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| Full name | Al Ain Football Club | ||
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| Nickname(s) | Al Zaeem (The Boss) | ||
| Short name | AIN | ||
| Founded | August 1, 1968 (as Al Ain Sports Club) | ||
| Ground | Hazza bin Zayed Stadium | ||
| Capacity | 25,053 | ||
| President | Mohamed Bin Zayed | ||
| Chairman | Hazza bin Zayed | ||
| Head coach | Leonardo Jardim | ||
| League | UAE Pro League | ||
| 2023–24 | UAE Pro League, 3rd | ||
| Website | alainclub.ae | ||
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Al Ain Football Club (Arabic: نادي العين لكرة القدم; transliterated: Nady al-'Ayn) 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]
- ^ "club Foundation3". alainclub.com. Archived from the original on 1 August 2007. Retrieved 23 June 2014.
- ^ "40 years of UAE Football". EmaratAlYoum. Archived from the original on 17 July 2014. Retrieved 1 August 2014.
- ^ "Al Ain look to the future". FIFA. Archived from the original on 26 June 2018. Retrieved 14 December 2017.
- ^ "Al Ain "The Boss" with 58 titles". EmaratAlYoum. Archived from the original on 27 January 2016. Retrieved 13 July 2014.