2024–25 UAE Pro League

UAE Pro League
Season2024–25
Dates23 August 2024 – 25 May 2025
ChampionsShabab Al Ahli
(9th title)
RelegatedDibba Al Hisn
Al Urooba
Champions League EliteShabab Al Ahli
Sharjah
Al Wahda
Champions League TwoAl Wasl
Gulf Club Champions LeagueAl Ain

The 2024–25 UAE Pro League (also known as ADNOC Pro League for sponsorship reasons) was the 50th edition of the UAE Pro League. Al Wasl were the defending champions.

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 Saoud Saeed Adidas Ajman Bank
Al Ain Vladimir Ivić Bandar Al-Ahbabi Nike First Abu Dhabi Bank
Al Bataeh Farhad Majidi Mohamed Ahmed Nike Majid Al Futtaim Group
Al Jazira Hussein Ammouta Ali Khasif Zat Outfit Healthpoint
Al Nasr Alfred Schreuder Ahmed Shambih Adidas Emirates Islamic
Al Urooba Abdulaziz Al-Hashmi (caretaker) Mohanad Khamis Obaid Uhlsport Emaar Properties
Al Wahda Darko Milanič TBA Adidas Volkswagen
Al Wasl Miloš Milojević TBA Macron Dubai Real Estate Centre
Baniyas Daniel Isăilă Fawaz Awana Macron ADIB
Dibba Al Hisn Hassan Al-Abdooli Khalid Abdullah Umbro Emirates NBD
Ittihad Kalba Vuk Rašović Abdusalam Mohammed Nike Shurooq
Khor Fakkan Joaquín Gil (caretaker) Masoud Sulaiman Macron ADNOC
Shabab Al Ahli Paulo Sousa Majed Naser Nike Mai Dubai
Sharjah Cosmin Olăroiu Shahin Abdulrahman Adidas SAIF Zone

Foreign players

All clubs can register foreigners as many as they want but can only include five professionals in each team rosters. Players in the age of under-23 (U23) do not counted as professionals and players who have received Emirati citizenship are deemed as local players.

  • 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 Player 5 Unregistered players Former players
Ajman Ali Madan Junior Flemmings Mohamed Souboul Walid Azaro Miloš Kosanović Abdelhamid Sabiri
Ayman El Hassouni
Haykeul Chikhaoui
Al Ain Soufiane Rahimi Kaku Fábio Cardoso Park Yong-woo Kodjo Fo-Doh Laba
Al Bataeh Paulinho Anatole Abang Diney Ulrich Meleke Azizjon Ganiev
Al Jazira Ramón Miérez Neeskens Kebano Mohamed Elneny Nabil Fekir Karim Rekik
Al Nasr Othmane Boussaid Samir Memišević Mattheus Oliveira Leroy Fer Haris Seferovic Manolo Gabbiadini Adel Taarabt
Al Urooba Héber Petrus Boumal Witi Viv Solomon-Otabor Filip Kiss Paulo Ricardo
Bubacarr Trawally 		Appolinaire Kack
Mohammad Reza Azadi
Al Wahda Kevin Agudelo Ahmad Nourollahi Mohammad Ghorbani Omar Khribin Khojimat Erkinov Philip Otele
Al Wasl João Pedro Anas Zniti Soufiane Bouftini Jung Seung-hyun Srđan Mijailović Gerónimo Poblete
Alexis Pérez 		Isaac Success
Haris Seferovic
Baniyas Juan Bauza Arnaud Lusamba Youssoufou Niakaté Andrei Burcă Lazar Marković
Dibba Al Hisn Pierre Kunde Ibrahima Cissé Alexandru Mățan Haythem Jouini Oussama Haddadi Danielzinho
João Pedro
Witi
Ittihad Kalba Daniel Bessa Mehdi Ghayedi Saman Ghoddos Shahriyar Moghanlou Miha Blažič Filip Kiss
Khor Fakkan Lourency Tarik Tissoudali Aylton Boa Morte Kwon Kyung-won Won Du-jae Mattheus Oliveira
Pedro Henrique
Thulani Serero
Jonathan Viera
Shabab Al Ahli Saeid Ezatolahi Sardar Azmoun Mu'nas Dabbur Bogdan Planić Luka Milivojević Iago Santos
Sharjah Darko Nejašmić Adel Taarabt Cho Yu-min Tyrone Conraad Firas Ben Larbi Paco Alcácer

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Shabab Al Ahli (C) 26 19 6 1 57 22 +35 63 Qualification for AFC CLE league stage[a]
2 Sharjah 26 16 3 7 44 22 +22 51
3 Al Wahda 26 13 9 4 51 32 +19 48
4 Al Wasl 26 13 7 6 51 35 +16 46 Qualification for AFC CL2 group stage
5 Al Ain 26 12 8 6 56 32 +24 44 Qualification for AGCFF GCCL group stage
6 Al Nasr 26 11 5 10 45 45 0 38
7 Al Jazira 26 10 7 9 45 40 +5 37
8 Khor Fakkan 26 9 6 11 41 52 −11 33
9 Kalba 26 8 8 10 39 38 +1 32
10 Ajman 26 9 4 13 40 46 −6 31
11 Al Bataeh 26 7 6 13 30 45 −15 27
12 Baniyas 26 7 6 13 30 53 −23 27
13 Dibba Al Hisn (R) 26 4 4 18 29 56 −27 16 Relegation to UAE Division 1
14 Al Urooba (R) 26 4 1 21 24 64 −40 13
Source: UPLeague
Rules for classification: [1] 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
Notes:
  1. ^ Since the winners of the 2024–25 UAE President's Cup, Shadab Al Ahli, had already qualified for the AFC Champions League Elite, the spot given to the UAE President's Cup winners (Champions League Two) was passed to the third-placed team.

Results

Home \ Away AJM AIN BTH JAZ NAS URO WAH WAS YAS DAH KAL KHF SAD SHR
Ajman 4–2 2–1 1–1 2–1 2–3 4–3 0–0 2–3 5–1 2–3 4–1 1–2 0–1
Al Ain 0–0 2–1 1–1 4–1 3–0 1–2 4–2 4–0 1–1 3–1 5–1 0–1 0–0
Al Bataeh 1–1 3–3 0–3 3–4 1–0 1–3 1–3 1–0 2–2 0–0 1–3 1–3 0–2
Al Jazira 4–0 1–3 2–0 3–1 2–0 0–0 0–5 0–1 1–0 1–2 4–2 1–2 1–1
Al Nasr 3–1 0–2 0–1 2–3 2–1 0–0 0–1 4–1 3–2 3–2 3–1 1–1 2–1
Al Urooba 0–2 2–4 1–3 4–5 1–5 1–1 1–2 1–0 1–2 2–1 1–2 1–4 0–1
Al Wahda 1–0 2–1 0–2 2–2 2–2 3–0 2–2 2–2 4–2 3–1 3–1 2–2 3–0
Al Wasl 2–0 1–0 3–1 2–2 3–1 6–0 2–2 3–1 1–0 2–2 3–4 2–1 0–1
Baniyas 3–1 0–3 1–1 2–0 0–0 0–1 0–3 0–0 2–4 2–2 3–3 1–5 1–4
Dibba Al Hisn 0–1 3–2 1–2 1–6 0–1 1–2 0–2 2–3 1–0 2–2 0–1 0–3 1–4
Kalba 3–2 3–3 3–0 1–1 2–3 3–0 0–1 2–2 0–1 2–1 0–1 1–2 2–1
Khor Fakkan 0–2 2–2 1–1 1–0 3–3 3–0 0–1 2–1 5–2 1–1 0–2 1–1 2–4
Shabab Al Ahli 3–1 0–0 2–1 2–1 2–0 2–0 5–4 3–0 2–0 3–2 0–0 4–0 2–1
Sharjah 4–0 0–3 0–1 4–0 3–0 2–1 2–0 4–1 1–2 1–0 1–0 1–0 0–0
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.

Positions by round

The table lists the positions of teams after each week of matches.

Season statistics

Top scorers

Rank Player Team Goals
1 Kodjo Fo-Doh Laba Al Ain 18
2 Omar Khribin Al Wahda 13
3 Mehdi Ghayedi Ittihad Kalba 12
4 Sardar Azmoun Al Ahli Dubai 11
5 Caio Lucas Al Sharjah 8
Ali Mabkhout Al Nasr
Soufiane Rahimi Al Ain
Anatole Abang Al Bataeh
8 Junior Flemmings Ajman 7
Adel Taarabt Sharjah FC

References

  1. ^ "Article (15) P.50 of Arabian Gulf League Regulations" (PDF) (in Arabic). Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 August 2019. Retrieved 27 August 2019.
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