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Al Ain
2016–17 season
PresidentMohammed Bin Zayed
ManagerZlatko Dalić
(until 23 January)
Joško Španjić
(interim, from 23 January, until 1 February)
Zoran Mamić
(from 1 February)
StadiumHazza Bin Zayed
UAE Pro League4th
President's CupQuarter-finals
League CupGroup stage
AFC Champions LeagueQuarter-finals

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.

Club[edit]

Players[edit]

Transfers[edit]

Pre-season and friendlies[edit]

Competitions[edit]

Overview[edit]

Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
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

Last updated: 11 September 2017
Source: Soccerway

UAE Pro-League[edit]

Main article: 2016–17 UAE Pro League

League table[edit]

Pos Team
 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
Source: uae.agleague.ae
Rules for classification: [22] 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head goals scored; 5) head-to-head away goals scored; 6) goal difference; 7) number of goals scored; 8) number of away goals scored; 9) fair play ranking[23] 10) draw

Matches[edit]

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)
Report
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)
Report
Stadium: Al Maktoum
Referee: Yaqoub Al Hammadi
28 October 2016 5 Dibba 2–2 Al Ain Fujairah
16:55 GMT+4 (UAE Time)
Report
Stadium: Fujairah
Referee: Hamad Ali
2 November 2016 6 Al Ain 2–1 Al Shabab Al Ain
20:00 GMT+4 (UAE Time)
Report
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)
Report
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)
Report
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)
Report
Stadium: Al Nahyan
Referee: Sultan Al Marzouqi
17 December 2016 12 Al Ain 3–0 Sharjah Al Ain
20:00 GMT+4 (UAE Time)
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)
Report
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)
Report
Stadium: Hazza bin Zayed
Referee: Adel Al Naqbi
10 January 2017 7 Hatta 2–3 Al Ain Hatta
19:30 GMT+4 (UAE Time)
Report
Stadium: Hamdan Bin Rashid
Referee: Mohammed Abdulla
14 January 2017 14 Baniyas 1–1 Al Ain Abu Dhabi
20:00 GMT+4 (UAE Time)
Report
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)
Report
Stadium: Emirates Club
Referee: Sultan Mohamed
23 January 2017 8 Al Ain 1–3 Al Jazira Al Ain
19:30 GMT+4 (UAE Time)
Report
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)
Report
Stadium: Rashid
Referee: Hamad Ali
3 February 2017 17 Al Ain 3–0 Al Nasr Al Ain
20:15 GMT+4 (UAE Time)
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)
Report
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)
Report
Stadium: Maktoum bin Rashid
Referee: Mohammed Abdulla
4 March 2017 20 Al Ain 2–0 Hatta Al Ain
17:35 GMT+4 (UAE Time)
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)
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)
Report
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)
Report
Stadium: Zabeel
Referee: Mohammed Abdulla
29 April 2017 24 Al Ain 3–2 Al Wahda Al Ain
20:45 GMT+4 (UAE Time)
Report
Stadium: Hazza bin Zayed
Referee: Sultan Al Marzouqi
3 May 2017 25 Sharjah 2–4 Al Ain Sharjah
21:00 GMT+4 (UAE Time)
Report
Stadium: Sharjah
Referee: Fahad Al-Kassar
13 May 2017 26 Al Ain 2–1 Ittihad Kalba Al Ain
18:05 GMT+4 (UAE Time)
Report
Stadium: Hazza bin Zayed
Referee: Ammar Al-Jeneibi

President's Cup[edit]

Main article: 2016–17 UAE President's Cup
26 December 2016 (2016-12-26) Round of 16 Al Ahli 1–3 (a.e.t.) Al Ain Abu Dhabi
19:55
Report
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

League Cup[edit]

Main article: 2016–17 UAE League Cup

Group stage[edit]

Group B[edit]

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
Source: Soccerway
2 September 2016 1 Al Ain 3–2 Ittihad Kalba Al Ain
20:30 GMT+4 (UAE Time)
Report
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)
Report
Stadium: Rashid
Referee: Yaqoub Al Hammadi
30 September 2016 3 Al Ain 2–3 Al Nasr Al Ain
20:00 GMT+4 (UAE Time)
Report
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)
Report
Stadium: Maktoum bin Rashid
Referee: Ahmad Salem
11 November 2016 5 Al Ain 2–2 Baniyas Al Ain
19:30 GMT+4 (UAE Time)
Report
Stadium: Hazza bin Zayed
Referee: Abdulla Al Ajel
13 December 2016 6 Dibba 1–2 Al Ain Fujairah
19:30 GMT+4 (UAE Time)
Report
Stadium: Fujairah
Referee: Yahya Al Mulla

AFC Champions League[edit]

Main article: 2017 AFC Champions League

Group stage[edit]

Main article: 2017 AFC Champions League group stage
Group C[edit]

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification AIN AHL ZOB BUN
1 United Arab Emirates Al-Ain 6 3 3 0 14 7 +7 12 Advance to knockout stage — 2–2 1–1 3–0
2 Saudi Arabia Al-Ahli 6 3 2 1 10 7 +3 11 2–2 — 2–0 2–0
3 Iran Zob Ahan 6 2 1 3 6 9 −3 7 0–3 1–2 — 2–1
4 Uzbekistan Bunyodkor 6 1 0 5 5 12 −7 3 2–3 2–0 0–2 —
Source: AFC
21 February 2017 (2017-02-21) Al Ain United Arab Emirates 1–1 Iran Zob Ahan Hazza Bin Zayed Stadium, Al Ain
19:15 UTC+4
Report
Attendance: 8,122
Referee: Ali Sabah (Iraq)
28 February 2017 (2017-02-28) Bunyodkor Uzbekistan 2–3 United Arab Emirates Al Ain Bunyodkor Stadium, Tashkent
18:00 UTC+5
Report
Attendance: 4,339
Referee: Jarred Gillett (Australia)
13 March 2017 (2017-03-13) Al-Ahli Saudi Arabia 2–2 United Arab Emirates Al Ain King Abdullah Sports City, Jeddah
20:30 UTC+3
Report
Attendance: 23,431
Referee: Adham Makhadmeh (Jordan)
11 April 2017 (2017-04-11) Al Ain United Arab Emirates 2–2 Saudi Arabia Al-Ahli Hazza Bin Zayed Stadium, Al Ain
19:35 UTC+4
Report
Attendance: 9,224
Referee: Ali Sabah (Iraq)
24 April 2017 (2017-04-24) Zob Ahan Iran 0–3 United Arab Emirates Al Ain Foolad Shahr Stadium, Isfahan
20:30 UTC+4:30 Report
Attendance: 6,321
Referee: Hettikamkanamge Perera (Sri Lanka)
8 May 2017 (2017-05-08) Al Ain United Arab Emirates 3–0 Uzbekistan Bunyodkor Hazza Bin Zayed Stadium, Al Ain
19:40 UTC+4
Report Attendance: 6,244
Referee: Khamis Al-Marri (Qatar)
Knockout stage[edit]
Main article: 2017 AFC Champions League knockout stage
Round of 16[edit]
22 May 2017 (2017-05-22) Esteghlal Iran 1–0 United Arab Emirates Al Ain Azadi Stadium, Tehran
20:45 UTC+4:30
Report Attendance: 67,202
Referee: Fu Ming (China)
29 May 2017 (2017-05-29) Al Ain United Arab Emirates 6–1 Iran Esteghlal Hazza Bin Zayed Stadium, Al Ain
22:45 UTC+4
Report
Attendance: 11,226
Referee: Ko Hyung-jin (South Korea)

Al-Ain won 6–2 on aggregate.

Quarter-finals[edit]
21 August 2017 (2017-08-21) Al Ain United Arab Emirates 0–0 Saudi Arabia Al-Hilal Hazza Bin Zayed Stadium, Al Ain
19:50 UTC+4 Report Attendance: 21,223
Referee: Peter Green (Australia)
11 September 2017 (2017-09-11) Al-Hilal Saudi Arabia 3–0 United Arab Emirates Al Ain King Fahd International Stadium, Riyadh
20:00 UTC+3
Report Attendance: 42,146
Referee: Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan)

Al Hilal won 3–0 on aggregate.

Statistics[edit]

References[edit]

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External links[edit]

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