# 2020–21 Al-Ain FC season

The 2020–21 season was Al-Ain's first season in the Pro League after gaining promotion in the previous season and their 43rd year in existence. The club participated in the Pro League and the King Cup.
The season covered the period from 22 September 2020 to 30 June 2021.

## Players
### Squad information

    As of 1 February 2021
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | KSA | Amin Bukhari (on loan from Al-Nassr) |
| 2 | DF | KSA | Ali Al-Khaibari (on loan from Al-Ettifaq) |
| 3 | DF | ANG | Bastos |
| 4 | DF | KSA | Amer Haroon |
| 5 | DF | KSA | Saif Al-Qeshtah |
| 6 | MF | SEN | Badou Ndiaye (on loan from Stoke City) |
| 7 | MF | KSA | Rabee Sufyani |
| 9 | FW | BRA | Getterson |
| 10 | MF | VEN | Juanpi |
| 11 | FW | EGY | Mohammad Fouad |
| 12 | DF | KSA | Hassan Muath |
| 13 | DF | KSA | Hussein Halawani (on loan from Al-Ettifaq) |
| 15 | MF | KSA | Saeed Al-Zahrani |
| 17 | DF | KSA | Mohammed Al-Shoraimi |
| 19 | DF | KSA | Abdullah Al-Rashidi |
| 20 | MF | NIG | Amadou Moutari |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 21 | GK | KSA | Saleh Al-Ohaymid (on loan from Al-Nassr) |
| 23 | DF | KSA | Yahya Kabi |
| 24 | MF | KSA | Omar Al-Sohaymi |
| 25 | DF | GHA | Abraham Frimpong |
| 26 | GK | KSA | Salem Al-Ghamdi |
| 27 | MF | KSA | Nawaf Al-Farshan (on loan from Al-Nassr) |
| 28 | MF | CRO | Filip Bradarić (on loan from Cagliari) |
| 29 | MF | KSA | Nawaf Al-Harthi |
| 30 | GK | KSA | Mohammed Mazyad |
| 35 | MF | KSA | Eid Al-Qahtani |
| 37 | DF | KSA | Abdulaziz Jahaf |
| 70 | FW | KSA | Faisel Al-Jamaan |
| 71 | MF | KSA | Ammar Al-Ibrahim |
| 73 | DF | KSA | Hassan Al-Harbi |
| 77 | MF | KSA | Saeed Al-Qarni (captain) |

### Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 88 | FW | KSA | Sajar Al-Shammeri (at Al-Diriyah until 30 June 2021) |

## Transfers and loans
### Transfers in

| Entry date | Position | No. | Player | From club | Fee |
| 22 September 2020 | DF | 18 | Abdulaziz Jahaf | Al-Ansar | End of loan |
| 26 September 2020 | MF | 24 | Omar Al-Sohaymi | Al-Tai | Free |
| 1 October 2020 | DF | 19 | Abdullah Al-Rashidi | Ohod | Undisclosed |
| 3 October 2020 | DF | 16 | Mohamed Nahiri | Wydad | Free |
| 8 October 2020 | DF | 5 | Saif Al-Qeshtah | Al-Hazem | Free |
| 9 October 2020 | MF | 20 | Amadou Moutari | Budapest Honvéd | Undisclosed |
| 10 October 2020 | DF | 17 | Mohammed Al-Shoraimi | Al-Raed | Free |
| 10 October 2020 | MF | 10 | Juanpi | Málaga | Free |
| 13 October 2020 | FW | 9 | Getterson | Marítimo | $1,185,000 |
| 14 October 2020 | MF | 8 | Saphir Taïder | Montreal Impact | Undisclosed |
| 18 October 2020 | MF | 7 | Rabee Sufyani | Al-Taawoun | Free |
| 21 October 2020 | MF | 29 | Nawaf Al-Harthi | Al-Wehda | Free |
| 22 October 2020 | DF | 3 | Bastos | Lazio | $830,000 |
| 18 January 2021 | DF | 12 | Hassan Muath | Al-Shabab | Free |
| 3 February 2021 | DF | 25 | Abraham Frimpong | Ferencváros | Undisclosed |

### Loans in

| Start date | End date | Position | No. | Player | From club | Fee |
| 7 October 2020 | End of season | GK | 21 | Saleh Al Ohaymid | Al-Nassr | None |
| 14 October 2020 | End of season | MF | 27 | Nawaf Al-Farshan | Al-Nassr | None |
| 16 October 2020 | End of season | GK | 1 | Amin Bukhari | Al-Nassr | None |
| 24 October 2020 | End of season | MF | 28 | Filip Bradarić | Cagliari | None |
| 7 February 2021 | End of season | DF | 2 | Ali Al-Khaibari | Al-Ettifaq | None |
| 7 February 2021 | End of season | DF | 13 | Hussein Halawani | Al-Ettifaq | None |
| 7 February 2021 | End of season | MF | 6 | Badou Ndiaye | Stoke City | None |

### Transfers out

| Exit date | Position | No. | Player | To club | Fee |
| 22 September 2020 | DF | 12 | Hamad Al-Dawsari | Al-Adalah | End of loan |
| 22 September 2020 | MF | 7 | Mutair Al-Zahrani | Al-Taawoun | Free |
| 22 September 2020 | MF | 25 | Aboubacar Sylla | | Released |
| 22 September 2020 | MF | 29 | Nawaf Al-Harthi | Al-Wehda | End of loan |
| 22 September 2020 | MF | 90 | Youssef Fouzai | Al-Adalah | End of loan |
| 22 September 2020 | FW | 15 | Hamed Al Maqati | Al-Hazem | End of loan |
| 26 September 2020 | DF | 35 | Ahmed Al-Nufaili | Hajer | Free |
| 29 September 2020 | MF | 9 | Saad Al-Harbi | Hajer | Free |
| 1 October 2020 | DF | 24 | Soualio Ouattara | Al-Fayha | Free |
| 3 October 2020 | DF | 17 | Ziyad Al-Jarrad | Al-Fayha | Free |
| 6 October 2020 | GK | 1 | Saad Al-Saleh | Al-Tai | Free |
| 6 October 2020 | MF | 8 | Hassan Al-Heji | Al-Nahda | Free |
| 8 October 2020 | DF | 2 | Rashed Al-Raheeb | Ohod | Free |
| 12 October 2020 | MF | 13 | Ahmed Krenshi | Al-Bukayriyah | Free |
| 23 October 2020 | FW | 14 | Peter Nworah | Hajer | Free |
| 25 October 2020 | FW | 99 | Ali Khormi | Al-Kawkab | Free |
| 1 November 2020 | MF | 16 | Ismael Musallami | Al-Adalah | Free |
| 6 November 2020 | MF | 55 | Moataz Tombakti | Al-Shoulla | Free |

### Loans out

| Start date | End date | Position | No. | Player | To club | Fee | Ref. |
| 31 January 2021 | End of season | FW | 88 | Sajar Al-Shammeri | Al-Diriyah | None | |

## Competitions
### Overview

| Competition | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Pro League | 30 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 34 | 64 | −30 | 016.67 |
| King Cup | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 050.00 |
| Total | 32 | 6 | 5 | 21 | 36 | 67 | −31 | 018.75 |
Updated to match played 30 May 2021 Source: Competitions

### Pro League
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 12 | Al-Batin | 30 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 43 | 55 | −12 | 36 | |
| 13 | Abha | 30 | 10 | 6 | 14 | 42 | 50 | −8 | 36 | |
| 14 | Al-Qadsiah (R) | 30 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 41 | 47 | −6 | 35 | Relegation to MS League |
| 15 | Al-Wehda (R) | 30 | 9 | 5 | 16 | 40 | 60 | −20 | 32 | Relegation to MS League |
| 16 | Al-Ain (R) | 30 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 34 | 64 | −30 | 20 | Relegation to MS League |
* 1 2 Positions determined by head-to-head points: Al-Faisaly: 16 pts; Al-Raed: 15 pts; Damac: 13 pts; Al-Batin: 12 pts; Abha: 3 pts.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 30 May 2021. Source: soccerway.com

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 |
| Ground | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | A | H |
| Result | L | L | L | L | W | W | D | L | L | W | L | L | L | L | L | L | W | L | D | D | L | D | D | W | L | L | L | L | L | L |
| Position | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 |

#### Matches

All times are local, AST (UTC+3).
Win  Draw  Loss  Postponed

### King Cup

All times are local, AST (UTC+3).

## Statistics
### Appearances

    Last updated on 30 May 2021.
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Pro League | Pro League | King Cup | King Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||
| 1 | GK | KSA | Amin Bukhari | 22 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | GK | KSA | Saleh Al-Ohaymid | 4 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | GK | KSA | Salem Al-Ghamdi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | GK | KSA | Mohammed Mazyad | 9 | 0 | 7+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 2 | DF | KSA | Ali Al-Khaibari | 9 | 0 | 7+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | ANG | Bastos | 24 | 2 | 22 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | KSA | Amer Haroon | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | KSA | Saif Al-Qeshtah | 24 | 0 | 19+4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 12 | DF | KSA | Hassan Muath | 14 | 0 | 10+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | KSA | Hussein Halawani | 11 | 1 | 4+6 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | KSA | Mohammed Al-Shoraimi | 17 | 0 | 10+6 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | KSA | Abdullah Al-Rashidi | 4 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | KSA | Yahya Kabi | 25 | 0 | 18+5 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | GHA | Abraham Frimpong | 10 | 0 | 6+3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 37 | DF | KSA | Abdulaziz Jahaf | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 73 | DF | KSA | Hassan Al-Harbi | 28 | 2 | 27 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 6 | MF | SEN | Badou Ndiaye | 14 | 2 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | KSA | Rabee Sufyani | 14 | 2 | 3+10 | 2 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | VEN | Juanpi | 20 | 5 | 16+2 | 5 | 2 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | EGY | Mohammad Fouad | 27 | 2 | 17+9 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | KSA | Saeed Al-Zahrani | 5 | 0 | 2+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | NIG | Amadou Moutari | 30 | 7 | 25+3 | 7 | 2 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | KSA | Omar Al-Sohaymi | 21 | 0 | 11+8 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | KSA | Nawaf Al-Farshan | 7 | 0 | 3+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | CRO | Filip Bradarić | 27 | 2 | 23+2 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 29 | MF | KSA | Nawaf Al-Harthi | 8 | 0 | 5+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 35 | MF | KSA | Eid Al-Qahtani | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 71 | MF | KSA | Ammar Al-Ibrahim | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | MF | KSA | Saeed Al-Qarni | 14 | 0 | 9+4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 9 | FW | BRA | Getterson | 30 | 5 | 25+3 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| 70 | FW | KSA | Faisel Al-Jamaan | 27 | 2 | 6+19 | 2 | 0+2 | 0 |
| Players sent out on loan this season ||||||||||
| 88 | FW | KSA | Sajar Al-Shammeri | 3 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Player who made an appearance this season but have left the club ||||||||||
| 8 | MF | ALG | Saphir Taïder | 7 | 3 | 6+1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | NGA | Peter Nworah | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | MAR | Mohamed Nahiri | 16 | 0 | 12+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | TUN | Haythem Jouini | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Goalscorers

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Pro League | King Cup | Total |
| 1 | 20 | MF | | Amadou Moutari | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | 9 | FW | | Getterson | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 2 | 10 | MF | | Juanpi | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 4 | 8 | MF | | Saphir Taïder | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | 3 | DF | | Bastos | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | 6 | MF | | Badou Ndiaye | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | 7 | MF | | Rabee Sufyani | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | 11 | MF | | Mohammad Fouad | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | 28 | MF | | Filip Bradarić | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 | 70 | FW | | Faisel Al-Jamaan | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | 73 | DF | | Hassan Al-Harbi | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 12 | 13 | DF | | Hussein Halawani | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 34 | 2 | 36 |
Last Updated: 30 May 2021

### Assists

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Pro League | King Cup | Total |
| 1 | 10 | MF | | Juanpi | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 1 | 28 | MF | | Filip Bradarić | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 3 | 9 | FW | | Getterson | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | 7 | MF | | Rabee Sufyani | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | 11 | MF | | Mohammad Fouad | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | 20 | MF | | Amadou Moutari | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | 6 | MF | | Badou Ndiaye | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | 8 | MF | | Saphir Taïder | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 22 | 0 | 22 |
Last Updated: 30 May 2021

### Clean sheets

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Pro League | King Cup | Total |
| 1 | 1 | GK | | Amin Bukhari | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 2 | 30 | GK | | Mohammed Mazyad | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | 21 | GK | | Saleh Al-Ohaymid | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 5 | 1 | 6 |
Last Updated: 21 March 2021