Al Ain
1998–99 season
PresidentMohammed Bin Zayed
ManagerNelo Vingada
(from 1998 until 15 November 1998[1])
Ilie Balaci
(from 15 November 1998[1])
UAE Football League2nd
President's CupWinners
Asian Club ChampionshipThird place
Top goalscorerLeague: Seydou Traoré (11)
All: Seydou Traoré (15)

The 1998–99 season was Al Ain Football Club's 31st in existence and the club's 24th consecutive season in the top-level football league in the UAE.

Club

Technical staff

Position Name
Head coach Portugal Nelo Vingada (Sacked)
Romania Ilie Balaci
Assistant coach Portugal António Simões
Goalkeeping coach Iraq Samir Shaker
Team Manager United Arab Emirates Rabea Ibrahim [2]

Source:

Competitions

Overview

Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Football League 2 October 1998 6 May 1999 Matchday 1 2nd 33 16 9 8 58 36 +22 048.48
President's Cup 9 May 1999 27 May 1999 Round of 16 Winners 4 4 0 0 7 2 +5 100.00
Asian Club Championship 4 September 1998 30 April 1999 First round Third place 9 6 0 3 22 10 +12 066.67
Total 46 26 9 11 87 48 +39 056.52

Last updated: 27 May 1999
Source: Competitions

UAE Football League

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Al Wahda 33 19 8 6 68 35 +33 65
2 Al Ain 33 16 9 8 58 36 +22 57
3 Al Nasr 33 16 8 9 64 49 +15 56
4 Al Wasl 33 16 7 10 63 37 +26 55
5 Al Ahli 33 15 7 11 69 54 +15 52
Source: rsssf.com

Results by round

Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233
GroundAAHAHAH
ResultLWWLWWW
Position10[3]91111[4]7[5]22
Updated to match(es) played on 6 May 1999. Source: UAE Pro League
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

2 October 1998 1 Baniyas 0–0 Al Ain Abu Dhabi
Report
15 October 1998 3 Al Ain 0–1 Sharjah Al-Ain
Report
Report
  • I. Mohamed 7'
Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed
Referee: Saeed Abdullah
31 October 1998 5 Al Ain 2–3 Al Wahda Al-Ain
  • Pele 12'
  • M. Mohamed 78'
Report
Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed
7 November 1998 6 Al Shabab 1–1 Al Ain Dubai
  • Marcal 75'
  • S. Johar 84'
Stadium: Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum
10 November 1998 2 Al Wasl 1–0 Al Ain Dubai
  • Darwish 52'
Stadium: Zabeel Stadium
13 November 1998 7 Al Ain 1–0 Al Jazira Al-Ain
Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed
19 November 1998 8 Al Ahli 1–0 Al Ain Dubai
  • Shah 21'
Report
Report
Stadium: Rashid Stadium
23 November 1998 4 Al Khaleej 2–5 Al Ain Khor Fakkan
Report
27 November 1998 9 Al Ain 2–1 Al Nasr Al-Ain
Report
Report
Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed
4 December 1998 10 Al Shaab 1–1 Al Ain Sharjah
  • S. Yousif 81'
  • Al Owais 88'
Stadium: Khalid bin Mohammed Stadium
10 December 1998 11 Al Ain 5–0 Ras Al Khaimah Al-Ain
  • Al Owais 30', 34'
  • J. Tawfiq 36'
  • Traoré 55'
  • S. Johar 55'
Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed
25 December 1998 12 Al Ain 2–1 Baniyas Al-Ain
  • Al Owais 29'
  • S. Johar 78'
Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed
31 December 1998 13 Al Ain 2–1 Al Wasl Al-Ain
  • H. Yousuf 40' (pen.)
Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed
7 January 1999 14 Sharjah 1–1 Al Ain Sharjah
Stadium: Sharjah Stadium
11 January 1999 15 Al Ain 1–1 Al Khaleej Al-Ain
  • Annan 90'
Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed
25 January 1999 16 Al Wahda 1–2 Al Ain Abu Dhabi
  • Al Owais 47', 48'
Stadium: Al Nahyan Stadium
28 January 1999 17 Al Ain 1–0 Al Shabab Al-Ain
  • S. Johar 15'
Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed
3 February 1999 18 Al Jazira 1–1 Al Ain Abu Dhabi
  • J. Tawfiq 89' (pen.)
12 February 1999 19 Al Ain 2–3 Al Ahli Al-Ain
  • S. Abdullah 17'
  • F. Khalil 62'
  • Atiq 72'
Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed
17 February 1999 20 Al Nasr 0–0 Al Ain Dubai
Stadium: Al Maktoum Stadium
5 March 1999 23 Baniyas 2–4 Al Ain Abu Dhabi
10 March 1999 24 Al Wasl 3–0 Al Ain Dubai
Stadium: Zabeel Stadium
14 March 1999 25 Al Ain 5–1 Sharjah Al-Ain
  • J. Tawfiq 7', 38'
  • Al Nowais 13'
  • G. Harib 25'
  • Pele 45'
Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed
18 March 1999 26 Al Khaleej 1–1 Al Ain Khor Fakkan
  • Annan 50'
  • Al Nowais 70'
22 March 1999 21 Al Ain 1–1 Al Shaab Al-Ain
  • Al-Doukhi 76'
Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed
25 March 1999 27 Al Ain 1–2 Al Wahda Al-Ain
Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed
1 April 1999 28 Al Shabab 0–1 Al Ain Dubai
Stadium: Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum
4 April 1999 22 Ras Al Khaimah 2–7 Al Ain Ras al-Khaimah
  • Nouh 22'
  • Drigo 52'
  • A. Gharib 12'
  • H. Saeed 13'
  • G. Harib 51', 76'
  • Traoré 53'
  • A. Ali 60'
  • M. Abdullah 90'
7 April 1999 29 Al Ain 1–0 Al Jazira Al-Ain
  • Al Nowais 75'
Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed
14 April 1999 30 Al Ahli 0–2 Al Ain Dubai
Stadium: Rashid Stadium
18 April 1999 31 Al Ain 1–3 Al Nasr Al-Ain
  • Al Nowais 9'
  • Mossi 1', 53'
  • E. Juma 85'
Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed
22 April 1999 32 Al Shaab 1–3 Al Ain Sharjah
  • H. Mubarak 11'
  • M. Mohamed 16', 17'
Stadium: Khalid bin Mohammed Stadium
6 May 1999 33 Al Ain 2–0 Ras Al Khaimah Al-Ain
Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed

UAE President's Cup

9 May 1999 Round of 16 Al Ain 2–0 Al Dhaid Dubai
  • Al Owais 5'
  • Al Nowais 26'
Stadium: Zabeel Stadium
12 May 1999 Quarter-finals Al Ain 2–1 Al Shaab Abu Dhabi
  • Al Doukhi 20'
Stadium: Al Nahyan Stadium
19 May 1999 Semi-finals Al Ain 2–1 Al Wasl Abu Dhabi
7:30 GMT+4 (UAE Time)
Report Stadium: Al Jazira Stadium
27 May 1999 Final Al Ain 1–0 (a.e.t.) Al Shabab Abu Dhabi
  • H. Mubarak gold-colored soccer ball 101'
Report Stadium: Al Nahyan Stadium
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Fareed Ali

Asian Club Championship

First round

4 September 1998 First leg Al Ain United Arab Emirates 5–2 Oman Oman Al Ain
Report
  • M. Zayed 45'
  • D. Salem 85' (pen.)
Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed
18 September 1998 Second leg Oman Oman 0–2 United Arab Emirates Al Ain Muscat
Report

Round of 16

9 October 1998 First leg Al Ain United Arab Emirates 3–1 Lebanon Al-Ansar Al Ain
Report
25 October 1998 Second leg Al-Ansar Lebanon 1–0 United Arab Emirates Al Ain Beirut

Quarter-finals

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
United Arab Emirates Al-Ain 3 2 0 1 7 2 +5 6
Iran Esteghlal 3 2 0 1 3 2 +1 6
Saudi Arabia Al-Hilal 3 1 0 2 5 5 0 3
Turkmenistan Köpetdag Aşgabat 3 1 0 2 4 10 6 3
Source: AFC
25 February 1999 Al Ain United Arab Emirates 6–1 Turkmenistan Köpetdag Aşgabat Al Ain
Report Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed
27 February 1999 Al Ain United Arab Emirates 0–1 Iran Esteghlal Al Ain
Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed
1 March 1999 Al Ain United Arab Emirates 1–0 Saudi Arabia Al-Hilal Al Ain
  • G. Harib 68'
Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed

Semi-finals

28 April 1999 Al-Ain United Arab Emirates 2–2
(aet, 2–4 PK)
Japan Júbilo Iwata Tehran
Al Nowais 35', 66' Tanaka 15'
Fujita 37'
Stadium: Azadi Stadium

Third place

30 April 1999 Al-Ain United Arab Emirates 3–2 China Dalian Wanda Tehran
Stadium: Azadi Stadium

Statistics

Goalscorers

As of 27 May 1999

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

Rank Pos. Player Football League President's Cup Asian Club Championship Total
1FWBurkina Faso Seydou Traoré112215
2FWUnited Arab Emirates Majid Al Owais72211
MFGhana Abedi Pele70411
4FWUnited Arab Emirates Fahad Al Nowais52310
5MFUnited Arab Emirates Helal Saeed5049
6MFUnited Arab Emirates Jasem Tawfiq6017
7MFUnited Arab Emirates Gharib Harib3025
8FWUnited Arab Emirates Musabbah Mohamed4004
MFUnited Arab Emirates Salem Joher4004
10MFUnited Arab Emirates Hamad Mubarak1102
FWUnited Arab Emirates Abdullah Shila0022
MFMorocco Rachid Daoudi0022
14DFUnited Arab Emirates Mohamad Abdullah1001
DFUnited Arab Emirates Abdullah Ali1001
MFUnited Arab Emirates Awad Gharib1001
MFUnited Arab Emirates Sultan Rashed1001
DFUnited Arab Emirates Mohammed Hamdoon1001
Own goals (from the opponents)0000
Totals5872287

Awards

Asian Club Championship

Award[6] Player
Most Valuable Player Burkina Faso Seydou Traoré

References

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