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The United Arab Emirates Football Association (UAE FA; Arabic: الاتحاد الإماراتي لكرة القدم) is the governing body of association football, beach soccer and futsal in the United Arab Emirates.
The Pro League Committee was established in February 2007 with a resolution issued by the UAE Football Association General Committee. It was originally initiated by Abdullah Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Minister of Foreign Affairs, with the aim to set a committee to establish a professional league according to the AFC regulations.
The League was founded in 1973 as the UAE Football League. The first 1973–74 season was a "trial" championship but was declared official by the UAE FA in 2001. [ 2 ] In February 2007, the Pro League Committee was formed, and became the organising body of the League.
The United Arab Emirates Football Association (UAEFA), the governing body for the sport in the UAE, was founded as recently as 1971, affiliating to FIFA in 1974. [2] A "test" league was run by the formed body in 1973–74 season in order to determine a format for competitive association football in the country.
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 ...
United Football Club (Arabic: نادي يونايتد لكرة القدم) is an Emirati professional football club that was founded in September 2022 in Dubai. They currently play in the UAE First Division League. United FC got promoted from the UAE Second Division in the 2022–2023 season. [1]
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. The top two sides gain promotion to the UAE Pro-League.
This is a list of football stadiums in the United Arab Emirates. The list includes venues used for professional football and other stadiums with a capacity over 5,000 to have been used for football. The largest non-football stadiums in the UAE are the 18,000-capacity indoor stadium named Etihad Arena , the 17,000-capacity Coca-Cola Arena and ...