2022–23 UAE Division 2

2022–23 UAE Division Two was the fourth season of the third tier Emirati football league. This season had only ten participants due to Liwa and Atletico Arabia's withdrawal.^[1] After a decisive victory against Al Hilal, Gulf United won the league title and secured promotion to the UAE First Division League with Dubai United also securing promotion after a 2–0 win against Fleetwood United.^[2]

UAE Second Division League

Season	2022–23
Dates	7 October 2022 – 25 March 2023
Champions	Gulf United (1st title)
Promoted	Gulf United Dubai United
Top goalscorer	Pape Gueye (14 goals)
Biggest home win	Gulf United 5–0 Laval (26 February 2023)
Biggest away win	Al Hilal 1–7 Dubai United (18 March 2023)
Highest scoring	Gulf United 5–3 Regional (5 February 2023) Al Hilal 1–7 Dubai United (18 March 2023)
← 2021–22 2023–24 →

Stadia and locations

Al Hamriyah

Al Mazmar

As-hab Al Himam

Baniyas

DSC

NL

People of Determination

Sheikh Zayed

Shooting Club

Locations of stadiums in UAE Division 2

Clubs

Club	Home city
Al Hilal	Al Lisaili
Al Ittifaq	Dubai (Al Mamzar)
Al Mooj	Al Jazirah Al Hamra
Dubai United	Dubai (Jumeirah)
Fleetwood United[3]	Jebel Ali
Gulf United	Dubai (Al Jaddaf)
HPC	Dubai (Al Hebiah)
Laval	Dubai (Al Qusais)
Regional	Abu Dhabi
United Sport	Al Ain

Venues

Stadium	Capacity	Team(s)
Al Hamriyah Stadium	5,000	Al Hilal Fleetwood United
Al Mazmar Pitch 1	1,000	Gulf United
As-hab Al-Himam Stadium	1,000	United Sport
Baniyas Stadium	9,000	Al Mooj
Dubai Sports Pitch 2	1,000	Dubai United Fleetwood United HPC
North London School	550	Al Ittifaq
People of Determination Stadium	500	Gulf United Laval
Sheikh Zayed Sub Pitch 1	2,000	Regional
Shooting Club Pitch	600	Fleetwood United

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	Gulf United (C, P)	18	12	4	2	42	20	+22	40[a]	Promotion to the UAE First Division League
2	Dubai United (P)	18	12	4	2	43	15	+28	40[a]
3	Fleetwood United	18	11	2	5	30	18	+12	35
4	United Sport	18	7	5	6	26	22	+4	26[b]
5	HPC	18	7	5	6	25	18	+7	26[b]
6	Regional	18	6	4	8	26	32	−6	22
7	Al Mooj	18	4	7	7	17	25	−8	19
8	Al Hilal	18	4	4	10	22	43	−21	16
9	Laval	18	3	6	9	17	34	−17	15
10	Al Ittifaq	18	1	5	12	13	34	−21	8

Source: GSA
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) goal difference; 4) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted
Notes:

1. Gulf United are ahead of Dubai United on head-to-head points: Gulf United 4, Dubai United 1.
2. United Sport are ahead of HPC on head-to-head points: United Sport 4, HPC 1.

Results

Home \ Away	HIL	ITT	MOJ	DUN	FWU	GFU	HPC	LVL	RSP	UNA
Al Hilal		2–1	0–3	1–7	1–2	3–0	1–1	1–5	1–2	1–2
Al Ittifaq	1–2		0–1	0–3	1–1	0–2	1–0	1–1	2–2	2–3
Al Mooj	1–1	1–1		0–0	1–3	1–3	0–3	3–1	2–0	1–1
Dubai United	0–0	4–1	1–1		2–0	1–2	2–0	4–1	4–0	4–3
Fleetwood United	4–0	2–0	3–0	1–3		0–2	3–0	1–1	1–0	0–1
Gulf United	5–1	3–2	3–0	2–2	5–2		1–1	5–0	5–3	1–0
HPC	2–1	3–0	2–1	0–1	0–1	0–0		2–0	2–2	0–1
Laval	1–2	0–0	2–0	0–3	0–3	0–0	1–4		2–4	0–0
Regional	3–3	1–0	1–1	2–0	0–1	2–0	1–4	0–1		1–3
United Sport	3–1	3–0	0–0	1–2	1–2	2–3	1–1	1–1	0–2

Source: GSA
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

Top Scorers

As of 25 March 2023^[4]

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Pape Gueye	Dubai United	14
2	Richard Peniket	Gulf United	11
3	Abdalla Abbakar	Al Hilal	8
	Haitham Ahmad	Regional
5	Ahmed Salem	Regional	7
	Kyle Ross	Fleetwood United
7	Adam Sayed	Al Ittifaq	6
	Hussein Hawi	HPC
	Jamal Bartley	Gulf United
	Peter Sottie	Regional

Number of teams by Emirates

	Emirate	Number of teams	Teams
1	Dubai	7	Al Hilal, Al Ittifaq, Dubai United, Fleetwood United, Gulf United, HPC and Laval
2	Abu Dhabi	2	Regional and United Sport
3	Ras Al Khaimah	1	Al Mooj