2006–07 Al Ain FC season

The 2006–07 season was Al Ain Football Club's 39th season in existence and the club's 32nd consecutive season in the top-level football league in the UAE.

Al Ain
2006–07 season
PresidentMohammed Bin Zayed
ManagerAnghel Iordănescu
(from 10 June 2006[1])
(until 20 Nov 2006[2])
Tiny Ruys*
(from 20 Nov 2006[2])
(until 31 December 2007)
Walter Zenga
(from 31 December 2007)
(until 1 June 2007)
StadiumKhalifa bin Zayed
UAE Football League9th
President's CupRunner-ups
Federation CupGroup Stage
AFC Champions League
2006: Quarter-finals
2007: Group stage
Top goalscorerLeague: Hawar Mulla
Nenad Jestrović (4)

All: Nenad Jestrović (9)
All statistics correct as of 27 May 2007.

Competitions

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Overview

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Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Football League 29 September 2006 27 May 2007 Matchday 1 9th 22 7 7 8 22 26 −4 031.82
President's Cup 28 October 2006 3 April 2007 Round of 16 Runner-ups 4 3 0 1 10 8 +2 075.00
Federation Cup 10 October 2006 28 December 2006 Group stage Group stage 4 2 1 1 4 4 +0 050.00
2006 ACL 13 September 2006 20 September 2006 Quarter-finals Quarter-finals 2 0 1 1 2 5 −3 000.00
2007 ACL 8 March 2006 17 May 2006 Group stage Group stage 6 1 3 2 5 8 −3 016.67
Total 38 13 12 13 43 51 −8 034.21

Last updated: 27 May 2007
Source: Competitions

UAE Football League

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League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
7 Al Ahli (Dubai) 22 10 0 12 33 34 −1 30
8 Al Nasr 22 7 7 8 30 32 −2 28
9 Al Ain 22 7 7 8 22 26 −4 28
10 Emirates 22 6 5 11 29 40 −11 23
11 Al Ahly (Fujairah) 22 5 4 13 27 41 −14 19
Source: rsssf.org

Matches

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29 September 2006 2 Al Ain 0–1 Al Ahli Al Ain
21:30 Report
  • Adel .A   32'
Stadium: Khalifa bin Zayed
Referee: Ali Al-Badwawi
2 October 2006 3 Al Shabab 3–1 Al Ain Dubai
21:30
Report
Stadium: Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum
Referee: Fareed Al-Marzouqi
16 October 2006 4 Al Ain 3–1 Al Ahli Al Ain
21:30
Report
Stadium: Khalifa bin Zayed
Referee: Ali Al Mulla
21 October 2006 1 Al Shaab 3–3 Al Ain Sharjah
21:30
Report
Stadium: Khalid bin Mohammed Stadium
Referee: Mohamed Omar
2 November 2006 5 Al Wahda 1–0 Al Ain Abu Dhabi
19:20
Report Stadium: Al Nahyan Stadium
Referee: Ali Al-Badwawi
7 November 2006 6 Al Ain 0–0 Al Nasr Al Ain
19:20 Report Stadium: Khalifa bin Zayed
Referee: Khaled Al-Doukhi
19 November 2006 7 Al Wasl 4–2 Al Ain Dubai
16:45
Report
Stadium: Zabeel Stadium
Referee: Mohamed Al Junaibi
17 December 2006 8 Al Ain 0–0 Emirates Al Ain
16:50 Report Stadium: Khalifa bin Zayed
Referee: Ali Al Mulla
24 December 2006 9 Sharjah 1–0 Al Ain Sharjah
19:15
Report Stadium: Sharjah Stadium
Referee: Mohamed Omar
11 February 2007 10 Al Ain 2–1 Al Jazira Al Ain
19:50
Report
Stadium: Khalifa bin Zayed
Referee: Khaled Al-Doukhi
18 February 2007 11 Al Ain 1–1 Fujairah Al Ain
17:30
Report
Stadium: Khalifa bin Zayed
Referee: Mohammed Abdulla
1 March 2007 12 Al Ain 1–0 Al Shaab Al Ain
20:05
Report Stadium: Khalifa bin Zayed
Referee: Fareed Al-Marzouqi
11 March 2007 13 Al Ahli 0–1 Al Ain Dubai
17:40 Report
Stadium: Rashid Stadium
Referee: Ali Al-Badwawi
26 March 2007 14 Al Ain 2–1 Al Shabab Al Ain
17:50
Report
Stadium: Khalifa bin Zayed
Referee: Mohamed Al-Zarouni
30 March 2007 15 Dubai 1–1 Al Ain Dubai
17:50
Report
Stadium: Al Aweer Stadium
Referee: Khaled Al-Doukhi
15 April 2007 16 Al Ain 2–3 Al Wahda Al Ain
20:10
Report
Stadium: Khalifa bin Zayed
Referee: Ali Al-Badwawi
19 April 2007 17 Al Nasr 0–1 Al Ain Dubai
20:10 Report
Stadium: Al Maktoum Stadium
Referee: Mohamed Al-Zarouni
29 April 2007 18 Al Ain 0–0 Al Wasl Al Ain
18:05 Report Stadium: Khalifa bin Zayed
Referee: Ali Al-Badwawi
3 May 2007 19 Emirates 2–0 Al Ain Ras al-Khaimah
17:55
Report Stadium: Emirates Club Stadium
Referee: Mohamed Omar
13 May 2007 20 Al Ain 0–3 Sharjah Al Ain
19:45 Report
Stadium: Khalifa bin Zayed
Referee: Abdullah Karam
18 May 2007 21 Al Jazira 0–2 Al Ain Abu Dhabi
19:45 Report
Stadium: Mohammed bin Zayed
Referee: Khaled Al-Doukhi
27 May 2007 22 Fujairah 0–0 Al Ain Fujairah
18:15 Report Stadium: Fujairah Club Stadium
Referee: Hassan Abdulla

UAE President's Cup

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28 October 2006 Round of 16 Ras Al Khaimah 2–5 Al Ain Dubai
16:55
Report
Stadium: Al Maktoum Stadium
Referee: Khaled Al-Doukhi
23 February 2007 Quarter-finals Al Shaab 2–3 Al Ain Abu Dhabi
17:35
Report
Stadium: Mohammed bin Zayed
Referee: Mohamed Al Junaibi
16 March 2007 Semi-finals Al Ain 1–0 Fujairah Sharjah
17:40
Report Stadium: Sharjah Stadium
Referee: Mohamed Al Junaibi
3 April 2007 Final Al Wasl 4–1 Al Ain Abu Dhabi
17:50
Report
Stadium: Zayed Sports City
Referee: Mohamed Al Junaibi

UAE Federation Cup

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Group stage

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Group B
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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Al Nasr 4 2 2 0 6 2 +4 8
Al Ahli 4 2 1 1 5 3 +2 7
Al Ain 4 2 1 1 4 4 0 7
Al Wasl 4 1 1 2 3 5 −2 4
Fujairah 4 0 1 3 1 5 −4 1
Source: goalzz.com
10 October 2006 1 Al Ain 1–0 Al Wasl Al Ain
21:30
Report Stadium: Khalifa bin Zayed
Referee: Abdelwahid Khatir
3 December 2006 2 Al Nasr 1–1 Al Ain Dubai
16:45
Report
Stadium: Al Maktoum Stadium
Referee: Mohamed Al-Zarouni
8 December 2006 3 Al Ain 1–0 Fujairah Al Ain
16:45
Report Stadium: Khalifa bin Zayed
Referee: Hamad Bin Hanifa
28 December 2006 4 Al Ahli 3–1 Al Ain Dubai
16:55
Report
Stadium: Rashid Stadium
Referee: Abdullah Karam

2006 AFC Champions League

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Quarter-finals

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13 September 2006 First leg Al Qadisiya   2–2   Al Ain Kuwait City
Report
Stadium: Mohammed Al-Hamad Stadium
Attendance: 9,000
20 September 2006 Second leg Al Ain   0–3
(2–5 agg.)
  Al Qadisiya Al Ain
Report
Stadium: Khalifa bin Zayed
Attendance: 10,000

2007 AFC Champions League

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Group stage

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Group D
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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Sepahan 6 4 1 1 12 5 +7 13
  Al-Shabab 6 3 1 2 9 3 +6 10
  Al Ain 6 1 3 2 5 8 −3 6
  Al-Ittihad 6 0 3 3 3 13 −10 3
7 March 2007 Al Ain   0–2   Al-Shabab Al Ain
(Report)
Stadium: Khalifa bin Zayed
Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Abdullah Al Hilali (Oman)
21 March 2007 Al-Ittihad   0–0   Al Ain Aleppo
(Report) Stadium: Al-Hamadaniah Stadium
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Alaa Abdul-Kadir Nema (Iraq)
11 April 2007 Al Ain   3–2   Sepahan Al Ain
(Report)
Stadium: Khalifa bin Zayed
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Chaiwat Kunsuta (Thailand)
25 April 2007 Sepahan   1–1   Al Ain Isfahan
(Report)
Stadium: Foolad Shahr Stadium
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Mark Shield (Australia)
9 May 2007 Al-Shabab   2–0   Al Ain Riyadh
(Report) Stadium: King Fahd II Stadium
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Kwon Jong-Chul (South Korea)
23 May 2007 Al Ain   1–1   Al-Ittihad Al Ain
(Report)
Stadium: Khalifa bin Zayed
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Huang Junjie (China)

Statistics

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Goalscorers

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As of 27 May 2007

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 2006 ACL 2007 ACL Total
1 FW   Nenad Jestrović 4 4 0 1 0 9
2 MF   Hawar Mulla 4 1 0 0 1 6
3 FW   Dodô 2 1 1 1 0 5
4 MF   Franck Ongfiang 2 1 0 0 1 4
FW   Faisal Ali 2 2 0 0 0 4
6 MF   Subait Khater 3 0 0 0 0 3
MF   Ali Al-Wehaibi 0 1 1 0 1 3
8 MF   Gharib Harib 1 0 0 0 1 2
DF   Musallem Fayez 1 0 0 0 1 2
10 MF   Rami Yaslam 0 0 1 0 0 1
FW   Naseeb Ishak 1 0 0 0 0 1
MF   Kelly 0 0 1 0 0 1
FW   Nasser Khamis 1 0 0 0 0 1
Own goals (from the opponents) 1 0 0 0 0 1
Totals 22 10 4 2 5 43

References

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  1. ^ "إدارة العين تتعاقد مع الروماني يوردانسكو مدربا للفريق الأول" (in Arabic). AlAinClub.com. Archived from the original on 2006-06-16.
  2. ^ a b "قبول اعتذار الروماني انجيل يوردانسكو" (in Arabic). AlAinClub.com. Archived from the original on 2006-11-21.
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