Season | 2019β20 |
---|---|
Champions | No title awarded |
Relegated | No relegation |
2021 AFC Champions League |
Sharjah Shabab Al-Ahli Al Wahda Al Ain |
Matches played | 133 |
Goals scored | 385 (2.89 per match) |
Top goalscorer |
Kodjo Fo-Doh Laba (19 goals) |
Biggest home win |
Shabab Al Ahli 5β0
Kalba (28 December 2019) Al Ain 5β0 Wasl (1 February 2020) |
Biggest away win |
Fujairah 1β7
Al Ain (25 October 2019) |
Highest scoring |
Fujairah 1β7
Al Ain (25 October 2019) Kalba 6β2 Ajman (10 December 2019) |
Longest winning run |
Shabab Al Ahli Al Wahda (5 games) |
Longest unbeaten run |
Sharjah (10 games) |
Longest winless run |
Khor Fakkan (13 games) |
Longest losing run |
Hatta (7 games) |
Highest attendance | 14,423 Al Ain 0β0 Al Jazira (1 November 2019) |
Lowest attendance | 277 Dhafra 1β1 Baniyas (26 September 2019) |
Total attendance | 97,291 |
Average attendance | 2,316 |
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The 2019β20 UAE Pro League was the 46th edition of the UAE Pro League. On 26 April 2019, Khor Fakkan won the first division title over Al Taawon 3β0; this is their inaugural appearance on the pro league as Khor Fakkan Club as they were previously known as Al Khaleej, having been absent from the Pro League for twelve years. Hatta later returned to the pro league after a 1β0 away victory against Al Hamriyah secured them a spot on the first division after getting relegated a year ago. Sharjah are the defending champions. The League was put on hold on March due to the COVID-19 pandemic, however on June, with the majority of 12 out of 14 clubs votes, the league was cancelled and the champion is yet to be decided. [1] On 18th of June, it was declared that this season will end with no champion despite Shabab Al-Ahli leading the table with 43 points and the same teams that qualified for the 2020 AFC Champions League will qualify for the 2021 AFC Champions League. [2]
Relegated to UAE Division 1
Promoted to UAE Pro League
Team | Home city | Stadium | Capacity |
---|---|---|---|
Ajman | Ajman | Ajman Stadium | 5,537 |
Al Ain | Al-Ain | Hazza Bin Zayed Stadium | 25,965 |
Al Dhafra | Madinat Zayed | Al Dhafra Stadium | 5,020 |
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 |
Fujairah | Fujairah | Fujairah Club Stadium | 10,645 |
Hatta | Hatta | Hamdan Bin Rashid Stadium | 5,000 |
Kalba | Kalba | Ittihad Kalba Stadium | 8,500 |
Khor Fakkan | Khor Fakkan | Saqr bin Mohammad al Qassimi Stadium | 7,500 |
Shabab Al Ahli | Dubai ( Deira) | Al-Rashid Stadium | 12,052 |
Sharjah | Sharjah | Sharjah Stadium | 20,000 |
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 | Ayman Elramady | Rashed Malallah | Hummel | Ajman Bank |
Al Ain | Pedro Emanuel | Ismail Ahmed | Nike | First Gulf Bank |
Al Dhafra | Vuk RaΕ‘oviΔ | Ahmed Ali | Adidas | Ruwais |
Al Jazira | Marcel Keizer | Ali Khasif | Adidas | Healthpoint |
Al Nasr | Krunoslav JurΔiΔ | Γlvaro Negredo | Nike | Emirates NBD |
Al Wahda | Manuel JimΓ©nez | Ismail Matar | Adidas | Cadillac |
Al Wasl | LaurenΘiu Reghecampf | FΓ‘bio de Lima | New Balance | Emaar |
Baniyas | Winfried SchΓ€fer | Fawaz Awana | Adidas | Secure Engineering |
Fujairah | Fabio Viviani | Hilal Saeed | Nike | Asas |
Hatta | Christos Kontis | Mahmoud Hassan | Macron | |
Kalba | Jorge Da Silva | Mansor Abbas | ErreΓ | Unknown |
Khor Fakkan | Goran TufegdΕΎiΔ | Saif Mohammed | Adidas | Khor Fakkan Beach Resort |
Shabab Al Ahli | Gerard Zaragoza | Majed Naser | Nike | Nakheel |
Sharjah | Abdulaziz Mohamed | Shahin Abdulrahman | Adidas | Saif Zone |
All teams could register as many foreign players as they want, but could only use four on the field each game.
Team | Outgoing manager | Date of vacancy | Manner of departure | Pos. | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Al Ain | Juan Carlos Garrido | 1 June 2019 | Sacked | Pre-season | Ivan Leko [3] | 1 June 2019 |
Al Wahda | Henk ten Cate | 8 June 2019 | End of contract | Maurice Steijn [4] | 9 June 2019 | |
Hatta | Walid Obaid | Christos Kontis | 10 June 2019 | |||
Al Jazira | DamiΓ«n Hertog | Jurgen Streppel [5] | 16 June 2019 | |||
Fujairah | Abdullah Mesfer | Madjid Bougherra [6] | ||||
Baniyas | Krunoslav JurΔiΔ | Winfried SchΓ€fer [7] | 8 July 2019 | |||
Khor Fakkan | Abdulwahab Abdulkadir | 17 July 2019 | Resigned | Paulo Comelli | 17 July 2019 | |
Kalba | Fabio Viviani | 10 October 2019 | Sacked | 11th | Jorge Da Silva [8] | 12 October 2019 |
Al Jazira | Jurgen Streppel | 13 October 2019 | 7th | Marcel Keizer [9] | 13 October 2019 | |
Al Nasr | Caio Zanardi | 14 October 2019 | 11th | Krunoslav JurΔiΔ [10] | 14 October 2019 | |
Al Wahda | Maurice Steijn | 17 October 2019 | 10th | Manuel JimΓ©nez [11] | 17 October 2019 | |
Khor Fakkan | Paulo Comelli | 30 October 2019 | 14th | Goran TufegdΕΎiΔ | 31 October 2019 | |
Al Ain | Ivan Leko [12] [13] | 21 December 2019 | Mutual consent | 4th | Pedro Emanuel [14] | 5 January 2020 |
Fujairah | Madjid Bougherra [15] | 9 February 2020 | 13th | Fabio Viviani [16] | 10 February 2020 | |
Shabab Al Ahli | Rodolfo Arruabarrena [17] | 8 March 2020 | Sacked | 1st | Gerard Zaragoza | 9 March 2020 |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Shabab Al Ahli | 19 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 42 | 13 | +29 | 43 | Qualification for AFC Champions League group stage |
2 | Al Ain | 19 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 46 | 21 | +25 | 37 | Qualification for AFC Champions League play-off round |
3 | Al Jazira | 19 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 29 | 17 | +12 | 36 | |
4 | Sharjah | 19 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 38 | 23 | +15 | 35 | Qualification for AFC Champions League group stage |
5 | Al Wahda | 19 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 31 | 29 | +2 | 35 | Qualification for AFC Champions League play-off round |
6 | Al Nasr | 19 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 24 | 19 | +5 | 31 | |
7 | Al Dhafra | 19 | 9 | 2 | 8 | 26 | 23 | +3 | 29 | |
8 | Al Wasl | 19 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 31 | 33 | −2 | 29 | |
9 | Baniyas | 19 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 21 | 26 | −5 | 23 | |
10 | Ajman | 19 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 25 | 39 | −14 | 18 | |
11 | Kalba | 19 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 24 | 39 | −15 | 16 | |
12 | Khor Fakkan | 19 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 18 | 32 | −14 | 15 | |
13 | Hatta | 19 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 15 | 32 | −17 | 13 | |
14 | Fujairah | 19 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 15 | 36 | −21 | 12 |
Rank | Player | Club | Goals [20] |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Kodjo Fo-Doh Laba | Al Ain | 19 |
2 | SebastiΓ‘n TagliabΓΊe | Al Wahda | 15 |
3 | Ahmed Khalil | Shabab Al Ahli | 13 |
Ali Mabkhout | Al Jazira | ||
5 | FΓ‘bio Lima | Al Wasl | 12 |
JoΓ£o Pedro | Al Dhafra | ||
7 | Ryan Mendes | Sharjah | 11 |
Peniel Mlapa | Kalba | ||
9 | Welliton | Al Wasl | 9 |
10 | Γlvaro Negredo | Al Nasr | 8 |
Player | For | Against | Result | Date | Round |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Pedro Conde4 | Baniyas | Al Wahda | 4β3 (H) | 4 October 2019 | 3 |
Kodjo Fo-Doh Laba4 | Al Ain | Fujairah | 7β1 (A) | 25 October 2019 | 5 |
Ali Mabkhout | Al Jazira | Al Wasl | 4β0 (A) | 20 December 2019 | 10 |
Ahmed Khalil | Shabab Al Ahli | Kalba | 5β0 (H) | 28 December 2019 | 11 |
FΓ‘bio Lima | Al Wasl | Baniyas | 5β1 (H) | 2 January 2020 | 12 |
Kodjo Fo-Doh Laba | Al Ain | Khor Fakkan | 3β0 (A) | 23 January 2020 | 13 |
4 Player scored 4 goals
(H) β Home team
(A) β Away team
Leader and qualification to AFC Champions League group stage | |
qualification to AFC Champions League group stage | |
qualification to AFC Champions League Play off round | |
Relegation to UAE First Division League |
Round | Total | GP. | Avg. Per Game |
---|---|---|---|
Round 1 | 21,890 [21] | 7 | 3,127 |
Round 2 | 15,662 [22] | 7 | 2,237 |
Round 3 | 17,689 [23] | 7 | 2,527 |
Round 4 | 9,702 [24] | 7 | 1,386 |
Round 5 | 8,339 [25] | 7 | 1,191 |
Round 6 | 24,009 [26] | 7 | 3,429 |
Round 7 | 15,341 [27] | 7 | 2,191 |
Round 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Total | 112,632 | 49 | 2,299 |
Emirate | Number of teams | Teams | |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Abu Dhabi | 5 | Al Ain, Al Jazira, Al Wahda, Baniyas and Al Dhafra |
2 | Dubai | 4 | Shabab Al Ahli, Al Nasr, Al Wasl and Hatta |
3 | Sharjah | 3 | Sharjah, Kalba and Khor Fakkan |
4 | Ajman | 1 | Ajman |
Fujairah | Fujairah |