2005–06 Al Ain FC season

Al Ain
2005–06 season
President	Mohammed Bin Zayed
Manager	Milan Máčala; (from 7 January 2005); (until 1 January 2006); Mohammad El Mansi*; (from 1 January 2006); (until 27 May 2007)
Stadium	Tahnoun bin Mohammed
UAE Football League	4th
President's Cup	Winners
Federation Cup	Winners
AFC Champions League	; 2005: Runner-ups; 2006: Quarter-finals
Top goalscorer	League: Rami Yaslam (8); All: Nenad Jestrović (14)
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2004–05 2006–07 →
	All statistics correct as of 21 May 2006.

The 2005–06 season was Al Ain Football Club's 38th season in existence and the club's 31st 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	1 September 2005	21 May 2006	Matchday 1	4th	22	13	2	7	42	23	+19	059.09
President's Cup	27 December 2005	3 April 2006	Round of 16	Winners	6	5	1	0	12	5	+7	083.33
Federation Cup	10 November 2005	27 February 2006	Group stage	Winners	4	3	0	1	11	5	+6	075.00
2005 ACL	14 September 2005	5 November 2005	Quarter-finals	Runner-ups	6	1	4	1	13	9	+4	016.67
2006 ACL	8 March 2006	17 May 2006	Group stage	Quarter-finals ^{[note 1]}	6	4	1	1	10	6	+4	066.67
Total					44	26	8	10	88	48	+40	059.09

Last updated: 21 May 2006
Source: Competitions

UAE Football League

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
2	Al Ahli	22	14	5	3	44	24	+20	47	Qualification for Championship Playoff
3	Al Jazira	22	14	3	5	43	35	+8	45
4	Al Ain	22	13	2	7	42	23	+19	41	Qualification for 2007 AFC Champions League^[a]
5	Al Nasr	22	11	2	9	50	35	+15	35
6	Al Shabab	22	10	4	8	40	39	+1	34

Source: rsssf.com
Notes:

^ Al Ain qualified to the 2007 AFC Champions League as winners of the 2005–06 UAE President's Cup.

Matches

1 September 2005 1	Al Ain	1–0	Al Nasr	Al Ain
20:20	Tejada 77'	Report		Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed Referee: Ali Al-Badwawi

7 September 2005 2	Al Jazira	2–1	Al Ain	Abu Dhabi
20:15	Ogbeche 67', 89'	Report	R. Yaslam 50'	Stadium: Mohammed bin Zayed Referee: Khaled Al-Doukhi

6 October 2005 4	Dibba Al-Hisn	0–4	Al Ain	Dibba Al-Hisn
21:30		Report	Nwoha 1' Tejada 62' Al-Wehaibi 70' Shehab .A 81'	Stadium: Dibba Stadium Referee: Khaled Al-Doukhi

17 October 2005 5	Al Ain	1–0	Sharjah	Al Ain
21:30	Nwoha 14'	Report		Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed Referee: Fareed Al-Marzouqi

20 November 2005 7	Al Ain	6–2	Baniyas	Al Ain
16:50	S. Khater 12', 85' R. Yaslam 67' Ishak 79' Nwoha 82', 89'	Report	Restrepo 17' Dogbé 60'	Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed Referee: Salah Amen

26 November 2005 8	Al Shabab	2–1	Al Ain	Dubai
19:10	Adel .A 4' S. Saad 51'	Report	Shehab .A 32'	Stadium: Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum Referee: Mohamed Al Junaibi

7 December 2005 9	Al Ain	2–1	Al Shaab	Al Ain
19:10	Nwoha 31' N. Khamis 88'	Report	Nabil .I 50'	Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed Referee: Ali Al-Badwawi

14 December 2005 10	Al Wahda	4–1	Al Ain	Abu Dhabi
19:15	I. Matar 4' Maurito 60' Mitrović 72' A. Jumaa 79'	Report	R. Yaslam 68'	Stadium: Al Nahyan Stadium Referee: Mohamed Omar

21 December 2005 11	Emirates	0–1	Al Ain	Ras al-Khaimah
16:45		Report	F. Ali 59'	Stadium: Emirates Club Stadium Referee: Ali Al Mulla

1 January 2006 3	Al Ain	1–2	Al Ahli	Al Ain
18:30	R. Yaslam 89'	Report	Kamburov 10', 88'	Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed Referee: Fareed Al-Marzouqi

13 January 2006 12	Al Nasr	0–1	Al Ain	Dubai
19:30		Report	Jestrović 5'	Stadium: Al Maktoum Stadium Referee: Ali Al Mulla

22 January 2006 13	Al Ain	4–0	Al Jazira	Al Ain
17:15	F. Ali 48' Nwoha 51' S. Khater 69' R. Yaslam 87'	Report		Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed Referee: Fareed Al-Marzouqi

26 January 2006 6	Al Wasl	2–3	Al Ain	Dubai
18:45	Majidi 17' Hassan .A 88'	Report	F. Ali 13' Jumaa .A 25' Nwoha 31'	Stadium: Zabeel Stadium Referee: Ali Al-Badwawi

30 January 2006 14	Al Ahli	1–0	Al Ain	Dubai
19:40	Shah 24'	Report		Stadium: Rashid Stadium Referee: Mohamed Al Junaibi

12 March 2006 15	Al Ain	0–0	Dibba Al-Hisn	Al Ain
20:10		Report		Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed Referee: Bader Abdullah

16 March 2006 16	Sharjah	2–1	Al Ain	Sharjah
17:45	Al Kass 37' Barbosa 42'	Report	Jumaa .A 56'	Stadium: Sharjah Stadium Referee: Fareed Al-Marzouqi

7 April 2006 17	Al Ain	2–1	Al Wasl	Al Ain
17:55	Jestrović 21', 22'	Report	I. Ali 35'	Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed Referee: Khaled Al-Doukhi

16 April 2006 18	Baniyas	2–5	Al Ain	Abu Dhabi
18:00	Fareed .I 55' Yousif .J 87'	Report	R. Yaslam 18', 37' G. Harib 52' Al-Wehaibi 76' S. Khater 85'	Referee: Mohamed Al-Zarouni

21 April 2006 19	Al Ain	1–2	Al Shabab	Al Ain
20:15	Ali .M 14', 63'	Report	Al-Wehaibi 90'	Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed Referee: Mohamed Omar

7 May 2006 20	Al Shaab	0–0	Al Ain	Sharjah
19:40		Report		Stadium: Khalid bin Mohammed Stadium Referee: Abdullah Mohammed Al-Shehhi

11 May 2006 21	Al Ain	1–0	Al Wahda	Al Ain
19:45	S. Khater 75'	Report		Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed Referee: Fareed Al-Marzouqi

21 May 2006 22	Al Ain	5–0	Emirates	Al Ain
18:15	Ishak 4' R. Yaslam 20' S. Rashed 39' Jestrović 58' Salem .A 85'	Report		Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed Referee: Ali Al Mulla

UAE President's Cup

27 December 2005 Round of 16	Al Hamriyah	0–3	Al Ain	Dubai
18:30		Report	Nwoha 28', 65' R. Yaslam 85'	Stadium: Zabeel Stadium Referee: Yaseen Al Mansoori

Quarter-finals

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Al Ain	3	2	1	0	4	2	+2	7
Sharjah	3	2	0	1	6	5	+1	6
Dubai	3	1	1	1	5	5	0	4
Al Wasl	3	0	0	3	0	3	−3	0

Source: rsssf.org

4 February 2006 1	Al Ain	1–1	Dubai	Abu Dhabi
19:35	Jestrović 12'	Report	Farhan 34'	Stadium: Al Nahyan Stadium Referee: Ali Al Mulla

7 February 2006 2	Al Ain	1–0	Al Wasl	Abu Dhabi
19:40	R. Yaslam 86'	Report		Stadium: Al Nahyan Stadium Referee: Ali Al-Badwawi

10 February 2006 3	Sharjah	1–2	Al Ain	Abu Dhabi
17:25	Barbosa 2'	Report	S. Khater 55', 58'	Stadium: Al Nahyan Stadium Referee: Mohamed Omar

Semi-finals

27 March 2006	Al Ain	3–2	Al Nasr	Abu Dhabi
19:20	Al-Wehaibi 9', 42' Shehab .A 48'	Report	M. Ibrahim 47' Mosalam .A 64'	Stadium: Al Nahyan Stadium Referee: Mohamed Omar

Final

3 April 2006	Sharjah	1–2	Al Ain	Abu Dhabi
16:40	Nekounam 64'	Report	Jestrović 61' Al-Wehaibi 80'	Stadium: Zayed Sports City Referee: Ali Al-Badwawi

UAE Federation Cup

Group stage

Group D

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Al Ain	2	1	0	1	5	2	+3	3
Sharjah	2	1	0	1	2	5	−3	3

Source: rsssf.org

10 November 2005 1	Sharjah	2–1	Al Ain	Sharjah
16:50	Salim .S 59' Barbosa 63'	Report	Ishak 37'	Stadium: Sharjah Stadium Referee: Musallam Ahmad

17 January 2006 2	Al Ain	4–0	Sharjah	Al Ain
17:00	Shehab .A 43' (p) F. Ali 50' Nwoha 60' Kelly 89' (p)	Report		Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed Referee: Mohamed Al-Zarouni

Semi-finals

23 February 2006	Al Jazira	2–2 (a.e.t.) (1–4 p)	Al Ain	Dubai
17:30	Ogbeche 65' Koutouan 113'	Report	Jestrović 70' Kelly 102'	Stadium: Zabeel Stadium Referee: Fareed Al-Marzouqi

Final

27 February 2006	Al Wahda	1–4	Al Ain	Dubai
17:35	Mitrović 4'	Report	Mohamed .R 36' Kelly 44' Jestrović 69' (p), 83'	Stadium: Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum Referee: Mohamed Al-Zarouni

2005 AFC Champions League

Quarter-finals

v

PAS

14 September 2005 First leg	Al Ain	1–1	PAS	Al Ain
	Nosrati 43' (o.g.)		Borhani 24'	Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed

v

Al Ain

21 September 2005 Second leg	PAS	3–3 (4–4a agg.)	Al Ain	Tehran
	Borhani 34', 47' Traoré 75'		Tejada 61' (pen.) H. Saeed 83', 84'	Stadium: Shahid Dastgerdi Stadium

Semi-finals

v

Shenzhen Jianlibao

28 September 2005 First leg	Al Ain	6–0	Shenzhen Jianlibao	Al Ain
	S. Khater 4', 81' Nwoha 10', 22', 77' Shehab .A 28'			Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed

v

Al Ain

12 October 2005 Second leg	Shenzhen Jianlibao	0–0 (0–6 agg.)	Al Ain	Shenzhen
				Stadium: Shenzhen Stadium

Final

v

Al-Ittihad

26 October 2005 First leg	Al Ain	1–1	Al-Ittihad	Al Ain
	Msarri 50'		Kallon 85' (pen.)	Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed

v

Al Ain

5 November 2005 Second leg	Al-Ittihad	4–2 (5–3 agg.)	Al Ain	Jeddah
	Kallon 2' Noor 33' Job 57' Al-Dokhi 69'		Shehab .A 55' (pen.) Tejada 90'	Stadium: Prince Abdullah Al Faisal

2006 AFC Champions League

Group stage

Group B

Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Al Ain	6	4	1	1	10	6	+4	13
Al-Hilal	6	3	1	2	12	7	+5	10
Mash'al	6	2	2	2	7	11	−4	8
Al-Minaa	6	0	2	4	6	11	−5	2

Source: afcchampionsleague.com

v

Al-Hilal

8 March 2006	Al Ain	2–0	Al-Hilal	Al Ain
	F. Ali 42' Kelly 49'	Report		Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed Attendance: 12,500

v

Al Ain

22 March 2006	Mash'al	1–1	Al Ain	Karshi
	Mirholdirshaev 90+4'	Report	Diaky 15'	Stadium: Markaziy Stadium Attendance: 10,000

v

Al-Minaa

12 April 2006	Al Ain	2–1	Al-Minaa	Al Ain
	Jestrović 14', 33' (pen.)	Report	Jabbar 15'	Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed Attendance: 9,000

v

Al Ain

27 April 2006	Al-Minaa	1–2	Al Ain	Hawally
	Falah 7'	Report	Kelly 64' (pen.) Diaky 66'	Stadium: Mohammed Al-Hamad Stadium Attendance: 250

v

Al Ain

4 May 2006	Al-Hilal	2–1	Al Ain	Riyadh
	Camacho 33' Al-Shalhoub 86' (pen.)	Report	Jestrović 49'	Stadium: King Fahd II Stadium Attendance: 60,000

v

Mash'al

17 May 2006	Al Ain	2–1	Mash'al	Al Ain
	Jestrović 35', 45'	Report	Kholmurodov 23'	Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed Attendance: 7,000

Notes

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

Statistics

Goalscorers

As of 21 May 2006

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	2005 ACL	2006 ACL	Total
1	FW	Nenad Jestrović	4	2	3	0	5	14
2	FW	Onyekachi Nwoha	7	2	1	3	0	13
3	MF	Rami Yaslam	8	2	0	0	0	10
4	MF	Subait Khater	5	2	0	2	0	9
5	MF	Shehab Ahmed	2	1	1	2	0	6
5	MF	Ali Al-Wehaibi	3	3	0	0	0	6
7	FW	Faisal Ali	3	0	1	0	1	5
7	MF	Kelly	0	0	3	0	2	5
9	FW	Luis Tejada	2	0	0	2	0	4
10	FW	Naseeb Ishak	2	0	1	0	0	3
11	MF	Ibrahim Diaky	0	0	0	0	2	2
	MF	Helal Saeed	0	0	0	2	0	2
	DF	Jumaa Abdullah	2	0	0	0	0	2
14	MF	Gharib Harib	1	0	0	0	0	1
	DF	Ali Msarri	0	0	0	1	0	1
	FW	Nasser Khamis	1	0	0	0	0	1
	MF	Salem Abdullah	1	0	0	0	0	1
	MF	Sultan Rashed	1	0	0	0	0	1
	MF	Mohamed Rashed	0	0	1	0	0	1
Own goals (from the opponents)			0	0	0	1	0	1
Totals			42	12	11	13	10	88