# 2013–14 Al Ain FC season

The 2013–14 season was Al Ain Football Club's 46th in existence and the club's 39th consecutive season in the top-level football league in the UAE.

## Season overview
### June

Al Ain started summer transfer window signing central midfielder Sultan Al Ghaferi for a three-year deal after the end of his contract with Baniyas. On 11 June, Ivorian central midfielder Ibrahim Diaky was officially presented as an Al Ain player at the press conference for two seasons in exchange deal with Al Jazira of joining Musallam Fayez and Yaqoub Al Hosani along with €1 million. On 17 June, Al Ain announced the end of contract Abdullah Malallah and agreed to terminate the contract with Mohamed Malallah. On 30 June, Saif Mohammed signed a two-year loan extension with Al Dhafra.

### July

On 3 July, manager Cosmin Olaroiu moved to manage Al Ain's bitter rivals Al Ahli. On 16 July, it was announced at a press conference the extension of contracts Helal Saeed, Mohanad Salem and Ismail Ahmed. Goalkeeper Khalid Essa moved to Al Ain in undisclosed deal. Hazza Salem, Bandar Al Ahbabi, Yousif Abdelrahman returned to Al Ain after the end of their loans. On 25 July, Al Ain announced that Jorge Fossati will be appointed as the new manager for a one-year deal. On 31 July, Al Dhafra announced signing Al Ain goalkeeper Abdulla Sultan for 5 seasons in undisclosed deal. The 27-year-old leaves after 3 season with the first team.

### August

On 1 August, Al Ain announced reached an agreement with Lyon over the transfer of Brazilian midfielder, Michel Bastos. Reportedly Al Ain agree to pay €4 million fee for Bastos. On 30 August Al Ain FC were defeated by Al Ahli on penalties after a 0–0 in the 2013 UAE Super Cup at the Mohammed Bin Zayed Stadium.

### September

On 4 September, Al Ain kicked off League Cup with a disappointing 3–1 away loss to Baniyas. On 7 September, Jires Kembo Ekoko joined Qatari club El Jaish for a one-season loan. After two defeats in a row, Al Ain confidently win The Derby a 3–0 over Al Wahda. On 13 September, Al Ain sack Jorge Fossati after seven weeks, due his philosophy and style of play did not suitable with the team and assigned temporarily Ahmed Abdullah, reserve team manager. On 27 September, Quique Flores arrived at Al Ain on Friday to be the new coach on a two-year deal.

### May
## Players
## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss

## 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 % |
| Pro League | 15 September 2013 | 9 May 2014 | Matchday 1 | 6th | 26 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 52 | 33 | +19 | 046.15 |
| League Cup | 4 September 2013 | 14 November 2013 | Group stage | Group stage | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 9 | +2 | 050.00 |
| President's Cup | 10 December 2013 | 18 May 2014 | Round of 16 | Winners | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 4 | +5 | 100.00 |
| Super Cup | 30 August 2013 | 30 August 2013 | Final | Runner-up | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | +0 | 000.00 |
| Champions League | 26 February 2014 | 30 September 2014 | Group stage | Semi-finals | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 25 | 14 | +11 | 066.67 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 49 | 27 | 10 | 12 | 97 | 60 | +37 | 055.10 |
Last updated: 30 September 2014 Source: Competitions

### Arabian Gulf League
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 4 | Al Shabab | 26 | 13 | 5 | 8 | 42 | 28 | +14 | 44 | 2015 GCC Champions League group stage |
| 5 | Al Nasr | 26 | 13 | 5 | 8 | 42 | 32 | +10 | 44 | 2015 GCC Champions League group stage |
| 6 | Al Ain | 26 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 52 | 33 | +19 | 43 | 2015 AFC Champions League group stage |
| 7 | Al Sharjah | 26 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 29 | 25 | +4 | 40 | |
| 8 | Al-Dhafra | 26 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 44 | 44 | 0 | 35 | |
* ↑ Al Ain qualified through winning the Presidents Cup.

#### Matches

Last updated: 9 May 2014 Source: AGLeague.ae

### League Cup
#### Group stage
##### Group A

| Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Sharjah | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 2 | +9 | 16 |
| Al Jazira | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 12 |
| Al Ain | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 9 | +2 | 10 |
| Bani Yas | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | +2 | 10 |
| Al Shaab | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | −3 | 5 |
| Dubai | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 10 | −4 | 4 |
| Al Wahda | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 9 | −6 | 3 |

#### Matches

Last updated: 17 November 2013 Source: AGLeague.ae

### AFC Champions League
#### Group C

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | AIN | ITT | LEK | TRA |
| 1 | Al-Ain | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 7 | +7 | 11 | Advance to knockout stage | — | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 |
| 2 | Al-Ittihad | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | +2 | 10 | Advance to knockout stage | 2–1 | — | 3–1 | 2–0 |
| 3 | Lekhwiya | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | −5 | 7 | | 0–5 | 2–0 | — | 0–0 |
| 4 | Tractor Sazi | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | −4 | 5 | | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | — |

#### Knockout phase
##### Round of 16

Al-Ain won 4–2 on aggregate.

##### Quarter-finals

Al-Ain won 5–1 on aggregate.

##### Semi-finals

Al-Hilal won 4–2 on aggregate.

## Statistics
### Squad Stats

| | League | Asia | Cup | League Cup | Super cup | Total Stats |
| Games played | 26 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 49 |
| Games won | 12 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 27 |
| Games drawn | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 |
| Games lost | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 12 |
| Goals for | 52 | 25 | 9 | 11 | 0 | 97 |
| Goals against | 33 | 14 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 60 |
| Yellow cards | 51 | 17 | 11 | 15 | 4 | 98 |
| Red cards | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
Last updated: 30 September 2014 Source: Competitive matches

### Disciplinary record

| N | P | Name | League | League | League | League Cup | President's Cup | Champions League | Super Cup | Total | Total | Total |
| 2 | DF | M.Ayed | 1 | | | | | | | 1 | | |
| 3 | FW | Gyan | 1 | | | | | 1 | | 2 | | |
| 4 | MF | S.Al Ghaferi | 1 | | | | | | | 1 | | |
| 5 | DF | Ismail | 5 | | | | 2 | | | 7 | | |
| 6 | MF | Rădoi | 2 | | 1 | 3 | | | 1 | 6 | | 1 |
| 8 | MF | Bastos | 1 | | | 1 | | | | 2 | | |
| 8 | MF | El Ghanassy | 1 | | | | | | | 1 | | |
| 10 | MF | Omar.A | 5 | | | | 2 | 1 | | 8 | | |
| 15 | DF | Khaled.A | | | | 1 | 1 | | | 2 | | |
| 16 | FW | Mohamed.A | 2 | | | 3 | | | | 5 | | |
| 17 | GK | Khalid.E | 3 | | | | | | | 3 | | |
| 18 | MF | Diaky | 5 | | | | | 2 | | 7 | | |
| 19 | DF | Mohanad | 2 | | 1 | | | | | 2 | | 1 |
| 20 | MF | Helal.S | | | | | 1 | 2 | | 3 | | |
| 21 | DF | Fawzi.F | 2 | 1 | | | | 1 | | 3 | 1 | |
| 22 | GK | Al Mas | | | | | 1 | | | 1 | | |
| 23 | DF | M.Ahmed | 2 | | | | | 2 | 1 | 5 | | |
| 24 | MF | A.Barman | 1 | | | | 1 | 2 | | 4 | | |
| 25 | MF | Ahmed.A | 2 | | | | | | 1 | 3 | | |
| 27 | MF | Salem.A | 1 | | | 1 | | | | 2 | | |
| 31 | DF | Hazza.S | 3 | | | | 1 | | | 4 | | |
| 32 | FW | Brosque | 3 | | | 1 | | 1 | | 5 | | |
| 35 | FW | Yousef.A | 1 | | | | | | | 1 | | |
| 36 | GK | Dawoud | | | | 1 | | | | 1 | | |
| 44 | DF | Fares.J | 3 | | 1 | 3 | | 1 | 1 | 8 | | 1 |
| 50 | DF | Mohammed.F | 4 | | | | | | | 4 | | |
Last updated: 18 May 2014 Source: Competitive matches and AGLeague.ae Only competitive matches Ordered by , and = Number of bookings; = Number of sending offs after a second yellow card; = Number of sending offs by a direct red card.