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Al Ain

2009–10 season
President	Mohammed Bin Zayed
Chairman	Hazza Bin Zayed
Head coach	Winfried Schäfer (from 26 Dec 2007) (until 2 December 2009) Rachid Benmahmoud* (from 2 December 2009) (until 11 December 2009) Toninho Cerezo (from 11 December 2009) (until 14 April 2010) Abdulhameed Al Mistaki* (from 14 April 2010)
Stadium	Khalifa bin Zayed
UAE Pro League	3rd
President's Cup	Round of 16
League Cup	Semi-finals
UAE Super Cup	Winners
AFC Champions League	2010: Group stage
Top goalscorer	League: José Sand (24) All: José Sand (33)
Home colours Away colours Third colours
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The 2009–10 season was Al Ain Football Club's 42nd in existence and the club's 35th consecutive season in the top-level football league in the UAE.

Al Ain began this season by winning the Super Cup. To continue his career at winning competitions, after a Great achievement in last season, at winning two titles in two weeks., Etisalat Emirates Cup and UAE President Cup.

During the summer transfer window, Al Ain Club signing with Emerson for 2 years from Flamengo, and with the player Jose Sand from Lanús at $10 million for 4 years, Also signed a contract with Ittihad kalba goalkeeper Yousef Abdulrahman at $10 million for 5 years .

On 18 January, During The winter transfer window opened, Al Ain Club signing the Asian foreigner and the four professional player in the team Lee Ho from Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma till the end of the season, and he was given the number 50.

Players

First Team

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  UAE Yousif Al Bairaq 2 FW  UAE Abdulaziz Fayez 3 DF  UAE Hilal Saeed 4 DF  UAE Msalam Fayez 5 DF  UAE Ismail Ahmed 6 MF  UAE Omar Abdulrahman 7 MF  UAE Ali Al-Wehaibi 8 FW  BRA Emerson 9 FW  ARG José Sand 10 MF  CHI Jorge Valdivia (captain) 11 MF  UAE Ahmad Mathaad 12 GK  UAE Waleed Salem 13 MF  UAE Rami Yaslam 15 FW  UAE Nasser Khamis 17 MF  UAE Ahmed Al-Shamsi 18 FW  UAE Ahmed Khamis

No. Pos. Nation Player 19 DF  UAE Mohanad Salem 20 FW  UAE Mohammed Abdulrahman 21 DF  UAE Fawzi Fayez 22 GK  UAE Sultan Musabah 23 MF  UAE Shehab Ahmed 24 MF  UAE Abdullah Malallah 26 MF  UAE Saif Mohammed 27 MF  UAE Salem Abdullah 30 GK  UAE Abdulla Sultan 44 DF  UAE Faris Jumaa 50 MF  KOR Lee Ho 77 MF  UAE Hazaa Salem 80 DF  UAE Mohamed Fayez 99 FW  UAE Faisal Ali

Starting 11

No.	Pos.	Name
1	GK	Waleed Salim
5	DF	Ismaeel Ahmed
19	DF	Mohanad Salem
44	DF	Fares Jumaa
80	DF	Mohammed Fayez
10	MF	Jorge Valdivia
27	MF	Salem Abdullah
26	MF	Saif Mohammed
7	MF	Ali Al-Wehaibi
8	FW	Emerson
9	FW	José Sand

From youth system

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 20 FW  UAE Mohammed Abdulrahman 6 MF  UAE Omar Abdulrahman 15 DF  UAE Khaled Abdulrahman 2 FW  UAE Abdulaziz Fayez

Transfers

In

No.	Position	Player	From	Fee	Date	Ref.
1	GK	Yousif Al Bairaq	Ittihad Kalba	Undisclosed	21 June 2009
9	FW	José Sand	Lanús	€9,280,000	8 August 2009
8	FW	Emerson	Flamengo	€1,600,000	2 September 2009
50	MF	Lee Ho	Seongnam	Free transfer	18 January 2010

Out

No.	Position	Player	To	Fee	Date	Ref.
—	MF	Fadel Ahmad	Al Wasl	Undisclosed	8 June 2009
29	DF	Jumaa Abdullah	Al Jazira	€610,000	13 June 2009
6	DF	Ali Msarri	Baniyas	€410,000	18 June 2009
1	GK	Mutaz Abdulla	Al Wahda	Undisclosed	20 June 2009
16	DF	Abdullah Ali	Baniyas	Undisclosed	28 June 2009
—	DF	Mahboob Juma	Ajman	Free transfer	4 July 2009
14	FW	André Senghor	Baniyas	Undisclosed	1 July 2009
99	FW	André Dias	Unattached		1 July 2009
25	DF	Humaid Fakher	Baniyas	Undisclosed	17 July 2009
77	MF	Darwish Ahmed	Al Wasl	Undisclosed	23 July 2009

Loans out

No.	Pos	Name	To	Start date	End date	Ref.
8	MF	Ahmad Khalfan	Al Wasl	19 June 2009	End of Season
33	FW	Soufiane Alloudi	Raja	19 August 2009	End of Season

Managerial changes

During the season

Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Replaced by	Date of appointment	Position in table
Winfried Schaefer	Sacked	2 December 2009	Rachid Benmahmoud (Caretaker)	2 December 2009	3rd
Rachid Benmahmoud	Caretaker	11 December 2009	Toninho Cerezo	11 December 2009	4th
Toninho Cerezo	Sacked (poor ACL performances)	14 April 2010	Abdulhameed Al Mistaki (Coach U17) (Caretaker)	14 April 2010	3rd

Pre-season and friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

UAE-Germany Super Cup

Competitions

Overview

Last updated: 16 May 2010
Source: Competitions

UAE Pro League

League table

1. League champions Al-Wahda also qualified for the 2011 AFC Champions League group stage.
2. Emirates Club, which played in the UAE Division 1 Group A, also secured 2011 AFC Champions League group stage qualification by winning the 2009–10 UAE President's Cup.

Results summary

Last updated: 16 May 2010.
Source: UAE Premier League

Results by round

Matches

UAE League Cup

Group B

Semi-finals

UAE President's Cup

2010 AFC Champions League

Group stage

Group D

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Al-Shabab	6	3	1	2	10	8	+2	10	Advance to knockout stage
2	Pakhtakor	6	3	0	3	8	10	−2	9
3	Sepahan	6	2	2	2	5	5	0	8
4	Al-Ain	6	2	1	3	8	8	0	7

24 February 2010	Al Ain	0–1	Pakhtakor	Al Ain
19:20 (UTC+4)		Report	Gevorkyan 60'	Stadium: Khalifa bin Zayed Attendance: 6,405 Referee: Sun Baojie (China)

10 March 2010	Sepahan	0–0	Al Ain	Isfahan
17:00 (UTC+3:30)		Report		Stadium: Foolad Shahr Stadium Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Abdul Malik Bashir (Singapore)

23 March 2010	Al Ain	2–1	Al-Shabab	Al Ain
19:30 (UTC+4)	Emerson 15' Sand 24' Valdivia  72'	Report	Al-Saran 45'	Stadium: Khalifa bin Zayed Attendance: 4,607 Referee: Kim Dong-Jin (Korea Republic)

31 March 2010	Al-Shabab	3–2	Al Ain	Riyadh
20:30 (UTC+3)	Amado 12', 66' Camacho 83'	Report	Sand 31' Neda 56' (o.g.)	Stadium: King Fahd International Stadium Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Mohsen Basma (Syria)

13 April 2010	Pakhtakor	3–2	Al Ain	Tashkent
18:00 (UTC+5)	Ahmedov 9', 12', 29'	Report	Valdivia 2' Suyunov 20' (o.g.)	Stadium: Pakhtakor Markaziy Stadium Attendance: 14,600 Referee: Matthew Breeze (Australia)

27 April 2010	Al Ain	2–0	Sepahan	Al Ain
19:50 (UTC+4)	Sand 43' (pen.), 71'	Report		Stadium: Khalifa bin Zayed Attendance: 1,543 Referee: Hiroyoshi Takayama (Japan)

Statistics

Goalscorers

As of 16 May 2010

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

Rank	Pos.	Player	Pro League	President's Cup	League Cup	Champions League	Total
1	FW	José Sand	24		5	4	33
2	FW	Emerson Sheik	9		1	1	11
3	MF	Jorge Valdivia	3			1	4
4	MF	Abdullah Malallah	3				3
	FW	Mohammed Abdulrahman	2		1		3
	DF	Ismail Ahmed	1		2		3
4	MF	Saif Mohammed	1		1		2
	MF	Shehab Ahmed	2				2
	MF	Ahmed Khamis	1		1		2
	FW	Abdulaziz Fayez	2				2
	MF	Salem Abdullah	2				2
	DF	Hazza Salem			2		2
4	DF	Mohanad Salem	1				1
	DF	Fares Jumaa	1				1
	MF	Omar Abdulrahman	1				1
	MF	Ali Al-Wehaibi	1				1
	DF	Fawzi Fayez	1				1
	MF	Hilal Saeed	1				1
Own goals (from the opponents)			1			2	3
Totals			57	0	13	8	78

References

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External links

• Al Ain FC official website (in English and Arabic)
• ZaimUae Fans (in Arabic)
• Goalzz.com: Al Ain Club Page
• Kooora.com: Al Ain Club Page (in Arabic)

• Al Ain FC seasons
• Emirati football clubs 2009–10 seasons