2020–21 UAE Division 1

2020–21 UAE Division one was the 44th Division one season. Since last season was cancelled and no promotion was rewarded, there were no team changes taken place this season. On the 17 April, both Al Urooba and Emirates secured promotion after defeating Dhaid and Masafi respectively.[1]

UAE Division One
Season2020–21
Dates13 November 2020 – 24 April 2021
ChampionsAl Urooba (2nd title)
PromotedAl Urooba
Emirates
Matches played110
Goals scored316 (2.87 per match)
Top goalscorerDiogo Acosta
(20 goals)
Biggest home winEmirates 6–0 Masafi
(16 April 2021)
Biggest away winAl Taawon 0–4 Al Urooba
(26 March 2021)
Highest scoringAl Taawon 5–4 Masfout
(21 November 2020)
Longest winning runAl Urooba
(5 games)
Longest unbeaten runEmirates
(15 games)
Longest winless runAl Dhaid
(17 games)
Longest losing runAl Dhaid
(8 games)

Stadia and locations
Locations of teams in the UAE Division One
Note:' Table lists clubs in alphabetical order.
Club Home city Stadium Capacity
Al Arabi Umm al Quwain Umm al Quwain Stadium 3,000
Al Bataeh Al Bataeh Al Bataeh Stadium 2,000
Al Dhaid Dhaid Al-Dhaid Stadium 500
Al Hamriyah Al Hamriyah Al Hamriya Sports Club Stadium 5,000
Al Taawon Al Jeer Taawon Stadium 200
Al Urooba Qidfa Al Sharqi Stadium 3,000
Dibba Al Fujairah Dibba Al-Fujairah Dibba (F) Stadium 100
Dibba Al Hisn Dibba Al-Hisn Dibba (H) Stadium 700
Emirates Ras Al Khaimah Emirates Club Stadium 5,200
Masafi Masafi Masafi Stadium 2,000
Masfout Masfout Masfout Club Stadium 3,000

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
Al Arabi Mohammed Al Musharrakh Bakare Kone Nike QQ Holding
Al Bataeh Abdullah Mesfer Eisa Ali uhlsport SMC
Al Dhaid Mohamed Al Ajmani Ali Al-Nuaimi uhlsport uhlsport
Al Hamriyah Mohamed Ismail Ali Rabee Nike SBR
Al Taawon Aaref Al Shehhi Rashed Humaid uhlsport
Al Urooba Fathi Al-Obeidi Hassan Mohammed uhlsport Fujairah TV
Dibba Al Fujairah Sulaiman Al Balooshi Faisel Al-Khodaim uhlsport
Dibba Al Hisn Abdulghani Binkarshat Mahmoud Hassan uhlsport
Emirates Gjoko Hadžievski Abdullah Malallah uhlsport
Masafi Mohamed Al Khaddeim Brahima Diakite Adidas Al Futaim[2]
Masfout Tarek Hadhiri Hassan Al-Hammadi Nike

Foreign players

All teams could register as many foreign players as they want, but could only use two on the field each game.

  • 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 Former Players
Al Arabi Paulo Henrique Vinícius Lopes
Al Bataeh Dedê Costa William Owusu Alex
Al Hamriyah Luan Santos Faneva Andriatsima Élton
Al Dhaid Erick Kassi Jeffrén Suárez Adeílson
Dionatan Machado
Al Taawon Gil Paraíba Fidélis
Al Urooba Rodrigo Fatrie Sakhi
Dibba Al Fujairah Bruno Moraes Manuel Pucciarelli Dudu Figueiredo
Dibba Al Hisn Sid Ahmed Aouadj Mailson Lima Ibrahim Mustapha
Emirates Diogo Acosta Yaseen al-Bakhit Tommy Tobar
Masafi Brahima Diakite Marius Obekop Mechac Koffi
Masfout Bruno Dybal Dionatan Machado Yacine Abed
Nikola Ašćerić

Managerial changes
Team Outgoing manager Date of vacancy Manner of departure Pos. Incoming manager Date of appointment
Dibba Al Hisn Sulaiman Al Balooshi 1 June 2020 End of contract Pre-season Rui Ferreira[3] 17 July 2020
Al Arabi Predrag Stilinović Mohammad Al Jalboot 2 June 2020
Al Urooba Brahim Boufoud Fathi Al-Obeidi[4] 8 August 2020
Al Bataeh Tareq Al Sayed Giovanni Tedesco[5] 10 October 2020
Giovanni Tedesco[6] 30 October 2020 Resigned Said Chkhit 31 October 2020
Al Arabi Mohammed Al Jalboot 20 October 2020 End of caretaker spell Mohammed Al Musharrakh 21 October 2020
Al Bataeh Said Chkhit 24 November 2020 6th Noureddine Abidi[7] 24 November 2020
Dibba Al Hisn Rui Ferreira[8] 1 December 2020 Sacked 4th Walter Pandiani[9] 2 December 2020
Al Hamriyah Ghazi Ghrairi[10] 14 December 2020 Mutual consent 6th Mohamed Ismail 20 January 2021
Masafi Abdulghani Binkarshat 4 February 2021 End of contract 7th Mohamed Al Khaddeim 4 February 2021
Dibba Al Hisn Walter Pandiani 10 February 2021 Resigned 6th Abdulghani Binkarshat[11] 12 February 2021
Al Bataeh Noureddine Abidi[12] 28 February 2021 Sacked 3rd Abdullah Mesfer[13] 2 March 2021

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion
1 Al Urooba (C, P) 20 13 5 2 45 22 +23 44 Promotion to the UAE Pro League
2 Emirates (P) 20 11 8 1 44 22 +22 41
3 Al Bataeh 20 11 5 4 29 22 +7 38
4 Dibba Al Fujairah 20 9 5 6 29 21 +8 32
5 Dibba Al Hisn 20 7 7 6 34 33 +1 28
6 Al Arabi 20 7 7 6 28 34 −6 28
7 Al Hamriyah 20 6 9 5 30 27 +3 27
8 Al Taawon 20 4 8 8 24 37 −13 20
9 Masfout 20 5 3 12 26 32 −6 18
10 Masafi 20 5 2 13 19 37 −18 17
11 Al Dhaid 20 1 3 16 14 35 −21 6
Updated to match(es) played on 24 April 2021. Source: soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) goal difference; 4) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion; (P) Promoted

Results
Home \ Away ARB BTH HAM TAW URO DAF DAH DHD EMI MSF MST
Al Arabi 0–1 0–2 2–2 1–3 1–0 3–3 2–1 2–2 1–4 4–3
Al Bataeh 1–1 2–1 1–0 1–1 0–2 3–2 1–0 1–1 3–1 2–0
Al Hamriyah 2–3 2–2 1–1 2–2 1–1 1–0 2–1 0–2 4–0 2–1
Al Taawon 0–1 1–2 1–1 0–4 0–3 1–1 2–0 2–2 2–1 5–4
Al Urooba 1–1 4–2 2–0 4–0 1–1 4–3 3–0 3–2 3–0 2–0
Dibba Al Fujairah 1–2 1–0 1–1 3–4 2–0 1–2 2–0 0–2 2–1 1–0
Dibba Al Hisn 0–0 1–1 2–3 3–0 3–1 2–2 1–0 0–1 1–0 1–0
Dhaid 3–0 0–1 2–2 1–1 1–2 0–1 2–2 1–3 1–2 0–3
Emirates 2–2 3–2 1–1 1–1 1–1 3–2 5–1 2–1 6–0 2–1
Masafi 0–1 0–1 2–2 2–1 0–1 0–2 3–3 1–0 0–2 0–1
Masfout 3–1 1–2 1–0 0–0 2–3 1–1 2–3 2–0 1–1 0–2
Updated to match(es) played on 24 April 2021. Source: soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season Statistics

Top Scorers

As of 24 April 2021

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Diogo Acosta Emirates 20
2 Victor Nwaneri Al Urooba 15
3 Dedê Costa Al Bataeh 11
Mohammed Al-Marbuii Dibba Al Hisn
4 Bruno Moraes Dibba Al Fujairah 10
5 Fatrie Sakhi Al Urooba 9
Saied Obaid

Number of teams by Emirates
Emirate Number of teams Teams
1 Sharjah 4 Al Bataeh, Al Dhaid, Al Hamriyah and Dibba Al Hisn
2 Ras Al Khaimah 3 Al Taawon, Masafi and Emirates
3  Fujairah 2 Al Urooba and Dibba Al Fujairah
4 Umm Al Quwain 1 Al Arabi
Ajman Masfout

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