2016–17_Al_Ain_FC_season

Al Ain
2016–17 season
President	Mohammed Bin Zayed
Manager	Zlatko Dalić; (until 23 January); Joško Španjić; (interim, from 23 January, until 1 February); Zoran Mamić; (from 1 February)
Stadium	Hazza Bin Zayed
UAE Pro League	4th
President's Cup	Quarter-finals
League Cup	Group stage
AFC Champions League	Quarter-finals
Home colours	Away colours
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2016–17 Al Ain FC season

Al Ain 2016–17 football season

The 2016–17 season was Al Ain Football Club's 49th in existence and the club's 42nd consecutive season in the top-level football league in the UAE.

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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 %
Pro League	18 September 2016	13 May 2017	Matchday 1	4th	26	17	4	5	58	37	+21	065.38
President's Cup	26 December 2016	5 January 2016	Round of 16	Quarter-finals	2	1	0	1	3	2	+1	050.00
League Cup	2 September 2016	13 December 2016	Group stage	Group stage	6	2	2	2	12	15	−3	033.33
AFC Champions League	21 February 2017	11 September 2017	Group stage	Quarter-finals	10	4	4	2	20	12	+8	040.00
Total					44	24	10	10	93	66	+27	054.55

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
2	Al Wasl	26	17	6	3	55	26	+29	57	Qualification to the 2018 AFC Champions League group stage
3	Al Ahli	26	16	8	2	50	18	+32	56
4	Al Ain	26	17	4	5	58	37	+21	55	Qualification to the 2018 AFC Champions League play-off round^[21]
5	Al Wahda	26	10	9	7	54	40	+14	39	Qualification to the 2018 AFC Champions League group stage
6	Al Nasr	26	11	3	12	42	32	+10	36

18 September 2016 1	Al Ain	1–0	Baniyas	Al Ain
20:15 GMT+4 (UAE Time)	Caio 70'	Report		Stadium: Hazza bin Zayed Attendance: 3153 Referee: Abdulla Al Ajel

22 September 2016 2	Al Ain	5–2	Emirates	Al Ain
20:15 GMT+4 (UAE Time)	Douglas 20' (pen.), 22', 56' Caio 24' Asprilla 58'	Report	Sáez 29', 95'	Stadium: Hazza bin Zayed Attendance: 3612 Referee: Mohammed Abdulla

23 October 2016 4	Al Nasr	1–2	Al Ain	Dubai
20:00 GMT+4 (UAE Time)	Barrada 21'	Report	Caio 8' K. Jalal 23' (o.g.)	Stadium: Al Maktoum Referee: Yaqoub Al Hammadi

28 October 2016 5	Dibba	2–2	Al Ain	Fujairah
16:55 GMT+4 (UAE Time)	Al-Dhanhani 70' M. Salem 76' (o.g.)	Report	I. Ahmed 18' Douglas 56'	Stadium: Fujairah Referee: Hamad Ali

2 November 2016 6	Al Ain	2–1	Al Shabab	Al Ain
20:00 GMT+4 (UAE Time)	Caio 54' Diaky 94'	Report	R. Hassan 81'	Stadium: Hazza bin Zayed Referee: Mohammed Abdulla

30 November 2016 9	Al Dhafra	1–2	Al Ain	Abu Dhabi
19:30 GMT+4 (UAE Time)	Hermach 4'	Report	I. Ahmed 52' O. Abdulrahman 81' (pen.)	Stadium: Hamdan Bin Zayed Referee: Eisa Al Hajri

4 December 2016 10	Al Ain	2–1	Al Wasl	Al Ain
20:00 GMT+4 (UAE Time)	Douglas 58' M. Salem 73'	Report	Lima 3' (pen.)	Stadium: Hazza bin Zayed Referee: Mohammed Abdulla

9 December 2016 11	Al Wahda	1–1	Al Ain	Abu Dhabi
20:00 GMT+4 (UAE Time)	Dzsudzsák 26'	Report	Al-Kathiri 52'	Stadium: Al Nahyan Referee: Sultan Al Marzouqi

17 December 2016 12	Al Ain	3–0	Sharjah	Al Ain
20:00 GMT+4 (UAE Time)	Caio 14' O. Abdulrahman 70' (pen.) Diaky 93'	Report		Stadium: Hazza bin Zayed Referee: Ahmad Salem

22 December 2016 13	Ittihad Kalba	1–2	Al Ain	Kalba
16:45 GMT+4 (UAE Time)	Ciel 81'	Report	Al-Kathiri 42' Diaky 91'	Stadium: Ittihad Kalba Referee: Yaqoub Al Hammadi

31 December 2016 3	Al Ain	1–1	Al Ahli	Al Ain
19:40 GMT+4 (UAE Time)	Caio 76'	Report	Al Fardan 82'	Stadium: Hazza bin Zayed Referee: Adel Al Naqbi

10 January 2017 7	Hatta	2–3	Al Ain	Hatta
19:30 GMT+4 (UAE Time)	E. Obaid 82' Samuel 95' (pen.)	Report	Douglas 28' Caio 31' Al-Ajmani 80' (o.g.)	Stadium: Hamdan Bin Rashid Referee: Mohammed Abdulla

14 January 2017 14	Baniyas	1–1	Al Ain	Abu Dhabi
20:00 GMT+4 (UAE Time)	Novillo 71'	Report	O. Abdulrahman 11'	Stadium: Baniyas Stadium Referee: Abdulla Al Ajel

19 January 2017 15	Emirates	3–2	Al Ain	Ras Al Khaimah
17:05 GMT+4 (UAE Time)	Batna 22', 73' Sow 83'	Report	Caio 38' Diaky 71'	Stadium: Emirates Club Referee: Sultan Mohamed

23 January 2017 8	Al Ain	1–3	Al Jazira	Al Ain
19:30 GMT+4 (UAE Time)	O. Abdulrahman 84'	Report	M. Fawzi 31' Leonardo 74' Mabkhout 90'	Stadium: Hazza bin Zayed Referee: Ammar Al-Jeneibi

28 January 2017 16	Al Ahli	1–2	Al Ain	Dubai
20:00 GMT+4 (UAE Time)	S. Jassim 87'	Report	O. Abdulrahman 51' Caio 91'	Stadium: Rashid Referee: Hamad Ali

3 February 2017 17	Al Ain	3–0	Al Nasr	Al Ain
20:15 GMT+4 (UAE Time)	Caio 22' I. Ahmed 57' O. Abdulrahman 78' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Hazza bin Zayed Referee: Mohammed Abdulla

9 February 2017 18	Al Ain	1–2	Dibba	Al Ain
17:25 GMT+4 (UAE Time)	Caio 52'	Report	K. Abdulrahman 56' (o.g.) Moraes 76'	Stadium: Hazza bin Zayed Referee: Adel Al Naqbi

15 February 2017 19	Al Shabab	1–3	Al Ain	Dubai
20:15 GMT+4 (UAE Time)	M. Marzooq 41'	Report	Al-Shamrani 10' (pen.), 54' (pen.) Diaky 77'	Stadium: Maktoum bin Rashid Referee: Mohammed Abdulla

4 March 2017 20	Al Ain	2–0	Hatta	Al Ain
17:35 GMT+4 (UAE Time)	Asprilla 27' Diaky 83'	Report		Stadium: Hazza bin Zayed Referee: Hamad Ali

8 March 2017 21	Al Jazira	2–0	Al Ain	Abu Dhabi
20:30 GMT+4 (UAE Time)	Mabkhout 83', 94'	Report		Stadium: Mohammed bin Zayed Referee: Yaqoub Al Hammadi

6 April 2017 22	Al Ain	5–2	Al Dhafra	Al Ain
17:50 GMT+4 (UAE Time)	Al-Shamrani 12', 31' Barman 24' Diaky 58' Y. Ahmed 73'	Report	H. Al-Ahbabi 18' Salhi 86'	Stadium: Hazza bin Zayed Referee: Adel Al Naqbi

15 April 2017 23	Al Wasl	4–3	Al Ain	Dubai
20:45 GMT+4 (UAE Time)	Caio 37' (pen.), 56' Lima 77', 92'	Report	Y. Ahmed 23', 25' Caio 28'	Stadium: Zabeel Referee: Mohammed Abdulla

2016–17_Al_Ain_FC_season

Club

Technical staff

Board of directors

Kits

Players

First Team

From Reserve U21 and Youth Academy

Transfers

In

Loans in

Out

Loans out

Pre-season and friendlies

Competitions

Overview

UAE Pro-League

League table

Results by round

Results summary

Matches

President's Cup

League Cup

Group stage

Group B

AFC Champions League

Group stage

Group C

Knockout stage

Round of 16

Quarter-finals

Statistics

Squad appearances and goals

Goalscorers

Disciplinary record

Assists

Hat-tricks

Clean sheets

References

External links

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29 April 2017 24	Al Ain	3–2	Al Wahda	Al Ain
20:45 GMT+4 (UAE Time)	Asprilla 59', 74' Al-Shamrani 94'	Report	Chang-woo 81' Valdivia 85'	Stadium: Hazza bin Zayed Referee: Sultan Al Marzouqi

3 May 2017 25	Sharjah	2–4	Al Ain	Sharjah
21:00 GMT+4 (UAE Time)	Rivas 16' A. Omar 77'	Report	Asprilla 24' Al-Shamrani 55' (pen.), 82' (pen.) M. Khalfan 84'	Stadium: Sharjah Referee: Fahad Al-Kassar

13 May 2017 26	Al Ain	2–1	Ittihad Kalba	Al Ain
18:05 GMT+4 (UAE Time)	Diaky 24' Al-Shamrani 85'	Report	S. Suroor 61'	Stadium: Hazza bin Zayed Referee: Ammar Al-Jeneibi

26 December 2016 (2016-12-26) Round of 16	Al Ahli	1–3 (a.e.t.)	Al Ain	Abu Dhabi
19:55	A. Khalil 57' (pen.)	Report	O. Abdulrahman 79' (pen.), 122' Diaky 97'	Stadium: Mohammed bin Zayed Referee: Ammar Al-Jeneibi

5 January 2017 (2017-01-05) Quarter-finals	Al Ain	0–1	Al Nasr	Abu Dhabi
20:00		Report	J. Yaqoob 26'	Stadium: Mohammed bin Zayed Referee: Omar Al Ali

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Al Shabab	6	3	2	1	13	9	+4	11
Al Ahli	6	3	2	1	12	6	+6	11
Al Nasr	6	3	2	1	8	6	+2	11
Al Ain	6	2	2	2	12	15	−3	8
Dibba	6	2	1	3	8	10	−2	7
Ittihad Kalba	6	1	2	3	6	9	−3	5
Baniyas	6	0	3	3	6	10	−4	3

2 September 2016 1	Al Ain	3–2	Ittihad Kalba	Al Ain
20:30 GMT+4 (UAE Time)	Diaky 11' (pen.) Douglas 27' Al-Kathiri 93'	Report	Y. Abdullah 59' Costea 64'	Stadium: Hazza bin Zayed Referee: Yahya Al Mulla

7 September 2016 2	Al Ahli	5–1	Al Ain	Dubai
20:30 GMT+4 (UAE Time)	Lima 5' Al Fardan 42' W. Hussain 69' Gyan 79' Ribeiro 89'	Report	Caio 91'	Stadium: Rashid Referee: Yaqoub Al Hammadi

30 September 2016 3	Al Ain	2–3	Al Nasr	Al Ain
20:00 GMT+4 (UAE Time)	Douglas 58' Asprilla 91'	Report	A. Khamis 23', 56' Barrada 45'	Stadium: Hazza bin Zayed Referee: Yaqoub Al Hammadi

10 October 2016 4	Al Shabab	2–2	Al Ain	Dubai
20:00 GMT+4 (UAE Time)	M. Mohammed 8' Luvannor 39'	Report	Asprilla 22' Douglas 43' (pen.)	Stadium: Maktoum bin Rashid Referee: Ahmad Salem