# 2020–21 UAE Division 1

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.

## Stadia and locations

    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 |
| 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 | 17 July 2020 |
| Al Arabi | Predrag Stilinović | 1 June 2020 | End of contract | Pre-season | Mohammad Al Jalboot | 2 June 2020 |
| Al Urooba | Brahim Boufoud | 1 June 2020 | End of contract | Pre-season | Fathi Al-Obeidi | 8 August 2020 |
| Al Bataeh | Tareq Al Sayed | 1 June 2020 | End of contract | Pre-season | Giovanni Tedesco | 10 October 2020 |
| Al Bataeh | Giovanni Tedesco | 30 October 2020 | Resigned | Pre-season | Saeed Shakhit | 31 October 2020 |
| Al Arabi | Mohammed Al Jalboot | 20 October 2020 | End of caretaker spell | Pre-season | Mohammed Al Musharrakh | 21 October 2020 |
| Al Bataeh | Saeed Shakhit | 24 November 2020 | End of caretaker spell | 6th | Noureddine Abidi | 24 November 2020 |
| Dibba Al Hisn | Rui Ferreira | 1 December 2020 | Sacked | 4th | Walter Pandiani | 2 December 2020 |
| Al Hamriyah | Ghazi Ghrairi | 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 | 12 February 2021 |
| Al Bataeh | Noureddine Abidi | 28 February 2021 | Sacked | 3rd | Abdullah Mesfer | 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 | |

## 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 | |

## 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 |