2005–06 UAE Football League

Statistics of UAE Football League for the 2005–06 season.

UAE Football League

Season	2005–06
Champions	Al Ahli
AFC Champions League	Al Wahda Al Ain
Matches played	132
Goals scored	467 (3.54 per match)
← 2004–05 2006–07 →

Overview

It was contested by 12 teams, and Al Ahli won the championship after defeating Al Wahda in a one-legged playoff game. The two teams finished the regular season tied with 47 points.

Foreign Players

Club	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3	Player 4	Former Players
Al-Ahli	Fernando Rodríguez	Alexandre	Martin Kamburov	Farhad Majidi
Al-Ain	Kelly	Ibrahim Diaky	Alberto Blanco	Nenad Jestrović	Ousman Jallow Said Kharazi Luis Tejada
Al-Jazira	Diogo	Antonin Koutouan	Bartholomew Ogbeche	Mohammed Al-Enazi	Elson Becerra
Al-Nasr	Valdir Bigode	Hussein Alaa Hussein	Faysal El Idrissi		Andrés Guglielminpietro
Al-Shaab	Ali Samereh
Al-Shabab	Adrián Fernández	Iman Mobali	Arcadia Toe		Geraldo Said Idraoui

League standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Al Wahda	22	15	2	5	64	30	+34	47	Qualification for Championship Playoff
2	Al Ahli	22	14	5	3	44	24	+20	47
3	Al Jazira	22	14	3	5	43	35	+8	45
4	Al Ain	22	13	2	7	42	23	+19	41	Qualification for 2007 AFC Champions League
5	Al Nasr	22	11	2	9	50	35	+15	35
6	Al Shabab	22	10	4	8	40	39	+1	34
7	Sharjah	22	8	6	8	52	41	+11	30
8	Al Wasl	22	9	2	11	33	32	+1	29
9	Al Shaab	22	6	7	9	30	39	−9	25
10	Emirates	22	4	6	12	21	48	−27	18
11	Baniyas	22	3	4	15	24	56	−32	13	Relegation to 2006–07 UAE First Division League
12	Dibba Al Hisn	22	1	5	16	24	65	−41	8

Source: rsssf.com
Notes:

Championship Playoff

26 May 2006

Al Wahda	1–4	Al Ahli

Hazza bin Zayed Stadium, Al Ain

NB: Ahli played under protest following accusations of bribery against Wahda in their final match at Sharjah (where they were down 3-1 at half-time before winning 3-6; they allegedly bought 5 Sharjah players for 120,000 Euro).

References

• United Arab Emirates - List of final tables (RSSSF)