The 2016–17 UAE Pro League (also known as Arabian Gulf League for sponsorship reasons) was the 42nd season of top-level football in the United Arab Emirates. Al-Ahli are the defending champions of this season's UAE pro league after securing their seventh title last season. Al-Jazira won its second title on 29 April 2017 after defeating Hatta 5-0.
Stadia and locations
Club Home city Stadium Capacity Al-Ahli Dubai Al-Rashid Stadium15,000 Al-Ain Al-Ain Hazza Bin Zayed Stadium 25,000 Al-Dhafra Madinat Zayed Al Dhafra Stadium Al-Jazira Abu Dhabi Mohammad Bin Zayed Stadium Al-Nasr Dubai Al-Maktoum Stadium Al-Shabab Dubai Maktoum Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Stadium Sharjah Sharjah Sharjah Stadium Al-Wahda Abu Dhabi Al Nahyan Stadium Al-Wasl Dubai Zabeel Stadium Baniyas Abu Dhabi Baniyas Stadium Dibba Fujairah Fujairah Club Stadium Emirates Ras Al-Khaimah Emirates Club Stadium Hatta Hatta Hamdan Bin Rashid Stadium Kalba Kalba Ittihad Kalba Stadium
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 Assistant coach Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor Al-Ahli Cosmin Olăroiu Catalin Necula Ahmed Khalil Nike Skydive Dubai Al-Ain Zoran Mamić Borimir Perkovic Nike First Gulf Bank Al-Dhafra Mohammad Kwid Badreddine Al-Idrissi Adidas Al-Jazira Henk ten Cate Jan Versleijen Ali Khasif Nike IPIC Al-Nasr Dan Petrescu Emil Caras Valeriu Bordeanu Adidas Dubai Silicon Oasis AuthorityEmirates NBDDP World Al-Shabab Fred Rutten Patrick Greveraars Saad Obaid Umbro Al-Naboodah Sharjah José Peseiro Adidas SAIF Zone Al-Wahda Javier Aguirre Juan Erabrin Ismail Matar Adidas Al-Wahda Mall Al-Wasl Rodolfo Arruabarrena Saleem Abdulrahman Waheed Ismail Macron Saif Belhasa Holding Baniyas José Manuel Gomes Salem Al-Arfi Yousif Jaber Adidas SaaedSecure Engineering Dibba Paulo Sérgio Tarek Al-Sayed uhlsport Emirates Theo Bücker Klaus Dieter Nourredine Al-Hadiبوكير مع الصقور ودبا يستنجد بالاتحاد - صحيفة الرؤية Haidar Alo Ali uhlsport Hatta Waleed Obaid Mohammad Al-Ajmani Adidas Kalba Fabio Viviani Salem Al-Qaddami Errea
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 Éverton Ribeiro Asamoah Gyan Makhete Diop Lima Kwon Kyung-won Al-Ain Caio Lucas Danilo Asprilla Nasser Al-Shamrani Lee Myung-joo Douglas Al-Dhafra Adil Hermach Issam El Adoua Khalid Al-Hajri Makhete Diop Omar Khribin Al-Jazira Aílton Leonardo Mbark Boussoufa Park Jong-woo João Carlos Thiago Neves Jefferson Farfán Al-Nasr Wanderley Jirès Kembo Ekoko Abdelaziz Barrada Joan Oumari Jonathan Pitroipa Mohannad Abdul-Raheem Al-Shabab Tomás De Vincenti Nana Poku Henrique Luvannor Azizbek Haydarov Ruud Boymans Sharjah Digão Adrian Mierzejewski Gelmin Rivas Chikashi Masuda Song Jin-hyung Al-Wahda Sebastián Tagliabué Jorge Valdivia Balázs Dzsudzsák Rim Chang-woo Al-Wasl Fábio Lima Ronaldo Mendes Serginho Caio Canedo Hélder Barbosa Baniyas Jean-Philippe Mendy Harry Novillo Ezekiel Henty Mark Milligan Joaquín Larrivey Fellipe Bastos Daniel Hernández Dibba Bruno Moraes Derley Driss Fettouhi Yaseen Al-Bakhit Danilo Cirino Hamed Koné Heo Jae-won Nicandro Breeveld Emirates Sebastián Sáez Mourad Batna Osman Sow Ahmed Ibrahim Khalaf Zac Anderson Augusto César Hocine Ragued Hatta Rafael Silva Samuel Adrian Ropotan Nikolai Topor-Stanley Rafael Bastos Issiaka Ouédraogo Yaseen Al-Bakhit Mihai Răduț Kalba Ciel Bakare Kone Modibo Maïga Salam Shaker Mihai Costea Carmelo González
Caio Canedo has East Timorese citizenship and was counted as Asian player.
Transfers
Managerial changes
TeamOutgoing managerDate of vacancyManner of departureIncoming managerDate of appointment Al-Shabab Caio Júnior 8 May 2016End of contractPre-season Fred Rutten 11 May 2016 Sharjah Abdulaziz Al-Anbari 13 May 2016 Georgios Donis 27 July 2016 Al-Wasl Gabriel Calderón 25 May 2016 Sacked Rodolfo Arruabarrena 6 June 2016 Baniyas Abdullah Mesfer 5 June 2016 Mutual consent Pablo Repetto Dibba Theo Bücker 22 June 2016 Signed by Emirates Paulo Sérgio 29 June 2016 Emirates Paulo Comelli 31 May 2016 Mutual consent Theo Bücker 22 June 2016 Kalba Mourad Okbi 28 Aug 2016 Fabio Viviani 28 Aug 2016 Baniyas Pablo Repetto 22 October 2016Sacked 12th José Manuel Gomes 23 October 2016 Al-Nasr Ivan Jovanović 31 October 2016 8th Dan Petrescu 31 October 2016 Sharjah Georgios Donis 1 January 2017 Mutual consent 10th José Peseiro 2 January 2017
League table
Results
Statistics
Top scorers
RankPlayerClubGoals1 Ali MabkhoutAl-Jazira332 Fábio LimaAl-Wasl253 Makhete DiopAl-Ahli214 Sebastián TagliabuéAl-Wahda195 Caio CanedoAl-Wasl 146 Sebastián SáezEmirates 137 Ahmed KhalilAl-Ahli 12 Source: agleague.ae
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