2002–03 Al Ain FC season

The 2002–03 season was Al Ain Football Club's 35th season in existence and the club's 28th consecutive season in the top-level football league in the UAE.

Al Ain

2002–03 season
President	Mohammed Bin Zayed
Manager	Bruno Metsu
Stadium	Tahnoun bin Mohammed
UAE Football League	1st
President's Cup	Quarter-finals
UAE Super Cup	Winners
AFC Champions League	Winners
Top goalscorer	League: Boubacar Sanogo (15) All: Boubacar Sanogo (24)
Home colours

Competitions

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
					Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Football League	18 October 2002	3 March 2003	Matchday 1	Winners	22	14	6	2	51	20	+31	063.64
President's Cup	13 September 2002	2 May 2003	Group stage	Quarter-finals	8	6	1	1	23	6	+17	075.00
UAE Super Cup	7 May 2003	16 May 2003	Semi-finals	Winners	3	2	1	0	6	3	+3	066.67
AFC Champions League	9 March 2003	11 October 2003	Group stage	Winners	7	5	0	2	15	8	+7	071.43
Total					40	27	8	5	95	37	+58	067.50

Last updated: 11 October 2003
Source: Soccerway

UAE Football League

Main article: 2002–03 UAE Football League

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Al Ain	22	14	6	2	51	20	+31	48
2	Al Wahda	22	12	7	3	50	29	+21	43
3	Al Ahli	22	9	7	6	47	36	+11	34
4	Al Nasr	22	8	10	4	36	25	+11	34
5	Al Shaab	22	8	8	6	39	31	+8	32

Source: rsssf.com

Matches

Al Ain v Sharjah

18 October 2002 1	Al Ain	4–0	Sharjah	Al Ain
	Sanogo 43' Msarri 51' S. Rashed 77' M. Omar 82'			Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed

Al Shabab v Al Ain

24 October 2002 2	Al Shabab	2–2	Al Ain	Dubai
	W. Obaid 38' J. Khater 87' (o.g.)		Kherrazi 20' M. Omar 30'	Stadium: Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum

Al Ain v Al Wahda

30 October 2002 3	Al Ain	5–3	Al Wahda	Al Ain
	S. Khater 17' S. Rashed 24' M. Omar 61', 88' Fahad. A 78'		Sérgio 5' A. Jumaa 45' F. Masoud 52'	Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed

Al Dhafra v Al Ain

7 November 2002 4	Al Dhafra	0–1	Al Ain	Abu Dhabi
			F. Ali 60'

Al Ain v Al Wasl

14 November 2002 5	Al Ain	3–2	Al Wasl	Al Ain
	Sanogo 11', 46' M. Omar 86'		I. Ali 10' Majidi 65'	Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed

Dubai v Al Ain

22 November 2002 6	Dubai	1–1	Al Ain	Dubai
	Montecinos 65'		M. Omar 88'

Al Ain v Al Ahli

2 December 2002 7	Al Ain	2–4	Al Ahli	Al Ain
	M. Omar 6' S. Rashed 45'		H. Ali 8' (pen.) Kazemian 48' Karimi 62' F. Khalil 93'	Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed

Al Shaab v Al Ain

12 December 2002 8	Al Shaab	0–2	Al Ain	Sharjah
			S. Khater 80' S. Joher 90'	Stadium: Khalid bin Mohammed Stadium

Ittihad Kalba v Al Ain

19 December 2002 9	Ittihad Kalba	1–1	Al Ain	Kalba
	Tamba 58'		Sanogo 52'	Stadium: Ittihad Kalba Stadium

Al Ain v Al Jazira

26 December 2002 10	Al Ain	5–1	Al Jazira	Al Ain
	Sanogo 18', 40' F. Ali 28' M. Omar 64' S. Joher 68'		Weah 61'	Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed

Al Nasr v Al Ain

31 December 2002 11	Al Nasr	1–1	Al Ain	Dubai
	N'Diaye 13'		Sanogo 5'	Stadium: Al Maktoum Stadium

Sharjah v Al Ain

7 January 2003 12	Sharjah	1–0	Al Ain	Sharjah
	N. Mubarak 59'			Stadium: Sharjah Stadium

Al Ain v Al Shabab

11 January 2003 13	Al Ain	2–0	Al Shabab	Al Ain
	Traoré 50' R. Yaslam 75'			Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed

Al Wahda v Al Ain

17 January 2003 14	Al Wahda	1–1	Al Ain	Abu Dhabi
	A. Jumaa 38' (pen.)		Traoré 78'	Stadium: Al Nahyan Stadium

Al Ain v Al Dhafra

30 January 2003 15	Al Ain	6–0	Al Dhafra	Al Ain
	Sanogo 3', 12' Traoré 41' R. Yaslam 50' F. Ali 72' Fahad. A 79'			Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed

Al Wasl v Al Ain

5 February 2003 16	Al Wasl	0–0	Al Ain	Dubai
				Stadium: Zabeel Stadium

Al Ain v Dubai

9 February 2003 17	Al Ain	2–1	Dubai	Al Ain
	Sanogo 57', 90'		Montecinos 74'	Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed

Al Ahli v Al Ain

12 February 2003 18	Al Ahli	1–5	Al Ain	Dubai
	Kazemian 52'		Sanogo 12', 55' S. Khater 23' Traoré 60', 68'	Stadium: Rashid Stadium

Al Ain v Al Shaab

17 February 2003 19	Al Ain	4–1	Al Shaab	Al Ain
	S. Khater 7' F. Ali 18', 34' Traoré 44'		Y. Hassan 24'	Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed

Al Ain v Ittihad Kalba

22 February 2003 20	Al Ain	1–0	Ittihad Kalba	Al Ain
	Sanogo 59'			Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed

Al Jazira v Al Ain

27 February 2003 21	Al Jazira	0–2	Al Ain	Abu Dhabi
			S. Khater 15' Sanogo 88'

Al Ain v Al Nasr

3 March 2003 22	Al Ain	1–0	Al Nasr	Al Ain
	Traoré 26'			Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed

UAE President's Cup

Main article: 2002–03 UAE President's Cup

Group D

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Al Ain	6	5	1	0	17	3	+14	16
Al Wasl	6	4	1	1	14	4	+10	13
Al Shabab	6	4	1	1	14	4	+10	13
Al Khaleej	6	2	2	2	8	10	−2	8
Hatta	6	1	2	3	6	14	−8	5
Al Hamriyah	6	1	1	4	5	17	−12	4
Al Jazirah Al Hamra	6	0	0	6	2	14	−12	0

Source: rsssf.org

Al Ain v Al Hamriyah

13 September 2002 Round 1	Al Ain	6–0	Al Hamriyah
	Msarri 4' H. Saeed 31' Sanogo 32', 43' M. Omar 61' Musabbah .S 75'	Report

Al Khaleej v Al Ain

20 September 2002 Round 2	Al Khaleej	1–3	Al Ain
	A. Mohammed 53'		Sanogo 8' (pen.) R. Yaslam 24', 84'

Al Ain v Al Shabab

26 September 2002 Round 3	Al Ain	1–1	Al Shabab	Dubai
	Fahad. A 48'	Report	Daei 36'	Stadium: Zabeel Stadium

Al Wasl v Al Ain

2 October 2002 Round 4	Al Wasl	0–2	Al Ain
			Sanogo 41' Kherrazi 42'

Al Ain v Hatta

10 October 2002 Round 5	Al Ain	4–1	Hatta
	S. Khater 15', 65' Fahad. A 17' Sanogo 75'	Report	Anan 35'

Al Jazirah Al Hamra v Al Ain

20 March 2003 Round 6	Al Jazirah Al Hamra	0–1	Al Ain
			M. Omar 20'

Round of 16

Al Ain v Al Urooba

30 March 2003	Al Ain	6–0	Al Urooba	Dubai
			M. Omar 11', 24' S. Joher 27' G. Harib 32' F. Ali 44' R. Yaslam 75'	Stadium: Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum

Quarter-finals

Al Ain v Sharjah

2 May 2003	Al Ain	0–3	Sharjah	Abu Dhabi
			Barbosa 56', 93' M. Rashid 81'	Stadium: Al Nahyan Stadium

UAE Super Cup

Main article: 2003 UAE Super Cup

Semi-finals

Al Ahli v Al Ain

7 May 2003 First leg	Al Ahli	0–0	Al Ain	Dubai
				Stadium: Rashid Stadium

Al Ain v Al Ahli

11 May 2003 Second leg	Al Ain	3–2	Al Ahli	Al Ain
	F. Ali 25', 64' M. Qassim 69' (o.g.)	Report	F. Khalil 46' Karimi 52'	Stadium: Tahnoun Bin Mohamed

Final

Al Ain v Al Wahda

16 May 2003 (2003-05-16) Final	Al Ain	3–1	Al Wahda	Sharjah
	F. Ali 18' S. Khater 34', 89'	Report Report	Y. Salem 84'	Stadium: Sharjah Stadium Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Fareed Al-Marzouqi

AFC Champions League

Main article: 2002–03 AFC Champions League

Group stage

Group C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Al Ain (H)	3	3	0	0	6	1	+5	9
Al Sadd	3	1	0	2	4	5	−1	3
Esteghlal	3	1	0	2	5	7	−2	3
Al-Hilal	3	1	0	2	4	6	−2	3

Source:
(H) Hosts

Al Ain v Al-Hilal

9 March 2003	Al Ain	1–0	Al-Hilal	Al Ain
	G. Harib 12' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Tahnoun Bin Mohamed Attendance: 6,500 Referee: Shaban Qassem

Al Ain v Al Sadd

12 March 2003	Al Ain	2–0	Al Sadd	Al Ain
	Traoré 24' Sanogo 89'	Report		Stadium: Tahnoun Bin Mohamed Attendance: 9,000 Referee: Lu Jun

Esteghlal v Al Ain

15 March 2003	Esteghlal	1–3	Al Ain	Al Ain
	Samereh 67'	Report	F. Ali 65' Sanogo 76' G. Harib 78'	Stadium: Tahnoun Bin Mohamed Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Lu Jun

Semi-finals

Al Ain v Dalian Shide

9 April 2003 First leg	Al Ain	4–2	Dalian Shide	Al Ain
	Sanogo 62' (pen.) 83' M. Omar 64' R. Yaslam 75'	Report	Haidong 17' Yao 88'	Stadium: Tahnoun Bin Mohamed Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Ahdul Rahman

Dalian Shide v Al Ain

30 August 2003 Second leg	Dalian Shide	4–3 (6–7 agg.)	Al Ain	Dalian
	Peng 27' Janković 77' Haidong 81', 84'	Report	Mendes 46' M. Omar 65' Majidi 87'	Stadium: People's Stadium Attendance: 46,000 Referee: Masayoshi Okada

Notes

Final

Al Ain v BEC Tero Sasana

3 October 2003 First leg	Al Ain	2–0	BEC Tero Sasana	Al Ain
	Majidi 38' Majidi 74'	Report		Stadium: Tahnoun Bin Mohamed

BEC Tero Sasana v Al Ain

11 October 2003 Second leg	BEC Tero Sasana	1–0 (1–2 agg.)	Al Ain	Bangkok
	Chaiman 60' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Rajamangala Stadium

Statistics

Goalscorers

As of 11 October 2003

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

Rank	Pos.	Player	Football League	President's Cup	Super Cup	Champions League	Total
1	FW	Boubacar Sanogo	15	5	0	4	24
2	FW	Mohammad Omar	8	4	0	2	14
3	FW	Faisal Ali	5	1	3	1	10
4	MF	Subait Khater	5	2	2	0	9
5	FW	Kandia Traoré	7	0	0	1	8
6	MF	Rami Yaslam	2	3	0	1	6
7	DF	Fahad Ali	2	2	0	0	4
8	FW	Farhad Majidi	0	0	0	3	3
	MF	Gharib Harib	0	1	0	2	3
	MF	Sultan Rashed	3	0	0	0	3
	MF	Salem Johar	2	1	0	0	3
12	FW	Said Kherrazi	1	1	0	0	2
	DF	Ali Msarri	1	1	0	0	2
14	FW	Musabbah Salem	0	1	0	0	1
	FW	Rodrigo Mendes	0	0	0	1	1
	MF	Helal Saeed	0	1	0	0	1
Own goals (from the opponents)			0	0	1	0	1
Totals			51	23	6	15	95

External links

• Al Ain FC official website (in English and Arabic)