The 2023–24 UAE Pro League was the 49th edition of the UAE Pro League. Shabab Al Ahli were the defending champions.
Teams Team changes
Promoted to the Pro League Hatta secured promotion to the pro league after a decisive 3–2 victory over Al Rams. Hatta are returning after two seasons of absence. Emirates would secure promotion on the second last matchday after winning 4–3 against Al Rams, coincidentally the same club Hatta beat. This will be Emirates 10th season in the Pro League.
Relegated to the First Division Al Dhafra got relegated after losing to Ajman 2–1. This marks the fourth time Al Dhafra got relegated in the top flight with the last time being in 2010–11 season. Dibba Al Fujairah soon followed after drawing 1–1 to Al Dhafra, ending their short spell in the Pro League a year after Dibba Al Fujairah got promoted as division 1 champions.
Stadium and locations
Note: Table lists clubs in alphabetical order. TeamHome cityStadiumCapacity Ajman Ajman Ajman Stadium Al Ain Al-Ain Hazza Bin Zayed Stadium Al Bataeh Al Bataeh Al Bataeh Stadium Al Jazira Abu Dhabi (Al Nahyan) Mohammad Bin Zayed Stadium Al Nasr Dubai (Al Nasr) Al-Maktoum Stadium Al Wahda Abu Dhabi (Al Nahyan) Al Nahyan Stadium Al Wasl Dubai (Zabeel) Zabeel Stadium Baniyas Abu Dhabi (Al Shamkha) Baniyas Stadium Emirates Ras Al Khaimah Emirates Club Stadium Hatta Hatta Hamdan Bin Rashid Stadium Kalba Kalba Ittihad Kalba Stadium Khor Fakkan Khor Fakkan SBM Al Qassimi Stadium Shabab Al Ahli Dubai (Deira) Al-Rashid Stadium Sharjah Sharjah Sharjah 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 Ajman Daniel Isăilă Saoud Saeed Adidas Ajman Bank Al Ain Hernán Crespo Bandar Al-Ahbabi Nike First Abu Dhabi Bank Al Bataeh Goran Tomić Mohamed Ahmed Nike Majid Al Futtaim Group Al Jazira Grégory Dufrennes Ali Khasif Zat Outfit Healthpoint Al Nasr Alfred Schreuder Ahmed Shambih Adidas Emirates Islamic Al Wahda Goran Tufegdžić Allan Adidas Volkswagen Al Wasl Miloš Milojević Ali Salmeen Macron Dubai Real Estate Centre Baniyas Darko Milanič Fawaz Awana Macron ADIB Emirates Benito Carbone Andrés Iniesta uhlsport RAK Ceramics Hatta Nenad Vanić Vernon De Marco uhlsport Emaar Kalba Ghazi Fahad Abdusalam Mohammed Adidas Caltex Khor Fakkan Nebojša Jovović Masoud Sulaiman Macron ADNOC Shabab Al Ahli Marko Nikolić Majed Naser Nike Mai Dubai Sharjah Cosmin Olăroiu Shahin Abdulrahman Adidas SAIF Zone
Managerial changes
TeamOutgoing managerDate of vacancyManner of departureIncoming managerDate of appointment Al Wasl Juan Antonio Pizzi 16 May 2023 Mutual consent Pre-season Miloš Milojević2 June 2023 Al Bataeh Saeed Shakhit 25 May 2023 End of caretaker spell Mirel Rădoi 25 May 2023 Al Jazira Marcel Keizer 26 May 2023End of contract Frank de Boer 5 June 2023 Al Ain Serhiy Rebrov 27 May 2023 Alfred Schreuder 27 May 2023 Hatta Abdullah Mesfer 1 June 2023 Mutual consent Željko Markov 6 June 2023 Shabab Al Ahli Leonardo JardimEnd of contract Marko Nikolić 2 June 2023 Baniyas Daniel Isăilă Darko Milanič 8 June 2023 Al Nasr Goran Tomić5 June 2023 Goran Tufegdžić 5 June 2023 Ajman Goran Tufegdžić Signed by Al Nasr Caio Zanardi 6 June 2023 Al Wahda Arno Buitenweg 18 June 2023 End of caretaker spell Pitso Mosimane 18 June 2023 Hatta Željko Markov 4 September 2023 Sacked 13th Fabio Viviani5 September 2023 Emirates Mohammed Al Jalboot 5 September 2023 Mutual consent 10th Lluís Planagumà Khor Fakkan Abdulaziz Al Anberi 24 September 2023 10th Gerard Zaragoza 29 September 2023 Ajman Caio Zanardi 3 October 2023Sacked 13th Daniel Isăilă 3 October 2023 Khor Fakkan Gerard Zaragoza 28 October 2023 12th Nebojša Jovović 29 October 2023 Al Nasr Goran Tufegdžić 6 November 2023 10th Fabrizio Cammarata 6 November 2023 Al Ain Alfred Schreuder 8 November 2023 Mutual consent 3rd Hernán Crespo 14 November 2023 Al Wahda Pitso Mosimane 9 November 2023 Sacked 5th Arno Buitenweg 9 November 2023 Al Nasr Fabrizio Cammarata 27 November 2023 End of caretaker spell 9th Alfred Schreuder 27 November 2023 Al Jazira Frank de Boer 13 December 2023Sacked 7th Bob de Klerk 14 December 2023 Emirates Lluís Planagumà 21 December 2023 14th Aaref Al Shehhi 21 December 2023Al Bataeh Mirel Rădoi 25 December 2023 Resigned 7th Goran Tomić 7 January 2024Al Wahda Arno Buitenweg3 January 2024End of caretaker spell 5th Goran Tufegdžić3 January 2024Al Jazira Bob de Klerk5 January 2024 6th Mirel Rădoi5 January 2024 Emirates Aaref Al Shehhi 14th Walter Zenga Ittihad Kalba Farhad Majidi2 March 2024Sacked 11th Ghazi Fahad2 March 2024 Hatta Fabio Viviani15 March 2024 14th Nenad Vanić17 March 2024 Al Jazira Mirel Rădoi8 April 2024 8th Grégory Dufrennes9 April 2024 Emirates Walter Zenga24 April 2024 Mutual consent 13th Benito Carbone24 April 2024
Foreign players
All teams can register many foreigners as they want but could only include up to five professional players. Players in the age of under-23 do not counted as professionals.
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 Player 3 Player 4 Player 5 Former players Ajman Ali Madan Dodô Walid Azaro Miloš Kosanović Haykeul Chikhaoui Prestige Mboungou Nader Ghandri Al Ain Omer Atzili Soufiane Rahimi Kaku Park Yong-woo Kodjo Fo-Doh Laba Al Bataeh Paulinho Anatole Abang Petrus Boumal Diney Ulrich Meleke Al Jazira Fernando Neeskens Kebano Aboubakar Kamara Karim Rekik Alejandro Pozuelo Al Nasr Samir Memišević Kevin Agudelo Manolo Gabbiadini Adel Taarabt Iuri Medeiros Al Wahda Allan Ahmad Nourollahi Zelimkhan Bakayev Omar Khribin Khojimat Erkinov Cristian Guanca João Pedro Al Wasl Gerónimo Poblete Alexis Pérez Soufiane Bouftini Jung Seung-hyun Haris Seferovic Nicolás Giménez Baniyas Taulant Seferi Gastón Álvarez Suárez Prestige Mboungou Youssoufou Niakaté Saša Ivković Francisco Geraldes Emirates Dia Saba Nizar Al-Rashdan Uroš Vitas Paco Alcácer Andrés Iniesta Diogo Acosta Franck Kom Leo Osaki Al Sanousi Al Hadi Hatta Gabrielzinho Lobi Manzoki Aaron Tshibola Chisom Egbuchulam Vernon De Marco Alexander Merkel Shabaib Al-Khaldi Moustafa Zeidan Ittihad Kalba Daniel Bessa Mehdi Ghayedi Nigel Robertha Filip Kiss Andrés Vombergar Wallace Ivanildo Fernandes Khor Fakkan Lourency Raniel Thulani Serero Abdulla Abdullaev Azizbek Amanov Pedro Castro Tiago Leonço Saîf-Eddine Khaoui Shabab Al Ahli Saeid Ezatolahi Mu'nas Dabbur Luka Milivojević Bogdan Planić Azizjon Ganiev Federico Cartabia Sharjah Miralem Pjanić Moussa Marega Cho Yu-min Firas Ben Larbi Kostas Manolas Paco Alcácer
League table
Results
Number of teams by Emirates EmirateNumber of teamsTeams1 Abu Dhabi4Al Ain, Al Jazira, Al Wahda and Baniyas Sharjah Sharjah, Kalba, Khor Fakkan and Al Bataeh DubaiShabab Al Ahli, Al Nasr, Al Wasl and Hatta4 Ajman1Ajman Ras Al KhaimahEmirates
Season statistics
Positions by round
Top scorers
RankPlayerClubGoals1 Omar KhribinAl Wahda2 Fábio LimaAl Wasl173 Igor JesusShabab Al Ahli 14 Mu'nas DabburShabab Al Ahli5 Kodjo LabaAl Ain12 Mehdi GhayediIttihad Kalba Walid AzaroAjman 8 Taulant SeferiBaniyas11 Manolo GabbiadiniAl Nasr Haris SeferovicAl Wasl CaioSharjah12 LourencyKhor Fakkan10 Ali MabkhoutAl Jazira
Clean sheets
RankPlayerClubClean sheets1 Khaled Al-SenaniAl Wasl102 Ahmed ShambihAl Nasr63 Khalid EisaAl Ain54 Rashed AliAl Wahda4 Ali Al-HosaniAjman5 Suhail AbdullaEmirates3 Fahad Al-DhanhaniBaniyas Adel Al-HosaniSharjah Ibrahim EssaAl Bataeh Hassan HamzaShabab Al Ahli Salem KhairiHatta Ali KhasifAl Jazira
Hat tricks PlayerForAgainstResultDateRound Walid AzaroAjman Ittihad Kalba3–5 (H)29 September 2023 4 LourencyKhor FakkanAl Wahda3–2 (H)29 December 2023 12 Soufiane RahimiAl AinAjman4–0 (A)15 March 202416 Walid Azaro4 Ajman Ittihad Kalba4–2 (A)29 March 202417 Mu'nas Dabbur Shabab Al AhliHatta10–0 (H)2 June 202426 Notes 4 Player scored 4 goals(H) – Home team(A) – Away team
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