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2001–02 Al Ain FC season

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Al Ain
2001–02 season
PresidentMohammed Bin Zayed
ManagerAnghel Iordănescu
(from 13 March 2001[1][2]
until 4 January 2002[3][4])

Ahmed Abdullah*
(from 6 January 2002
until 8 January 2002[5])

Džemal Hadžiabdić
(from 8 January 2002[5][4]
until 15 June 2002[6])
UAE Football League1st
President's CupSemi-finals
Federation CupGroup stage
UAE Super CupRunner-ups
Asian Cup Winners' CupQuarter-finals
Arab Club Champions CupWithdrew[7][8]
Top goalscorerLeague: Arthur Moses (12)
All: Joël Tiéhi (19)
All statistics correct as of 7 June 2002.

The 2001–02 season was Al Ain Football Club's 34th in existence and the club's 27th consecutive season in the top-level football league in the UAE.

Club

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Technical staff

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Position Name
Head coach Romania Anghel Iordănescu
Assistant coach United Arab Emirates Ahmed Abdullah
U-21 team head coach Tunisia Mohammad El Mansi
Team Manager United Arab Emirates Matar Obaid Al Sahbani
First team supervisor United Arab Emirates Hamad Nakhirat Al Ameri

Players

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First Team

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Pos. Name
GK United Arab Emirates Waleed Salim
GK United Arab Emirates Zakria Ahmed
United Arab Emirates Talal Mustafa
DF United Arab Emirates Juma Khater
DF United Arab Emirates Mohammed Hamdoon
FW United Arab Emirates Fahad Al Nowais
MF United Arab Emirates Salem Joher
DF United Arab Emirates Salem Ali
DF United Arab Emirates Abdullah Ali
MF United Arab Emirates Rami Yaslam
FW United Arab Emirates Faisal Ali
MF United Arab Emirates Omar Gharib
DF United Arab Emirates Hassan Abdullah
FW United Arab Emirates Salem Muftah
MF Morocco Rachid Daoudi
United Arab Emirates Mohammed Saeed
MF United Arab Emirates Helal Saeed
United Arab Emirates Youssef Hareb
FW Ivory Coast Joël Tiéhi
United Arab Emirates Ahmed saeed
DF United Arab Emirates Ali Msarri
United Arab Emirates Musabbah Salem
United Arab Emirates Eisa Saeed
United Arab Emirates Hamad Saeed
United Arab Emirates Bader Musabbah

Competitions

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Overview

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Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Football League 15 November 2001 12 May 2002 Matchday 1 Winners 22 14 5 3 44 23 +21 063.64
President's Cup 8 January 2002 7 June 2002 Group stage Semi-finals 9 8 0 1 34 6 +28 088.89
Federation Cup 13 September 2001 1 November 2001 Group stage Group stage 10 5 2 3 14 10 +4 050.00
UAE Super Cup 19 May 2002 24 May 2002 Semi-finals Runners-up 2 1 0 1 2 2 +0 050.00
Asian Cup Winners' Cup 21 December 2001 22 February 2002 First round Quarter-finals 5 3 0 2 5 4 +1 060.00
Total 48 31 7 10 99 45 +54 064.58

Last updated: 7 June 2002
Source: Competitions

UAE Football League

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League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Al Ain 22 14 5 3 44 23 +21 47
2 Al Jazira 22 11 5 6 50 33 +17 38
3 Al Shaab 22 9 10 3 40 26 +14 37
4 Al Wahda 22 10 6 6 55 38 +17 36
5 Al Ahli 22 8 6 8 42 35 +7 30
Source: rsssf.org

Matches

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15 November 2001 1 Ittihad Kalba 0–2 Al Ain Kalba
Report
  • Tiéhi 6', 49'
Stadium: Ittihad Kalba Stadium
Referee: Musallam Ahmad
18 November 2001 2 Al Ain 3–1 Al Shabab Al Ain
Report Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed
Referee: Ali Bujsaim
22 November 2001 3 Al Shaab 3–1 Al Ain Sharjah
Report Stadium: Khalid bin Mohammed Stadium
Referee: Fareed Al-Marzouqi
28 November 2001 4 Al Ain 3–1 Baniyas Al Ain
Report
Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed
5 December 2001 5 Al Nasr 0–0 Al Ain Dubai
Report Stadium: Al Maktoum Stadium
Referee: Fareed Al-Marzouqi
27 December 2001 7 Al Khaleej 0–2 Al Ain Khor Fakkan
Report
4 February 2002 8 Al Ain 2–1 Al Ahli Al Ain
Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed
28 February 2002 11 Al Wasl 1–0 Al Ain Dubai
Report Stadium: Zabeel Stadium
5 March 2002 6 Al Ain 3–1 Al Wahda Al Ain
Report Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed
Referee: Ali Bujsaim
10 March 2002 9 Sharjah 3–3 Abandoned Al Ain Sharjah
Report
Stadium: Sharjah Stadium
Referee: Ahmed Khamis
15 March 2002 10 Al Ain 0–1 Al Jazira Al Ain
Report
Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed
19 March 2002 Replay Sharjah 2–2 Al Ain Dubai
Report
Stadium: Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum
Referee: Mohamed Omar
29 March 2002 14 Al Ain 2–2 Al Shaab Al Ain
Report Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed
Referee: Fareed Al-Marzouqi
4 April 2002 15 Baniyas 0–1 Al Ain Abu Dhabi
Report
Referee: Ahmed Khamis
8 April 2002 13 Al Shabab 1–2 Al Ain Dubai
Report
Stadium: Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum
11 April 2002 16 Al Ain 3–1 Al Nasr Al Ain
Report
Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed
Referee: Mohamed Omar
16 April 2002 17 Al Wahda 2–3 Al Ain Abu Dhabi
Report
Stadium: Al Nahyan Stadium
Referee: Mohamed Omar
19 April 2002 18 Al Ain 3–2 Al Khaleej Al Ain
Report
Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed
25 April 2002 19 Al Ahli 0–0 Al Ain Dubai
Report Stadium: Rashid Stadium
29 April 2002 12 Al Ain 2–1 Ittihad Kalba Al Ain
Report
Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed
Referee: Salah Amen
2 May 2002 20 Al Ain 5–1 Sharjah Al Ain
Report Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed
Referee: Mohamed Al-Zarouni
8 May 2002 21 Al Jazira 2–2 Al Ain Abu Dhabi
Report
Stadium: Al Jazira Stadium
Referee: Mohamed Omar
12 May 2002 22 Al Ain 3–0 Al Wasl Al Ain
Report Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed
Referee: Musallam Ahmad

UAE President's Cup

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Group D

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Al Ain 6 6 0 0 27 1 +26 18
Al Khaleej 6 4 1 1 12 7 +5 13
Al Shaab 6 3 0 3 14 14 0 9
Ahli Al Fujairah 6 2 1 3 13 13 0 7
Al Urooba 6 2 1 3 9 11 −2 7
Dibba 6 1 1 4 3 15 −12 4
Al Jazirah Al Hamra 6 1 0 5 7 24 −17 3
Source: rsssf.org
8 January 2002 2 Al Ain 3–0 Dibba Al Ain
Report Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed
14 January 2002 1 Al Urooba 0–6 Al Ain Fujairah
Stadium: Al Urooba Club Stadium
18 January 2002 3 Al Khaleej 1–3 Al Ain Khor Fakkan
Report
21 January 2002 4 Al Ain 6–0 Al Jazirah Al Hamra Al Ain
Report Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed
26 January 2002 5 Ahli Al Fujairah 0–3 Al Ain Fujairah
Report Stadium: Fujairah Stadium
Referee: Abdullah Al Bannai
30 January 2002 6 Al Ain 6–0 Al Shaab Al Ain
Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed
30 May 2002 Round of 16 Al Ain 2–1 Al Shabab Abu Dhabi
Report Stadium: Al Jazira Stadium
3 June 2002 Quarter-finals Al Dhafra 1–3 Al Ain Abu Dhabi
Report
Stadium: Al Jazira Stadium
7 June 2002 Semi-finals Al Jazira 3–2 Al Ain Abu Dhabi
Report
Stadium: Al Nahyan Stadium

UAE Super Cup

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19 May 2002 Semi-finals Al Ain 2–1 Al Shaab Abu Dhabi
Report Stadium: Al Nahyan Stadium
Referee: Ali Bujsaim
24 May 2002 Final Al Wahda 1–0 Al Ain Dubai
Report Stadium: Al Maktoum Stadium
Referee: Mohamed Al-Zarouni

UAE Federation Cup

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Group B

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Al Nasr 10 7 3 0 34 15 +19 24
Al Ahli 10 5 3 2 20 18 +2 18
Al Ain 10 5 2 3 14 10 +4 17
Al Shabab 10 3 3 4 17 18 −1 12
Ittihad Kalba 10 1 4 5 12 17 −5 7
Al Khaleej 10 1 1 8 9 28 −19 4
Source: rsssf.org
13 September 2001 1 Al Ain 0–2
Awarded[n 1]
Al Ahli Al Ain
Report Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed
Referee: Musallam Ahmad
17 September 2001 2 Al Ain 1–0 Al Khaleej Al Ain
Report Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed
Referee: Ali Al-Badwawi
20 September 2001 3 Al Ain 1–1 Al Shabab Al Ain
Report Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed
Referee: Ahmed Khamis
26 September 2001 4 Al Ain 1–1 Al Nasr Al Ain
Report Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed
Referee: Mohamed Al-Zarouni
3 October 2001 5 Ittihad Kalba 1–2 Al Ain Kalba
Report
Stadium: Ittihad Kalba Stadium
Referee: Waleed Ali
7 October 2001 6 Al Ahli 1–0 Al Ain Dubai
Report Stadium: Rashid Stadium
Referee: Ali Bujsaim
11 October 2001 7 Al Khaleej 1–5 Al Ain Khor Fakkan
Report
Referee: Ali Al Mulla
17 October 2001 8 Al Shabab 0–1 Al Ain Dubai
Report
Stadium: Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum
Referee: Abdullah Al Bannai
24 October 2001 9 Al Nasr 3–1 Al Ain Dubai
Report
Stadium: Al Maktoum Stadium
Referee: Mohamed Omar
1 November 2001 10 Al Ain 2–0 Ittihad Kalba Al Ain
Report Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed
Referee: Ali Al Mulla

Notes

  1. ^ The Al Ain v Al Ahli first leg, originally won 3–0 by Al Ain, was forfeited and awarded 2–0 to Al Ahli by the UAE FA Competitions Committee on 16 September 2001, as Al Ain fielded the player Salim Ali, whose FA registration card was not renewed by the club.[9]

Asian Cup Winners' Cup

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First round

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Al Ain United Arab Emirates w/o[n 1] Kuwait Al Salmiya

Notes

  1. ^ Al Salmiya withdrew.

Second round

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21 December 2001 First leg Al Wahdat Jordan 2–1 United Arab Emirates Al Ain Amman
Stadium: King Abdullah II Stadium
Referee: Mahmoud Al Rifai (Syria)
4 January 2002 Second leg Al Ain United Arab Emirates 2–0
(3–2 agg.)
Jordan Al Wahdat Al Ain
Report Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed
Referee: Sabah Qasim (Iraq)

Quarter-finals

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15 February 2002 First leg Al Sadd Qatar 1–0 United Arab Emirates Al Ain Doha
Report Stadium: Jassim bin Hamad Stadium
22 February 2002 Second leg Al Ain United Arab Emirates 2–1
(2–2a agg.)
Qatar Al Sadd Al Ain
Report Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Qassem Shaaban (Kuwait)

Statistics

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Goalscorers

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As of 7 June 2002

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 UAE Super Cup Asian Cup Winners' Cup Total
1 FW Ivory Coast Joël Tiéhi 7 6 6 0 0 19
2 FW Ghana Arthur Moses 12 2 0 0 4 18
3 MF Nigeria Emmanuel Ebiede 2 6 1 0 0 9
4 FW United Arab Emirates Mohammad Omar 6 2 0 0 0 8
5 MF United Arab Emirates Salem Johar 3 2 0 1 0 6
6 DF United Arab Emirates Abdullah Ali 4 0 0 1 0 5
MF United Arab Emirates Rami Yaslam 0 5 0 0 0 5
8 MF United Arab Emirates Helal Saeed 1 1 2 0 0 4
FW United Arab Emirates Faisal Ali 0 1 3 0 0 4
FW United Arab Emirates Salem Muftah 0 3 1 0 0 4
11 MF United Arab Emirates Gharib Harib 2 0 0 0 1 3
MF United Arab Emirates Subait Khater 2 1 0 0 0 3
MF United Arab Emirates Sultan Rashed 3 0 0 0 0 3
DF United Arab Emirates Fahad Ali 1 2 0 0 0 3
15 MF United Arab Emirates Shehab Ahmed 1 1 0 0 0 2
16 DF United Arab Emirates Humaid Fakher 0 1 0 0 0 1
DF United Arab Emirates Hassan Abdullah 0 1 0 0 0 1
MF United Arab Emirates Abdullah Musabbah 0 0 1 0 0 1
Own goals (from the opponents) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 44 34 14 2 5 99

References

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  1. ^ "يوردانيسكو يدرب العين مقابل 450 ألف دولار" [Jordanescu trains Al Ain for $450,000] (in Arabic). AlJazeera.net.
  2. ^ "Al Ain signs up Romanian coach". GulfNews.com.
  3. ^ "يوردانيسكو يستقيل من العين لتدريب منتخب رومانيا" (in Arabic). Al-Bayan. Archived from the original on 2002-11-20. Retrieved 2023-06-08.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  4. ^ a b "البوسني جمال حاجي بديلا ليوردانيسكو في تدريب العين" [Bosnian Jamal Haji substitute for Jordanescu in Al Ain training] (in Arabic). Aawsat.com.
  5. ^ a b "يصل مساء اليوم لتوقيع العقد وقيادة الفريق، البوسني حاجي مدربا للعين بديلا ليوردانيسكو" (in Arabic). Al-Bayan. Archived from the original on 2002-01-11. Retrieved 2023-06-08.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  6. ^ "جمال حاجي: الاعتذار قرار صعب بعد نجاحي مع الفريق" (in Arabic). Al-Bayan. Archived from the original on 2005-03-26. Retrieved 2023-06-10.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  7. ^ "مفاجأة غير متوقعة، العين يعتذر عن عدم المشاركة في البطولة العربية بالدوحة" (in Arabic). Al-Bayan. Archived from the original on 2003-04-24. Retrieved 2023-06-07.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  8. ^ "الريان القطري يشارك في بطولة الأندية العربية" (in Arabic). AlJazeera.net.
  9. ^ "Al Ahli declared winners over Al Ain". Gulf News. 17 September 2001.
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