2019–20 UAE Division 1

2019–20 UAE Division one was the 44th Division one season. Team changes for the season include Al Bataeh who joined the league, while Hatta and Khor Fakkan was promoted to the UAE Pro League, while Dibba Al Fujairah and Emirates were relegated. However, the season was cancelled with 12 out of 14 UAE Pro League clubs voting in favour of cancelling the season and not a single division one club had a say on the matter. The decision was done due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Arab Emirates and no team were rewarded with promotion.[1]

UAE Division One
Season2019–20
ChampionsNo title rewarded
PromotedNo Promotion rewarded
Matches played80
Goals scored218 (2.73 per match)
Top goalscorerVinícius Lopes (11 goals)
Biggest home winEmirates 5–1 Al Urooba
(21 December 2019)
Dibba Al Fujairah 4–0 Al Taawon
(3 January 2020)
Al Bataeh 5–1 Al Arabi
(1 February 2020)
Biggest away winMasfout 1–5 Al Hamriyah
(31 January 2020)
Highest scoringFC Dhaid 3–4 Emirates
(28 December 2019)
Emirates 4–3 Al Arabi
(14 February 2020)
Longest winning runEmirates (9 games)
Longest unbeaten runEmirates
(14 games)
Longest winless runAl Taawon (15 games)
Longest losing runMasafi (8 games)

Team changes

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To Division 1

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Relegated from UAE Pro League

Joined

From Division 1

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Promoted to UAE Pro League

Stadia and locations

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Locations of teams in the UAE Division One
Note:' Table lists clubs in alphabetical order.
Club Home city Stadium Capacity
Al Arabi Umm al Quwain Umm al Quwain Stadium 3,000
Al Bataeh Al Bataeh Al Bataeh Stadium 2,000
Al Hamriyah Al Hamriyah Al Hamriya Sports Club Stadium 5,000
Al Taawon Al Jeer Taawon Stadium 200
Al Urooba Qidfa Al Sharqi Stadium 3,000
Dibba Al Fujairah Dibba Al-Fujairah Dibba (F) Stadium 100
Dibba Al Hisn Dibba Al-Hisn Dibba (H) Stadium 700
Emirates Ras Al Khaimah Emirates Club Stadium 5,200
FC Dhaid Dhaid Al-Dhaid Stadium 500
Masafi Masafi Masafi Stadium 2,000
Masfout Masfout Masfout Club Stadium 3,000

Personnel and kits

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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
Al Arabi   Predrag Stilinović   Bakare Kone Nike QQ Holding
Al Bataeh   Tareq Al Sayed   Eisa Ali uhlsport Sharjah Media City
Al Hamriyah   Ghazi Ghrairi   Ali Rabee Nike SBR
Al Taawon   Mo Balooshi   Rashed Humaid uhlsport
FC Dhaid   Mohammed Saeed   Ali Al-Nuaimi uhlsport uhlsport
Al Urooba   Brahim Boufoud   Hassan Mohammed uhlsport Fujairah TV
Dibba Al Fujairah   Ahmed El Moujahid   Faisel Al-Khodaim uhlsport
Dibba Al Hisn   Sulaiman Al Balooshi   Mahmoud Hassan uhlsport
Emirates   Gjoko Hadžievski   Abdullah Ali uhlsport
Masafi   Mohammed Al Hosani   Brahima Diakite Adidas Al Futaim[2]
Masfout   Tarek Hadhiri   Hassan Al-Hammadi Nike

Managerial changes

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Team Outgoing manager Date of vacancy Manner of departure Pos. Incoming manager Date of appointment
Emirates   Eid Barout 31 October 2019 Sacked Pre-season   Gjoko Hadžievski 3 November 2019
Masafi   Brahim Boufoud ??? End of contract   Jamal Al Hassani ???
Dibba Al Hisn   Fathy Mohamed   Sulaiman Al Balooshi
Masfout   Badr Abdulrahman   Abdulghani Binkarshat
Al Urooba   Ghazi Ghrairi Signed by Al Hamriyah   Yousri Kahla
Al Hamriyah   Mohamed Ismail End of contract   Ghazi Ghrairi
Al Urooba   Yousri Kahla 30 November 2019 Resigned 5th   Dalibor Starcevic 10 December 2019
Dibba Al Fujairah   Sergio Alexandre 31 January 2020 Sacked 4th   Ahmed El Moujahid 1 February 2020
Al Taawon   Tarek Hadhiri 9 February 2020 11th   Mohammed Al Balooshi 10 February 2020
Masfout   Abdulghani Binkarshat 15 February 2020 6th   Tarek Hadhiri 16 February 2020
Masafi   Jamal Al Hassani 21 February 2020 10th   Mohammed Al Hosani 22 February 2020
Al Urooba   Dalibor Starcevic 28 February 2020 8th   Brahim Boufoud 29 February 2020

Foreign Players

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Club Player 1 Player 2 Former Players
Al-Arabi   Alexandre Matão   Bakare Kone   Ivor Weitzer
Al-Bataeh   Alex   Erick   Dedê
Al-Hamriyah   Luan Santos   Maurizio Vella   Gilmar
Al-Taawon   Mechac Koffi   Mohamed Seghaier Nasri   David
Al-Urooba   Harry Novillo   Jean-Philippe Mendy   Taylon Correa
  Omar Kossoko

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Emirates 16 12 3 1 32 14 +18 39
2 Dibba Al Hisn 16 9 5 2 20 11 +9 32
3 Al Bataeh 16 8 5 3 24 13 +11 29
4 Al Hamriyah 15 7 6 2 21 12 +9 27
5 Dibba Al Fujairah 16 7 5 4 27 17 +10 26
6 Masfout 16 6 4 6 24 24 0 22
7 Dhaid 15 5 2 8 15 23 −8 17
8 Al Arabi 15 4 5 6 22 26 −4 17
9 Al Urooba 15 4 2 9 19 28 −9 14
10 Masafi 15 3 1 11 10 26 −16 10
11 Al Taawon 15 0 2 13 14 34 −20 2
Updated to match(es) played on 14 March 2020. Source: uaefa
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) goal difference; 4) number of goals scored.

Results

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Home \ Away ARB BTH HAM TAW URO DAF DAH DHD EMI MSF MST
Al Arabi 0–2 3–1 1–2 2–2 2–0 0–0 1–2 2–2
Al Bataeh 5–1 1–0 2–1 0–0 0–0 3–0 0–1 2–0
Al Hamriyah 1–1 1–1 1–0 1–0 2–2 0–1 2–1 1–2
Al Taawon 1–2 1–2 2–2 1–2 1–2 0–1 2–2 2–3
Al Urooba 1–3 2–3 2–3 0–1 1–2 1–0 2–2
Dibba Al Fujairah 1–1 1–2 4–0 0–3 2–0 2–0 4–1 0–1
Dibba Al Hisn 2–0 1–0 0–0 1–1 2–1 1–1 2–0 1–0
Al Dhaid 2–1 2–1 2–2 1–1 3–4 0–2 1–0
Emirates 4–3 0–0 3–1 5–1 2–0 1–0 3–0 3–1
Masafi 1–2 0–1 0–1 1–4 1–0 0–1 0–2
Masfout 1–1 1–1 1–5 4–1 3–0 1–3 1–2 1–0
Updated to match(es) played on 2020. Source: soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

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Top goal scorers

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As of 29 June 2020[3]
Rank Player Club Goals
1   Vinícius Lopes Dibba Al Fujairah 11
  Alexssander azeredo Al Hamriya
2   Mohammed Al-Marbuii Al Dhaid 9

Number of teams by Emirates

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Emirate Number of teams Teams
1   Sharjah 4 Al Bataeh, Al Hamriyah, Al Dhaid and Dibba Al Hisn
2   Ras Al Khaimah 3 Al Taawon, Masafi and Emirates
3   Fujairah 2 Al Urooba and Dibba Al Fujairah
4   Umm Al Quwain 1 Al Arabi
  Ajman Masfout

References

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  1. ^ "PRESS STATEMANT". 18 June 2020. Archived from the original on 21 June 2020. Retrieved 19 June 2020.
  2. ^ "UAE Football Association". www.uaefa.ae.
  3. ^ "UAE First Division Top Scorers". uaefa. Retrieved 16 February 2020.