# 2000–01 Al Ain FC season

The 2000–01 season was Al Ain Football Club's 33rd in existence and the club's 26th consecutive season in the top-level football league in the UAE.

## Club
### Technical staff

| Position | Name |
| Sporting Director | Mrad Mahjoub |
| Head coach | Oscar Fulloné (Sacked) Mrad Mahjoub (Caretaker) Anghel Iordănescu |
| Assistant coach | Ahmed Abdullah Abdulhameed Al Mistaki Mohammad El Mansi |
| Fitness coach | Abdulrahim Dazaz |
| Physiotherapist | Wiesław Sojka Edimar Da Silva |
| Team Manager | Butti Al Shamsi |
Last updated: 13 March 2001 Source:

## 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 2000 | 14 March 2001 | Matchday 1 | 4th | 22 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 33 | 27 | +6 | 045.45 |
| President's Cup | 5 April 2001 | 7 June 2001 | Group stage | Winners | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 9 | +12 | 088.89 |
| Federation Cup | 6 September 2000 | 5 October 2000 | Group stage | Group stage | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 12 | −1 | 040.00 |
| Gulf Club Champions Cup | 3 January 2001 | 14 January 2001 | First round | Winners | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 080.00 |
| Asian Club Championship | 11 September 2000 | 16 November 2000 | First round | Second round | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | +1 | 025.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 45 | 25 | 5 | 15 | 78 | 58 | +20 | 055.56 |
Last updated: 7 June 2001 Source: Competitions

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

| Pos | Team v t e | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 2 | Al Ahli (Dubai) | 22 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 47 | 36 | +11 | 42 |
| 3 | Al Jazira | 22 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 47 | 33 | +14 | 38 |
| 4 | Al Ain | 22 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 33 | 27 | +6 | 34 |
| 5 | Al Wasl | 22 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 42 | 32 | +10 | 32 |
| 6 | Al Shaab | 22 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 32 | 26 | +6 | 32 |

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

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Al Ain | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 6 | +6 | 12 |
| Al Jazira | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 2 | +9 | 11 |
| Ahli Al Fujairah | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 7 | +1 | 8 |
| Dubai | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 5 |
| Al Dhaid | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 16 | −7 | 4 |
| Hatta | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 14 | −9 | 1 |

### UAE Federation Cup
#### Group A

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Al Shaab | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 6 | +6 | 13 |
| Al Shabab | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 3 | +14 | 11 |
| Al Jazira | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 9 | +1 | 8 |
| Al Ain | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 12 | −1 | 6 |
| Ittihad Kalba | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 15 | −9 | 4 |
| Sharjah | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 14 | −11 | 0 |

### Gulf Club Champions Cup

| Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
| Al Ain | 12 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | +2 |
| Al Ittihad | 10 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 1 | +9 |
| Dhofar | 10 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | +2 |
| Al Salmiya | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | −1 |
| Al-Ittihad | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 0 |
| Riffa | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 17 | −12 |

### Asian Club Championship
#### Second round
## Statistics
### Goalscorers

    As of 7 June 2001
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 | Gulf Club Champions Cup | Asian Club Championship | Total |
| 1 | FW | Juma Mossi | 8 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| 2 | MF | Gharib Harib | 6 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 11 |
| 2 | MF | Subait Khater | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 11 |
| 4 | MF | Salem Johar | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9 |
| 5 | FW | Joël Tiéhi | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 6 | DF | Rami Yaslam | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 7 | FW | Sandro Oliveira | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 8 | FW | Emiliano Rey | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 8 | DF | Mohamad Abdullah | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | DF | Juma Khater | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | DF | Abdullah Ali | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | FW | Faisal Ali | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 13 | FW | Majid Al Owais | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | MF | Helal Saeed | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | MF | Sergio Berti | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 13 | DF | Fahad Ali | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | FW | Musabbah Salem | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | DF | Mohammed Hamdoon | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Own goals (from the opponents) | Own goals (from the opponents) | Own goals (from the opponents) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | 33 | 21 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 78 |

### Hat-tricks

| Player | Against | Result | Date | Competition | Round |
| Salem Johar | Ittihad Kalba | 6–2 (H) | 7 December 2000 | Football League | 9 |
| Juma Mossi | Emirates | 2–3 (A) | 19 February 2001 | Football League | 18 |
$^4$ – Player scored four goals.