2001–02 Al Ain FC season

Al Ain
2001–02 season
President	Mohammed Bin Zayed
Manager	Anghel Iordănescu; (from 13 March 2001; until 4 January 2002); Ahmed Abdullah*; (from 6 January 2002; until 8 January 2002); Džemal Hadžiabdić; (from 8 January 2002; until 15 June 2002)
UAE Football League	1st
President's Cup	Semi-finals
Federation Cup	Group stage
UAE Super Cup	Runner-ups
Asian Cup Winners' Cup	Quarter-finals
Arab Club Champions Cup	Withdrew
Top goalscorer	League: Arthur Moses (12); All: Joël Tiéhi (19)
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2000–01 2002–03 →
	All statistics correct as of 7 June 2002.

The 2001–02 season was Al Ain Football Club's 34th in existence and the club's 27th consecutive season in the top-level football league in the UAE.

Club

Technical staff

Position	Name
Head coach	Anghel Iordănescu
Assistant coach	Ahmed Abdullah
U-21 team head coach	Mohammad El Mansi
Team Manager	Matar Obaid Al Sahbani
First team supervisor	Hamad Nakhirat Al Ameri

Players

First Team

Pos.	Name
GK	Waleed Salim
GK	Zakria Ahmed
	Talal Mustafa
DF	Juma Khater
DF	Mohammed Hamdoon
FW	Fahad Al Nowais
MF	Salem Joher
DF	Salem Ali
DF	Abdullah Ali
MF	Rami Yaslam
FW	Faisal Ali
MF	Omar Gharib
DF	Hassan Abdullah
FW	Salem Muftah
MF	Rachid Daoudi
	Mohammed Saeed
MF	Helal Saeed
	Youssef Hareb
FW	Joël Tiéhi
	Ahmed saeed
DF	Ali Msarri
	Musabbah Salem
	Eisa Saeed
	Hamad Saeed
	Bader Musabbah

Competitions

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Football League	15 November 2001	12 May 2002	Matchday 1	Winners	22	14	5	3	44	23	+21	063.64
President's Cup	8 January 2002	7 June 2002	Group stage	Semi-finals	9	8	0	1	34	6	+28	088.89
Federation Cup	13 September 2001	1 November 2001	Group stage	Group stage	10	5	2	3	14	10	+4	050.00
UAE Super Cup	19 May 2002	24 May 2002	Semi-finals	Runners-up	2	1	0	1	2	2	+0	050.00
Asian Cup Winners' Cup	21 December 2001	22 February 2002	First round	Quarter-finals	5	3	0	2	5	4	+1	060.00
Total					48	31	7	10	99	45	+54	064.58

Last updated: 7 June 2002
Source: Competitions

UAE Football League

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Al Ain	22	14	5	3	44	23	+21	47
2	Al Jazira	22	11	5	6	50	33	+17	38
3	Al Shaab	22	9	10	3	40	26	+14	37
4	Al Wahda	22	10	6	6	55	38	+17	36
5	Al Ahli	22	8	6	8	42	35	+7	30

Source: rsssf.org

Matches

15 November 2001 1	Ittihad Kalba	0–2	Al Ain	Kalba
		Report	Tiéhi 6', 49'	Stadium: Ittihad Kalba Stadium Referee: Musallam Ahmad

18 November 2001 2	Al Ain	3–1	Al Shabab	Al Ain
	G. Harib 10' A. Ali 35' Fahad .A 45'	Report	W. Obaid 80'	Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed Referee: Ali Bujsaim

22 November 2001 3	Al Shaab	3–1	Al Ain	Sharjah
	A. Ibrahim 28' S. Ibraheem 52' Abu Al-Hail 67'	Report	G. Harib 61'	Stadium: Khalid bin Mohammed Stadium Referee: Fareed Al-Marzouqi

28 November 2001 4	Al Ain	3–1	Baniyas	Al Ain
	S. Khater 51' Tiéhi 60' S. Johar 87'	Report	Ghazi 17' (p)	Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed

5 December 2001 5	Al Nasr	0–0	Al Ain	Dubai
		Report		Stadium: Al Maktoum Stadium Referee: Fareed Al-Marzouqi

27 December 2001 7	Al Khaleej	0–2	Al Ain	Khor Fakkan
		Report	Ebiede 13', 81'

4 February 2002 8	Al Ain	2–1	Al Ahli	Al Ain
	Moses 34', 44'		F. Khalil 85' (p)	Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed

28 February 2002 11	Al Wasl	1–0	Al Ain	Dubai
	Montecinos 86' (p)	Report		Stadium: Zabeel Stadium

5 March 2002 6	Al Ain	3–1	Al Wahda	Al Ain
	Moses 45', 47' S. Rashed 59'	Report	S. Khamees 71'	Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed Referee: Ali Bujsaim

10 March 2002 9	Sharjah	3–3 Abandoned	Al Ain	Sharjah
	Farhan 19', 35' Al Kass 38'	Report	M. Omar 62' H. Saeed 83' Tiéhi 90'	Stadium: Sharjah Stadium Referee: Ahmed Khamis

15 March 2002 10	Al Ain	0–1	Al Jazira	Al Ain
		Report	Suhail 87'	Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed

19 March 2002 Replay	Sharjah	2–2	Al Ain	Dubai
	Al-Dokhi 30' El Assas 35'	Report	Tiéhi 83' Moses 86'	Stadium: Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum Referee: Mohamed Omar

29 March 2002 14	Al Ain	2–2	Al Shaab	Al Ain
	Moses 1', 55'	Report	A. Ibrahim 25' S. Yousif 60'	Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed Referee: Fareed Al-Marzouqi

4 April 2002 15	Baniyas	0–1	Al Ain	Abu Dhabi
		Report	Tiéhi 52'	Referee: Ahmed Khamis

8 April 2002 13	Al Shabab	1–2	Al Ain	Dubai
	Denílson 64' (p)	Report	M. Omar 62' H. Saeed 73'	Stadium: Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum

11 April 2002 16	Al Ain	3–1	Al Nasr	Al Ain
	Moses 1', 62' M. Omar 38'	Report	Kanzari 47' (p)	Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed Referee: Mohamed Omar

16 April 2002 17	Al Wahda	2–3	Al Ain	Abu Dhabi
	Al-Enazi 27' F. Masoud 58'	Report	A. Ali 35' Moses 37' M. Omar 80' (p)	Stadium: Al Nahyan Stadium Referee: Mohamed Omar

19 April 2002 18	Al Ain	3–2	Al Khaleej	Al Ain
	A. Ali 12' S. Johar 45' Tiéhi 86'	Report	Faye 25' Nawaf .M 33'	Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed

25 April 2002 19	Al Ahli	0–0	Al Ain	Dubai
		Report		Stadium: Rashid Stadium

29 April 2002 12	Al Ain	2–1	Ittihad Kalba	Al Ain
	S. Rashed 80', 82'	Report	Zolo 75' (p)	Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed Referee: Salah Amen

2 May 2002 20	Al Ain	5–1	Sharjah	Al Ain
	Moses 34' M. Omar 47', 50' Shehab .A 58' S. Johar 89'	Report	El Assas 91'	Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed Referee: Mohamed Al-Zarouni

8 May 2002 21	Al Jazira	2–2	Al Ain	Abu Dhabi
	Debbah 31' M. Salem 69'	Report	Moses 2' A. Ali 28'	Stadium: Al Jazira Stadium Referee: Mohamed Omar

12 May 2002 22	Al Ain	3–0	Al Wasl	Al Ain
	Tiéhi 34' M. Omar 68' S. Khater 86'	Report		Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed Referee: Musallam Ahmad

UAE President's Cup

Group D

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Al Ain	6	6	0	0	27	1	+26	18
Al Khaleej	6	4	1	1	12	7	+5	13
Al Shaab	6	3	0	3	14	14	0	9
Ahli Al Fujairah	6	2	1	3	13	13	0	7
Al Urooba	6	2	1	3	9	11	−2	7
Dibba	6	1	1	4	3	15	−12	4
Al Jazirah Al Hamra	6	1	0	5	7	24	−17	3

Source: rsssf.org

8 January 2002 2	Al Ain	3–0	Dibba	Al Ain
	Ebiede 8', 45' Tiéhi 40'	Report		Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed

14 January 2002 1	Al Urooba	0–6	Al Ain	Fujairah
	Ebiede 11', 43', 59', 62' R. Yaslam 31' S. Johar 69'			Stadium: Al Urooba Club Stadium

18 January 2002 3	Al Khaleej	1–3	Al Ain	Khor Fakkan
	El Badraoui 19' (p)	Report	Tiéhi 44' R. Yaslam 46' H. Saeed 76'

21 January 2002 4	Al Ain	6–0	Al Jazirah Al Hamra	Al Ain
	R. Yaslam 1' Tiéhi 23', 31', 47' Muftah 80', 87'	Report		Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed

26 January 2002 5	Ahli Al Fujairah	0–3	Al Ain	Fujairah
		Report	H. Abdullah 18' Muftah 86' S. Johar 87'	Stadium: Fujairah Stadium Referee: Abdullah Al Bannai

30 January 2002 6	Al Ain	6–0	Al Shaab	Al Ain
	R. Yaslam 27', 70' Tiéhi 33' (p) Shehab .A 67' Moses 80', 86'			Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed

30 May 2002 Round of 16	Al Ain	2–1	Al Shabab	Abu Dhabi
	Fahad .A 67', 86'	Report	W. Obaid 19'	Stadium: Al Jazira Stadium

3 June 2002 Quarter-finals	Al Dhafra	1–3	Al Ain	Abu Dhabi
	Ereyahi 73'	Report	M. Omar 13' S. Khater 58' F. Ali 88'	Stadium: Al Jazira Stadium

7 June 2002 Semi-finals	Al Jazira	3–2	Al Ain	Abu Dhabi
	Weah 30', 95' Qassim .M 92'	Report	M. Omar 28' Fakher 54'	Stadium: Al Nahyan Stadium

UAE Super Cup

19 May 2002 Semi-finals	Al Ain	2–1	Al Shaab	Abu Dhabi
	A. Ali 49' S. Johar 115'	Report	A. Ibrahim 61'	Stadium: Al Nahyan Stadium Referee: Ali Bujsaim

24 May 2002 Final	Al Wahda	1–0	Al Ain	Dubai
	Conteh 4'	Report		Stadium: Al Maktoum Stadium Referee: Mohamed Al-Zarouni

UAE Federation Cup

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Al Nasr	10	7	3	0	34	15	+19	24
Al Ahli	10	5	3	2	20	18	+2	18
Al Ain	10	5	2	3	14	10	+4	17
Al Shabab	10	3	3	4	17	18	−1	12
Ittihad Kalba	10	1	4	5	12	17	−5	7
Al Khaleej	10	1	1	8	9	28	−19	4

Source: rsssf.org

13 September 2001 1	Al Ain	0–2 Awarded^{[n 1]}	Al Ahli	Al Ain
	Tiéhi 5', 68' F. Ali 38'	Report		Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed Referee: Musallam Ahmad

17 September 2001 2	Al Ain	1–0	Al Khaleej	Al Ain
	Muftah 71'	Report		Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed Referee: Ali Al-Badwawi

20 September 2001 3	Al Ain	1–1	Al Shabab	Al Ain
	Tiéhi 52' (p)	Report	Denílson 72'	Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed Referee: Ahmed Khamis

26 September 2001 4	Al Ain	1–1	Al Nasr	Al Ain
	Tiéhi 14'	Report	Kadem .A 64'	Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed Referee: Mohamed Al-Zarouni

3 October 2001 5	Ittihad Kalba	1–2	Al Ain	Kalba
	A. Mohamed 73' (p)	Report	Tiéhi 5' (p) F. Ali 64'	Stadium: Ittihad Kalba Stadium Referee: Waleed Ali

7 October 2001 6	Al Ahli	1–0	Al Ain	Dubai
	Shah 31'	Report		Stadium: Rashid Stadium Referee: Ali Bujsaim

11 October 2001 7	Al Khaleej	1–5	Al Ain	Khor Fakkan
	Nawaf .M 89'	Report	F. Ali 52' Ebiede 59' Tiéhi 61' H. Saeed 76' A. Musabbah 81'	Referee: Ali Al Mulla

17 October 2001 8	Al Shabab	0–1	Al Ain	Dubai
		Report	Tiéhi 71'	Stadium: Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum Referee: Abdullah Al Bannai

24 October 2001 9	Al Nasr	3–1	Al Ain	Dubai
	Mosalam .A 39' Kadem .A 60' da Silva 87'	Report	H. Saeed 82' (p)	Stadium: Al Maktoum Stadium Referee: Mohamed Omar

1 November 2001 10	Al Ain	2–0	Ittihad Kalba	Al Ain
	F. Ali 26' Tiéhi 76'	Report		Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed Referee: Ali Al Mulla

Notes

^ The Al Ain v Al Ahli first leg, originally won 3–0 by Al Ain, was forfeited and awarded 2–0 to Al Ahli by the UAE FA Competitions Committee on 16 September 2001, as Al Ain fielded the player Salim Ali, whose FA registration card was not renewed by the club.^[9]

Asian Cup Winners' Cup

First round

Al Ain

w/o^{[n 1]}

Al Salmiya

Notes

^ Al Salmiya withdrew.

Second round

21 December 2001 First leg	Al Wahdat	2–1	Al Ain	Amman
	Deeb 50' Maali 64'		Moses 13'	Stadium: King Abdullah II Stadium Referee: Mahmoud Al Rifai (Syria)

4 January 2002 Second leg	Al Ain	2–0 (3–2 agg.)	Al Wahdat	Al Ain
	Moses 24' G. Harib 72'	Report		Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed Referee: Sabah Qasim (Iraq)

Quarter-finals

15 February 2002 First leg	Al Sadd	1–0	Al Ain	Doha
	Utaka 28'	Report		Stadium: Jassim bin Hamad Stadium

22 February 2002 Second leg	Al Ain	2–1 (2–2a agg.)	Al Sadd	Al Ain
	Moses 36', 75'	Report	El Moubarki 35'	Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Qassem Shaaban (Kuwait)

Statistics

Goalscorers

As of 7 June 2002

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	UAE Super Cup	Asian Cup Winners' Cup	Total
1	FW	Joël Tiéhi	7	6	6	0	0	19
2	FW	Arthur Moses	12	2	0	0	4	18
3	MF	Emmanuel Ebiede	2	6	1	0	0	9
4	FW	Mohammad Omar	6	2	0	0	0	8
5	MF	Salem Johar	3	2	0	1	0	6
6	DF	Abdullah Ali	4	0	0	1	0	5
6	MF	Rami Yaslam	0	5	0	0	0	5
8	MF	Helal Saeed	1	1	2	0	0	4
	FW	Faisal Ali	0	1	3	0	0	4
	FW	Salem Muftah	0	3	1	0	0	4
11	MF	Gharib Harib	2	0	0	0	1	3
	MF	Subait Khater	2	1	0	0	0	3
	MF	Sultan Rashed	3	0	0	0	0	3
	DF	Fahad Ali	1	2	0	0	0	3
15	MF	Shehab Ahmed	1	1	0	0	0	2
16	DF	Humaid Fakher	0	1	0	0	0	1
	DF	Hassan Abdullah	0	1	0	0	0	1
	MF	Abdullah Musabbah	0	0	1	0	0	1
Own goals (from the opponents)			0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals			44	34	14	2	5	99

References

^ "يوردانيسكو يدرب العين مقابل 450 ألف دولار" [Jordanescu trains Al Ain for $450,000] (in Arabic). AlJazeera.net.
^ "Al Ain signs up Romanian coach". GulfNews.com.
^ "يوردانيسكو يستقيل من العين لتدريب منتخب رومانيا" (in Arabic). Al-Bayan. Archived from the original on 2002-11-20. Retrieved 2023-06-08.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
^ ^a ^b "البوسني جمال حاجي بديلا ليوردانيسكو في تدريب العين" [Bosnian Jamal Haji substitute for Jordanescu in Al Ain training] (in Arabic). Aawsat.com.
^ ^a ^b "يصل مساء اليوم لتوقيع العقد وقيادة الفريق، البوسني حاجي مدربا للعين بديلا ليوردانيسكو" (in Arabic). Al-Bayan. Archived from the original on 2002-01-11. Retrieved 2023-06-08.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
^ "جمال حاجي: الاعتذار قرار صعب بعد نجاحي مع الفريق" (in Arabic). Al-Bayan. Archived from the original on 2005-03-26. Retrieved 2023-06-10.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
^ "مفاجأة غير متوقعة، العين يعتذر عن عدم المشاركة في البطولة العربية بالدوحة" (in Arabic). Al-Bayan. Archived from the original on 2003-04-24. Retrieved 2023-06-07.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
^ "الريان القطري يشارك في بطولة الأندية العربية" (in Arabic). AlJazeera.net.
^ "Al Ahli declared winners over Al Ain". Gulf News. 17 September 2001.

External links

Al Ain FC official website (in English and Arabic)

[10] The Al Ain v Al Ahli first leg, originally won 3–0 by Al Ain, was forfeited and awarded 2–0 to Al Ahli by the UAE FA Competitions Committee on 16 September 2001, as Al Ain fielded the player Salim Ali, whose FA registration card was not renewed by the club.^[9]

[11] Al Salmiya withdrew.

[يوردانيسكو_يدرب_العين_مقابل_450_ألف_دولار-1] "يوردانيسكو يدرب العين مقابل 450 ألف دولار" [Jordanescu trains Al Ain for $450,000] (in Arabic). AlJazeera.net.

[Al_Ain_signs_up_Romanian_coach-2] "Al Ain signs up Romanian coach". GulfNews.com.

[يوردانيسكو_يستقيل_من_العين_لتدريب_منتخب_رومانيا-3] "يوردانيسكو يستقيل من العين لتدريب منتخب رومانيا" (in Arabic). Al-Bayan. Archived from the original on 2002-11-20. Retrieved 2023-06-08.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

[البوسني_جمال_حاجي_بديلا_ليوردانيسكو_في_تدريب_العين-4] "البوسني جمال حاجي بديلا ليوردانيسكو في تدريب العين" [Bosnian Jamal Haji substitute for Jordanescu in Al Ain training] (in Arabic). Aawsat.com.

[يصل_مساء_اليوم_لتوقيع_العقد_وقيادة_الفريق،_البوسني_حاجي_مدربا_للعين_بديلا_ليوردانيسكو-5] "يصل مساء اليوم لتوقيع العقد وقيادة الفريق، البوسني حاجي مدربا للعين بديلا ليوردانيسكو" (in Arabic). Al-Bayan. Archived from the original on 2002-01-11. Retrieved 2023-06-08.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

[جمال_حاجي:_الاعتذار_قرار_صعب_بعد_نجاحي_مع_الفريق-6] "جمال حاجي: الاعتذار قرار صعب بعد نجاحي مع الفريق" (in Arabic). Al-Bayan. Archived from the original on 2005-03-26. Retrieved 2023-06-10.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

[مفاجأة_غير_متوقعة،_العين_يعتذر_عن_عدم_المشاركة_في_البطولة_العربية_بالدوحة-7] "مفاجأة غير متوقعة، العين يعتذر عن عدم المشاركة في البطولة العربية بالدوحة" (in Arabic). Al-Bayan. Archived from the original on 2003-04-24. Retrieved 2023-06-07.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

[الريان_القطري_يشارك_في_بطولة_الأندية_العربية-8] "الريان القطري يشارك في بطولة الأندية العربية" (in Arabic). AlJazeera.net.

[9] "Al Ahli declared winners over Al Ain". Gulf News. 17 September 2001.

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