# 2019–20 Al Ain FC season

The 2019–20 season was Al Ain Football Club's 52nd in existence and the club's 45th consecutive season in the top-level football league in the UAE.

## Squad list

Players and squad numbers last updated on 20 September 2019. Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Position | Name | Date of Birth (Age) | Signed from |
| Goalkeepers ||||||
| 1 | GK | Mohammed Abo Sandah | (1995-06-20)20 June 1995 (aged 24) | Youth system |
| 12 | GK | Hamad Al-Mansouri | (1996-03-28)28 March 1996 (aged 23) | Youth system |
| 17 | GK | Khalid Eisa | (1989-09-15)15 September 1989 (aged 30) | Al Jazira |
| Defenders ||||||
| 2 | | Ali Al Haidhani | (1998-01-07)7 January 1998 (aged 21) | Youth system |
| 3 | | Salem Abdullah | (1998-09-17)17 September 1998 (aged 21) | Youth system |
| 4 | CB | Mohammed Ali Shaker | (1997-07-27)27 July 1997 (aged 22) | Ajman |
| 5 | CB | Ismail Ahmed | (1983-07-07)7 July 1983 (aged 36) | Youth system |
| 19 | CB / LB | Mohanad Salem | (1985-03-01)1 March 1985 (aged 34) | Al Dhafra |
| 21 | AM | Mohammed Hilal | (1995-08-10)10 August 1995 (aged 24) | Ajman |
| 22 | LB | Mohammed Fayez | (1989-10-06)6 October 1989 (aged 29) | Youth system |
| 23 | CB | Mohamed Ahmed | (1989-04-16)16 April 1989 (aged 30) | Al-Shabab |
| 33 | CB / DM | Tsukasa Shiotani | (1988-12-05)5 December 1988 (aged 30) | Sanfrecce Hiroshima |
| 44 | | Saeed Juma | (1998-07-08)8 July 1998 (aged 21) | Youth system |
| 53 | | Saoud Al Abri | (1999-08-03)3 August 1999 (aged 20) | Youth system |
| Midfielders ||||||
| 6 | DM | Yahya Nader | (1998-09-11)11 September 1998 (aged 21) | Youth system |
| 11 | RB / RW | Bandar Al-Ahbabi | (1990-07-09)9 July 1990 (aged 29) | Baniyas |
| 13 | CM / LM / RM | Ahmed Barman | (1994-02-05)5 February 1994 (aged 25) | Youth system |
| 14 | AM | Rayan Yaslam | (1994-11-23)23 November 1994 (aged 24) | Youth system |
| 16 | CF / RW / LW | Mohamed Abdulrahman | (1989-02-04)4 February 1989 (aged 30) | Youth system |
| 18 | | Khalid Al-Bloushi | (1999-03-22)22 March 1999 (aged 20) | Youth system |
| 20 | | Andrija Radovanovic | (2000-09-15)15 September 2000 (aged 19) | NK Domžale |
| 24 | | Falah Waleed | (1998-09-13)13 September 1998 (aged 21) | Youth system |
| 26 | AM | Omar Yaisien | (2000-05-08)8 May 2000 (aged 19) | Paris Saint-Germain II |
| 27 | | Mohsen Abdullah | (1995-04-13)13 April 1995 (aged 24) | Youth system |
| 28 | CM | Idriss Mzaouiyani | (2000-01-15)15 January 2000 (aged 19) | Paris Saint-Germain II |
| Forwards ||||||
| 7 | FW / AM | Caio Canedo | (1990-08-09)9 August 1990 (aged 29) | Al Wasl |
| 9 | CF | Kodjo Laba | (1992-01-27)27 January 1992 (aged 27) | RS Berkane |
| 30 | FW | Mohammed Khalvan | (1998-08-28)28 August 1998 (aged 21) | Youth system |
| 99 | FW | Jamal Maroof | (1991-09-23)23 September 1991 (aged 27) | Al Sharjah |

## Competitions
### Overview

| Competition | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Started round | Final position / round | First match | Last match |
| Competition | G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | Started round | Final position / round | First match | Last match |
| Pro-League | 19 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 46 | 21 | +25 | 057.89 | — | Cancelled | 20 September 2019 | 14 March 2020 |
| President's Cup | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 7 | +4 | 100.00 | Final | Cancelled | 23 December 2019 | 10 March 2020 |
| League Cup | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 10 | +6 | 050.00 | Group stage | Semi-finals | 23 August 2019 | 10 January 2020 |
| Champions League | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 13 | −7 | 028.57 | Play-off round | Group Stage | 28 January 2020 | 24 September 2020 |
| Total | 37 | 20 | 9 | 8 | 79 | 51 | +28 | 054.05 | — | — | 23 August 2019 | 24 September 2020 |
Updated to match played 24 September 2020 Source: Competitions

### UAE Pro-League
## League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Shabab Al Ahli | 19 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 42 | 13 | +29 | 43 | Qualification for AFC Champions League group stage |
| 2 | Al Ain | 19 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 46 | 21 | +25 | 37 | Qualification for AFC Champions League play-off round |
| 3 | Al Jazira | 19 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 29 | 17 | +12 | 36 | |
| 4 | Sharjah | 19 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 38 | 23 | +15 | 35 | Qualification for AFC Champions League group stage |
| 5 | Al Wahda | 19 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 31 | 29 | +2 | 35 | Qualification for AFC Champions League play-off round |

### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 14 March 2020. Source: Competitive matches

### 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 |
| Ground | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | × | × | × | × | × | × | × |
| Result | W | W | L | W | W | D | D | D | W | L | W | L | W | W | D | W | W | W | L | × | × | × | × | × | × | × |
| Position | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |

### Matches

Win  Draw  Loss

## League Cup
### Group A

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Al Ain | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 8 | +5 | 11 |
| Shabab Al Ahli | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 4 | +5 | 11 |
| Al Nasr | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 8 |
| Al Jazira | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | −5 | 7 |
| Khor Fakkan | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 7 |
| Al Dhafra | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | −2 | 7 |
| Kalba | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | −4 | 5 |
* 1 2 3 Al Jazira are ahead of Khor Fakkan and Al Dhafra on head-to-head points: Al Jazira 6, Khor Fakkan 1, Al Dhafra 1.

### Knockout stage
## 2020 AFC Champions League
### Group stage
#### Group D

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | NAS | SAD | SEP | AIN |
| 1 | Al-Nassr | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 5 | +4 | 11 | Advance to knockout stage | — | 2–2 | 2–0 | 0–1 |
| 2 | Al-Sadd | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 8 | +6 | 9 | Advance to knockout stage | 1–1 | — | 3–0 | 4–0 |
| 3 | Sepahan | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | −2 | 7 | | 0–2 | 2–1 | — | 0–0 |
| 4 | Al-Ain | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 13 | −8 | 5 | | 1–2 | 3–3 | 0–4 | — |

## Squad information
### Playing statistics

    As of 28 December 2019
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Pro-League | Pro-League | President's Cup | President's Cup | League Cup | League Cup | Champions League | Champions League |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||||||
| 1 | GK | UAE | Mohammed Abo Sandah | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | GK | UAE | Hamad Al-Mansouri | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | GK | UAE | Khalid Eisa | 14 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||||||
| 2 | DF | UAE | Ali Al Haidhani | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | UAE | Salem Abdullah | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | UAE | Mohammed Ali Shaker | 8 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | UAE | Ismail Ahmed | 15 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | UAE | Mohanad Salem | 9 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | UAE | Mohammed Hilal | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | UAE | Mohammed Fayez | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | UAE | Mohamed Ahmed | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | DF | JPN | Tsukasa Shiotani | 18 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 44 | DF | UAE | Saeed Juma | 19 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 53 | DF | UAE | Saoud Al Abri | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||||
| 6 | MF | EGY | Yahia Nader | 14 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | UAE | Bandar Al-Ahbabi | 11 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | MF | UAE | Ahmed Barman | 8 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | UAE | Rayan Yaslam | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | UAE | Mohamed Abdulrahman | 15 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | UAE | Khalid Al-Bloushi | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | SRB | Andrija Radovanovic | 9 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | UAE | Falah Waleed | 11 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | EGY | Omar Yaisien | 10 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | UAE | Mohsen Abdullah | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | FRA | Idriss Mzaouiyani | 8 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||||||
| 7 | FW | BRA | Caio Canedo | 14 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | TOG | Kodjo Laba | 14 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | FW | UAE | Mohammed Khalvan | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 50 | FW | UAE | Mohammed Jamal | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | FW | UAE | Ali Eid | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 99 | FW | UAE | Jamal Maroof | 19 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||||||
| 8 | MF | ALG | Abderrahmane Meziane | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Last updated: 8 June 2019 Source: fr.soccerway.com

### Goalscorers

Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted alphabetically by surname when total goals are equal.
| No. | Nat. | Player | Pos. | PL | PC | LC | CL 1 | TOTAL |
| 9 | | Kodjo Laba | FW | 19 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 28 |
| 7 | | Caio Canedo | FW | 6 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 10 |
| 99 | | Jamal Maroof | FW | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 8 |
| 11 | | Bandar Al-Ahbabi | MF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 16 | | Mohamed Abdulrahman | MF | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 19 | | Mohanad Salem | DF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 26 | | Omar Yaisien | MF | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 44 | | Saeed Juma | DF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | | Abderrahmane Meziane | MF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 33 | | Tsukasa Shiotani | DF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Own Goals | Own Goals | Own Goals | Own Goals | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 27 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 44 |

### Assists

| No. | Nat. | Player | Pos. | PL | PC | LC | CL 1 | TOTAL |
| 11 | | Bandar Al-Ahbabi | MF | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| 8 | | Abderrahmane Meziane | MF | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | | Kodjo Laba | FW | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 16 | | Mohamed Abdulrahman | MF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | | Caio Canedo | FW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 33 | | Tsukasa Shiotani | DF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | | Salem Abdullah | DF | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | | Mohammed Ali Shaker | DF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | | Ismail Ahmed | DF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 99 | | Jamal Maroof | FW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 26 | | Omar Yaisien | MF | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 30 | | Mohammed Khalvan | FW | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 18 | | Khalid Al-Bloushi | MF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | | Yahya Nader | MF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 21 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 28 |

### Clean sheets

Includes all competitive matches.
| No. | Name | PL | PC | LC | CL 1 | Total |
| 1 | Mohammed Abo Sandah | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 12 | Hamad Al-Mansouri | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | Khalid Eisa | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| | TOTALS | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 |

### Hat-tricks

| Player | Against | Result | Date | Competition | Ref |
| Kodjo Laba$^4$ | Fujairah | 1–7 (A) | 25 October 2019 | UAE Pro League | |
| Kodjo Laba$^4$ | Al Wasl | 6–5 (H) | 21 February 2020 | President's Cup | |
(H) – Home; (A) – Away

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Pos | Player | From club | Transfer fee |
| 5 June 2019 | FW | Caio Canedo | Al Wasl | €5.34m |
| 12 June 2019 | DF | Mohammed Hilal | Ajman Club | Free transfer |
| 12 June 2019 | MF | Mohammed Jamal | Al Jazira | Free transfer |
| 13 June 2019 | FW | Kodjo Laba | RS Berkane | Free transfer |
| 13 June 2019 | ST | Abderrahmane Meziane | USM Alger | Free transfer |
| 29 June 2019 | MF | Mohammed Shaker | Ajman Club | Free transfer |
| 22 August 2019 | MF | Andrija Radovanovic | NK Domžale | Free transfer |
| 1 September 2019 | MF | Idriss Mzaouiyani | Paris Saint-Germain II | Free transfer |
| 1 September 2019 | MF | Omar Yaisien | Paris Saint-Germain II | Free transfer |
| 31 January 2020 | MF | Bauyrzhan Islamkhan | Kairat | Free transfer |
| 3 February 2020 | DF | Rafael Pereira | Vila FC | Free transfer |
| 8 February 2020 | MF | Balázs Dzsudzsák | Ittihad Kalba | Free transfer |

### Out

| Date | Pos | Player | To club | Type | Fee |
| 23 February 2019 | MF | Danilo Asprilla | Al Shabab | End of contract | Free |
| 27 May 2019 | MF | Caio Lucas Fernandes | Benfica | End of contract | Free |
| 13 July 2019 | FW | Marcus Berg | Krasnodar | End of contract | Free |
| July 2019 | DF | Khaled Abdulrahman | | End of contract | |
| 16 July 2019 | MF | Ibrahim Diaky | | End of contract | |
| 8 August 2019 | MF | Amer Abdulrahman | Al Jazira | End of contract | Free |
| 18 January 2020 | FW | Abderrahmane Meziane | Espérance de Tunis | Transfer | €900k |
| 25 January 2020 | MF | Andrija Radovanovic | Ittihad Kalba | Loan | Undisclosed |