Season | 2020β21 |
---|---|
Dates | 16 October 2020 β 15 May 2021 |
Champions | Al Jazira (3rd title) |
Relegated |
Fujairah Hatta |
2022 AFC Champions League |
Al Jazira Baniyas Shabab Al Ahli Sharjah |
FIFA Club World Cup | Al Jazira |
Matches played | 169 |
Goals scored | 566 (3.35 per match) |
Top goalscorer |
Ali Mabkhout (25 goals) |
Biggest home win |
Al Wahda 6β0
Hatta (16 October 2020) |
Biggest away win |
Kalba 0β6
Al Jazira (14 February 2021) |
Highest scoring |
Shabab Al Ahli 3β5
Al Jazira (21 November 2020) |
Longest winning run |
Sharjah Al Jazira (6 games) |
Longest unbeaten run |
Shabab Al Ahli (13 games) |
Longest winless run |
Hatta (15 games) |
Longest losing run |
Hatta (8 games) |
2021β22 β
All statistics correct as of 15 May 2021. |
The 2020β21 UAE Pro League was the 46th edition of the UAE Pro League following the cancellation of the previous season, no team changes occurred due to the previous season declared as void in UAE football. [1] Despite starting the season with rough results, Al Jazira went on to win their third league title while Baniyas finished second, coincidentally, both teams finished in the same positions ten years ago in the 2010β11 season.
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 | SBM 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 Abu Dhabi Bank |
Al Dhafra | Mohammad Kwid | Ahmed Ali | Adidas | Ruwais |
Al Jazira | Marcel Keizer | Ali Khasif | Adidas | Healthpoint |
Al Nasr | RamΓ³n DΓaz | Tareq Ahmed | N45 | Emirates Islamic |
Al Wahda | Henk ten Cate | Ismail Matar | Adidas | No sponsor |
Al Wasl | Odair Hellmann | Lima | New Balance | Emaar |
Baniyas | Daniel IsΔilΔ | Fawaz Awana | Joma | No sponsor |
Fujairah | Nassif Al Bayawi | Hilal Saeed | Nike | Asas |
Hatta | Vladimir VermezoviΔ | Mahmoud Hassan | uhlsport | No sponsor |
Kalba | Jorge Da Silva | Mansor Abbas | ErreΓ | Caltex |
Khor Fakkan | Caio Zanardi | Saif Mohammed | Adidas | No sponsor |
Shabab Al Ahli | Mahdi Ali | Majed Naser | Nike | Nissan |
Sharjah | Abdulaziz Al Yassi | 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Baniyas | Winfried SchΓ€fer | 1 June 2020 | End of contract | Pre-season | Daniel IsΔilΔ [2] | 27 June 2020 |
Fujairah | Fabio Viviani | Goran TufegdΕΎiΔ [3] | 12 July 2020 | |||
Khor Fakkan | Goran TufegdΕΎiΔ | 12 July 2020 | Signed by Fujairah | Caio Zanardi [4] | 2 October 2020 | |
Al Wahda | Manuel JimΓ©nez | 18 July 2020 | End of contract | Mark Wotte [5] | 20 July 2020 | |
Mark Wotte [6] | 7 September 2020 | Sacked | Vuk RaΕ‘oviΔ [7] | 7 September 2020 | ||
Al Dhafra | Vuk RaΕ‘oviΔ | Signed by Al Wahda | Aleksandar VeselinoviΔ [8] | 25 September 2020 | ||
Al Wasl | LaurenΘiu Reghecampf [9] | 18 October 2020 | Sacked | 12th | Salem Rabie [10] | 20 October 2020 |
Hatta | Christos Kontis [11] | 22 November 2020 | 14th | Vladimir VermezoviΔ [12] | 22 November 2020 | |
Al Wasl | Salem Rabie | 7 December 2020 | Mutual consent | 9th | Odair Hellmann [13] | 8 December 2020 |
Shabab Al Ahli | Gerard Zaragoza | 15 December 2020 | Sacked | 7th | Mahdi Ali [14] | 15 December 2020 |
Al Dhafra | Aleksandar VeselinoviΔ | 5 January 2021 | 10th | Mohammad Kwid [15] | 5 January 2021 | |
Al Nasr | Krunoslav JurΔiΔ | 4 February 2021 | 4th | RamΓ³n DΓaz [16] | 4 February 2021 | |
Fujairah | Goran TufegdΕΎiΔ [17] | 16 February 2021 | Resigned | 12th | Nassif Al Bayawi | 17 February 2021 |
Al Wahda | Vuk RaΕ‘oviΔ [18] | 12 March 2021 | Sacked | 8th | Henk ten Cate [19] | 13 March 2021 |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Al Jazira (C) | 26 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 65 | 29 | +36 | 57 | Qualification for AFC Champions League group stage and FIFA Club World Cup first round |
2 | Baniyas | 26 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 50 | 22 | +28 | 54 | Qualification for AFC Champions League play-off round |
3 | Shabab Al Ahli | 26 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 52 | 30 | +22 | 50 | Qualification for AFC Champions League group stage [a] |
4 | Sharjah | 26 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 48 | 29 | +19 | 48 | Qualification for AFC Champions League play-off round |
5 | Al Nasr | 26 | 14 | 4 | 8 | 47 | 33 | +14 | 46 | |
6 | Al Ain | 26 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 39 | 33 | +6 | 41 | |
7 | Al Wahda | 26 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 48 | 33 | +15 | 40 | |
8 | Kalba | 26 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 29 | 39 | −10 | 39 | |
9 | Al Wasl | 26 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 49 | 47 | +2 | 37 | |
10 | Khor Fakkan | 26 | 7 | 4 | 15 | 35 | 50 | −15 | 25 | |
11 | Al Dhafra | 26 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 31 | 58 | −27 | 21 | |
12 | Ajman | 26 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 24 | 57 | −33 | 18 | |
13 | Fujairah (R) | 26 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 31 | 57 | −26 | 15 | Relegation to UAE Division 1 |
14 | Hatta (R) | 26 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 19 | 50 | −31 | 12 |
Leader and qualification to AFC Champions League group stage | |
qualification to AFC Champions League Play off round | |
Relegation to UAE First Division League |
As of 15 May 2021 [22]
Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Ali Mabkhout | Al Jazira | 25 |
2 | Fabio Lima | Al Wasl | 22 |
3 | JoΓ£o Pedro | Baniyas | 18 |
4 | Igor Coronado | Sharjah | 17 |
5 | Welliton | Sharjah | 13 |
Kodjo Laba | Al Ain | ||
7 | Igor Jesus | Shabab Al Ahli | 12 |
Peniel Mlapa | Kalba | ||
Tim MatavΕΎ | Al Wahda | ||
10 | Ramon Lopes | Khor Fakkan | 11 |
SebastiΓ‘n TagliabΓΊe | Al Nasr |
As of 15 May 2021
Rank | Player | Club | Clean sheets |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Fahad Al-Dhanhani | Baniyas | 11 |
2 | Ali Khasif | Al Jazira | 10 |
3 | Majed Naser | Shabab Al Ahli | 8 |
Jamal Al Sarrah | Kalba | ||
5 | Ahmed Shambih | Al Nasr | 7 |
Khalid Eisa | Al Ain | ||
7 | Mohammed Al-Shamsi | Al Wahda | 5 |
Adel Al-Hosani | Sharjah | ||
9 | Ahmed Mahmoud | Khor Fakkan | 4 |
10 | Khaled Al-Senani | Al Dhafra | 3 |
Ali Al-Hosani | Ajman | ||
Humaid Al-Najar | Al Wasl | ||
Abdullah Al-Tamimi | Fujairah |
Player | For | Against | Result | Date | Round |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Welliton | Sharjah | Al Dhafra | 5β0 (H) | 3 November 2020 | 4 |
Igor Jesus | Shabab Al Ahli | Hatta | 3β0 (H) | 4 November 2020 | |
Ali Mabkhout | Al Jazira | Al Dhafra | 5β1 (A) | 5 February 2021 | 15 |
Kalba | 6β0 (A) | 14 February 2021 | 16 | ||
Fabio Lima4 | Al Wasl | Kalba | 4β4 (H) | 19 February 2021 | 17 |
Ali Mabkhout | Al Jazira | Fujairah | 4β2 (H) | 15 March 2021 | 21 |
4 Player scored 4 goals
(H) β Home team
(A) β Away team
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 |
Season | 2020β21 |
---|---|
Dates | 16 October 2020 β 15 May 2021 |
Champions | Al Jazira (3rd title) |
Relegated |
Fujairah Hatta |
2022 AFC Champions League |
Al Jazira Baniyas Shabab Al Ahli Sharjah |
FIFA Club World Cup | Al Jazira |
Matches played | 169 |
Goals scored | 566 (3.35 per match) |
Top goalscorer |
Ali Mabkhout (25 goals) |
Biggest home win |
Al Wahda 6β0
Hatta (16 October 2020) |
Biggest away win |
Kalba 0β6
Al Jazira (14 February 2021) |
Highest scoring |
Shabab Al Ahli 3β5
Al Jazira (21 November 2020) |
Longest winning run |
Sharjah Al Jazira (6 games) |
Longest unbeaten run |
Shabab Al Ahli (13 games) |
Longest winless run |
Hatta (15 games) |
Longest losing run |
Hatta (8 games) |
2021β22 β
All statistics correct as of 15 May 2021. |
The 2020β21 UAE Pro League was the 46th edition of the UAE Pro League following the cancellation of the previous season, no team changes occurred due to the previous season declared as void in UAE football. [1] Despite starting the season with rough results, Al Jazira went on to win their third league title while Baniyas finished second, coincidentally, both teams finished in the same positions ten years ago in the 2010β11 season.
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 | SBM 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 Abu Dhabi Bank |
Al Dhafra | Mohammad Kwid | Ahmed Ali | Adidas | Ruwais |
Al Jazira | Marcel Keizer | Ali Khasif | Adidas | Healthpoint |
Al Nasr | RamΓ³n DΓaz | Tareq Ahmed | N45 | Emirates Islamic |
Al Wahda | Henk ten Cate | Ismail Matar | Adidas | No sponsor |
Al Wasl | Odair Hellmann | Lima | New Balance | Emaar |
Baniyas | Daniel IsΔilΔ | Fawaz Awana | Joma | No sponsor |
Fujairah | Nassif Al Bayawi | Hilal Saeed | Nike | Asas |
Hatta | Vladimir VermezoviΔ | Mahmoud Hassan | uhlsport | No sponsor |
Kalba | Jorge Da Silva | Mansor Abbas | ErreΓ | Caltex |
Khor Fakkan | Caio Zanardi | Saif Mohammed | Adidas | No sponsor |
Shabab Al Ahli | Mahdi Ali | Majed Naser | Nike | Nissan |
Sharjah | Abdulaziz Al Yassi | 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Baniyas | Winfried SchΓ€fer | 1 June 2020 | End of contract | Pre-season | Daniel IsΔilΔ [2] | 27 June 2020 |
Fujairah | Fabio Viviani | Goran TufegdΕΎiΔ [3] | 12 July 2020 | |||
Khor Fakkan | Goran TufegdΕΎiΔ | 12 July 2020 | Signed by Fujairah | Caio Zanardi [4] | 2 October 2020 | |
Al Wahda | Manuel JimΓ©nez | 18 July 2020 | End of contract | Mark Wotte [5] | 20 July 2020 | |
Mark Wotte [6] | 7 September 2020 | Sacked | Vuk RaΕ‘oviΔ [7] | 7 September 2020 | ||
Al Dhafra | Vuk RaΕ‘oviΔ | Signed by Al Wahda | Aleksandar VeselinoviΔ [8] | 25 September 2020 | ||
Al Wasl | LaurenΘiu Reghecampf [9] | 18 October 2020 | Sacked | 12th | Salem Rabie [10] | 20 October 2020 |
Hatta | Christos Kontis [11] | 22 November 2020 | 14th | Vladimir VermezoviΔ [12] | 22 November 2020 | |
Al Wasl | Salem Rabie | 7 December 2020 | Mutual consent | 9th | Odair Hellmann [13] | 8 December 2020 |
Shabab Al Ahli | Gerard Zaragoza | 15 December 2020 | Sacked | 7th | Mahdi Ali [14] | 15 December 2020 |
Al Dhafra | Aleksandar VeselinoviΔ | 5 January 2021 | 10th | Mohammad Kwid [15] | 5 January 2021 | |
Al Nasr | Krunoslav JurΔiΔ | 4 February 2021 | 4th | RamΓ³n DΓaz [16] | 4 February 2021 | |
Fujairah | Goran TufegdΕΎiΔ [17] | 16 February 2021 | Resigned | 12th | Nassif Al Bayawi | 17 February 2021 |
Al Wahda | Vuk RaΕ‘oviΔ [18] | 12 March 2021 | Sacked | 8th | Henk ten Cate [19] | 13 March 2021 |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Al Jazira (C) | 26 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 65 | 29 | +36 | 57 | Qualification for AFC Champions League group stage and FIFA Club World Cup first round |
2 | Baniyas | 26 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 50 | 22 | +28 | 54 | Qualification for AFC Champions League play-off round |
3 | Shabab Al Ahli | 26 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 52 | 30 | +22 | 50 | Qualification for AFC Champions League group stage [a] |
4 | Sharjah | 26 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 48 | 29 | +19 | 48 | Qualification for AFC Champions League play-off round |
5 | Al Nasr | 26 | 14 | 4 | 8 | 47 | 33 | +14 | 46 | |
6 | Al Ain | 26 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 39 | 33 | +6 | 41 | |
7 | Al Wahda | 26 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 48 | 33 | +15 | 40 | |
8 | Kalba | 26 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 29 | 39 | −10 | 39 | |
9 | Al Wasl | 26 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 49 | 47 | +2 | 37 | |
10 | Khor Fakkan | 26 | 7 | 4 | 15 | 35 | 50 | −15 | 25 | |
11 | Al Dhafra | 26 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 31 | 58 | −27 | 21 | |
12 | Ajman | 26 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 24 | 57 | −33 | 18 | |
13 | Fujairah (R) | 26 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 31 | 57 | −26 | 15 | Relegation to UAE Division 1 |
14 | Hatta (R) | 26 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 19 | 50 | −31 | 12 |
Leader and qualification to AFC Champions League group stage | |
qualification to AFC Champions League Play off round | |
Relegation to UAE First Division League |
As of 15 May 2021 [22]
Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Ali Mabkhout | Al Jazira | 25 |
2 | Fabio Lima | Al Wasl | 22 |
3 | JoΓ£o Pedro | Baniyas | 18 |
4 | Igor Coronado | Sharjah | 17 |
5 | Welliton | Sharjah | 13 |
Kodjo Laba | Al Ain | ||
7 | Igor Jesus | Shabab Al Ahli | 12 |
Peniel Mlapa | Kalba | ||
Tim MatavΕΎ | Al Wahda | ||
10 | Ramon Lopes | Khor Fakkan | 11 |
SebastiΓ‘n TagliabΓΊe | Al Nasr |
As of 15 May 2021
Rank | Player | Club | Clean sheets |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Fahad Al-Dhanhani | Baniyas | 11 |
2 | Ali Khasif | Al Jazira | 10 |
3 | Majed Naser | Shabab Al Ahli | 8 |
Jamal Al Sarrah | Kalba | ||
5 | Ahmed Shambih | Al Nasr | 7 |
Khalid Eisa | Al Ain | ||
7 | Mohammed Al-Shamsi | Al Wahda | 5 |
Adel Al-Hosani | Sharjah | ||
9 | Ahmed Mahmoud | Khor Fakkan | 4 |
10 | Khaled Al-Senani | Al Dhafra | 3 |
Ali Al-Hosani | Ajman | ||
Humaid Al-Najar | Al Wasl | ||
Abdullah Al-Tamimi | Fujairah |
Player | For | Against | Result | Date | Round |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Welliton | Sharjah | Al Dhafra | 5β0 (H) | 3 November 2020 | 4 |
Igor Jesus | Shabab Al Ahli | Hatta | 3β0 (H) | 4 November 2020 | |
Ali Mabkhout | Al Jazira | Al Dhafra | 5β1 (A) | 5 February 2021 | 15 |
Kalba | 6β0 (A) | 14 February 2021 | 16 | ||
Fabio Lima4 | Al Wasl | Kalba | 4β4 (H) | 19 February 2021 | 17 |
Ali Mabkhout | Al Jazira | Fujairah | 4β2 (H) | 15 March 2021 | 21 |
4 Player scored 4 goals
(H) β Home team
(A) β Away team
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 |