2024–25 UAE Pro League

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

UAE Pro League
Season2024–25
Dates23 August 2024 – 10 February 2024
Matches played54
Goals scored197 (3.65 per match)
Top goalscorerOmar Khribin
(8 goals)
Biggest home winShabab Al Ahli Club 5–4 Al Wahda FC
(22 September 2024)
Biggest away winAl Urooba 1–5 Al Nasr
(23 August 2024)
Highest scoringAl Urooba 1–5 Al Nasr
(23 August 2024)
Al Bataeh 3–3 Al Ain
(30 August 2024)
All statistics correct as of 23 November 2024.

Personnel and kits

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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   Leonardo Jardim   Bandar Al-Ahbabi Nike First Abu Dhabi Bank
Al Bataeh   Goran Tomić   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   Bruno Pereira   Mohanad Khamis Obaid Emirates Emaar Properties
Al Wahda   Ronny Deila TBA Adidas Volkswagen
Al Wasl   Miloš Milojević TBA Macron Dubai Real Estate Centre
Baniyas   João Pedro Sousa   Fawaz Awana Macron ADIB
Dibba Al Hisn   Jaber Al Balooshi   Khalid Abdullah Umbro Emirates NBD
Ittihad Kalba   Ghazi Fahad   Abdusalam Mohammed Adidas Caltex
Khor Fakkan   Daniel Isăilă   Masoud Sulaiman Macron ADNOC
Shabab Al Ahli   Paulo Sousa   Majed Naser Nike Mai Dubai
Sharjah   Cosmin Olăroiu   Shahin Abdulrahman Adidas SAIF Zone

Foreign players

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All clubs can register foreigners as many as they want but can only include five professionals. Players in the age of under-23 (U23) do not counted as professionals.

  • 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   Junior Flemmings   Abdelhamid Sabiri   Walid Azaro   Miloš Kosanović   Haykeul Chikhaoui   Ayman El Hassouni
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   Fernando
Al Nasr   Othmane Boussaid   Samir Memišević   Manolo Gabbiadini   Adel Taarabt   Leroy Fer   Iuri Medeiros
Al Urooba   Paulo Ricardo   Appolinaire Kack   Petrus Boumal   Bubacarr Trawally   Mohammad Reza Azadi
Al Wahda   Kevin Agudelo   Ahmad Nourollahi   Philip Otele   Omar Khribin   Khojimat Erkinov
Al Wasl   Alexis Pérez   Soufiane Bouftini   Jung Seung-hyun   Srđan Mijailović   Haris Seferovic   Gerónimo Poblete
  Isaac Success
Baniyas   Juan Bauza   Arnaud Lusamba   Youssoufou Niakaté   Andrei Burcă   Lazar Marković
Dibba Al Hisn   Pierre Kunde   Ibrahima Cissé   Witi   Haythem Jouini   Oussama Haddadi   Danielzinho
  João Pedro
Ittihad Kalba   Daniel Bessa   Mehdi Ghayedi   Saman Ghoddos   Shahriyar Moghanlou   Miha Blažič   Filip Kiss
Khor Fakkan   Lourency   Mattheus Oliveira   Pedro Henrique   Kwon Kyung-won   Won Du-jae   Thulani Serero   Jonathan Viera
Shabab Al Ahli   Saeid Ezatolahi   Sardar Azmoun   Mu'nas Dabbur   Bogdan Planić   Luka Milivojević   Iago Santos
Sharjah   Darko Nejašmić   Cho Yu-min   Paco Alcácer   Tyrone Conraad   Firas Ben Larbi

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Sharjah 10 9 0 1 24 5 19 27 Qualification for ACLE League stage
2 Shabab Al Ahli 9 7 2 0 24 10 14 23 Qualification for AFC CL2 group stage
3 Al Nasr 10 6 1 3 24 18 6 19
4 Al Wahda 10 5 3 2 18 13 5 18[a]
5 Al Ain 9 5 3 1 28 15 13 18[a]
6 Al Jazira 10 5 2 3 23 16 7 17
7 Kalba 10 3 5 2 17 12 5 14
8 Al Wasl 10 3 4 3 18 19 −1 13
9 Khor Fakkan 10 3 2 5 15 22 −7 11
10 Ajman 10 3 1 6 12 16 −4 10
11 Baniyas 10 2 2 6 11 23 −12 8
12 Dibba Al Hisn 10 1 3 6 11 25 −14 6
13 Al Bataeh 10 1 2 7 13 24 −11 5 Relegation to UAE Division 1
14 Al Urooba 10 1 0 9 7 27 −20 3
Updated to match(es) played on 16 December 2024. 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
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Head-to-head points: Al Wahda 3; Al Ain 0.


Results

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Home \ Away AJM AIN BTH JAZ NAS URO WAH WAS YAS DAH KAL KHF SAD SHR
Ajman 2–1 0–0 5–1 1–2 0–1
Al Ain 1–2 4–2 4–0 5–1 a
Al Bataeh 3–3 3–4 1–3 0–2
Al Jazira 4–0 1–3 3–1 2–0 a
Al Nasr 3–1 0–0 a 4–1 3–2 3–1
Al Urooba 0–2 2–4 1–5 1–2 1–4
Al Wahda 1–0 a a 3–0 2–2
Al Wasl 3–1 2–2 3–1 1–0 3–4 a
Baniyas 3–1 1–1 2–0 1–5 1–4
Dibba Al Hisn 1–2 1–6 1–0 2–2 1–4
Kalba 3–3 3–0 1–1 3–0 2–2
Khor Fakkan 0–1 1–1 0–2 1–1
Shabab Al Ahli a 2–1 5–4 0–0 2–1
Sharjah 4–0 3–0 2–1 2–0 a 1–0
Updated to match(es) played on 15 December 2024. 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.

Season statistics

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Top scorers

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Rank Player Team Goals
1   Adel Taarabt Al Nasr 5
2   Sardar Azmoun Shabab Al Ahli 4
  Youssoufou Niakaté Baniyas
  Omar Khribin Al Wahda
  Kodjo Fo-Doh Laba Al Ain

References

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  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.