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This is a list of football clubs in the United Arab Emirates.Currently there are officially 49 football clubs in the United Arab Emirates.Fourteen of them compete in the top tier division, 15 of them compete in the 2nd tier division, 12 of them compete in the 3rd tier division, and eight of them are currently in a hiatus.
Old Trafford home of Manchester United. Etihad Stadium home of Manchester City. DW Stadium home of Wigan Athletic. University of Bolton Stadium home of Bolton Wanderers. Spotland Stadium home of Rochdale. Moor Lane home of Salford City. These clubs play in fully professional leagues, at levels 1–4 of the English football league system as of ...
Fleetwood United F.C. Fleetwood United Football Club (Arabic: فليتوود يونايتد) is an association football club based in Jebel Ali, United Arab Emirates. Sister club of the English side Fleetwood Town, it serves as an academy that scouts players and youth talents across the city of Dubai. [1][2]
Gulf United Football Club (Arabic: نادي جلف يونايتد لكرة القدم) is an Emirati professional football club that started as an academy in Al Jaddaf, Dubai. They currently play in the UAE First Division League , after promotion from the UAE Second Division in the 2022–23 season. [ 1 ]
Al-Jazira was established in 1974 as a merger between Khalidiyah and Al Bateen. [4] The club struggled to stay in the league, getting relegated on multiple occasions during the 1980s and 1990s, but experienced a recent success when Sheikh Mansour invested into them in the 2000s. Since his purchase, they won their first league title in 2011 and ...
In 2006, the club re-entered the Central League – now the Pontin's League (West) – but this time in order to provide games for the 'Under-17' age group of players. In recent seasons, Manchester City has purchased, registered and loaned young international players as part of their development strategy for the City Football Group.
He is chairman of the Al Jazira sports company and was a leading figure in Abu Dhabi's successful bid to host the FIFA Club World Cup in 2009 and 2010. [37] The company owns Al Jazira Club, which plays football, volleyball, handball, and basketball. [38] The football club won the President's Cup in 2010–2011, 2011–2012 and 2015–2016. [39]
The UAE Youth League is a youth league system that is organised by either the UAE Pro League Committee or UAE FA. The system was introduced in 2012 with its first season being held in 2012/13, the intention was to develop professional football at a youth level in the country. While originally only organising an under-21 competition, in the ...