# 2010–11 Al Ain FC season

The 2010–11 season was Al Ain Football Club's 43rd in existence and the club's 36th consecutive season in the top-level football league in the UAE.
Al Ain in this season will seek to win trophies, and competing in the Pro-League, the Champions League, the Presidents Cup, and the Etisalat Cup, after a frustrating season in 2009–10.

## Season overview
### March

On 24 March, Al Ain, lost his second game in the second round against Al Sharjah, to Increases the pressure on the Board of Directors because of The club's position in the league. On 25 March, The Board of Directors resigned Shiekh Abdullah bin Mohammed bin Khalid Al Nahyan Has been appointed as the chairman of the Board of Directors, the membership of Rashid Mubarak Al Hajiri, Awad Hasoum Al Darmaki, Mohammed bin Abdullah bin Badwah, and Mohammed bin Obaid Al Daheri by Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan On 31 March, Al Ain won after 209 days against arch-rivals Al Wahda.

## Club
### Kits

| Home | Away | Third | 'Home ACL' | 'Away ACL' |

## Transfers
### Transfer summary

Undisclosed fees are not included in the transfer totals.

## 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 | 28 August 2010 | 5 June 2011 | Matchday 1 | 10 | 22 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 33 | 35 | −2 | 027.27 |
| League Cup | 9 October 2010 | 29 April 2011 | Group stage | Runner-up | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 13 | +7 | 050.00 |
| President's Cup | 20 September 2010 | 9 February 2011 | First round | Round of 16 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 050.00 |
| Champions League | 19 February 2011 | 11 May 2011 | Play-off | Group stage | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 9 | −1 | 042.86 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 43 | 16 | 12 | 15 | 66 | 60 | +6 | 037.21 |
Last updated: 5 June 2011 Source: Competitions

### Pro League
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 8 | Al Ahli | 22 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 30 | 42 | −12 | 27 | |
| 9 | Dubai | 22 | 8 | 2 | 12 | 33 | 48 | −15 | 26 | |
| 10 | Al Ain | 22 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 33 | 35 | −2 | 25 | |
| 11 | Ittihad Kalba (R) | 22 | 6 | 2 | 14 | 39 | 56 | −17 | 20 | Relegation to UAE Division 2 Group A |
| 12 | Al-Dhafra (R) | 22 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 27 | 50 | −23 | 13 | Relegation to UAE Division 2 Group A |

#### Matches
### President's Cup
#### Notes

* Note 1: Al Ain were found to have used an ineligible player and were disqualified, Masafi went through.

### AFC Champions League
#### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | SEO | NAG | AIN | HAN |
| 1 | FC Seoul | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 4 | +5 | 11 | Advance to knockout stage | — | 0–2 | 3–0 | 3–0 |
| 2 | Nagoya Grampus | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 6 | +3 | 10 | Advance to knockout stage | 1–1 | — | 4–0 | 1–0 |
| 3 | Al-Ain | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | −5 | 7 | | 0–1 | 3–1 | — | 1–0 |
| 4 | Hangzhou Greentown | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 5 | | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | — |

##### Notes

* Note 1: Nagoya Grampus v Al-Ain postponed from 15 March 2011 to 12 April 2011 due to earthquake in Japan.

### League Cup
#### Group stage

| Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Al Ain | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 8 | +7 | 19 |
| Al Wahda | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 9 | +3 | 17 |
| Al Dhafra | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 15 |
| Al Nasr | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 13 | −2 | 12 |
| Dubai | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 21 | 0 | 10 |
| Bani Yas | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 19 | −9 | 8 |