# 2001–02 Al Ain FC season

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
### Technical staff

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

## Players
### First Team

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

## Competitions
### Overview

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | 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 | Total | Total | Total | Total | 48 | 31 | 7 | 10 | 99 | 45 | +54 | 064.58 |
Last updated: 7 June 2002 Source: Competitions

### UAE Football League
#### League table

| Pos | Team v t e | 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 |

#### Matches
### UAE President's Cup
#### Group D

| 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 |

### UAE Federation Cup
#### Group B

| 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 |
Notes
* ↑ 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.

### Asian Cup Winners' Cup
#### First round

Notes
* ↑ Al Salmiya withdrew.

#### Quarter-finals
## Statistics
### Goalscorers

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