Al Ain participates in the Gulf Champions League for clubs next season

The Football Association announced today, Wednesday, the participation of Al Ain Club in the next edition of the Gulf Champions League Clubs 2025-2026.

The tournament is scheduled to be held from September to April, to coincide with the new football season competitions.

Al Ain finished last season of the ADNOC Professional League in fifth place, with 44 points, knowing that the first four teams qualified for the AFC competitions.

Al -Ain Club has previously won the Gulf Clubs Championship once, and that was in the 2001 edition, when he crowned the title after beating the Omani club Dhofar with a goal without charge, with the signature of player Fahd Ali in the ninth minute of the match.

Al -Nasr Club in the last version of the tournament was the representative of the Emirati football, and presented distinguished levels before depositing the championship from the semi -finals after losing to the Kuwaiti Qadisiyah.

It is expected that Al Ain’s participation will contribute to increasing the momentum of the championship, given the team’s continental and popular experience, at a time when the Gulf Federation is preparing to announce the details of the new version, including the championship system, and the names of the participating clubs from the rest of the Gulf countries.

It is noteworthy that Al -Ain ended the days of his participation in the Club World Cup by leaving the first round of the Group Seven competitions that included Manchester City and Juventus, Italy and Moroccan Wydad.