2022–23 UAE Division 1

UAE Division One
Season	2022–23
Dates	10 October 2022 – 21 May 2023
Champions	Hatta (2nd title)
Promoted	Hatta; Emirates
Matches played	256
Goals scored	864 (3.38 per match)
Top goalscorer	Diogo Acosta (24 goals)
Biggest home win	Emirates 7–0 Al Khaleej; (9 October 2022); Al Arabi 9–2 Al Fursan; (19 November 2022)
Biggest away win	Al Fursan 0–6 Emirates; (14 January 2023)
Highest scoring	Al Arabi 9–2 Al Fursan; (19 November 2022)
Longest winning run	Hatta (10 games)
Longest unbeaten run	Hatta (18 games)
Longest winless run	Al Fursan (26 games)
Longest losing run	Al Fursan (18 games)
	← 2021–22 2023–24 →

2022–23 UAE Division One is the 46th Division one season. This seasons will expand the league from 15 to 17 teams as more teams from UAE Second Division League got promoted to the league.

Team changes

To Division 1

Relegated from UAE Pro League

Promoted from UAE Division 2

From Division 1

Promoted to UAE Pro League

Stadia and locations

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 Dhaid	Dhaid	Al-Dhaid Stadium	500
Al Fursan	Dubai (Al Sufouh)	The Sevens Stadium	4,000
Al Hamriyah	Al Hamriyah	Al Hamriya Sports Club Stadium	5,000
Al Jazirah Al Hamra	Al Jazirah Al Hamra	Al Hamra Stadium	2,000
Al Khaleej	Dubai (Mirdif)	Various grounds	12,000
Al Rams	Ar-Rams	Al Rams Stadium	4,000
Al Taawon	Al Jeer	Taawon Stadium	200
Al Urooba	Qidfa / Mirbah	Al Sharqi Stadium	3,000
Baynounah	Ruwais	Soccer City Stadium	100
Dibba Al Hisn	Dibba Al-Hisn	Dibba (H) Stadium	700
Dubai City	Dubai (Al Barsha)	Kings School Al Barsha	100
Emirates	Ras Al Khaimah	Emirates Club Stadium	5,200
Hatta	Hatta	Hamdan Bin Rashid Stadium	5,000
Fujairah	Fujairah	Fujairah Club Stadium	10,645
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
Al Arabi	Abdulghani Binkarshat	Rashid Al Saadi	Nike
Al Dhaid	Mohamed Al Tenaiji	Ernest Anang	uhlsport
Al Fursan	Ignacio Ayerbe	Louka Christophe	Lion crew
Al Hamriyah	Tarek Hadhiri	Fernando Gabriel	Macron
Al Jazirah Al Hamra	Mohamed Al Naqbi	Caio Henrique	uhlsport
Al Khaleej	Ibrahim Madani	Abdalla Khalid	uhlsport
Al Rams	Sérgio Alexandre	Mahmoud Hassan	uhlsport
Al Taawon	Badr Al Shehhi	Malek Al-Shehhi	uhlsport
Al Urooba	Sami Al Qafsi	Talal Khameis	uhlsport
Baynounah	Sultan Al Menhali	Mohamed Abdelmoula	Adidas
Dibba Al Hisn	Hussein Skenderovic	Yaser Al Jneibi	uhlsport
Dubai City	Mohammed Al Blooshi	Mohammed Talib	uhlsport
Emirates	Mohammed Al Jalboot	Diogo Acosta	uhlsport
Fujairah	Mohammed Al Hosani	Abdullah Salem	Puma
Hatta	Abdullah Mesfer	Rashed Eissa	uhlsport
Masafi	Brahim Boufoud	Rashid Al Saadi	Adidas
Masfout	Fouad Boumdal	Hamad Ali	Puma

Foreign players

All teams could register as many foreign players as they want, but could only use two on the field each game.

Players name in bold indicates the player is registered during the mid-season transfer window.
Players in italics were out of the squad or left the club within the season, after the pre-season transfer window, or in the mid-season transfer window, and at least had one appearance.

Club	Player 1	Player 2	Former Players
Al Arabi	Mohamed Mahmoud	Valdo Bacabal
Al Dhaid	Ernest Anang	Hugo de Oliveira
Al Fursan	Alejandro Valderrama	Madger Gomes
Al Hamriyah	Vinícius Lopes	Fatrie Sakhi	Fernando Gabriel Alex
Al Jazirah Al Hamra	Caio Rocha	Abdullah Baduraldin
Al Khaleej	Lassana Camara	Ibrahima Badji
Al Rams	Guilherme Batata	Paulo Henrique
Al Taawon	Ablaye Sy	Jacó
Al Urooba	Appolinaire Kack	Redah Atassi
Baynounah	Fritz Tiku	Kingsley Salami
Dibba Al Hisn	Gilmar	Paulinho
Dubai City	Ronald Gonzalez	Nenai Banda
Emirates	Dedê Costa	Diogo Acosta
Fujairah	Okacha Hamzaoui	Sabri Gharbi
Hatta	Toni	Benik Afobe	Denilson Rogerinho
Masafi	Abdullahi El Kory	Hamza Sanhaji
Masfout	Damilare Adigun	Alex	Paulo Henrique

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Date of vacancy	Manner of departure	Pos.	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Emirates	Ayman El Ramady	1 June 2022	End of caretaker spell	Pre-season	Fathi Al-Obeidi^[1]	1 June 2022
Dibba Al Hisn	Said Chkhit		End of contract		Mohammed Al Jalboot^[2]	1 June 2022
Al Arabi	Mohammed Al Jalboot		Signed by Dibba Al Hisn		Badr Al Idrisi^[3]	30 June 2022
Fujairah	Mohammed Al-Timoumi		End of contract		Soufiane Nechma^[4]	11 July 2022
Al Urooba	Fathi Al-Obeidi		Signed by Emirates		Boris Bunjak^[5]	13 July 2022
Hatta	Ameur Derbal	30 June 2022	End of contract		Gjoko Hadžievski	12 July 2022
Hatta	Gjoko Hadžievski	3 October 2022	Sacked	14th	Abdullah Mesfer^[6]	3 October 2022
Al Urooba	Boris Bunjak	25 October 2022		12th	Sami Al Qafsi^[7]	27 October 2022
Al Rams	Abdelhalim Oueriemmi	29 October 2022		13th	Sérgio Alexandre^[8]	1 November 2022
Fujairah	Soufiane Nechma^[9]	9 November 2022		15th	Mohammed Al Hosani	9 November 2022
Al Jazirah Al Hamra	Mutaz Abdulla	16 November 2022	Resigned	3rd	Ameen Philip^[10]	19 November 2022
Al Jazirah Al Hamra	Ameen Philip^[11]	23 November 2022	Mutual consent	2nd	Ahmed Al Zaabi	23 November 2022
Al Arabi	Badr Al Idrisi	16 December 2022	Sacked	5th	Abdulghani Binkarshat^[12]	20 December 2022
Al Jazirah Al Hamra	Ahmed Al Zaabi	19 January 2023	End of caretaker spell	4th	Ahmed El Mujahid^[13]	19 January 2023
Dibba Al Hisn	Mohammed Al Jalboot^[14]	30 January 2023	Resigned	3rd	Hussein Skenderovic	1 February 2023
Al Jazirah Al Hamra	Ahmed El Mujahid	5 February 2023	Sacked	7th	Mohamed Al Naqbi	5 February 2023
Emirates	Fathi Al-Obeidi^[15]	22 February 2023	Mutual consent	4th	Mohammed Al Jalboot^[16]	23 February 2023

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	Hatta (C, P)	32	23	6	3	75	37	+38	75	Promotion to the UAE Pro League
2	Emirates (P)	32	22	5	5	85	33	+52	71	Promotion to the UAE Pro League
3	Dibba Al Hisn	32	20	7	5	72	37	+35	67
4	Masfout	32	16	8	8	49	40	+9	56
5	Al Hamriyah	32	14	7	11	53	45	+8	49
6	Al Arabi	32	13	9	10	55	42	+13	48
7	Masafi	32	13	8	11	46	43	+3	47
8	Al Khaleej	32	13	5	14	51	60	−9	44
9	Fujairah	32	11	10	11	48	39	+9	43
10	Al Jazirah Al Hamra	32	12	7	13	66	64	+2	43
11	Al Taawon	32	12	6	14	44	48	−4	42
12	Al Dhaid	32	9	13	10	39	50	−11	40
13	Al Urooba	32	10	9	13	51	49	+2	39
14	Al Rams	32	8	8	16	39	51	−12	32
15	Dubai City	32	5	9	18	31	57	−26	24
16	Al Fursan (R)	32	5	4	23	26	81	−55	19	Relegation to UAE Second Division League
17	Baynounah (R)	32	4	3	25	33	87	−54	15	Relegation to UAE Second Division League

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

Results

Home \ Away	ARB	DHD	FSN	HAM	JHR	KHL	RAM	TAW	URO	BNN	DAH	DCI	EMI	FUJ	HAT	MSF	MST
Al Arabi		0–1	9–2	0–1	3–0	2–1	2–0	1–0	3–7	3–1	0–0	1–0	1–3	3–2	3–1	1–2	1–1
Al Dhaid	1–1		2–2	1–1	0–3	1–1	1–1	0–1	3–2	3–1	3–3	3–0	0–4	3–2	0–1	0–2	1–1
Al Fursan	1–1	0–1		1–4	2–2	1–2	0–1	0–0	0–5	1–2	0–4	3–2	0–6	1–2	1–5	0–1	0–1
Al Hamriyah	1–0	3–1	4–1		1–2	2–2	1–1	2–1	2–1	3–0	0–3	1–2	0–2	0–3^[a]	1–2	1–0	4–1
Al Jazirah Al Hamra	1–1	2–2	4–0	3–5		2–2	0–2	2–2	5–1	5–1	1–3	2–1	3–1	1–0	2–4	6–2	2–1
Al Khaleej	1–0	3–0	3–1	2–1	1–1		1–0	1–2	0–3	3–2	0–4	1–0	3–2	1–3	1–2	3–4	1–2
Al Rams	0–2	0–1	0–1	0–1	2–1	2–1		0–2	2–1	3–1	2–3	0–0	3–4	0–0	0–2	1–1	2–3
Al Taawon	1–1	1–1	5–2	4–2	1–2	2–3	1–1		0–1	3–0	1–3	1–0	0–3	0–4	2–3	2–0	1–2
Al Urooba	0–3	2–2	0–1	0–0	2–1	3–1	2–2	2–1		1–0	2–3	3–3	0–1	1–2	1–1	2–2	0–1
Baynounah	2–2	0–3	2–1	0–3	3–4	2–4	2–4	1–1	1–3		1–3	3–1	0–2	0–3	1–2	1–5	2–3
Dibba Al Hisn	1–2	4–0	3–0	3–2	2–1	2–1	1–2	3–0	1–1	3–0		1–0	3–3	1–0	2–2	1–1	1–2
Dubai City	0–3	1–2	1–0	2–2	2–2	1–0	2–1	1–2	0–0	2–0	0–5		0–4	2–3	1–1	1–2	1–4
Emirates	4–1	1–1	3–1	2–1	3–2	7–0	2–1	1–2	2–1	5–0	4–1	1–1		1–1	3–0	3–0	3–1
Fujairah	3–2	1–1	0–1	2–2	3–1	1–2	2–2	1–2	0–0	1–0	1–2	1–1	1–2		1–2	2–2	1–1
Hatta	1–1	2–0	2–0	0–0	6–2	4–3	3–2	3–1	3–0^[b]	6–1	1–1	2–1	3–2	1–0		1–0	3–1
Masafi	2–1	1–1	3–0	2–1	2–0	1–1	3–1	1–2	1–3	1–2	1–2	0–0	2–1	0–1	2–1		0–0
Masfout	1–1	1–0	1–2	1–2	3–1	0–2	4–1	1–0	2–1	1–1	3–0	3–2	0–0	1–1	1–3	1–0

Source: soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

^ The UAE FA rewarded Fujairah a 3–0 win due to Al Hamriyah violating the substitution rule. The match originally ended as a 1–1 draw.^[17]
^ The UAE FA rewarded Hatta a 3–0 win due to Al Urooba fielding an ineligible player in the field. The match originally ended as a 0–1 victory for Al Urooba.^[18]

Number of teams by Emirates

	Emirate	Number of teams	Teams
1	Ras Al Khaimah	5	Al Jazira Al Hamra, Al Rams, Al Taawon, Emirates and Masafi
2	Dubai	4	Al Fursan, Al Khaleej, Dubai City and Hatta
3	Sharjah	3	Al Dhaid, Al Hamriyah and Dibba Al Hisn
4	Fujairah	2	Al Urooba and Fujairah
5	Umm Al Quwain	1	Al Arabi
	Abu Dhabi		Baynounah
	Ajman		Masfout

Season statistics

Top goal scorers

As of 31 May 2023^[19]

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Diogo Acosta	Emirates	24
2	Filip Stuparevic	Al Urooba	20
3	Silva Lithierry	Emirates	19
4	Alhassane Tamboura	Al Dhaid	18
4	Mouhameth Diop	Al Khaleej	18
6	Fares Al-Jabri	Al Arabi	17
7	Mohammed Al Marbuii	Dibba Al Hisn	15
8	Carlos Guimaraes	Al Taawon	14
	Wanderson Costa	Emirates
	Gonzalo Cordoba	Al Jazirah Al Hamra

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[fn2-18] The UAE FA rewarded Fujairah a 3–0 win due to Al Hamriyah violating the substitution rule. The match originally ended as a 1–1 draw.^[17]

[fn1-20] The UAE FA rewarded Hatta a 3–0 win due to Al Urooba fielding an ineligible player in the field. The match originally ended as a 0–1 victory for Al Urooba.^[18]

[1] "نادي الإمارات يتعاقد مع التونسي فتحي العبيدي". Al Bayan. Retrieved 1 June 2022.

[2] "محمد جالبوت مدرباً لدبا الحصن". Al Khaleej. Retrieved 1 June 2022.

[3] "بدر الدين الإدريسي لـ " البيان ": هدفي تحقيق إنجاز مع العربي في "الأولى"". Al Bayan. Retrieved 30 June 2022.

[4] "الفجيرة يعلن التعاقد مع المدرب الجزائري سفيان نشمة". Al Khaleej. Retrieved 7 July 2022.

[5] "رسمياً.. العروبة يتعاقد مع المدرب بوريس بونجاك". Emarat Alyoum. Retrieved 13 July 2022.

[6] "عبد الله مسفر مدرباً لـ "الإعصار"". Al Bayan. Retrieved 2 October 2022.

[7] "رئيس العروبة: اختيار القفصي جاء بعد بحث ودراسة". Dubai Sports. Retrieved 27 October 2022.

[8] "سرجيو الكسندر يعود لكرة الإمارات من بوابة الرمس". Al Khaleej. Retrieved 1 November 2022.

[9] "الفجيرة يقيل المدرب سفيان نشمة ويستعين بالحوسني". Emarat Alyoum. Retrieved 9 November 2022.

[10] "أمين فيليب مدرباً للجزيرة الحمراء". Al Bayan. Retrieved 19 November 2022.

[11] "الجزيرة الحمراء يصرف النظر عن المدرب فيليب بعد إعلان التعاقد معه". Al Khaleej. Retrieved 23 November 2022.

[12] "عبدالغني المهري مدرباً للعربي". Al Bayan. Retrieved 20 December 2022.

[13] "أحمد مجاهد يقود الجزيرة الحمراء". Al Bayan. Retrieved 19 January 2023.

[14] "الجالبوت يستقيل من تدريب الحصن". Al Bayan. Retrieved 30 January 2023.

[15] "العبيدي الضحية العاشرة في دوري الهواة". Al Bayan. Retrieved 22 February 2023.

[16] "الجالبوت يبدأ مهمة التحليق مع "الصقور"". Al Bayan. Retrieved 23 February 2023.

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[19] "حتا يكسب شكواه ضد العروبة" (in Arabic). albayan. Retrieved 21 October 2022.

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