2013–14 Al Ain FC season

The 2013–14 season was Al Ain Football Club's 40th in existence and the club's 38th consecutive season in the top-level football league in the UAE.

Al Ain

2013–14 season
President	Mohammed Bin Zayed
Manager	Zlatko Dalić
Stadium	Hazza Bin Zayed, Al Ain
Arabian Gulf League	6
Arabian Gulf Super Cup	Runners-up
President's Cup	Winners
League Cup	Group Stage
AFC Champions League	Quarter-finals
Top goalscorer	League: Asamoah Gyan (29) All: Asamoah Gyan (44)
Home colours Away colours

Season overview

June

Al Ain started summer transfer window signing central midfielder Sultan Al Ghaferi for a three-year deal after end of his contact with Baniyas.[1] On 11 June, Ivorian central midfielder Ibrahim Diaky was officially presented as an Al Ain player at the press conference for two seasons in exchange deal with Al Jazira of joining Musallam Fayez and Yaqoub Al Hosani along with €1 million.[2][3][4] On 17 June, Al Ain announced the end of contract Abdullah Malallah and agreed to terminate the contract with Mohamed Malallah.[5] On 30 June, Saif Mohammed signed a two-year loan extension with Al Dhafra.[6]

July

On 3 July, manager Cosmin Olaroiu moved to manage Al Ain's bitter rivals Al Ahli.[7][8] On 16 July, it was announced at a press conference the extension of contracts Helal Saeed, Mohanad Salem and Ismail Ahmed.[9] Goalkeeper Khalid Essa moved to Al Ain in undisclosed deal.[10][11] Hazza Salem, Bandar Al Ahbabi, Yousif Abdelrahman returned to Al Ain after the end of their loans. On 25 July, Al Ain announced that Jorge Fossati will be appointed as the new manager for a one-year deal.[12] On 31 July, Al Dhafra announced signing Al Ain goalkeeper Abdulla Sultan for 5 seasons in undisclosed deal. The 27-year-old leaves after 3 season with the first team.[13]

Jorge Fossati Al Ain FC formerly manager, sacked after seven weeks in charge

August

On 1 August, Al Ain announced reached an agreement with Lyon over the transfer of Brazilian midfielder, Michel Bastos.[14] Reportedly Al Ain agree to pay €4 million fee for Bastos.[15] On 30 August Al Ain FC were defeated by Al Ahli on penalties after a 0–0 in the 2013 UAE Super Cup at the Mohammed Bin Zayed Stadium.[16]

September

Quique Flores sacked after disappointing results

On 4 September, Al Ain kicked off League Cup with a disappointing 3–1 away loss to Baniyas.[17] On 7 September, Jires Kembo Ekoko joined Qatari club El Jaish for a one-season loan.[18][19] After two defeats in a row, Al Ain confidently win The Derby a 3–0 over Al Wahda.[20] On 13 September, Al Ain sack Jorge Fossati after seven weeks, due his philosophy and style of play did not suitable with the team and assigned temporarily Ahmed Abdullah, reserve team manager.[21][22] On 27 September, Quique Flores arrived at Al Ain on Friday to be the new coach on a two-year deal.[23]

Players

First team squad No. Nationality Position(s) Name Since Date of Birth (Age) Signed from Games Goals Goalkeepers — GK  UAE Waleed Salem 2001 28 October 1980 Al Ain Youth system 57 0 17 GK  UAE Khalid Essa 2013 15 September 1989 Al Jazira 1 0 36 GK  UAE Dawoud Sulaiman 2010 21 March 1990 Al Ain Youth system 63 0 Defenders 5 DF  UAE Ismail Ahmed 2008 7 July 1983 FUS de Rabat 115 14 14 DF  UAE Mohammed Fayez 2007 6 October 1989 Al Ain Youth system 43 0 15 DF  UAE Khaled Abdulrahman 2009 10 September 1988 Al Ain Youth system 67 0 21 DF  UAE Fawzi Fayez 2007 14 July 1987 Al Ain Youth system 82 3 19 DF  UAE Mohanad Salem 2008 1 March 1985 Al Dhafra 115 4 23 DF  UAE Mohamed Ahmed 2012 16 April 1989 Al Shabab 31 2 31 DF  UAE Hazza Salem 2008 30 December 1989 Al Ain Youth system 60 2 44 DF  UAE Faris Jumaa 2007 19 December 1988 Al Ain Youth system 133 7 50 DF  UAE Mohammed Fayez 2007 6 November 1989 Al Ain Youth system 43 0 Midfielders 4 MF  UAE Sultan Al Ghaferi 2013 18 September 1986 Baniyas 0 0 6 MF  ROU Mirel Rădoi (3rd C) 2011 22 March 1981 Al Hilal 65 5 7 MF  UAE Ali Al-Wehaibi (VC) 2001 27 October 1983 Al Ain Youth system 128 21 8 MF  BEL Yassine El Ghanassy 2014 12 July 1990 Gent 7 1 10 MF  UAE Omar Abdulrahman 2008 20 September 1991 Al Ain Youth system 81 25 18 MF  UAE Ibrahim Diaky 2013 24 May 1982 Al Jazira 1 0 20 MF  UAE Helal Saeed (C) 2011 24 March 1982 Al Jazira 58 0 25 MF  UAE Ahmed Al Shamisi 2009 3 March 1988 Al Ain Youth system 28 2 27 MF  UAE Salem Abdullah 2007 5 July 1986 Al Ain Youth system 71 7 30 MF  UAE Mohammed Al Saadi 2011 28 October 1982 Al Dhafra 25 0 Forwards 3 FW  GHA Asamoah Gyan 2011 22 November 1985 Sunderland 47 56 11 FW  UAE Abdulaziz Fayez 2009 17 September 1990 Al Ain Youth system 59 6 16 FW  UAE Mohammed Abdulrahman 2008 4 February 1989 Al Ain Youth system 100 10 32 FW  AUS Alex Brosque 2012 12 October 1983 Shimizu S-Pulse 31 16 No. Nat Position Player Since Games Goals Reserve Team 1 GK  UAE Saif Rashed 2013 0 0 2 DF  UAE Mohammed Ali Ayed 2009 15 0 30 GK  UAE Abdulla Sultan 2008 21 0 34 MF  UAE Sultan Nasser 2010 9 0 26 MF  UAE Hamad Al Meri 2010 19 2 26 DF  UAE Abdulsalam Mohammed 2012 4 0 28 FW  UAE Abdulla Al Sheeba 2012 1 0 38 DF  UAE Saeed Mosabah 2012 1 0 39 MF  UAE Saqr Mohammed 2013 0 0 37 FW  UAE Faraj Juma 2010 8 0 40 GK  UAE Mohamad Busanda 2013 0 0 42 DF  UAE Fahad Juma 2012 1 0 64 MF  UAE Ryan Yslam 2012 1 0 65 FW  UAE Yousef Ahmad 2012 13 6 68 MF  UAE Ahmed Barman 2013 2 0 No. Nat Position Player Since Games Goals Youth System 13 MF  UAE Ahmed Sahel 2013 0 0 41 GK  UAE Sultan Musabbeh 2009 1 0 45 FW  UAE Khalifa Al Wahshi 2013 1 0 60 DF  UAE Salem Al Azizi 2013 1 0 — MF  UAE Saleh Al Nuaimi 2013 0 0 Players in / out IN No. Pos. Player From T.w Type T.fee Source 4 CM Sultan Al Ghaferi Baniyas S Transfer Free AlAinFC.net 18 CM Ibrahim Diaky Al Jazira S Transfer €1.05M AlAinFC.net 17 GK Khalid Essa Al Jazira S Transfer AlAinFC.net 31 RB Hazza Salem Al Dhafra S L.return — – GK Yousif Abdelrahman Al Shaab S L.return — 8 LW Michel Bastos Lyon S Transfer €4M AlAinFC.net – DM Bakary Saré Dinamo Zagreb W Loan TheNational.ae 8 FW Yassine El Ghanassy Gent W Loan AGLeague.ae – GK Waleed Salem Al Ain W Re-registered AGLeague.ae – DF Fawzi Fayez Al Ain W Re-registered AGLeague.ae Total spending: €5.05 million + Yaqoub Al Hosani, Musallem Fayez OUT No. Pos. Player To T.w Type T.fee Source 2 CM Yaqoub Al Hosani Al Jazira S Swap Free ProLeague.ae 4 CB Musallem Fayez Al Jazira S Swap Free ProLeague.ae 29 FW Mohamed Malallah Al Shaab S C.termination Free AlShaabClub.ae 18 CM Abdullah Malallah Dubai S End of contact Free AlAinFC.net – LB Saif Mohammed Al Dhafra S Loan extension ProLeague.ae – FW Ignacio Scocco Inter S Transfer €4.95M Internacional.com.br 30 GK Abdulla Sultan Al Dhafra S Transfer Undisc. DFSC.ae 14 CM Bandar Al Ahbabi Al Dhafra S Loan Goal, AlAinFC 9 FW Kembo Ekoko El Jaish S Loan Undisc. ElJaish.com – CB Salim Sultan Al-Wahda S Transfer Undisc. AlWahda-FC 8 LW Michel Bastos A.S. Roma W Loan €1,100,000 AGLeague.ae 22 GK Mahmood Al Mas W Deregistered AGLeague.ae – DF Mohammed Ali Ayed Al Shabab W Loan AGLeague.ae – GK Saif Rashed Al Wasl W Loan AGLeague.ae Total income: €6.05 million Club Current technical staff Position Name First team head coach Zlatko Dalić Assistant coach Dražen Ladić Hisham Sorour Goalkeeping coach Bashar Abduljalil Fitness coach Frano Lecco Club doctor Nicholas Tzorudis Physiotherapist Ibstolius Derstas Georgios Bosineaus Other information Chairman Mohammed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan Vice Chairman Hazza Bin Zayed Al Nahyan Chairman of Board of Directors Abdullah Bin Mohammed Bin Khaled Al Nahyan Vice Chairman of Board of Directors Rashed Mubarak Al Hajeri Board of Directors Member Mohammed Salem Omair Al Shamisi Board of Directors Member Mohammed Abdullah Bin Bdoua Al Darmaki Board of Directors Member Mohamed Obaid Helal Al Dhaheri Ground (capacity and dimensions) Hazza Bin Zayed Stadium (25,000 / 45x50 metres) Updated to match played 15 June 2014 Source: Al Ain FC, HBZStadium Statistics Squad, appearances and goals Squad Stats League Asia Cup League Cup Super cup Total Stats Games played 26 8 4 6 1 45 Games won 12 5 4 3 0 24 Games drawn 7 2 0 1 0 10 Games lost 7 1 0 2 1 11 Goals for 52 18 9 11 0 90 Goals against 33 9 4 9 0 55 Yellow cards 51 13 8 14 4 91 Red cards 4 0 0 0 0 4 Last updated: 18 May 2014 Source: Competitive matches Goalscorers Rnk No. Pos Player League League Cup President's Cup Champions League Super Cup Total 1 3 FW Asamoah Gyan 29 5 10 44 2 16 FW Mohamed Abdulrahman 1 3 3 7 — 32 FW Alex Brosque 4 1 1 1 7 4 18 MF Ibrahim Diaky 1 3 2 6 — 8 MF Michel Bastos 4 1 1 6 6 19 DF Mohanad Salem 4 4 7 44 DF Fares Juma 2 1 3 — 5 DF Ismail Ahmed 3 3 9 10 MF Omar Abdulrahman 1 1 2 10 43 MF Ryan Yslam 1 1 — 8 FW Yassine El Ghanassy 1 1 — 4 MF Sultan Al Ghaferi 1 1 — 6 MF Mirel Radoi 1 1 — 31 DF Hazza Salem 1 1 — Own Goals 1 TOTALS 52 11 8 17 88 Assists R Player Position League League Cup President's Cup Champions League Super Cup Total 1 Omar Abdulrahman AM 17 0 2 4 0 23 2 Ahmed Al Shamisi DM 4 1 0 0 0 5 3 Ibrahim Diaky CM 0 1 0 3 0 4 Yassine El Ghanassy FW 4 0 0 1 0 4 Asamoah Gyan FW 2 0 0 2 0 4 6 Mohamed Abdulrahman FW 2 0 0 1 0 3 Michel Bastos LW 3 0 0 0 0 3 Mohammed Fayez LB 1 0 0 2 0 3 9 Khaled Abdulrahman LB 2 0 0 0 0 2 Alex Brosque FW 2 0 0 0 0 2 Mirel Rădoi DM 1 0 0 1 0 2 12 Abdulsalam Mohammed RB 0 1 0 0 0 1 Ismail Ahmed CB 0 0 0 1 0 1 Last updated: 18 May 2014 Disciplinary record N P Nat. Name League League Cup President's Cup Champions League Super Cup Total Notes 2 DF M.Ayed 1 1 3 FW Gyan 1 1 2 4 MF S.Al Ghaferi 1 1 5 DF Ismail 5 2 7 6 MF Rădoi 2 1 3 1 6 1 8 MF Bastos 1 1 2 8 MF El Ghanassy 1 1 10 MF Omar.A 5 2 1 8 15 DF Khaled.A 1 1 2 16 FW Mohamed.A 2 3 5 17 GK Khalid.E 3 3 18 MF Diaky 5 2 7 19 DF Mohanad 2 1 2 1 20 MF Helal.S 1 2 3 21 DF Fawzi.F 2 1 1 3 1 22 GK Al Mas 1 1 23 DF M.Ahmed 2 2 1 5 24 MF A.Barman 1 1 2 4 25 MF Ahmed.A 2 1 3 27 MF Salem.A 1 1 2 31 DF Hazza.S 3 1 4 32 FW Brosque 3 1 1 5 35 FW Yousef.A 1 1 36 GK Dawoud 1 1 44 DF Fares.J 3 1 3 1 1 8 1 50 DF Mohammed.F 4 4 Last updated: 18 May 2014 Source: Competitive matches and AGLeague.ae Only competitive matches Ordered by , and = Number of bookings; = Number of sending offs after a second yellow card; = Number of sending offs by a direct red card. Competitions Overall Competition Started round Current position / round Final position / round First match Last match Arabian Gulf Super Cup Final — Runner-up 30 August 2013 Arabian Gulf League — — 6 15 September 2013 9 May 2014 Arabian Gulf Cup Group stage — GS 4 September 2013 14 November 2013 UAE President's Cup Final — Winner 18 May 2014 AFC Champions League Group stage Quarter-finals 26 February 2014 Updated to match played 18 May 2014 Source: Competitions Friendlies   Win   Draw   Loss 29 July 2013 AFIC Al Ain 2 – 0[24] Riffa Al Ain, United Arab Emirates 10:15 GMT+4 (UAE Time) F. Juma  70', 83' S. Al menhali  73' Report  4' S. Al Dosari  68' Mohamed Stadium: Sheikh Khalifa International Referee: Hamad Al Sheikh Man of the Match: Faraj Juma[25] 1 August 2013 AFIC Al Ain 3 – 0[26] Kazma Al Ain, United Arab Emirates 10:15 GMT+4 (UAE Time) Gyan  18'  61' Diaky  48' Fahad. J  70' Salem. A  84' Report Stadium: Sheikh Khalifa International Referee: Fahad Al Kassar Man of the Match: Ibrahim Diaky[27] 5 August 2013 AFIC Al Ain 2 – 4[28] Al Hilal Al Ain, United Arab Emirates 10:00 GMT+4 (UAE Time) Ismail. A  9' Gyan  67' (pen.) Bastos  78' Salem. A  71' Report  14' (39), pen.' Al-Shamrani  23' Castillo  90+3' Hermach Stadium: Sheikh Khalifa International Referee: Mohammed Abdulkarim Man of the Match: Michel Bastos[29] 20 August 2013 Friendly Šampion Celje 0–2 Al Ain Lienz, Austria Report  68' Bastos  85' Abdulaziz Stadium: Dolomiten Stadion Referee: Triting Himlton 20 August 2013 Friendly Al Ahli 2–0 Al Ain Kapfenberg, Austria Dioko  24' Hamzah  90' Report Stadium: Franz Fekete Stadium 15 May 2014 Friendly Al Ahli 0–3 Manchester City Abu Dhabi 19:50 Lopes  63' Jovetić  79' Hiwula  89' (pen.) Stadium: Hazza Bin Zayed Stadium UAE Arabian Gulf Super Cup 30 August 2013 Al Ain 0–0 (2–3 p) Al Ahli Abu Dhabi 19:25 GMT+4 (UAE Time) Rădoi  6' Mohamed. A  23' Al Shamisi  80' Fares  85' Report  9' A. Khalil  90' M. Hassan  90+3' Majed. N Stadium: Mohammed Bin Zayed Attendance: 29,874 Referee: Abdullah Al Ajel Penalties Gyan Omar. A Al Shamisi Fares Diaky Jiménez Ciel Viana Sanqour Arabian Gulf League Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation 4 Al Shabab 26 13 5 8 42 28 +14 44 2015 GCC Champions League Group Stage 5 Al Nasr 26 13 5 8 42 32 +10 44 6 Al Ain 26 12 7 7 52 33 +19 43 2015 AFC Champions League Group stage[lower-alpha 1] 7 Al Sharjah 26 10 10 6 29 25 +4 40 8 Al-Dhafra 26 9 8 9 44 44 0 35 Updated to match(es) played on 11 May 2014. Source: Arabian Gulf League 2013-2014 table Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored. Notes: Al Ain qualified through winning the Presidents Cup. Results summary Overall Home Away Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD 26 12 7 7 52 33  +19 43 7 4 2 31 18  +13 5 3 5 21 15  +6 Last updated: 9 May 2014. Source: Competitive matches 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 Ground A H A H A H A H A H H A H H A H A H A H A H A A H A Result L W L W D W L W D W D L W D D D W L L L W W W W D W Position 13 9 9 7 8 4 10 4 5 3 6 6 6 7 7 7 5 6 8 8 7 7 4 5 6 6 Source: A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss Matches 15 September 2013 1 Al Shabab 3–1 Al Ain Dubai 20:30 Adeílson  21', 63' Hassan.H  63' Edgar  69'  84' Report  42' Khalid.E  45+1'  66' Mohanad  49' Fares.J  70' Radoi  90+4' Yousef.A Stadium: Maktoum Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Referee: Hamad Al Shaikh 20 September 2013 2 Al Ain 2–1 Ajman Al Ain 17:30 Gyan  20', 25' Bastos  28' Khalid.E  85' Al Ghaferi  87' Report  77' Simon  83' Waleed.A Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed Attendance: 2,322 Referee: Ahmad Khalfan 27 September 2013 3 Al Dhafra 4–3 Al Ain Abu Dhabi 17:35 E.Clottey  53', 61', 84' Makhete  67'  68' H.Zahran  70' A.Alnaqbi  70' Report  8' Bastos  45+1' Mohanad  72', 74' Gyan  76' Fares.J  80' Ismail Stadium: Hamdan bin Zayed Al Nahyan Referee: Abdulwahid Qhater 19 October 2013 4 Al Ain 5–2 Dubai Al Ain 17:00 Ismail  19' Gyan  52', 56', 72' Brosque  69' Report  48' R.Yaslam  68' Traore Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed Referee: Abdulla Al Aajel 25 October 2013 5 Al Wahda 1–1 Al Ain Abu Dhabi 20:30 Estrada  16'  65' Mubarak  27' Eissa  78' Report  9' Diaky  42' Radoi  47' Bastos  88' Omar.A Stadium: Al Nahyan Stadium Referee: Ammar Ali Al Junaibi 31 October 2013 6 Al Ain 3–2 Al Nasr Al Ain 20:30 Diaky  21' Gyan  40' Ismail  67' Omar.A  72' Fares.J  90+3' Report  32' K.Alajmani  39' R.Malullah  48' Ibrahima.T  56' Lima  73' Mahmoud.H  78' Tariq.A  81' Eder  90' Yousif Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed Referee: Hamad Al Shaikh 24 November 2013 7 Al Ahli 1–0 Al Ain Dubai 20:00 Grafite  32' Haikal  45+2' Jiménez  65' Report  5' Diaky  28' Ismail  44' Omar.A  89' Brosque Stadium: Al-Rashid Stadium Referee: Mohamed Abdulkarim 29 November 2013 8 Al Ain 5–2 Emirates Al Ain 16:45 Bastos  9' Mohanad  21' Brosque  28' Ahmed Al Shamisi 36' Gyan  45', 68' Report  52', 79' Herrera Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed Referee: Yaqoub Qaseem Al Hammadi 5 December 2013 9 Baniyas 1–1 Al Ain Abu Dhabi 16:50 M.Fawzi  43' Fawaz.A  52'  65' Muñoz  45+1' Haboush  45+3' Report  85' Hazza.S  79'  90+3' Gyan Stadium: Baniyas Stadium Referee: Hamad Al Shaikh 15 December 2013 10 Al Ain 5–2 Al Shaab Al Ain 16:45 Gyan  22', 76' Diaky  33' Mohanad  45+2' Bastos  55' Brosque  58' Report  21' F.Rushoud  45', 78' Ndri.M  72' J.Sanqoor Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed Referee: Ammar Al Junaibi 20 December 2013 11 Al Ain 1–1 Al Sharjah Al Ain 16:45 Gyan  27' Ismail  81' Report  11' Y.Saeed  37' A.Darwish  44' A.Al Saadi  46' A.Ahmed  89' M.Khalifa Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed Referee: Hamad Al Shaikh 27 December 2013 12 Al Jazira 2–1 Al Ain Abu Dhabi 20:30 Juma.A  63' A.Qasem  77' Khamis.E  80' Report  44' Gyan  68' Omar.A Stadium: Mohammed Bin Zayed Referee: Abdulla Al Aajel 3 January 2013 13 Al Ain 3–0 Al Wasl Al Ain 20:00 Gyan  13' Mohanad  41' Omar.A  55' Brosque  72' Report  10' Al Hosani  68' F.Hadeed  75' Waheed  79' Susak  85' M.Jamal Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed Referee: Yaqoub Al Hammadi 9 January 2014 14 Al Ain 0–0 Al Shabab Al Ain 20:00 Hazza.S  77' Report  52' Sami Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed Referee: Ammar Ali Al Junaibi 18 January 2014 15 Ajman 0–0 Al Ain Ajman 17:05 A.Hassan  73' Report  78' Mohammed.A Stadium: Ajman Stadium Referee: Abdulla Al Aajel 24 January 2014 16 Al Ain 1–1 Al Dhafra Al Ain 17:10 Gyan  75' Mohammed.F  90+1' Report  11' H.Al Hammadi  69' Mohd.Ali  83' Makhete  85' A.Abdulqader Stadium: Hazza Bin Zayed Referee: Abdulwahid Qhater 6 February 2014 17 Dubai 0–3 Al Ain Dubai 17:20 S.Saidi  10' Report  9' Ismail  17', 49' Gyan  61' Mohammed.F  69' Fares.J  79' El Ghanassy Stadium: Police Officers Club Referee: Adel Al Naqbi 13 February 2014 18 Al Ain 0–1 Al Wahda Al Ain 20:15 Hazza.S  80' Report  13' Tagliabue  59' Al Nobi  73' Hussain.F  90+4' Damián Stadium: Hazza Bin Zayed Referee: Yaqoub Al Hammadi 21 February 2014 19 Al Nasr 1–0 Al Ain Dubai 17:30 Ibrahima.T  74' Al Husain  90+3' Report  75' Brosque  90+2' Mohammed.F Radoi Stadium: Al-Maktoum Stadium Referee: Mohamed Abdulla 23 March 2014 20 Al Ain 2–3 Al Ahli Al Ain 20:30 Khalid.E  35' Mohanad  53' M.Ahmed  72' Gyan  78' Ismail  90+3' Report  36', 47' Grafite  75' I.Al Hammadi  83' Haikal  86' Salmeen  90+2' A.Khalil Stadium: Hazza Bin Zayed Referee: Yaqoub Al Hammadi 27 March 2014 21 Emirates 1–2 Al Ain Ras al-Khaimah 17:45 Luiz  35' Masoud.H  63' A.Saqr  66' Report  35' Omar.A  42' Diaky  56', 66' Gyan  81' Mohamed.A  85' Salem.A  90+2' Mohammed.F Stadium: Emirates Club Stadium Referee: Hamad Al Shaikh 6 April 2014 22 Al Ain 2–1 Baniyas Al Ain 17:50 Fares.J  53'  90+1' Hazza.S  66' Brosque  69' M.Ahmed  79' Report  3'  71' M.Fawzi  90+1' Muñoz Stadium: Hazza Bin Zayed Referee: Hamad Ali 10 April 2014 23 Al Shaab 0–5 Al Ain Sharjah 17:55 Gyan  12', 45+2', 90+2' Mohammed. A  51' Ryan.Y  80' Report  83' Humaid. A  90+1' Ndri.M Stadium: Khalid Bin Mohammed Referee: Abdulla Al Aajel 27 April 2014 24 Al Sharjah 1–3 Al Ain Sharjah 19:30 Shahin  1' Al Saadi  8' Yousif  44' Report  63' Barman  71' Diaky  72', 90' Gyan Stadium: Sharjah Stadium Referee: Sultan Al Marzouqi 1 May 2014 25 Al Ain 2–2 Al Jazira Al Ain 20:45 Fawzi.F  14'  80' Gyan  21', 42' El Ghanassy  90+1' Report  67' Caicedo  76' Khalid.S  80' A.Mabkhout Stadium: Hazza Bin Zayed Referee: Abdulla Al Aajel 9 May 2014 26 Al Wasl 0–1 Al Ain Dubai 18:05 Yaser  22' M.Al Sumiti  81' Oliveira  90+3' Culio  90+3' Report  55' Mohanad  90+4' Gyan Stadium: Za'abeel Stadium Referee: Ahmad Salem Last updated: 9 May 2014 Source: AGLeague.ae President's Cup UAE Arabian Gulf Cup Group stage Group A Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Sharjah 6 5 1 0 11 2 +9 16 Al Jazira 6 4 0 2 9 9 0 12 Al Ain 6 3 1 2 11 9 +2 10 Bani Yas 6 3 1 2 9 7 +2 10 Al Shaab 6 1 2 3 7 10 −3 5 Dubai 6 1 1 4 6 10 −4 4 Al Wahda 6 1 0 5 3 9 −6 3 Source: Matches 4 September 2013 1 Baniyas 3–1 Al Ain Baniyas Stadium, Abu Dhabi 20:30 Fawaz  14' Nawaf  52 .pen', 60' Report  50' Salem.A  58 .pen' Mohamed.A Referee: Mohammed Abdulkarim 9 September 2013 2 Al Ain 3–0 Al Wahda Tahnoun bin Mohammed, Al Ain 20:30 Diaky  25' Mohamed.A  37'  49', 59' Khaled.A  39' Fares.J  63' Bastos  90+3' Report Attendance: 2,234 Referee: Yaqoub Al Hammadi 4 October 2013 3 Al Shaab 1–3 Al Ain Khalid Bin Mohammed Stadium, Sharjah 17:15 Julius Wobay  10' Report  38'  50' Rădoi  45' Mohamed.A  72' Fares.J  82' Bastos Referee: Adel Al Naqbi 10 October 2013 4 Al Ain 2–2 Al Sharjah Tahnoun bin Mohammed, Al Ain 20:30 Mohamed.A  21' Diaky  27' Brosque  39'  45+1' Fares.J  68' Radoi  73' Dawoud  90+1' Report  19', 71' Ze.Carlos  59' Bader Abdulrahman Referee: Abdulla Najee Al Harth 17 November 2013 5 Al Jazira 3–1 Al Ain Mohammed Bin Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi 20:30 Oliveira  45'  78', 85' A.Mousa  71' Yaser Matar  90+3' Report  24' Fares.J  36' Diaky  90+3' Radoi Referee: Abdulla Al Aajel 17 November 2013 6 Al Ain 1–0 Dubai Tahnoun bin Mohammed, Al Ain 16:45 M. Ayed  45' S. Al Ghafer  90+6' Report  41' Yousuf Hassn  78' Mohamed Ibrahim  90+5' Hussain Abdulrahman Referee: Hamad Ali Last updated: 14 November 2013 Source: AGLeague.ae AFC Champions League Group stage Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification 1 Al-Ain 6 3 2 1 14 7 +7 11 Advance to knockout stage 2 Al-Ittihad 6 3 1 2 8 6 +2 10 3 Lekhwiya 6 2 1 3 5 10 −5 7 4 Tractor Sazi 6 1 2 3 4 8 −4 5 Source: 26 February 2014 1 Al-Ain 2 – 1 Lekhwiya Hazza Bin Zayed Stadium, Al Ain 20:00 UTC+4 Diaky  13' Gyan  65' Report Weiss  40' Attendance: 4,936 Referee: Peter Green (Australia) 12 March 2014 2 Al-Ittihad 2 – 1 Al-Ain King Abdul Aziz Stadium, Mecca 20:20 UTC+3 Fallatah  68', 75' Report Gyan  38' Attendance: 16,571 Referee: Kim Jong-Hyeok (South Korea) 18 March 2014 3 Al-Ain 3 – 1 Tractor Sazi Hazza Bin Zayed Stadium, Al Ain 20:15 UTC+4 Gyan  16', 73' M. Abdulrahman  37' Report Fakhreddini  42' Attendance: 7,103 Referee: Jumpei Iida (Japan) 1 April 2014 4 Tractor Sazi 2 – 2 Al-Ain Sahand Stadium, Tabriz 19:00 UTC+4:30 Daghighi  20' Ahmadzadeh  61' Report Gyan  54' M. Abdulrahman  59' Attendance: 39,120 Referee: Muhammad Taqi Aljaafari Bin Jahari (Singapore) 15 April 2014 5 Lekhwiya 0–5 Al-Ain Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium, Doha 18:30 UTC+3 Report Diaky  26' Brosque  43' M. Abdulrahman  57' Gyan  70', 90+2' Attendance: 3,850 Referee: Strebre Delovski (Australia) 22 April 2014 6 Al-Ain 1–1 Al-Ittihad Hazza Bin Zayed Stadium, Al Ain 19:30 UTC+4 Sharahili  22' (o.g.) Report Al-Ghamdi  36' (pen.) Attendance: 8,606 Referee: Kim Sang-woo (South Korea) Knockout phase Round of 16 6 May 2014 First leg Al-Jazira 1–2 Al-Ain Mohammed Bin Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi 20:00 UTC+4 Fayez  58' Report Gyan  11' O. 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