2020–21 UAE Pro League

The 2020–21 UAE Pro League was the 46th edition of the UAE Pro League following the cancellation of the previous season, no team changes occurred due to the previous season declared as void in UAE football.[1] Despite starting the season with rough results, Al Jazira went on to win their third league title while Baniyas finished second, coincidencly, both teams finished in the same positions ten years ago in the 2010–11 season.

UAE Pro League
Season2020–21
Dates16 October 2020 – 15 May 2021
ChampionsAl Jazira (3rd title)
RelegatedFujairah
Hatta
2022 AFC Champions LeagueAl Jazira
Baniyas
Shabab Al Ahli
Sharjah
FIFA Club World CupAl Jazira
Matches played182
Goals scored566 (3.11 per match)
Top goalscorerAli Mabkhout
(25 goals)
Biggest home winAl Wahda 6–0 Hatta
(16 October 2020)
Biggest away winKalba 0–6 Al Jazira
(14 February 2021)
Highest scoringShabab Al Ahli 3–5 Al Jazira
(21 November 2020)
Longest winning runSharjah
Al Jazira
(6 games)
Longest unbeaten runShabab Al Ahli
(13 games)
Longest winless runHatta
(15 games)
Longest losing runHatta
(8 games)
All statistics correct as of 15 May 2021.

Stadia and locations
Locations of teams in the 2020–21 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 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
Fujairah Fujairah Fujairah Club Stadium 10,645
Hatta Hatta Hamdan Bin Rashid Stadium 5,000
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 Ayman Elramady Rashed Malallah Hummel Ajman Bank
Al Ain Pedro Emanuel Ismail Ahmed Nike First Abu Dhabi Bank
Al Dhafra Mohammad Kwid Ahmed Ali Adidas Ruwais
Al Jazira Marcel Keizer Ali Khasif Adidas Healthpoint
Al Nasr Ramón Díaz Tareq Ahmed N45 Emirates Islamic
Al Wahda Henk ten Cate Ismail Matar Adidas No sponsor
Al Wasl Odair Hellmann Lima New Balance Emaar
Baniyas Daniel Isăilă Fawaz Awana Joma No sponsor
Fujairah Nassif Al Bayawi Hilal Saeed Nike Asas
Hatta Vladimir Vermezović Mahmoud Hassan uhlsport No sponsor
Kalba Jorge Da Silva Mansor Abbas Erreà Caltex
Khor Fakkan Caio Zanardi Saif Mohammed Adidas No sponsor
Shabab Al Ahli Mahdi Ali Majed Naser Nike Nissan
Sharjah Abdulaziz Al Yassi Shahin Abdulrahman Adidas Saif Zone

Foreign players

All teams could register as many foreign players as they want, but could only use four 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 Player 3 Player 4 Former Players
Ajman Luiz Antônio Bubacarr Trawally Modibo Maïga Iliass Bel Hassani Diego Jardel
Gustavo Vagenin
William Owusu
Diogo Amado
Al Ain Wilson Eduardo Tsukasa Shiotani Shoya Nakajima Kodjo Fo-Doh Laba Bauyrzhan Islamkhan
Al Dhafra Issam El Adoua Mikhail Rosheuvel Makhete Diop Pedro Conde Denílson
Yaseen al-Bakhit
Al Jazira Brandley Kuwas Imoh Ezekiel Miloš Kosanović Thulani Serero
Al Nasr Mehdi Abeid Ryan Mendes Dia Saba Tozé Brandley Kuwas
Dostonbek Khamdamov
Al Wahda Paul-José M'Poku Lee Myung-joo Tim Matavž Omar Kharbin Henrique Luvannor
Al Wasl Nicolás Oroz João Figueiredo Neris Ronaldo Mendes
Baniyas Gastón Suárez Nicolás Giménez João Pedro Saša Ivković
Fujairah Rachid Aït-Atmane Douglas Coutinho Samuel Armenteros Firas Ben Larbi Farley Rosa
Roly Bonevacia
Hatta Jonathas Dostonbek Khamdamov Miral Samardžić Nahir Besara Willian Farias
Kevin Londoño
Vladimir Koman
Mwape Musonda
Khor Fakkan Bruno Lamas Dodô Paulinho Ramon Lopes Orlando Berrío
Ricardinho
Kalba Rômulo Wanderson Davide Mariani Peniel Mlapa Matías Pisano
Júnior Fernándes
Shabab Al Ahli Federico Cartabia Carlos Eduardo Jaloliddin Masharipov Odiljon Hamrobekov Héldon Ramos
Azizjon Ganiev
Sharjah Caio Igor Coronado Welliton Otabek Shukurov

Managerial changes
Team Outgoing manager Date of vacancy Manner of departure Pos. Incoming manager Date of appointment
Baniyas Winfried Schäfer 1 June 2020 End of contract Pre-season Daniel Isăilă[2] 27 June 2020
Fujairah Fabio Viviani Goran Tufegdžić[3] 12 July 2020
Khor Fakkan Goran Tufegdžić 12 July 2020 Signed by Fujairah Caio Zanardi[4] 2 October 2020
Al Wahda Manuel Jiménez 18 July 2020 End of contract Mark Wotte[5] 20 July 2020
Mark Wotte[6] 7 September 2020 Sacked Vuk Rašović[7] 7 September 2020
Al Dhafra Vuk Rašović Signed by Al Wahda Aleksandar Veselinović[8] 25 September 2020
Al Wasl Laurențiu Reghecampf[9] 18 October 2020 Sacked 12th Salem Rabie[10] 20 October 2020
Hatta Christos Kontis[11] 22 November 2020 14th Vladimir Vermezović[12] 22 November 2020
Al Wasl Salem Rabie 7 December 2020 Mutual consent 9th Odair Hellmann[13] 8 December 2020
Shabab Al Ahli Gerard Zaragoza 15 December 2020 Sacked 7th Mahdi Ali[14] 15 December 2020
Al Dhafra Aleksandar Veselinović 5 January 2021 10th Mohammad Kwid[15] 5 January 2021
Al Nasr Krunoslav Jurčić 4 February 2021 4th Ramón Díaz[16] 4 February 2021
Fujairah Goran Tufegdžić[17] 16 February 2021 Resigned 12th Nassif Al Bayawi 17 February 2021
Al Wahda Vuk Rašović[18] 12 March 2021 Sacked 8th Henk ten Cate[19] 13 March 2021

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Al Jazira (C) 26 17 6 3 65 29 +36 57 Qualification for AFC Champions League group stage and FIFA Club World Cup first round
2 Baniyas 26 16 6 4 50 22 +28 54 Qualification for AFC Champions League play-off round
3 Shabab Al Ahli 26 13 11 2 52 30 +22 50 Qualification for AFC Champions League group stage[lower-alpha 1]
4 Sharjah 26 14 6 6 48 29 +19 48 Qualification for AFC Champions League play-off round
5 Al Nasr 26 14 4 8 47 33 +14 46
6 Al Ain 26 11 8 7 39 33 +6 41
7 Al Wahda 26 10 10 6 48 33 +15 40
8 Kalba 26 11 6 9 29 39 −10 39
9 Al Wasl 26 10 7 9 49 47 +2 37
10 Khor Fakkan 26 7 4 15 35 50 −15 25
11 Al Dhafra 26 5 6 15 31 58 −27 21
12 Ajman 26 4 6 16 24 57 −33 18
13 Fujairah (R) 26 4 3 19 31 57 −26 15 Relegation to UAE First Division League
14 Hatta (R) 26 3 3 20 19 50 −31 12
Updated to match(es) played on 15 May 2021. Source: Arabian Gulf League
Rules for classification: [20] 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[21] 10) draw
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. Since Shabab Al Ahli won the UAE President's Cup, they qualified directly to the AFC Champions League group stage meanwhile the league runner-ups Baniyas qualified for the play-off round instead.

Results
Home \ Away AJM AIN DHA JAZ NAS WAH WAS YAS FUJ HAT KAL KHF SAD SHR
Ajman 0–2 2–1 3–3 0–3 3–3 2–3 0–0 2–1 0–0 0–1 1–2 1–1 0–3
Al Ain 0–0 4–1 2–2 1–3 1–0 1–1 1–2 3–1 1–0 1–1 2–0 1–4 1–2
Al Dhafra 4–1 2–1 1–5 0–2 0–3 1–1 0–5 3–1 1–0 1–2 2–0 1–2 1–1
Al Jazira 3–0 2–0 1–1 3–0 2–0 3–2 3–3 4–2 3–0[lower-alpha 1] 2–0 3–1 1–1 0–1
Al Nasr 3–0 1–2 3–2 1–1 2–2 0–1 1–0 3–2 2–0 2–1 2–1 2–3 2–1
Al Wahda 3–0 0–4 1–1 2–0 2–2 3–2 0–2 2–1 6–0 0–1 3–0 1–1 1–1
Al Wasl 4–2 1–2 2–1 2–3 0–3 2–2 1–4 3–0 2–1 4–4 1–2 2–2 3–3
Baniyas 2–0 4–1 3–1 1–3 3–2 1–1 0–2 2–1 1–0 0–2 5–0 0–0 1–0
Fujairah 1–2 1–1 4–2 0–3 2–0 1–4 1–1 1–3 1–0 0–3 1–2 3–2 2–4
Hatta 3–0 0–1 2–2 0–1 0–3 1–4 2–4 0–3 1–0 4–0 2–3 1–2 2–3
Kalba 2–1 1–1 2–1 0–6 3–3 0–0 0–3 0–2 1–0 0–0 2–1 0–3 1–0
Khor Fakkan 2–3 2–2 5–1 3–0 0–1 1–2 0–1 1–2 0–0 1–0 1–2 2–2 1–1
Shabab Al Ahli 5–1 1–1 0–0 3–5 1–0 2–2 3–0 0–0 3–2 3–0 2–0 4–3 1–0
Sharjah 2–0 1–2 5–0 0–3 2–1 2–1 2–1 1–1 3–2 3–0 1–0 5–1 1–1
Updated to match(es) played on 15 May 2021. Source: AGLeague
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 on 1 December 2020 that Hatta were found guilty for failing to fulfill match protocols by only conducting corona tests on 19 instead of 20 players in their match against Al Jazira in Round 7. They decided to award the match to Al Jazira as a 3–0 forfeit win; the match originally finished 2–0 to Al Jazira.[22]

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 Jazira710657432222222222111121111
Baniyas21133687544433333322212222
Shabab Al Ahli44545866798866566555543543
Sharjah52211111111111111233334334
Al Nasr86422323333344455444455455
Al Ain65896545655555644666666666
Al Wahda17764254876677787778878887
Kalba139101010978467789999999997778
Al Wasl128989101099109998878887789999
Khor Fakkan1011141413131211111111111111111111111111101010101010
Al Dhafra33378791010810101010101010101010111111111111
Ajman1113111211121313131313131312121313131212121312121212
Fujairah912131112111112121212121213131212121313131213131313
Hatta1414121314141414141414141414141414141414141414141414
Updated to match(es) played on 15 May 2021. Source: UAEproleague

Top Scorers

As of 15 May 2021[23]

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Ali Mabkhout Al Jazira 25
2 Fabio Lima Al Wasl 22
3 João Pedro Baniyas 18
4 Igor Coronado Sharjah 17
5 Welliton Sharjah 13
Kodjo Laba Al Ain
7 Igor Jesus Shabab Al Ahli 12
Peniel Mlapa Kalba
Tim Matavž Al Wahda
10 Ramon Lopes Khor Fakkan 11
Sebastián Tagliabúe Al Nasr

Top Assists

As of 15 May 2021[24]

Rank Player Club Assists
1 Ismail Matar Al Wahda 11
2 Khalfan Mubarak Al Jazira 10
3 Ali Mabkhout Al Jazira 8
Igor Jesus Shabab Al Ahli
Ryan Mendes Al Nasr
6 Suhail Al-Noubi Baniyas 7
Ramon Lopes Khor Fakkan
8 Ronaldo Mendes Al Wasl 6
Caio Sharjah
Davide Mariani Kalba
Gastón Álvarez Baniyas

Clean sheets

As of 15 May 2021

Rank Player Club Clean sheets
1 Fahad Al-Dhanhani Baniyas 11
2 Ali Khasif Al Jazira 10
3 Majed Naser Shabab Al Ahli 8
Jamal Al Sarrah Kalba
5 Ahmed Shambih Al Nasr 7
Khalid Eisa Al Ain
7 Mohammed Al-Shamsi Al Wahda 5
Adel Al-Hosani Sharjah
9 Ahmed Mahmoud Khor Fakkan 4
10 Khaled Al-Senani Al Dhafra 3
Ali Al-Hosani Ajman
Humaid Al-Najar Al Wasl
Abdullah Al-Tamimi Fujairah

Hat-tricks
PlayerForAgainstResultDateRound
WellitonSharjahAl Dhafra5–0 (H)3 November 20204
Igor JesusShabab Al AhliHatta3–0 (H)4 November 2020
Ali MabkhoutAl JaziraAl Dhafra5–1 (A)5 February 202115
Kalba6–0 (A)14 February 202116
Fabio Lima4Al WaslKalba4–4 (H)19 February 202117
Ali MabkhoutAl JaziraFujairah4–2 (H)15 March 202121
Notes

4 Player scored 4 goals
(H) – Home team
(A) – Away team

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 4 Shabab Al Ahli, Al Nasr, Al Wasl and Hatta
3 Sharjah 3 Sharjah, Kalba and Khor Fakkan
4 Ajman 1 Ajman
 Fujairah Fujairah

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