2004–05 Al Ain FC season

Al Ain
2004–05 season
President	Mohammed Bin Zayed
Manager	Alain Perrin; (from 13 July 2004; until 21 Oct 2004) ; Mohammad El Mansi*; (from 21 Oct 2004; until 6 January 2005); Milan Máčala; (from 7 January 2005)
Stadium	Tahnoun bin Mohammed
UAE Football League	2nd
President's Cup	Winners
Federation Cup	Winners
AFC Champions League	2004: Quarter-finals; 2005: Quarter-finals
Top goalscorer	League: Edílson (15); All: Edílson (22)
	← 2003–04 2005–06 →
	All statistics correct as of 16 June 2005.

The 2004–05 season was Al Ain Football Club's 37th season in existence and the club's 30th consecutive season in the top-level football league in the UAE.

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	26 September 2004	15 May 2005	Matchday 1	2nd	26	18	3	5	54	26	+28	069.23
President's Cup	25 January 2005	16 June 2005	Round of 16	Winners	4	4	0	0	13	2	+11	100.00
Federation Cup	18 November 2004	15 December 2004	Group stage	Winners	4	3	1	0	6	2	+4	075.00
2004 ACL	14 September 2004	21 September 2004	Quarter-finals	Quarter-finals	2	0	0	2	1	5	−4	000.00
2005 ACL	9 March 2005	25 May 2005	Group stage	Quarter-finals ^{[note 1]}	6	4	1	1	13	6	+7	066.67
Total					42	29	5	8	87	41	+46	069.05

Last updated: 16 June 2005
Source: Competitions

UAE Football League

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Al Wahda	26	20	2	4	75	35	+40	62
2	Al Ain	26	18	3	5	54	26	+28	57
3	Al Jazira	26	16	5	5	62	41	+21	53
4	Al Nasr	26	13	7	6	48	33	+15	46
5	Sharjah	26	12	6	8	59	44	+15	42

Source: rsssf.com

Matches

26 September 2004 1	Al Ain	3–1	Sharjah	Al Ain
19:50	Fakher 46' R. Yaslam 84' Sanogo 90'	Report	Al Anberi 49'	Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed Referee: Salah Amen

30 September 2004 2	Al Ahli	0–2	Al Ain	Dubai
19:45		Report	S. Khater 71' M. Omar 89'	Stadium: Rashid Stadium Referee: Mohamed Omar

4 October 2004 3	Al Nasr	3–0	Al Ain	Dubai
19:40	Bigode 22', 35', 87'	Report		Stadium: Al Maktoum Stadium Referee: Mohamed Al-Zarouni

21 October 2004 4	Al Ain	1–3	Al Shaab	Al Ain
21:00	M. Omar 21'	Report	S. Ibraheem 22', 89' M. Srour 27'	Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed Referee: Fareed Al-Marzouqi

27 October 2004 5	Al Dhafra	2–2	Al Ain	Abu Dhabi
21:00	S. Basheer 55' Akaruye 59'	Report	S. Khater 44' Fakher 65'	Stadium: Al Dhafra Stadium Referee: Ali Al-Badwawi

25 December 2004 6	Al Ain	5–2	Al Wasl	Al Ain
16:50	M. Omar 38', 79' Sanogo 25', 53' S. Johar 67'	Report	Majidi 77' El Moubarki 90'	Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed Referee: Salah Amen

30 December 2004 7	Ittihad Kalba	1–2	Al Ain	Kalba
16:45	Alamiri 41'	Report	M. Omar 26' Sanogo 75'	Stadium: Ittihad Kalba Stadium Referee: Khaled Al-Doukhi

5 January 2005 8	Al Ain	2–1	Al Shabab	Al Ain
17:00	Sanogo 16' F. Ali 95'	Report	Fernandes 63'	Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed Referee: Abdullah Al Bannai

10 January 2005 9	Al Wahda	2–1	Al Ain	Abu Dhabi
17:05	Mitrović 5' Koutouan 49'	Report	S. Khater 8'	Stadium: Al Nahyan Stadium Referee: Mohamed Omar

14 January 2005 10	Al Ain	1–0	Emirates	Al Ain
17:05	Sanogo 44'	Report		Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed Referee: Ali Al Mulla

18 January 2005 11	Dubai	0–3	Al Ain	Dubai
17:05		Report	Shehab .A 7' Edílson 24', 43'	Stadium: Al Aweer Stadium Referee: Mohamed Al-Zarouni

30 January 2005 12	Al Ain	2–1	Al Jazira	Al Ain
19:45	F. Ali 26' S. Khater 65'	Report	Al-Enazi 75'	Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed Referee: Salah Amen

4 February 2005 13	Al Khaleej	0–3	Al Ain	Khor Fakkan
19:35		Report	Shehab .A 59', 73' G. Harib 64'	Stadium: Saqr bin Mohammed Al Qasimi Referee: Abdullah Al Bannai

13 February 2005 14	Sharjah	2–1	Al Ain	Sharjah
19:40	Al Anberi 31' Barbosa 72'	Report	Edílson 12'	Stadium: Sharjah Stadium Referee: Mohamed Al Junaibi

19 February 2005 15	Al Ain	2–0	Al Ahli	Al Ain
19:45	Edílson 60', 70'	Report		Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed Referee: Ali Al-Badwawi

23 February 2005 16	Al Ain	2–1	Al Nasr	Al Ain
17:35	S. Khater 84' Edílson 89'	Report	M. Ibrahim 36'	Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed Referee: Khaled Al-Doukhi

4 March 2005 17	Al Shaab	1–1	Al Ain	Sharjah
19:45	Samereh 84' (p)	Report	Edílson 4'	Stadium: Khalid bin Mohammed Stadium Referee: Fareed Al-Marzouqi

21 March 2005 18	Al Ain	2–1	Al Dhafra	Al Ain
17:50	Edílson 41' S. Khater 89'	Report	Kambou 74'	Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed Referee: Mohamed Omar

26 March 2005 19	Al Wasl	2–2	Al Ain	Dubai
17:45	Tariq .H 58' I. Rashid 68'	Report	Edílson 31', 40'	Stadium: Zabeel Stadium Referee: Mohamed Al Junaibi

31 March 2005 20	Al Ain	7–0	Ittihad Kalba	Al Ain
17:50	N. Khamis 5' G. Harib 10' Edílson 35', 62', 86', 88' Msarri 71'	Report		Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed Referee: Ali Al-Badwawi

10 April 2005 21	Al Shabab	0–1	Al Ain	Dubai
19:30		Report	G. Harib 28'	Stadium: Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum Referee: Fareed Al-Marzouqi

15 April 2005 22	Al Ain	2–1	Al Wahda	Al Ain
20:10	Msarri 25', 75'	Report	I. Matar 89'	Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed Referee: Salah Amen

25 April 2005 23	Emirates	0–2	Al Ain	Ras al-Khaimah
19:35		Report	G. Harib 10' S. Khater 88'	Stadium: Emirates Club Stadium Referee: Mohamed Al-Zarouni

30 April 2005 24	Al Ain	3–0	Dubai	Al Ain
19:35	Shehab .A 20' Edílson 71' Sanogo 80'	Report		Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed Referee: Khaled Al-Doukhi

5 May 2005 25	Al Jazira	2–0	Al Ain	Abu Dhabi
19:40	Alebri 55' Diaky 70'	Report		Stadium: Mohammed bin Zayed Referee: Fareed Al-Marzouqi

15 May 2005 26	Al Ain	2–0	Al Khaleej	Al Ain
19:40	Sanogo 63', 89'	Report		Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed Referee: Abdullah Al Bannai

UAE President's Cup

25 January 2005 Round of 16	Al Ain	7–1	Al Urooba	Dubai
18:45	F. Ali 24', 27', 59' Edílson 28' Msarri 56' R. Yaslam 75' G. Harib 85'	Report	Al-Abdooli 83'	Stadium: Al Maktoum Stadium Referee: Waleed Ali Yousif

28 February 2005 Quarter-finals	Al Ain	1–0	Al Jazira	Dubai
19:00	R. Yaslam 105'	Report		Stadium: Zabeel Stadium Referee: Mohamed Omar

9 June 2005 Semi-finals	Al Ain	2–0	Al Wasl	Abu Dhabi
19:55	Edílson 23' H. Saeed 54'	Report		Stadium: Al Nahyan Stadium Referee: Mohamed Omar

16 June 2005 Final	Al Ain	3–1	Al Wahda	Abu Dhabi
20:00	Edílson 17' Shehab .A 100' Sanogo 115'	Report	Haider .A 20'	Stadium: Zayed Sports City Referee: Fareed Al-Marzouqi

UAE Federation Cup

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Al Ain	2	1	1	0	4	1	+3	4
Al Jazira	2	1	0	1	1	3	−2	3
Al Khaleej	2	0	1	1	1	2	−1	1

Source: Goalzz.com

18 November 2004 1	Al Ain	1–1	Al Khaleej	Al Ain
16:45	F. Ali 69'	Report Report	M. Malallah 58' (p)	Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed

1 December 2004 2	Al Jazira	0–3	Al Ain	Abu Dhabi
16:50		Report Report	Sanogo 32' H. Saeed 85' M. Omar 89' (p)	Stadium: Mohammed bin Zayed Referee: Abdullah Al Bannai

Semi-finals

9 December 2004	Al Ain	1–0	Al Nasr	Abu Dhabi
18:00	R. Yaslam 61'	Report Report		Stadium: Mohammed bin Zayed Referee: Salah Amen

Final

15 December 2004	Al Ain	1–1 (a.e.t.) (10–9 p)	Al Ahli	Abu Dhabi
18:30	Shehab .A 65'	Report Report	Adel .A 20'	Stadium: Al Nahyan Stadium Referee: Mohamed Omar

2004 AFC Champions League

Quarter-finals

14 September 2004 First leg	Al Ain	0–1	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	Al Ain
18:45		Report	Gomes 90+3'	Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed

21 September 2004 Second leg	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	4–1 (5–1 agg.)	Al Ain	Jeonju
14:00	Do 52' Rink 68' Gomes 89' Dong-Hyuk 90+3' (p)	Report	R. Yaslam 88'	Stadium: Jeonju World Cup Stadium

2005 AFC Champions League

Group B

Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Al Ain	6	4	1	1	13	6	+7	13
Sepahan	6	3	2	1	10	6	+4	11
Al Shabab	6	3	1	2	7	7	0	10
Al Wahda	6	0	0	6	5	16	−11	0

Source: afcchampionsleague.com

9 March 2005	Al Ain	3–0	Al Wahda	Al Ain
	Shehab .A 42' Edílson 54', 82'			Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed

16 March 2005	Sepahan	1–1	Al Ain	Isfahan
	Bezik 36'		Kano 49'	Stadium: Naghsh-e Jahan Stadium

6 April 2005	Al Ain	3–0	Al Shabab	Al Ain
	Edílson 29', 31' S. Khater 47'			Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed

20 April 2005	Al Shabab	1–0	Al Ain	Riyadh
	Attram 77'			Stadium: King Fahd International Stadium

11 May 2005	Al Wahda	2–3	Al Ain	Damascus
	Al-Sayed 58', 65'		Sanogo 80' N. Khamis 83' S. Khater 90+5'	Stadium: Abbasiyyin Stadium

25 May 2005	Al Ain	3–2	Sepahan	Al Ain
	S. Khater 11' Sanogo 31', 70'		M. Karimi 69' Bengar 82'	Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed

Notes

^ ^a ^b Advanced to next round but the cup continued in next season.

Statistics

Goalscorers

As of 16 June 2005

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	2004 ACL	2005 ACL	Total
1	FW	Edílson	15	3	0	0	4	22
2	FW	Boubacar Sanogo	9	1	1	0	3	14
3	MF	Subait Khater	7	0	0	0	3	10
4	MF	Shehab Ahmed	4	1	1	0	1	7
5	FW	Mohammad Omar	5	0	1	0	0	6
5	FW	Faisal Ali	2	3	1	0	0	6
7	MF	Gharib Harib	4	1	0	0	0	5
7	MF	Rami Yaslam	1	2	1	1	0	5
9	DF	Ali Msarri	3	1	0	0	0	4
10	MF	Helal Saeed	0	1	1	0	0	2
	FW	Nasser Khamis	1	0	0	0	1	2
	DF	Humaid Fakher	2	0	0	0	0	2
13	MF	Salem Johar	1	0	0	0	0	1
13	DF	Ahmed Kano	0	0	0	0	1	1
Own goals (from the opponents)			0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals			54	13	6	1	13	87

References

^ "بيران مدربا للعين الإماراتي خلفا لميتسو" (in Arabic). FilGoal.
^ ^a ^b "العين يقيل مدربه الفرنسي الأن بيران" (in Arabic). alainclub.com. Archived from the original on 2004-10-22.
^ "سلم دفة القيادة الى ماتشالا وعاد مساعدا للمدرب" (in Arabic). alainclub.com. Archived from the original on 2005-02-01.
^ "ماتشالا : إخترت العين رغم إغراءات العروض الأخرى" (in Arabic). alainclub.com. Archived from the original on 2005-01-24.
^ "هنأ نفسة على الثقة الغالية وقاد المران الأول" (in Arabic). alainclub.com. Archived from the original on 2005-02-01.

External links

Al Ain FC official website (in English and Arabic)

[continued-6] Advanced to next round but the cup continued in next season.

[بيران_مدربا_للعين_الإماراتي_خلفا_لميتسو-1] "بيران مدربا للعين الإماراتي خلفا لميتسو" (in Arabic). FilGoal.

[العين_يقيل_مدربه_الفرنسي_الأن_بيران-2] "العين يقيل مدربه الفرنسي الأن بيران" (in Arabic). alainclub.com. Archived from the original on 2004-10-22.

[سلم_دفة_القيادة_الى_ماتشالا_وعاد_مساعدا_للمدرب-3] "سلم دفة القيادة الى ماتشالا وعاد مساعدا للمدرب" (in Arabic). alainclub.com. Archived from the original on 2005-02-01.

[ماتشالا_:_إخترت_العين_رغم_إغراءات_العروض_الأخرى-4] "ماتشالا : إخترت العين رغم إغراءات العروض الأخرى" (in Arabic). alainclub.com. Archived from the original on 2005-01-24.

[هنأ_نفسة_على_الثقة_الغالية_وقاد_المران_الأول-5] "هنأ نفسة على الثقة الغالية وقاد المران الأول" (in Arabic). alainclub.com. Archived from the original on 2005-02-01.

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v t e Al Ain FC seasons
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