2003–04 Al Ain FC season

The 2003–04 season was Al Ain Football Club's 36th season in existence and the club's 29th consecutive season in the top-level football league in the UAE.

Al Ain
2003–04 season
PresidentMohammed Bin Zayed
ManagerBruno Metsu
(from 14 July 2002[1]
until 1 June 2004[2][3])

Alain Perrin
(from 13 July 2004[4])
StadiumTahnoun bin Mohammed
UAE Football League1st
President's CupSemi-finals
Top goalscorerLeague: Boubacar Sanogo (11)
All: Rodrigo Mendes (18)

Competitions edit

Overview edit

Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Football League 25 January 2004 24 May 2004 Group stage Winners 16 11 3 2 34 17 +17 068.75
President's Cup 18 September 2003 25 April 2004 Group stage Semi-finals 15 9 3 3 33 12 +21 060.00
Total 31 20 6 5 67 29 +38 064.52

Last updated: 24 May 2004
Source: Competitions

UAE Football League edit

Group stage edit

Group A edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Al Ain 10 6 3 1 17 7 +10 21
2 Al Shabab 10 6 1 3 14 9 +5 19
3 Al Jazira 10 5 3 2 16 10 +6 18
4 Al Nasr 10 4 0 6 13 17 −4 12
5 Al Khaleej 10 2 2 6 10 20 −10 8
6 Sharjah 10 1 3 6 10 17 −7 6
Source: rsssf.org

Matches edit

25 January 2004 1 Al Nasr 0–5 Al Ain Dubai
17:10 Report
Stadium: Al Maktoum Stadium
30 January 2004 2 Al Ain 0–0 Sharjah Al Ain
19:45 Report Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed
5 February 2004 3 Al Jazira 1–1 Al Ain Abu Dhabi
17:25
Report
Stadium: Al Jazira Stadium
22 February 2004 4 Al Khaleej 1–1 Al Ain Khor Fakkan
17:30
Report
26 February 2004 5 Al Ain 2–1 Al Shabab Al Ain
19:55
Report
Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed
9 March 2004 6 Al Ain 2–0 Al Nasr Al Ain
20:00
Report Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed
15 March 2004 7 Sharjah 1–2 Al Ain Sharjah
17:40
Report
Stadium: Sharjah Stadium
21 March 2004 8 Al Ain 2–1 Al Jazira Al Ain
20:00
Report
Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed
7 April 2004 9 Al Ain 2–1 Al Khaleej Al Ain
19:10
Report
Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed
15 April 2004 10 Al Shabab 1–0 Al Ain Dubai
19:10
Report Stadium: Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum

Championship Playoff edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Al Ain 6 5 0 1 17 10 +7 15
2 Al Ahli 6 4 1 1 17 12 +5 13
3 Al Shabab 6 2 1 3 11 10 +1 7
4 Al Wasl 6 0 0 6 4 17 −13 0
Source: rsssf.org

Matches edit

29 April 2004 1 Al Ain 6–4 Al Ahli Al Ain
19:30
Report
Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed
4 May 2004 2 Al Shabab 2–3 Al Ain Dubai
19:10
Report
Stadium: Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum
9 May 2004 3 Al Ain 4–1 Al Wasl Al Ain
19:30
Report
Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed
15 May 2004 4 Al Ahli 1–0 Al Ain Dubai
19:30
Report Stadium: Rashid Stadium
20 May 2004 5 Al Ain 2–1 Al Shabab Al Ain
19:30
Report
Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed
24 May 2004 6 Al Wasl 1–2 Al Ain Dubai
19:30
Report
Stadium: Zabeel Stadium

UAE President's Cup edit

Group C edit

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Al Wasl 12 10 1 1 27 13 +14 31
Al Ain 12 7 3 2 29 10 +19 24
Ittihad Kalba 12 7 1 4 29 23 +6 22
Baniyas 12 5 3 4 20 17 +3 18
Hatta 12 4 5 3 20 17 +3 17
Al Urooba 12 2 0 10 19 41 −22 6
Al Arabi 12 0 1 11 12 35 −23 1
Source: rsssf.org
18 September 2003 1 Al Ain 5–1 Ittihad Kalba Al Ain
19:00
Report
Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed
Referee: Abdullah Al Bannai
24 September 2003 2 Al Ain 6–0 Al Urooba Al Ain
18:55
Report Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed
Referee: Hamad Bin Hanifa
29 September 2003 3 Al Ain 0–0 Hatta Al Ain
18:45 Report Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed
Referee: Ali Al Mulla
23 October 2003 7 Al Wasl 2–1 Al Ain Dubai
18:25
Report Stadium: Zabeel Stadium
Referee: Salah Amen
29 October 2003 4 Baniyas 1–4 Al Ain Abu Dhabi
21:00
Report
Referee: Musallam Ahmad
2 November 2003 5 Al Ain 2–1 Al Arabi Al Ain
21:00
Report
Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed
Referee: Hamad Bin Hanifa
6 Al Ain bye
6 November 2003 8 Ittihad Kalba 1–1 Al Ain Kalba
21:00
Report
Stadium: Ittihad Kalba Stadium
Referee: Ali Al Mulla
13 November 2003 9 Al Urooba 1–3 Al Ain Fujairah
21:00
Report
Stadium: Al Urooba Club Stadium
Referee: Abdelwahid Khatir
17 December 2003 10 Hatta 2–1 Al Ain Hatta
18:10 GMT+4 (UAE Time)
Report
Stadium: Hamdan Bin Rashid Stadium
Referee: Abdullah Mohammed Al-Shehhi
23 December 2003 11 Al Ain 1–1 Baniyas Al Ain
18:10
Report
Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed
Referee: Ali Al-Badwawi
28 December 2003 12 Al Arabi 0–2 Al Ain Umm Al Quwain
18:15 Report
Stadium: Umm al Quwain Stadium
Referee: Abdelwahid Khatir
13 Al Ain bye
8 January 2004 14 Al Ain 3–0 Al Wasl Al Ain
18:25
Report Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed
Referee: Mohamed Al Junaibi
19 January 2004 Round of 16 Al Ain 3–1 Al Dhafra Abu Dhabi
17:30
Report
Stadium: Al Nahyan Stadium
19 April 2004 Quarter-finals Al Jazira 1–1
(2–4 p)
Al Ain Dubai
18:05
Report
Stadium: Rashid Stadium
25 April 2004 Semi-finals Al Shaab 0–0
(4–1 p)
Al Ain

Statistics edit

Goalscorers edit

As of 24 May 2004

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

Rank Pos. Player Football League President's Cup Total
1 FW   Rodrigo Mendes 6 12 18
2 FW   Mohammad Omar 10 4 14
3 FW   Boubacar Sanogo 11 0 11
4 FW   Naseeb Ishak 2 7 9
5 MF   Gharib Harib 1 3 4
6 DF   Hassan Abdullah 0 3 3
7 DF   Ali Al Sharji 0 1 1
MF   Rami Yaslam 1 0 1
FW   Faisal Ali 0 1 1
MF   Ali Al-Wehaibi 1 0 1
MF   Subait Khater 1 0 1
MF   Sultan Rashed 1 0 1
MF   Salem Johar 0 1 1
MF   Adnan Al Thaibani 0 1 1
Own goals (from the opponents) 0 0 0
Totals 34 33 67

References edit

  1. ^ "ميتسو مدرب رسمي للعين لموسم واحد" (in Arabic). Al Yaum.
  2. ^ "ميتسو يقرر ترك العين" (in Arabic). Al Yaum.
  3. ^ "ميتسو: سأترك العين وأنتظر عرضا جديدا من كوريا" (in Arabic). Al-Wasat.
  4. ^ "بيران مدربا للعين الإماراتي خلفا لميتسو" (in Arabic). FilGoal.

External links edit