2002–03 Al Ain FC season

The 2002–03 season was Al Ain Football Club's 35th season in existence and the club's 28th consecutive season in the top-level football league in the UAE.

Al Ain
2002–03 season
PresidentMohammed Bin Zayed
ManagerBruno Metsu
StadiumTahnoun bin Mohammed
UAE Football League1st
President's CupQuarter-finals
UAE Super CupWinners
AFC Champions LeagueWinners
Top goalscorerLeague: Boubacar Sanogo (15)
All: Boubacar Sanogo (24)

Club

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Staff

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Position Name
Head coach   Bruno Metsu

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 18 October 2002 3 March 2003 Matchday 1 Winners 22 14 6 2 51 20 +31 063.64
President's Cup 13 September 2002 2 May 2003 Group stage Quarter-finals 8 6 1 1 23 6 +17 075.00
UAE Super Cup 7 May 2003 16 May 2003 Semi-finals Winners 3 2 1 0 6 3 +3 066.67
AFC Champions League 9 March 2003 11 October 2003 Group stage Winners 7 5 0 2 15 8 +7 071.43
Total 40 27 8 5 95 37 +58 067.50

Last updated: 11 October 2003
Source: Soccerway

UAE Football League

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League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Al Ain 22 14 6 2 51 20 +31 48
2 Al Wahda 22 12 7 3 50 29 +21 43
3 Al Ahli 22 9 7 6 47 36 +11 34
4 Al Nasr 22 8 10 4 36 25 +11 34
5 Al Shaab 22 8 8 6 39 31 +8 32
Source: rsssf.com
Matches
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18 October 2002 1 Al Ain 4–0 Sharjah Al Ain
19:30
Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed
24 October 2002 2 Al Shabab 2–2 Al Ain Dubai
Stadium: Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum
30 October 2002 3 Al Ain 5–3 Al Wahda Al Ain
Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed
7 November 2002 4 Al Dhafra 0–1 Al Ain Abu Dhabi
14 November 2002 5 Al Ain 3–2 Al Wasl Al Ain
Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed
22 November 2002 6 Dubai 1–1 Al Ain Dubai
2 December 2002 7 Al Ain 2–4 Al Ahli Al Ain
Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed
12 December 2002 8 Al Shaab 0–2 Al Ain Sharjah
Stadium: Khalid bin Mohammed Stadium
19 December 2002 9 Ittihad Kalba 1–1 Al Ain Kalba
Stadium: Ittihad Kalba Stadium
26 December 2002 10 Al Ain 5–1 Al Jazira Al Ain
Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed
31 December 2002 11 Al Nasr 1–1 Al Ain Dubai
Stadium: Al Maktoum Stadium
7 January 2003 12 Sharjah 1–0 Al Ain Sharjah
Stadium: Sharjah Stadium
11 January 2003 13 Al Ain 2–0 Al Shabab Al Ain
Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed
17 January 2003 14 Al Wahda 1–1 Al Ain Abu Dhabi
Stadium: Al Nahyan Stadium
30 January 2003 15 Al Ain 6–0 Al Dhafra Al Ain
Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed
5 February 2003 16 Al Wasl 0–0 Al Ain Dubai
Stadium: Zabeel Stadium
9 February 2003 17 Al Ain 2–1 Dubai Al Ain
Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed
12 February 2003 18 Al Ahli 1–5 Al Ain Dubai
Stadium: Rashid Stadium
17 February 2003 19 Al Ain 4–1 Al Shaab Al Ain
Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed
22 February 2003 20 Al Ain 1–0 Ittihad Kalba Al Ain
Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed
27 February 2003 21 Al Jazira 0–2 Al Ain Abu Dhabi
3 March 2003 22 Al Ain 1–0 Al Nasr Al Ain
Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed

UAE President's Cup

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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
Al Ain 6 5 1 0 17 3 +14 16
Al Wasl 6 4 1 1 14 4 +10 13
Al Shabab 6 4 1 1 14 4 +10 13
Al Khaleej 6 2 2 2 8 10 −2 8
Hatta 6 1 2 3 6 14 −8 5
Al Hamriyah 6 1 1 4 5 17 −12 4
Al Jazirah Al Hamra 6 0 0 6 2 14 −12 0
Source: rsssf.org
13 September 2002 Round 1 Al Ain 6–0 Al Hamriyah
Report
20 September 2002 Round 2 Al Khaleej 1–3 Al Ain
26 September 2002 Round 3 Al Ain 1–1 Al Shabab Dubai
Report
Stadium: Zabeel Stadium
2 October 2002 Round 4 Al Wasl 0–2 Al Ain
10 October 2002 Round 5 Al Ain 4–1 Hatta
Report
20 March 2003 Round 6 Al Jazirah Al Hamra 0–1 Al Ain
Round of 16
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30 March 2003 Al Ain 6–0 Al Urooba Dubai
Stadium: Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum
Quarter-finals
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2 May 2003 Al Ain 0–3 Sharjah Abu Dhabi
Stadium: Al Nahyan Stadium

UAE Super Cup

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Semi-finals

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7 May 2003[1] First leg Al Ahli 0–0 Al Ain Dubai
Stadium: Rashid Stadium
11 May 2003[2][3] Second leg Al Ain 3–2 Al Ahli Al Ain
Report
Stadium: Tahnoun Bin Mohamed

Final

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16 May 2003 (2003-05-16)[4] Final Al Ain 3–1 Al Wahda Sharjah
Report
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Stadium: Sharjah Stadium
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Fareed Al-Marzouqi[5]

AFC Champions League

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Group stage

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Group C
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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Al Ain (H) 3 3 0 0 6 1 +5 9
  Al Sadd 3 1 0 2 4 5 −1 3
  Esteghlal 3 1 0 2 5 7 −2 3
  Al-Hilal 3 1 0 2 4 6 −2 3
Source: [6]
(H) Hosts
9 March 2003 Al Ain   1–0   Al-Hilal Al Ain
Report Stadium: Tahnoun Bin Mohamed
Attendance: 6,500
Referee: Shaban Qassem
12 March 2003 Al Ain   2–0   Al Sadd Al Ain
Report Stadium: Tahnoun Bin Mohamed
Attendance: 9,000
Referee: Lu Jun
15 March 2003 Esteghlal   1–3   Al Ain Al Ain
Samereh   67' Report
Stadium: Tahnoun Bin Mohamed
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Lu Jun
Semi-finals
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9 April 2003 First leg Al Ain   4–2   Dalian Shide Al Ain
Report
Stadium: Tahnoun Bin Mohamed
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Ahdul Rahman
30 August 2003[A] Second leg Dalian Shide   4–3
(6–7 agg.)
  Al Ain Dalian
Report
Stadium: People's Stadium
Attendance: 46,000
Referee: Masayoshi Okada

Notes

  1. ^ Matches was postponed from 22 April 2003 to 30 August 2003 due to SARS outbreak in China.
Final
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3 October 2003 First leg Al Ain   2–0   BEC Tero Sasana Al Ain
Majidi   38'
Majidi   74'
Report Stadium: Tahnoun Bin Mohamed
11 October 2003 Second leg BEC Tero Sasana   1–0
(1–2 agg.)
  Al Ain Bangkok
Chaiman   60' (pen.) Report Stadium: Rajamangala Stadium

Statistics

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Goalscorers

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As of 11 October 2003

Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted alphabetically by surname when total goals are equal.

Rank Pos. Player Football League President's Cup Super Cup Champions League Total
1 FW   Boubacar Sanogo 15 5 0 4 24
2 FW   Mohammad Omar 8 4 0 2 14
3 FW   Faisal Ali 5 1 3 1 10
4 MF   Subait Khater 5 2 2 0 9
5 FW   Kandia Traoré 7 0 0 1 8
6 MF   Rami Yaslam 2 3 0 1 6
7 DF   Fahad Ali 2 2 0 0 4
8 FW   Farhad Majidi 0 0 0 3 3
MF   Gharib Harib 0 1 0 2 3
MF   Sultan Rashed 3 0 0 0 3
MF   Salem Johar 2 1 0 0 3
12 FW   Said Kherrazi 1 1 0 0 2
DF   Ali Msarri 1 1 0 0 2
14 FW   Musabbah Salem 0 1 0 0 1
FW   Rodrigo Mendes 0 0 0 1 1
MF   Helal Saeed 0 1 0 0 1
Own goals (from the opponents) 0 0 1 0 1
Totals 51 23 6 15 95

References

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  1. ^ "لقاء ناري ضمن "السوبر" الاماراتية". Sauress.com.
  2. ^ "العين والوحدة أقرب إلى النهائي في كأس السوبر الإماراتية". Sauress.com.
  3. ^ "العين والوحدة اقرب الى النهائي". Addiyar.com.ae.
  4. ^ "اللقب بين العين والوحدة اليوم". Addiyar.com.ae.
  5. ^ "النتائج الكاملة لمباريات كأس السوبر". AlKhaleej.ae.
  6. ^ "AFC Champions League 02-03 - Group C". AFCChampionsLeague.com. Archived from the original on 18 October 2003. Retrieved 20 May 2023.
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