UAE First Division League is the second tier of
football
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league competition in the
United Arab Emirates
The United Arab Emirates (UAE; ar, اَلْإِمَارَات الْعَرَبِيَة الْمُتَحِدَة ), or simply the Emirates ( ar, الِْإمَارَات ), is a country in Western Asia (The Middle East). It is located at th ...
.
As of 2020–21, the league features 15 sides who play each other in a home and away
round-robin format, with a total of 28 games for each team. The top two sides gain promotion to the
UAE Pro-League
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. On 29 May 2019, UAEFA announced that a
UAE Second Division League
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to be established with smaller clubs, privately owned clubs, football academies with semi-professional teams compete for promotion to UAE Division one. On 6 July 2022, UAEFA announced that the number of participants will increase to 17 teams for the 2022–23 season. An increase of 2 teams, promoted from the UAE Second Division, and no relegation for UAE First Division clubs from the 2021–22 season, in an
expansion
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season.
Current teams
:''Note: Table lists clubs in alphabetical order.
List of champions
Source:
* 1974–75:
Al-Shabab
* 1975–76:
Al Rams
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* 1976–77:
Al-Wahda
* 1977–78:
Oman Club
Oman Club ( ar, نادي عمان; also known locally as ''Al-Ahmar'', "The Red(s)" or simply as Oman) is an Omani football club based in Muscat. The club is currently playing in the First Division League of Oman Football Association. Their home ...
* 1978–79:
Khor Fakkan Club
Khor Fakkan Club ( ar, نادي خورفكان الرياضي الثقافي, formally known as Al Khaleej), usually known simply as Khor Fakkan, is an Emirati football club from Khor Fakkan.
History
Founded in 1981, the club won a UAE Federat ...
* 1979–80:
Ittihad Kalba
Ittihad Kalba Football Club ( ar, نادي إتحاد كلباء لكرة القدم) is a football club in Kalba, United Arab Emirates.
History
Ittihad Kalba was established in 1972 when two clubs ''(Al Shabab)'' and ''(Al Rooba)'' merged w ...
* 1980–81:
Al Rams
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* 1981–82:
Al Khaleej
* 1982–83:
Al-Jazira
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* 1983–84:
Al Qadsia Club
* 1984–85:
Al-Wahda
* 1985–86:
Fujairah
Fujairah City ( ar, الفجيرة) is the capital of the emirate of Fujairah in the United Arab Emirates. It is the seventh-largest city in UAE, located on the Gulf of Oman (part of the Indian Ocean). It is the only Emirati capital city on the ...
* 1986–87:
Ras Al Khaima
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* 1987–88:
Al-Jazira
Jazira or Al-Jazira ( 'island'), or variants, may refer to:
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*Jazeera Airways, an airlines company based in Kuwait
Locations
* Al-Jazira, a traditional region known today as Upper Mesopotamia or the smaller region of Cizre
* Al-Jazira ( ...
* 1988–89:
Ittihad Kalba
Ittihad Kalba Football Club ( ar, نادي إتحاد كلباء لكرة القدم) is a football club in Kalba, United Arab Emirates.
History
Ittihad Kalba was established in 1972 when two clubs ''(Al Shabab)'' and ''(Al Rooba)'' merged w ...
* 1989–90:
Fujairah
Fujairah City ( ar, الفجيرة) is the capital of the emirate of Fujairah in the United Arab Emirates. It is the seventh-largest city in UAE, located on the Gulf of Oman (part of the Indian Ocean). It is the only Emirati capital city on the ...
* 1990–91: Not completed due to
Gulf War
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* 1991–92:
Al Urooba
Al Urooba Club ( ar, نادي العروبة الرياضي الثقافي) is a United Arab Emirates professional football club. It is based in the city of Mirbah and Qidfa, Fujairah. The club currently plays in the UAE First Division League.
...
* 1992–93:
Al-Shaab
* 1993–94:
Al Khaleej
* 1994–95:
Baniyas
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It is known for its citrus fruit orchards an ...
* 1995–96:
Ittihad Kalba
Ittihad Kalba Football Club ( ar, نادي إتحاد كلباء لكرة القدم) is a football club in Kalba, United Arab Emirates.
History
Ittihad Kalba was established in 1972 when two clubs ''(Al Shabab)'' and ''(Al Rooba)'' merged w ...
* 1996–97:
Emirates
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* 1997–98:
Al-Shaab
* 1998–99:
Ittihad Kalba
Ittihad Kalba Football Club ( ar, نادي إتحاد كلباء لكرة القدم) is a football club in Kalba, United Arab Emirates.
History
Ittihad Kalba was established in 1972 when two clubs ''(Al Shabab)'' and ''(Al Rooba)'' merged w ...
* 1999–00:
Sharjah
Sharjah (; ar, ٱلشَّارقَة ', Gulf Arabic: ''aš-Šārja'') is the third-most populous city in the United Arab Emirates, after Dubai and Abu Dhabi, forming part of the Dubai-Sharjah-Ajman metropolitan area.
Sharjah is the capital o ...
* 2000–01:
Al Khaleej
* 2001–02:
Al-Dhafra
* 2002–03:
Emirates
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* The Emirat ...
* 2003–04:
Dubai
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* 2004–05:
Baniyas
Baniyas ( ar, بَانِيَاس ') is a Mediterranean coastal city in Tartous Governorate, northwestern Syria, located south of Latakia (ancient Laodicea) and north of Tartous (ancient Tortosa).
It is known for its citrus fruit orchards an ...
* 2005–06:
Fujairah
Fujairah City ( ar, الفجيرة) is the capital of the emirate of Fujairah in the United Arab Emirates. It is the seventh-largest city in UAE, located on the Gulf of Oman (part of the Indian Ocean). It is the only Emirati capital city on the ...
* 2006–07:
Al-Dhafra
* 2007–08:
Al Khaleej
* 2008–09:
Baniyas
Baniyas ( ar, بَانِيَاس ') is a Mediterranean coastal city in Tartous Governorate, northwestern Syria, located south of Latakia (ancient Laodicea) and north of Tartous (ancient Tortosa).
It is known for its citrus fruit orchards an ...
* 2009–10:
Ittihad Kalba
Ittihad Kalba Football Club ( ar, نادي إتحاد كلباء لكرة القدم) is a football club in Kalba, United Arab Emirates.
History
Ittihad Kalba was established in 1972 when two clubs ''(Al Shabab)'' and ''(Al Rooba)'' merged w ...
* 2010–11:
Ajman
Ajman ( ar, عجمان, '; Gulf Arabic: عيمان ʿymān) is the capital of the emirate of Ajman in the United Arab Emirates. It is the fifth-largest city in UAE after Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Sharjah and Al Ain. Located along the Persian Gulf, it is ...
* 2011–12:
Ittihad Kalba
Ittihad Kalba Football Club ( ar, نادي إتحاد كلباء لكرة القدم) is a football club in Kalba, United Arab Emirates.
History
Ittihad Kalba was established in 1972 when two clubs ''(Al Shabab)'' and ''(Al Rooba)'' merged w ...
* 2012–13:
Emirates
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* 2013–14:
Ittihad Kalba
Ittihad Kalba Football Club ( ar, نادي إتحاد كلباء لكرة القدم) is a football club in Kalba, United Arab Emirates.
History
Ittihad Kalba was established in 1972 when two clubs ''(Al Shabab)'' and ''(Al Rooba)'' merged w ...
* 2014–15:
Dibba Al-Fujairah
Dibba Al-Fujairah ( ar, دبا الفجيرة) is a city in the emirate of Fujairah, located on the northeast part of the United Arab Emirates. It is geographically part of the Dibba region. Dibba Al-Fujairah is considered to be the second large ...
*
2015–16:
Hatta
*
2016–17:
Ajman
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*
2017–18:
Baniyas
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It is known for its citrus fruit orchards an ...
*
2018–19:
Khor Fakkan
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*
2019–20: Not completed due to
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2020–21
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Al Urooba
Al Urooba Club ( ar, نادي العروبة الرياضي الثقافي) is a United Arab Emirates professional football club. It is based in the city of Mirbah and Qidfa, Fujairah. The club currently plays in the UAE First Division League.
...
*
2021–22:
Dibba Al Fujairah
Al Khaleej was renamed in June 2017 to the match the name of the city
Khorfakkan*
Champions
Performance by club
1 Club no longer exists.
Performance by city
Performance by emirates
Top scorers
*1999–2000:
Razzaq Farhan
Razzaq Farhan Mussa ( ar, رزاق فرحان موسى; born 1 July 1974) is a former Iraqi footballer and Olympic athlete who is currently the assistant manager of the Iraq national football team.
Razzaq Farhan is an instinctive goalscorer, ...
(42 goals)
*2007–08:
Modibo Kane Diarra (44 goals) (Record)
*2008–09:
Nabil Daoudi (36 goals)
*2009–10:
Michaël N'dri
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Club career
N'dri played in his youth career for FC Salon de Provence and V ...
(10 goals)
*2010–11:
Patrick Fabiano
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(19 goals)
*2011–12:
Makhete Diop (29 goals)
*2012–13:
Modibo Kane Diarra (24 goals)
*2013–14:
Modibo Kane Diarra (27 goals)
*2014–15:
Michaël N'dri
Michaël N'dri (; born 1 November 1984) is a former France, French professional association football, footballer who played as a Striker (association football), striker.
Club career
N'dri played in his youth career for FC Salon de Provence and V ...
(24 goals)
*2015–16:
Tássio Maia dos Santos (17 goals)
*2016–17:
Adeílson Pereira de Mello
Adeílson Pereira de Mello (born 7 October 1985 in Nova União), known simply as Adeílson, is a Brazilian professional football striker who plays for Al Dhaid.
Career
Adeílson previously played for Guarani and Ipatinga.
In January 2009 ...
(23 goals)
*2017–18:
Marcus Vinícius Araujo Silva (21 goals)
*2018–19:
Vinícius Lopes (16 goals)
*2019–20:
Alexssander azeredo Vinícius Lopes (11 goals)
*2020–21:
Diogo Acosta (20 goals)
*2021–22:
Diogo Acosta (27 goals)
References
External links
UAE FA Official website
{{AFC second leagues
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Second level football leagues in Asia