  We construct new finite energy regular solutions in Einstein-Yang-Mills-SU(2)
theory. They are static, axially symmetric and approach at infinity the anti-de
Sitter spacetime background. These configurations are characterized by a pair
of integers $(m, n)$, where $m$ is related to the polar angle and $n$ to the
azimuthal angle, being related to the known flat space monopole-antimonopole
chains and vortex rings. Generically, they describe composite configurations
with several individual components, possesing a nonzero magnetic charge, even
in the absence of a Higgs field. Such Yang-Mills configurations exist already
in the probe limit, the AdS geometry supplying the attractive force needed to
balance the repulsive force of Yang-Mills gauge interactions. The gravitating
solutions are constructed by numerically solving the elliptic
Einstein-DeTurck--Yang-Mills equations. The variation of the gravitational
coupling constant $\alpha$ reveals the existence of two branches of gravitating
solutions which bifurcate at some critical value of $\alpha$. The lower energy
branch connects to the solutions in the global AdS spacetime, while the upper
branch is linked to the generalized Bartnik-McKinnon solutions in
asymptotically flat spacetime. Also, a spherically symmetric, closed form
solution is found as a perturbation around the globally anti-de Sitter vacuum
state.
