UAE President Cup

Founded	1974; 52 years ago (1974)
Country	United Arab Emirates
Confederation	Asian Football Confederation
Number of clubs	16
Current champions	Shabab Al Ahli (11 titles) (2024–25)
Most championships	Shabab Al Ahli (11 titles)
Current:2025–26 UAE President's Cup

TheUAE President's Cup, or simply thePresident Cup,^[1] is afootball tournament that takes place inUnited Arab Emirates, betweenclubs in theUAE Pro League and theUAE First Division League. The winner qualifies for the preliminary stage ofAFC Champions League Elite.

The UAE President's Cup started in the 1974–75 season, held byUnited Arab Emirates Football Association.Shabab Al Ahli andSharjah are the competition's most successful club with ten wins.Al Ain has contested the most finals with fourteen. The first match of the President's Cup, played on March 20, 1974, betweenAl Wasl,Ajman ended 2–3, Ali Saeed scored the first goal of the competition.^[2] Kuwaiti Ghazi Al-Qandi is the first referee to run a final match of the Cup, on April 11, 1975.^[3]

The final match is often held in a major stadium in the UAE, such as the Zayed Sports City Stadium in Abu Dhabi, and is a major event in the UAE's sports calendar.

Season	Player	Club	Goals
1974–75[5]	Mohamed Hamdoun	Al Ahli	5
1975–76	Cancelled
1977–78	Cancelled
1978–79[6]	Ahmed Abdullah	Al Ain	5
1982–83[7]	Adnan Al Talyani	Al Shaab	13
1983–84	Ahmed Al Mulla	Al Khaleej	4
1984–85[7]	Khalid Ismail	Al Nasr	7
1985–86[7]	Fahad Khamees	Al Wasl	6
1987–88[7]	Khalid Abdullah	Al Shabab	7
1988–89[7]	Salim Khalifa Alshamsi	Al Wahda	4
1990–91[7]	Abdulrazzaq Ibrahim	Sharjah	7
1992–93[7]	Mubarak Mohamed	Al Shaab	4
1998–99	Jasem Al-Huwaidi	Al Shabab	6
2003–04[7]	Denílson Martins Nascimento	Dubai	21
2004–05[7]	Ismail Matar	Al Wahda	5
2005–06[8]	Anderson Barbosa	Sharjah	8
2006–07[9]	Nenad Jestrović	Al Ain	4
2007–08[10]	Ahmed Khalil Faisal Khalil Alexandre Oliveira Essa Obaid	Al Ahli Al Ahli Al Wasl Al Shabab	4
2008–09[11]	André Dias	Al Ain	9
2009–10[12]	Michaël N'dri	Ittihad Kalba	11
2010–11[13]	Jader Baré	Al Jazira	5
2011–12[14]	Ricardo Oliveira	Al Jazira	7
2012–13[15]	Edgar Bruno	Al Shabab	4
2013–14[16][17]	Asamoah Gyan Patrick Fabiano	Al Ain Fujairah	6
2014–15[18]	Asamoah Gyan Ahmed Khalil	Al Ain Al Ahli	4
2015–16[19]	Dyanfres Douglas Ali Mabkhout	Al Ain Al Jazira	5
2016–17[20]	Balázs Dzsudzsák Mamadou Coulibaly Hassan Rashid	Al Wahda Dubai Dibba Al Hisn	5
2017–18[21]	Caio Canedo Papa Waigo Marcus Vinícius	Al Wasl Al Dhaid Al Hamriyah	5
2018–19[22]	Adeílson	Al Urooba	5
2019–20[23]	Alex	Al Bataeh	7
2020–21[24]	Diogo Acosta	Emirates	7
2021–22[25]	Diogo Acosta	Dibba	8
2022–23[26]	Firas Ben Larbi Diogo Acosta	Ajman Emirates	4
2023–24[27]	Adel Taarabt	Al-Nasr	4
2024–25[28]	Caio Lucas	Sharjah	4

Rank	Nat	Name	Club	Years	Goals	Apps
1		Ahmed Abdullah	Al Ain	1978–1995
2		Adnan Al Talyani	Al Shaab	1980–1999		—N/a
3		Abdelkarim Hassan			39
4		Fahad Khamees	Al Wasl	1980–1997	34	—N/a
5		Khamees Saad Mubarak	Al Shabab		34
6		Eissa Jumaa	Al Nasr	1996-2005	33
7		Saad Bakheet Mubarak	Al Shabab		25

• "UAE Presidents Cup". goalzz.com. Retrieved16 August 2011.
• "United Arab Emirates - List of Cup Winners".RSSSF. Retrieved16 August 2011.

• UAE President's Cup
• Men's football competitions in the United Arab Emirates
• Football cup competitions in the United Arab Emirates
• Men's national association football cups in Asia
• 1974 establishments in the United Arab Emirates
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