2000–01 Al Ain FC season

The 2000–01 season was Al Ain Football Club's 33rd in existence and the club's 26th consecutive season in the top-level football league in the UAE.

Al Ain
2000–01 season
PresidentMohammed Bin Zayed
ManagerOscar Fulloné
(from 29 June 2000[1]
until 13 November 2000[2])

Mrad Mahjoub
(from 13 November 2000[3][4][2]
until 13 March 2001[5])

Anghel Iordănescu
(from 13 March 2001[6][5])
UAE Football League4th
President's CupWinners
Federation CupGroup Stage
Gulf Club Champions CupWinners
Asian Club ChampionshipSecond round
Top goalscorerLeague: Juma Mossi (15)
All: Juma Mossi (8)
All statistics correct as of 7 June 2001.


Club edit

Technical staff edit

Position Name
Sporting Director   Mrad Mahjoub[7]
Head coach   Oscar Fulloné (Sacked)
  Mrad Mahjoub (Caretaker)
  Anghel Iordănescu
Assistant coach   Ahmed Abdullah
  Abdulhameed Al Mistaki
  Mohammad El Mansi
Fitness coach   Abdulrahim Dazaz
Physiotherapist   Wiesław Sojka
  Edimar Da Silva
Team Manager   Butti Al Shamsi

Last updated: 13 March 2001
Source: [1]

Competitions edit

Overview edit

Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Football League 18 October 2000 14 March 2001 Matchday 1 4th 22 10 4 8 33 27 +6 045.45
President's Cup 5 April 2001 7 June 2001 Group stage Winners 9 8 0 1 21 9 +12 088.89
Federation Cup 6 September 2000 5 October 2000 Group stage Group stage 5 2 0 3 11 12 −1 040.00
Gulf Club Champions Cup 3 January 2001 14 January 2001 First round Winners 5 4 0 1 6 4 +2 080.00
Asian Club Championship 11 September 2000 16 November 2000 First round Second round 4 1 1 2 7 6 +1 025.00
Total 45 25 5 15 78 58 +20 055.56

Last updated: 7 June 2001
Source: Competitions

UAE Football League edit

League table edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
2 Al Ahli (Dubai) 22 13 3 6 47 36 +11 42
3 Al Jazira 22 11 5 6 47 33 +14 38
4 Al Ain 22 10 4 8 33 27 +6 34
5 Al Wasl 22 9 5 8 42 32 +10 32
6 Al Shaab 22 8 8 6 32 26 +6 32
Source: rsssf.org

Matches edit

18 October 2000 1 Al Ain 0–0 Al Shabab Al Ain
19:00 GMT+4 (UAE Time) Report Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed
Referee: Younis Al Yassi
22 October 2000 3 Al Ain 3–1 Al Nasr Al Ain
Report
Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed
Referee: Musallam Ahmad
26 October 2000 2 Al Wahda 1–0 Al Ain Abu Dhabi
Report Stadium: Al Nahyan Stadium
Referee: Fareed Al-Marzouqi
9 November 2000 5 Al Ain 1–2 Sharjah Al Ain
Report
Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed
Referee: Hassan Eisa
22 November 2000 7 Al Ain 1–0 Emirates Al Ain
Report Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed
Referee: Musallam Ahmad
25 November 2000 4 Al Shaab 1–1 Al Ain Sharjah
Report
Stadium: Khalid bin Mohammed Stadium
Referee: Saeed Abdullah
1 December 2000 8 Al Ahli 1–2 Al Ain Dubai
Report
Stadium: Rashid Stadium
Referee: Musallam Ahmad
7 December 2000 9 Al Ain 6–2 Ittihad Kalba Al Ain
21:30 GMT+4 (UAE Time)
Report
Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed
14 December 2000 10 Al Jazira 2–1 Al Ain Abu Dhabi
21:30 GMT+4 (UAE Time)
Report
Stadium: Al Jazira Stadium
17 December 2000 6 Al Wasl 2–1 Al Ain Dubai
21:30 GMT+4 (UAE Time)
Report
Stadium: Zabeel Stadium
20 December 2000 11 Ahli Al Fujairah 0–1 Al Ain Fujairah
21:30 GMT+4 (UAE Time) Report
Stadium: Fujairah Stadium
24 December 2000 12 Al Shabab 2–1 Al Ain Dubai
21:30 GMT+4 (UAE Time)
Report
Stadium: Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum
Referee: Saeed Abdullah
19 January 2001 14 Al Nasr 1–1 Al Ain Dubai
19:00 GMT+4 (UAE Time)
Report
Stadium: Al Maktoum Stadium
Referee: Fareed Al-Marzouqi
25 January 2001 15 Al Ain 1–2 Al Shaab Al Ain
Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed
28 January 2001 16 Sharjah 1–0 Al Ain Sharjah
Report Stadium: Sharjah Stadium
31 January 2001 17 Al Ain 1–0 Al Wasl Al Ain
Report Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed
Referee: Abdulaziz Al Mulla
19 February 2001 18 Emirates 2–3 Al Ain Ras al-Khaimah
Report
Stadium: Emirates Club Stadium
Referee: Fareed Al-Marzouqi
23 February 2001 19 Al Ain 1–3 Al Ahli Al-Ain
19:00 GMT+4 (UAE Time)
Report
Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed
Referee: Ali Bujsaim
26 February 2001 20 Ittihad Kalba 1–2 Al Ain Kalba
Report
Stadium: Ittihad Kalba Stadium
Referee: Musallam Ahmad
3 March 2001 21 Al Ain 3–1 Al Jazira Al Ain
Report
Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed
10 March 2001 13 Al Ain 1–1 Al Wahda Al Ain
19:00 GMT+4 (UAE Time)
Report
Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed
Referee: Mohamed Omar
14 March 2001 22 Al Ain 2–1 Ahli Al Fujairah Al Ain
Report
Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed
Referee: Mohamed Al-Zarouni

UAE President's Cup edit

Group D edit

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Al Ain 5 4 0 1 12 6 +6 12
Al Jazira 5 3 2 0 11 2 +9 11
Ahli Al Fujairah 5 2 2 1 8 7 +1 8
Dubai 5 1 2 2 6 6 0 5
Al Dhaid 5 1 1 3 9 16 −7 4
Hatta 5 0 1 4 5 14 −9 1
5 April 2001 Round 1 Al Jazira 2–0 Al Ain Abu Dhabi
19:30
Report
Report
Stadium: Al Jazira Stadium
Referee: Mohamed Omar
11 April 2001 Round 2 Al Ain 2–1 Al Dhaid Al Ain
19:30
Report
Report
Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed
Referee: Mohamed Al-Zarouni
18 April 2001 Round 3 Dubai 1–3 Al Ain Dubai
19:30
  •   (p)
Report
Stadium: Dubai Club Stadium
27 April 2001 Round 4 Al Ain 4–1 Ahli Al Fujairah Al Ain
19:30
Report
Report
Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed
Referee: Khaled Al-Doukhi
2 May 2001 Round 5 Hatta 1–3 Al Ain Hatta
19:30
  •   26'
Report
Stadium: Hatta Stadium
23 May 2001 Round of 16 Ittihad Kalba 0–3 Al Ain Sharjah
19:45 Report
Report
Stadium: Sharjah Stadium
27 May 2001 Quarter-finals Al Ain 1–0 Al Nasr Abu Dhabi
20:45
Report
Report
Stadium: Al Jazira Stadium
30 May 2001 Semi-finals Al Ain 2–1 Al Shabab Abu Dhabi
19:45
Report
Stadium: Al Nahyan Stadium
7 June 2001 Final Al Ain 3–2 Al Shaab Abu Dhabi
19:45 GMT+4 (UAE Time)[8] S. Yousif   71' (o.g.)
Tiéhi   85'
Mossi   90'
Report Brusselers   44', 79' Stadium: Zayed Sports City
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Mohamed Omar

UAE Federation Cup edit

Group A edit

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Al Shaab 5 4 1 0 12 6 +6 13
Al Shabab 5 3 2 0 17 3 +14 11
Al Jazira 5 2 2 1 10 9 +1 8
Al Ain 5 2 0 3 11 12 −1 6
Ittihad Kalba 5 1 1 3 6 15 −9 4
Sharjah 5 0 0 5 3 14 −11 0
Source: rsssf.org
6 September 2000 1 Ittihad Kalba 1–5 Al Ain Kalba
19:00
Report
Stadium: Ittihad Kalba Stadium
17 September 2000 2 Al Ain 2–3 Al Jazira Al Ain
19:00
Report
Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed
Referee: Ali Bujsaim
2 October 2000 3 Al Ain 1–5 Al Shabab Al Ain
19:00
Report
Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed
Referee: Mohamed Omar
29 September 2000 5 Al Ain 1–2 Al Shaab Al Ain
19:00
Report
Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed
Referee: Abdullah Al Bannai
5 October 2000 4 Sharjah 1–2 Al Ain Sharjah
19:00
Report
Stadium: Sharjah Stadium
Referee: Fareed Al-Marzouqi

Gulf Club Champions Cup edit

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
  Al Ain 12 5 4 0 1 6 4 +2
  Al Ittihad 10 5 3 1 1 10 1 +9
  Dhofar 10 5 3 1 1 6 4 +2
  Al Salmiya 5 5 1 2 2 5 6 −1
  Al-Ittihad 4 5 1 1 3 7 7 0
  Riffa 1 5 0 1 4 5 17 −12
3 January 2001 1 Al Ain   2–1   Riffa Al Ain
Report
Report
Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed
6 January 2001 2 Al Ain   2–1   Al Salmiya Al Ain
17:00 GMT+4 (UAE Time)
Report
Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed
8 January 2001 3 Al Ain   1–0   Al-Ittihad Al Ain
18:30 GMT+4 (UAE Time)
Report Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed
Referee: Youssef Fadhel Al-Balushi (Oman)
12 January 2001 4 Al Ain   1–0   Dhofar Al Ain
18:30 GMT+4 (UAE Time)
Report Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed
14 January 2001 5 Al Ain   0–2   Al Ittihad Al Ain
17:00 GMT+4 (UAE Time) Report
Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed

Asian Club Championship edit

First round edit

11 September 2000 First leg Al-Zawraa   2–1   Al Ain Amman
Report
Stadium: Amman International Stadium
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Abdulmajeed Abdulaziz (Bahrain)
22 September 2000 Second leg Al Ain   4–0
(5–2 agg.)
  Al-Zawraa Al Ain
20:00
Report Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed
Referee: Khaled Dalu (Syria)

Second round edit

2 November 2000 First leg Persepolis   2–0   Al Ain Tehran
15:30 GMT+4 (UAE Time)
Report Stadium: Azadi Stadium
Attendance: 80,000
Referee: Abdul Rahman Al-Zaid (Saudi Arabia)
16 November 2000 Second leg Al Ain   2–2 (a.e.t.)
(2–4 agg.)
  Persepolis Al Ain
19:00 GMT+4 (UAE Time)
Report
Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed

Statistics edit

Goalscorers edit

As of 7 June 2001

Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted alphabetically by surname when total goals are equal.

Rank Pos. Player Football League President's Cup Federation Cup Gulf Club Champions Cup Asian Club Championship Total
1 FW   Juma Mossi 8 7 0 0 0 15
2 MF   Gharib Harib 6 0 3 2 0 11
MF   Subait Khater 7 0 0 2 2 11
4 MF   Salem Johar 5 2 1 1 0 9
5 FW   Joël Tiéhi 0 6 0 0 0 6
6 DF   Rami Yaslam 1 4 0 0 0 5
7 FW   Sandro Oliveira 3 0 0 0 1 4
8 FW   Emiliano Rey 0 0 0 0 2 2
DF   Mohamad Abdullah 0 0 2 0 0 2
DF   Juma Khater 1 0 1 0 0 2
DF   Abdullah Ali 0 1 1 0 0 2
FW   Faisal Ali 0 0 1 0 1 2
13 FW   Majid Al Owais 1 0 0 0 0 1
MF   Helal Saeed 1 0 0 0 0 1
MF   Sergio Berti 0 0 0 0 1 1
DF   Fahad Ali 0 0 0 1 0 1
FW   Musabbah Salem 0 0 1 0 0 1
DF   Mohammed Hamdoon 0 0 1 0 0 1
Own goals (from the opponents) 0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals 33 21 11 6 7 78

References edit

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  6. ^ "يوردانيسكو يدرب العين مقابل 450 ألف دولار". AlJazeera.net.
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  8. ^ Al Ain set to take on Al Shaab in President's Cup final on GulfNews.com

External links edit