UAE League 2008/09

The 2008/09 UAE League season was the 34th edition of the United Arab Emirates' top division . It began on September 19, 2008. The defending champion was Al Shabab . Ajman Club and Al-Khaleej rose from the 2nd division.

The champions qualified for the 2009 FIFA Club World Cup .

Teams

The teams are sorted according to their performance in the previous year.

society	Trainer	city	Stadion
Al Shabab	Toninho Cerezo	Dubai	Al Maktoum Stadium
Al-Jazira Club	Abel Braga	Abu Dhabi	Al Jazira Mohammed Bin Zayed Stadium
Al-Ahli	Ivan Hašek	Dubai	Rashed Stadium
Al-Sharjah	Youssef Al Zawawi	Sharjah	Sharjah Stadium
Al-Shaab	Luka Peruzović	Sharjah	Khalid Bin Mohammed Stadium
Al Ain Club	Winfried Schaefer	al-Ain	Sheikh Khalifa International Stadium
Al-Wasl	Miroslav Beránek	Dubai	Zabeel Stadium
al-Wahda	Ahmad Abdulhaleem	Abu Dhabi	Al-Nahyan Stadium
Al-Nasr Sports Club	Luka Bonačić	Dubai	Al-Maktoum Stadium
Al-Dhafra	Mohammad Kwid	Madinat Zayed	Al Dhafra Stadium
Ajman Club (promoted)	Abdul Qader	Ajman	Ajman Stadium
Al-Khaleej (climber)	Sammir Juwaili	Chaur Fakkan	Al Baladi Stadium

	team	SP	S.	U	N	T	GT	TD	Pts
1	Al-Ahli	22nd	17th	4th	1	54	25th	+29	55
2	Al-Jazira Club	22nd	17th	3	2	57	17th	+40	54
3	Al Ain Club	22nd	12	7th	3	40	20th	+20	43
4th	Al-Wahda	22nd	10	4th	8th	40	39	+1	34
5	Al Shabab	22nd	8th	4th	10	33	37	−4	28
6th	Al-Nasr	22nd	6th	8th	8th	37	40	−3	26th
7th	Al-Wasl	22nd	7th	5	10	38	45	−7	26th
8th	Al-Dhafra	22nd	5	9	8th	32	32	0	24
9	Ajman Club	22nd	7th	3	12	21st	39	−18	24
10	Al-Sharjah	22nd	6th	4th	12	31	45	−14	22nd
11	Al-Shaab	22nd	5	3	14th	23	37	−14	18th
12	Al-Khaleej	22nd	4th	2	16	21st	51	−30	14th

Relegated