# 2013–14 UAE Pro League

The 2013–14 UAE Pro League, known as the Arabian Gulf League for sponsorship reasons, is the 39th top-level football season in the United Arab Emirates, and the sixth professional season. Fourteen teams participate, once again with Al Ain as the defending champions after winning the previous two seasons.
The league started on 14 September and finished on 11 May 2014 in accordance with FIFA guidelines ahead of the 2014 World Cup in Brazil.
The league was previously known as the Pro League. Starting from the 2013–14 season the name was changed to UAE Arabian Gulf League. The name change has been viewed as a revival of the Persian Gulf naming dispute with Iran accusing the United Arab Emirates of racism, and the Football Federation of the Islamic Republic of Iran barring the transfer of Javad Nekounam to a UAE club.

## Teams
### Stadia and locations

| Team | Home city | Manager | Stadium | Capacity |
| Ajman | Ajman | Abdul Wahab Abdul Qader | Ajman Stadium | 10,000 |
| Al Ahli | Dubai | Cosmin Olăroiu | Rashed Stadium | 18,000 |
| Al Ain | Al Ain | Quique Sánchez Flores | Tahnoun Bin Mohamed Stadium Hazza Bin Zayed Stadium | 15,000 25,000 |
| Al Dhafra | Madinat Zayed | Abdullah Mesfer | Hamdan bin Zayed Al Nahyan Stadium | 12,000 |
| Al Jazira | Abu Dhabi | Walter Zenga | Al Jazira Mohammed Bin Zayed Stadium | 42,056 |
| Al Nasr | Dubai | Ivan Jovanović | Al-Maktoum Stadium | 12,000 |
| Al Shaab | Sharjah | Željko Petrović | Khalid Bin Mohammed Stadium | 10,000 |
| Al Shabab | Dubai | Marcos Paquetá | Maktoum Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Stadium | 12,000 |
| Al Wahda | Abu Dhabi | José Peseiro | Al-Nahyan Stadium | 12,000 |
| Al Wasl | Dubai | Saleem Abdelrahman | Zabeel Stadium | 12,000 |
| Baniyas | Abu Dhabi | Adnan Hamad | Bani Yas Stadium | 9,570 |
| Dubai | Dubai | Umberto Barberis | Police Officers Club Stadium | 6,500 |
| Emirates | Ras al-Khaimah | Paulo Comelli | Emirates Club Stadium | 5,000 |
| Sharjah | Sharjah | Paulo Bonamigo | Sharjah Stadium | 18,000 |
* Al Ain moved into their new stadium, the Hazza Bin Zayed Stadium on the 16th matchday.

### Managerial changes

Managerial changes during the 2013-14 campaign.
| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Replaced by |
| Al Wahda | Josef Hickersberger | End of contract | Karel Jarolim |
| Al Ahli | Quique Sánchez Flores | End of contract | Cosmin Olăroiu |
| Al Nasr | Walter Zenga | Mutual consent | Ivan Jovanović |
| Baniyas | Salem Al Orafi | End of contract | Jorge da Silva |
| Dubai | René Marsiglia | End of contract | Martin Rueda |
| Al Wasl | Eid Baroot | End of contract | Laurent Banide |
| Al Ain | Cosmin Olăroiu | Signed by Al Ahli | Jorge Fossati |
| Al Ain | Jorge Fossati | Sacked | Ahmed Abdullah |
| Al Wasl | Laurent Banide | Sacked | Hector Cuper |
| Al Jazira | Luis Milla | Sacked | Walter Zenga |
| Al Ain | Ahmed Abdullah | Temporary mandate over | Quique Sánchez Flores |
| Dubai | Martin Rueda | Sacked | Umberto Barberis |
| Al Wahda | Karel Jarolim | Sacked | José Peseiro |
| Emirates | Eid Baroot | Sacked | Paulo Comelli |
| Al Shaab | Marius Șumudică | Sacked | Jamsheer Muratocalo |
| Al Shaab | Jamsheer Muratocalo | Caretaker role finished | Željko Petrović |
| Baniyas | Jorge da Silva | Sacked | Adnan Hamad |
| Al Wasl | Hector Cuper | Sacked | Saleem Abdelrahman |

### Foreign players

The number of foreign players is restricted to four per AGL team.
| Club | Player 1 | Player 2 | Player 3 | Player 4 | Former players |
| Ajman | Simon Feindouno | Ahmed Ibrahim Khalaf | Bakari Koné | Boris Kabi | Yousef Nasser Driss Fettouhi |
| Al Ahli | Ciel | Grafite | Luis Jiménez | Hugo Viana | |
| Al Ain | Alex Brosque | Yassine El Ghanassy | Asamoah Gyan | Mirel Rădoi | Michel Bastos Jirès Kembo Ekoko |
| Al Dhafra | Rogério | Bilal El Najjarine | Kamel Chafni | Makhete Diop | Emmanuel Clottey |
| Al Jazira | Jucilei | Felipe Caicedo | Abdelaziz Barrada | Shin Hyung-min | Ricardo Oliveira Nelson Valdez |
| Al Nasr | Brett Holman | Éder Luís | Léo Lima | Ibrahima Touré | |
| Al Shaab | Josimar Lima | Michaël N'dri | Oybek Kilichev | Jesús Meza | Billy Celeski Thiago Quirino Julius Wobay |
| Al Shabab | Adeílson | Edgar | Carlos Villanueva | Azizbek Haydarov | Éder Lima |
| Al Wahda | Damián Díaz | Sebastián Tagliabúe | Hussain Fadhel | Adil Hermach | Dino Djulbic Marco Estrada |
| Al Wasl | Emmanuel Culio | Mariano Donda | Ricardo Oliveira | Edson Puch | Milan Susak Abdelfettah Boukhriss André Senghor |
| Baniyas | Luis Fariña | Sebastián Prediger | Carlos Muñoz | Abdul Salam Al-Mukhaini | Marcelinho |
| Dubai | Gilles Yapi Yapo | Moustapha Kondé | Salaheddine Saidi | Jehad Al-Hussain | André Alves Bruno Correa Dramane Traoré |
| Emirates | Germán Herrera | Derley | Luiz Henrique | Rodriguinho | Diego Perão Jair |
| Sharjah | Fellype Gabriel | Maurício Ramos | Zé Carlos | Kim Jung-woo | |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Al-Ahli (C) | 26 | 20 | 4 | 2 | 55 | 28 | +27 | 64 | 2015 AFC Champions League group stage |
| 2 | Al-Wahda | 26 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 53 | 33 | +20 | 48 | 2015 AFC Champions League Third qualifying round |
| 3 | Al Jazira | 26 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 46 | 35 | +11 | 45 | 2015 AFC Champions League Third qualifying round |
| 4 | Al Shabab | 26 | 13 | 5 | 8 | 42 | 28 | +14 | 44 | 2015 GCC Champions League group stage |
| 5 | Al Nasr | 26 | 13 | 5 | 8 | 42 | 32 | +10 | 44 | 2015 GCC Champions League group stage |
| 6 | Al Ain | 26 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 52 | 33 | +19 | 43 | 2015 AFC Champions League group stage |
| 7 | Al Sharjah | 26 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 29 | 25 | +4 | 40 | |
| 8 | Al-Dhafra | 26 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 44 | 44 | 0 | 35 | |
| 9 | Baniyas | 26 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 43 | 42 | +1 | 31 | |
| 10 | Ajman | 26 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 39 | 46 | −7 | 28 | |
| 11 | Emirates | 26 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 40 | 53 | −13 | 25 | |
| 12 | Al Wasl | 26 | 7 | 4 | 15 | 32 | 47 | −15 | 25 | |
| 13 | Dubai (R) | 26 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 24 | 63 | −39 | 15 | Relegation to UAE Division 1 Group A |
| 14 | Al-Shaab (R) | 26 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 28 | 61 | −33 | 13 | Relegation to UAE Division 1 Group A |
* 1 2 Al Ain qualified through winning the Presidents Cup.

## Results

| Home \ Away | AJM | ALI | AIN | DHA | JAZ | NAS | SHB | SHA | SHR | WAH | WAS | YAS | DUB | EMI |
| Ajman | | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 4–2 | 3–4 | 1–1 | 3–2 |
| Al-Ahli | 2–1 | | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 4–2 | 4–2 |
| Al Ain | 2–1 | 2–3 | | 1–1 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 5–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 5–2 | 5–2 |
| Al-Dhafra | 2–4 | 1–4 | 4–3 | | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–6 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 1–3 |
| Al Jazira | 0–0 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 2–2 | | 1–2 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 4–4 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 |
| Al Nasr | 2–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 6–1 | 4–3 | 5–1 | 0–0 |
| Al-Shaab | 4–4 | 1–3 | 0–5 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2–0 | | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–4 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 3–3 |
| Al Shabab | 3–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–4 | 2–0 | 1–0 | | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 3–1 |
| Al Sharjah | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 |
| Al-Wahda | 4–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–4 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | | 3–1 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 4–0 |
| Al Wasl | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 3–3 | | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 |
| Baniyas | 4–1 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 0–2 | | 4–0 | 2–1 |
| Dubai Club | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 1–5 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–4 | | 1–1 |
| Emirates Club | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 3–2 | 0–3 | 5–2 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 2–3 | |