2018–19 UAE Division 1

2018–19 UAE Division one (stylized as UAE Division 1) was the 43rd Division one season. Team changes for the season include Al Taawon who joined the league to replace Ras Al Khaimah who withdrew due to financial reasons, while Hatta was relegated from the UAE Pro League last year and the top 3 teams of last year's season (Baniyas, Kalba and Fujairah), were all promoted to the Pro League.

UAE Division One

Season	2018–19
Champions	Khor Fakkan (6th title)
Promoted	Khor Fakkan Hatta
Matches played	82
Goals scored	212 (2.59 per match)
Top goalscorer	Vinícius Lopes (16 goals)
Biggest home win	Hatta 4–0 Masafi
Biggest away win	Masafi 0–6 Al Arabi (8 March 2019)
Highest scoring	Al Arabi 2–6 Hatta (14 December 2018)
Longest winning run	Hatta (5 games)
Longest unbeaten run	Hatta (12 games)
Longest winless run	Masfut (10 games)
Longest losing run	Masfut (6 games)
← 2017–18 2019–20 →

Team changes

To Division 1

Relegated from UAE Pro League

• Hatta

Rejoined after withdrawal

• Al Taawon

From Division 1

Promoted to UAE Pro League

• Baniyas
• Kalba
• Fujairah

Teams that withdrew

• Ras Al Khaimah

Stadia and locations

Al-Hisn

Hamriyah

Khor F.

Urooba

Hatta

Masafi

Masfut

Taawon

Arabi

Dhaid

Locations of teams in the UAE Division One

Note: Table lists clubs in alphabetical order.

Club	Home city	Stadium	Capacity
Al Arabi	Umm al Quwain	Umm al Quwain Stadium	3,000
Al Hamriyah	Al Hamriyah	Al Hamriya Sports Club Stadium	5,000
Khor Fakkan	Khor Fakkan	Saqr bin Mohammad al Qassimi Stadium	4,373
Al Taawon	Al Jeer	Mohammed Bin Saud Al Qasimi Stadium	2,000
FC Dhaid	Dhaid	Al-Dhaid Stadium	500
Al Urooba	Mirbah	Al Sharqi Stadium	3,000
Dibba Al-Hisn	Dibba Al-Hisn	Dibba Al Hisn Stadium	700
Hatta	Hatta	Hamdan Bin Rashid Stadium	5,000
Masafi	Masafi	Masafi Stadium	2,000
Masfut	Masfut	Masfut Club Stadium	3,000

Number of teams by Emirates

	Emirate	Number of teams	Teams
1	Sharjah	4	Al Hamriyah, Al Dhaid, Dibba Al Hisn, Khor Fakkan
2	Ras Al Khaimah	2	Al Taawon, Masafi
3	Umm Al Quwain	1	Al Arabi
	Fujairah		Al Urooba
	Dubai		Hatta
	Ajman		Masfut

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
Al Arabi	Predrag Stilinović	Brahima Diakite	Nike	Al Futaim[1]
Al Hamriyah	Mohamed Ismail	Khairi Khalfan	Nike	Sharjah Beach Resort
Khor Fakkan	Abdulwahab Abdulkadir	Saif Mohammed	Adidas	Khor Fakkan Beach Resort
Al Taawon	Tarek Hadhiri	David	Unknown	Unknown
Al Dhaid	Mohammed Saeed	Salem Al-Qaidi	uhlsport	uhlsport
Al Urooba	Ghazi Ghrairi	Hassan Mohammed	uhlsport	Fujairah TV
Dibba Al-Hisn	Fathy Mohamed	Salem Al-Nuaimi	uhlsport	Chips Oman
Hatta	Walid Obaid	Mahmoud Hassan	Macron	Macron
Masafi	Brahim Boufoud	Abdulla Al-Shahyari	Adidas	Al Futaim[1]
Masfut	Badr Abdulrahman	Salem Khamis	Nike	Masdar

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Date of vacancy	Manner of departure	Pos.	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Khor Fakkan	Badir Ahmed Al Hammadi	2 February 2019	End of Contract	2nd	Abdulwahab Abdulkadir	3 February 2019
Al Urooba	Sérgio Alexandre			1st	Ghazi Ghrairi
Dibba Al-Hisn	Badr Abdulhraman			7th	Fathy Mohamed
Al Arabi	Jamal Ali			11th	Predrag Stilinović
Al Dhaid	Walid Obaid		Sacked	12th	Mohammed Saeed
Al Taawon	Abderrazak Amrani	8 March 2019		11th	Tarek Hadhiri	9 March 2019
Hatta	Nenad Vanić	22 March 2019		5th	Walid Obaid	23 March 2019
Al Hamriyah	Sulaiman Hasan	7 April 2019	Resigned	3rd	Mohamed Ismail	8 April 2019

Foreign players

Club	Player 1	Player 2	Former Players
Al-Arabi	Mohamed Mahmoud	Brahima Diakité	Mihai Costea
Al-Hamriyah	Tomas Bastos	–	Hugo López
Al-Taawon	David	Alassane Diomandé	–
Al-Urooba	Adeílson	Kwame Karikari	Francisco Torres
Dibba Al-Hisn	Vinícius Lopes	Ahmed Dhabaan	–
FC Dhaid	Alexandre Matão	Mohamed Al-Marbuii	Camaldine Abraw
Hatta	Gilmar	Luan Santos	–
Khor Fakkan	Rodrigo	Miro Slavov	Marcus Vinícius
Masafi	Simon Feindouno	Yally Fall Guène	–
Masfut	Jean-Louis Akpa Akpro	–	Mohamed Ali Ben Hammouda

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	Khor Fakkan (C, P)	18	12	2	4	26	12	+14	38	Promotion to the UAE Pro-League
2	Hatta (P)	18	11	4	3	34	14	+20	37[a]
3	Al Urooba	18	11	4	3	27	16	+11	37[a]
4	Al Hamriyah	18	9	5	4	29	16	+13	32
5	Dibba Al Hisn	18	8	5	5	29	26	+3	29
6	Masafi	18	7	4	7	20	35	−15	25
7	Al Dhaid	18	6	3	9	24	23	+1	21
8	Al Arabi	18	5	1	12	22	36	−14	16
9	Al Taawon	18	4	2	12	21	35	−14	14
10	Masfut	18	1	2	15	11	25	−14	5

Updated to match(es) played on 2019. Source: http://www.uaefa.ae/#/en/competition/1121
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) goal difference; 4) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted
Notes:

1. Hatta are ahead of Al Urooba on head-to-head points: Al Urooba 2–1 Hatta, Hatta 3–1 Al Urooba.

Results

Home \ Away	ARB	HAM	TAW	URO	DAH	DHD	KHF	HAT	MSF	MST
Al Arabi		0–1	3–2	1–2	1–3	1–1	0–2	2–6	2–3	2–1
Al Hamriyah	3–1		5–2	0–0	1–2	1–0	0–2	0–1	1–1	2–1
Al Taawon	5–2	0–3		0–1	1–2	1–3	0–2	1–0	1–2	1–0
Al Urooba	3–1	1–1	3–2		1–0	2–0	0–1	2–1	3–1	2–2
Dibba Al Hisn	3–1	1–1	3–3	0–2		3–1	0–2	1–5	4–1	1–0
Dhaid	2–0	1–2	1–0	1–2	1–1		1–2	0–2	4–1	3–0
Khor Fakkan	1–0	2–1	3–0	0–1	2–2	1–0		0–1	0–1	1–3
Hatta	0–1	2–2	1–0	3–1	1–1	2–1	1–1		4–0	1–0
Masafi	0–6	0–2	1–1	2–1	1–0	1–1	0–1	0–0		1–0
Masfut	0–1	0–1	0–1	0–0	1–2	0–1	2–3	1–3	2–3

Updated to match(es) played on 2019. Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.