Al-Ain team jumped seven places in the list of the most Arab clubs to win the local league in history, advancing to the fourteenth place after winning the ADNOC Professional Football League title yesterday evening for the fourteenth time in its history, while the difference expanded locally to four leagues with its closest followers. Shabab Al-Ahly, who owns 10 titles, in the 45 years since Al Ain achieved its first title in the 1976-77 season. Over the past four years, in which the team did not win the local league title, it was equal in the number of titles
With 13 titles with the Tunisian club Al-Afrik and the Egyptian Zamalek, and continuing his superiority over the Royal Army and Moroccan Raja Casablanca, and Al-Ahly Tripoli of Libya (12 titles), before becoming the latest club to reach the number 14 with the Qatari Al-Sadd, the Lebanese Ansar and the Iraqi Al-Zawra.
Al-Ahly of Egypt leads the Arab list with 42 titles, eight titles away from its closest rivals, Al-Faisali of Jordan and Al-Muharraq of Bahrain with 34 titles, then Tunisian Esperance fourth with 32 titles, Al-Hilal of Sudan fifth with 27 titles, Sudan’s Al-Marikh sixth with 22 titles, and Moroccan Wydad seventh with 21 titles.
Al-Zaeem became the fifth in the Gulf, behind Al-Muharraq, Bahrain, second, Al-Hilal, Kuwait, Al-Qadisiyah, third, and Al-Arabi, fourth, while sitting in eighth place in the list of Arab Asian clubs.
At the local level, Al-Ain leads the list, followed by Al-Ahly youth in second place, Al-Wasl third with seven championships, Sharjah fourth with six titles, Al-Wahda fifth with four championships, Al-Jazirah sixth with three titles, and Al-Nasr seventh with three championships.
Al Ain’s ranking in the list of Arab clubs most crowned in the league championships
1- Al-Ahly of Egypt 42
2- Jordan’s Al Faisaly 34
3- Muharraq, Bahrain 34
4- Tunisian Esperance 31
5- Sudanese Crescent 27
6- Sudanese Mars 22
7- Moroccan Wydad 21
8- Jordanian units 17
9- Saudi Crescent 17
10- Kuwaiti Qadisiyah 17
11- Syrian Army 17
12- The Kuwaiti Arab 17
13- Libyan Federation 16
14- Al Ain, UAE 14
15- Qatari Dam 14
16- The Lebanese Ansar 14
17- Al-Zawra Al-Iraqi 14
18- African Tunisian 13
19- Egyptian Zamalek 13
20- Algerian JS Kabylie 13
Al Ain’s local ranking in the league titles
1- Al-Ain 14
2- Al-Ahly youth 10
3- Al Wasl 7
4- Sharjah 6
5- Unit 4
6- Island 3
7- Victory 3
Ahmed Abdullah: The only 1977 championship that I did not witness with Al Ain
Al-Ain’s assistant coach and his historical scorer with 117 goals, Ahmed Abdullah, known as “Ghazal Al-Ain”, confirmed that he witnessed with “Al-Zaeem” 13 titles out of 14 as a player and a member of the technical staff, and that the only championship he had not experienced was the club’s first title that was achieved. In the 1977 season, because he had not yet joined the team.
Ahmed Abdullah told “Emirates Today” after the “leader” won the league title at the expense of Al-Jazira, the day before yesterday, that he was overwhelmed with great happiness, because he is part of the ancient history of Al-Ain club, stressing that Al-Ain was established with the aim of dominating all titles, and that he hopes that The team will continue to win more championships in the coming years.
It is noteworthy that “Ghazal Al-Ain” won the league title three times as a player in 1981, 1984 and 1993, and as an assistant coach on 10 times: 1998, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2018 and 2022.
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