2022–23 UAE Division 1

2022–23 UAE Division One is the 46th Division one season. This seasons will expand the league from 15 to 17 teams as more teams from UAE Second Division League got promoted to the league.

UAE Division One
Season2022–23
Dates10 October 2022 – 21 May 2023
ChampionsHatta (2nd title)
PromotedHatta
Emirates
Matches played256
Goals scored864 (3.38 per match)
Top goalscorerDiogo Acosta (24 goals)
Biggest home winEmirates 7–0 Al Khaleej
(9 October 2022)
Al Arabi 9–2 Al Fursan
(19 November 2022)
Biggest away winAl Fursan 0–6 Emirates
(14 January 2023)
Highest scoringAl Arabi 9–2 Al Fursan
(19 November 2022)
Longest winning runHatta (10 games)
Longest unbeaten runHatta (18 games)
Longest winless runAl Fursan (26 games)
Longest losing runAl Fursan (18 games)

Team changes

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To Division 1

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Relegated from UAE Pro League

Promoted from UAE Division 2

From Division 1

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Promoted to UAE Pro League

Stadia and locations

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Note: Table lists clubs in alphabetical order.
Club Home city Stadium Capacity
Al Arabi Umm al Quwain Umm al Quwain Stadium 3,000
Al Dhaid Dhaid Al-Dhaid Stadium 500
Al Fursan Dubai (Al Sufouh) The Sevens Stadium 4,000
Al Hamriyah Al Hamriyah Al Hamriya Sports Club Stadium 5,000
Al Jazirah Al Hamra Al Jazirah Al Hamra Al Hamra Stadium 2,000
Al Khaleej Dubai (Mirdif) Various grounds 12,000
Al Rams Ar-Rams Al Rams Stadium 4,000
Al Taawon Al Jeer Taawon Stadium 200
Al Urooba Qidfa / Mirbah Al Sharqi Stadium 3,000
Baynounah Ruwais Soccer City Stadium 100
Dibba Al Hisn Dibba Al-Hisn Dibba (H) Stadium 700
Dubai City Dubai (Al Barsha) Kings School Al Barsha 100
Emirates Ras Al Khaimah Emirates Club Stadium 5,200
Hatta Hatta Hamdan Bin Rashid Stadium 5,000
Fujairah Fujairah Fujairah Club Stadium 10,645
Masafi Masafi Masafi Stadium 2,000
Masfout Masfout Masfout Club Stadium 3,000

Personnel and kits

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Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Team Head Coach Captain Kit Manufacturer Shirt Sponsor
Al Arabi   Abdulghani Binkarshat   Rashid Al Saadi Nike
Al Dhaid   Mohamed Al Tenaiji   Ernest Anang uhlsport
Al Fursan   Ignacio Ayerbe   Louka Christophe Lion crew
Al Hamriyah   Tarek Hadhiri   Fernando Gabriel Macron
Al Jazirah Al Hamra   Mohamed Al Naqbi   Caio Henrique uhlsport
Al Khaleej   Ibrahim Madani   Abdalla Khalid uhlsport
Al Rams   Sérgio Alexandre   Mahmoud Hassan uhlsport
Al Taawon   Badr Al Shehhi   Malek Al-Shehhi uhlsport
Al Urooba   Sami Al Qafsi   Talal Khameis uhlsport
Baynounah   Sultan Al Menhali   Mohamed Abdelmoula Adidas
Dibba Al Hisn   Hussein Skenderovic   Yaser Al Jneibi uhlsport
Dubai City   Mohammed Al Blooshi   Mohammed Talib uhlsport
Emirates   Mohammed Al Jalboot   Diogo Acosta uhlsport
Fujairah   Mohammed Al Hosani   Abdullah Salem Puma
Hatta   Abdullah Mesfer   Rashed Eissa uhlsport
Masafi   Brahim Boufoud   Rashid Al Saadi Adidas
Masfout   Fouad Boumdal   Hamad Ali Puma

Foreign players

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All teams could register as many foreign players as they want, but could only use two on the field each game.

  • Players name in bold indicates the player is registered during the mid-season transfer window.
  • Players in italics were out of the squad or left the club within the season, after the pre-season transfer window, or in the mid-season transfer window, and at least had one appearance.
Club Player 1 Player 2 Former Players
Al Arabi   Mohamed Mahmoud   Valdo Bacabal
Al Dhaid   Ernest Anang   Hugo de Oliveira
Al Fursan   Alejandro Valderrama   Madger Gomes
Al Hamriyah   Vinícius Lopes   Fatrie Sakhi   Fernando Gabriel
  Alex
Al Jazirah Al Hamra   Caio Rocha   Abdullah Baduraldin
Al Khaleej   Lassana Camara   Ibrahima Badji
Al Rams   Guilherme Batata   Paulo Henrique
Al Taawon   Ablaye Sy   Jacó
Al Urooba   Appolinaire Kack   Redah Atassi
Baynounah   Fritz Tiku   Kingsley Salami
Dibba Al Hisn   Gilmar   Paulinho
Dubai City   Ronald Gonzalez   Nenai Banda
Emirates   Dedê Costa   Diogo Acosta
Fujairah   Okacha Hamzaoui   Sabri Gharbi
Hatta   Toni   Benik Afobe   Denilson
  Rogerinho
Masafi   Abdullahi El Kory   Hamza Sanhaji
Masfout   Damilare Adigun   Alex   Paulo Henrique

Managerial changes

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Team Outgoing manager Date of vacancy Manner of departure Pos. Incoming manager Date of appointment
Emirates   Ayman El Ramady 1 June 2022 End of caretaker spell Pre-season   Fathi Al-Obeidi[1] 1 June 2022
Dibba Al Hisn   Said Chkhit End of contract   Mohammed Al Jalboot[2]
Al Arabi   Mohammed Al Jalboot Signed by Dibba Al Hisn   Badr Al Idrisi[3] 30 June 2022
Fujairah   Mohammed Al-Timoumi End of contract   Soufiane Nechma[4] 11 July 2022
Al Urooba   Fathi Al-Obeidi Signed by Emirates   Boris Bunjak[5] 13 July 2022
Hatta   Ameur Derbal 30 June 2022 End of contract   Gjoko Hadžievski 12 July 2022
  Gjoko Hadžievski 3 October 2022 Sacked 14th   Abdullah Mesfer[6] 3 October 2022
Al Urooba   Boris Bunjak 25 October 2022 12th   Sami Al Qafsi[7] 27 October 2022
Al Rams   Abdelhalim Oueriemmi 29 October 2022 13th   Sérgio Alexandre[8] 1 November 2022
Fujairah   Soufiane Nechma[9] 9 November 2022 15th   Mohammed Al Hosani 9 November 2022
Al Jazirah Al Hamra   Mutaz Abdulla 16 November 2022 Resigned 3rd   Ameen Philip[10] 19 November 2022
  Ameen Philip[11] 23 November 2022 Mutual consent 2nd   Ahmed Al Zaabi 23 November 2022
Al Arabi   Badr Al Idrisi 16 December 2022 Sacked 5th   Abdulghani Binkarshat[12] 20 December 2022
Al Jazirah Al Hamra   Ahmed Al Zaabi 19 January 2023 End of caretaker spell 4th   Ahmed El Mujahid[13] 19 January 2023
Dibba Al Hisn   Mohammed Al Jalboot[14] 30 January 2023 Resigned 3rd   Hussein Skenderovic 1 February 2023
Al Jazirah Al Hamra   Ahmed El Mujahid 5 February 2023 Sacked 7th   Mohamed Al Naqbi 5 February 2023
Emirates   Fathi Al-Obeidi[15] 22 February 2023 Mutual consent 4th   Mohammed Al Jalboot[16] 23 February 2023

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion
1 Hatta (C, P) 32 23 6 3 75 37 +38 75 Promotion to the UAE Pro League
2 Emirates (P) 32 22 5 5 85 33 +52 71
3 Dibba Al Hisn 32 20 7 5 72 37 +35 67
4 Masfout 32 16 8 8 49 40 +9 56
5 Al Hamriyah 32 14 7 11 53 45 +8 49
6 Al Arabi 32 13 9 10 55 42 +13 48
7 Masafi 32 13 8 11 46 43 +3 47
8 Al Khaleej 32 13 5 14 51 60 −9 44
9 Fujairah 32 11 10 11 48 39 +9 43
10 Al Jazirah Al Hamra 32 12 7 13 66 64 +2 43
11 Al Taawon 32 12 6 14 44 48 −4 42
12 Al Dhaid 32 9 13 10 39 50 −11 40
13 Al Urooba 32 10 9 13 51 49 +2 39
14 Al Rams 32 8 8 16 39 51 −12 32
15 Dubai City 32 5 9 18 31 57 −26 24
16 Al Fursan (R) 32 5 4 23 26 81 −55 19 Relegation to UAE Second Division League
17 Baynounah (R) 32 4 3 25 33 87 −54 15
Source: soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) goal difference; 4) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Results

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Home \ Away ARB DHD FSN HAM JHR KHL RAM TAW URO BNN DAH DCI EMI FUJ HAT MSF MST
Al Arabi 0–1 9–2 0–1 3–0 2–1 2–0 1–0 3–7 3–1 0–0 1–0 1–3 3–2 3–1 1–2 1–1
Al Dhaid 1–1 2–2 1–1 0–3 1–1 1–1 0–1 3–2 3–1 3–3 3–0 0–4 3–2 0–1 0–2 1–1
Al Fursan 1–1 0–1 1–4 2–2 1–2 0–1 0–0 0–5 1–2 0–4 3–2 0–6 1–2 1–5 0–1 0–1
Al Hamriyah 1–0 3–1 4–1 1–2 2–2 1–1 2–1 2–1 3–0 0–3 1–2 0–2 0–3[a] 1–2 1–0 4–1
Al Jazirah Al Hamra 1–1 2–2 4–0 3–5 2–2 0–2 2–2 5–1 5–1 1–3 2–1 3–1 1–0 2–4 6–2 2–1
Al Khaleej 1–0 3–0 3–1 2–1 1–1 1–0 1–2 0–3 3–2 0–4 1–0 3–2 1–3 1–2 3–4 1–2
Al Rams 0–2 0–1 0–1 0–1 2–1 2–1 0–2 2–1 3–1 2–3 0–0 3–4 0–0 0–2 1–1 2–3
Al Taawon 1–1 1–1 5–2 4–2 1–2 2–3 1–1 0–1 3–0 1–3 1–0 0–3 0–4 2–3 2–0 1–2
Al Urooba 0–3 2–2 0–1 0–0 2–1 3–1 2–2 2–1 1–0 2–3 3–3 0–1 1–2 1–1 2–2 0–1
Baynounah 2–2 0–3 2–1 0–3 3–4 2–4 2–4 1–1 1–3 1–3 3–1 0–2 0–3 1–2 1–5 2–3
Dibba Al Hisn 1–2 4–0 3–0 3–2 2–1 2–1 1–2 3–0 1–1 3–0 1–0 3–3 1–0 2–2 1–1 1–2
Dubai City 0–3 1–2 1–0 2–2 2–2 1–0 2–1 1–2 0–0 2–0 0–5 0–4 2–3 1–1 1–2 1–4
Emirates 4–1 1–1 3–1 2–1 3–2 7–0 2–1 1–2 2–1 5–0 4–1 1–1 1–1 3–0 3–0 3–1
Fujairah 3–2 1–1 0–1 2–2 3–1 1–2 2–2 1–2 0–0 1–0 1–2 1–1 1–2 1–2 2–2 1–1
Hatta 1–1 2–0 2–0 0–0 6–2 4–3 3–2 3–1 3–0[b] 6–1 1–1 2–1 3–2 1–0 1–0 3–1
Masafi 2–1 1–1 3–0 2–1 2–0 1–1 3–1 1–2 1–3 1–2 1–2 0–0 2–1 0–1 2–1 0–0
Masfout 1–1 1–0 1–2 1–2 3–1 0–2 4–1 1–0 2–1 1–1 3–0 3–2 0–0 1–1 1–3 1–0
Source: soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.
  1. ^ The UAE FA rewarded Fujairah a 3–0 win due to Al Hamriyah violating the substitution rule. The match originally ended as a 1–1 draw.[17]
  2. ^ The UAE FA rewarded Hatta a 3–0 win due to Al Urooba fielding an ineligible player in the field. The match originally ended as a 0–1 victory for Al Urooba.[18]

Number of teams by Emirates

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Emirate Number of teams Teams
1   Ras Al Khaimah 5 Al Jazira Al Hamra, Al Rams, Al Taawon, Emirates and Masafi
2   Dubai 4 Al Fursan, Al Khaleej, Dubai City and Hatta
3   Sharjah 3 Al Dhaid, Al Hamriyah and Dibba Al Hisn
4   Fujairah 2 Al Urooba and Fujairah
5   Umm Al Quwain 1 Al Arabi
  Abu Dhabi Baynounah
  Ajman Masfout

Season statistics

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Top goal scorers

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As of 31 May 2023[19]
Rank Player Club Goals
1   Diogo Acosta Emirates 24
2   Filip Stuparevic Al Urooba 20
3   Silva Lithierry Emirates 19
4   Alhassane Tamboura Al Dhaid 18
  Mouhameth Diop Al Khaleej
6   Fares Al-Jabri Al Arabi 17
7   Mohammed Al Marbuii Dibba Al Hisn 15
8   Carlos Guimaraes Al Taawon 14
  Wanderson Costa Emirates
  Gonzalo Cordoba Al Jazirah Al Hamra

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