2019–20 UAE Pro League

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Al Jazira
(1 November 2019)
Lowest attendance277
Dhafra 1–1 Baniyas
(26 September 2019)
Total attendance97,291
Average attendance2,316
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The 2019–20 UAE Pro League was the 46th edition of the UAE Pro League. On 26 April 2019,

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]

Team changes

To Division 1

Relegated to UAE Division 1

From Division 1

Promoted to UAE Pro League

Stadia and locations

Shabab Al-Ahli
Sharjah
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Locations of teams in the 2019–20 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 Dhafra Madinat Zayed Al Dhafra Stadium 5,020
Al Jazira
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

Personnel and kits

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 Egypt Ayman Elramady United Arab Emirates Rashed Malallah Hummel Ajman Bank
Al Ain Portugal Pedro Emanuel
Ismail Ahmed
 Nike First Gulf Bank
Al Dhafra Serbia Vuk Rašović United Arab Emirates Ahmed Ali Adidas Ruwais
Al Jazira
 Netherlands Marcel Keizer United Arab Emirates Ali Khasif Adidas Healthpoint
Al Nasr
 Croatia Krunoslav Jurčić Spain Álvaro Negredo Nike Emirates NBD
Al Wahda
Manuel Jiménez
 United Arab Emirates Ismail Matar Adidas Cadillac
Al Wasl
 Romania Laurențiu Reghecampf
Fábio de Lima
 New Balance
Emaar
Baniyas Germany Winfried Schäfer United Arab Emirates Fawaz Awana Adidas Secure Engineering
Fujairah
 Italy Fabio Viviani United Arab Emirates Hilal Saeed Nike Asas
Hatta Greece Christos Kontis United Arab Emirates Mahmoud Hassan Macron
Kalba
Jorge Da Silva
Mansor Abbas
 Erreà Unknown
Khor Fakkan Serbia Goran Tufegdžić United Arab Emirates Saif Mohammed Adidas Khor Fakkan Beach Resort
Shabab Al Ahli
 Spain Gerard Zaragoza United Arab Emirates Majed Naser Nike
Nakheel
Sharjah
Abdulaziz Mohamed
 United Arab Emirates Shahin Abdulrahman Adidas Saif Zone

Foreign players

All teams could register as many foreign players as they want, but could only use four 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 Player 3 Player 4 Former Players
Ajman
Vander Vieira
 Cameroon Sébastien Siani The Gambia Bubacarr Trawally Ghana William Owusu Mali Tongo Doumbia
Nigeria Godwin Mensha
Al Ain
 Togo Kodjo Fo-Doh Laba Hungary Balázs Dzsudzsák Japan Tsukasa Shiotani Kazakhstan Bauyrzhan Islamkhan
Caio
Al Dhafra Jordan Yaseen Al-Bakhit Brazil Diego Jardel
João Pedro
 Morocco Issam El Adoua Netherlands Mikhail Rosheuvel
Al Jazira
 Brazil Keno Morocco Mourad Batna Serbia Miloš Kosanović South Africa Thulani Serero
Al Nasr
 Chile Esteban Pavez Curaçao Brandley Kuwas Spain Álvaro Negredo Portugal Tozé
Al Wahda South Korea Lee Myung-joo South Korea Rim Chang-woo Democratic Republic of the Congo Paul-José M'Poku Spain Gaspar Panadero
Carlitos
Al Wasl
 Brazil Lucas Galvão Brazil Welliton Ecuador Fernando Gaibor Brazil Natan Felipe
Fábio Lima
Baniyas Azerbaijan Richard Almeida
Luiz Antônio
 Brazil Zé Roberto Serbia Saša Ivković South Africa Ayanda Patosi
Spain Pedro Conde
Fujairah
Fernando Gabriel
 Brazil Jefferson Assis
Jhonnattann
 Ghana Ernest Asante Ivory Coast Martial Yao
Liberia William Jebor
Hatta
Cleylton
Daniel Amora
 Brazil Neilton
Samuel Rosa
 Portugal Ricardo Valente
Spain Cristian López
Khor Fakkan Brazil Bruno Lamas Brazil Dodô Brazil Ramon Lopes Brazil Ricardinho
Bismark
Brazil Pedro Júnior
Brazil Róbson
Uzbekistan Temurkhuja Abdukholiqov
Kalba
Wanderson
 Cape Verde Ricardo Gomes Netherlands Navarone Foor Togo Peniel Mlapa Brazil Henrique
Hungary Balázs Dzsudzsák
Jordan Yaseen Al-Bakhit
Shabab Al Ahli
 Argentina Federico Cartabia
Leonardo
 Spain Pedro Conde Moldova Henrique Luvannor Switzerland Davide Mariani
Sharjah
Caio
 Brazil Igor Coronado Cape Verde Ryan Mendes Uzbekistan Otabek Shukurov Cape Verde Ricardo Gomes

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manager Date of vacancy Manner of departure Pos. Incoming manager Date of appointment
Al Ain Spain Juan Carlos Garrido 1 June 2019 Sacked Pre-season Croatia Ivan Leko[3] 1 June 2019
Al Wahda Netherlands Henk ten Cate 8 June 2019 End of contract Netherlands Maurice Steijn[4] 9 June 2019
Hatta United Arab Emirates Walid Obaid Greece Christos Kontis 10 June 2019
Al Jazira Netherlands Damiën Hertog Netherlands Jurgen Streppel[5] 16 June 2019
Fujairah United Arab Emirates Abdullah Mesfer Algeria Madjid Bougherra[6]
Baniyas Croatia Krunoslav Jurčić Germany Winfried Schäfer[7] 8 July 2019
Khor Fakkan Iraq Abdulwahab Abdulkadir 17 July 2019 Resigned
Paulo Comelli
 17 July 2019
Kalba
 Italy Fabio Viviani 10 October 2019 Sacked 11th
Jorge Da Silva[8]
 12 October 2019
Al Jazira Netherlands Jurgen Streppel 13 October 2019 7th Netherlands Marcel Keizer[9] 13 October 2019
Al Nasr
 Brazil Caio Zanardi 14 October 2019 11th Croatia Krunoslav Jurčić[10] 14 October 2019
Al Wahda Netherlands Maurice Steijn 17 October 2019 10th
Manuel Jiménez[11]
 17 October 2019
Khor Fakkan
Paulo Comelli
 30 October 2019 14th Serbia Goran Tufegdžić 31 October 2019
Al Ain Croatia Ivan Leko[12][13] 21 December 2019 Mutual consent 4th Portugal Pedro Emanuel[14] 5 January 2020
Fujairah Algeria Madjid Bougherra[15] 9 February 2020 13th Italy Fabio Viviani[16] 10 February 2020
Shabab Al Ahli
 Argentina Rodolfo Arruabarrena[17] 8 March 2020 Sacked 1st Spain Gerard Zaragoza 9 March 2020

League table

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
Source: Arabian Gulf League
Rules for classification: [18] 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[19] 10) draw

Results

Home \ Away AJM AIN
DHA
 JAZ NAS WAH
WAS
 YAS FUJ HAT
KAL
 KHF
SAD
 SHR
Ajman 1–4 1–2 1–1 3–1 2–4 1–0 1–4 — 3–1 — 1–1 2–5 —
Al Ain — 1–2 0–0 2–2 — 5–0 — 2–1 2–1 3–2 — 1–2 1–1
Al Dhafra
 1–0 — 0–1 2–1 1–2 1–3 1–1 3–1 — 1–1 — 0–1 3–1
Al Jazira — 3–1 2–0 1–2
0–1
 — — 1–0 — 3–2 0–1 0–0 0–2
Al Nasr 0–1 — 1–2 — 3–0
0–0
 0–1 1–0 — 2–0 1–0 1–0 1–3
Al Wahda 1–0 0–2 3–1
3–2
 1–3 2–2 3–0 2–1 2–0 — 2–2 — —
Al Wasl
 1–1 1–3 2–1 0–4
0–0
 — 5–1 3–2 3–1 2–0 — — 1–5
Baniyas 2–2 0–0 1–0 1–2 — 4–3 — — 1–0 2–1 1–1 0–1
Fujairah 1–1 1–7 — — — 1–0 — 1–0 0–1 0–1 2–1 0–0 0–3
Hatta — 0–3 1–2 0–2 1–2 — 2–3 — — 1–0 1–1 0–3 2–2
Kalba
 6–2 1–4 — 1–2 — 1–2 — 2–1 1–0 0–1 3–2 — 1–3
Khor Fakkan — 0–3 0–2 1–3 0–1 — 1–3 2–1 2–2 1–1 — 0–2 2–1
Shabab Al Ahli
 3–1 — — 1–2 2–2 4–0 1–1 2–0 5–1 1–0 5–0 — 3–2
Sharjah 1–1 3–2 — — — 1–2 2–1 0–0 2–1 1–1 3–1 2–0 —
Source: Arabian Gulf League
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.

Season statistics

Top goalscorers

Rank Player Club Goals[20]
1 Togo Kodjo Fo-Doh Laba Al Ain 19
2 United Arab Emirates Sebastián Tagliabúe Al Wahda 15
3 United Arab Emirates Ahmed Khalil Shabab Al Ahli 13
United Arab Emirates Ali Mabkhout Al Jazira
5
Fábio Lima
 Al Wasl 12
João Pedro
 Al Dhafra
7 Cape Verde Ryan Mendes Sharjah 11
Togo Peniel Mlapa Kalba
9 Brazil Welliton Al Wasl 9
10 Spain Álvaro Negredo Al Nasr 8

Hat-tricks

Player For Against Result Date Round
Spain Pedro Conde4 Baniyas Al Wahda 4–3 (H) 4 October 2019 3
Togo Kodjo Fo-Doh Laba4 Al Ain Fujairah 7–1 (A) 25 October 2019 5
United Arab Emirates Ali Mabkhout Al Jazira Al Wasl 4–0 (A) 20 December 2019 10
United Arab Emirates Ahmed Khalil Shabab Al Ahli Kalba 5–0 (H) 28 December 2019 11
Fábio Lima
 Al Wasl Baniyas 5–1 (H) 2 January 2020 12
Togo Kodjo Fo-Doh Laba Al Ain Khor Fakkan 3–0 (A) 23 January 2020 13
Notes

4 Player scored 4 goals
(H) – Home team
(A) – Away team

Positions by round

Leader and qualification to
Fujairah
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