UAE Arabian Gulf League

UAE Arabian Gulf League

Founded	1973
Country	United Arab Emirates
Confederation	AFC
Number of teams	14
Level on pyramid	1
Relegation to	First Division
Domestic cup(s)	President's Cup UAE League Cup Arabian Gulf Super Cup
International cup(s)	AFC Champions League
Current champions	Al-Jazira (2 titles) (2016–17)
Most championships	Al-Ain (12 titles)
TV partners	Abu Dhabi Sports, Dubai Sports
Website	www.agleague.ae
2017–18 season

The Arabian Gulf League is the top professional football league in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The first team to win the title was Al-Sharjah, whilst Al-Ain has the record with 12 league titles to their name. Fourteen clubs compete in the League that operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the UAE First Division.

The League was founded in 1973 as the UAE Football League. The first 1973–74 season was a "trial" championship but was declared official by the UAE FA in 2001.^[1] In February 2007, the Pro League Committee was formed, and became the organizing body of the League.

Name change

Starting from the 2013–14 season the name was changed from UAE Pro League to UAE Arabian Gulf League^[2] after a 70 million AED one-year renewable partnership deal with Arabian Gulf Development to be named Official Title Partner,^[3] however, the name change has been viewed as a revival of the Persian Gulf naming dispute^[4] with Iran accusing the United Arab Emirates of racism,^[5] and the Iranian Football Federation barring the transfer of Javad Nekounam to a UAE club.^[6]

Member clubs (2016–17)

UAE Football League
Club	Location	Stadium
Al-Ahli	Dubai	Rashed Stadium
Al-Ain	Al Ain	Hazza Bin Zayed Stadium
Al-Dhafra	Madinat Zayed	Hamdan Bin Zayed Stadium
Al-Jazira	Abu Dhabi	Al Jazira Mohammed Bin Zayed Stadium
Al-Nasr	Dubai	Al-Maktoum Stadium
Al-Shabab	Dubai	Maktoum Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Stadium
Al-Wahda	Abu Dhabi	Al-Nahyan Stadium
Al-Wasl	Dubai	Zabeel Stadium
Baniyas	Abu Dhabi	Baniyas Stadium
Dibba Al-Fujairah	Fujairah	Fujairah Club Stadium
Emirates	Ras Al Khaimah	Emirates Club Stadium
Hatta	Hatta	Hatta Stadium
Kalba	Kalba	Ittihad Kalba Stadium
Sharjah	Sharjah	Sharjah Stadium

Managers

Nat.	Name	Club	Appointed	Time as manager
Romania !	Cosmin Olăroiu	Al Ahli	000000002013-07-07-00007 July 2013	7003151100000000000♠4 years, 50 days
Syria !	Mohammad Kwid	Al Dhafra	000000002015-09-30-000030 September 2015	7002696000000000000♠1 year, 330 days
Argentina !	Rodolfo Arruabarrena	Al Wasl	000000002016-06-06-00006 June 2016	7002446000000000000♠1 year, 81 days
Netherlands !	Henk ten Cate	Al Jazira	000000002016-07-04-00004 July 2016	7002418000000000000♠1 year, 53 days
Macedonia !	Gjoko Hadžievski	Hatta	000000002016-09-11-000011 September 2016	7002349000000000000♠349 days
Czech Republic !	Ivan Hašek	Emirates	000000002016-12-16-000016 December 2016	7002253000000000000♠253 days
Portugal !	José Peseiro	Sharjah	000000002017-01-02-00002 January 2017	7002236000000000000♠236 days
Brazil !	Paulo Comelli	Dibba Al Fujairah	000000002017-01-19-000019 January 2017	7002219000000000000♠219 days
Croatia !	Zoran Mamić	Al Ain	000000002017-01-30-000030 January 2017	7002208000000000000♠208 days
Italy !	Cesare Prandelli	Al Nasr	000000002017-05-26-000026 May 2017	7001920000000000000♠92 days
Mexico !	Laurențiu Reghecampf	Al Wahda	000000002017-06-02-00002 June 2017	7001850000000000000♠85 days

List of champions

Source:^[7]

1973–74: 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: Sharjah
1987–88: Al-Wasl
1988–89: Sharjah
1989–90: Al-Shabab
1990–91: Not completed due to Gulf War
1991–92: Al-Wasl
1992–93: Al-Ain
1993–94: Sharjah
1994–95: Al-Shabab
1995–96: 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-Shabab
2008–09: Al-Ahli
2009–10: Al-Wahda
2010–11: Al-Jazira
2011–12: Al-Ain
2012–13: Al-Ain
2013–14: Al-Ahli
2014–15: Al-Ain
2015–16: Al-Ahli
2016–17: Al-Jazira

_{Notes

1. Al-Sharjah won its first championship in 1973–74 as Al-Oroba.}

Champions

Performance by club

Club	Winners	Winning seasons
Al-Ain	12	1976–77, 1980–81, 1983–84, 1992–93, 1997–98, 1999–00, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2014–15
Al-Wasl	7	1981–82, 1982–83, 1984–85, 1987–88, 1991–92, 1996–97, 2006–07
Al-Ahli	7	1974–75, 1975–76, 1979–80, 2005–06, 2008–09, 2013–14, 2015–16
Sharjah	5	1973–74, 1986–87, 1988–89, 1993–94, 1995–96
Al-Wahda	4	1998–99, 2000–01, 2004–05, 2009–10
Al-Nasr	3	1977–78, 1978–79, 1985–86
Al-Shabab	3	1989–90, 1994–95, 2007–08
Al-Jazira	2	2010–11, 2016–17

Performance by city

City / Area	Titles	Clubs	Winning seasons
Dubai	20	Al-Wasl	(7): 1981–82, 1982–83, 1984–85, 1987–88, 1991–92, 1996–97, 2006–07
		Shabab Al-Ahli Dubai	(7): 1974–75, 1975–76, 1979–80, 2005–06, 2008–09, 2013–14, 2015–16
		Al-Nasr	(3): 1977–78, 1978–79, 1985–86
		Al-Shabab	(3): 1989–90, 1994–95, 2007–08
Al Ain	12	Al-Ain	(12): 1976–77, 1980–81, 1983–84, 1992–93, 1997–98, 1999–00, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2014–15
Abu Dhabi	6	Al-Wahda	(4): 1998–99, 2000–01, 2004–05, 2009–10
Abu Dhabi	6	Al-Jazira	(2): 2010–11, 2016–17
Sharjah	5	Sharjah	(5): 1973–74, 1986–87, 1988–89, 1993–94, 1995–96

Players

All-time top scorers

Source:^[8]

Rank	Name	Club	Years	Goals	Apps
1	Fahad Khamees	Al-Wasl	1980–1997	166	230
2	Mohammad Omar	Al-Wasl Al-Ain Al-Jazira Al-Dhafra Al-Nasr Ajman	1992–2011	132	237
3	Adnan Al Talyani	Al-Shaab	1980–1999	129	232
4	Abdulaziz Mohamed	Al-Sharjah	N/A–2002	127	N/A
5	Youssouf Atiq Ahmed Abdullah	Al-Ahli Al-Ain	1988–2002 1978–1995	117	N/A
6	Faisal Khalil	Al-Ahli Al-Wasl Al-Shaab	1999–	114	302
7	Asamoah Gyan	Al-Ain Al-Ahli	2011–	110	102
8	Anderson Barbosa	Al-Sharjah Al-Wasl	2002–2009	99	128
9	Ali Thani	Al-Sharjah	N/A	93	N/A

Top scorers by season

Season	Player	Club	Goals
1974–75^[9]	Suhail Salim	Al-Ahli	14
1975–76^[10]	Ali Nawaz Baloch	Al-Wahda	12
1976–77^[10]	Al Fadhel Santo	Al-Nasr	10
1977–78^[10]	Mohieddine Habita	Al-Ain	20
1980–81^[11]	Karim Abdul Razak	Emirates	14
1981–82^[12]	Ahmed Abdullah	Al-Ain	12
1982–83^[13]	Carlos	Al-Nasr	12
1983–84^[14]	Ahmed Abdullah Fahad Khamees	Al-Ain Al-Wasl	20
1984–85^[15]	Fahad Khamees Adnan Al Talyani	Al-Wasl Al-Shaab	14
1985–86^[11]^[15]	Mohammed Salem	Al-Wahda	16
1986–87^[11]^[15]	Adnan Al Talyani Khalil Ghanim	Al-Shaab Al-Khaleej	13
1987–88^[16]	Zuhair Bakheet	Al-Wasl	25
1988–89^[17]	Fahad Khamees	Al-Wasl	14
1989–90^[15]	Hussain Yaslam	Baniyas	16
1991–92^[18]^[19]	Youssouf Atiq	Al-Ahli	25
1992–93^[11]^[19]	Saif Sultan	Al-Ain	20
1993–94^[11]^[20]	Abdulaziz Mohammed	Al-Sharjah	18
1994–95^[11]^[19]	Bader Jassim	Al-Wahda	10
1995–96^[19]^[21]	Jassim Al Dokhi	Al-Shaab	10
1996–97^[11]^[19]	Bader Jassim	Al-Wahda	11
1997–98^[19]	Ali Thani	Al-Sharjah	18
1998–99^[22]	Alboury Lah	Al-Wahda	29
1999–00^[19]^[23]	Alboury Lah	Al-Wahda	18
2000–01^[24]^[25]	Mohammed Al Enazi	Al-Wahda	22
2001–02^[24]^[26]	Mohammed Al Enazi	Al-Wahda	22
2002–03^[27]	Cristián Montecinos	Dubai	19
2003–04^[28]	Ali Karimi	Al-Ahli	14
2004–05^[13]^[29]	Valdir Anderson Barbosa	Al-Nasr Al-Sharjah	23
2005–06^[30]	Anderson Barbosa	Al-Sharjah	19
2006–07^[31]	Anderson Barbosa	Al-Wasl	19
2007–08^[32]	Faisal Khalil Anderson Barbosa	Al-Ahli Al-Sharjah	16
2008–09^[33]	Fernando Baiano	Al-Jazira	25
2009–10^[34]	José Sand	Al-Ain	24
2010–11^[35]	André Senghor	Baniyas	18
2011–12^[36]	Asamoah Gyan	Al-Ain	22
2012–13^[37]	Asamoah Gyan	Al-Ain	31
2013–14^[38]	Asamoah Gyan	Al-Ain	29
2014–15	Mirko Vučinić	Al-Jazira	25
2015–16	Sebastián Tagliabué	Al-Wahda	25
2016–17	Ali Mabkhout	Al-Jazira	33

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External links

Official AGL Site (in English) (in Arabic)
United Arab Emirates - Arabian Gulf League - Hailoosport.com

Arabian Gulf League

Seasons

1973–74
1974–75
1975–76
1976–77
1977–78
1978–79
1979–80
1980–81
1981–82
1982–83
1983–84
1984–85
1985–86
1986–87
1987–88
1988–89
1989–90
1990–91
1991–92
1992–93
1993–94
1994–95
1995–96
1996–97
1997–98
1998–99
1999–00
2000–01
2001–02
2002–03
2003–04
2004–05
2005–06
2006–07
2007–08
2008–09
2009–10
2010–11
2011–12
2012–13
2013–14
2014–15

Competitions

Arabian Gulf League
Challenge League (defunct)
Super Cup
League Cup

UAE Arabian Gulf League
UAE Arabian Gulf League	Ajamn Al Ain Al Dhafra Al Jazira Al Nasr Al Sharjah Al Wahda Al Wasl Dibba Al-Fujairah Emirates Hatta Shabab Al-Ahli
UAE Division One	Al Arabi Al Fujairah Al Hamriyah Al Thaid Al Urooba Baniyas Dibba Al-Hisn Ittihad Kalba Khor Fakkan Masfut Ras Al Khaimah
Other Club	Al Jazira Al Hamra Al Rams Al Taawon Falaj Al Mualla Masafi Meliha

Arabian Gulf League seasons

1973–74
1974–75
1975–76
1976–77
1977–78
1978–79
1979–80
1980–81
1981–82
1982–83
1983–84
1984–85
1985–86
1986–87
1987–88
1988–89
1989–90
1990–91
1991–92
1992–93
1993–94
1994–95
1995–96
1996–97
1997–98
1998–99
1999–00
2000–01
2001–02
2002–03
2003–04
2004–05
2005–06
2006–07
2007–08
2008–09
2009–10
2010–11
2011–12
2012–13
2013–14
2014–15
2015–16
2016–17

Football in the United Arab Emirates
UAEFA UFL PLC
National teams	Men's national team U-23 U-20 U-17 Women's national team Men's Futsal Beach Soccer
League System	Arabian Gulf League Reserve League (defunct) U21 League Division 1 Group A Division 1 Group B
Domestic cups	President's Cup League Cup Super Cup Federation Cup (defunct) Vice Presidents Cup (defunct) FA Cup (defunct)
International Competitions	AFC Champions League Gulf Club Champions Cup Arab Champions League
Clubs Records

Top level men's football leagues of Asia (AFC)

^† Provisional Associated Member

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