2006–07 Al Ain FC season

Al Ain
2006–07 season
President	Mohammed Bin Zayed
Manager	Anghel 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)
Stadium	Khalifa bin Zayed
UAE Football League	9th
President's Cup	Runner-ups
Federation Cup	Group Stage
AFC Champions League	; 2006: Quarter-finals; 2007: Group stage
Top goalscorer	League: Hawar Mulla ; Nenad Jestrović (4); All: Nenad Jestrović (9)
	All statistics correct as of 27 May 2007.

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.

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	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

League table

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

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	Mobali 31', 32' E. Obaid 42'	Report	F. Ali 37'	Stadium: Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum Referee: Fareed Al-Marzouqi

16 October 2006 4	Al Ain	3–1	Al Ahli	Al Ain
21:30	Jestrović 44', 63' Dodô 71'	Report	Tarish 73'	Stadium: Khalifa bin Zayed Referee: Ali Al Mulla

21 October 2006 1	Al Shaab	3–3	Al Ain	Sharjah
21:30	S. Ibraheem 39' Samereh 71' Hamed .M 77'	Report	Dodô 16' S. Khater 24' Jestrović 36'	Stadium: Khalid bin Mohammed Stadium Referee: Mohamed Omar

2 November 2006 5	Al Wahda	1–0	Al Ain	Abu Dhabi
19:20	I. Matar 75'	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	Barbosa 35', 52', 75' Oliveira 71'	Report	Jestrović 77' (p) G. Harib 85'	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	Salim .S 84'	Report		Stadium: Sharjah Stadium Referee: Mohamed Omar

11 February 2007 10	Al Ain	2–1	Al Jazira	Al Ain
19:50	S. Khater 27', 83'	Report	Alebri 41'	Stadium: Khalifa bin Zayed Referee: Khaled Al-Doukhi

18 February 2007 11	Al Ain	1–1	Fujairah	Al Ain
17:30	Hawar .M 90'	Report	Almesmari 11'	Stadium: Khalifa bin Zayed Referee: Mohammed Abdulla

1 March 2007 12	Al Ain	1–0	Al Shaab	Al Ain
20:05	Hawar .M 67'	Report		Stadium: Khalifa bin Zayed Referee: Fareed Al-Marzouqi

11 March 2007 13	Al Ahli	0–1	Al Ain	Dubai
17:40		Report	Ishak 57'	Stadium: Rashid Stadium Referee: Ali Al-Badwawi

26 March 2007 14	Al Ain	2–1	Al Shabab	Al Ain
17:50	F. Ali 11' Adel .A 17' (o.g.)	Report	Suroor .S 41'	Stadium: Khalifa bin Zayed Referee: Mohamed Al-Zarouni

30 March 2007 15	Dubai	1–1	Al Ain	Dubai
17:50	Dufrennes 26'	Report	N. Khamis 11'	Stadium: Al Aweer Stadium Referee: Khaled Al-Doukhi

15 April 2007 16	Al Ain	2–3	Al Wahda	Al Ain
20:10	Ongfiang 44' (p) Hawar .M 88'	Report	Haider .A 23' Al-Shehhi 67' Maurito 89'	Stadium: Khalifa bin Zayed Referee: Ali Al-Badwawi

19 April 2007 17	Al Nasr	0–1	Al Ain	Dubai
20:10		Report	Hawar .M 55'	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	Khatibi 80' Enayati 93'	Report		Stadium: Emirates Club Stadium Referee: Mohamed Omar

13 May 2007 20	Al Ain	0–3	Sharjah	Al Ain
19:45		Report	Shojaei 27', 55' Tareq .A 66'	Stadium: Khalifa bin Zayed Referee: Abdullah Karam

18 May 2007 21	Al Jazira	0–2	Al Ain	Abu Dhabi
19:45		Report	Musallem .F 58' Ongfiang 70'	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

28 October 2006 Round of 16	Ras Al Khaimah	2–5	Al Ain	Dubai
16:55	Shalnk 52', 57'	Report	Jestrović 40', 47', 69', 89' Dodô 73'	Stadium: Al Maktoum Stadium Referee: Khaled Al-Doukhi

23 February 2007 Quarter-finals	Al Shaab	2–3	Al Ain	Abu Dhabi
17:35	S. Ibraheem 15' Kazemian 90'	Report	F. Ali 40' Al-Wehaibi 62' Hawar .M 69'	Stadium: Mohammed bin Zayed Referee: Mohamed Al Junaibi

16 March 2007 Semi-finals	Al Ain	1–0	Fujairah	Sharjah
17:40	F. Ali 64'	Report		Stadium: Sharjah Stadium Referee: Mohamed Al Junaibi

3 April 2007 Final	Al Wasl	4–1	Al Ain	Abu Dhabi
17:50	Oliveira 12', 44', 61' Tariq .H 50'	Report	Ongfiang 25'	Stadium: Zayed Sports City Referee: Mohamed Al Junaibi

Group B

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	Dodô 23'	Report		Stadium: Khalifa bin Zayed Referee: Abdelwahid Khatir

3 December 2006 2	Al Nasr	1–1	Al Ain	Dubai
16:45	W. Murad 74'	Report	Kelly 8'	Stadium: Al Maktoum Stadium Referee: Mohamed Al-Zarouni

8 December 2006 3	Al Ain	1–0	Fujairah	Al Ain
16:45	R. Yaslam 35'	Report		Stadium: Khalifa bin Zayed Referee: Hamad Bin Hanifa

28 December 2006 4	Al Ahli	3–1	Al Ain	Dubai
16:55	Shah 40' Abdulrahman .K 58' Parodi 89' (p)	Report	Al-Wehaibi 64' (p)	Stadium: Rashid Stadium Referee: Abdullah Karam

2006 AFC Champions League

Quarter-finals

13 September 2006 First leg	Al Qadisiya	2–2	Al Ain	Kuwait City
	Al-Salamah 45', 48'	Report	Jestrović 23' Dodô 66'	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	Bashir 25', 90' Al-Hinai 90+3'	Stadium: Khalifa bin Zayed Attendance: 10,000

2007 AFC Champions League

Group D

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

Source: afcchampionsleague.com

7 March 2007	Al Ain	0–2	Al-Shabab	Al Ain
		(Report)	Attram 45' Al-Gizani 72'	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
	Al-Wehaibi 6' Musallem .F 44' Ongfiang 84'	(Report)	Salehi 8' Emad .M 65'	Stadium: Khalifa bin Zayed Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Chaiwat Kunsuta (Thailand)

25 April 2007	Sepahan	1–1	Al Ain	Isfahan
	Papi 49'	(Report)	Hawar .M 86'	Stadium: Foolad Shahr Stadium Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Mark Shield (Australia)

9 May 2007	Al-Shabab	2–0	Al Ain	Riyadh
	Al Astaa 59' Al-Gizani 88'	(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
	G. Harib 53'	(Report)	Sari 90'	Stadium: Khalifa bin Zayed Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Huang Junjie (China)

Statistics

Goalscorers

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
4	FW	Faisal Ali	2	2	0	0	0	4
6	MF	Subait Khater	3	0	0	0	0	3
6	MF	Ali Al-Wehaibi	0	1	1	0	1	3
8	MF	Gharib Harib	1	0	0	0	1	2
8	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

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

External links

Al Ain FC official website (in English and Arabic)

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[إدارة_العين_تتعاقد_مع_الروماني_يوردانسكو_مدربا_للفريق_الأول-1] "إدارة العين تتعاقد مع الروماني يوردانسكو مدربا للفريق الأول" (in Arabic). AlAinClub.com. Archived from the original on 2006-06-16.

[و_تيني_ريخس_يتولى_المهمة-2] "قبول اعتذار الروماني انجيل يوردانسكو" (in Arabic). AlAinClub.com. Archived from the original on 2006-11-21.