| Club: | Al Ain |
| Season: | 2001–02 |
| Chairman: | Mohammed Bin Zayed |
| Chrtitle: | President |
| Manager: | Anghel Iordănescu Ahmed Abdullah* Džemal Hadžiabdić |
| League: | UAE Football League |
| League Result: | 1st |
| Cup1: | President's Cup |
| Cup2: | Federation Cup |
| Cup3: | UAE Super Cup |
| Cup3 Result: | Runner-ups |
| Cup4: | Asian Cup Winners' Cup |
| Cup4 Result: | Quarter-finals |
| Cup5 Result: | Withdrew[1] [2] |
| League Topscorer: | Arthur Moses (12) |
| Season Topscorer: | Joël Tiéhi (19) |
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| Updated: | 7 June 2002 |
| Prevseason: | 2000–01 |
| Nextseason: | 2002–03 |
The 2001–02 season was Al Ain Football Club's 34th in existence and the club's 27th consecutive season in the top-level football league in the UAE.
| Position | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Head coach | Anghel Iordănescu | |
| Assistant coach | Ahmed Abdullah | |
| U-21 team head coach |  Mohammad El Mansi | |
| Team Manager | Matar Obaid Al Sahbani | |
| First team supervisor | Hamad Nakhirat Al Ameri |
| width=30% | Pos. | width=60% | Name |
|---|---|---|---|
| GK | Waleed Salim | ||
| GK | Zakria Ahmed | ||
| Talal Mustafa | |||
| DF | Juma Khater | ||
| DF | Mohammed Hamdoon | ||
| FW | Fahad Al Nowais | ||
| MF | Salem Joher | ||
| DF | Salem Ali | ||
| DF | Abdullah Ali | ||
| MF | Rami Yaslam | ||
| FW | Faisal Ali | ||
| MF | Omar Gharib | ||
| DF | Hassan Abdullah | ||
| FW | Salem Muftah | ||
| MF | |||
| Mohammed Saeed | |||
| MF | |||
| Youssef Hareb | |||
| FW |  Joël Tiéhi | ||
| Ahmed saeed | |||
| DF | Ali Msarri | ||
| Musabbah Salem | |||
| Eisa Saeed | |||
| Hamad Saeed | |||
| Bader Musabbah |
See main article: 2001–02 UAE Football League.
See main article: 2001–02 Asian Cup Winners' Cup.
Notes
Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted alphabetically by surname when total goals are equal.
| Pos. | Player | Football League | President's Cup | Federation Cup | UAE Super Cup | Asian Cup Winners' Cup | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | FW | 7 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 19 | |
| 2 | FW | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 18 | |
| 3 | MF | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | |
| 4 | FW | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | |
| 5 | MF | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | |
| 6 | DF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | |
| MF | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | ||
| 8 | MF | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| FW | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
| FW | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
| 11 | MF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| MF | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| MF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| DF | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| 15 | MF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 16 | DF | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| DF | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| MF | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Own goals (from the opponents) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 44 | 34 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 99 |