2014–15 Al Ain FC season

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(19 August 2014)

The 2014–15 season was

top-level football league in the UAE
.

Season overview

June

On 10 June, Al Ain announced its first two signing of the season by reached an agreement with

Waleed Salem, keeping him with the club for three more years.[3] On 26 June, Alex Brosque leaves the club and return to Sydney FC,[4] has signed a two-season deal and was presented on 1 July.[5]

July

Miroslav Stoch joined on a one-season loan from Fenerbahçe.

On 3 July, Al Ain announce the signing of the Slovakian

Sheikh Khalifa International Stadium in Al Ain. The match ended 4–0, coming from a brace by Kembo Ekoko and goals from Miroslav Stoch, Mohamed Abdulrahman. Kembo Ekoko named man of the match.[23] On 24 July, Asamoah Gyan extending contract until 2018. Gyan joined Al Ain in 2011 from Sunderland on one season loan. On 6 July 2012 signed a five-year contract with club. He scored 103 goals in 92 match. Become Al Ain second top scorers in all competitions behind Ahmed Abdullah with 180.[24][25] On 25 July, Al Ain won Al Ain International Championship in their sixth pre-season match after a draw with Al Nassr 1–1, with Al Ain only goal coming from Kembo Ekoko in the 72nd minute. Ahmed Barman named man of the match.[26] Kembo Ekoko was top scorer of the Championship for scoring three goals.[27] After the match Al Ain honored Asamoah Gyan as the top African goalscorer in the World Cup.[28] He also ranked 35 on Goal 50 best footballers of the 2013–14 season, ahead of Paul Pogba and Robin van Persie.[29][30][31] On 30 July, Al Ain announced renewed the contracts of four players Ahmed Barman, Mohamad Busanda, Saeed Mosabah, and Khalid Khalfan for long term contracts.[32]

August

On 5 August, Al Ain lose from

Raja Casablanca. The only goal coming from Asamoah Gyan in the 85th minute.[36]

Players

First team squad

No. Position(s) Nationality Name Since Date of Birth (Age)
Goalkeepers
12 GK United Arab Emirates Waleed Salem 2001 (1980-10-28) 28 October 1980 (age 43)
17 GK United Arab Emirates Khalid Eisa 2013 (1989-09-15) 15 September 1989 (age 34)
22 GK United Arab Emirates Mahmood Al Mas 2011 (1983-09-08) 8 September 1983 (age 40)
36 GK United Arab Emirates Dawoud Sulaiman 2010 (1990-03-21) 21 March 1990 (age 34)
Defenders
5
CB
 United Arab Emirates
Ismail Ahmed
 2008 (1983-07-07) 7 July 1983 (age 40)
15
LB
 United Arab Emirates Khaled Abdulrahman 2009 (1988-09-10) 10 September 1988 (age 35)
19
CB
 United Arab Emirates Mohanad Salem 2008 (1985-03-01) 1 March 1985 (age 39)
21
RB
 United Arab Emirates Fawzi Fayez 2007 (1987-07-14) 14 July 1987 (age 36)
23
CB
 United Arab Emirates Mohamed Ahmed 2012 (1989-04-16) 16 April 1989 (age 35)
44
RB
 United Arab Emirates
Faris Jumaa
 2007 (1988-12-19) 19 December 1988 (age 35)
50
LB
 United Arab Emirates Mohammed Fayez 2007 (1989-10-06) 6 October 1989 (age 34)
77
CB
 United Arab Emirates
Mohammed Fawzi
 2014 (1990-02-22) 22 February 1990 (age 34)
Midfielders
4
DM
 United Arab Emirates Sultan Al Ghaferi 2013 (1986-09-18) 18 September 1986 (age 37)
7
AM
 United Arab Emirates Ali Al-Wehaibi (VC) 2001 (1983-10-27) 27 October 1983 (age 40)
8
AM
 United Arab Emirates Rashed Eisa 2014 (1990-08-24) 24 August 1990 (age 33)
9
SS
 France Kembo Ekoko 2012 (1988-01-08) 8 January 1988 (age 36)
10
AM
 United Arab Emirates Omar Abdulrahman 2008 (1991-09-20) 20 September 1991 (age 32)
18
DM
 United Arab Emirates Ibrahim Diaky 2013 (1982-05-24) 24 May 1982 (age 41)
20
CM
 United Arab Emirates Helal Saeed (C) 2011 (1982-03-24) 24 March 1982 (age 42)
24
CM
 United Arab Emirates Ahmed Barman 2013 (1994-02-05) 5 February 1994 (age 30)
29
CM
 South Korea Lee Myung-joo 2014 (1990-04-24) 24 April 1990 (age 34)
30
RM
 United Arab Emirates Mohammed Al Saadi 2011 (1982-10-28) 28 October 1982 (age 41)
99
AM
 Slovakia Miroslav Stoch 2014 (1989-10-19) 19 October 1989 (age 34)
Forwards
3
CF
 Ghana Asamoah Gyan 2011 (1985-11-22) 22 November 1985 (age 38)
16
DM
 United Arab Emirates Mohammed Abdulrahman 2012 (1989-02-04) 4 February 1989 (age 35)

From the youth squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
13 FW United Arab Emirates UAE Khalefah Rashed
31 DF United Arab Emirates UAE Ahmad Salem
33 FW United Arab Emirates UAE Majed Ahmad
35 FW United Arab Emirates UAE Yousef Ahmed
37 DF United Arab Emirates UAE Rashed Muhayer
No. Pos. Nation Player
38 DF United Arab Emirates UAE Saeed Mosabah
39 MF United Arab Emirates UAE Saqer Mohd
43 MF United Arab Emirates UAE Ryan Yslam
40 GK United Arab Emirates UAE Mohamad Busanda
49 DF United Arab Emirates UAE Salem Juma

Players in / out

Club

Statistics

Squad, appearances and goals

No. Nat Player Total
League
 Asia Cup League Cup Super Cup
Starts Apps Goals Min Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Goalkeepers
12 United Arab Emirates
Waleed.S
 1 1 — 95 0 — 0 — 0 — 1 — 0 —
17 United Arab Emirates Khalid.E 9 9 — 824 6 — 3 — 0 — 0 — 0 —
36 United Arab Emirates Dawoud 0 1 — 29 0 — 1 — 0 — 0 — 0 —
40 United Arab Emirates Bu Senda 1 1 — 94 0 — 0 — 0 — 1 — 0 —
Defenders
5 United Arab Emirates
Ismail
 9 9 1 856 6 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 United Arab Emirates Khaled.A 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 United Arab Emirates Mohanad 5 6 2 486 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
21 United Arab Emirates Fawzi 5 6 0 476 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
23 United Arab Emirates M. Ahmed 7 7 0 575 4 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
38 United Arab Emirates Saeed.M 2 2 0 166 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
44 United Arab Emirates
Fares.J
 5 5 0 471 0 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
49 United Arab Emirates Salem.J 2 2 0 155 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
50 United Arab Emirates Mohammed.F 10 10 0 934 6 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
77 United Arab Emirates
M.Fawzi
 0 4 1 97 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Midfielders
4 United Arab Emirates S. Al Ghaferi 2 6 0 225 3 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
7 United Arab Emirates Al Wehaibi (VC) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 United Arab Emirates Rashed 1 3 0 92 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 France Kembo 8 8 3 612 4 3 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
10 United Arab Emirates Omar.A 5 5 1 433 2 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 United Arab Emirates Diaky 6 9 3 626 5 2 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 0
20 United Arab Emirates Helal.S (C) 4 5 0 384 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
24 United Arab Emirates A.Barman 6 10 0 597 6 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
29 South Korea Lee.M.J 9 9 0 831 5 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
30 United Arab Emirates Mohammed.S 0 2 0 96 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
43 United Arab Emirates Rayan.Y 1 2 0 95 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
99 Slovakia Stoch 10 10 4 882 6 3 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 0
Forwards
3 Ghana Asamoah 5 6 4 475 3 2 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 United Arab Emirates H.Raqea 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 United Arab Emirates Khalefah.R 0 1 0 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
16 United Arab Emirates Mohammed.A 5 8 2 487 5 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
33 United Arab Emirates Majed.A 0 1 0 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
35 United Arab Emirates Yousef.A 1 4 0 173 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
Appearances = Total appearances
Last updated: 6 November 2014

Squad Stats

League Asia Cup League Cup Super cup Total Stats
Games played 6 4 0 2 0 12
Games won 4 3 0 0 0 7
Games drawn 1 0 0 0 0 1
Games lost 1 1 0 2 0 4
Goals for 15 7 0 1 0 23
Goals against 7 5 0 4 0 16
Goal by Substitute 1 1 0 0 0 2
Players used 84 56 0 28 0 168
Yellow cards 11 4 0 3 0 18
Red cards 1 2 0 0 0 3

Last updated: 6 November 2014
Source: Competitive matches

Goalscorers

Rnk No. Pos Nation Player League League Cup President's Cup Champions League Super Cup Total
1 99 MF Slovakia M.Stoch 3 1 4
— 9 MF France Kembo 3 1 4
— 3 FW Ghana Gyan 2 2 4
4 18 MF United Arab Emirates Diaky 2 1 3
5 19 DF United Arab Emirates Mohanad 2 2
— 16 FW United Arab Emirates Mohammed.A 2 2
7 29 MF South Korea Lee 1 1
— 77 DF United Arab Emirates
M.Fawzi
 1 1
— 10 MF United Arab Emirates Omar.A 1 1
— 5 DF United Arab Emirates
Ismail
 1 1
— Own Goals 1 1
TOTALS 15 1 8 24

Last updated: 6 November 2014

Assists

R Player Position League League Cup President's Cup Champions League Super Cup Total
1 Slovakia Miroslav Stoch LW 2 2 4
— United Arab Emirates Mohammed Abdulrahman CF 3 3
— France Kembo Ekoko SS 2 1 3
4 United Arab Emirates Omar Abdulrahman AM 2 2
— Ghana Asamoah Gyan CF 2 2
6 United Arab Emirates Fawzi Fayez RB 1 1
— United Arab Emirates Helal Saeed DM 1 1
— United Arab Emirates Mohamed Ahmed RB 1 1
— United Arab Emirates Khalid Eisa GK 1 1

Last updated: 27 October 2014

Disciplinary record

N P Nat. Name League League Cup President's Cup Champions League Super Cup Total Notes
Yellow card Second yellow card Red card Yellow card Second yellow card Red card Yellow card Second yellow card Red card Yellow card Second yellow card Red card Yellow card Second yellow card Red card Yellow card Second yellow card Red card
3 FW Ghana Gyan 1 1
4 MF United Arab Emirates S. Al Ghaferi 1 1 2
5 DF United Arab Emirates
Ismail
 2 2
9 MF United Arab Emirates
Kembo
 1 1
10 MF United Arab Emirates Omar.A 1 1 2
16 MF United Arab Emirates Mohammed.A 2 2
17 GK United Arab Emirates Khalid.E 1 1
18 MF United Arab Emirates Diaky 1 1
20 MF United Arab Emirates Helal 1 1
23 DF United Arab Emirates M. Ahmed 1 1 1 2 1
24 MF United Arab Emirates Barman 1 1 2
38 DF United Arab Emirates Saeed.M 1 1
44 DF United Arab Emirates
Fares.J
 1 1
49 DF United Arab Emirates Salem.J 1 1
99 MF Slovakia M.Stoch 1 1 1 3

Last updated: 6 November 2014
Source: Competitive matches and AGLeague.ae
Only competitive matches
Ordered by Red card, Second yellow card and Yellow card
Yellow card = Number of bookings; Second yellow card = Number of sending offs after a second yellow card; Red card = Number of sending offs by a direct red card.

Pre-season and friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss

11 July 2014 Montecatini FC Italy 0 – 2 United Arab Emirates Al Ain Montecatini, Italy
21:00 GMT+4 (UAE Time) Report 38'
Faris
44' Diaky
 Stadium: Stadio Di Montecatini
Referee: Sikshi
14 July 2014
Folgore Falciano San Marino
1 – 7 United Arab Emirates Al Ain Montecatini, Italy
23:30 GMT+4 (UAE Time) Matinee 70' Report 26' Diaky
36' M.Ahmed
45' M.Stoch
56', 75' Ryan.Y
66' Rashed.E
83' K.Khalfan		 Stadium: Stadio Di Montecatini
Referee: Torbeka Silver
Barnsley England v United Arab Emirates Al Ain
18 July 2014 Barnsley England 1 – 2 United Arab Emirates Al Ain Verona, Italy
75' Brad Report 6', 27' Kembo Stadium: Verona club
Referee: Zambalini
23 July 2014 AIFC Al Ain United Arab Emirates 4 – 0 Kuwait Kuwait Al Ain, United Arab Emirates
22:15 GMT+4 (UAE Time) Kembo 29', 53'
M.Stoch 45'
Mohammed.A 58'
K.Khalfan Yellow card 88'		 Report Yellow card 22' N.Al Qahtani
Yellow card 75'
Makelele
 Stadium:
Sheikh Khalifa International
Referee: Hamad Al Shaikh
Man of the Match: Kembo Ekoko[37]
25 July 2014 AIFC Al Ain United Arab Emirates 1 – 1 Saudi Arabia Al Nassr Al Ain, United Arab Emirates
22:15 GMT+4 (UAE Time)
Ismail Yellow card 30'
Mohanad
Yellow card 88'		 Report 29'
Abdulghani
Yellow card 88' Hawsawi
 Stadium:
Sheikh Khalifa International

Referee: Sultan Al Marzouqi
Man of the Match: Ahmed Barman
5 August 2014
Catania
Logan, Austria
Report 5', 35' Castro
70' Rosina
8 August 2014
Al Wahda
Logan, Austria
Gyan 44' (pen.)
Mohammed.A 56'		 Report 45' (
Tagliabué
11 August 2014
Raja Casablanca
Logan, Austria
Gyan 85'
14 August 2014 Al Ain United Arab Emirates 2 – 0 Oman Sohar SC Al Ain, United Arab Emirates
Lee 20'
Rashed.E 61'		 Stadium:
Hazza Bin Zayed Stadium
2 September 2014
Sharjah
17:45 GMT+4 (UAE Time) Saif.R 18' Report 77'
Faris
83' Mohammed.A
 Stadium: Sharjah Stadium
Referee: Hassan Karim

Goals and assists

Competitions

Overall

Competition Started round Current
position / round 		Final
position / round 		First match Last match
Arabian Gulf Super Cup Final —
Arabian Gulf League — 4 20 September 2014
Arabian Gulf Cup Group stage — 9 October 2014
UAE President's Cup — —
AFC Champions League Group stage —
Semi-finals
 26 February 2014 30 September 2014

Updated to match played 27 October 2014
Source: Competitions

UAE Arabian Gulf Super Cup

Main article: 2014 Arabian Gulf Super Cup

UAE Pro-League

Main article:
2014–15 UAE Pro-League

League table

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Al Ain (C) 26 18 6 2 62 19 +43 60 Qualification to the 2016 AFC Champions League Group Stage
2 Al Jazira 26 16 3 7 66 46 +20 51 Qualification to the 2016 AFC Champions League Qualifying play-off
3
Al-Shabab Al-Arabi
 26 14 7 5 49 35 +14 49 Qualification to the 2016 AFC Champions League Second Qualifying Round
4
Al Wahda
 26 13 8 5 44 32 +12 47
5
Al-Nasr
 26 10 9 7 43 32 +11 39 Qualification to the 2016 AFC Champions League Group Stage[a]
Updated to match(es) played on 3 June 2015. Source: [1]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. Al-Nasr qualifies for 2016 AFC Champions League Group Stage as winners of 2014–15 UAE President's Cup
    .

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
6 4 1 1 15 7  +8 13 3 0 0 7 2  +5 1 1 1 8 5  +3

Results by round

Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526
Ground
H
A
ResultPWWPLWWDDWWWW
Position537534655211
Updated to match(es) played on 19 December 2014. Source: Matches

A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; P = Postponed

Matches

Al Shabab v Al Ain
TBC 1
Al Shabab
v Al Ain Dubai
TBC Stadium:
Maktoum Bin Rashid
20 September 2014 2
Al Wasl
Al Ain
20:15 GMT+4 (UAE Time) Mohammed.A Yellow card 26'
Omar. A Yellow card 30'
Gyan 35'
M.Ahmed Yellow card 40' Yellow-red card 57'
M.Stoch 90+2'		 Report Yellow card 47'
Hazza
 Stadium:
Hazza Bin Zayed

Attendance: 3,783
Referee: Mohamed Abdulla
Ajman v Al Ain
24 September 2014 3 Ajman 0 – 4 Al Ain Ajman
18:55 GMT+4 (UAE Time) Nasser.A Yellow card 62'
Haddaf Yellow card 45+1' Yellow-red card 90+4'		 Report 36'
M.Fawzi
 Stadium: Ajman Stadium
Attendance: 2,450
Referee: Hamad Ali
20 September 2014 4
Al Fujairah
Al Ain
20:15 GMT+4 (UAE Time) Stadium:
Hazza Bin Zayed
5 October 2014 5 Al Jazira 4 – 3 Al Ain Abu Dhabi
20:00 GMT+4 (UAE Time)
Vucinic 8', 38', 60', 70'
Khasif Yellow card 84'
Bargash
Yellow card 90+5'		 Report Yellow card 15'
Kembo
Yellow card 59' M. Ahmed
 Stadium:
Mohammed Bin Zayed

Attendance: 11,680
Referee: Ammar Al Junaibi
17 October 2014 6
Al Dhafra
Al Ain
20:00 GMT+4 (UAE Time)
Kembo 52'
Mohanad
57'		 Report 65'
Saif.M
 Stadium:
Hazza Bin Zayed

Attendance: 2,772
Referee: Abdulla Al Aajel
22 October 2014 7 Al Ain 2 – 1 Emirates Al Ain
20:00 GMT+4 (UAE Time)
Ismail Yellow card 39'
Diaky
59', 81'		 Report Yellow card 2' J.Maroof
38'
Rodrigo

Yellow card 81' Mubarek		 Stadium:
Hazza Bin Zayed

Attendance: 2,155
Referee: Adel Al Naqbi
27 October 2014 8
Al Ahli
1 – 1 Al Ain Dubai
20:00 GMT+4 (UAE Time)
Luis Yellow card 21'
Carlitos 35' Yellow card 75' Yellow-red card 90+1'
Walid.A Yellow card 39'
Majed.H Yellow card 43'
M.Naser
Yellow card 90+1'		 Report 5' Mohanad
Yellow card 45+1' Diaky
Yellow card 90+3' Mohammed.A
Yellow card 90+5' S. Al Ghaferi		 Stadium:
Al-Rashid Stadium

Attendance: 9,500
Referee: Yaqoub Al Hammadi
Al Ain v Al Nasr
30 November 2014 9 Al Ain v Al Nasr Al Ain
16:45 GMT+4 (UAE Time) Stadium:
Hazza Bin Zayed
5 December 2014 10
Ittihad Kalba
v Al Ain Kalba
20:00 GMT+4 (UAE Time) Stadium: Ittihad Kalba Club Stadium
10 December 2014 11
Al Wahda
Al Ain
20:00 GMT+4 (UAE Time) Stadium:
Hazza Bin Zayed
Baniyas v Al Ain
15 December 2014 12
Baniyas
v Al Ain Abu Dhabi
16:40 GMT+4 (UAE Time) Stadium: Baniyas Stadium
19 December 2014 13
Al Sharjah
Al Ain
20:00 GMT+4 (UAE Time) Stadium:
Hazza Bin Zayed
TBC 14
Al Shabab
Al Ain
TBC Stadium:
Hazza Bin Zayed
Al Wasl v Al Ain
TBC 15
Al Wasl
v Al Ain Dubai
TBC Stadium: Zabeel Stadium
Al Ain v Ajman
TBC 16 Al Ain v Ajman Al Ain
TBC Stadium:
Hazza Bin Zayed
TBC 17
Al Fujairah
v Al Ain Fujairah
TBC Stadium: Fujairah Club Stadium
Al Ain v Al Jazira
TBC 18 Al Ain v Al Jazira Al Ain
TBC Stadium:
Hazza Bin Zayed
TBC 19
Al Dhafra
v Al Ain Abu Dhabi
TBC Stadium: Hamdan bin Zayed
Emirates v Al Ain
TBC 20
Ras al-Khaimah
TBC Stadium:
Emirates Club Stadium
TBC 21
Al Ahli
Al Ain
TBC Stadium:
Hazza Bin Zayed
TBC 22 Emirates v Al Ain Dubai
TBC Stadium:
Al-Maktoum Stadium
TBC 23
Ittihad Kalba
Al Ain
TBC Stadium:
Hazza Bin Zayed
TBC 24
Al Wahda
v Al Ain Abu Dhabi
TBC Stadium:
Al-Nahyan Stadium
TBC 25
Baniyas
Al Ain
TBC Stadium:
Hazza Bin Zayed
Al Sharjah v Al Ain
TBC 26
Sharjah
TBC Stadium: Sharjah Stadium

President's Cup

Main article: 2014–15 UAE President's Cup
14 May 2015 Round of 16
Dibba Al Fujairah
Report
23 May 2015 Quarter-finals Al Nasr 1–0 Al Ain
TBC Report

UAE Arabian Gulf Cup

Main article: 2014–15 UAE Arabian Gulf Cup

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Al Shabab
 2 2 0 0 5 0 +5 6
Al Nasr 1 1 0 0 1 0 +1 3
Al Jazira 2 1 0 1 3 2 +1 3
Kalba
 2 1 0 1 1 2 −1 3
Ajman 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
Al Wasl
 2 0 1 1 1 4 −3 1
Al Ain 2 0 0 2 1 4 −3 0
Source: [citation needed]

Matches

9 October 2014 1
Kalba
Al Ain
17:10 GMT+4 (UAE Time)
Kembo
Yellow card 88'
Barman Yellow card 90+2'		 Report Yellow card 22' Y.Hassan
Yellow card 24' Wael.A
66' Danilo.P
Yellow card 77' Hassan		 Stadium:
Hazza Bin Zayed

Attendance: 1,386
Referee: Ali Karim
6 November 2014 2 Al Jazira 1 – 3 Al Ain Abu Dhabi
19:30 Ahmed.R 54'
Pitroipa 78'
K.Alrezzy 83'
K.Alsenaani Yellow card 90+2'		 Report Yellow card 28' Salem.J
Yellow card 34' 68', pen'
Fares.J

Yellow card 24' Saeed.M		 Stadium:
Mohammad Bin Zayed

Attendance: 320
Referee: Ahmad Salem
TBC 3 Al Ain v Al Nasr TBC
TBC
TBC 4
Al Shabab
v Al Ain TBC
TBC
Al Ain v Ajman
TBC 5 Al Ain v Ajman TBC
TBC
TBC 6
Al Wasl
v Al Ain TBC
TBC

Last updated: 6 November 2014
Source: AGLeague.ae

AFC Champions League

Main article: 2015 AFC Champions League

Group stage

Main article: 2015 AFC Champions League group stage § Group B

Group B

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification AIN NAF
PAK
 SHB
1 United Arab Emirates Al-Ain 6 3 3 0 7 2 +5 12 Advance to knockout stage — 3–0 1–1 0–0
2 Iran Naft Tehran 6 2 2 2 8 8 0 8 1–1 — 1–1 2–1
3
Pakhtakor
 6 1 3 2 6 8 −2 6 0–1 2–1 — 0–2
4 Saudi Arabia Al-Shabab 6 1 2 3 5 8 −3 5 0–1 0–3 2–2 —
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
24 February 2015
Hazza Bin Zayed Stadium, Al Ain
19:00 UTC+4 Report Attendance: 15,426
Referee:
Mohd Amirul Izwan Bin Yaacob (Malaysia
)
3 March 2015 Naft Tehran Iran 1–1 United Arab Emirates Al-Ain Azadi Stadium, Tehran
18:00 UTC+3:30 Kouroshi 50' Report Gyan 58' (pen.) Attendance: 3,300
Referee: Tan Hai (China)
7 April 2015
Hazza Bin Zayed Stadium, Al Ain
19:15 UTC+4 Kembo 20' Report
Sergeev
45+2'		 Attendance: 6,872
Referee: Fahad Al-Marri (Qatar)
Al-Shabab Saudi Arabia v United Arab Emirates Al-Ain
22 April 2015
Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium, Riyadh
20:40 UTC+3 Report Gyan 58' Attendance: 1,977
Referee: Minoru Tōjō (Japan)
6 May 2015
Hazza Bin Zayed Stadium, Al Ain
19:30 UTC+4 Abdulrahman 63'
Gyan 74'
Kembo 87'		 Report Attendance: 4,299
Referee:
Australia
)

Knockout phase

Main article:
2015 AFC Champions League knock-out stage
Round of 16
27 May 2015
Hazza Bin Zayed Stadium, Al Ain
19:50 UTC+4 Gyan 5', 78'
Eisa 90+2'		 Report Khamis 51'
Khalil 53', 56'		 Attendance: 14,270
Referee:
Mohanad Qasim Eesee Sarray (Iraq
)

3–3 on aggregate. Al-Ahli won on away goals.

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