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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.
Footballers in the United Arab Emirates by club (2 C) United Arab Emirates football club matches (7 C) ~ Emirati football logos (26 F) A. Al Ain FC (8 C, 9 P, 1 F)
The UAE Pro League (Arabic: دوري المحترفين الإماراتي), known for sponsorship reasons as the ADNOC Pro League, [1] is the top professional football league in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The first team to win the title was Al Orouba (Sharjah), whilst Al Ain has the record with 14 league titles to their name.
The UAE Football League as it is known, includes the top flight UAE Arabian Gulf League with Al Ain the only club with fourteen title wins. [3] UAE Division 1 currently acts as the UAE's 2nd tier competition with two clubs getting promoted and UAE Second Division League was established in 2019 to act as the UAE's 3rd tier competition.
The tables below show the makeup of the system. The UAE Pro League sits at the top of the pyramid and two teams get promoted/relegated between the UAEPL and Division 1. UAE First Division League is the 2nd tier of the league system, below there are UAE Second and Third Division Leagues. [1]
United Arab Emirates appeared in the 1997 FIFA Confederations Cup after being awarded a spot because Saudi Arabia was hosting the games. United Arab Emirates missed the qualification for the 2000 AFC Asian Cup in Lebanon and finished in last place at the 2002 Arabian Gulf Cup in Saudi Arabia. It was eliminated in the next three Asian Cup ...
Al Dhafra got relegated after losing to Ajman 2–1. This marks the fourth time Al Dhafra got relegated in the top flight with the last time being in 2010–11 season. Dibba Al Fujairah soon followed after drawing 1–1 to Al Dhafra, ending their short spell in the Pro League a year after Dibba Al Fujairah got promoted as division 1 champions.
UAE First Division League is the second tier of football league competition in the United Arab Emirates. [ 1 ] As of 2020–21, the league features 15 sides who play each other in a home and away round-robin format, with a total of 28 games for each team.