2012–13 UAE Pro League

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2013–14

The UAE Pro League (known as Etisalat Pro League for sponsorship reasons) is the premier league in United Arab Emirates. It will be the 38th top-level football season in the UAE, and the fifth Professional season.

It will be contested by 14 teams due to an expansion in the league system.[1]

2011–12 Pro League
season.

On Thursday, 18 April 2013, Al Ain won their match against

Dubai
which guarantees them as winners of the 2012–13 Pro League.

They will receive their trophy on their last match against

Al Nasr
on Saturday, 25 May 2013.

Promotion

In June 2012 the UAE FA announced that the league would expand to 14 clubs The two teams that came in the bottom two of the previous campaign –

Al Dhafra and Al Shaab Sharjah.[2]

This two sides would join

Dibba Al Fujairah
who came in the top two in the second division.

Promotion/relegation play-offs

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Al-Shaab 3 2 0 1 5 4 +1 6 Promotion to the 2012–13 UAE Pro-League
2
Al-Dhafra
3 2 0 1 8 4 +4 6
3
Al Sharjah
3 2 0 1 3 2 +1 6 Relegation to the 2012–13 UAE Second Division
4 Emirates Club 3 0 0 3 3 9 −6 0
Source: Full Standings
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Teams

Stadia and locations

2012–13 UAE Pro League is located in United Arab Emirates
Dubai
Dubai
Ajman
Ajman
Abu Dhabi
Abu Dhabi
Al Ain
Al Ain
Sharjah
Sharjah
Ras al-Khaimah
Ras al-Khaimah
Madinat Zayed
Madinat Zayed
Kalba
Kalba
Fujairah
Fujairah
Locations of teams in the 2012–13 UAE Pro-League
Team Home city Manager Stadium Capacity
Al Ahli
Dubai
Quique Flores
Rashed Stadium
18,000
Al Dhafra
Madinat Zayed Laurent Banide Hamdan bin Zayed Al Nahyan Stadium 12,000
Al Jazira
Abu Dhabi Luis Milla
Mohammed Bin Zayed Stadium
42,056
Al Ain
Al Ain Cosmin Olăroiu Tahnoun bin Mohammed Stadium 15,000
Al Wahda
Abu Dhabi Josef Hickersberger
Al-Nahyan Stadium
12,000
Al Shaab Sharjah
Sharjah
Marius Șumudică
Khalid Bin Mohammed Stadium
10,000
Al Shabab
Dubai
Marcos Paqueta
Maktoum Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Stadium
12,000
Al Wasl
Dubai Eid Baroot Zabeel Stadium 12,000
Al Nasr
Dubai Walter Zenga
Al-Maktoum Stadium
12,000
Ajman Ajman Abdul Wahab Abdul Qader Ajman Stadium 10,000
Dubai
Dubai
Rene Marsiglia
Police Officers Club Stadium
6,500
Bani Yas
Abu Dhabi Salem Al Orafi
Bani Yas Stadium
9,570
Dibba Al Fujairah
Fujairah Abdullah Misfir Fujairah Club Stadium 3,500
Ittihad Kalba
Kalba Zé Mário Ittihad Kalba Club Stadium 3,000

Managerial changes

Managerial changes during the 2012–13 campaign.

Pre-season

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Replaced by
Al Wasl
Diego Maradona Sacked[3] Bruno Metsu[4]
Al Wahda
Josef Hickersberger Resigned[5]
Branko Ivankovic[6]
Al Dhafra
Dzemal Hadziabdic[7]
Al Sharjah
Valeriu Tiţa
Faouzi Benzarti[8]
Dubai Club
Ayman Ramadi
Rene Marsiglia[9]
Bani Yas
Gabriel Calderón[10] Contract not renewed Jozef Chovanec[11]
Al Jazira
Caio Junior[12]
Contract not renewed Paulo Bonamigo[13]
Al Shabab
Paulo Bonamigo[13] Resigned
Marcos Paqueta

During season

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Replaced by
Ittihad Kalba
Dragan Talajic
Sacked[14] Lufti Benzarti
Al Wasl
Bruno Metsu Illness[15] Gilles Morisseau &
Nasser Khamis
Dibba Al Fujairah
Marcelo Ribeiro Cabo Sacked[16] Abdullah Misfir
Al Wasl
Gilles Morisseau &
Nasser Khamis
Temporary Mandate[17] Guy Lacombe
Ittihad Kalba
Lufti Benzarti Sacked[18] Zé Mário
Al Shaab Sharjah Sérgio Alexandre Sacked[18] Marius Șumudică
Al Dhafra
Dzemal Hadziabdic
Sacked[18] Laurent Banide
Al Wasl
Guy Lacombe Sacked[19] Eid Baroot
Al Jazira Paulo Bonamigo Sacked Luis Milla[20]
Al Wahda
Branko Ivankovic
Sacked[21] Josef Hickersberger
Baniyas
Jozef Chovanec Became Technical Director[22] Salem Al Orafi

Foreign Players

Club Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 Asian Player Former Player(s)
Ajman Ivory Coast Boris Kabi Mali Founéké Sy Morocco Driss Fettouhi Oman Fawzi Bashir Algeria Karim Kerkar
Iraq Karrar Jassim
Morocco Abdessamad Ouhakki
Al-Ahli Brazil Grafite Chile Luis Jiménez Portugal Ricardo Quaresma Lebanon Youssed Mohamad Cameroon Achille Emaná
Al-Ain Democratic Republic of the Congo Jirès Kembo Ekoko Ghana Asamoah Gyan Romania Mirel Rădoi Australia Alex Brosque
Al-Dhafra Brazil Rodriguinho Ivory Coast Amara Diané Senegal Makhete Diop Jordan Anas Bani Yaseen Oman Fawzi Bashir
Al-Jazira Argentina Matías Delgado Brazil Fernandinho Brazil Ricardo Oliveira South Korea Shin Hyung-min
Al-Nasr Brazil Bruno Correa Brazil Léo Lima Italy Giuseppe Mascara Japan Takayuki Morimoto Iraq Nashat Akram
Al-Shaab France Michaël N'dri Portugal Filipe Teixeira Zimbabwe Noel Kaseke Lebanon Hassan Maatouk
Rodriguinho
Al-Shabab Brazil Ciel Brazil Edgar Brazil Luiz Henrique Uzbekistan Azizbek Haydarov
Al-Wahda Brazil Marcelinho Gabon Éric Mouloungui Senegal Papa Waigo Australia Dino Djulbic Croatia Srđan Andrić
Jordan Anas Bani Yaseen
Al-Wasl Brazil Jussiê Cameroon Achille Emaná Uruguay Emiliano Alfaro Iraq Ahmed Ibrahim Khalaf Australia Lucas Neill
Argentina Mariano Donda
Egypt Shikabala
Baniyas Egypt Mohamed Aboutrika Senegal André Senghor Sweden Christian Wilhelmsson Australia Nick Carle Egypt Mohamed Zidan
Morocco Ismail Belmaalem
Dibba Al-Fujairah Brazil Alex Brazil Luiz Fernando Ghana Samuel Ocran Lebanon Bilal Najarin Brazil Júnior
Syria Abdelrazaq Al-Hussain
Dubai Brazil Careca Brazil Juca Brazil Magrão Australia Richard Porta Guinea Alhassane Keita
Guinea Simon Feindouno
Spain Juan Quero
Ittihad Kalba Brazil Ji-Paraná Guinea M'Baye Camara Zimbabwe Edward Sadomba Jordan Amer Deeb Morocco Ahmed Jahouh
Morocco Nabil Daoudi
Syria Serginho

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Al Ain (C) 26 20 2 4 74 26 +48 62 Qualification to the 2014 AFC Champions League Group Stage
2
Al-Ahli
26 15 6 5 62 33 +29 51
3
Al Jazira
26 13 8 5 56 37 +19 47
4
Baniyas
26 14 5 7 50 37 +13 47 Qualification to the 2014 AFC Champions League Second Qualifying Round
5
Al Shabab
26 13 3 10 48 39 +9 42 Qualification to the
2014 GCC Champions League
6 Al Nasr 26 11 6 9 51 40 +11 39
7
Al-Wahda
26 12 3 11 44 41 +3 39
8
Al Dhafra
26 9 9 8 37 46 −9 36
9
Al Wasl
26 8 8 10 41 45 −4 32
10 Ajman 26 8 6 12 48 58 −10 30
11
Dubai Club
26 6 9 11 32 53 −21 27
12 Al-Shaab 26 7 4 15 37 49 −12 25
13
Dibba Al Fujairah
(R)
26 6 3 17 30 55 −25 21 Relegation to the 2013–14 UAE Second Division
14
Ittihad Kalba
(R)
26 3 2 21 24 75 −51 11
Source: Full Standings
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away AJM
ALI
AIN
DHA
ITT
JAZ
NAS SHB
SHA
WAH
WAS
YAS
DAF
DUB
Ajman 1–2 1–4 0–3 6–1 2–4 2–1 3–1 2–2 4–2 0–2 3–3 3–3 2–1
Al-Ahli
3–0 0–3 1–1 3–0 0–2 2–2 2–0 5–1 2–0 4–0 0–0 1–0 1–1
Al Ain 4–0 3–6 7–0 6–0 1–0 2–1 2–1 2–1 2–1 5–0 2–2 0–1 3–0
Al Dhafra
1–1 2–1 0–3 1–0 2–1 1–0 3–3 1–1 1–2 2–1 1–3 2–3 1–1
Ittihad Kalba
0–3 1–3 1–3 2–1 1–3 2–1 0–4 0–2 0–6 2–2 1–2 1–2 1–3
Al Jazira
2–1 2–2 2–2 4–1 3–1 1–2 2–0 2–1 2–2 2–3 3–0 3–3 1–1
Al Nasr 1–1 2–3 0–2 1–2 6–1 3–3 2–1 2–3 4–1 2–2 2–1 3–1 4–1
Al-Shaab 2–1 1–3 1–0 2–2 2–1 2–3 1–1 0–3 1–2 0–0 1–3 5–3 2–3
Al Shabab
2–2 2–0 2–3 0–2 3–2 5–1 2–4 1–2 3–2 2–1 2–0 2–0 3–1
Al-Wahda
3–4 2–6 2–0 3–0 2–1 0–2 0–1 1–0 1–0 1–1 2–0 2–0 1–2
Al Wasl
4–2 2–2 1–2 1–1 3–1 0–0 0–1 3–2 2–1 4–1 0–1 2–3 3–1
Baniyas
5–0 1–4 0–3 2–2 2–0 1–3 3–1 4–2 1–0 1–1 3–1 2–0 5–0
Dibba Al Fujairah
1–4 1–0 1–5 0–2 2–3 0–4 1–3 0–1 1–2 0–1 2–1 1–2 0–1
Dubai Club
1–0 3–6 2–5 2–2 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–0 0–2 0–3 2–2 2–3 0–0
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

Top scorers

Rank Scorer Club Goals
1 Asamoah Gyan Al Ain 31
2 Grafite
Al Ahli
24
3 Giuseppe Mascara
Al Nasr
10
Emiliano Alfaro
Al Wasl
9
5 Ricardo Oliveira Al Jazira 9
6 Bruno Correa
Al Nasr
8
Papa Waigo
Al-Wahda
8
Richard Porta
Dubai Club
8
André Senghor
Baniyas
8
Boris Kabi Ajman 8

References

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