2020–21 UAE Division 1

UAE Division One
Season	2020–21
Dates	13 November 2020 – 24 April 2021
Champions	Al Urooba (2nd title)
Promoted	Al Urooba; Emirates
Matches played	110
Goals scored	316 (2.87 per match)
Top goalscorer	Diogo Acosta; (20 goals)
Biggest home win	Emirates 6–0 Masafi; (16 April 2021)
Biggest away win	Al Taawon 0–4 Al Urooba; (26 March 2021)
Highest scoring	Al Taawon 5–4 Masfout; (21 November 2020)
Longest winning run	Al Urooba; (5 games)
Longest unbeaten run	Emirates; (15 games)
Longest winless run	Al Dhaid; (17 games)
Longest losing run	Al Dhaid; (8 games)
	← 2019–20 2021–22 →

2020–21 UAE Division one was the 44th Division one season. Since last season was cancelled and no promotion was rewarded, there were no team changes taken place this season. On the 17 April, both Al Urooba and Emirates secured promotion after defeating Dhaid and Masafi respectively.^[1]

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 Bataeh	Al Bataeh	Al Bataeh Stadium	2,000
Al Dhaid	Dhaid	Al-Dhaid Stadium	500
Al Hamriyah	Al Hamriyah	Al Hamriya Sports Club Stadium	5,000
Al Taawon	Al Jeer	Taawon Stadium	200
Al Urooba	Qidfa	Al Sharqi Stadium	3,000
Dibba Al Fujairah	Dibba Al-Fujairah	Dibba (F) Stadium	100
Dibba Al Hisn	Dibba Al-Hisn	Dibba (H) Stadium	700
Emirates	Ras Al Khaimah	Emirates Club Stadium	5,200
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	Mohammed Al Musharrakh	Bakare Kone	Nike	QQ Holding
Al Bataeh	Abdullah Mesfer	Eisa Ali	uhlsport	SMC
Al Dhaid	Mohamed Al Ajmani	Ali Al-Nuaimi	uhlsport	uhlsport
Al Hamriyah	Mohamed Ismail	Ali Rabee	Nike	SBR
Al Taawon	Aaref Al Shehhi	Rashed Humaid	uhlsport
Al Urooba	Fathi Al-Obeidi	Hassan Mohammed	uhlsport	Fujairah TV
Dibba Al Fujairah	Sulaiman Al Balooshi	Faisel Al-Khodaim	uhlsport
Dibba Al Hisn	Abdulghani Binkarshat	Mahmoud Hassan	uhlsport
Emirates	Gjoko Hadžievski	Abdullah Malallah	uhlsport
Masafi	Mohamed Al Khaddeim	Brahima Diakite	Adidas	Al Futaim^[2]
Masfout	Tarek Hadhiri	Hassan Al-Hammadi	Nike

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	Paulo Henrique	Vinícius Lopes
Al Bataeh	Dedê Costa	William Owusu	Alex
Al Hamriyah	Luan Santos	Faneva Andriatsima	Élton
Al Dhaid	Erick Kassi	Jeffrén Suárez	Adeílson Dionatan Machado
Al Taawon	Gil Paraíba	Fidélis
Al Urooba	Rodrigo	Fatrie Sakhi
Dibba Al Fujairah	Bruno Moraes	Manuel Pucciarelli	Dudu Figueiredo
Dibba Al Hisn	Sid Ahmed Aouadj	Mailson Lima	Ibrahim Mustapha
Emirates	Diogo Acosta	Yaseen al-Bakhit	Tommy Tobar
Masafi	Brahima Diakite	Marius Obekop	Mechac Koffi
Masfout	Bruno Dybal	Dionatan Machado	Yacine Abed Nikola Ašćerić

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Date of vacancy	Manner of departure	Pos.	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Dibba Al Hisn	Sulaiman Al Balooshi	1 June 2020	End of contract	Pre-season	Rui Ferreira^[3]	17 July 2020
Al Arabi	Predrag Stilinović				Mohammad Al Jalboot	2 June 2020
Al Urooba	Brahim Boufoud				Fathi Al-Obeidi^[4]	8 August 2020
Al Bataeh	Tareq Al Sayed				Giovanni Tedesco^[5]	10 October 2020
Al Bataeh	Giovanni Tedesco^[6]	30 October 2020	Resigned		Saeed Shakhit	31 October 2020
Al Arabi	Mohammed Al Jalboot	20 October 2020	End of caretaker spell		Mohammed Al Musharrakh	21 October 2020
Al Bataeh	Saeed Shakhit	24 November 2020	End of caretaker spell	6th	Noureddine Abidi^[7]	24 November 2020
Dibba Al Hisn	Rui Ferreira^[8]	1 December 2020	Sacked	4th	Walter Pandiani^[9]	2 December 2020
Al Hamriyah	Ghazi Ghrairi^[10]	14 December 2020	Mutual consent	6th	Mohamed Ismail	20 January 2021
Masafi	Abdulghani Binkarshat	4 February 2021	End of contract	7th	Mohamed Al Khaddeim	4 February 2021
Dibba Al Hisn	Walter Pandiani	10 February 2021	Resigned	6th	Abdulghani Binkarshat^[11]	12 February 2021
Al Bataeh	Noureddine Abidi^[12]	28 February 2021	Sacked	3rd	Abdullah Mesfer^[13]	2 March 2021

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	Al Urooba (C, P)	20	13	5	2	45	22	+23	44	Promotion to the UAE Pro League
2	Emirates (P)	20	11	8	1	44	22	+22	41	Promotion to the UAE Pro League
3	Al Bataeh	20	11	5	4	29	22	+7	38
4	Dibba Al Fujairah	20	9	5	6	29	21	+8	32
5	Dibba Al Hisn	20	7	7	6	34	33	+1	28
6	Al Arabi	20	7	7	6	28	34	−6	28
7	Al Hamriyah	20	6	9	5	30	27	+3	27
8	Al Taawon	20	4	8	8	24	37	−13	20
9	Masfout	20	5	3	12	26	32	−6	18
10	Masafi	20	5	2	13	19	37	−18	17
11	Al Dhaid	20	1	3	16	14	35	−21	6

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

Results

Home \ Away	ARB	BTH	HAM	TAW	URO	DAF	DAH	DHD	EMI	MSF	MST
Al Arabi		0–1	0–2	2–2	1–3	1–0	3–3	2–1	2–2	1–4	4–3
Al Bataeh	1–1		2–1	1–0	1–1	0–2	3–2	1–0	1–1	3–1	2–0
Al Hamriyah	2–3	2–2		1–1	2–2	1–1	1–0	2–1	0–2	4–0	2–1
Al Taawon	0–1	1–2	1–1		0–4	0–3	1–1	2–0	2–2	2–1	5–4
Al Urooba	1–1	4–2	2–0	4–0		1–1	4–3	3–0	3–2	3–0	2–0
Dibba Al Fujairah	1–2	1–0	1–1	3–4	2–0		1–2	2–0	0–2	2–1	1–0
Dibba Al Hisn	0–0	1–1	2–3	3–0	3–1	2–2		1–0	0–1	1–0	1–0
Dhaid	3–0	0–1	2–2	1–1	1–2	0–1	2–2		1–3	1–2	0–3
Emirates	2–2	3–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	3–2	5–1	2–1		6–0	2–1
Masafi	0–1	0–1	2–2	2–1	0–1	0–2	3–3	1–0	0–2		0–1
Masfout	3–1	1–2	1–0	0–0	2–3	1–1	2–3	2–0	1–1	0–2

Source: soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

Top scorers

As of 24 April 2021

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Diogo Acosta	Emirates	20
2	Victor Nwaneri	Al Urooba	15
3	Dedê Costa	Al Bataeh	11
3	Mohammed Al-Marbuii	Dibba Al Hisn	11
4	Bruno Moraes	Dibba Al Fujairah	10
5	Fatrie Sakhi	Al Urooba	9
5	Saied Obaid	Al Urooba	9

Number of teams by Emirates

	Emirate	Number of teams	Teams
1	Sharjah	4	Al Bataeh, Al Dhaid, Al Hamriyah and Dibba Al Hisn
2	Ras Al Khaimah	3	Al Taawon, Masafi and Emirates
3	Fujairah	2	Al Urooba and Dibba Al Fujairah
4	Umm Al Quwain	1	Al Arabi
4	Ajman	1	Masfout

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[4] "نادي العروبة يتعاقد مع المدرب فتحي العبيدي" (in Arabic). emaratalyoum. 8 August 2020. Retrieved 8 August 2020.

[5] "Vi racconto il mio calcio nel deserto degli Emirati" (in Italian). tifosipalermo. 10 October 2020. Retrieved 10 October 2020.

[6] "البطائح يقبل استقالة مدربه الإيطالي تيديسكو" (in Arabic). emaratalyoum. 29 October 2020. Retrieved 30 October 2020.

[7] "العبيدي المدرب الرابع لـ"البطائح"" (in Arabic). Alittihad. Retrieved 24 November 2020.

[8] "اخبار الامارات اليوم : الإيطالي جيراردو مدرباً مؤقتاً لدبا الحصن". lomazoma. Retrieved 1 December 2020.

[9] "Pandiani takes the reins of the Arab Dibba Al-Hisn". sportsfinding. 2 December 2020. Retrieved 2 December 2020.

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