UAE Arabian Gulf League

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Premier Division
UAE Arabian Gulf League logoTemplate: Infobox football competition / maintenance / logo format
Association UAE Football Association
First edition 1973
Teams 14th
master al-Sharjah (2019)
Record champions al Ain Club (13 wins)
Current season 2019/20
Website www.uaefa.ae
Qualification for AFC Champions League
UAE Arabian Gulf Super Cup
↓ First Division

The UAE Arabian Gulf League ( Arabic دوري الخليج العربي, DMG Daurī al-Ḫalīǧ al-ʿarabī ) is the top division in football in the United Arab Emirates . It was founded in 1973 and is now one of the most popular and best leagues in Asia . Until 2009 it was called the UAE League or Etisalat National League . The reigning master is the al-Jazira Club . The record champions are the al Ain Club with 13 championships .

As the host country of the FIFA Club World Cups in 2009 and 2010, Al-Ahli took part in the qualifying game of the Club World Cup in 2009 and reached the quarter-finals. In 2010, Al-Wahda qualified for the Club World Cup by winning the title. The master also qualifies for the UAE Arabian Gulf Super Cup .

Game mode

The league is played back and forth with 14 teams, with each team playing against each other twice. The two best placed at the end of a season, plus the cup winners qualify directly for the AFC Champions League , the third has to qualify. The last two clubs are relegated to the First Division immediately .

Clubs 2019/20

society city Home stadium capacity
Ajman Club Ajman Ajman Stadium 5,537
Al-Ahli Dubai Al-Rashid Stadium 12,000
Al Ain Club al-Ain Hazza Bin Zayed Stadium 25.174
Al-Dhafra Madinat Zayed Al Dhafra Stadium 5,020
Al-Ittihad Kalba Calf Ittihad Kalba Club Stadium 6,000
Al-Jazira Club Abu Dhabi Al Jazira Mohammed Bin Zayed Stadium 42,056
Al-Nasr SC Dubai Al-Maktoum Stadium 15,058
al-Sharjah Sharjah Sharjah Stadium 18,000
Al-Wahda Abu Dhabi Al-Nahyan Stadium 15,000
Al-Wasl Dubai Zabeel Stadium 12,000
Baniyas SC Abu Dhabi Bani Yas Stadium 9,570
Fujairah FC Fujairah Fujairah Stadium 5,093
Hatta Club Hatta Hamdan Bin Rashid Stadium 3,000

Previous title holder

  • 1973/74: al-Sharjah
  • 1974/75: al-Ahli Dubai
  • 1975/76: al-Ahli Dubai
  • 1976/77: al Ain Club
  • 1977/78: al-Nasr SC
  • 1978/79: al-Nasr SC
  • 1979/80: al-Ahli Dubai
  • 1980/81: al Ain Club
  • 1981/82: al Wasl
  • 1982/83: al Wasl
  • 1983/84: al Ain Club
  • 1984/85: al Wasl
  • 1985/86: al-Nasr SC
  • 1986/87: al-Sharjah
  • 1987/88: al Wasl
  • 1988/89: al-Sharjah
  • 1989/90: al Shabab
  • 1990/91: Failure due to the Gulf War
  • 1991/92: al Wasl
  • 1992/93: al Ain Club
  • 1993/94: al-Sharjah
  • 1994/95: al Shabab
  • 1995/96: al-Sharjah
  • 1996/97: al Wasl
  • 1997/98: al Ain Club
  • 1998/99: al-Wahda
  • 1999/00: al Ain Club
  • 2000/01: al-Wahda
  • 2001/02: al Ain Club
  • 2002/03: al Ain Club
  • 2003/04: al Ain Club
  • 2004/05: al-Wahda

Number of championships

space team title
1. al Ain Club 13
2. al-Ahli Dubai 7th
al-Wasl 7th
4th al-Sharjah 6th
5. al-Wahda 4th
6th al-Nasr SC 3
al Shabab 3
8th. al-Jazira Club 2

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ gulfnews of June 24, 2009 (English), accessed on February 20, 2010.

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