2024–25 UAE Pro League

UAE Pro League
Season	2024–25
Dates	23 August 2024 – 10 February 2024
Matches played	54
Goals scored	197 (3.65 per match)
Top goalscorer	Omar Khribin; (8 goals)
Biggest home win	Shabab Al Ahli Club 5–4 Al Wahda FC; (22 September 2024)
Biggest away win	Al Urooba 1–5 Al Nasr; (23 August 2024)
Highest scoring	Al Urooba 1–5 Al Nasr; (23 August 2024); Al Bataeh 3–3 Al Ain; (30 August 2024)
	← 2023–24 2025–26 → All statistics correct as of 23 November 2024.

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.

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	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

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

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Sharjah	8	7	0	1	21	5	16	21	Qualification for ACLE League stage
2	Shabab Al Ahli	7	6	1	0	20	9	11	19	Qualification for AFC CL2 group stage
3	Al Jazira	8	5	1	2	21	12	9	16
4	Al Wahda	8	4	3	1	15	11	4	15
5	Al Nasr	8	4	1	3	18	15	3	13
6	Al Ain	6	3	2	1	18	11	7	11
7	Kalba	7	3	2	2	11	6	5	11
8	Khor Fakkan	8	3	1	4	13	18	−5	10
9	Al Wasl	8	2	4	2	15	15	0	10
10	Ajman	8	2	1	5	10	15	−5	7^[a]
11	Baniyas	8	2	1	5	10	18	−8	7^[a]
12	Dibba Al Hisn	8	1	2	5	7	20	−13	5
13	Al Bataeh	8	1	1	6	11	20	−9	4	Relegation to UAE Division 1
14	Al Urooba	8	1	0	7	7	22	−15	3	Relegation to UAE Division 1

Updated to match(es) played on 23 November 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:

^ ^a ^b Head-to-head goal difference: Baniyas 2, Ajman –2.

Results

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
Al Ain							1–2	4–2				5–1	a
Al Bataeh		3–3			3–4							1–3		0–2
Al Jazira					3–1	2–0	a
Al Nasr	3–1						0–0	a	4–1
Al Urooba		2–4			1–5							1–2	1–4
Al Wahda	1–0	a		a		2–2		2–2
Al Wasl				2–2	3–1					1–0		3–4		a
Baniyas	3–1			2–0									1–5	1–4
Dibba Al Hisn			1–2	1–6										1–4
Kalba			3–0			3–0		2–2
Khor Fakkan							0–1			1–1	0–2
Shabab Al Ahli		a	2–1				5–4				0–0			2–1
Sharjah				4–0	3–0	2–1		a			1–0

Updated to match(es) played on 22 November 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

Top scorers

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

^ "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.

[table_hth_YAS0.68101181773516-1] Head-to-head goal difference: Baniyas 2, Ajman –2.

[2] "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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