top division in Emirati football

Football league
The UAE Pro League ( Arabic : دوري المحترفين الإماراتي ), known for sponsorship reasons as the ADNOC Pro League, [ 1 ] is the top master football league in the United Arab Emirates ( UAE ). The first gear team to win the title was Al Orouba ( Sharjah ), whilst Al Ain has the record with 13 league titles to their diagnose. Fourteen club compete in the League that operates on a arrangement of forwarding and relegation with the First Division League.

The League was founded in 1973 as the UAE Football League. The first 1973–74 season was a “ test ” championship but was declared official by the UAE FA in 2001. [ 2 ] In February 2007, the Pro League Committee was formed, and became the organising torso of the League .

diagnose change [edit ]

Starting from the 2006–07 season the list was changed from UAE League to Etisalat League. And since the 2013–14 season, the name was changed from Etisalat Pro League to Arabian Gulf League, which was named after the arabian Gulf as per the president of Pro League Committee. [ 3 ] however, the mention change has been viewed as a revival of the Persian Gulf naming dispute [ 4 ] with Iran accusing the United Arab Emirates of bigotry, [ 5 ] and the irani Football Federation barring the transfer of Javad Nekounam to a UAE baseball club. [ 6 ] After about four months of the appoint switch a 70 million AED annual renewable partnership deal was announced with Arabian Gulf Development to be named Official Title Partner. [ 7 ] [ 8 ] [ 9 ] On the 8th of August, the Pro League signed a new partnership deal with ADNOC worth 80 million AED, from the start of the 2021–22 temper, the league was renamed to the UAE ‘s ADNOC Pro League. [ 1 ]

Ranking [edit ]

Ranking [edit ]

As of 28 May 2021 [ 10 ]

Clubs [edit ]

Member clubs ( 2021–22 ) [edit ]

Note: Table lists clubs in alphabetical order.

prior to UAE League ‘s transition to the professional era in 2008, many clubs have competed in the area ‘s top tier division from 1973–74 to 2007–08. The below list is clubs that have competed in the UAE circus tent tier league since the Pro League era starting in 2008–09 .

Seasons in Pro League [edit ]

Notes :

  • Italtics indicates that the club no longer exists
  • Bold indicates that the club is still competing in the UAE Pro League as of 2021–22

Managers [edit ]

list of champions [edit ]

reservoir : [ 11 ]
Notes
1. ^ Competition cancelled ascribable to Gulf war
2. ^ Competition cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic in the United Arab Emirates [ 12 ]

Champions [edit ]

performance by club [edit ]

Notes
1. ^ Al Shabab along with Dubai CSC merged into Al-Ahli form Shabab Al Ahli in 2017
2. ^ Al Shaab dissolved in 2017

operation by city [edit ]

performance by emirates [edit ]

As of July 2016 following clubs are formally allowed to wear stars while playing in the League, Each country ‘s usage is unique and in UAE the exercise is to award one leading for each five titles won. The total in parentheses is for League titles won. [ 13 ]

Players [edit ]

all-time top scorers [edit ]

beginning : [ 14 ]

top scorers by season [edit ]

By area [edit ]

Country Players Seasons
  17 21
  4 6
  2 4
  2 3
  2 3
  1 1
  1 1
  1 1
  1 1
  1 1
  1 1
  1 1
  1 1

References [edit ]

  • Official website ( in English and Arabic )