# 2005–06 Al Ain FC season

The 2005–06 season was Al Ain Football Club's 38th season in existence and the club's 31st 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 % |
| Football League | 1 September 2005 | 21 May 2006 | Matchday 1 | 4th | 22 | 13 | 2 | 7 | 42 | 23 | +19 | 059.09 |
| President's Cup | 27 December 2005 | 3 April 2006 | Round of 16 | Winners | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 5 | +7 | 083.33 |
| Federation Cup | 10 November 2005 | 27 February 2006 | Group stage | Winners | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 5 | +6 | 075.00 |
| 2005 ACL | 14 September 2005 | 5 November 2005 | Quarter-finals | Runner-ups | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 9 | +4 | 016.67 |
| 2006 ACL | 8 March 2006 | 17 May 2006 | Group stage | Quarter-finals | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 6 | +4 | 066.67 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 44 | 26 | 8 | 10 | 88 | 48 | +40 | 059.09 |
Last updated: 21 May 2006 Source: Competitions

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

| Pos | Team v t e | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 2 | Al Ahli | 22 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 44 | 24 | +20 | 47 | Qualification for Championship Playoff |
| 3 | Al Jazira | 22 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 43 | 35 | +8 | 45 | |
| 4 | Al Ain | 22 | 13 | 2 | 7 | 42 | 23 | +19 | 41 | Qualification for 2007 AFC Champions League |
| 5 | Al Nasr | 22 | 11 | 2 | 9 | 50 | 35 | +15 | 35 | |
| 6 | Al Shabab | 22 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 40 | 39 | +1 | 34 | |
* ↑ Al Ain qualified to the 2007 AFC Champions League as winners of the 2005–06 UAE President's Cup.

#### Matches
### UAE President's Cup
#### Quarter-finals
##### Group B

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Al Ain | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 7 |
| Sharjah | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 6 |
| Dubai | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 4 |
| Al Wasl | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | −3 | 0 |

#### Final
### UAE Federation Cup
#### Group stage
##### Group D

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Al Ain | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 3 |
| Sharjah | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 3 |

#### Final
### 2005 AFC Champions League
#### Final
### 2006 AFC Champions League
#### Group stage
##### Group B

| Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Al Ain | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 6 | +4 | 13 |
| Al-Hilal | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 7 | +5 | 10 |
| Mash'al | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 11 | −4 | 8 |
| Al-Minaa | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 11 | −5 | 2 |
Notes
* 1 2 Advanced to next round but the cup continued in next season.

## Statistics
### Goalscorers

    As of 21 May 2006
Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted alphabetically by surname when total goals are equal.
| Rank | Pos. | Player | Football League | President's Cup | Federation Cup | 2005 ACL | 2006 ACL | Total |
| 1 | FW | Nenad Jestrović | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 14 |
| 2 | FW | Onyekachi Nwoha | 7 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 13 |
| 3 | MF | Rami Yaslam | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 4 | MF | Subait Khater | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9 |
| 5 | MF | Shehab Ahmed | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| 5 | MF | Ali Al-Wehaibi | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 7 | FW | Faisal Ali | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 7 | MF | Kelly | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 9 | FW | Luis Tejada | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 10 | FW | Naseeb Ishak | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 11 | MF | Ibrahim Diaky | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 11 | MF | Helal Saeed | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | DF | Jumaa Abdullah | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 14 | MF | Gharib Harib | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | DF | Ali Msarri | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | FW | Nasser Khamis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | MF | Salem Abdullah | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | MF | Sultan Rashed | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | MF | Mohamed Rashed | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Own goals (from the opponents) | Own goals (from the opponents) | Own goals (from the opponents) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | 42 | 12 | 11 | 13 | 10 | 88 |