1997–98 Al Ain FC season

Al Ain
1997–98 season
PresidentMohammed Bin Zayed
ManagerCabralzinho
Shaker Abdel-Fattah
StadiumTahnoun bin Mohammed
Football League1st
President's CupSemi-Finals
Top goalscorerLeague:
All: Salem Johar

The 1997–98 season was Al Ain Football Club's 30th in existence and the club's 23rd consecutive season in the top-level football league in the UAE.

Kits

Home
Away
Third
Fourth
Fifth

Club

Technical staff

Position Name
Head coach Egypt Shaker Abdel-Fattah
Assistant coach United Arab Emirates Ahmed Abdullah
Team Manager United Arab Emirates Rabea Ibrahim

Competitions

UAE Football League

Main article: 1997–98 UAE Football League

League table

First stage
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Al Wahda 18 10 4 4 32 19 +13 34
2 Sharjah 18 8 8 2 40 22 +18 32
3 Al Ain 18 8 5 5 24 17 +7 29
4 Al Wasl 18 5 12 1 23 17 +6 27
5 Al Jazira 18 7 4 7 20 22 −2 25
Source: rsssf.com

Second stage
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD BP Pts
1 Al Ain (C) 14 9 4 1 25 12 +13 1 32
2 Sharjah 14 8 4 2 29 15 +14 2 30
3 Al Wasl 14 6 5 3 16 12 +4 0 23
4 Al Ahli 14 5 3 6 21 22 −1 0 18
5 Al Wahda 14 3 6 5 14 18 −4 3 18
Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champions

Matches

First stage
15 September 1997 1 Al Shabab 1–1 Al Ain Dubai
Stadium: Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum
20 September 1997 2 Al Wahda 1–0 Al Ain Abu Dhabi
Stadium: Al Nahyan
26 September 1997 3 Al Ain 3–0 Baniyas Al Ain
Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed
2 October 1997 4 Al Ain 2–0 Al Ahli Al Ain
Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed
10 October 1997 5 Al Jazira 2–1 Al Ain Abu Dhabi
Stadium: Al Jazira Stadium
16 October 1997 6 Al Ain 0–0 Al Wasl Al Ain
Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed
21 October 1997 7 Ittihad Kalba 0–0 Al Ain Kalba
Stadium: Ittihad Kalba Stadium
24 October 1997 8 Al Ain 3–4 Sharjah Al Ain
Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed
30 October 1997 9 Al Nasr 2–1 Al Ain Dubai
Stadium: Al Maktoum
Referee: Eisa Saleh
7 November 1997 10 Al Ain 1–0 Al Shabab Al Ain
Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed
10 November 1997 11 Al Ain 2–1 Al Wahda Al Ain
Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed
13 November 1997 12 Baniyas 1–2 Al Ain Bani Yas
Stadium: Baniyas Stadium
20 November 1997 13 Al Ahli 1–0 Al Ain Dubai
Stadium: Rashid
28 November 1997 14 Al Ain 1–0 Al Jazira Al Ain
Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed
1 December 1997 15 Al Wasl 1–1 Al Ain Dubai
Stadium: Zabeel
4 December 1997 16 Al Ain 4–2 Ittihad Kalba Al Ain
Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed
12 December 1997 17 Sharjah 1–1 Al Ain Sharjah
Stadium: Sharjah
19 December 1997 18 Al Ain 1–0 Al Nasr Al Ain
Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed
Second stage
25 December 1997 1 Al Shabab 2–3 Al Ain Dubai
Stadium: Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum
5 January 1998 2 Al Ahli 0–1 Al Ain Dubai
Stadium: Rashid
8 January 1998 3 Al Ain 1–1 Sharjah Al Ain
Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed
16 January 1998 4 Al Nasr 0–2 Al Ain Dubai
 Stadium: Al Maktoum
Referee: Eisa Saleh
19 January 1998 5 Al Ain 4–1 Al Wahda Al Ain
Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed
13 February 1998 7 Al Ain 3–1 Al Jazira Al Ain
Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed
19 February 1998 8 Al Ain 0–0 Al Shabab Al Ain
Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed
23 February 1998 6 Al Wasl 1–1 Al Ain Dubai
Stadium: Zabeel
27 February 1998 9 Al Ain 2–3 Al Ahli Al Ain
Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed
Referee: Eissa Saleh
5 March 1998 10 Sharjah 0–1 Al Ain Sharjah
Stadium: Sharjah
13 March 1998 11 Al Ain 1–0 Al Nasr Al Ain
 Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed
Referee: Ali Saleh
20 March 1998 12 Al Wahda 0–0 Al Ain Abu Dhabi
Stadium: Al Nahyan
28 March 1998 13 Al Ain 2–1 Al Wasl Al Ain
 Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed
3 April 1998 14 Al Jazira 2–4 Al Ain Abu Dhabi
Report
Stadium: Al Jazira Stadium

UAE President's Cup

Main article: 1997–98 UAE President's Cup

Round of 16

First leg Ittihad Kalba 0–0 Al Ain Kalba
Stadium: Ittihad Kalba Stadium
Second leg Al Ain 3–2 Ittihad Kalba Al Ain
Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed

Quarter-finals

First leg Al Ahli 1–4 Al Ain Dubai
Stadium: Rashid Stadium
Second leg Al Ain 3–2 Al Ahli Al Ain
Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed

Semi-finals

Source:[1]

14 May 1998 First leg Al Wasl 0–1 Al Ain Dubai
Report
Stadium: Zabeel Stadium
May 1998 Second leg Al Ain 0–2 (a.e.t./g.g.) Al Wasl Al Ain
Report
Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed
Referee: Younes Hassan

References

  1. ^ Al Ali, Sultan (5 April 2023). "two-legged.. a quarter century of memories". Al-Ittihad. Retrieved 22 June 2024.
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