2012–13 Al Ain FC season
# 2012–13 Al Ain FC season

The 2012–13 season was Al Ain Football Club's 45th in existence and the club's 38th consecutive season in the top-level football league in the UAE.

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures

## Competitions

### Overview

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Pro League | 23 September 2012 | 24 May 2013 | Matchday 1 | Winners | 26 | 20 | 2 | 4 | 74 | 26 | +48 | 076.92 |
| League Cup | 9 October 2012 | 17 March 2013 | Group stage | Group stage | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 5 | +8 | 062.50 |
| President's Cup | 20 December 2012 | 5 May 2013 | Round of 16 | Semi-finals | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 066.67 |
| Super Cup | 17 September 2012 | 17 September 2012 | Final | Winners | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | 100.00 |
| Champions League | 27 February 2013 | 30 April 2013 | Group stage | Group stage | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 9 | −3 | 033.33 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 44 | 30 | 5 | 9 | 100 | 43 | +57 | 068.18 |

Last updated: 24 May 2013 Source: Competitions

### UAE Pro-League

**League table**

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Al Ain (C) | 26 | 20 | 2 | 4 | 74 | 26 | +48 | 62 | Qualification to the 2014 AFC Champions League Group Stage |
| 2 | Al-Ahli | 26 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 62 | 33 | +29 | 51 | Qualification to the 2014 AFC Champions League Group Stage |
| 3 | Al Jazira | 26 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 56 | 37 | +19 | 47 | Qualification to the 2014 AFC Champions League Group Stage |
| 4 | Baniyas | 26 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 50 | 37 | +13 | 47 | Qualification to the 2014 AFC Champions League Second Qualifying Round |
| 5 | Al Shabab | 26 | 13 | 3 | 10 | 48 | 39 | +9 | 42 | Qualification to the 2014 GCC Champions League |

### Group stage

**Group A**

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Al-Wahda | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 7 | +11 | 19 |
| 2 | Al Ain | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 5 | +8 | 18 |
| 3 | Al Nasr | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 10 | +3 | 9 |
| 4 | Dubai | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 16 | −5 | 7 |
| 5 | Al-Shaab | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 23 | −17 | 2 |

**Group D**

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | EST | HIL | AIN | RAY |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Esteghlal | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 5 | +6 | 13 | Advance to knockout stage | — | 0–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 |
| 2 | Al-Hilal | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 6 | +4 | 12 | Advance to knockout stage | 1–2 | — | 2–0 | 3–1 |
| 3 | Al-Ain | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 9 | −3 | 6 | | 0–1 | 3–1 | — | 2–1 |
| 4 | Al-Rayyan | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 14 | −7 | 4 | | 3–3 | 0–2 | 2–1 | — |

## Awards

| Award | Winner |
| - | - |
| Fans’ Player of the Year | Omar Abdulrahman |
| Emirati Player of the Year | Omar Abdulrahman |
| UAE Pro League Top Scorer | Asamoah Gyan |
| Young Player of the Year | Yousef Ahmed |
