2023–24 UAE Division 1

UAE Division One
Season2023–24
Dates9 September 2023 – 30 May 2024
ChampionsAl Urooba (3rd title)
PromotedAl Urooba
Dibba Al Hisn
Top goalscorerMarcelo Torres
(26 goals)

2023–24 UAE Division One is the 47th Division one season. This season saw the first time two teams got relegated to the 3rd tier as Al Fursan and Baynounah got relegated a season after promotion.

Team changes

To Division 1

Relegated from UAE Pro League

Promoted from UAE Division 2

From Division 1

Promoted to UAE Pro League

Relegated to UAE Division 2

Stadia and locations

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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 Dhafra Madinat Zayed Al Dhafra Stadium 5,020
Al Dhaid Dhaid Al-Dhaid Stadium 500
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) UIS International School 200
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
Dibba Al Fujairah Dibba Al Fujairah Dibba New Stadium 9,000
Dibba Al Hisn Dibba Al-Hisn Dibba (H) Stadium 700
Dubai City Dubai (Al Barsha) Kings School Al Barsha 100
Dubai United Dubai (Jumeirah) Dubai British School 100
Fujairah Fujairah Fujairah Club Stadium 10,645
Gulf United Dubai (Al Jaddaf) Dubai Club Stadium 7,000
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 Algeria Fouad Boumdal United Arab Emirates Ahmed Hussain Nike
Al Dhafra Brazil Paulo Comelli United Arab Emirates Sultan Al Ghaferi Kelme Al Dhannah
Al Dhaid United Arab Emirates Jamal Al Hassani United Arab Emirates Salem Al Qaydi uhlsport
Al Hamriyah United Arab Emirates Mohamed Al Jalboot United Arab Emirates Othman Al-Hamour Macron
Al Jazirah Al Hamra Egypt Samir El Sheikh United Arab Emirates Ali Sanqoor uhlsport
Al Khaleej United Arab Emirates Mohammed Al Ajmani United Arab Emirates Nasser Al-Shahary uhlsport
Al Rams United Arab Emirates Abdulla Al Teneiji United Arab Emirates Mohamed Al Ali uhlsport
Al Taawon United Arab Emirates Badr Al Shehhi United Arab Emirates Abdullah Malallah uhlsport
Al Urooba Portugal Bruno Pereira Oman Khalid Al-Jabri uhlsport
Dibba Al Fujairah United Arab Emirates Eid Baroot United Arab Emirates Mohamed Al Rowaihy uhlsport
Dibba Al Hisn Egypt Tareq Al Sayed United Arab Emirates Fahad Rashed uhlsport
Dubai City United Arab Emirates Saeed Jassem United Arab Emirates Abdullah Al Ahmadi uhlsport
Dubai United France Johann Louvel United Arab Emirates Ahmed Sulaiman Umbro
Fujairah Serbia Željko Markov Algeria Okacha Hamzaoui Puma
Gulf United Wales Neil Taylor England Jack Shiels Puma
Masafi Morocco Brahim Boufoud United Arab Emirates Abdullah Al-Shahyary Adidas
Masfout United Arab Emirates Mohammed Al Blooshi United Arab Emirates 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 Brazil Júnior Saudade Brazil Vander Vieira
Al Dhafra Democratic Republic of the Congo Benik Afobe Cape Verde Carlos Fortes Brazil Diogo Acosta
Al Dhaid Brazil Phillerson Brazil Dominic Vinicius
Al Hamriyah Netherlands Youssef El Jebli Syria Mardik Mardikian
Al Jazirah Al Hamra Brazil Danilo Brazil Mateus
Al Khaleej Senegal Ibrahima Badji Senegal Lassana Camara
Al Rams Brazil Rodrigo Figueiredo Brazil Joao Santos
Al Taawon Brazil Alex Mauritania Ablaye Sy
Al Urooba Guyana Morgan Ferrier Nigeria Victor Nwaneri
Dibba Al Fujairah Brazil Wanderson Costa Serbia Nikola Stojiljković
Dibba Al Hisn Brazil Gilmar Brazil Cláudio Maradona
Dubai City Brazil Marcelo Henrique England Daniel Williams
Dubai United Argentina Marcelo Torres Ivory Coast Aboubakar Karamoko
Fujairah Algeria Okacha Hamzaoui Brazil Felipe Sá
Gulf United England Jack Shiels Wales Richard Peniket
Masafi Brazil Francivaldo Cameroon Marius Obekop
Masfout Brazil Diego Silva The Gambia Alfusainey Gassama

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manager Date of vacancy Manner of departure Pos. Incoming manager Date of appointment
Dibba Al Hisn Australia Hussein Skenderovic 27 June 2023 Mutual consent Pre-season Tunisia Othmen Najjar[1] 27 June 2023
Al Arabi United Arab Emirates Abdulghani Binkarshat 5 July 2023 Algeria Fouad Boumdal[2] 5 July 2023
Masfout Algeria Fouad Boumdal Signed by Al Arabi United Arab Emirates Abdulghani Binkarshat[3] 7 July 2023
Fujairah United Arab Emirates Mohammed Al Hosani 8 October 2023 Sacked 12th Serbia Željko Markov[4] 9 October 2023
Dibba Al Fujairah United Arab Emirates Hassan Al Abdouli 16 October 2023 Resigned 6th Serbia Zoran Popović[5] 16 October 2023
Masfout United Arab Emirates Abdulghani Binkarshat 1 November 2023 Sacked 15th Serbia Slavko Matić 2 November 2023
Al Rams United Arab Emirates Mutaz Abdulla 4 November 2023 17th United Arab Emirates Ali Al Teneiji 5 November 2023
Al Hamriyah United Arab Emirates Mohamed Al Ali 18 November 2023 12th United Arab Emirates Mohamed Al Jalboot[6] 20 November 2023
Al Dhafra United Arab Emirates Abdullah Mesfer[7] 18 November 2023 Mutual consent 2nd Brazil Paulo Comelli[8] 4 December 2023
Dubai City United Arab Emirates Mohammed Al Blooshi 24 November 2023 Sacked 16th United Arab Emirates Saeed Jassem 25 November 2023
Dibba Al Hisn Tunisia Othmen Najjar[9] 14 December 2023 3rd Egypt Tareq Al Sayed 20 December 2023
Masfout Serbia Slavko Matić 22 December 2023 15th United Arab Emirates Mohammed Al Blooshi[10] 25 December 2023
Al Rams United Arab Emirates Ali Al Teneiji[11] 31 December 2023 Resigned 17th United Arab Emirates Abdulla Al Teneiji 1 January 2024
Dibba Al Fujairah Serbia Zoran Popović[12] 2 January 2024 Sacked 8th United Arab Emirates Eid Baroot 2 January 2024
Al Jazirah Al Hamra United Arab Emirates Eid Baroot 2 January 2024 Signed by Dibba Al Fujairah 7th Egypt Samir El Sheikh 3 January 2024

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion
1 Al Urooba (C, P) 31 24 6 1 57 25 +32 78 Promotion to the UAE Pro League
2 Dibba Al Hisn (P) 31 20 4 7 51 23 +28 64
3 Dibba Al Fujairah 31 17 12 2 51 16 +35 63
4 Fujairah 31 14 8 9 49 38 +11 50
5 Al Arabi 31 14 7 10 55 46 +9 49
6 Dubai United 31 14 6 11 63 46 +17 48
7 Al Dhafra 31 11 12 8 53 44 +9 45
8 Masafi 31 11 11 9 51 41 +10 44
9 Al Taawon 31 11 10 10 39 32 +7 43
10 Al Jazirah Al Hamra 31 11 8 12 45 60 −15 41
11 Al Hamriyah 31 10 9 12 44 46 −2 39
12 Al Dhaid 31 9 7 15 43 54 −11 34
13 Al Khaleej 31 8 9 14 37 48 −11 33
14 Masfout 31 7 10 14 35 52 −17 31
15 Gulf United 31 5 10 16 31 53 −22 25
16 Dubai City (R) 31 1 5 25 31 82 −51 8 Relegation to UAE Second Division League
17 Al Rams[13] (W) 16 2 0 14 20 49 −29 6 Withdrew
Updated to match(es) played on 30 May 2024. 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; (W) ?

Results

Home \ Away ARB DHA DHD HAM JHR KHL RAM TAW URO DAF DAH DCI DUN FUJ GFU MSF MST
Al Arabi 2–2 3–1 1–2 4–1 2–1 0–1 2–2 1–1 1–2 1–0 3–2 1–1 3–0 0–0 1–2
Al Dhafra 1–2 2–2 3–0 2–2 1–0 3–2 0–0 0–0 0–1 2–1 4–2 1–1 2–1 2–2 1–2 3–2
Al Dhaid 1–2 3–2 1–3 3–0 1–1 3–0 0–3 0–1 0–4 0–1 2–1 3–2 0–1 2–2 3–1 2–2
Al Hamriyah 3–1 1–1 1–2 1–2 3–1 3–0 0–0 1–2 1–3 0–1 3–1 0–3 1–3 3–0 1–0 2–1
Al Jazirah Al Hamra 3–3 1–1 3–2 3–1 3–2 3–2 2–2 0–2 0–2 1–2 1–1 0–4 1–0 3–2 2–0 2–1
Al Khaleej 0–2 2–1 1–1 0–2 1–0 0–1 3–2 0–2 2–2 0–4 2–1 1–2 1–1 0–0 0–2 0–1
Al Rams 0–5 0–3 3–0 3–4 1–3 2–3 0–2 2–4 4–1 0–0 2–6
Al Taawon 1–1 1–1 1–3 3–0 2–2 0–1 2–0 0–2 1–2 0–2 4–1 1–1 2–0 0–1 3–1 0–0
Al Urooba 2–0 3–1 1–0 2–2 3–1 3–3 3–1 1–0 0–0 2–1 2–1 3–2 2–1 2–1 2–1 3–1
Dibba Al Fujairah 2–1 0–0 2–2 0–0 4–0 1–0 4–0 0–0 1–0 0–0 4–0 2–2 2–0 2–0 1–1 2–0
Dibba Al Hisn 3–0 1–0 2–1 1–0 2–1 1–0 5–0 1–2 0–2 0–0 4–1 2–1 1–2 0–0 1–1 3–0
Dubai City 2–4 0–2 1–1 2–2 0–2 2–4 1–0 1–3 1–2 0–2 1–2 1–4 3–4 1–2 1–6 1–1
Dubai United 1–2 1–3 1–0 4–4 1–2 2–0 2–0 1–0 1–2 2–1 0–1 6–2 0–0 2–0 1–0 4–0
Fujairah 5–1 4–3 2–1 3–2 4–1 1–1 0–1 0–1 0–0 1–0 2–0 2–1 0–1 3–3 4–1
Gulf United 3–1 1–3 0–2 1–1 1–1 3–3 2–1 1–2 1–2 1–3 0–3 1–1 1–2 0–2 1–2 2–2
Masafi 1–2 2–4 1–2 1–1 4–1 1–1 0–0 0–0 2–1 3–2 3–0 3–3 1–1 2–1 0–0
Masfout 0–3 2–2 4–2 0–0 0–0 0–3 3–2 4–2 1–3 0–2 1–2 2–1 4–2 0–0 0–0 0–1
Updated to match(es) played on 30 May 2024. 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.

Number of teams by Emirates

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

Season statistics

Top Goalscorers

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Rank Player Club Goals
1 Argentina Marcelo Torres Dubai United 26
2 Brazil Alex Al Taawon 21
3 The Gambia Alfusainey Gassama Masfout 17
4 Democratic Republic of the Congo Benik Afobe Al Dhafra 16
5 Mali Alhassane Tamboura Al Urooba 14
6 Senegal Pape Bacary Dubai United 13
Brazil Vander Vieira Al Arabi
8 Brazil Gilmar da Silva Ribeiro Dibba Al-Hisn 12
Jamaica Lamar Walker Al Dhaid
11 Oman Mohammed Al Marbuii Dibba Al Fujairah 11

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