# 1998–99 Al Ain FC season

The 1998–99 season was Al Ain Football Club's 31st in existence and the club's 24th consecutive season in the top-level football league in the UAE.

## Club
### Technical staff

| Position | Name |
| Head coach | Nelo Vingada (Sacked) Ilie Balaci |
| Assistant coach | António Simões |
| Goalkeeping coach | Samir Shaker |
| Team Manager | Rabea Ibrahim |
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## 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 | 2 October 1998 | 6 May 1999 | Matchday 1 | 2nd | 33 | 16 | 9 | 8 | 58 | 36 | +22 | 048.48 |
| President's Cup | 9 May 1999 | 27 May 1999 | Round of 16 | Winners | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | +5 | 100.00 |
| Asian Club Championship | 4 September 1998 | 30 April 1999 | First round | Third place | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 22 | 10 | +12 | 066.67 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 46 | 26 | 9 | 11 | 87 | 48 | +39 | 056.52 |
Last updated: 27 May 1999 Source: Competitions

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

| Pos | Team v t e | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Al Wahda | 33 | 19 | 8 | 6 | 68 | 35 | +33 | 65 |
| 2 | Al Ain | 33 | 16 | 9 | 8 | 58 | 36 | +22 | 57 |
| 3 | Al Nasr | 33 | 16 | 8 | 9 | 64 | 49 | +15 | 56 |
| 4 | Al Wasl | 33 | 16 | 7 | 10 | 63 | 37 | +26 | 55 |
| 5 | Al Ahli | 33 | 15 | 7 | 11 | 69 | 54 | +15 | 52 |

#### 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 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 |
| Ground | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | D | L | L | W | L | D | W | L | W | D | W | W | W | D | D | W | W | D | L | D | D | W | W | L | W | D | L | W | W | W | L | W | W |
| Position | | | 10 | 9 | | | 11 | 11 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 5 | | | | | 2 | 2 |

#### Matches
### Asian Club Championship
#### First round
#### Quarter-finals

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Al-Ain | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | +5 | 6 |
| Esteghlal | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 6 |
| Al-Hilal | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 3 |
| Köpetdag Aşgabat | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 10 | −6 | 3 |

#### Third place
## Statistics
### Goalscorers

    As of 27 May 1999
Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted alphabetically by surname when total goals are equal.
| Rank | Pos. | Player | Football League | President's Cup | Asian Club Championship | Total |
| 1 | FW | Seydou Traoré | 11 | 2 | 2 | 15 |
| 2 | FW | Majid Al Owais | 7 | 2 | 2 | 11 |
| 2 | MF | Abedi Pele | 7 | 0 | 4 | 11 |
| 4 | FW | Fahad Al Nowais | 5 | 2 | 3 | 10 |
| 5 | MF | Helal Saeed | 5 | 0 | 4 | 9 |
| 6 | MF | Jasem Tawfiq | 6 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| 7 | MF | Gharib Harib | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 8 | FW | Musabbah Mohamed | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 8 | MF | Salem Johar | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 10 | MF | Hamad Mubarak | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | FW | Abdullah Shila | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 10 | MF | Rachid Daoudi | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 14 | DF | Mohamad Abdullah | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | DF | Abdullah Ali | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | MF | Awad Gharib | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | MF | Sultan Rashed | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | DF | Mohammed Hamdoon | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Own goals (from the opponents) | Own goals (from the opponents) | Own goals (from the opponents) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | 58 | 7 | 22 | 87 |

## Awards

Asian Club Championship
| Award | Player |
| Most Valuable Player | Seydou Traoré |