2023–24 UAE Pro League

UAE Pro League
Season2023–24
Dates18 August 2023 – 7 June 2024
ChampionsAl Wasl (8th title)
RelegatedHatta
Emirates
2024–25 AFC Champions League EliteAl Wasl
Al Ain
Shabab Al Ahli
2024–25 AFC Champions League TwoSharjah
Matches played182
Goals scored624 (3.43 per match)
Top goalscorerOmar Khribin
(19 goals)
Biggest home winShabab Al Ahli 10–0 Hatta
(2 June 2024)
Biggest away winHatta 0–5 Al Wasl
(27 October 2023)
Highest scoringShabab Al Ahli 10–0 Hatta
(2 June 2024)
Longest winning runAl Wasl (9 games)
Longest unbeaten runAl Wasl
(21 games)
Longest winless runHatta
(19 games)
Longest losing runEmirates
(11 games)
All statistics correct as of 07 June 2024.

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

Teams

Team changes

Hatta secured promotion to the pro league after a decisive 3–2 victory over Al Rams. 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.

Relegated to the First Division

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.

Stadium and locations

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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

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 Grégory Dufrennes 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 Benito Carbone Andrés Iniesta uhlsport RAK Ceramics
Hatta Nenad Vanić 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

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

Foreign players

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 Former players
Ajman Ali Madan Dodô Walid Azaro Miloš Kosanović Haykeul Chikhaoui Prestige Mboungou
Nader Ghandri
Al Ain Omer Atzili Soufiane Rahimi Kaku Park Yong-woo Kodjo Fo-Doh Laba
Al Bataeh Paulinho Anatole Abang Petrus Boumal Diney Ulrich Meleke
Al Jazira Fernando Neeskens Kebano Aboubakar Kamara Karim Rekik Alejandro Pozuelo
Al Nasr Samir Memišević Kevin Agudelo Manolo Gabbiadini Adel Taarabt Iuri Medeiros
Al Wahda Allan Ahmad Nourollahi Zelimkhan Bakayev Omar Khribin Khojimat Erkinov Cristian Guanca
João Pedro
Al Wasl Gerónimo Poblete Alexis Pérez Soufiane Bouftini Jung Seung-hyun Haris Seferovic Nicolás Giménez
Baniyas Taulant Seferi Gastón Álvarez Suárez Prestige Mboungou Youssoufou Niakaté Saša Ivković Francisco Geraldes
Emirates Dia Saba Nizar Al-Rashdan Uroš Vitas Paco Alcácer Andrés Iniesta Diogo Acosta
Franck Kom
Leo Osaki
Al Sanousi Al Hadi
Hatta Gabrielzinho Lobi Manzoki Aaron Tshibola Chisom Egbuchulam Vernon De Marco Alexander Merkel
Shabaib Al-Khaldi
Moustafa Zeidan
Ittihad Kalba Daniel Bessa Mehdi Ghayedi Nigel Robertha Filip Kiss Andrés Vombergar Wallace
Ivanildo Fernandes
Khor Fakkan Lourency Raniel Thulani Serero Abdulla Abdullaev Azizbek Amanov Pedro Castro
Tiago Leonço
Saîf-Eddine Khaoui
Shabab Al Ahli Saeid Ezatolahi Mu'nas Dabbur Luka Milivojević Bogdan Planić Azizjon Ganiev Federico Cartabia
Sharjah Miralem Pjanić Caio Moussa Marega Cho Yu-min Firas Ben Larbi Kostas Manolas
Paco Alcácer

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Al Wasl (C) 26 21 4 1 70 27 +43 67 Qualification for ACLE League stage
2 Shabab Al Ahli 26 18 4 4 73 34 +39 58 Qualification for ACLE play off round
3 Al Ain 26 14 3 9 54 37 +17 45 Qualification for ACLE League stage
4 Sharjah 26 10 12 4 53 40 +13 42 Qualification for AFC CL2 group stage
5 Al Wahda 26 12 6 8 45 34 +11 42
6 Al Nasr 26 11 6 9 39 36 +3 39
7 Al Bataeh 26 10 7 9 42 44 −2 37
8 Al Jazira 26 9 8 9 50 47 +3 35
9 Ajman 26 8 10 8 39 47 −8 34
10 Baniyas 26 7 5 14 33 46 −13 26
11 Kalba 26 6 8 12 39 50 −11 26
12 Khor Fakkan 26 6 5 15 34 55 −21 23
13 Emirates (R) 26 4 5 17 32 60 −28 17 Relegation to UAE Division 1
14 Hatta (R) 26 1 7 18 20 66 −46 10
Source: UPLeague
Rules for classification: 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
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ As 2023–24 AFC Champions League winners.
  2. ^ a b Sharjah are ahead of Al Wahda on head-to-head points: Sharjah 3–2 Al Wahda, Al Wahda 1–1 Sharjah
  3. ^ a b Baniyas are ahead of Kalba on head-to-head points: Baniyas 2–1 Kalba, Kalba 0–0 Baniyas


Results

Home \ Away AJM AIN BTH JAZ NAS WAH WAS YAS EMI HAT KAL KHF SAD SHR
Ajman 0–4 2–0 2–0 0–3 0–1 1–4 1–1 2–0 1–1 3–5 3–0 0–3 2–2
Al Ain 6–0 0–2 2–2 1–3 0–2 2–4 3–2 3–1 5–3 0–1 4–1 1–2 1–1
Al Bataeh 1–1 1–3 3–2 1–3 1–2 1–4 2–1 3–2 1–1 0–0 3–1 0–2 3–3
Al Jazira 1–5 2–1 3–1 2–3 1–2 2–4 1–0 2–0 3–1 2–2 3–3 1–1 1–1
Al Nasr 1–1 1–0 0–2 1–3 1–1 0–2 1–0 2–1 1–0 2–2 2–1 3–2 0–1
Al Wahda 1–2 0–2 1–2 3–2 1–0 2–2 3–1 4–1 1–0 2–1 1–1 3–3 1–1
Al Wasl 1–1 3–1 4–1 2–2 1–0 1–4 3–2 1–0 3–0 2–1 3–0 3–0 2–0
Baniyas 1–1 0–1 3–3 1–4 4–2 2–1 0–2 0–0 4–2 2–1 1–0 1–2 2–3
Emirates 4–4 2–3 1–3 0–1 2–1 0–0 0–2 1–2 2–4 2–4 2–1 2–3 1–3
Hatta 0–0 0–2 0–0 1–1 0–3 0–4 0–5 0–1 1–1 1–3 0–2 2–5 1–4
Kalba 2–4 2–2 1–2 0–4 0–0 1–0 2–4 0–0 1–2 2–1 1–1 1–3 3–4
Khor Fakkan 1–2 0–1 0–3 4–2 3–1 3–2 3–3 2–1 0–2 2–1 2–2 0–3 1–3
Shabab Al Ahli 3–0 0–3 2–1 3–2 3–3 3–1 1–2 2–1 7–0 10–0 4–1 2–1 3–1
Sharjah 1–1 2–3 2–2 1–1 2–2 3–2 1–3 5–0 3–3 0–0 1–0 4–1 1–1
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

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

Positions by round

Leader and qualification to AFC Champions League Elite
qualification to AFC Champions League Two
Relegation to UAE First Division League
Team ╲ Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526
Al Wasl73333211111111111111111111
Shabab Al Ahli11221323322333333222222222
Al Ain42112132233222222333334333
Sharjah39655445644444555566666644
Al Wahda1175610654455555444444443455
Al Nasr131414129810910129997666655555566
Al Bataeh648117777867779887777789977
Al Jazira26444568576666778888888888
Ajman14121213131314121211111212121112111212111297799
Baniyas9598611867888810101099101291011111010
Kalba8111110810111099101111111211121099101110101111
Khor Fakkan58109129911111012101089910111110111212121212
Emirates12107711121213131314141414141313131313131313131313
Hatta1013131414141314141413131313131414141414141414141414
Updated to match(es) played on 7 June 2024. Source: UPLeague

Top scorers

As of 7 June 2024
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Omar Khribin Al Wahda
19
2 Fábio Lima Al Wasl 17
3 Igor Jesus Shabab Al Ahli 14
Mu'nas Dabbur Shabab Al Ahli
5 Kodjo Laba Al Ain 12
Mehdi Ghayedi Ittihad Kalba
Walid Azaro Ajman
8 Taulant Seferi Baniyas 11
Manolo Gabbiadini Al Nasr
Haris Seferovic Al Wasl
Caio Sharjah
12 Lourency Khor Fakkan 10
Ali Mabkhout Al Jazira

Clean sheets

As of 7 June 2024
Rank Player Club Clean sheets
1 Khaled Al-Senani Al Wasl 10
2 Ahmed Shambih Al Nasr 6
3 Khalid Eisa Al Ain 5
4 Rashed Ali Al Wahda 4
Ali Al-Hosani Ajman
5 Suhail Abdulla Emirates 3
Fahad Al-Dhanhani Baniyas
Adel Al-Hosani Sharjah
Ibrahim Essa Al Bataeh
Hassan Hamza Shabab Al Ahli
Salem Khairi Hatta
Ali Khasif Al Jazira

Hat tricks

Player For Against Result Date Round
Walid Azaro Ajman Ittihad 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
Walid Azaro4 Ajman Ittihad Kalba 4–2 (A) 29 March 2024 17
Mu'nas Dabbur Shabab Al Ahli Hatta 10–0 (H) 2 June 2024 26
Notes

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

Notes

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