UAE League

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UAE League
Founded
1972
Nation
UAE
Number of Teams
12
Asian Qualification
AFC Champions League
Most time Champions
Al Ain FC (9)
Current Champions (2008)
Al-Shabbab

Etisalat National League is the main football competition of the United Arab Emirates. It began in 1973, and the league is now considered to be one of the most famous and exciting in the Asian continent. Some of the great clubs this tournament produced includes the Al-Ain, Al-Wasl, Al-Sharjah, Al-Wahda, and Al-Ahli clubs and the first team to win this league is Al-Sharjah and the team with the most league titles is Al-Ain who have 9.

Contents 1 07/08 Season Teams 1.1 Relegated in 2006/07 2 List of Champions 3 Total Championships

[edit] 07/08 Season Teams

• Al-Shabbab ACD
• Al-Wasl
• Al-Jazeera
• Al-Ahli
• Al-Wahda
• Al-Nasr
• Al-Shaab
• Al-Sharjah
• Al-Ain
• Al Dhafra
• Emirates Club
• Hatta

[edit] Relegated in 2006/07

• Al-Fujairah
• Dubai Club

[edit] List of Champions

1973/74 : Al-Sharjah 1974/75 : Al-Ahli 1975/76 : Al-Ahli 1976/77 : Al-Ain 1977/78 : Al-Nasr 1978/79 : Al-Nasr 1979/80 : Al-Ahli 1980/81 : Al-Ain 1981/82 : Al-Wasl 1982/83 : Al-Wasl 1983/84 : Al-Ain 1984/85 : Al-Wasl

1985/86 : Al-Nasr 1986/87 : Al-Sharjah 1987/88 : Al-Wasl 1988/89 : Al-Sharjah 1989/90 : Al-Shabbab 1990/91 : not completed due to Gulf War 1991/92 : Al-Wasl 1992/93 : Al-Ain 1993/94 : Al-Sharjah 1994/95 : Al-Shabbab 1995/96 : Al-Sharjah 1996/97 : Al-Wasl

1997/98 : Al-Ain 1998/99 : Al-Wahda 1999/00 : Al-Ain 2000/01 : Al-Wahda 2001/02 : Al-Ain 2002/03 : Al-Ain 2003/04 : Al-Ain 2004/05 : Al-Wahda 2005/06 : Al-Ahli 2006/07 : Al-Wasl 2007/08 : Al-Shabbab

[edit] Total Championships

The number of national championships that clubs in United Arab Emirates have attained.

Club	Number of Championships
Al-Ain	9
Al-Wasl	7
Al-Sharjah	5
Al-Ahli	4
Al-Nasr	3
Al-Wahda	3
Al-Shabbab	3

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