2021–22 UAE Pro League

UAE Pro League
Season2021–22
Dates19 August 2021 – 26 May 2022
ChampionsAl Ain (14th title)
RelegatedAl Urooba
Emirates
Matches played169
Goals scored516 (3.05 per match)
Top goalscorerKodjo Laba
(26 goals)
Biggest home winAl Nasr 5–0 Al Urooba
(26 August 2021)
Al Ain 5–0 Al Jazira
(11 May 2022)
Biggest away winAl Urooba 0–4 Al Wahda
(19 August 2021)
Emirates 0–4 Al Nasr
(24 September 2021)
Highest scoringShabab Al Ahli 4–3 Sharjah
(10 September 2021)
Longest winning runAl Ain
(4 games)
Longest unbeaten runAl Ain
(12 games)
Longest winless runEmirates
(11 games)
Longest losing runEmirates
(9 games)
All statistics correct as of 26 May 2022.

The 2021–22 UAE Pro League was the 47th edition of the UAE Pro League.[1] Al Jazira are the defending champions after clinching their third title in the final day of last season. Al Ain would win its fourteenth title after beating the defending champions Al Jazira 5–0 the eleventh of May.

Teams

Team changes

Both Al Urooba and Emirates secured promotion on the same day after beating Al Dhaid 3–0 and Masafi 6–0 on the second last matchday.[2] Emirates is returning after getting relegated two seasons ago in 2018–19 season meanwhile Al Urooba is getting promoted back to the top tier after almost three decades of absence, only previously being in the competition in 1992–93 season.

Relegated to the First Division

On 7 May, despite winning 4–0 against Kalba, Hatta was confirmed relegated back to the First Division after only spending two seasons on the top flight.[3] On 11 May, Fujairah got relegated after a 2–1 defeat to Ajman, both clubs were battling relegation and needed a victory.

Stadia and locations

Locations of teams in the 2021–22 UAE Pro League
Note: Table lists clubs in alphabetical order.
Team 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 (Al Nasr) Al-Maktoum Stadium 15,058
Al Urooba Qidfa / Mirbah (Fujairah) Fujairah Club Stadium[4] 10,645
Al Wahda Abu Dhabi (Al Nahyan) Al Nahyan Stadium 12,201
Al Wasl Dubai (Zabeel) Zabeel Stadium 8,439
Baniyas Abu Dhabi (Al Shamkha) Baniyas Stadium 10,000
Emirates Ras Al Khaimah Emirates Club Stadium 5,200
Kalba Kalba Ittihad Kalba Stadium 8,500
Khor Fakkan Khor Fakkan SBM Al Qassimi Stadium 7,500
Shabab Al Ahli Dubai (Deira) Al-Rashid Stadium 12,052
Sharjah Sharjah Sharjah Stadium 20,000

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
Ajman Goran Tufegdžić Ali Al-Hosani Adidas Ajman Bank
Al Ain Serhiy Rebrov Ismail Ahmed Nike First Abu Dhabi Bank
Al Dhafra Badr Al Idrisi Ahmed Ali Adidas Ruwais
Al Jazira Marcel Keizer Ali Khasif Puma Healthpoint
Al Nasr Salem Rabie Tareq Ahmed N45 Emirates Islamic
Al Urooba Fathi Al-Obeidi Ahmed Khamis uhlsport No sponsor
Al Wahda Grégory Dufrennes Mohammed Barqesh Umbro No sponsor
Al Wasl Odair Hellmann Ali Salmeen Yellow Emaar
Baniyas Daniel Isăilă Fawaz Awana Macron No sponsor
Emirates Ayman El Ramady Abdullah Mohammed uhlsport No sponsor
Kalba Jorge Da Silva Mansor Abbas Adidas Caltex
Khor Fakkan Gabriel Calderón Saif Mohammed Macron No sponsor
Shabab Al Ahli Mahdi Ali Majed Naser Nike Nissan and Omniyat
Sharjah Cosmin Olăroiu Shahin Abdulrahman Adidas Saif Zone

Foreign players

All teams could register as many foreign players as they want, but could only register four professional players in the roster.

  • 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 Player 3 Player 4 Former Players
Ajman Firas Ben Larbi Bubacarr Trawally Miral Samardžić Walid Azaro Yorleys Mena
Rabih Ataya
Al Ain Cristian Guanca Soufiane Rahimi Kodjo Fo-Doh Laba Danilo Arboleda Yassine Meriah
Al Dhafra Issam El Adoua Lucas Cândido Makhete Diop Guilherme Augusto Imoh Ezekiel
Leonardo
Al Jazira João Victor Abdoulay Diaby Miloš Kosanović Thulani Serero
Al Nasr Mehdi Abeid Ryan Mendes Dia Saba Tozé
Al Urooba Ali Madan Appolinaire Kack Rédah Atassi Kayke Kingsley Eduwo
Al Wahda João Pedro Adrien Silva Fábio Martins Omar Kharbin José Ángel Jurado
Al Wasl Adryelson Ramiro Gilberto Michel Araújo William Pottker
Baniyas Gastón Álvarez Suárez Nicolás Giménez Saša Ivković Isaac Kiese Thelin
Emirates Zakaria Boulahia Joseph Guédé Gnadou Edarlyn Reyes Walid Sabbar Adam Ennafati
Kalba Robert Žulj Bayron Garcés Wilder Cartagena Peniel Mlapa Roland Varga
Khor Fakkan Dodô Souza Douglas Tanque Aylton Boa Morte Borja Valle
Luis Fernández
Osama Rashid
Paulinho
Shabab Al Ahli Federico Cartabia Ahmad Nourollahi Mehdi Ghayedi Thomas Lehne Olsen Carlos Eduardo
Azizjon Ganiev
Sharjah Bernard Caio Ben Malango Otabek Shukurov

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manager Date of vacancy Manner of departure Pos. Incoming manager Date of appointment
Ajman Ayman El Ramady 15 May 2021 End of contract Pre-season Goran Tufegdžić[5] 28 May 2021
Al Ain Pedro Emanuel[6] 5 June 2021 Serhiy Rebrov[7][8] 6 June 2021
Emirates Gjoko Hadžievski 30 June 2021 Tarik Sektioui[9] 18 August 2021
Al Dhafra Mohammad Kwid 1 October 2021 Sacked 11th Rogério Micale[10] 2 October 2021
Sharjah Abdulaziz Al Anberi[11] 23 October 2021 Mutual consent 5th Cosmin Olăroiu[12] 10 November 2021
Al Wahda Henk ten Cate[13] 25 October 2021 Sacked 4th Grégory Dufrennes 26 October 2021
Emirates Tarik Sektioui 26 December 2021 Resigned 14th Ayman El Ramady[14] 27 December 2021
Khor Fakkan Caio Zanardi[15] 28 December 2021 Sacked 9th Abdulmajeed Al-Nimra 28 December 2021
Abdulmajeed Al-Nimr 2 February 2022 End of caretaker spell 10th Gabriel Calderón[16] 2 February 2022
Al Nasr Ramón Díaz[17] 7 February 2022 Sacked 9th Salem Rabiea 8 February 2022
Al Dhafra Rogério Micale[18] 2 March 2022 12th Badr Al Idrisia 2 March 2022

Notes
1.^ Caretaker

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Al Ain (C) 26 20 5 1 57 17 +40 65 Qualification for AFC Champions League group stage
2 Sharjah 26 17 4 5 46 25 +21 55
3 Al Wahda 26 15 8 3 51 25 +26 53
4 Al Jazira 26 14 3 9 42 34 +8 45
5 Shabab Al Ahli 26 12 6 8 33 30 +3 42
6 Al Wasl 26 9 9 8 36 30 +6 36
7 Ajman 26 10 5 11 35 40 −5 35
8 Al Nasr 26 9 6 11 42 38 +4 33
9 Baniyas 26 8 7 11 33 39 −6 31
10 Khor Fakkan 26 8 4 14 38 49 −11 28
11 Kalba 26 6 10 10 32 38 −6 28
12 Al Dhafra 26 6 6 14 28 36 −8 24
13 Al Urooba (R) 26 3 9 14 25 57 −32 18 Relegation to UAE Division 1
14 Emirates (R) 26 2 4 20 21 61 −40 10
Source: UPLeague
Rules for classification: [19] 1) points; 2) head-to-head goal difference; 3) head-to-head goals scored; 4) head-to-head away goals scored; 5) goal difference; 6) number of goals scored; 7) number of away goals scored; 8) head-to-head points; 9) fair play ranking 10) draw
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated


Results

Home \ Away AJM AIN DHA JAZ NAS URO WAH WAS YAS EMI KAL KHF SAD SHR
Ajman 0–4 1–3 2–1 3–0 1–1 2–2 0–0 0–2 0–1 4–3 4–2 1–1 1–0
Al Ain 2–1 1–0 5–0 3–1 1–1 1–1 3–2 2–0 2–0 4–1 4–1 1–0 1–1
Al Dhafra 3–0 0–1 0–3 1–1 2–1 1–3 2–2 1–2 0–0 1–1 4–1 0–1 0–1
Al Jazira 3–0 1–5 2–0 2–1 1–0 1–2 3–2 2–0 3–2 3–2 4–0 2–1 1–0
Al Nasr 0–1 0–1 1–2 2–0 5–0 1–2 3–2 2–2 4–0 0–3 3–0 1–1 0–2
Al Urooba 0–3 3–3 1–1 0–1 1–1 0–4 1–1 2–1 4–2 0–1 1–4 1–1 2–2
Al Wahda 3–0 0–1 3–2 1–1 2–2 4–2 2–1 1–1 4–1 2–0 1–0 0–0 1–2
Al Wasl 2–4 0–2 1–0 2–1 1–2 5–0 1–1 0–0 3–0 1–1 1–1 1–0 0–0
Baniyas 0–2 0–1 2–0 1–1 2–1 2–0 0–1 0–1 3–1 1–1 2–2 4–1 0–4
Emirates 1–3 0–3 0–3[a] 0–3 0–4 0–1 2–4 0–1 2–2 1–1 2–1 0–1 2–2
Kalba 1–1 0–2 2–2 0–0 2–2 2–1 2–1 1–1 1–3 3–1 2–3 0–0 0–1
Khor Fakkan 2–0 1–3 3–0 2–1 4–0 1–1 0–0 0–1 4–2 2–1 0–1 1–2 1–3
Shabab Al Ahli 1–0 1–1 1–0 2–1 1–2 3–1 1–3 0–2 3–1 2–1 2–1 3–1 4–3
Sharjah 2–1 2–0 1–0 2–1 0–3 5–0 0–3 3–2 3–0 2–1 1–0 3–1 1–0
Source: UPLeague
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 Emirates FA announced that Al Dhafra has won the match 3–0 against the Emirates due to an administrative error from Emirates Club. The match originally finished as a 1–1 draw.[20]

Seasonal statistics

Positions by round

Leader and qualification to AFC Champions League group stage
qualification to AFC Champions League Play off round
Relegation to UAE First Division League
Team ╲ Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526
Al Ain31111111111111111111111111
Sharjah53242356864444343344442222
Al Wahda14567864222222222222223333
Al Jazira45324232455555555433334444
Shabab Al Ahli72433523543333434555555555
Al Wasl6678879899108910688977677666
Ajman2767647978810117766888899877
Al Nasr138855645336789877699986998
Baniyas89129101012121111111166999766768789
Khor Fakkan11111012998767991011111111111111111111111110
Kalba101011111212111010107678101010101010101010101011
Al Dhafra121391011111011121212121212121212121212121212121212
Al Urooba1414131313131313131313131313131313131313131413131313
Emirates912141414141414141414141414141414141414141314141414
Updated to match(es) played on 26 May 2022. Source: UPLeague

Top scorers

As of 25 May 2022[21]
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Kodjo Laba Al Ain 26
2 Omar Kharbin Al Wahda 15
3 João Pedro 14
Caio Lucas Sharjah
5 Firas Ben Larbi Ajman 12
Tozé Al Nasr
7 Dia Saba 11
8 Sebastián Tagliabúe 10
Ali Mabkhout Al Jazira
Abdoulay Diaby

Clean sheets

As of 25 May 2022
Rank Player Club Clean sheets
1 Khalid Eisa Al Ain 12
2 Adel Al-Hosani Sharjah 9
3 Mohammed Al-Shamsi Al Wahda 7
Ali Khasif Al Jazira
5 Ali Al-Hosani Ajman 6
6 Ibrahim Essa Al Wasl 5
Mohamed Qayoudhi
Abdullah Al-Tamimi Al Nasr

Hat-tricks

Player For Against Result Date Round
Kodjo Laba Al Ain Al Urooba 3–3 (A) 24 September 2021 5
Al Jazira 5–1 (A) 20 November 2021 10
5–0 (H) 4 11 May 2022 23
Robert Žulj Kalba Emirates 3–1 (H)
Notes

4
(H) – Home team
(A) – Away team

Awards

Month Manager of the Month Player of the Month Goalkeeper of the Month References
Manager Club Player Club Player Club
August Serhiy Rebrov Al Ain Kodjo Laba Al Ain Ali Khasif Al Jazira [22]
September Soufiane Rahimi [23]
October Kouame Autonne Khalid Eisa Al Ain [24]
November Soufiane Rahimi [25]

Number of teams by Emirates

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
Sharjah Sharjah, Kalba and Khor Fakkan
4 Ajman 1 Ajman
Fujairah Al Urooba
Ras Al Khaimah Emirates

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