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.
Team changes
To Division 1 Relegated from UAE Pro League Fujairah Hatta
Promoted from UAE Division 2 Abtal Al Khaleej Dubai City
Joined Al Rams Al Jazirah Al Hamra
From Division 1 Promoted to UAE Pro League Al Urooba Emirates
Stadia and locations
Note: Table lists clubs in alphabetical order. Club Home city Stadium Capacity Abtal Al Khaleej Dubai (Mirdif) Khalid bin Mohammed StadiumTemporary stadium Al Arabi Umm al Quwain Umm al Quwain Stadium Al Bataeh Al Bataeh Al Bataeh Stadium Al Hamriyah Al Hamriyah Al Hamriya Sports Club Stadium Al Jazirah Al Hamra Al Jazirah Al Hamra Al Hamra Stadium Al Rams Ar-Rams Al Rams Stadium Al Taawon Al Jeer Taawon Stadium Dibba Al Fujairah Dibba Al-Fujairah Dibba (F) Stadium Dibba Al Hisn Dibba Al-Hisn Dibba (H) Stadium Hatta Hatta Hamdan Bin Rashid Stadium Dhaid Dhaid Al-Dhaid Stadium Dubai City Dubai (Al Barsha) The Sevens Stadium Fujairah Fujairah Fujairah Club Stadium Masafi Masafi Masafi Stadium Masfout Masfout Masfout Club 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. TeamHead CoachCaptainKit ManufacturerShirt Sponsor Abtal Al Khaleej Mostafa Abdelhady Damilare Adigun uhlsport Al Arabi Mohammad Al Jalboot Khalifa Abdullah Nike Al Bataeh Tarek Hadhiri Rodrigo Souza uhlsport SMC Al Dhaid Roman Nádvorník Ali Al-Nuaimi uhlsport Al Hamriyah Jamal Al Hassani Ahmed Al-Shaji Nike Al Jazirah Al Hamra Mutaz Abdulla Salem Al Khaddem uhlsport Al Rams Salem Al-Bout Ali Al Maazmi uhlsport Al Taawon Ahmed El Mujahid Malek Al-Shehhi uhlsport Dibba Al Fujairah Zoran Popović Mohamed Al Rowaihy uhlsport Dibba Al Hisn Saeed Shakhit Khalid Al Riyami uhlsport Dubai City Mason Mcclelland Jamal Bartley Macron Fujairah Mohammed Al-Timoumi Ahmed Al-Zahmi Puma Hatta Ameur Derbal Lahej Al-Nofali Macron Expo Masafi Fahad Al Dabal Brahima Diakite Adidas Masfout Abdulghani Binkarshat 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 Damilare Adigun Lassana Camara Al Arabi Alex Paulinho Al Bataeh Rodrigo Souza Thiago Augusto Thauan Al Dhaid Adenilson Sílvio Júnior Al Hamriyah Gilmar Vinícius Lopes Al Jazirah Al Hamra Hugo Alexsander Kouakou Kouadio Al Rams Saullo Valdo Babacal Geovane Al Taawon Gil Paraíba Denny Antwi Dibba Al Fujairah Diogo Acosta Chiquinho Dibba Al Hisn Dedê Costa Marcos Moraes Dubai City Jamal Bartley Nenai Banda Fujairah Issah Yakubu Mustafa Mahmoud Hatta Régis Tony Hyuri Masafi Sílvio Júnior Brahima Diakite Fidélis Masfout Jacó Juan Batista Bruno Dybal
Managerial changes TeamOutgoing managerDate of vacancyManner of departureIncoming managerDate of appointment Hatta Vladimir Vermezović 25 April 2021 SackedPre-season Sulaiman Al Balooshi 30 May 2021 Al Bataeh Abdullah Mesfer 1 May 2021Resigned Tarek Hadhiri 20 May 2021 Fujairah Nassif Al Bayawi 15 May 2021 Mohammed Al-Timoumi 16 May 2021 Masfout Tarek Hadhiri 20 May 2021 Signed by Al Bataeh Abdulghani Binkarshat 21 May 2021 Dibba Al Fujairah Sulaiman Al Balooshi 30 May 2021 Signed by Hatta Zoran Popović 1 July 2021 Dibba Al Hisn Abdulghani Binkarshat 1 June 2021 End of contract Othmen Najjar 3 July 2021 Al Jazirah Al Hamra Ali Al Shehhi 11 October 2021 Mutual consent 13th Muhammad Al-Naqbi 11 October 2021 Hatta Sulaiman Al Balooshi 1 November 2021 Sacked 10th Fouad Boumdal 1 November 2021 Al Rams Jassim Al Tunaiji 16 November 2021 Resigned 12th Salem Al-Bout 16 November 2021 Al Jazirah Al Hamra Muhammad Al-Naqbi 17 November 2021 End of caretaker spell 14th Mutaz Abdulla 17 November 2021Abtal Al Khaleej Mostafa Abdelhady 20 November 2021 Sacked 10th Ahmed El Mujahid 25 November 2021 Ahmed El Mujahid 12 December 2021 Resigned 11th Mostafa Abdelhady 13 December 2021 Al Taawon Aaref Al Shehhi 14 December 2021 Sacked 13th Ahmed El Mujahid 14 December 2021 Masafi Mohamed Al Antali 15 December 2021Mutual consent 14th Fahad Al Dabal 15 December 2021 Al Dhaid Walid Obaid 29 December 2021 10th Roman Nádvorník 5 January 2022 Dibba Al Hisn Othmen Najjar 3 January 2022 Sacked 4th Saeed Shakhit 8 January 2022 Hatta Fouad Boumdal 7 January 2022 Resigned 6th Amer Derbal7 January 2022 Al Hamriyah Tareq Al Sayed 14 February 2022 4th Jamal Al Hassani 15 January 2022
League table
Results
Season statistics
Top scorers
RankPlayerClubGoals1 Diogo AcostaDibba Al Fujairah272 Vinícius LopesAl Hamriyah223 Dedê CostaDibba Al Hisn194 AlexAl Arabi185 Mohammed Al-MarbuiiDibba Al Hisn17
Number of teams by Emirates EmirateNumber of teamsTeams1 Ras Al Khaimah4Al Jazira Al Hamra, Al Rams, Al Taawon and Masafi SharjahAl Bataeh, Al Dhaid, Al Hamriyah and Dibba Al Hisn3 Dubai3Abtal Al Khaleej, Dubai City and Hatta42Dibba Al Fujairah and Fujairah5 Umm Al Quwain1Al Arabi AjmanMasfout
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