UAE Division One
Season2022–23
Dates10 October 2022 – 21 May 2023
ChampionsHatta (2nd title)
PromotedHatta
Emirates
Matches played256
Goals scored864 (3.38 per match)
Top goalscorerDiogo Acosta (24 goals)
Biggest home winEmirates 7–0 Al Khaleej
(9 October 2022)
Al Arabi 9–2 Al Fursan
(19 November 2022)
Biggest away winAl Fursan 0–6 Emirates
(14 January 2023)
Highest scoringAl Arabi 9–2 Al Fursan
(19 November 2022)
Longest winning runHatta (10 games)
Longest unbeaten runHatta (18 games)
Longest winless runAl Fursan (26 games)
Longest losing runAl Fursan (18 games)

2022–23 UAE Division One is the 46th Division one season. This seasons will expand the league from 15 to 17 teams as more teams from UAE Second Division League got promoted to the league.

Team Changes

To Division 1

Relegated from UAE Pro League

Promoted from UAE Division 2

From Division 1

Promoted to UAE Pro League

Stadia and locations

Note: Table lists clubs in alphabetical order.
Club Home city Stadium Capacity
Al Arabi Umm al Quwain Umm al Quwain Stadium 3,000
Al Dhaid Dhaid Al-Dhaid Stadium 500
Al Fursan Dubai (Al Sufouh) The Sevens Stadium 4,000
Al Hamriyah Al Hamriyah Al Hamriya Sports Club Stadium 5,000
Al Jazirah Al Hamra Al Jazirah Al Hamra Al Hamra Stadium 2,000
Al Khaleej Dubai (Mirdif) Various grounds 12,000
Al Rams Ar-Rams Al Rams Stadium 4,000
Al Taawon Al Jeer Taawon Stadium 200
Al Urooba Qidfa / Mirbah Al Sharqi Stadium 3,000
Baynounah Ruwais Soccer City Stadium 100
Dibba Al Hisn Dibba Al-Hisn Dibba (H) Stadium 700
Dubai City Dubai (Al Barsha) Kings School Al Barsha 100
Emirates Ras Al Khaimah Emirates Club Stadium 5,200
Hatta Hatta Hamdan Bin Rashid Stadium 5,000
Fujairah Fujairah Fujairah Club Stadium 10,645
Masafi Masafi Masafi Stadium 2,000
Masfout Masfout Masfout Club Stadium 3,000

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
Al Arabi United Arab Emirates Abdulghani Binkarshat United Arab Emirates Rashid Al Saadi Nike
Al Dhaid United Arab Emirates Mohamed Al Tenaiji Cameroon Ernest Anang uhlsport
Al Fursan Spain Ignacio Ayerbe France Louka Christophe Lion crew
Al Hamriyah Tunisia Tarek Hadhiri Brazil Fernando Gabriel Macron
Al Jazirah Al Hamra United Arab Emirates Mohamed Al Naqbi Brazil Caio Henrique uhlsport
Al Khaleej Algeria Ibrahim Madani United Arab Emirates Abdalla Khalid uhlsport
Al Rams Brazil Sérgio Alexandre United Arab Emirates Mahmoud Hassan uhlsport
Al Taawon United Arab Emirates Badr Al Shehhi United Arab Emirates Malek Al-Shehhi uhlsport
Al Urooba Tunisia Sami Al Qafsi United Arab Emirates Talal Khameis uhlsport
Baynounah United Arab Emirates Sultan Al Menhali Morocco Mohamed Abdelmoula Adidas
Dibba Al Hisn Australia Hussein Skenderovic United Arab Emirates Yaser Al Jneibi uhlsport
Dubai City United Arab Emirates Mohammed Al Blooshi United Arab Emirates Mohammed Talib uhlsport
Emirates United Arab Emirates Mohammed Al Jalboot Brazil Diogo Acosta uhlsport
Fujairah United Arab Emirates Mohammed Al Hosani United Arab Emirates Abdullah Salem Puma
Hatta United Arab Emirates Abdullah Mesfer United Arab Emirates Rashed Eissa uhlsport
Masafi Morocco Brahim Boufoud United Arab Emirates Rashid Al Saadi Adidas
Masfout Algeria Fouad Boumdal United Arab Emirates Hamad Ali Puma

Foreign players

All teams could register as many foreign players as they want, but could only use two on the field each game.

  • 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 Former Players
Al Arabi Egypt Mohamed Mahmoud Brazil Valdo Bacabal
Al Dhaid Cameroon Ernest Anang Mexico Hugo de Oliveira
Al Fursan Spain Alejandro Valderrama Spain Madger Gomes
Al Hamriyah Brazil Vinícius Lopes France Fatrie Sakhi Brazil Fernando Gabriel
Brazil Alex
Al Jazirah Al Hamra Brazil Caio Rocha Syria Abdullah Baduraldin
Al Khaleej Senegal Lassana Camara Senegal Ibrahima Badji
Al Rams Brazil Guilherme Batata Brazil Paulo Henrique
Al Taawon Mauritania Ablaye Sy Brazil Jacó
Al Urooba Cameroon Appolinaire Kack France Redah Atassi
Baynounah Cameroon Fritz Tiku Nigeria Kingsley Salami
Dibba Al Hisn Brazil Gilmar Brazil Paulinho
Dubai City Colombia Ronald Gonzalez Zambia Nenai Banda
Emirates Brazil Dedê Costa Brazil Diogo Acosta
Fujairah Algeria Okacha Hamzaoui Algeria Sabri Gharbi
Hatta Brazil Toni Democratic Republic of the Congo Benik Afobe Brazil Denilson
Brazil Rogerinho
Masafi Mauritania Abdullahi El Kory Morocco Hamza Sanhaji
Masfout Nigeria Damilare Adigun Brazil Alex Brazil Paulo Henrique

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manager Date of vacancy Manner of departure Pos. Incoming manager Date of appointment
Emirates Egypt Ayman El Ramady 1 June 2022 End of caretaker spell Pre-season Tunisia Fathi Al-Obeidi[1] 1 June 2022
Dibba Al Hisn Morocco Said Chkhit End of contract United Arab Emirates Mohammed Al Jalboot[2]
Al Arabi United Arab Emirates Mohammed Al Jalboot Signed by Dibba Al Hisn Morocco Badr Al Idrisi[3] 30 June 2022
Fujairah United Arab Emirates Mohammed Al-Timoumi End of contract Algeria Soufiane Nechma[4] 11 July 2022
Al Urooba Tunisia Fathi Al-Obeidi Signed by Emirates Serbia Boris Bunjak[5] 13 July 2022
Hatta Tunisia Ameur Derbal 30 June 2022 End of contract North Macedonia Gjoko Hadžievski 12 July 2022
North Macedonia Gjoko Hadžievski 3 October 2022 Sacked 14th United Arab Emirates Abdullah Mesfer[6] 3 October 2022
Al Urooba Serbia Boris Bunjak 25 October 2022 12th Tunisia Sami Al Qafsi[7] 27 October 2022
Al Rams Tunisia Abdelhalim Oueriemmi 29 October 2022 13th Brazil Sérgio Alexandre[8] 1 November 2022
Fujairah Algeria Soufiane Nechma[9] 9 November 2022 15th United Arab Emirates Mohammed Al Hosani 9 November 2022
Al Jazirah Al Hamra United Arab Emirates Mutaz Abdulla 16 November 2022 Resigned 3rd Iraq Ameen Philip[10] 19 November 2022
Iraq Ameen Philip[11] 23 November 2022 Mutual consent 2nd United Arab Emirates Ahmed Al Zaabi 23 November 2022
Al Arabi Morocco Badr Al Idrisi 16 December 2022 Sacked 5th United Arab Emirates Abdulghani Binkarshat[12] 20 December 2022
Al Jazirah Al Hamra United Arab Emirates Ahmed Al Zaabi 19 January 2023 End of caretaker spell 4th Morocco Ahmed El Mujahid[13] 19 January 2023
Dibba Al Hisn United Arab Emirates Mohammed Al Jalboot[14] 30 January 2023 Resigned 3rd Australia Hussein Skenderovic 1 February 2023
Al Jazirah Al Hamra Morocco Ahmed El Mujahid 5 February 2023 Sacked 7th United Arab Emirates Mohamed Al Naqbi 5 February 2023
Emirates Tunisia Fathi Al-Obeidi[15] 22 February 2023 Mutual consent 4th United Arab Emirates Mohammed Al Jalboot[16] 23 February 2023

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion
1 Hatta (C, P) 32 23 6 3 75 37 +38 75 Promotion to the UAE Pro League
2 Emirates (P) 32 22 5 5 85 33 +52 71
3 Dibba Al Hisn 32 20 7 5 72 37 +35 67
4 Masfout 32 16 8 8 49 40 +9 56
5 Al Hamriyah 32 14 7 11 53 45 +8 49
6 Al Arabi 32 13 9 10 55 42 +13 48
7 Masafi 32 13 8 11 46 43 +3 47
8 Al Khaleej 32 13 5 14 51 60 −9 44
9 Fujairah 32 11 10 11 48 39 +9 43
10 Al Jazirah Al Hamra 32 12 7 13 66 64 +2 43
11 Al Taawon 32 12 6 14 44 48 −4 42
12 Al Dhaid 32 9 13 10 39 50 −11 40
13 Al Urooba 32 10 9 13 51 49 +2 39
14 Al Rams 32 8 8 16 39 51 −12 32
15 Dubai City 32 5 9 18 31 57 −26 24
16 Al Fursan (R) 32 5 4 23 26 81 −55 19 Relegation to UAE Second Division League
17 Baynounah (R) 32 4 3 25 33 87 −54 15
Source: soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) goal difference; 4) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away ARB DHD FSN HAM JHR KHL RAM TAW URO BNN DAH DCI EMI FUJ HAT MSF MST
Al Arabi 0–1 9–2 0–1 3–0 2–1 2–0 1–0 3–7 3–1 0–0 1–0 1–3 3–2 3–1 1–2 1–1
Al Dhaid 1–1 2–2 1–1 0–3 1–1 1–1 0–1 3–2 3–1 3–3 3–0 0–4 3–2 0–1 0–2 1–1
Al Fursan 1–1 0–1 1–4 2–2 1–2 0–1 0–0 0–5 1–2 0–4 3–2 0–6 1–2 1–5 0–1 0–1
Al Hamriyah 1–0 3–1 4–1 1–2 2–2 1–1 2–1 2–1 3–0 0–3 1–2 0–2 0–3[lower-alpha 1] 1–2 1–0 4–1
Al Jazirah Al Hamra 1–1 2–2 4–0 3–5 2–2 0–2 2–2 5–1 5–1 1–3 2–1 3–1 1–0 2–4 6–2 2–1
Al Khaleej 1–0 3–0 3–1 2–1 1–1 1–0 1–2 0–3 3–2 0–4 1–0 3–2 1–3 1–2 3–4 1–2
Al Rams 0–2 0–1 0–1 0–1 2–1 2–1 0–2 2–1 3–1 2–3 0–0 3–4 0–0 0–2 1–1 2–3
Al Taawon 1–1 1–1 5–2 4–2 1–2 2–3 1–1 0–1 3–0 1–3 1–0 0–3 0–4 2–3 2–0 1–2
Al Urooba 0–3 2–2 0–1 0–0 2–1 3–1 2–2 2–1 1–0 2–3 3–3 0–1 1–2 1–1 2–2 0–1
Baynounah 2–2 0–3 2–1 0–3 3–4 2–4 2–4 1–1 1–3 1–3 3–1 0–2 0–3 1–2 1–5 2–3
Dibba Al Hisn 1–2 4–0 3–0 3–2 2–1 2–1 1–2 3–0 1–1 3–0 1–0 3–3 1–0 2–2 1–1 1–2
Dubai City 0–3 1–2 1–0 2–2 2–2 1–0 2–1 1–2 0–0 2–0 0–5 0–4 2–3 1–1 1–2 1–4
Emirates 4–1 1–1 3–1 2–1 3–2 7–0 2–1 1–2 2–1 5–0 4–1 1–1 1–1 3–0 3–0 3–1
Fujairah 3–2 1–1 0–1 2–2 3–1 1–2 2–2 1–2 0–0 1–0 1–2 1–1 1–2 1–2 2–2 1–1
Hatta 1–1 2–0 2–0 0–0 6–2 4–3 3–2 3–1 3–0[lower-alpha 2] 6–1 1–1 2–1 3–2 1–0 1–0 3–1
Masafi 2–1 1–1 3–0 2–1 2–0 1–1 3–1 1–2 1–3 1–2 1–2 0–0 2–1 0–1 2–1 0–0
Masfout 1–1 1–0 1–2 1–2 3–1 0–2 4–1 1–0 2–1 1–1 3–0 3–2 0–0 1–1 1–3 1–0
Source: soccerway
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.
  1. ↑ The UAE FA rewarded Fujairah a 3–0 win due to Al Hamriyah violating the substitution rule. The match originally ended as a 1–1 draw.[17]
  2. ↑ The UAE FA rewarded Hatta a 3–0 win due to Al Urooba fielding an ineligible player in the field. The match originally ended as a 0–1 victory for Al Urooba.[18]

Number of teams by Emirates

Emirate Number of teams Teams
1 Emirate of Ras Al Khaimah Ras Al Khaimah 5 Al Jazira Al Hamra, Al Rams, Al Taawon, Emirates and Masafi
2 Emirate of Dubai Dubai 4 Al Fursan, Al Khaleej, Dubai City and Hatta
3 Emirate of Sharjah Sharjah 3 Al Dhaid, Al Hamriyah and Dibba Al Hisn
4  Fujairah 2 Al Urooba and Fujairah
5 Emirate of Umm Al Quwain Umm Al Quwain 1 Al Arabi
Emirate of Abu Dhabi Abu Dhabi Baynounah
Emirate of Ajman Ajman Masfout

Season statistics

Top Goal Scorers

As of 31 May 2023[19]
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Brazil Diogo Acosta Emirates 24
2 Serbia Filip Stuparevic Al Urooba 20
3 Brazil Silva Lithierry Emirates 19
4 Mali Alhassane Tamboura Al Dhaid 18
Senegal Mouhameth Diop Al Khaleej
6 Oman Fares Al-Jabri Al Arabi 17
7 Oman Mohammed Al Marbuii Dibba Al Hisn 15
8 Brazil Carlos Guimaraes Al Taawon 14
Brazil Wanderson Costa Emirates
Argentina Gonzalo Cordoba Al Jazirah Al Hamra

References

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  2. ↑ "محمد جالبوت مدرباً لدبا الحصن". Al Khaleej. Retrieved 1 June 2022.
  3. ↑ "بدر الدين الإدريسي لـ " البيان ": هدفي تحقيق إنجاز مع العربي في "الأولى"". Al Bayan. Retrieved 30 June 2022.
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  5. ↑ "رسمياً.. العروبة يتعاقد مع المدرب بوريس بونجاك". Emarat Alyoum. Retrieved 13 July 2022.
  6. ↑ "عبد الله مسفر مدرباً لـ "الإعصار"". Al Bayan. Retrieved 2 October 2022.
  7. ↑ "رئيس العروبة: اختيار القفصي جاء بعد بحث ودراسة". Dubai Sports. Retrieved 27 October 2022.
  8. ↑ "سرجيو الكسندر يعود لكرة الإمارات من بوابة الرمس". Al Khaleej. Retrieved 1 November 2022.
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  16. ↑ "الجالبوت يبدأ مهمة التحليق مع "الصقور"". Al Bayan. Retrieved 23 February 2023.
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