Al Ain FC is an Emirati football club in Al Ain, United Arab Emirates that competes in the UAE Pro League, it has contested in various international competitions and has won two titles so far. It has made the most appearances in the AFC Champions League out any other team in the United Arab Emirates and is by far the only team in the UAE to win a Champions League title after winning the 2003 Asian CL Final.
History Al Ain first contested participation was in 1995 Asian Cup Winners' Cup where they lost to Kazma SC 0–6 on aggregate. Al Ain won their first international title in the 2001 Gulf Club Champions Cup after finishing first in a round-robin tournament, however only two years later Al Ain would win its first major international title after beating BEC Tero Sasana 2–1 on aggregate, Al Ain became the first Emirati team to win the Asian Cup and is by far the only UAE side to do so in present time. Al Ain would qualify for the final of the ACL twice only to lose both finals. Al Ain also qualified for the 2018 FIFA Club World Cup Final where they lost to Real Madrid CF 1–4.
Overall record . Legend: GF = Goals For. GA = Goals Against. GD = Goal Difference. CompetitionPlayedWonDrewLostGFGAGDWin%
Participations W : Withdrew, QS : Qualifying stage, R1 : First round, R2 : Second round, GS : Group stage, R16 : Round of 16, QF : Quarterfinals, SF : Semifinal, R : Runner-up, C : Champions Round-robin tournament CompetitionNo.Result AFC Champions League Elite17Season 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2010 2011 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2024 2025Round C QF RU QF GS GS GS GS SF R16 RU QF R16 GS GS QS C GS Asian Club Championship2Season 1999 2001 Round 3rd R2 Asian Cup Winners' Cup3Season 1995 2000 2002 Round R2 R1 QF Arab Club Champions Cup3Season 2001 2017 2019 Round W W R1 GCC Club Cup4Edition 1985 1995 2001 2025–26 Round 3rd 5th C FIFA Club World Cup2Edition 2018 2025 Round RU GS
International competitions Match wonMatch drawnMatch lostChampionsRunners-up
AFC Champions League/AFC Champions League Elite Season Round Club Home Away Aggregate2003Group stage Al-Hilal 1–0 1st Al-Sadd 2–0 Esteghlal 3–1Semi-finals Dalian Shide 4–2 3–4 7–6Final BEC Tero Sasana 2–0 0–1 2–1 2004Quarter-finals Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 0–1 1–4 1–5 2005Group stage Al-Wahda 3–0 3–2 1st Sepahan 3–2 1–1 Al-Shabab 3–0 0–1Quarter-finals PAS Tehran 1–1 3–3 4–4 (a)Semi-finals Shenzhen 6–0 0–0 6–0Final Al-Ittihad 1–1 2–4 3–5 2006Group stage Al-Hilal 2–0 1–2 1st Mash'al 2–1 1–1 Al-Minaa 2–1 2–1Quarter-finals Al-Qadsia 2–2 0–3 2–5 2007Group stage Al-Shabab 0–2 0–2 3rd Al-Ittihad 1–1 0–0 Sepahan 3–2 1–1 2010Group stage Pakhtakor 0–1 2–3 4th Sepahan 2–0 0–0 Al-Shabab 2–1 2–3 2011Play off round Sriwijaya 4–0Group stage FC Seoul 0–1 0–3 3rd Hangzhou Greentown 1–0 0–0 Nagoya Grampus 3–1 0–4 2013Group stage Al-Hilal 3–1 0–2 3rd Esteghlal 0–1 0–2 Al-Rayyan 2–1 1–2 2014Group stage Lekhwiya 2–1 5–0 1st Al-Ittihad 1–1 1–2 Tractor Sazi 3–1 2–2Round of 16 Al-Jazira 2–1 2–1 4–2Quarter-finals Al-Ittihad 2–0 3–1 5–1Semi-finals Al-Hilal 2–1 0–3 2–4 2015Group stage Al-Shabab 0–0 1–0 1st Naft Tehran 3–0 1–1 Pakhtakor 1–1 1–0Round of 16 Al-Ahli 3–3 0–0 3–3 (a) 2016Group stage El-Jaish 1–2 1–2 2nd Al-Ahli 1–0 2–1 Nasaf Qarshi 2–0 1–1Round of 16 Zob Ahan 1–1 2–0 3–1Quarter-finals Lokomotiv Tashkent 0–0 1–0 1–0Semi-finals El-Jaish 3–1 2–2 5–3Final Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 1–1 1–2 2–3 2017Group stage Zob Ahan 1–1 3–0 1st Bunyodkor 3–0 3–2 Al-Ahli 2–2 2–2Round of 16 Esteghlal 6–1 0–1 6–2Quarter-finals Al-Hilal 0–0 0–3 0–3 2018Play off round Malkiya 2–0Group stage Al-Hilal 2–1 0–0 2nd Al-Rayyan 1–1 4–1 Esteghlal 2–2 1–1Round of 16 Al-Duhail 2–4 1–4 3–8 2019Group stage Al-Hilal 0–1 0–2 4th Esteghlal 1–2 1–1 Al-Duhail 0–2 2–2 2020Play off round Bunyodkor 1–0Group stage Sepahan 0–4 0–0 4th Al-Nassr 1–2 1–0 Al-Sadd 3–3 0–4 2021Play off round Foolad 0–4 2023–24Group stage Pakhtakor 1–3 3–01st Ahal 4–2 2–1 Al-Fayha 4–1 3–2Round of 16 Nasaf 2–1 0–0 2–1Quarter-finals Al-Nassr 1–0 3–4 4–4 (3–1 p)Semi-finals Al Hilal 4–2 1–2 5–4Final Yokohama F. Marinos 5–1 1–2 6–32024–25League Stage Al Sadd 1–1 — 8th Al Gharafa — 2–4 Al Hilal 4–5 — Al Nassr — 1–5 Al Ahli 1–2 — Pakhtakor — 1–1 Al Rayyan 1–2 — Al Shorta — 0–2
Asian Club Championship Season Round Club Home Away Aggregate1998–99First round Oman 5–2 2–0 7–2Second round Al-Ansar 3–1 0–1 3–2Group stage Köpetdag Aşgabat 6–1 1st Esteghlal 0–1 Al-Hilal 1–0Semi-finals Júbilo Iwata 2–2 (2–4)Third place match Dalian Shide 3–2 2000–01First round Al-Zawraa 1–2 4–0 5–2Second round Persepolis 0–2 2–2 2–4
Asian Cup Winners' Cup Season Round Club Home Away Aggregate1995Second round Kazma 0–4 0–2 0–6 1999–2000First round Al-Jaish 1–2 1–0 2–2 (a) 2001–2002Second round Al-Wehdat 2–0 1–2 3–2 Quarter-finals Al-Sadd 2–1 0–1 2–2 (a)
Arab Club Champions Cup Season Round Club Home Away Aggregate2018–19First round ES Sétif 1–2 1–0 2–2 (a)
GCC Champions League Season Round Club Home Away Aggregate1985Group stage Al-Ahli 0–2 4–1 3rd Fanja 2–3 1–2 1995 Round robin Kazma 0–0 5th Al-Arabi 1–2 Al-Shabab 1–1 Dhofar 0–0 Riffa 0–2 2001Round robin Riffa 2–1 C Al-Salmiya 2–1 Al-Gharafa 1–0 Dhofar 1–0 Al-Ittihad 0–2
FIFA Club World Cup Season Round Club Result2018First round Team Wellington 3–3 (4–3)Second round Espérance de Tunis 3–0Semi-finals River Plate 2–2 (5–4)Final Real Madrid 1–42025Group G Juventus FC 0–5Group G Manchester City F.C. 0–6Group G Wydad AC 2–1
Statistics
By club OppositionPlayedWonDrawnLostForAgainstWin% Al-Hilal Esteghlal Al-Shabab Sepahan Al-Ittihad Al-Ahli Al-Sadd Al-Duhail Pakhtakor Al-Nassr Zob Ahan Nasaf Al-Rayyan El-Jaish Jeonbuk Bunyodkor Kazma Dalian Shide Al-Fayha Persepolis Tractor Naft Tehran PAS Mash'al Lokomotiv Al-Wahda Al-Jaish Al-Ittihad Qadsia Shenzhen Zhejiang Nagoya Grampus Yokohama F. Marinos Ahal Oman Dhofar Fanja Riffa Al-Mina'a Al-Zawraa Seoul Shabab Al Ahli Al-Jazira Al-Wehdat Al-Gharafa ES Sétif Police Tero Al-Ansar Foolad Al-Arabi Al-Salmiya Júbilo Iwata Malkiya Real Madrid River Plate Sriwijaya Köpetdag Aşgabat Team Wellington ES Tunis Juventus Manchester City Wydad AC
By competition +Al Ain FC in international football by competition CompetitionPlayedWonDrewLostGFGAGDWin%
By country CountryPlayedWonDrawnLostForAgainstWin% Saudi Arabia Iran Qatar Uzbekistan China South Korea Kuwait Syria Oman Japan Iraq United Arab Emirates Bahrain Turkmenistan Algeria Jordan Lebanon Thailand Tunisia New Zealand Indonesia Argentina Spain Italy England Morocco
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