# 2017–18 Al Ain FC season

The 2017–18 season was Al Ain Football Club's 50th in existence and the club's 43rd consecutive season in the top-level football league in the UAE.

## 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 | 16 September 2017 | 29 April 2018 | Matchday 1 | Winners | 22 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 65 | 23 | +42 | 072.73 |
| President's Cup | 17 January 2018 | 3 May 2018 | Round of 16 | Winners | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 3 | +10 | 100.00 |
| League Cup | 4 September 2017 | 16 February 2018 | Group stage | Quarter-finals | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 17 | −2 | 028.57 |
| AFC Champions League | 13 February 2018 | 15 May 2018 | play-offs | Round of 16 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 14 | −1 | 033.33 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 39 | 24 | 10 | 5 | 106 | 57 | +49 | 061.54 |
Last updated: 15 May 2018 Source: Soccerway

### UAE Pro-League
#### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Al Ain (C) | 22 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 65 | 23 | +42 | 53 | Qualification to the 2018 FIFA Club World Cup first round and the 2019 AFC Champions League group stage |
| 2 | Al Wahda | 22 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 50 | 29 | +21 | 46 | Qualification to the 2019 AFC Champions League group stage |
| 3 | Al Wasl | 22 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 42 | 27 | +15 | 41 | Qualification to the 2019 AFC Champions League group stage |
| 4 | Al Nasr | 22 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 30 | 24 | +6 | 37 | Qualification to the 2019 AFC Champions League play-off round |
| 5 | Shabab Al Ahli Dubai | 22 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 25 | 18 | +7 | 31 | |
| 6 | Sharjah | 22 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 26 | 30 | −4 | 29 | |
| 7 | Al Jazira | 22 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 34 | 36 | −2 | 28 | |
| 8 | Ajman | 22 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 25 | 36 | −11 | 26 | |
| 9 | Dibba Al-Fujairah | 22 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 21 | 36 | −15 | 21 | |
| 10 | Al Dhafra | 22 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 24 | 42 | −18 | 18 | |
| 11 | Emirates (Q) | 22 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 20 | 39 | −19 | 17 | Qualified for the UAE Pro-League Play Off |
| 12 | Hatta (Q) | 22 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 30 | 52 | −22 | 16 | Qualified for the UAE Pro-League Play Off |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 29 April 2018. Source: Competitive matches

#### Matches
### President's Cup
### League Cup
#### Group stage
##### Group A

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Al Jazira | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 10 |
| Al Nasr | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 10 |
| Al Ain | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 10 | +3 | 7 |
| Hatta | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 6 |
| Ajman | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | −3 | 4 |
| Al Dhafra | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 14 | −9 | 4 |

##### Quarter-finals
### Play-off round
#### Group stage
##### Group D

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | EST | AIN | RAY | HIL |
| 1 | Esteghlal | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 5 | +4 | 12 | Advance to knockout stage | — | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 |
| 2 | Al-Ain | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 6 | +4 | 10 | Advance to knockout stage | 2–2 | — | 1–1 | 2–1 |
| 3 | Al-Rayyan | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 11 | −4 | 6 | | 2–2 | 1–4 | — | 2–1 |
| 4 | Al-Hilal | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 7 | −4 | 2 | | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | — |

##### Knockout stage

Al-Duhail won 8–3 on aggregate.