"Al-Zaeem" ends the championship with a draw with Sharjah in the last round
Al Ain is watching the League Shield for the 14th time
Rashid bin Humaid hands the Al Ain Club family the League Shield.
Photography: Saif Al Kaabi
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Al Ain team won the ADNOC Professional Football League title for the 14th time in its history (a record) after ending the tournament with a 1-1 draw with its guest, Sharjah, in the “last” 26th round. Professional League Cup at the expense of Al-Ahly youth.
Al-Zaeem players received gold medals and the championship shield from the President of the Football Association, Sheikh Rashid bin Humaid Al Nuaimi, Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of Al Ain Club, His Highness Sheikh Sultan bin Hamdan bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President of the Association of Professionals Committee Abdullah Al Junaibi, and President of Al Ain Club Football Company Foot, Dr. Matar Al Darmaki.
The fans in the stands applauded their players for crowning the league title, while the players roamed the stands in order to salute the fans, especially since the importance of the title comes because it is the first after a four-year wait since the last league championship that it achieved, specifically in the 2017-2018 season.
Al Ain international team players Khaled Issa, Bandar Al Ahbabi, Caio Canedo and Yahya Nader had watched the match from the stands after obtaining permission from the technical staff of the national team to participate in the ceremony of crowning their team with the title of the competition.
The "leader" had hoped to win in order to enhance his record score in the number of points in one season, but a tie caused him to end the season with 65 points, but with that, the largest number of points collected by Al Ain in one season, while the largest number of points he reached By (62 points), when he won the league title in the 2012-2013 season.
Al-Jazira team still holds the record as the team with the most points in one season by winning the title in the 2016-2017 season with 68 points.
Laba Kudjo.. Extraordinary goalscorer
Al-Ain striker, Togolese international Laba Kodjo, was crowned the league's top scorer with 26 goals, 11 goals ahead of his rival, Al Wahda striker, Brazilian Joao Pedro, who has 15 goals.
The 26 goals that Laba scored during the current season raised his score to 58 goals in total, thus becoming the fourth player to score goals with the "leader" in history, a list that is topped by the former player and current assistant coach Ahmed Abdullah with 117 goals, and Ghanaian Asamoah Gyan ( 95 goals), and former player and current board member Majed Al Owais (86 goals).
An oriental banner congratulating the "leader"
The fans of the Sharjah team, who watched the match from the stands of Hazza Bin Zayed Stadium, raised "Tifo" a congratulations they presented to Al Ain Club on the occasion of winning the league title, and the "leader" fans stood for a minute and applauded the initiative of the visiting team's fans.
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