1996–97 Al Ain FC season

Al Ain 1996–97 football season

Al Ain1996–97 season

President| Mohammed Bin Zayed
Manager| Lori Sandri
Cabralzinho
Stadium| Tahnoun bin Mohammed
Football League| 5th
President's Cup| Round of 16

<- 1995–96

1997–98 ->

The 1996–97 season was Al Ain Football Club's 29th in existence and the club's 22nd consecutive season in the top-level football league in the UAE.

## Competitions[edit]

### UAE Football League[edit]

Main article: 1996–97 UAE Football League

#### League table[edit]

First stage  Pos | Team

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1  | Al Wahda | 18  | 11  | 6  | 1  | 28  | 16  | +12  | 39
2  | Al Nasr | 18  | 11  | 4  | 3  | 28  | 14  | +14  | 37
3  | Sharjah | 18  | 9  | 4  | 5  | 25  | 21  | +4  | 31
4  | Al Ain | 18  | 8  | 6  | 4  | 29  | 19  | +10  | 30
5  | Al Shabab | 18  | 7  | 6  | 5  | 20  | 19  | +1  | 27
6  | Al Wasl | 18  | 6  | 4  | 8  | 25  | 23  | +2  | 22
7  | Al Khaleej | 18  | 5  | 6  | 7  | 17  | 22  | −5  | 21
8  | Baniyas | 18  | 5  | 1  | 12  | 17  | 29  | −12  | 16
9  | Kalba | 18  | 4  | 3  | 11  | 13  | 26  | −13  | 15
10  | Al Shaab | 18  | 2  | 4  | 12  | 19  | 32  | −13  | 10

Source: rsssf.com

Second stage  Pos | Team

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1  | Al Wasl | 10  | 6  | 1  | 3  | 14  | 7  | +7  | 0  | 19
2  | Al Nasr | 10  | 4  | 4  | 2  | 12  | 7  | +5  | 0  | 16
3  | Al Wahda | 10  | 4  | 1  | 5  | 12  | 16  | −4  | 3  | 16
4  | Al Shabab | 10  | 4  | 2  | 4  | 11  | 11  | 0  | 0  | 14
5  | Al Ain | 10  | 2  | 5  | 3  | 11  | 12  | −1  | 0  | 11
6  | Sharjah | 10  | 3  | 1  | 6  | 9  | 16  | −7  | 0  | 10

Source: rsssf.com

#### Matches[edit]

##### First stage[edit]

Ittihad Kalba v Al Ain 1|  Ittihad Kalba | 0–1|  Al Ain | Kalba

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|  |  |  | Stadium: Ittihad Kalba Stadium

Al Ain v Al Shabab 2|  Al Ain | 0–0|  Al Shabab | Al Ain

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|  |  |  | Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed

Sharjah v Al Ain 3|  Sharjah | 2–1|  Al Ain | Sharjah

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Al Ain v Al Nasr 4|  Al Ain | 0–1|  Al Nasr | Al Ain

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|  |  |  | Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed

Al Wasl v Al Ain 5|  Al Wasl | 2–1|  Al Ain | Dubai

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|  |  |  | Stadium: Zabeel

Al Ain v Al Wahda 6|  Al Ain | 3–3|  Al Wahda | Al Ain

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|  |  |  | Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed

Al Khaleej v Al Ain 7|  Al Khaleej | 1–1|  Al Ain | Khor Fakkan

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|  |  |  | Stadium: Al Khaleej Stadium

Al Shaab v Al Ain 8|  Al Shaab | 2–3|  Al Ain | Sharjah

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|  |  |  | Stadium: Khalid bin Mohammed

Al Ain v Baniyas 9|  Al Ain | 4–0|  Baniyas | Al Ain

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|  |  |  | Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed

Al Ain v Ittihad Kalba 10|  Al Ain | 4–0|  Ittihad Kalba | Al Ain

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|  |  |  | Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed

Al Shabab v Al Ain 11|  Al Shabab | 1–1|  Al Ain | Dubai

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|  |  |  | Stadium: Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum

Al Ain v Sharjah 12|  Al Ain | 1–1|  Sharjah | Al Ain

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|  |  |  | Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed

Al Nasr v Al Ain 13|  Al Nasr | 1–1|  Al Ain | Dubai

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|  |  |  | Stadium: Al Maktoum

Al Ain v Al Wasl 14|  Al Ain | 1–0|  Al Wasl | Al Ain

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|  |  |  | Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed

Al Wahda v Al Ain 18 November 1996 15|  Al Wahda | 1–2|  Al Ain | Abu Dhabi

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|  |  |  | Stadium: Al Nahyan

Al Ain v Al Khaleej 16|  Al Ain | 1–0|  Al Khaleej | Al Ain

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|  |  |  | Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed

Al Ain v Al Shaab 17|  Al Ain | 4–3|  Al Shaab | Al Ain

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|  |  |  | Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed

Baniyas v Al Ain 18|  Baniyas | 1–0|  Al Ain | Bani Yas

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|  |  |  | Stadium: Baniyas Stadium

##### Second stage[edit]

Al Shabab v Al Ain 2 January 1997 1|  Al Shabab | 0–0|  Al Ain | Dubai

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|  |  |  | Stadium: Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum

Al Ain v Al Wahda 8 January 1997 2|  Al Ain | 2–1|  Al Wahda | Al Ain

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Al Ain v Al Wasl 16 January 1997 3|  Al Ain | 2–1|  Al Wasl | Al Ain

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|  |  |  | Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed

Sharjah v Al Ain 23 January 1997 4|  Sharjah | 2–1|  Al Ain | Sharjah

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|  |  |  | Stadium: Sharjah

Al Ain v Al Nasr 30 January 1997 5|  Al Ain | 1–1|  Al Nasr | Al Ain

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|  |  |  | Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed

Al Ain v Al Shabab 13 February 1997 6|  Al Ain | 2–2|  Al Shabab | Al Ain

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|  |  |  | Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed

Al Wahda v Al Ain 20 February 1997 7|  Al Wahda | 1–0|  Al Ain | Abu Dhabi

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|  |  |  | Stadium: Al Nahyan

Al Wasl v Al Ain 24 February 1997 8|  Al Wasl | 1–0|  Al Ain | Dubai

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Al Ain v Sharjah 27 February 1997 9|  Al Ain | 2–2|  Sharjah | Al Ain

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Al Nasr v Al Ain 6 March 1997 10|  Al Nasr | 1–1|  Al Ain | Dubai

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|  |  |  | Stadium: Al Maktoum

### UAE President's Cup[edit]

Main article: 1996–97 UAE President's Cup

Hatta v Al Ain 8 May 1996 Round of 16[1][2][3]|  Hatta | 2–1|  Al Ain | Dubai

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|  |  |  | Stadium: Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum

## References[edit]

1. ^ "عجمان صاحب أكبر مفاجأة في تاريخ الكأس". Al-Ittihad. 21 September 2010. Retrieved 23 June 2024.
2. ^ "بطــولة الكـأس .. 30عــامـاً مـن الإثـارة والمتـعـة". Al-Ittihad. 16 June 2005. Retrieved 23 June 2024.
3. ^ "الأهلي والشارقة احتكرا أول 4 ألقاب من الكأس". albayan.ae. 3 June 2015. Retrieved 23 June 2024.

## External links[edit]

* Al Ain FC official website (in English and Arabic)
* UAE Football Stats 1996–97 at rsssf.com (in English)

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