The UAE Football Association announced, on Tuesday evening, the participation of Al Ain Club in the Gulf Champions League Clubs during the next season, to return the leader to the regional front after his absence from the continental championships.
Continental absence and Gulf compensation
Although he finished the local season in fifth place with 44 points, Al Ain failed to win the qualification card for any of the major Asian tournaments. The team recently bid farewell to the 2025 Club World Cup, which was held in the United States, from the group stage, after it came third in the seventh group that included Manchester City, Juventus, and Moroccan Wydad.
Championship starts in September
The UAE Federation chose Al Ain to represent the country in the Gulf Champions League, which will be held between September 2025 and April 2026, within the agenda of the new football season. The team had previously won the championship in the 2001 edition, when it surpassed Dhofar Al -Omani with a goal without a response scored by Fahd Ali.
An attractive financial return
According to what was revealed by “365SCores”, it is expected that the champion of the next version of the tournament will receive a financial prize of approximately $ 4 million, which makes the tournament a strong competitive nature, especially in light of the participation of prominent teams from the region.
The strongest participants in the next version
Al Ain (Emirates)
Youth (Saudi Arabia)
Al -Zawra (Iraq)
Al Rayyan (Qatar)
Al -Qadisiyah (Kuwait)
Al -Ahly Sanaa (Yemen)
Renaissance (Oman)
Al Ain’s participation is an opportunity to compensate for his continental failure, and to prove his ability to return to coronation platforms across the Gulf arena.
