2019–20 UAE Division 1

2019–20 UAE Division one was the 44th Division one season. Team changes for the season include Al Bataeh who joined the league, while Hatta and Khor Fakkan was promoted to the UAE Pro League, while Dibba Al Fujairah and Emirates were relegated. However, the season was cancelled with 12 out of 14 UAE Pro League clubs voting in favour of cancelling the season and not a single division one club had a say on the matter. The decision was done due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Arab Emirates and no team were rewarded with promotion.^[1]

UAE Division One

Season	2019–20
Champions	No title rewarded
Promoted	No Promotion rewarded
Matches played	80
Goals scored	218 (2.73 per match)
Top goalscorer	Vinícius Lopes (11 goals)
Biggest home win	Emirates 5–1 Al Urooba (21 December 2019) Dibba Al Fujairah 4–0 Al Taawon (3 January 2020) Al Bataeh 5–1 Al Arabi (1 February 2020)
Biggest away win	Masfout 1–5 Al Hamriyah (31 January 2020)
Highest scoring	FC Dhaid 3–4 Emirates (28 December 2019) Emirates 4–3 Al Arabi (14 February 2020)
Longest winning run	Emirates (9 games)
Longest unbeaten run	Emirates (14 games)
Longest winless run	Al Taawon (15 games)
Longest losing run	Masafi (8 games)
← 2018–19 2020–21 →

Team changes

To Division 1

Relegated from UAE Pro League

• Dibba Al Fujairah
• Emirates

Joined

• Al Bataeh

From Division 1

Promoted to UAE Pro League

• Hatta
• Khor Fakkan

Stadia and locations

Arabi

Bataeh

Hamriyah

Taawon

Urooba

Dibba F.

Dibba H.

Dhaid

Emirates

Masafi

Masfout

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 Bataeh	Al Bataeh	Al Bataeh Stadium	2,000
Al Hamriyah	Al Hamriyah	Al Hamriya Sports Club Stadium	5,000
Al Taawon	Al Jeer	Taawon Stadium	200
Al Urooba	Qidfa	Al Sharqi Stadium	3,000
Dibba Al Fujairah	Dibba Al-Fujairah	Dibba (F) Stadium	100
Dibba Al Hisn	Dibba Al-Hisn	Dibba (H) Stadium	700
Emirates	Ras Al Khaimah	Emirates Club Stadium	5,200
FC Dhaid	Dhaid	Al-Dhaid Stadium	500
Masafi	Masafi	Masafi Stadium	2,000
Masfout	Masfout	Masfout Club Stadium	3,000

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	Bakare Kone	Nike	QQ Holding
Al Bataeh	Tareq Al Sayed	Eisa Ali	uhlsport	Sharjah Media City
Al Hamriyah	Ghazi Ghrairi	Ali Rabee	Nike	SBR
Al Taawon	Mo Balooshi	Rashed Humaid	uhlsport
FC Dhaid	Mohammed Saeed	Ali Al-Nuaimi	uhlsport	uhlsport
Al Urooba	Brahim Boufoud	Hassan Mohammed	uhlsport	Fujairah TV
Dibba Al Fujairah	Ahmed El Moujahid	Faisel Al-Khodaim	uhlsport
Dibba Al Hisn	Sulaiman Al Balooshi	Mahmoud Hassan	uhlsport
Emirates	Gjoko Hadžievski	Abdullah Ali	uhlsport
Masafi	Mohammed Al Hosani	Brahima Diakite	Adidas	Al Futaim[2]
Masfout	Tarek Hadhiri	Hassan Al-Hammadi	Nike

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Date of vacancy	Manner of departure	Pos.	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Emirates	Eid Barout	31 October 2019	Sacked	Pre-season	Gjoko Hadžievski	3 November 2019
Masafi	Brahim Boufoud	???	End of contract		Jamal Al Hassani	???
Dibba Al Hisn	Fathy Mohamed				Sulaiman Al Balooshi
Masfout	Badr Abdulrahman				Abdulghani Binkarshat
Al Urooba	Ghazi Ghrairi		Signed by Al Hamriyah		Yousri Kahla
Al Hamriyah	Mohamed Ismail		End of contract		Ghazi Ghrairi
Al Urooba	Yousri Kahla	30 November 2019	Resigned	5th	Dalibor Starcevic	10 December 2019
Dibba Al Fujairah	Sergio Alexandre	31 January 2020	Sacked	4th	Ahmed El Moujahid	1 February 2020
Al Taawon	Tarek Hadhiri	9 February 2020		11th	Mohammed Al Balooshi	10 February 2020
Masfout	Abdulghani Binkarshat	15 February 2020		6th	Tarek Hadhiri	16 February 2020
Masafi	Jamal Al Hassani	21 February 2020		10th	Mohammed Al Hosani	22 February 2020
Al Urooba	Dalibor Starcevic	28 February 2020		8th	Brahim Boufoud	29 February 2020

Foreign players

Club	Player 1	Player 2	Former Players
Al-Arabi	Alexandre Matão	Bakare Kone	Ivor Weitzer
Al-Bataeh	Alex	Erick	Dedê
Al-Hamriyah	Luan Santos	Maurizio Vella	Gilmar
Al-Taawon	Mechac Koffi	Mohamed Seghaier Nasri	David
Al-Urooba	Harry Novillo	Jean-Philippe Mendy	Taylon Correa Omar Kossoko

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Emirates	16	12	3	1	32	14	+18	39
2	Dibba Al Hisn	16	9	5	2	20	11	+9	32
3	Al Bataeh	16	8	5	3	24	13	+11	29
4	Al Hamriyah	15	7	6	2	21	12	+9	27
5	Dibba Al Fujairah	16	7	5	4	27	17	+10	26
6	Masfout	16	6	4	6	24	24	0	22
7	Dhaid	15	5	2	8	15	23	−8	17
8	Al Arabi	15	4	5	6	22	26	−4	17
9	Al Urooba	15	4	2	9	19	28	−9	14
10	Masafi	15	3	1	11	10	26	−16	10
11	Al Taawon	15	0	2	13	14	34	−20	2

Updated to match(es) played on 14 March 2020. Source: uaefa
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) goal difference; 4) number of goals scored.

Results

Home \ Away	ARB	BTH	HAM	TAW	URO	DAF	DAH	DHD	EMI	MSF	MST
Al Arabi		—	0–2	3–1	—	1–2	2–2	2–0	0–0	1–2	2–2
Al Bataeh	5–1		—	1–0	2–1	0–0	0–0	3–0	0–1	2–0	—
Al Hamriyah	1–1	1–1		1–0	1–0	2–2	0–1	2–1	1–2	—	—
Al Taawon	1–2	1–2	2–2		1–2	—	1–2	—	0–1	2–2	2–3
Al Urooba	1–3	2–3	—	—		—	2–3	0–1	1–2	1–0	2–2
Dibba Al Fujairah	—	1–1	1–2	4–0	0–3		—	2–0	2–0	4–1	0–1
Dibba Al Hisn	2–0	1–0	0–0	—	—	1–1		2–1	1–1	2–0	1–0
Al Dhaid	—	2–1	—	2–1	2–2	1–1	—		3–4	0–2	1–0
Emirates	4–3	—	0–0	3–1	5–1	2–0	1–0	—		3–0	3–1
Masafi	—	1–2	0–1	—	0–1	1–4	1–0	0–1	—		0–2
Masfout	1–1	1–1	1–5	4–1	3–0	1–3	1–2	1–0	—	—

Updated to match(es) played on 2020. Source: soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

Top goal scorers

As of 29 June 2020^[3]

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Vinícius Lopes	Dibba Al Fujairah	11
	Alexssander azeredo	Al Hamriya
2	Mohammed Al-Marbuii	Al Dhaid	9

Number of teams by Emirates

	Emirate	Number of teams	Teams
1	Sharjah	4	Al Bataeh, Al Hamriyah, Al Dhaid and Dibba Al Hisn
2	Ras Al Khaimah	3	Al Taawon, Masafi and Emirates
3	Fujairah	2	Al Urooba and Dibba Al Fujairah
4	Umm Al Quwain	1	Al Arabi
	Ajman		Masfout