2021–22 UAE Division 1

UAE Division One
Season	2021–22
Dates	8 October 2021 – TBA
Matches played	112
Goals scored	347 (3.1 per match)
Top goalscorer	Diogo Acosta; (15 goals)
Biggest home win	Dibba Al Fujairah 5–0 ; (18 December 2021)
Biggest away win	Abtal Al Khaleej 2–8 Dibba Al Fujairah; (10 December 2021)
Highest scoring	Abtal Al Khaleej 2–8 Dibba Al Fujairah; (10 December 2021)
Longest winning run	Dibba Al Fujairah; (13 games)
Longest unbeaten run	Al Arabi; (12 games)
Longest winless run	Dubai City; (14 games)
Longest losing run	Abtal Al Khaleej; (6 games)
	← 2020–21 → All statistics correct as of 7 February 2022.

2021–22 UAE Division One is the 45th Division one season. This seasons will expand the league from 11 to 15 teams due to the inclusion of UAE Second Division League teams who were recently promoted into the league.^[1]

Team Changes[]

To Division 1[]

Relegated from UAE Pro League

Fujairah
Hatta

Promoted from UAE Division 2

Joined

Al Rams

From Division 1[]

Promoted to UAE Pro League

Stadia and locations[]

Hamriyah

Dibba F.

Fujairah

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Locations of teams in the UAE Division One

Note: Table lists clubs in alphabetical order.

Club	Home city	Stadium	Capacity
Abtal Al Khaleej	Dubai (Mirdif)	Khalid bin Mohammed Stadium^[2]	12,000
Al Arabi	Umm al Quwain		3,000
Al Bataeh	Al Bataeh		2,000
Al Hamriyah	Al Hamriyah	Al Hamriya Sports Club Stadium	5,000
	Al Jazirah Al Hamra		2,000
Al Rams	Ar-Rams		4,000
Al Taawon	Al Jeer		200
Dibba Al Fujairah	Dibba Al-Fujairah		100
Dibba Al Hisn	Dibba Al-Hisn		700
Hatta	Hatta	Hamdan Bin Rashid Stadium	5,000
Dhaid	Dhaid		500
Dubai City	Dubai (Al Barsha)	The Sevens Stadium^[2]	4,000
Fujairah	Fujairah	Fujairah Club Stadium	10,645
Masafi	Masafi		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
Abtal Al Khaleej		Damilare Adigun	uhlsport
Al Arabi		Khalifa Abdullah	Nike
Al Bataeh		Rodrigo Souza	uhlsport
Al Dhaid	Roman Nádvorník	Ali Al-Nuaimi	uhlsport
Al Hamriyah		Ahmed Al-Shaji	Nike
	Mutaz Abdulla	Salem Al Khaddem	uhlsport
Al Rams		Ali Al Maazmi	uhlsport
Al Taawon		Malek Al-Shehhi	uhlsport
Dibba Al Fujairah		Mohamed Al Rowaihy	uhlsport
Dibba Al Hisn		Khalid Al Riyami	uhlsport
Dubai City		Jamal Bartley	Macron
Fujairah		Ahmed Al-Zahmi	Puma
Hatta		Lahej Al-Nofali	Macron	Expo
Masafi		Brahima Diakite	Adidas
Masfout		Abdullah Jassem	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
Abtal Al Khaleej
Al Arabi	Alex
Al Bataeh	Rodrigo Souza	Thiago Augusto
Al Dhaid	Adenilson		Sílvio Júnior
Al Hamriyah		Vinícius Lopes

Al Rams
Al Taawon		Denny Antwi
Dibba Al Fujairah	Diogo Acosta	Chiquinho
Dibba Al Hisn
Dubai City
Fujairah	Issah Yakubu
Hatta	Régis	Tony	Hyuri
Masafi	Sílvio Júnior	Brahima Diakite	Fidélis
Masfout	Jacó		Bruno Dybal

Managerial changes[]

Team	Outgoing manager	Date of vacancy	Manner of departure	Pos.	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Hatta	Vladimir Vermezović	25 April 2021	Sacked	Pre-season	^[3]	30 May 2021
Al Bataeh	Abdullah Mesfer	1 May 2021	Resigned		^[4]	20 May 2021
Fujairah	Nassif Al Bayawi	15 May 2021	Resigned			16 May 2021
Masfout		20 May 2021	Signed by Al Bataeh			21 May 2021
Dibba Al Fujairah		30 May 2021	Signed by Hatta		^[5]	1 July 2021
Dibba Al Hisn		1 June 2021	End of contract		^[6]	3 July 2021
		11 October 2021	Mutual consent	13th	^[7]	11 October 2021
Hatta		1 November 2021	Sacked	10th	^[8]	1 November 2021
Al Rams		16 November 2021	Resigned	12th	^[9]	16 November 2021
Al Jazirah Al Hamra		17 November 2021	End of caretaker spell	14th	Mutaz Abdulla^[10]	17 November 2021
Abtal Al Khaleej		20 November 2021	Sacked	10th	^[11]	25 November 2021
Abtal Al Khaleej	^[12]	12 December 2021	Resigned	11th		13 December 2021
Al Taawon		14 December 2021	Sacked	13th	^[13]	14 December 2021
Masafi		15 December 2021	Mutual consent	14th	^[14]	15 December 2021
Al Dhaid		29 December 2021	Mutual consent	10th	Roman Nádvorník	5 January 2022
Dibba Al Hisn	^[15]	3 January 2022	Sacked	4th	^[16]	8 January 2022
Hatta		7 January 2022	Resigned	6th	^[17]	7 January 2022
Al Hamriyah		14 February 2022	Resigned	4th		15 January 2022

League table[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	Dibba Al Fujairah	21	19	1	1	56	9	+47	58	Promotion to the UAE Pro League
2	Al Arabi	21	17	2	2	40	16	+24	53	Promotion to the UAE Pro League
3	Al Bataeh	22	15	4	3	42	16	+26	49
4	Dibba Al Hisn	21	14	5	2	39	18	+21	47
5	Al Hamriyah	21	14	4	3	39	18	+21	46
6	Hatta	22	11	4	7	32	27	+5	37
7	Fujairah	21	9	6	6	29	23	+6	33
8	Abtal Al Khaleej	22	6	3	13	32	49	−17	21
9	Masfout	22	5	5	12	21	31	−10	20
10		21	5	5	11	30	46	−16	20
11	Masafi	22	5	3	14	21	34	−13	18
12	Al Rams	22	5	2	15	26	52	−26	17
13	Al Taawon	21	4	4	13	26	40	−14	16
14	Al Dhaid	22	4	3	15	22	40	−18	15	Relegation to UAE Second Division League
15	Dubai City	21	1	3	17	19	55	−36	6	Relegation to UAE Second Division League

Updated to match(es) played on 13 March 2022. Source: soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) goal difference; 4) number of goals scored.

Results[]

Home \ Away	ABK	ARB	BTH	DHD	HAM		RAM	TAW	DAF	DAH	DCI	FUJ	HAT	MSF	MST
Abtal Al Khaleej		0–1	1–1	3–2		1–1	0–1	2–2	2–8	1–3	3–1		0–2	1–0
Al Arabi	4–1		1–0	2–0		2–1		2–0	0–2	0–0	2–1			2–1	1–0
Al Bataeh	4–2			1–0		3–1		4–1	1–0	1–2	3–1	2–0	0–1	1–0	4–1
Al Dhaid		0–0	0–2		2–3	2–3	3–1	1–3	0–1	0–2		1–2	2–1	1–1
Al Hamriyah	3–1	1–2	1–1	4–0			2–0	3–0	0–2		2–0	1–0		4–1	0–0
	1–3	1–2	1–5		1–2		2–1			0–1	4–3	0–0	1–2		2–2
Al Rams	4–0	1–2	1–3	1–1	0–1	3–4			1–4		2–1	0–5		2–1	2–4
Al Taawon	2–0			0–1	1–3	2–3	2–1		1–3	0–2		1–2	2–2	3–1	1–2
Dibba Al Fujairah			1–1	3–0	4–1	6–0	5–0	1–0		2–0		3–0	3–0	1–0	2–1
Dibba Al Hisn	4–3	2–1			2–2	1–1	5–0				4–0	1–1	2–3	1–0	2–1
Dubai City	0–3	1–6	0–1	0–3		1–1		2–2	1–2	0–1			1–2	0–2
Fujairah	3–2	1–2	0–0	2–1	1–1		2–0	1–1	0–2		5–2		1–0		1–1
Hatta	2–1	0–2		4–2	0–2	2–1	1–1			1–2	5–1	1–0		0–1	1–1
Masafi		1–3	1–2		0–2	2–1	3–4	2–1		1–1	1–2	1–2	0–0		1–0
Masfout	0–2	2–3	0–2	1–0	0–1		1–0	2–1	0–1	0–1	1–1		1–2

Updated to match(es) played on 13 March 2022. Source: soccerway
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.

Season Statistics[]

Top Scorers[]

As of 23 January 2022

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Diogo Acosta	Dibba Al Fujairah	15
2	Vinícius Lopes	Al Hamriyah	13
3		Al Rams	11
4	Mohammed Al-Marbuii	Dibba Al Hisn	9
5		Dibba Al Hisn	8
5		Abtal Al Khaleej	8
6	Amer Bazuhair	Dibba Al Fujairah	7
6		Masfout	7

Number of teams by Emirates[]

	Emirate	Number of teams	Teams
1	Ras Al Khaimah	4	Al Jazira Al Hamra, Al Rams, Al Taawon and Masafi
1	Sharjah	4	Al Bataeh, Al Dhaid, Al Hamriyah and Dibba Al Hisn
3	Dubai	3	Abtal Al Khaleej, Dubai City and Hatta
4	Fujairah	2	Dibba Al Fujairah and Fujairah
5	Umm Al Quwain	1	Al Arabi
5	Ajman	1	Masfout

References[]

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[1] "مواجهات مثيرة في «أغلى الكؤوس» ودوري «الهواة»" (in Arabic). albayan. Retrieved 30 September 2021.

[ts-2] Temporary stadium

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[4] "البطائح يتعاقد مع المدرب التونسي طارق الحضيري لموسم واحد" (in Arabic). emaratalyoum.

[5] "الصربي زوران بوفيتش مدرباً لدبا الفجيرة" (in Arabic). Al Khaleej.

[6] "التونسي عثمان النجار مدربا لدبا الحصن" (in Arabic). emaratalyoum.

[7] "النقبي مديراً للفريق الأول بالجزيرة الحمراء" (in Arabic). albayan.

[8] "إقالة البلوشي.. وبومضل مدرباً مؤقتاً لحتا" (in Arabic). al khaleej times.

[9] "سالم البوت مدرباً للرمس" (in Arabic). albayan. Retrieved 16 November 2021.

[10] "النقبي: الجزيرة الحمراء تطور مع معتز" (in Arabic). Al Khaleej.

[11] "«غلف إف سي» يتعاقد مع المدرب المغربي أحمد المجاهد" (in Arabic). Emaratalyoum. Retrieved 25 November 2021.

[12] "«المجاهد» أسرع استقالة في«الهواة»" (in Arabic). Al Bayan. Retrieved 12 December 2021.

[13] "المغربي المجاهد مدرباً للتعاون" (in Arabic). Al Bayan. Retrieved 14 December 2021.

[14] "مسافي يتعاقد مع المدرب فهد الدبل" (in Arabic). Al Bayan. Retrieved 15 December 2021.

[15] "التونسي النجار الضحية الثامنة في «الهواة»" (in Arabic). Al Bayan. Retrieved 3 January 2022.

[16] "دبا الحصن يتعاقد مع المدرب المغربي سعيد شخيت" (in Arabic). Emaratalyoum. Retrieved 8 January 2022.

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