| Club: | Al Ain |
| Season: | 2024–25 |
| Ownertitle: | President |
| Chairman: | Hazza Bin Zayed |
| Mgrtitle: | Head coach |
| Manager: | Hernán Crespo |
| Stadium: | Hazza Bin Zayed |
| Cup1: | President's Cup |
| Cup1 Result: | Round of 16 |
| Cup2: | League Cup |
| Cup5: | FIFA Intercontinental Cup |
| Cup6: | FIFA Club World Cup |
| League Topscorer: | Kodjo Laba (4) |
| Season Topscorer: | Soufiane Rahimi (9) |
| Prevseason: | 2023–24 |
| Nextseason: | 2025–26 |
The 2024–25 Al Ain Football Club season is the club's 57th in existence and their 50th consecutive season in the top-level football league in the UAE.
On 27 June 2024, Al Ain announced they would be touring in Rabat, Morocco, with four friendly matches against Union de Touarga on 24 July, Kénitra on 1 August, Chabab Mohammédia on 5 August and Raja CA on 10 August.[1] [2]
| Position | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Coaching staff | ||
| Head coach |  Hernán Crespo | |
| Assistant coaches | Juan Branda Nicolás Domínguez Ahmed Abdullah | |
| Chief analyst |  Carles Martínez | |
| Analyst | Tiago Freire | |
| Goalkeeping coaches | Gustavo Nepote | |
| Fitness coach | Federico Martinetti | |
| U-21 team head coach | Ismail Ahmed | |
| Physiotherapist | Santiago Thompson Felipe Perseu Pianca Abdelnasser Aljohny | |
| Club Doctor | Nikos Tzouroudis | |
| Nutritionist | Ricardo Pinto | |
| Scout |  Daniele Di Napoli | |
| Administration staff | ||
| Team manager | Ahmed Al Shamsi | |
| Front office | ||
| Sporting Director | Rodrigo Mendes[3] |
| N | Position | Nation | Player | Age | Since | Notes | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Goalkeepers | |||||||||||
| 1 | GK | Mohammed Abo Sandah | 2014 | ||||||||
| 17 | GK | Khalid Eisa (VC) | 2013 | ||||||||
| 36 | GK | Amer Al-Faresi | 2024 | U21 | |||||||
| Defenders | |||||||||||
| 3 | DF | Kouame Autonne | 2021 | ||||||||
| 15 | DF | Erik Jorgens | 2020 | ||||||||
| 16 | DF | Khalid Al-Hashemi | 2023 | ||||||||
| 46 | DF |  | Dramane Koumare | 2024 | |||||||
| 50 | DF | Manea Al Shamsi | 2021 | ||||||||
| 66 | DF | Mansour Al Shamsi | 2020 | ||||||||
| — | DF | Khalid Butti | 2024 | ||||||||
| — | DF | | Marlon Santos | 2024 | on loan from Shakhtar Donetsk | ||||||
| Midfielders | |||||||||||
| 5 | MF |  | Park Youg-woo | 2023 | |||||||
| 6 | MF | Yahia Nader | 2018 | ||||||||
| 8 | MF | Mohammed Abbas | 2021 | U21 | |||||||
| 10 | MF | Kaku | 2023 | ||||||||
| 11 | MF | Bandar Al-Ahbabi (C) | 2016 | ||||||||
| 13 | MF | Ahmed Barman | 2013 | ||||||||
| 18 | MF | Khalid Al-Balochi | 2018 | ||||||||
| 20 | MF | Matías Palacios | 2022 | ||||||||
| 21 | MF |  | Soufiane Rahimi | 2021 | |||||||
| 26 | MF | Ahmed Al-Qatesh | 2021 | ||||||||
| 30 | MF | Hazem Mohammad | 2023 | U19 | |||||||
| 70 | MF | | Abdoul Karim Traoré | 2023 | U19 | ||||||
| — | MF | | El Mehdi El Moubarik | 2022 | |||||||
| Forwards | |||||||||||
| 9 | FW | Kodjo Laba | 2019 | ||||||||
| 77 | FW |  | Rilwanu Sarki | 2023 | U19 | ||||||
| 90 | FW | Eisa Khalfan | 2021 | U21 | |||||||
| 99 | FW | Josna Loulendo | 2023 | U21 | |||||||
| — | FW | Mohamed Awadalla | 2020 | U21 | |||||||
| No. | Position | Player | From | Fee | Date | Ref. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Summer | |||||||
| — | Mohammed Khalfan | Khor Fakkan | Loan return | ||||
| — | Mohamed Awadalla U21 | Khor Fakkan | [8] | ||||
| — | Rafael Pereira | Khor Fakkan | |||||
| — | El Mehdi El Moubarik | Raja | [9] | ||||
| — | Khalid Butti | Al Wahda | Free | [10] | |||
| Total | €0 million | ||||||
| No. | Pos. | Player | Transfer to | Fee | Date | Source | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Summer | |||||||
| 22 | Falah Waleed | End of contract | 25 June 2024 | [11] [12] | |||
| 4 | Mohammed Shaker | Khor Fakkan | End of contract | 27 June 2024 | [13] | ||
| 44 | Saeed Juma | End of contract | 1 July 2024 | ||||
| 27 | Sultan Al-Shamsi | Khor Fakkan | End of contract | 1 July 2024 | [14] | ||
| 12 | Sultan Al-Mantheri | End of contract | 1 July 2024 | [15] | |||
| — | Mohammed Khalfan | End of contract | 3 July 2024 | [16] |
On 27 June 2024, Al Ain announced they would be touring in Rabat, Morocco, with four friendly matches against Union de Touarga on 24 July, Kénitra on 1 August, Chabab Mohammédia on 5 August and Raja on 10 August.[1]
See main article: 2024–25 UAE Pro League.
The league fixtures were announced on 6 July 2024.[18]
See main article: 2024–25 UAE President's Cup.
See main article: 2024–25 AFC Champions League Elite.
See main article: 2024–25 AFC Champions League Elite league stage.
See main article: 2024 FIFA Intercontinental Cup. Al Ain qualified for the tournament by winning the 2023–24 AFC Champions League.
African–Asian–Pacific Cup play-off
African–Asian–Pacific Cup
See main article: 2025 FIFA Club World Cup.