“ADNOC” to be the new sponsor for Al Ain first football team’s jersey through the team’s local matches during the upcoming sporting season

17.May.2025

Al Ain sports and cultural club signs a new historical sponsorship agreement with “ADNOC” and “XRG“

“XRG” to be the official sponsor for “The Boss” training sessions jersey through FIFA Clubs World Cup 2025 football tournament

Abu Dhabi, The United Arab Emirates, 17th of May 2025: Today, His Excellency Dr. Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber, who is the minster of industry and advanced technology, the mandatory member and the chief executive officer of “ADNOC” and its group of companies, and the chairman of the executive board of “XRG” company, witnessed the signing ceremony of a new historical agreement between Al Ain sports and cultural club and the two companies of “ADNOC”XRG“, whichtook place at the headquarters of “ADNOC” company.

Under this agreement, “ADNOC” will become the official sponsor of Al Ain first football team’s jersey through the team’s local matches during the upcoming sporting season, while “XRG” will be the official sponsor for the first football team’s training sessions jersey through its journey at the FIFA Clubs World Cup 2025 football tournament up until the end of the upcoming sporting season.

The agreement has been signed on behalf of Al Ain sports and cultural club by Rashid Abdullah, who is the cheif executive officer of Al Ain investment company, and on behalf of the two companies of “XRG” and “ADNOC” the agreement was signed by Saif Atiq Al Falahi, who is the chairman of ADNOC Group Business Support and Special Tasks Department, and with the attendanceof a number of members at the board of directors of Al Ain football company, among them we have His Excellency Mohammer Ibrahim Al Mahmoud and His Excellency Mohammed Saif Al Katabi. The signing ceremony has also been attended by an elite group of Al Ain’s first football team players, among them we have Khalid Eisa Mohammed Bilal Saeed Al Mesmari (who is the team’s goalkeeper), Soufiane Rahimi (who is the team’s forward player), Mohammed Abbas Ahmed Abdulla Hassan Al Balochi (who is the team’s midfielder),and Alejandro Sebastián Romero Gamarra, nicknamed Kaku (who is the team’s attacking midfielder), as well as a number of chief executive officers and department managers at Al Ain sports and cultural club. “ADNOC”, and “XRG”.

His Excellency Mohammed Saif Al Katabi, who is the member of the board of directors at Al Ain football company, emphasized that this partnership with “ADNOC” represents an advanced model for the integration between the sporting determination and the developmental economic vision, where the sought after goals of Al Ain sports and cultural club, as the national sporting institution that represents the country through the major international tournaments, meet together with the sought after ambitions of “ADNOC”, those ambitions that stem from one of the national economic pillars, in addition to the sought after aspirations of “XRG”, which concentrate over the qualitative international investments that aim to create and boost the value in the fields of natural gas, chemicals, and the low carbon energy solutions.

Al Katabi said the following statement: “This collaboration with ADNOC company, which is the leading company in the fields of energy, technology and innovation, dose not only reflect the support for the huge national institution for the representative of the nation through the Clubs World Cup football tournament, but it represents a deep harmony between sports as a social source of inspiration and the economy as a driving force for the sustainable development, in a way that contributes to the cementing of the United Arab Emirates model that can be an example to follow on the global stage.”

He also added the following statement: “We do not look to this partnership as a traditional sponsorship agreement, but we consider it a far reaching investment in the national values that integrate leadership, sustainability, as well as the honorary representation of the United Arab Emirates at all venues, whether they are sporting venues or economic venues.”

Al Katabi concluded his statement with the following words: “We do believe in the importance of this qualitative agreement which comes to being in a pivotal point in time. We are looking forwards to see this partnership contributing to the realization of the combined sought after goals, as well as to boost the leading position of Al Ain sports and cultural club, in line with the sought after aspirations of the United Arab Emirates sports, as well as the growing sought after ambitions of the Ainawi nation.”

In his turn, Saif Al Falahi, said the following statement: “In line with the directions of the wise leadership which aim to elevate the sports sector within the United Arab Emirates, “ADNOC” and “XRG” are pleased to sign this new historical agreement with Al Ain sports and cultural club, who will be representing the United Arab Emirates football in the global stages through the Clubs World Cup 2025 football tournament, where this collaboration embodies the two companies’ cemented commitment to leverage upon the ability of sports to unite societies individuals, boosting prosperity, and cementing the countries position in the global sporting venues”.