# 2002–03 Al Ain FC season

The 2002–03 season was Al Ain Football Club's 35th season in existence and the club's 28th consecutive season in the top-level football league in the UAE.

## Club
### Staff

| Position | Name |
| Head coach | Bruno Metsu |

## 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 | 18 October 2002 | 3 March 2003 | Matchday 1 | Winners | 22 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 51 | 20 | +31 | 063.64 |
| President's Cup | 13 September 2002 | 2 May 2003 | Group stage | Quarter-finals | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 6 | +17 | 075.00 |
| UAE Super Cup | 7 May 2003 | 16 May 2003 | Semi-finals | Winners | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 066.67 |
| AFC Champions League | 9 March 2003 | 11 October 2003 | Group stage | Winners | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 8 | +7 | 071.43 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 40 | 27 | 8 | 5 | 95 | 37 | +58 | 067.50 |
Last updated: 11 October 2003 Source: Soccerway

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

| Pos | Team v t e | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Al Ain | 22 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 51 | 20 | +31 | 48 |
| 2 | Al Wahda | 22 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 50 | 29 | +21 | 43 |
| 3 | Al Ahli | 22 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 47 | 36 | +11 | 34 |
| 4 | Al Nasr | 22 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 36 | 25 | +11 | 34 |
| 5 | Al Shaab | 22 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 39 | 31 | +8 | 32 |

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

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Al Ain | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 3 | +14 | 16 |
| Al Wasl | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 4 | +10 | 13 |
| Al Shabab | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 4 | +10 | 13 |
| Al Khaleej | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 10 | −2 | 8 |
| Hatta | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 14 | −8 | 5 |
| Al Hamriyah | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 17 | −12 | 4 |
| Al Jazirah Al Hamra | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 14 | −12 | 0 |

##### Quarter-finals
### UAE Super Cup
#### Final
### AFC Champions League
#### Group stage
##### Group C

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Al Ain (H) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | +5 | 9 |
| Al Sadd | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 3 |
| Esteghlal | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | −2 | 3 |
| Al-Hilal | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 3 |

##### Semi-finals

Notes
* ↑ Matches was postponed from 22 April 2003 to 30 August 2003 due to SARS outbreak in China.

##### Final
## Statistics
### Goalscorers

    As of 11 October 2003
Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted alphabetically by surname when total goals are equal.
| Rank | Pos. | Player | Football League | President's Cup | Super Cup | Champions League | Total |
| 1 | FW | Boubacar Sanogo | 15 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 24 |
| 2 | FW | Mohammad Omar | 8 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 14 |
| 3 | FW | Faisal Ali | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 10 |
| 4 | MF | Subait Khater | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 9 |
| 5 | FW | Kandia Traoré | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| 6 | MF | Rami Yaslam | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 7 | DF | Fahad Ali | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 8 | FW | Farhad Majidi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 8 | MF | Gharib Harib | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 8 | MF | Sultan Rashed | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | MF | Salem Johar | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 12 | FW | Said Kherrazi | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 12 | DF | Ali Msarri | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 14 | FW | Musabbah Salem | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | FW | Rodrigo Mendes | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 14 | MF | Helal Saeed | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Own goals (from the opponents) | Own goals (from the opponents) | Own goals (from the opponents) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | 51 | 23 | 6 | 15 | 95 |