadium: Hazza Bin Zayed Referee: Yahya Al Mulla |
Final
| 3 May 2024 | Al Wahda | 1–0 | Al Ain | Abu Dhabi |
| 20:45 GMT+4 (UAE Time) |
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Report | Stadium: Mohammed bin Zayed Stadium Attendance: 29,768 Referee: César Arturo Ramos |
AFC Champions League
Group stage
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | AIN | FEI | PAK | AHA | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Al-Ain
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6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 9 | +8 | 15 | Advance to round of 16 | — | 4–1 | 1–3 | 4–2 | |
| 2 | Al-Fayha
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6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 10 | +2 | 9 | 2–3 | — | 2–0 | 3–1 | ||
| 3 |  Pakhtakor
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6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 11 | −3 | 7 | 0–3 | 1–4 | — | 3–0 | ||
| 4 |  Ahal
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6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 13 | −7 | 4 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | — |
| 19 September 2023 1 | Pakhtakor | 0–3 | Al Ain | Tashkent |
| 18:00 | Report |
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Stadium: Bunyodkor Stadium[note 1] Referee: Ko Hyung-jin (South Korea) |
| 3 October 2023 2 | Al Ain | 4–2 | Ahal | Al Ain |
| 20:00 | Report |
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Stadium: Hazza Bin Zayed Attendance: 8,126 Referee: Abdullah Jamali (Kuwait) |
| 24 October 2023 3 | Al Ain | 4–1 | Al-Fayha | Al Ain |
| 20:00 | Report |
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Stadium: Hazza Bin Zayed Attendance: 7,126 Referee: Hanna Hattab (Syria) |
| 7 November 2023 4 | Al-Fayha | 2–3 | Al Ain | Riyadh |
| 20:00 | Report | Stadium: King Fahd International Stadium[note 1] Attendance: 1,002 Referee: Ma Ning (China) |
| 28 November 2023 5 | Al-Ain | 1–3 | Pakhtakor | Hazza bin Zayed Stadium, Al Ain |
| 20:00 UTC+4 |
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Report | Attendance: 2,926 Referee: Adham Makhadmeh (Jordan) |
| 5 December 2023 6 | Ahal | 1–2 | Al-Ain | Ashgabat Stadium, Ashgabat |
| 19:00 UTC+5 |
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Report | Attendance: 9,544 Referee: Kim Jong-hyeok (South Korea) |
Round of 16
| 14 February 2024 First leg | Nasaf | 0–0 | Al Ain | Markaziy Stadium, Qarshi |
| 19:00 UTC+5 | Report | Attendance: 15,186 Referee: Adham Makhadmeh (Jordan) |
| 21 February 2024 Second leg | Al Ain | 2–1 (2–1 agg.) | Nasaf | Hazza bin Zayed Stadium, Al Ain |
| 20:00 UTC+4 | Report |
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Attendance: 10,036 Referee: Alireza Faghani (Iran) |
Quarter-finals
| 4 March 2024 First leg | Al Ain | 1–0 | Al Nassr | Hazza bin Zayed Stadium, Al Ain |
| 20:00 UTC+4 |
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Report | Attendance: 22,326 Referee: Hiroyuki Kimura (Japan) |
| 11 March 2024 | Al Nassr | 4–3 (a.e.t.) (1–3 p) | Al Ain | Al-Awwal Park, Riyadh |
| 22:00 UTC+3 | Report | Attendance: 23,878 Referee: Ahmed Al-Kaf (Oman) | ||
| Penalties | ||||
4–4 on aggregate; Al Ain won 3–1 on penalties.
Semi-finals
| 17 April 2024[a] | Al Ain | 4–2 | Al Hilal | Hazza bin Zayed Stadium, Al Ain |
| 20:00 UTC+4 | Report |
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Attendance: 21,226 Referee: Adham Makhadmeh (Jordan) |
| 23 April 2024 | Al Hilal | 2–1 (4–5 agg.) | Al Ain | Kingdom Arena, Riyadh |
| 21:00 UTC+3 |
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Report |
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Attendance: 18,445 Referee: Ahmed Al-Alili (United Arab Emirates) |
Al Ain won 5–4 on aggregate.
Final
| 11 May 2024 | Yokohama F. Marinos  | 2–1 | Al Ain | Nissan Stadium, Yokohama |
| 19:00 UTC+9 | Report |
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Attendance: 53,704 Referee: Salman Falahi (Qatar) |
| 25 May 2024 | Al Ain | 5–1 | Yokohama F. Marinos | Hazza bin Zayed Stadium, Al Ain |
| 20:00 UTC+4 | Report |
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Statistics
Overall
| No. | Pos. | Nat. | Player | Pro League | President's Cup | League Cup | Champions League | Total | Discipline | Notes | ||||||
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| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | 
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| Goalkeepers | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | GK | |
Mohammed Abo Sandah | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 12 | GK | |
Sultan Al-Mantheri | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 17 | GK | |
Khalid Eisa | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Defenders | ||||||||||||||||
| 3 | DF | |
Kouame Autonne | 14 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 30 | 2 | 5 | 1 | |
| 4 | DF | |
Mohammed Shaker | 0+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| 15 | DF | |
Erik Jorgens | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 27 | 1 | 5 | 0 | |
| 16 | DF | |
Khalid Al-Hashemi | 14 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 8+1 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| 40 | DF | |
Khaled Ali | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 44 | DF | |
Saeed Juma | 3+7 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1+4 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 46 | DF | |
Dramane Koumare | 3+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 50 | DF | |
Manea Al Shamsi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 66 | DF | |
Mansour Al Shamsi | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Midfielders | ||||||||||||||||
| 5 | MF | |
Park Youg-woo | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| 6 | MF | |
Yahia Nader | 10+2 | 2 | 1+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 23 | 2 | 2 | 0 | |
| 7 | MF | |
Omer Atzili | 8+6 | 3 | 0+2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 6 | 0 | 0 | |
| 8 | MF | |
Mohammed Abbas | 3+4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0+3 | 1 | 5+4 | 0 | 20 | 1 | 4 | 0 | |
| 10 | MF | |
Kaku | 15+1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 27 | 7 | 3 | 0 | |
| 11 | MF | |
Bandar Al-Ahbabi | 11 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 9+1 | 0 | 26 | 1 | 8 | 1 | |
| 13 | MF | |
Ahmed Barman | 0+6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 | 2+4 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 18 | MF | |
Khalid Al-Balochi | 1+5 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3+1 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |
| 20 | MF | |
Matías Palacios | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3+1 | 1 | 4+1 | 0 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 0 | |
| 21 | MF | |
Soufiane Rahimi | 15 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 4+2 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 32 | 17 | 4 | 0 | |
| 22 | MF | |
Falah Waleed | 0+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0+6 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 26 | MF | |
Ahmed Al-Qatesh | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 27 | MF | |
Sultan Al-Shamsi | 1+3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1+4 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 0 | |
| 28 | MF |  |
Solomon Sosu | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 30 | MF | |
Hazem Mohammad | 0+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0+7 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| 42 | MF | |
Jonatas Santos | 2+5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |
| 70 | MF | |
Abdoul Karim Traoré | 6+5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3+2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| 88 | MF | |
Hamid Mohamed | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Forwards | ||||||||||||||||
| 9 | FW | |
Kodjo Laba | 14 | 12 | 1+1 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 25 | 18 | 2 | 0 | |
| 90 | FW | |
Eisa Khalfan | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+3 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| 99 | FW | |
Josna Loulendo | 2+6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3+2 | 2 | 1+1 | 0 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 0 | |
Goalscorers
- As of 5 June 2024
Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted alphabetically by surname when total goals are equal.
| Rank | No. | Pos. | Player | Pro League | President's Cup | League Cup | Champions League | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 21 | MF | Soufiane Rahimi |
8 | 2 | 13 | 23 | |
| 2 | 9 | FW | Kodjo Laba |
12 | 8 | 20 | ||
| 3 | 10 | MF | Kaku |
5 | 1 | 4 | 10 | |
| 4 | 7 | MF | Omer Atzili |
4 | 2 | 1 | 7 | |
| 5 | 99 | FW | Josna Loulendo |
3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | |
| 6 | 20 | MF | Matías Palacios |
3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | |
| 27 | MF | Sultan Al-Shamsi |
3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | ||
| 33 | DF | Kouame Autonne |
2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | ||
| 9 | 8 | MF | Mohammed Abbas |
1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
| 15 | DF | Erik Jorgens |
1 | 2 | 3 | |||
| 11 | 18 | MF | Khalid Al-Balochi |
1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 6 | MF | Yahia Nader |
2 | 2 | ||||
| 42 | MF | Jonatas Santos |
2 | 2 | ||||
| 70 | MF | Abdoul Karim Traoré |
1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| 15 | 30 | MF | Hazem Mohammad |
1 | 1 | |||
| 5 | MF | Park Yong-woo |
1 | 1 | ||||
| 77 | FW | Rilwanu Sarki |
1 | 1 | ||||
| 11 | MF | Bandar Al-Ahbabi |
1 | 1 | ||||
| 90 | FW | Eisa Khalfan |
1 | 1 | ||||
| Own goals (from the opponents) | 2 | 2 | ||||||
| Totals | 54 | 2 | 12 | 34 | 102 | |||
Assists
As of 5 June 2024[37]
| No. | Player | Pro League | President's Cup | League Cup | Champions League | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | Kaku
|
6 | 4 | 10 | ||
| 15 | Erik Jorgens
|
6 | 2 | 2 | 10 | |
| 21 | Soufiane Rahimi
|
2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | |
| 11 | Bandar Al-Ahbabi
|
3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 7 | Omer Atzili
|
5 | 5 | |||
| 18 | Khalid Al-Balochi
|
2 | 2 | 4 | ||
| 9 | Kodjo Laba
|
1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | |
| 20 | Matías Palacios
|
1 | 2 | 3 | ||
| 6 | Yahia Nader
|
1 | 2 | 3 | ||
| 8 | Mohammed Abbas
|
1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 44 | Saeed Juma
|
1 | 1 | |||
| 66 | Mansour Al Shamsi
|
1 | 1 | |||
| 46 | Dramane Koumare
|
1 | 1 | |||
| 28 | Solomon Sosu
|
1 | 1 | |||
| 5 | Park Youg-woo
|
1 | 1 | |||
| Totals | 31 | 2 | 10 | 18 | 61 | |
Clean sheets
As of 20 May 2024
| Rank | No. | Player | Pro League | President's Cup | League Cup | Champions League | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 17 | Khalid Eisa
|
5 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 12 |
| 2 | 1 | Mohammed Abo Sandah
|
2 | 2 | |||
| Totals | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 14 | ||
Disciplinary record
| No. | Pos. | Nat. | Player | Pro League | President's Cup | League Cup | Champions League | Total | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
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| 42 | MF |
|
Jonatas Santos | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| 11 | MF |
|
Bandar Al-Ahbabi | 5 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 1 | ||||||||||
| 33 | DF |
|
Kouame Autonne | 5 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 1 | ||||||||||
| 21 | MF |
|
Soufiane Rahimi | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | |||||||||||
| 70 | MF |
|
Abdoul Karim Traoré | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | ||||||||||
| 8 | MF |
|
Mohammed Abbas | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | |||||||||||
| 15 | DF |
|
Erik Jorgens | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | |||||||||||
| 10 | MF |
|
Kaku | 2 | 3 | 5 | ||||||||||||
| 99 | FW |
|
Josna Loulendo | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | |||||||||||
| 30 | MF |
|
Hazem Mohammad | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |||||||||||
| 5 | MF |
|
Park Youg-woo | 2 | 2 | 4 | ||||||||||||
| 13 | MF |
|
Ahmed Barman | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 28 | MF |
|
Solomon Sosu | 3 | 3 | |||||||||||||
| 46 | DF |
|
Dramane Koumare | 3 | 3 | |||||||||||||
| 16 | DF |
|
Khalid Al-Hashemi | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 20 | MF |
|
Matías Palacios | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |||||||||||
| 17 | GK |
|
Khalid Eisa | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||||
| 6 | MF |
|
Yahia Nader | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||||
| 9 | FW |
|
Kodjo Laba | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||||
| 18 | MF |
|
Khalid Al-Balochi | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||||
| 4 | DF |
|
Mohammed Shaker | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||||
| 77 | FW |
|
Rilwanu Sarki | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| 7 | MF |
|
Omer Atzili | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||
| 88 | MF |
|
Hamid Mohamed | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||
| 44 | DF |
|
Saeed Juma | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||
| 66 | DF |
|
Mansour Al Shamsi | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||
| 27 | MF |
|
Sultan Al-Shamsi | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||
| 90 | FW |
|
Eisa Khalfan | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Totals | 47 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 36 | 92 | 2 | 4 | |||||||||
Source: Soccerway.com
Ordered by , 
and = Number of bookings; = Number of sending offs after a second yellow card; = Number of sending offs by a direct red card.
Hat-tricks
| Player | Against | Result | Date | Competition | Round |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soufiane Rahimi |
Ajman | 0–4 (A) | 15 March 2024 | Pro-League | 16 |
| Soufiane Rahimi |
Al Hilal | 4–2 (H) | 17 April 2024 | AFC Champions League | Semi-finals (FL) |
4 – Player scored four goals.
Awards
| Player | Position | Award | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Soufiane Rahimi
|
Midfielder | AFC Champions League (2023–24) MVP, Top scorer | [41] |
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External links
- Al Ain FC official website (in English and Arabic)