The 2015–16 UAE Pro League (also known as Arabian Gulf League for sponsorship reasons) was the 41st top-level football season in the United Arab Emirates. Fourteen teams participated with Al-Ain as the defending champions after securing the championship last season for the twelfth time. Al-Ahli won its 7th title on 29 April despite being held to a 2–2 draw at home.
Teams
Stadia and locations
Team Stadium Town Capacity Manager Al-Ahli Al-Rashid Stadium Dubai 8,844 Cosmin Olăroiu Al-Ain Hazza Bin Zayed Stadium Al Ain 22,717 Zlatko Dalić Al-Dhafra Al Dhafra Stadium Madinat Zayed 5,000 Mohammad Kwid Al-Jazira Mohammed Bin Zayed Stadium Abu Dhabi 42,056 Henk ten Cate Al-Nasr Al-Maktoum Stadium Dubai 10,750 Ivan Jovanović Al-Shaab Khalid Bin Mohammed Stadium Sharjah 5,000 Stefano Cusin Al-Shabab Maktoum Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Stadium Dubai 8,011 Caio Júnior Al-Wahda Al Nahyan Stadium Abu Dhabi 11,456 Javier Aguirre Al-Wasl Zabeel Stadium Dubai 8,439 Gabriel Calderón Baniyas Baniyas Stadium Abu Dhabi8,954 Abdullah Mesfer Dibba Al Fujairah Fujairah Club Stadium Fujairah 10,645 Theo Bücker Emirates Emirates Club Stadium Ras al-Khaimah5,127 Paulo Comelli Fujairah Fujairah Club Stadium Fujairah 10,645 Ivan Hašek Sharjah Sharjah Stadium Sharjah 11,073 Abdulaziz Al-Anbari
Foreign players The number of foreign players is restricted to four per team, including a slot for a player from AFC countries. A team could use four foreign players on the field during each game including at least one player from the AFC country.
Players name in bold indicates the player is registered during the mid-season transfer window. Players in italics were out of squad or left club within the season, after pre-season transfer window, or in the mid-season transfer window, and at least had one appearance.
Club Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 AFC Player Former players Al-Ahli Ciel Éverton Ribeiro Moussa Sow Kwon Kyung-won Lima Oussama Assaidi Al-Ain Douglas Fellipe Bastos Danilo Asprilla Lee Myung-joo Ryan Babel Emmanuel Emenike Al-Dhafra Adil Hermach Issam El Adoua Makhete Diop Omar Khribin Jorge Luna Ahmed Ibrahim Khalaf David Barral Al-Jazira Thiago Neves Ángel Lafita Kenwyne Jones Park Jong-woo Mirko Vučinić Jefferson Farfán Al-Nasr Nilmar Jonathan Pitroipa Jirès Kembo Ekoko Luis Jiménez Al-Shaab Maikon Leite Marcão Zé Eduardo Shavkat Mullajanov Célio Santos Matías Donoso Amr El Solia Michaël N'dri Al-Shabab Juninho Potiguar Carlos Villanueva Henrique Luvannor Azizbek Haydarov Jô Al-Wahda Sebastián Tagliabué Denílson Jorge Valdivia Rim Chang-woo Hussain Fadhel Al-Wasl Fábio Lima Rogerinho Hugo Viana Caio Canedo Edgar Baniyas Ishak Belfodil Joaquín Larrivey Royston Drenthe Mark Milligan Dibba Al Fujairah Bakare Kone Boris Kabi Brahima Diakite Bilal El Najjarine Elias Emirates Renan Garcia Rodrigo Pimpão Alassane Diallo Brett Holman Wilmar Jordán Issam Erraki Fujairah Madjid Bougherra Christophe Mandanne Patrick Friday Eze Hassan Maatouk Sharjah Maicosuel Maurício Ramos Ricardinho Wanderley Renato Cajá
Luis Jiménez has Palestinian citizenship and was counted as Asian player.
Célio Santos has East Timorese citizenship and was counted as Asian player.
Caio Canedo has East Timorese citizenship and was counted as Asian player.
Wanderley has Indonesian citizenship and was counted as Asian player.
League table
Statistics
Top scorers
RankPlayerClubGoalsPenalty Goals1 Sebastián TagliabuéAl-Wahda2512 Ali MabkhoutAl-Jazira2353 Fábio LimaAl-Wasl2014 WanderleySharjah1525 Joaquín LarriveyBaniyas 1516 Patrick Friday EzeFujairah 1407 Makhete DiopAl-Dhafra1338 Moussa SowAl-Ahli1329 Ishak BelfodilBaniyas 11110 NilmarAl-Nasr110 Source: Soccerway
Fair Play Ranking
Pos Team Yellow Cards Red Cards Points 1 Al-Ain 41246 2 Al-Ahli60264 3 Al-Nasr57569 4 Dibba Al Fujairah51769 5 Sharjah59571 6 Al-Dhafra64475 7 Emirates65576 8 Al-Shaab 62677 9 Fujairah69479 10 Al-Shabab69580 11 Baniyas71583 12 Al-Jazira 72584 13 Al-Wasl621084 14 Al-Wahda82594
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