# 2009–10 Al Ain FC season

The 2009–10 season was Al Ain Football Club's 42nd in existence and the club's 35th consecutive season in the top-level football league in the UAE.
Al Ain began this season by winning the Super Cup. To continue his career at winning competitions, after a Great achievement in last season, at winning two titles in two weeks., Etisalat Emirates Cup and UAE President Cup.
During the summer transfer window, Al Ain Club signing with Emerson for 2 years from Flamengo, and with the player Jose Sand from Lanús at $10 million for 4 years, Also signed a contract with Ittihad kalba goalkeeper Yousef Abdulrahman at $10 million for 5 years .
On 18 January, During The winter transfer window opened, Al Ain Club signing the Asian foreigner and the four professional player in the team Lee Ho from Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma till the end of the season, and he was given the number 50.

## Players
### First Team

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | UAE | Yousif Al Bairaq |
| 2 | FW | UAE | Abdulaziz Fayez |
| 3 | DF | UAE | Hilal Saeed |
| 4 | DF | UAE | Msalam Fayez |
| 5 | DF | UAE | Ismail Ahmed |
| 6 | MF | UAE | Omar Abdulrahman |
| 7 | MF | UAE | Ali Al-Wehaibi |
| 8 | FW | BRA | Emerson |
| 9 | FW | ARG | José Sand |
| 10 | MF | CHI | Jorge Valdivia (captain) |
| 11 | MF | UAE | Ahmad Mathaad |
| 12 | GK | UAE | Waleed Salem |
| 13 | MF | UAE | Rami Yaslam |
| 15 | FW | UAE | Nasser Khamis |
| 17 | MF | UAE | Ahmed Al-Shamsi |
| 18 | FW | UAE | Ahmed Khamis |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 19 | DF | UAE | Mohanad Salem |
| 20 | FW | UAE | Mohammed Abdulrahman |
| 21 | DF | UAE | Fawzi Fayez |
| 22 | GK | UAE | Sultan Musabah |
| 23 | MF | UAE | Shehab Ahmed |
| 24 | MF | UAE | Abdullah Malallah |
| 26 | MF | UAE | Saif Mohammed |
| 27 | MF | UAE | Salem Abdullah |
| 30 | GK | UAE | Abdulla Sultan |
| 44 | DF | UAE | Faris Jumaa |
| 50 | MF | KOR | Lee Ho |
| 77 | MF | UAE | Hazaa Salem |
| 80 | DF | UAE | Mohamed Fayez |
| 99 | FW | UAE | Faisal Ali |

### Starting 11

| No. | Pos. | Name |
| 1 | GK | Waleed Salim |
| 5 | DF | Ismaeel Ahmed |
| 19 | DF | Mohanad Salem |
| 44 | DF | Fares Jumaa |
| 80 | DF | Mohammed Fayez |
| 10 | MF | Jorge Valdivia |
| 27 | MF | Salem Abdullah |
| 26 | MF | Saif Mohammed |
| 7 | MF | Ali Al-Wehaibi |
| 8 | FW | Emerson |
| 9 | FW | José Sand |

### From youth system

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 20 | FW | UAE | Mohammed Abdulrahman |
| 6 | MF | UAE | Omar Abdulrahman |
| 15 | DF | UAE | Khaled Abdulrahman |
| 2 | FW | UAE | Abdulaziz Fayez |

## Transfers
### In

| No. | Position | Player | From | Fee | Date |
| 1 | GK | Yousif Al Bairaq | Ittihad Kalba | Undisclosed | 21 June 2009 |
| 9 | FW | José Sand | Lanús | €9,280,000 | 8 August 2009 |
| 8 | FW | Emerson | Flamengo | €1,600,000 | 2 September 2009 |
| 50 | MF | Lee Ho | Seongnam | Free transfer | 18 January 2010 |

### Out

| No. | Position | Player | To | Fee | Date |
| — | MF | Fadel Ahmad | Al Wasl | Undisclosed | 8 June 2009 |
| 29 | DF | Jumaa Abdullah | Al Jazira | €610,000 | 13 June 2009 |
| 6 | DF | Ali Msarri | Baniyas | €410,000 | 18 June 2009 |
| 1 | GK | Mutaz Abdulla | Al Wahda | Undisclosed | 20 June 2009 |
| 16 | DF | Abdullah Ali | Baniyas | Undisclosed | 28 June 2009 |
| — | DF | Mahboob Juma | Ajman | Free transfer | 4 July 2009 |
| 14 | FW | André Senghor | Baniyas | Undisclosed | 1 July 2009 |
| 99 | FW | André Dias | Unattached | | 1 July 2009 |
| 25 | DF | Humaid Fakher | Baniyas | Undisclosed | 17 July 2009 |
| 77 | MF | Darwish Ahmed | Al Wasl | Undisclosed | 23 July 2009 |

### Loans out

| No. | Pos | Name | To | Start date | End date | Ref. |
| 8 | MF | Ahmad Khalfan | Al Wasl | 19 June 2009 | End of Season | |
| 33 | FW | Soufiane Alloudi | Raja | 19 August 2009 | End of Season | |

## Managerial changes
### During the season

| Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Replaced by | Date of appointment | Position in table |
| Winfried Schaefer | Sacked | 2 December 2009 | Rachid Benmahmoud (Caretaker) | 2 December 2009 | 3rd |
| Rachid Benmahmoud | Caretaker | 11 December 2009 | Toninho Cerezo | 11 December 2009 | 4th |
| Toninho Cerezo | Sacked (poor ACL performances) | 14 April 2010 | Abdulhameed Al Mistaki (Coach U17) (Caretaker) | 14 April 2010 | 3rd |

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures

### UAE-Germany Super Cup
## 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 September 2009 | 16 May 2010 | Matchday 1 | 3rd | 22 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 57 | 29 | +28 | 063.64 |
| League Cup | 8 October 2009 | 27 March 2010 | Group stage | Semi-finals | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 12 | +1 | 050.00 |
| President's Cup | 24 November 2009 | 24 November 2009 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | 000.00 |
| Champions League | 24 February 2010 | 27 April 2010 | Group stage | Group stage | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 8 | +0 | 033.33 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 37 | 20 | 7 | 10 | 78 | 49 | +29 | 054.05 |
Last updated: 16 May 2010 Source: Competitions

### UAE Pro League
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Al-Wahda (C) | 22 | 19 | 1 | 2 | 42 | 15 | +27 | 58 | 2010 FIFA Club World Cup play-off stage and 2011 AFC Champions League group stage |
| 2 | Al-Jazira | 22 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 48 | 26 | +22 | 51 | 2011 AFC Champions League group stage |
| 3 | Al-Ain | 22 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 57 | 29 | +28 | 45 | 2011 AFC Champions League qualifying play-off |
| 4 | Baniyas | 22 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 44 | 37 | +7 | 36 | |
| 5 | Al-Wasl | 22 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 41 | 40 | +1 | 29 | |
* ↑ League champions Al-Wahda also qualified for the 2011 AFC Champions League group stage.
* ↑ Emirates Club, which played in the UAE Division 1 Group A, also secured 2011 AFC Champions League group stage qualification by winning the 2009–10 UAE President's Cup.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 16 May 2010. Source: UAE Premier League

#### 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 |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A |
| Result | W | W | W | D | W | D | L | L | W | W | W | W | W | W | L | W | L | L | W | W | W | D |
| Position | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |

#### Matches
### UAE League Cup
#### Group B

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | AIN | AJM | YAS | SHA |
| 1 | Al Ain | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 8 | +1 | 13 | | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 |
| 2 | Ajman | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 9 | +5 | 10 | 4–0 | | 3–1 | 5–3 |
| 3 | Baniyas | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 5 | +5 | 10 | 0–1 | 2–1 | | 1–0 |
| 4 | Al Shabab | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 15 | −9 | 1 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 1–5 | |

#### Semi-finals
### 2010 AFC Champions League
#### Group stage
##### Group D

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Al-Shabab | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 8 | +2 | 10 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Pakhtakor | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 10 | −2 | 9 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | Sepahan | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 8 | |
| 4 | Al-Ain | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 7 | |

## Statistics
### Goalscorers

    As of 16 May 2010
Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted alphabetically by surname when total goals are equal.
| Rank | Pos. | Player | Pro League | President's Cup | League Cup | Champions League | Total |
| 1 | FW | José Sand | 24 | | 5 | 4 | 33 |
| 2 | FW | Emerson Sheik | 9 | | 1 | 1 | 11 |
| 3 | MF | Jorge Valdivia | 3 | | | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | MF | Abdullah Malallah | 3 | | | | 3 |
| 4 | FW | Mohammed Abdulrahman | 2 | | 1 | | 3 |
| 4 | DF | Ismail Ahmed | 1 | | 2 | | 3 |
| 4 | MF | Saif Mohammed | 1 | | 1 | | 2 |
| 4 | MF | Shehab Ahmed | 2 | | | | 2 |
| 4 | MF | Ahmed Khamis | 1 | | 1 | | 2 |
| 4 | FW | Abdulaziz Fayez | 2 | | | | 2 |
| 4 | MF | Salem Abdullah | 2 | | | | 2 |
| 4 | DF | Hazza Salem | | | 2 | | 2 |
| 4 | DF | Mohanad Salem | 1 | | | | 1 |
| 4 | DF | Fares Jumaa | 1 | | | | 1 |
| 4 | MF | Omar Abdulrahman | 1 | | | | 1 |
| 4 | MF | Ali Al-Wehaibi | 1 | | | | 1 |
| 4 | DF | Fawzi Fayez | 1 | | | | 1 |
| 4 | MF | Hilal Saeed | 1 | | | | 1 |
| Own goals (from the opponents) | Own goals (from the opponents) | Own goals (from the opponents) | 1 | | | 2 | 3 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | 57 | 0 | 13 | 8 | 78 |