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| Season | 2018–19 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Sharjah (6th title) |
| Relegated | Emirates Dibba Al Fujairah |
| 2020 AFC Champions League | Sharjah Shabab Al Ahli Al Wahda Al Ain |
| 2020 Arab Champions League | Al Jazira Al Wasl |
| Matches | 168 |
| Goals | 605 (3.6 per match) |
| Average goals/game | 3.6 |
| Top goalscorer | Sebastián Tagliabué (27 goals) |
| Biggest home win | Al Jazira 6–0Emirates (30 November 2018) |
| Biggest away win | Al Dhafra 0–5Shabab Al Ahli (24 November 2018) Fujairah 0–5Al Jazira (14 February 2019) |
| Highest scoring | Shabab Al-Ahli 4–5Al Jazira (30 August 2018) Sharjah 6–3Al Nasr (14 September 2018) Al Wasl 6–3Fujairah (1 November 2018) |
| Longest winning run | Sharjah (9 games) |
| Longest unbeaten run | Sharjah (23 games) |
| Longest winless run | Dibba Al Fujairah (13 games) |
| Longest losing run | Dibba Al Fujairah (7 games) |
| Highest attendance | Al Ain 1–2Sharjah (18,103) |
| Lowest attendance | Dibba Al Fujairah 3–1Al Dhafra (39) |
| Average attendance | 464 |
2019–20 → All statistics correct as of 26 May 2019. | |
The 2018–19,UAE Pro League was the 45th edition with Al Ain being the defending champions after winning their 13th title. Both Baniyas and Kalba returned to the pro league after getting relegated back at 2017. After losing Al Shabab and Dubai last season, the league has been reduced to 12 teams. Both the teams needed to get back to 14 teams so they held a relegation play off between bottom two teams of last year and the 3rd and 4th placed teams of the 2nd division.Sharjah set a record of the longest unbeaten run in a UAE Pro League season for 23 games before losing to Al Wasl 3–2. In 2019,Sharjah won their first title since1996 after beatingAl Wahda 3–2, this was the first time a team outside ofDubai andAbu Dhabi won the league since the 1996. On 26 May,Emirates andDibba Al Fujairah were relegated after a fixed match betweenShabab Al Ahli andFujairah favored Fujairah and got them out of relegation. The Emirates demanded that the UAEFA investigate on the match between Shabab Al Ahli and Fujairah, questioning the legitimacy of the two penalties that was rewarded to Fujairah and the two goals that was disallowed for Shabab Al Ahli.[1] However, the UAE court later rejected their complaint and the team got relegated[2]
Relegated toUAE Division 1
Promoted to UAE Pro League
| Club | 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(Bur Dubai) | Al-Maktoum Stadium | 15,058 |
| Al Wahda | Abu Dhabi(Al Nahyan) | Al Nahyan Stadium | 12,201 |
| Al Wasl | Dubai(Bur Dubai) | Zabeel Stadium | 8,439 |
| Baniyas | Abu Dhabi(Al Shamkha) | Baniyas Stadium | 10,000 |
| Dibba Al Fujairah | Fujairah* | Fujairah Club Stadium* | 10,645 |
| Emirates | Ras Al Khaimah | Emirates Club Stadium | 5,200 |
| Fujairah | Fujairah | Fujairah Club Stadium | 10,645 |
| Ittihad Kalba | Kalba | Ittihad Kalba Stadium | 8,500 |
| Shabab Al Ahli | Dubai(Deira) | Dubai Club Stadium | 7,500 |
| Sharjah | Sharjah | Sharjah Stadium | 11,073 |
* =Dibba Al Fujairah Stadium doesn't fit UAE Pro League requirements, thereforeDibba Al Fujairah sharesFujairah Club Stadium withFujairah club
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined underFIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| Team | Head coach | Captain | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ajman |  Ayman El Ramady |  Rashid Malallah | Hummel | Ajman Bank |
| Al Ain |  Juan Carlos Garrido | Ismail Ahmed | Nike | First Gulf Bank |
| Al Dhafra |  Vuk Rašović | Ahmed Ali | Adidas | Ruwais |
| Al Jazira |  Damiën Hertog | Ali Khasif | Adidas | IPIC |
| Al Nasr |  Caio Zanardi | Álvaro Negredo | Nike | Emirates NBD |
| Al Wahda | Henk ten Cate | Ismail Matar | Adidas | Cadillac |
| Al Wasl |  Laurențiu Reghecampf | Caio Canedo | New Balance | Emaar Properties |
| Baniyas |  Krunoslav Jurčić | Yousif Jaber | Adidas | Secure Engineering |
| Dibba Al Fujairah | Mohamed Al Khaddeim |  Driss Fettouhi | Uhlsport | N/A |
| Emirates |  Jalel Kadri | Ahmed Al-Shaji | Uhlsport | Al Naeem City Center |
| Fujairah | Abdullah Mesfer | Hilal Saeed | Nike | Asas |
| Ittihad Kalba |  Fabio Viviani | Mansor Abbas | Erreà | N/A |
| Shabab Al Ahli |  Rodolfo Arruabarrena | Majed Naser | Nike | Nakheel Properties |
| Sharjah | Abdulaziz Mohamed | Shahin Abdulrahman | Adidas | Saif Zone |
| Team | Outgoing manager | Date of vacancy | Manner of departure | Pos. | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fujairah | Diego Maradona[3] | 28 April 2018 | Sacked | Pre-season |  Ivan Hašek | 29 May 2018 |
| Al Jazira | Henk ten Cate[4] | 17 May 2018 | End of contract | Marcel Keizer | 2 June 2018 | |
| Al Wasl | Rodolfo Arruabarrena | 30 June 2018 |  Gustavo Quinteros | 12 May 2018 | ||
| Al Dhafra |  Gjoko Hadžievski | 30 June 2018 | Vuk Rašović | 20 May 2018 | ||
| Baniyas | Goran Tufegdžić | 30 May 2018 | Krunoslav Jurčić | 28 May 2018 | ||
| Shabab Al Ahli | Mahdi Ali | 30 May 2018 |  José Luis Sierra | 28 May 2018 | ||
| Emirates |  Nizar Mahrous | 30 May 2018 | Jalel Kadri | 28 May 2018 | ||
| Ittihad Kalba | Jorvan Vieira[5] | 4 September 2018 | Sacked | 13th | Fabio Viviani | 2 September 2018 |
| Shabab Al Ahli | José Luis Sierra | 14 October 2018 | 8th | Rodolfo Arruabarrena[6] | 14 October 2018 | |
| Al Wasl | Gustavo Quinteros | 23 October 2018 | 9th | Laurențiu Reghecampf[7] | 26 December 2018 | |
| Dibba Al Fujairah | Paulo Comelli | 26 October 2018 | 14th | Mohammad Kwid | 26 October 2018 | |
| Al Jazira | Marcel Keizer | 9 November 2018 | Signed bySporting CP | 2nd | Damiën Hertog[8] | 8 November 2018 |
| Al Wahda | Laurențiu Reghecampf[9] | 25 November 2018 | Sacked | 5th | Henk ten Cate[10] | 8 December 2018 |
| Al Nasr | Ivan Jovanović | 2 December 2018 | 10th | Beñat San José[11] | 15 December 2018 | |
| Al Ain | Zoran Mamić[12] | 30 January 2019 | Signed byAl-Hilal | 3rd | Juan Carlos Garrido[13] | 18 February 2019 |
| Dibba Al Fujairah | Mohammad Kwid | 1 March 2019 | Sacked | 14th | Mohamed Al Khaddeim | 2 March 2019 |
| Fujairah | Ivan Hašek | 12th | Abdullah Mesfer | |||
| Al Nasr | Beñat San José | 31 March 2019 | 11th | Caio Zanardi[14] | 31 March 2019 |
All teams could register as many foreign players as they want, but could only use four professionals on the field each game.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sharjah(C) | 26 | 17 | 8 | 1 | 57 | 30 | +27 | 59 | Qualification forAFC Champions League group stage[a] |
| 2 | Shabab Al Ahli | 26 | 17 | 2 | 7 | 57 | 36 | +21 | 53 | |
| 3 | Al Wahda | 26 | 14 | 4 | 8 | 63 | 40 | +23 | 46 | |
| 4 | Al Ain | 26 | 14 | 4 | 8 | 45 | 35 | +10 | 46 | Qualification forAFC Champions League play-off round |
| 5 | Al Jazira | 26 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 66 | 41 | +25 | 45 | Qualification forArab Champions League |
| 6 | Baniyas | 26 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 50 | 40 | +10 | 40 | |
| 7 | Ajman | 26 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 41 | 40 | +1 | 37 | |
| 8 | Al Nasr | 26 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 42 | 41 | +1 | 36 | |
| 9 | Al Wasl | 26 | 10 | 4 | 12 | 45 | 54 | −9 | 34 | Qualification forArab Champions League |
| 10 | Al Dhafra | 26 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 37 | 49 | −12 | 29 | |
| 11 | Kalba | 26 | 5 | 10 | 11 | 41 | 51 | −10 | 25 | |
| 12 | Fujairah | 26 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 36 | 63 | −27 | 21 | |
| 13 | Emirates(R) | 26 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 30 | 62 | −32 | 18 | Relegation toUAE Division 1 |
| 14 | Dibba Al Fujairah(R) | 26 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 34 | 62 | −28 | 17 |
| Home \ Away | AJM | AIN | DHA | JAZ | NAS | WAH | WAS | YAS | DAF | EMI | FUJ | KAL | SAD | SHR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ajman | 0–3 | 0–0 | 1–5 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 0–0 | |
| Al Ain | 0–4 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 5–1 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | |
| Al Dhafra | 3–4 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–5 | 0–2 | 0–5 | 0–4 | |
| Al Jazira | 3–0 | 5–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 6–0 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | |
| Al Nasr | 0–1 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 0–1 | |
| Al Wahda | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–4 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 5–0 | 6–2 | 2–2 | 2–3 | |
| Al Wasl | 0–2 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 6–3 | 1–1 | 2–4 | 3–2 | |
| Baniyas | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 6–1 | 3–3 | 4–0 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 1–2 | |
| Dibba Al Fujairah | 0–3 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 3–3 | 2–1 | 1–4 | 1–2 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 2–3 | |
| Emirates | 1–1 | 1–3 | 3–2 | 0–3 | 3–3 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–5 | 1–2 | |
| Fujairah | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–5 | 0–3 | 3–3 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 3–3 | 0–1 | 0–1 | |
| Ittihad Kalba | 2–3 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 2–4 | 3–1 | 2–4 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 2–3 | 1–3 | 1–1 | |
| Shabab Al Ahli | 2–2 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 4–5 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 1–2 | |
| Sharjah | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 6–3 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 |
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sebastián Tagliabué | Al Wahda | 27 |
| 2 | Welliton | Sharjah | 20 |
| Ali Mabkhout | Al Jazira | ||
| 4 | Pedro Conde | Baniyas | 18 |
| 5 | Igor Coronado | Sharjah | 17 |
| 6 | Álvaro Negredo | Al Nasr | 16 |
| 7 |  Mohamed Benyettou | Fujairah | 14 |
| 8 | Caio Canedo | Al Wasl | 13 |
| Fábio Lima | Al Wasl | ||
| Leonardo Souza | Al Wahda | ||
| 11 | Leonardo Pereira | Al Jazira | 12 |
 Jaime Ayoví | Shabab Al Ahli | ||
 Henrique Luvannor | Shabab Al Ahli |
| Emirate | Number of teams | Teams | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Abu Dhabi | 5 | Al Ain, Al Jazira, Al Wahda, Baniyas and Al Dhafra |
| 2 |  Dubai | 3 | Shabab Al Ahli, Al Nasr and Al Wasl |
| 3 |  Sharjah | 2 | Sharjah and Kalba |
| Fujairah | Dibba Al Fujairah and Fujairah | ||
| 4 |  Ajman | 1 | Ajman |
| Ras Al Khaimah | Emirates |
