2015–16 Al Ain FC season
# 2015–16 Al Ain FC season

The 2015–16 season was Al Ain Football Club's 48th in existence and the club's 41st consecutive season in the top-level football league in the UAE.

## 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 | 21 August 2015 | 8 May 2016 | Matchday 1 | 2nd | 26 | 18 | 3 | 5 | 53 | 24 | +29 | 069.23 |
| President's Cup | 27 February 2016 | 29 May 2016 | Round of 16 | Runners-up | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 5 | +7 | 075.00 |
| League Cup | 28 August 2015 | 16 November 2015 | Group stage | Group stage | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 9 | −2 | 016.67 |
| UAE Super Cup | 15 August 2015 | 15 August 2015 | Final | Winners | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 100.00 |
| AFC Champions League | 24 February 2016 | 26 November 2016 | Group stage | Runners-up | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 19 | 13 | +6 | 042.86 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 51 | 29 | 11 | 11 | 95 | 53 | +42 | 056.86 |

Last updated: 26 November 2016 Source: Soccerway

### UAE Pro-League

**League table**

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Al-Ahli (C) | 26 | 21 | 3 | 2 | 60 | 20 | +40 | 66 | Qualification to the 2017 AFC Champions League group stage |
| 2 | Al-Ain | 26 | 18 | 3 | 5 | 53 | 24 | +29 | 57 | Qualification to the 2017 AFC Champions League group stage |
| 3 | Al-Wahda | 26 | 13 | 4 | 9 | 45 | 28 | +17 | 43 | Qualification to the 2017 AFC Champions League play-off round and the 2016–17 Arab Club Championship Group Stage |
| 4 | Al-Nasr | 26 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 47 | 36 | +11 | 41 | |
| 5 | Al-Shabab | 26 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 34 | 27 | +7 | 40 | |

### League Cup

**Group stage**

**Group B**

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Al Shabab | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 8 | +4 | 13 |
| Al Wahda | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 8 | +3 | 10 |
| Dibba | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 12 | +1 | 10 |
| Al Ain | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 9 | −2 | 6 |
| Fujairah | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 6 |
| Sharjah | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 15 | −3 | 5 |
| Al Jazira | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 13 | −3 | 4 |

### AFC Champions League

**Group stage**

**Group D**

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | JSH | AIN | AHL | NSF |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | El Jaish | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | −2 | 10 | Advance to knockout stage | — | 2–1 | 1–4 | 1–0 |
| 2 | Al-Ain | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | +2 | 10 | Advance to knockout stage | 1–2 | — | 1–0 | 2–0 |
| 3 | Al-Ahli | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 7 | +3 | 9 | | 2–0 | 1–2 | — | 2–1 |
| 4 | Nasaf Qarshi | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | −3 | 5 | | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | — |
