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2023–24 UAE Pro League

The 2023–24 UAE Pro League is the 49th edition of the UAE Pro League. Shabab Al Ahli are the defending champions.

UAE Pro League
Season2023–24
Dates18 August 2023 – 25 May 2024
Matches played114
Goals scored389 (3.41 per match)
Top goalscorerKodjo Laba
(12 goals)
Biggest home winShabab Al Ahli 7–0 Emirates
(8 December 2023)
Biggest away winHatta 0–5 Al Wasl
(27 October 2023)
Highest scoringEmirates 4–4 Ajman
(25 August 2023)
Ajman 3–5 Kalba
(29 September 2023)
Longest winning runAl Wasl (7 games)
Longest unbeaten runAl Wasl
(17 games)
Longest winless runEmirates
(11 games)
Longest losing runEmirates
(11 games)
All statistics correct as of 30 March 2024.

Teams edit

Team changes edit

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Hatta secured promotion to the pro league after a decisive 3–2 victory over Al Rams.[1] Hatta are returning after two seasons of absence. Emirates would secure promotion on the second last matchday after winning 4–3 against Al Rams, coincidentally the same club Hatta beat. This will be Emirates 10th season in the Pro League.[2]

Relegated to the First Division edit

Al Dhafra got relegated after losing to Ajman 2–1. This marks the fourth time Al Dhafra got relegated in the top flight with the last time being in 2010–11 season. Dibba Al Fujairah soon followed after drawing 1–1 to Al Dhafra, ending their short spell in the Pro League a year after Dibba Al Fujairah got promoted as division 1 champions.[3]

Stadium and locations edit

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Locations of teams in the 2023–24 UAE Pro League
Note: Table lists clubs in alphabetical order.
Team Home city Stadium Capacity
Ajman Ajman Ajman Stadium 5,537
Al Ain Al-Ain Hazza Bin Zayed Stadium 25,965
Al Bataeh Al Bataeh Al Bataeh Stadium 2,000
Al Jazira Abu Dhabi (Al Nahyan) Mohammad Bin Zayed Stadium 42,056
Al Nasr Dubai (Al Nasr) Al-Maktoum Stadium 15,058
Al Wahda Abu Dhabi (Al Nahyan) Al Nahyan Stadium 12,201
Al Wasl Dubai (Zabeel) Zabeel Stadium 8,439
Baniyas Abu Dhabi (Al Shamkha) Baniyas Stadium 10,000
Emirates Ras Al Khaimah Emirates Club Stadium 5,200
Hatta Hatta Hamdan Bin Rashid Stadium 5,000
Kalba Kalba Ittihad Kalba Stadium 8,500
Khor Fakkan Khor Fakkan SBM Al Qassimi Stadium 7,500
Shabab Al Ahli Dubai (Deira) Al-Rashid Stadium 12,052
Sharjah Sharjah Sharjah Stadium 20,000

Personnel and kits edit

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
Ajman   Daniel Isăilă   Saoud Saeed Adidas Ajman Bank
Al Ain   Hernán Crespo   Bandar Al-Ahbabi Nike First Abu Dhabi Bank
Al Bataeh   Goran Tomić   Mohamed Ahmed Nike Majid Al Futtaim Group
Al Jazira   Mirel Rădoi   Ali Khasif Zat Outfit Healthpoint
Al Nasr   Alfred Schreuder   Ahmed Shambih Adidas Emirates Islamic
Al Wahda   Goran Tufegdžić   Allan Adidas Volkswagen
Al Wasl   Miloš Milojević   Ali Salmeen Macron Dubai Real Estate Centre
Baniyas   Darko Milanič   Fawaz Awana Macron ADIB
Emirates   Walter Zenga   Andrés Iniesta uhlsport RAK Ceramics
Hatta   Fabio Viviani   Vernon De Marco uhlsport Emaar
Kalba   Ghazi Fahad   Abdusalam Mohammed Adidas Caltex
Khor Fakkan   Nebojša Jovović   Masoud Sulaiman Macron ADNOC
Shabab Al Ahli   Marko Nikolić   Majed Naser Nike Mai Dubai
Sharjah   Cosmin Olăroiu   Shahin Abdulrahman Adidas SAIF Zone

Managerial changes edit

Team Outgoing manager Date of vacancy Manner of departure Pos. Incoming manager Date of appointment
Al Wasl   Juan Antonio Pizzi[4] 16 May 2023 Mutual consent Pre-season   Miloš Milojević[5] 2 June 2023
Al Bataeh   Saeed Shakhit 25 May 2023 End of caretaker spell   Mirel Rădoi 25 May 2023
Al Jazira   Marcel Keizer[6] 26 May 2023 End of contract   Frank de Boer 5 June 2023
Al Ain   Serhiy Rebrov[7] 27 May 2023   Alfred Schreuder[8] 27 May 2023
Hatta   Abdullah Mesfer[9] 1 June 2023 Mutual consent   Željko Markov[10] 6 June 2023
Shabab Al Ahli   Leonardo Jardim[11] End of contract   Marko Nikolić 2 June 2023
Baniyas   Daniel Isăilă   Darko Milanič 8 June 2023
Al Nasr   Goran Tomić[12] 5 June 2023   Goran Tufegdžić[13] 5 June 2023
Ajman   Goran Tufegdžić Signed by Al Nasr   Caio Zanardi 6 June 2023
Al Wahda   Arno Buitenweg 18 June 2023 End of caretaker spell   Pitso Mosimane[14] 18 June 2023
Hatta   Željko Markov 4 September 2023 Sacked 13th   Fabio Viviani[15] 5 September 2023
Emirates   Mohammed Al Jalboot 5 September 2023 Mutual consent 10th   Lluís Planagumà[16]
Khor Fakkan   Abdulaziz Al Anberi 24 September 2023 10th   Gerard Zaragoza 29 September 2023
Ajman   Caio Zanardi[17] 3 October 2023 Sacked 13th   Daniel Isăilă 3 October 2023
Khor Fakkan   Gerard Zaragoza 28 October 2023 12th   Nebojša Jovović[18] 29 October 2023
Al Nasr   Goran Tufegdžić[19] 6 November 2023 10th   Fabrizio Cammarata 6 November 2023
Al Ain   Alfred Schreuder[20] 8 November 2023 Mutual consent 3rd   Hernán Crespo[21] 14 November 2023
Al Wahda   Pitso Mosimane[22] 9 November 2023 Sacked 5th   Arno Buitenweg 9 November 2023
Al Nasr   Fabrizio Cammarata 27 November 2023 End of caretaker spell 9th   Alfred Schreuder[23] 27 November 2023
Al Jazira   Frank de Boer[24] 13 December 2023 Sacked 7th   Bob de Klerk 14 December 2023
Emirates   Lluís Planagumà[25] 21 December 2023 14th   Aaref Al Shehhi 21 December 2023
Al Bataeh   Mirel Rădoi[26] 25 December 2023 Resigned 7th   Goran Tomić[27] 7 January 2024
Al Wahda   Arno Buitenweg 3 January 2024 End of caretaker spell 5th   Goran Tufegdžić 3 January 2024
Al Jazira   Bob de Klerk 5 January 2024 6th   Mirel Rădoi[28] 5 January 2024
Emirates   Aaref Al Shehhi 14th   Walter Zenga[29]
Kalba   Farhad Majidi[30] 2 March 2024 Sacked 11th   Ghazi Fahad 2 March 2024

Foreign players edit

All teams can register many foreigners as they want but could only include up to five professional players. Players in the age of under-23 do not counted as professionals.

  • 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 Player 3 Player 4 Player 5 Player 6 Player 7 Player 8 Player 9 Player 10 Player 11 Player 12 Player 13 Former players
Ajman   Ali Madan   Dodô   Gian   Rocky Marciano   Mougbaya Beni de Dieu   Novak Vuković   Walid Azaro   Miloš Kosanović   Haykeul Chikhaoui   Prestige Mboungou
  Nader Ghandri
Al Ain   Matías Palacios   Omer Atzili   Abdulkarim Trawri   Soufiane Rahimi   Rilwanu Sarki   Kaku   Park Yong-woo   Kodjo Fo-Doh Laba
Al Bataeh   Patricio Ulises   Álvaro   Paulinho   Weberty   Anatole Abang   Petrus Boumal   Diney   Abdalla Al Refaey   Ulrich Meleke   Sékou Gassama
Al Jazira   Bruno   Fernando   Neeskens Kebano   Hermann Behiratche   Mamadou Coulibaly   Oumar Traoré   Aboubakar Kamara   Chahine van Bohemen   Mohammed Rabii   Karim Rekik   Nikola Vukić   Alejandro Pozuelo   Johan Bångsbo
Al Nasr   Samir Memišević   Gustavo Alemão   Gláuber   Kevin Agudelo   Isaac Tshibangu   Evans Ampofo   Manolo Gabbiadini   Abdoulaye Touré   Adel Taarabt   Iuri Medeiros   Moussa Ndiaye   Bogdan Petrović   Shalom Ekong
Al Wahda   Facundo Kruspzky   Allan   Ahmad Nourollahi   Rúben Canedo   Zelimkhan Bakayev   Omar Khribin   Khojimat Erkinov   Salem Al-Somhi   Cristian Guanca
  João Pedro
Al Wasl   Nicolás Giménez   Gerónimo Poblete   Rodrigo   Alexis Pérez   Adama Diallo   Jean N'Guessan   Siaka Sidibe   Soufiane Bouftini   Nour Zarkane   Jung Seung-hyun   Aleksandar Vasiljević   Haris Seferovic   Malek Ganaer
Baniyas   Taulant Seferi   Gastón Álvarez Suárez   Saile   João Victor   Prestige Mboungou   Umar Ali   Youssoufou Niakaté   Aboubacar Cissé   Saša Ivković   Francisco Geraldes
Emirates   Luan Alemão   Lithierry   Felipe Motta   Franck Kom   Oumar Keita   Dia Saba   Leo Osaki   Nizar Al-Rashdan   Imanuel Bonsu   Pavle Obradović   Uroš Vitas   Paco Alcácer   Andrés Iniesta   Diogo Acosta
  Al Sanousi Al Hadi
Hatta   Tamimou Ouorou   Gabrielzinho   Kayque   Lobi Manzoki   Aaron Tshibola   Alexander Merkel   Aniss Karimi   Ayman Rchoq   Chisom Egbuchulam   Goodnews Igbokwe   Doro Dabo   Vernon De Marco   Moustafa Zeidan   Shabaib Al-Khaldi
Ittihad Kalba   Brian Ramírez   Daniel Bessa   Caio Eduardo   Gustavo   Michel   Leandro Spadacio   Wallace   Ivanildo Fernandes   Zackariah Mohammed   Mehdi Ghayedi   Aldo Parra   Filip Kiss   Andrés Vombergar
Khor Fakkan   Juninho   Lourency   Rafael Pereira   Raniel   Fabrício Yan   David Nyengue   Benjamin Ayim   Alexander Quintana   Nélson Pereira   Thulani Serero   Saîf-Eddine Khaoui   Abdulla Abdullaev   Azizbek Amanov   Pedro Castro
  Tiago Leonço
Shabab Al Ahli   Federico Cartabia   Guilherme Bala   Breno   Yuri César   Igor Jesus   Mateusão   Renan   Kauan Santos   Saeid Ezatolahi   Mu'nas Dabbur   Luka Milivojević   Bogdan Planić   Azizjon Ganiev
Sharjah   Miralem Pjanić   Caio Lucas   Marcus Meloni   Maro Katinić   Ousmane Camara   Moussa Marega   Cho Yu-min   Firas Ben Larbi   Kostas Manolas
  Paco Alcácer

League table edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Al Wasl 20 16 4 0 52 18 +34 52 Qualification for AFC Champions League Elite League stage
2 Shabab Al Ahli 19 12 4 3 48 24 +24 40 Qualification for AFC Champions League 2 group stage
3 Al Ain 18 11 3 4 44 24 +20 36
4 Al Wahda 21 10 5 6 27 27 0 35
5 Al Nasr 21 10 5 6 35 28 +7 35
6 Sharjah 19 7 9 3 39 28 +11 30
7 Al Bataeh 18 7 4 7 27 29 −2 25
8 Al Jazira 20 6 6 8 41 40 +1 24
9 Baniyas 19 7 1 11 25 35 −10 22
10 Kalba 21 5 6 10 33 42 −9 21
11 Ajman 18 5 5 8 27 42 −15 20
12 Khor Fakkan 19 6 2 11 26 40 −14 20
13 Emirates 19 2 5 12 21 44 −23 11 Relegation to UAE Division 1
14 Hatta 20 1 3 16 16 49 −33 6
Updated to match(es) played on 21 April 2024. Source: UPLeague
Rules for classification: [31] 1) points; 2) head-to-head goal difference; 3) head-to-head goals scored; 4) head-to-head away goals scored; 5) goal difference; 6) number of goals scored; 7) number of away goals scored; 8) head-to-head points; 9) fair play ranking 10) draw


Results edit

Home \ Away AJM AIN BTH JAZ NAS WAH WAS YAS EMI HAT KAL KHF SAD SHR
Ajman 0–4 0–3 0–1 1–4 2–0 1–1 3–5 0–3
Al Ain 6–0 2–2 1–3 0–2 3–2 3–1 5–3 4–1 a 1–1
Al Bataeh 1–1 1–3 3–2 1–3 1–2 2–1 0–0 3–1 0–2 3–3
Al Jazira 1–5 3–1 2–3 1–2 2–4 3–1 2–2 1–1 1–1
Al Nasr 1–0 0–2 1–3 1–1 a 1–0 2–1 1–0 2–2 3–2 0–1
Al Wahda 1–2 a 1–2 3–2 2–2 3–1 4–1 1–0 2–1 3–3 1–1
Al Wasl 1–1 3–1 4–1 2–2 1–0 3–2 1–0 3–0 2–1 3–0 2–0
Baniyas 1–4 4–2 2–1 0–2 0–0 4–2 2–1 1–0 1–2
Emirates 4–4 0–1 0–0 0–2 1–2 2–4 2–4 2–1 1–3
Hatta 0–2 0–0 0–3 0–4 0–5 0–1 1–1 1–3 0–2 1–4
Kalba 2–4 2–2 1–2 0–4 0–0 1–0 2–1 1–1 1–3 3–4
Khor Fakkan 1–2 0–3 4–2 3–1 3–2 3–3 2–1 0–2 2–1 0–3
Shabab Al Ahli 3–0 0–3 2–1 3–2 3–3 3–1 1–2 7–0 4–1 2–1
Sharjah 1–1 2–3 1–1 2–2 1–3 5–0 3–3 1–0 4–1 1–1
Updated to match(es) played on 26 April 2024. Source: UPLeague
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.

Number of teams by Emirates edit

Emirate Number of teams Teams
1   Abu Dhabi 4 Al Ain, Al Jazira, Al Wahda and Baniyas
  Sharjah Sharjah, Kalba, Khor Fakkan and Al Bataeh
  Dubai Shabab Al Ahli, Al Nasr, Al Wasl and Hatta
4   Ajman 1 Ajman
  Ras Al Khaimah Emirates

Season statistics edit

Positions by round edit

Leader and qualification to AFC Champions League Elite
qualification to AFC Champions League 2
Relegation to UAE First Division League
Team ╲ Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526
Al Wasl73333211111111111111
Shabab Al Ahli11221323322333333222
Al Ain42112132233222222333
Al Wahda1175610654455555444444
Al Nasr131414129810910129997666655
Sharjah39655445644444555566
Al Bataeh648117777867779887777
Al Jazira26444568576666778888
Kalba8111110810111099101111111211121099
Khor Fakkan58109129911111012101089910111110
Ajman1412121313131412121111121212111211121211
Baniyas95986118678888101010991012
Emirates12107711121213131314141414141313131313
Hatta1013131414141314141413131313131414141414
Updated to match(es) played on 21 April 2024. Source: UPLeague

Top scorers edit

As of 15 March 2024[32]
Rank Player Club Goals
1   Kodjo Laba Al Ain 11
1   Fábio Lima Al Wasl 11
10   Omar Khirbin Al Wahda
10   Ali Mabkhout Al Jazira 9
5   Caio Sharjah 8
  Mehdi Ghayedi Kalba
7   Manolo Gabbiadini Al Nasr 7
  Lourency Khor Fakkan
  Soufiane Rahimi Al Ain
  Haris Seferovic Al Wasl

Clean sheets edit

As of 15 March 2024
Rank Player Club Clean sheets
1   Khaled Al-Senani Al Wasl 6
2   Khalid Eisa Al Ain 5
  Ahmed Shambih Al Nasr
4   Fahad Al-Dhanhani Baniyas 3
  Adel Al-Hosani Sharjah
  Ibrahim Essa Al Bataeh
  Hassan Hamza Shabab Al Ahli

Hat tricks edit

Player For Against Result Date Round
  Walid Azaro Ajman Kalba 3–5 (H) 29 September 2023 4
  Lourency Khor Fakkan Al Wahda 3–2 (H) 29 December 2023 12
  Soufiane Rahimi Al Ain Ajman 4–0 (A) 15 March 2024 16

Notes edit

References edit

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