Al Ain FC

Al Ain
Full nameAl Ain Football Club
Nickname(s)Al Zaeem (The Boss)
Short nameAIN
FoundedAugust 1, 1968 (1968-08-01), as Al Ain Sports Club
GroundHazza bin Zayed Stadium
Capacity25,053
PresidentMohamed Bin Zayed
ChairmanHazza bin Zayed
ManagerHernán Crespo
LeagueUAE Pro League
2022–23UAE Pro League, 2nd
WebsiteClub website
Current season

Al Ain Football Club (Arabic: نادي العين لكرة القدم; transliterated: Nady al-'Ayn), known simply as Al Ain, is a professional football club based in the city of Al Ain, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. It is one of many sport sections of the multi-sports club Al Ain Sports and Cultural Club (Arabic: نادي العين الرياضي الثقافي).

The club was founded in 1968 by players from Al Ain, members of a Bahraini group of exchange students and the Sudanese community working in the United Arab Emirates.[1] The team quickly gained popularity and recognition throughout the country, being the team with the most trophies (38 in total).[2]

Al Ain is by far the most successful club in the UAE.[3] Al Ain has won a record 14 UAE Pro League, 7 President's Cups, 5 Super Cups, 3 Federation Cups, two League Cup, two Abu Dhabi Championship, Joint League, Gulf Club Champions Cup and two AFC Champions League and one Emirati-Moroccan Super Cup. The club is the first and only UAE side so far to win the AFC Champions League.[4]

  1. ^ "club Foundation3". alainclub.com. Archived from the original on 1 August 2007. Retrieved 23 June 2014.
  2. ^ "40 years of UAE Football". EmaratAlYoum. Archived from the original on 17 July 2014. Retrieved 1 August 2014.
  3. ^ "Al Ain look to the future". FIFA. Archived from the original on 26 June 2018. Retrieved 14 December 2017.
  4. ^ "Al Ain "The Boss" with 58 titles". EmaratAlYoum. Archived from the original on 27 January 2016. Retrieved 13 July 2014.

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