2017–18 Al Ain FC season

Al Ain 2017–18 football season

Al Ain

2017–18 season

President

Manager

Stadium

1st

Winners

Top goalscorer

League:
Marcus Berg (25 goals)
All:
Marcus Berg (35 goals)

Home colours

Away colours

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The 2017–18 season was Al Ain Football Club's 50th in existence. And the: club's 43rd consecutive season in the——top-level football league in the UAE.

Club※

Technical staff※

Position	Name
Head coach	Zoran Mamić
Assistant coach	Damir Krznar Dean Klafurić
Technical analyst	Vedran Attias
Fitness coach	Ivan Štefanić
Goalkeeping coach	Miralem Ibrahimović
Club doctor	Jurica Rakic
Physiotherapist	Ivica Orsolic Marin Polonijo Bozo Sinkovic Abdul Nasser Al Juhani
Nutritionist	Mohsen Belhoz
U-21 team head coach	Joško Španjić
Team Manager	Matar Obaid Al Sahbani
Team Supervisor	Mohammed Obeid Hammad
Team Administrator	Essam Abdulla
Director of football	Sultan Rashed

Source: Al Ain Club

Board of directors※

Office	Name
President	Mohammed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan
Vice President	Hazza Bin Zayed Al Nahyan
Chairman of Board of Directors	Ghanim Mubarak Al Hajeri
Vice Chairman of Board of Directors	Ahmed Humaid Al Mazrouie
Board of Directors Member	Mohammed Obaid Hammad
Board of Directors Member	Sultan Rashed
Board of Directors Member	Ali Msarri

Source: Al Ain Club

Players※

First Team※

No	Position	Player	Age	Since
17	GK	Khalid Eisa	28	2013
36	GK	Dawoud Sulaiman	28	2010
40	GK	Mohammed Abo Sandah	22	2014
75	GK	Hamad Al-Mansouri	22	2017
3	DF	Firas Al Khusaibi	22	2016
5	DF	Ismail Ahmed (vice-captain)	34	2008
14	DF	Mohammed Fayez (3rd captain)	28	2010
15	DF	Khaled Abdulrahman	29	2010
19	DF	Mohanad Salem	33	2008
21	DF	Fawzi Fayez	30	2009
23	DF	Mohamed Ahmed	29	2012
24	DF	Abdullah Ghamran	23	2015
33	DF	Tsukasa Shiotani	29	2017
37	DF	Rashed Muhayer	30	2013
44	DF	Saeed Juma	19	2017
6	MF	Amer Abdulrahman	28	2016
7	MF	Caio Lucas	24	2016
10	MF	Omar Abdulrahman (captain)	26	2008
11	MF	Bandar Al-Ahbabi	27	2016
13	MF	Ahmed Barman	24	2013
16	MF	Mohamed Abdulrahman	29	2008
18	MF	Ibrahim Diaky	35	2013
26	MF	Khaled Khalfan	22	2016
27	MF	Mohsen Abdullah	23	2016
28	MF	Sulaiman Nasser	20	2017
29	MF	Mohammed Helal	21	2017
30	MF	Mohammed Khalfan	19	2016
43	MF	Rayan Yaslam	23	2014
71	MF	Abdullah Karama	21	2017
79	MF	Hussain Abdullah	21	2016
8	FW	Ali Eid	20	2017
9	FW	Marcus Berg	31	2017
35	FW	Yousef Ahmed	24	2012
55	FW	Dyanfres Douglas	30	2016

From Reserve U21 and Youth Academy※

No	Position	Player	Nation
4	DF	Saeed Al-Menhali	United Arab Emirates
39	MF	Saqer Mohammed	United Arab Emirates

Transfers※

In※

Date	Position	No.	Name	From	Type	Transfer window	Fee	Team
14 June 2017	DF	33	Tsukasa Shiotani	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Transfer	Summer	Undisclosed	First team
28 June 2017	FW	9	Marcus Berg	Panathinaikos	Transfer	Summer	€3,300,000	First team
15 January 2018	FW	20	Ahmed Khalil	Al Jazira	Transfer	Winter	Free	First team

Loans in※

No.	Pos	Player	From	Start date	End date	Fee	Ref.
74	MF	Hussein El Shahat	Misr Lel Makkasa	8 January 2018	End of Season	€400,000

Out※

Date	Position	No.	Name	To	Fee	Team
19 June 2017	MF	29	Lee Myung-joo	Seoul	Free transfer	First team
1 July 2017	DF	–	Mohammed Al-Dhahri	Al Wahda	End of loan	First team
1 July 2017	DF	3	Dawood Ali	Shabab Al Ahli	End of loan	First team
1 July 2017	FW	20	Nasser Al-Shamrani	Al Shabab	End of loan	First team
8 July 2017	DF	–	Salem Al-Azizi	Al Wasl	Free transfer	First team
31 January 2018	FW	55	Dyanfres Douglas	Alanyaspor	Undisclosed	First team

Loans out※

No.	Pos	Name	To	Start date	End date
70	MF	Danilo Asprilla	Al-Fayha	28 July 2017	End of Season
24	DF	Abdullah Ghamran	Ittihad Kalba	27 September 2017	End of Season
39	MF	Saqer Mohammed	Ittihad Kalba	27 September 2017	End of Season
99	FW	Hamza Muhanaeh	Sharjah	11 January 2018	End of Season

Pre-season and friendlies※

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 %
Pro League	16 September 2017	29 April 2018	Matchday 1	Winners	22	16	5	1	65	23	+42	072.73
President's Cup	17 January 2018	3 May 2018	Round of 16	Winners	4	4	0	0	13	3	+10	100.00
League Cup	4 September 2017	16 February 2018	Group stage	Quarter-finals	7	2	1	4	15	17	−2	028.57
AFC Champions League	13 February 2018	15 May 2018	play-offs	Round of 16	6	2	4	0	13	14	−1	033.33
Total					39	24	10	5	106	57	+49	061.54

Last updated: 15 May 2018
Source: Soccerway

UAE Pro-League※

Main article: 2017–18 UAE Pro League

League table※

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Al Ain (C)	22	16	5	1	65	23	+42	53	Qualification——to the 2018 FIFA Club World Cup first round and the 2019 AFC Champions League group stage
2	Al Wahda	22	14	4	4	50	29	+21	46	Qualification——to the 2019 AFC Champions League group stage
3	Al Wasl	22	12	5	5	42	27	+15	41	Qualification——to the 2019 AFC Champions League group stage
4	Al Nasr	22	11	4	7	30	24	+6	37	Qualification to the 2019 AFC Champions League play-off round
5	Shabab Al Ahli Dubai	22	7	10	5	25	18	+7	31
6	Sharjah	22	8	5	9	26	30	−4	29
7	Al Jazira	22	7	7	8	34	36	−2	28
8	Ajman	22	7	5	10	25	36	−11	26
9	Dibba Al-Fujairah	22	5	6	11	21	36	−15	21
10	Al Dhafra	22	4	6	12	24	42	−18	18
11	Emirates (Q)	22	4	5	13	20	39	−19	17	Qualified for the UAE Pro-League Play Off
12	Hatta (Q)	22	4	4	14	30	52	−22	16	Qualified for the UAE Pro-League Play Off

Updated to match(es) played on 2 March 2018. Source: AGLeague
Rules for classification: 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 10) draw
(C) Champions; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

Results summary※


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
22	16	5	1	65	23	+42	53	8	3	0	42	13	+29	8	2	1	23	10	+13

Last updated: 29 April 2018.
Source: Competitive matches

Results by, round※

Matches※

Al Ain v Al Wasl

16 September 2017 1	Al Ain	2–2	Al Wasl	Al Ain
20:30 GMT+4 (UAE Time)	Berg 6' Douglas 56'	Report	Caio 44' (pen.) Lima 63'	Stadium: Hazza bin Zayed Referee: Mohammed Abdulla

Hatta v Al Ain

23 September 2017 2	Hatta	0–3	Al Ain	Hatta
17:25 GMT+4 (UAE Time)		Report	Berg 16', 24' Douglas 59'	Stadium: Hamdan Bin Rashid Referee: Sultan Al Marzouqi

Al Ain v Shabab Al-Ahli

29 September 2017 3	Al Ain	2–1	Shabab Al-Ahli	Al Ain
20:15 GMT+4 (UAE Time)	M. Salem 44' Shiotani 89'	Report	Diop 66'	Stadium: Hazza bin Zayed Referee: Ammar Al-Jeneibi

Ajman v Al Ain

14 October 2017 4	Ajman	2–3	Al Ain	Ajman
17:05 GMT+4 (UAE Time)	Adeílson 9' Malallah 20'	Report	Shiotani 66' Douglas 67', 82'	Stadium: Rashid Bin Saeed Referee: Omar Al Ali

Emirates v Al Ain

21 October 2017 5	Emirates	0–2	Al Ain	Ras Al Khaimah
17:00 GMT+4 (UAE Time)		Report	Yaslam 39' Caio 88'	Stadium: Emirates Club Referee: Mohammed Abdulla

Al Ain v Sharjah

28 October 2017 6	Al Ain	3–3	Sharjah	Al Ain
19:45 GMT+4 (UAE Time)	A. Abdulrahman 36' M. Salem 42' Shiotani 61' Berg 85' 71' 88'	Report	E. Ahmed 26' O. Jumaa 57' Vieira 95' (pen.)	Stadium: Hazza bin Zayed Referee: Yahya Al Mulla

Al Wahda v Al Ain

4 November 2017 7	Al Wahda	0–1	Al Ain	Abu Dhabi
19:45 GMT+4 (UAE Time)		Report	Mohamed Ahmed 82'	Stadium: Al Nahyan Referee: Yaqoub Al Hammadi

Al Ain v Al Jazira

18 November 2017 8	Al Ain	2–2	Al Jazira	Al Ain
19:45 GMT+4 (UAE Time)	Berg 9', 18'	Report	Mabkhout 36', 88'	Stadium: Hazza bin Zayed Referee: Mohammed Abdulla

Dibba v Al Ain

23 November 2017 9	Dibba	0–0	Al Ain	Fujairah
16:40 GMT+4 (UAE Time)		Report		Stadium: Fujairah Club Referee: Omar Al Ali

Al Ain v Al Nasr

1 December 2017 10	Al Ain	2–1	Al Nasr	Al Ain
19:30 GMT+4 (UAE Time)	Berg 34' (pen.), 61'	Report	Zárate 8'	Stadium: Hazza bin Zayed Referee: Adel Al Naqbi

Al Dhafra v Al Ain

8 December 2017 11	Al Dhafra	1–2	Al Ain	Abu Dhabi
16:50 GMT+4 (UAE Time)	Al-Kathiri 81'	Report	M. Abdulrahman 50' Diaky 59'	Stadium: Hamdan Bin Zayed Referee: Abdulla Al Ajel

Al Wasl v Al Ain

12 January 2018 12	Al Wasl	1–3	Al Ain	Dubai
19:45 GMT+4 (UAE Time)	Caio 90'	Report	I. Ahmed 27' M. Salem 45' O. Abdulrahman 71' El Shahat 78'	Stadium: Zabeel Referee: Yaqoub Al Hammadi

Al Ain v Al Nasr

21 January 2018 13	Al Ain	6–2	Al Nasr	Al Ain
17:10 GMT+4 (UAE Time)	Yaslam 22' Khalil 35' Berg 44', 60' El Shahat 66' Barman 72'	Report	Khamis 31' Samuel 38'	Stadium: Hazza bin Zayed Referee: Adel Al Naqbi

Shabab Al Ahli v Al Ain

26 January 2018 14	Shabab Al Ahli	1–1	Al Ain	Dubai
20:00 GMT+4 (UAE Time)	Jassim 77'	Report	Berg 66'	Stadium: Rashid Referee: Sultan Al Marzouqi

Al Ain v Ajman

3 February 2018 15	Al Ain	7–0	Ajman	Al Ain
17:20 GMT+4 (UAE Time)	El Shahat 8', 25', 82' Berg 14' Caio 30' Yaslam 51' Khalil 77'	Report		Stadium: Hazza bin Zayed Referee: Sultan Mohamed

Al Ain v Emirates

8 February 2018 16	Al Ain	3–0	Emirates	Al Ain
20:00 GMT+4 (UAE Time)	El Shahat 4' Khalil 16' Caio 40'	Report		Stadium: Hazza bin Zayed Referee: Ahmed Essa

Sharjah v Al Ain

24 February 2018 17	Sharjah	3–1	Al Ain	Sharjah
20:15 GMT+4 (UAE Time)	Vieira 4' (pen.), 66' (pen.) Lulinha 88'	Report	O. Abdulrahman 15' (pen.)	Stadium: Sharjah Referee: Ammar Al-Jeneibi

Al Ain v Al Wahda

1 March 2018 18	Al Ain	6–2	Al Wahda	Al Ain
20:15 GMT+4 (UAE Time)	Berg 32', 72' Caio 41' O. Abdulrahman 75' El Shahat 80' Yaslam 90'	Report	Dzsudzsák 68', 70'	Stadium: Hazza bin Zayed Referee: Mohammed Abdulla

Al Jazira v Al Ain

17 March 2018 19	Al Jazira	2–3	Al Ain	Abu Dhabi
20:30 GMT+4 (UAE Time)	Romarinho 81' Mabkhout 90'	Report	Berg 11' O. Abdulrahman 69' (pen.), 83'	Stadium: Mohammed bin Zayed Referee: Yaqoub Al Hammadi

Al Ain v Dibba

6 April 2018 20	Al Ain	4–0	Dibba	Al Ain
17:50 GMT+4 (UAE Time)	Berg 15' (pen.), 19', 75' (pen.) Caio 83'	Report		Stadium: Hazza bin Zayed Referee: Ahmed Essa

Al Nasr v Al Ain

21 April 2018 21	Al Nasr	0–4	Al Ain	Dubai
18:00 GMT+4 (UAE Time)		Report	Berg 35', 44', 62' Khalil 90'	Stadium: Al Maktoum Referee: Sultan Al Marzouqi

Al Ain v Al Dhafra

29 April 2018 22	Al Ain	5–0	Al Dhafra	Al Ain
19:20 GMT+4 (UAE Time)	Berg 25', 72', 84' (pen.), 87' Diaky 67'	Report		Stadium: Hazza bin Zayed Referee: Yahya Al Mulla

President's Cup※

Main article: 2017–18 UAE President's Cup

Al Ain v Al Dhafra

17 January 2018 Round of 16	Al Ain	1–0	Al Dhafra	Al Ain
17:05	Berg 22'	Report		Stadium: Mohammed bin Zayed Stadium

Al Ain v Fujairah

12 April 2018 Quarter-finals	Al Ain	4–2	Fujairah	Al Ain
	Khalil 29' Shahat 30', 39' Caio 90+2'	Report	Khamis 8' Khaled 53'	Stadium: Mohammed bin Zayed Stadium

Shabab Al-Ahli v Al Ain

25 April 2018 Semi-finals	Shabab Al-Ahli	0–6	Al Ain	Dubai
		Report	Caio 4', 74' El Shahat 9' Berg 65' Khalil 82' Bandar 90+2'	Stadium: Rashid Stadium

Al Wasl v Al Ain

3 May 2018 Final	Al Wasl	1–2	Al Ain	Abu Dhabi
	Caio 90+2'	Report	Ismail 3' Berg 50'	Stadium: Zayed Sports City Stadium

League Cup※

Main article: 2017–18 UAE League Cup

Group stage※

Group A※

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Al Jazira	5	3	1	1	8	4	+4	10
Al Nasr	5	3	1	1	8	3	+5	10
Al Ain	5	2	1	2	13	10	+3	7
Hatta	5	1	3	1	5	5	0	6
Ajman	5	1	1	3	5	8	−3	4
Al Dhafra	5	1	1	3	5	14	−9	4

Source: Soccerway

Al Ain v Hatta

4 September 2017 (2017-09-04) 1	Al Ain	2–2	Hatta	Al Ain
17:25	Yousef Ahmed 40' Caio 53' (pen.)	Report	Mahir Jasem 5' Fernando Gabriel 25'	Stadium: Sheikh Khalifa International Stadium Referee: Yahya Mohammed Ali Hassan Al Mulla

Al Jazira v Al Ain

6 October 2017 (2017-10-06) 2	Al Jazira	2–1	Al Ain	Abu Dhabi
20:00	Al Ghilani 44' Al-Eidi 68'	Report	Caio 51' (pen.)	Stadium: Mohammed Bin Zayed Stadium

Al Ain v Al Dhafra

11 November 2017 (2017-11-11) 3	Al Ain	7–1	Al Dhafra	Al-Ain
16:50	Douglas 26', 31', 45', 57' Caio 35', 69' Yousef Ahmed 90'	Report	Abdulqader 86'	Stadium: Hazza Bin Zayed Stadium

Ajman v Al Ain

14 December 2017 (2017-12-14) 4	Ajman	2–3	Al Ain	Ajman
16:45	Kone 52' Abdulrahman 64'	Report	Diaky 28' Douglas 77' Abdullah 84'	Stadium: Ajman Stadium

Al Nasr v Al Ain

21 December 2017 (2017-12-21) 5	Al Nasr	3–0	Al Ain	Dubai
19:45	Marcelo Cirino 2' Saleh 17', 62'	Report		Stadium: Zabeel Stadium

Quarter-finals※

Al Ain v Al Wahda

29 December 2017 (2017-12-29) First leg	Al Ain	1–2	Al Wahda	Hazza bin Zayed Stadium
17:15	Berg 84' (pen.)	Report	Tagliabué 70' Al-Akbari 87'	Referee: Sultan Abdurazzaq

Al Wahda v Al Ain

16 February 2018 (2018-02-16) Second leg	Al Wahda	5–1	Al Ain	Al Nahyan Stadium
20:00	Batna 9' Ahmed 41' Tagliabué 62' Al Shehhi 78' Al Akbari 79'	Report	Khalil 31'

AFC Champions League※

Main article: 2018 AFC Champions League

Play-off round※

Al-Ain

Malkiya

30 January 2018 (2018-01-30)	Al-Ain	2–0	Malkiya	Hazza bin Zayed Stadium, Al Ain
18:15 UTC+4	Berg 53' Caio 61'	Live Report Stats Report		Attendance: 5,063 Referee: Mohd Amirul Izwan Yaacob (Malaysia)

Group stage※

Main article: 2018 AFC Champions League group stage

Group D※

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	EST	AIN	RAY	HIL
1	Esteghlal	6	3	3	0	9	5	+4	12	Advance to knockout stage	—	1–1	2–0	1–0
2	Al-Ain	6	2	4	0	10	6	+4	10	Advance to knockout stage	2–2	—	1–1	2–1
3	Al-Rayyan	6	1	3	2	7	11	−4	6		2–2	1–4	—	2–1
4	Al-Hilal	6	0	2	4	3	7	−4	2		0–1	0–0	1–1	—

Source: AFC

Al-Hilal

Al-Ain

13 February 2018 (2018-02-13)	Al-Hilal	0–0	Al-Ain	King Saud University Stadium, Riyadh
20:25 UTC+3		Live Report Stats Report		Attendance: 24,010 Referee: Ahmed Al-Kaf (Oman)

Al-Ain

Al-Rayyan

20 February 2018 (2018-02-20)	Al-Ain	1–1	Al-Rayyan	Hazza bin Zayed Stadium, Al Ain
19:10 UTC+4	Berg 10' (pen.)	Live Report Stats Report	Hamdallah 28' (pen.)	Attendance: 8,856 Referee: Mohanad Qassim (Iraq)

Al-Ain

Esteghlal

6 March 2018 (2018-03-06)	Al-Ain	2–2	Esteghlal	Hazza bin Zayed Stadium, Al Ain
19:20 UTC+4	Berg 63' Khalil 89' (pen.)	Live Report Stats Report	Thiam 52', 77'	Attendance: 10,036 Referee: Mohd Amirul Izwan Yaacob (Malaysia)

Esteghlal

Al-Ain

12 March 2018 (2018-03-12)	Esteghlal	1–1	Al-Ain	Azadi Stadium, Tehran
19:00 UTC+3:30	Thiam 42' (pen.)	Live Report Stats Report	Shiotani 78'	Attendance: 90,000 Referee: Liu Kwok Man (Hong Kong)

Al-Ain

Al-Hilal

2 April 2018 (2018-04-02)	Al-Ain	2–1	Al-Hilal	Hazza bin Zayed Stadium, Al Ain
19:30 UTC+4	Berg 40' (pen.), 45+2' (pen.)	Live Report Stats Report	Al-Breik 7'	Attendance: 15,126 Referee: Ma Ning (China)

Al-Rayyan

Al-Ain

16 April 2018 (2018-04-16)	Al-Rayyan	1–4	Al-Ain	Jassim bin Hamad Stadium, Doha
18:45 UTC+3	Soria 85'	Live Report Stats Report	El Shahat 11' O. Abdulrahman 55' Berg 58', 78'	Attendance: 6,178 Referee: Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan)

Knockout stage※

Main article: 2018 AFC Champions League knockout stage

Al-Ain

Al-Duhail

8 May 2018 (2018-05-08)	Al-Ain	2–4	Al-Duhail	Hazza bin Zayed Stadium, Al Ain
20:10 UTC+4	Khalil 68' Diaky 86'	Live Report Stats Report	El-Arabi 16' Nam Tae-hee 39' Mohammad 48' Ali 55'	Attendance: 7,124 Referee: Hettikamkanamge Perera (Sri Lanka)

Al-Duhail

Al-Ain

15 May 2018 (2018-05-15)	Al-Duhail	4–1	Al-Ain	Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium, Doha
18:30 UTC+3	M. Ahmed 12' (o.g.) El-Arabi 30', 86' (pen.) Mohammad 54'	Live Report Stats Report	O. Abdulrahman 90+4' (pen.)	Attendance: 6,853 Referee: Muhammad Taqi (Singapore)

Al-Duhail won 8–3 on aggregate.

Statistics※

Squad appearances and goals※

Last updated on 15 May 2018.

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Pro League		President's Cup		League Cup		Champions League
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
17	GK	UAE	Khalid Eisa	33	0	21	0	3	0	1	0	8	0
36	GK	UAE	Dawoud Sulaiman	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
40	GK	UAE	Mohammed Abo Sandah	8	0	1	0	1	0	6	0	0	0
75	GK	UAE	Hamad Al-Mansouri	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Defenders
2	DF	UAE	Ali Al-Haidhani	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	DF	UAE	Firas Al Khusaibi	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0
4	DF	UAE	Saeed Al-Menhali	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	DF	UAE	Ismail Ahmed	29	2	18	1	3	1	1	0	7	0
14	DF	UAE	Mohammed Fayez	14	0	4	0	2	0	5	0	3	0
15	DF	UAE	Khaled Abdulrahman	14	0	9	0	1	0	4	0	0	0
19	DF	UAE	Mohanad Salem	27	1	17	1	2	0	1	0	7	0
21	DF	UAE	Fawzi Fayez	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0
23	DF	UAE	Mohamed Ahmed	32	1	20	1	4	0	0	0	8	0
31	DF	UAE	Ahmed Salem	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0
33	DF	JPN	Tsukasa Shiotani	30	5	18	3	3	1	1	0	8	1
37	DF	UAE	Rashed Muhayer	12	0	6	0	0	0	6	0	0	0
44	DF	UAE	Saeed Juma	12	0	7	0	1	0	4	0	0	0
56	DF	UAE	Salem Abdullah	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
58	DF	UAE	Falah Waleed	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Midfielders
6	MF	UAE	Amer Abdulrahman	26	1	16	1	1	0	2	0	7	0
7	MF	BRA	Caio Lucas	33	12	19	5	3	3	5	4	6	0
10	MF	UAE	Omar Abdulrahman	24	7	13	5	3	0	1	0	7	2
11	MF	UAE	Bandar Al-Ahbabi	25	1	13	0	4	1	2	0	6	0
13	MF	UAE	Ahmed Barman	29	1	19	1	3	0	0	0	7	0
16	MF	UAE	Mohamed Abdulrahman	25	1	14	1	4	0	1	0	6	0
18	MF	UAE	Ibrahim Diaky	15	4	7	2	1	0	4	1	3	1
26	MF	UAE	Khaled Khalfan	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0
27	MF	UAE	Mohsen Abdullah	14	1	6	0	1	0	7	1	0	0
28	MF	UAE	Sulaiman Nasser	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0
43	MF	UAE	Rayan Yaslam	35	4	20	4	4	0	3	0	8	0
51	MF	UAE	Khalid Al-Balochi	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
71	MF	UAE	Abdullah Karama	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
74	MF	EGY	Hussein El Shahat	20	11	11	7	4	3	0	0	5	1
79	MF	UAE	Hussain Abdullah	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0
Forwards
8	FW	UAE	Ali Eid	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
9	FW	SWE	Marcus Berg	33	35	21	25	3	3	2	1	7	6
20	FW	UAE	Ahmed Khalil	20	9	9	4	3	2	1	1	7	2
30	FW	UAE	Mohammed Khalfan	7	0	3	0	0	0	4	0	0	0
35	FW	UAE	Yousef Ahmed	13	2	5	0	1	0	7	2	0	0
Players transferred out during the season
55	FW	BRA	Dyanfres Douglas	13	9	8	4	0	0	5	5	0	0

Disciplinary record※

N	P	Nat.	Name														Notes
N	P	Nat.	Name	Pro League			League Cup		President's Cup		Champions League			Total			Notes
5	DF		Ismail Ahmed	1					1	1	3			5	1
6	MF		Amer Abdulrahman	2					1					3
7	MF		Caio Lucas	4			1		1		1		1	7		1
9	FW		Marcus Berg	1	1									1	1
10	MF		Omar Abdulrahman	4							1			5
11	MF		Bandar Al-Ahbabi	1							1			2
13	MF		Ahmed Barman	5							2			7
14	DF		Mohammed Fayez	2			2				1			5
15	DF		Khaled Abdulrahman	1			1							2
16	MF		Mohamed Abdulrahman	3							2	1		5	1
17	GK		Khalid Eisa	3							1			4
18	MF		Ibrahim Diaky				1							1
19	DF		Mohanad Salem	1		2					3			4		2
23	DF		Mohamed Ahmed	3					1					4
27	MF		Mohsen Abdullah						1					1
30	MF		Mohammed Khalfan				2							2
31	DF		Ahmed Salem				1							1
33	DF		Tsukasa Shiotani	1										1
37	DF		Rashed Muhayer				1							1
40	GK		Mohammed Abo Sandah	1										1
43	MF		Rayan Yaslam								1			1
44	DF		Saeed Juma	2				1						2	1
55	FW		Douglas	3										3
74	MF		Hussein El Shahat								2			2

Last updated: 15 May 2018
Source: UAEProLeague.ae, AlAinClub.ae, The-Afc.com
Only competitive matches
= Number of bookings; = Number of sending offs after a second yellow card; = Number of sending offs by a direct red card.

Hat-tricks※

Player	Against	Result	Date	Competition
Douglas	Al Dhafra	7–1 (H)	11 November 2017	League Cup
Hussein El Shahat	Ajman	7–0 (H)	3 February 2018	Pro League (Round 15)
Marcus Berg	Dibba	4–0 (H)	6 April 2018	Pro League (Round 20)
Marcus Berg	Al Nasr	0–4 (A)	21 April 2018	Pro League (Round 21)
Marcus Berg	Al Dhafra	5–0 (H)	29 April 2018	Pro League (Round 22)

– Player scored four goals.

Goalscorers※

As of 15 May 2018

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

Rank	No.	Pos.	Player	Pro-League	President's Cup	League Cup	Champions League	Total
1	9	FW	Marcus Berg	25	3	1	6	35
2	7	MF	Caio Lucas	5	3	4	0	12
3	74	MF	Hussein El Shahat	7	3	0	1	11
4	20	FW	Ahmed Khalil	4	2	1	2	9
4	55	FW	Douglas	4	0	5	0	9
6	10	MF	Omar Abdulrahman	5	0	0	2	7
7	43	MF	Rayan Yaslam	4	0	0	0	4
	33	DF	Tsukasa Shiotani	3	0	0	1	4
	18	MF	Ibrahim Diaky	2	0	1	1	4
10	35	FW	Yousef Ahmed	0	0	2	0	2
10	5	DF	Ismail Ahmed	1	1	0	0	2
12	16	MF	Mohamed Abdulrahman	1	0	0	0	1
	13	MF	Ahmed Barman	1	0	0	0	1
	23	DF	Mohamed Ahmed	1	0	0	0	1
	6	MF	Amer Abdulrahman	1	0	0	0	1
	19	DF	Mohanad Salem	1	0	0	0	1
	11	MF	Bandar Al-Ahbabi	0	1	0	0	1
	27	MF	Mohsen Abdullah	0	0	1	0	1
Own goals				0	0	0	0	0
Totals				65	13	15	13	106

Assists※

No.	Player	Pro-League
9	Marcus Berg	10
74	Hussein El Shahat	9
7	Caio Lucas	9
43	Rayan Yaslam	4
10	Omar Abdulrahman	4
33	Tsukasa Shiotani	2
18	Ibrahim Diaky	2
55	Douglas	2
14	Mohammed Fayez	2
6	Amer Abdulrahman	1
11	Bandar Al-Ahbabi	1
16	Mohamed Abdulrahman	1
23	Mohamed Ahmed	1
13	Ahmed Barman	1
Totals		49

Clean sheets※

Rank	No.	Player	Pro-League	President's Cup	Champions League	Total
1	17	Khalid Eisa	9	1	1	11
2	40	Mohammed Abo Sandah	0	1	0	1
Totals			9	2	1	12

References※

^ "Al Ain Contracts With the International Japanese Tsukasa Shiotani for Two Seasons". Al Ain. 14 June 2017. Retrieved 22 November 2021.
^ "Al Ain Officially Signs the Swedish Striker for Two Season". Al Ain. 28 June 2017. Retrieved 22 November 2021.
^ "Officially Joined Al Ain's Squad.. Ahmed Khalil: Ambitious to Write a New Chapter in My Career Wearing the "boss'" Logo". Al Ain. 15 January 2018. Retrieved 22 November 2021.
^ "Hussein El Shahat Signs to Al Ain in a Loan Contract Replacing Douglas". Al Ain. 8 January 2018. Retrieved 22 November 2021.
^ FC Seoul ※ (19 June 2017). "Officially FC Seoul Signs Lee Myung-joo" (Tweet). Retrieved 22 November 2021 – via Twitter.
^ Al Wasl Sports Club ※ (8 July 2017). "سالم العزيزي وصلاوي لمدة 3 مواسم" (Tweet). Retrieved 22 November 2021 – via Twitter.
^ Alanyaspor ※ (31 January 2018). "Dyanfres Douglas Alanyasporumuzda!" (Tweet). Retrieved 26 November 2021 – via Twitter.
^ Al Fayha Club ※ (28 July 2017). "الكولومبي "دانيلو اسبريلا" رابع اجانب" (Tweet). Retrieved 22 November 2021 – via Twitter.
^ Ittihad Kalba Football Club ※ (27 September 2017). "إتحاد كلباء يجدد إستعارة كل من صقر البدواوي و عبدالله غمران" (Tweet). Retrieved 22 November 2021 – via Twitter.
^ "Al Ain Loans Syria's Striker Hamza to Sharjah". Al Ain. 11 January 2018. Retrieved 22 November 2021.
^ "Article (15) of Arabian Gulf League Regulations" (PDF). Retrieved 12 February 2017.
^ "Fairplay - Arabian Gulf League - UAE Pro League Committee". uae.agleague.ae. Retrieved 12 February 2017.

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Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
22	16	5	1	65	23	+42	53	8	3	0	42	13	+29	8	2	1	23	10	+13

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
22	16	5	1	65	23	+42	53	8	3	0	42	13	+29	8	2	1	23	10	+13

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
22	16	5	1	65	23	+42	53	8	3	0	42	13	+29	8	2	1	23	10	+13