# 2023–24 UAE Pro League

The 2023–24 UAE Pro League is the 49th edition of the UAE Pro League. Shabab Al Ahli are the defending champions.

## Teams
### Team changes
#### Promoted to the Pro League

Hatta secured promotion to the pro league after a decisive 3–2 victory over Al Rams. Hatta are returning after two seasons of absence. Emirates would secure promotion on the second last matchday after winning 4–3 against Al Rams, coincidentally the same club Hatta beat. This will be Emirates 10th season in the Pro League.

#### Relegated to the First Division

Al Dhafra got relegated after losing to Ajman 2–1. This marks the fourth time Al Dhafra got relegated in the top flight with the last time being in 2010–11 season. Dibba Al Fujairah soon followed after drawing 1–1 to Al Dhafra, ending their short spell in the Pro League a year after Dibba Al Fujairah got promoted as division 1 champions.

### Stadium and locations

    Note: Table lists clubs in alphabetical order.
| Team | Home city | Stadium | Capacity |
| Ajman | Ajman | Ajman Stadium | 5,537 |
| Al Ain | Al-Ain | Hazza Bin Zayed Stadium | 25,965 |
| Al Bataeh | Al Bataeh | Al Bataeh Stadium | 2,000 |
| Al Jazira | Abu Dhabi (Al Nahyan) | Mohammad Bin Zayed Stadium | 42,056 |
| Al Nasr | Dubai (Al Nasr) | Al-Maktoum Stadium | 15,058 |
| Al Wahda | Abu Dhabi (Al Nahyan) | Al Nahyan Stadium | 12,201 |
| Al Wasl | Dubai (Zabeel) | Zabeel Stadium | 8,439 |
| Baniyas | Abu Dhabi (Al Shamkha) | Baniyas Stadium | 10,000 |
| Emirates | Ras Al Khaimah | Emirates Club Stadium | 5,200 |
| Hatta | Hatta | Hamdan Bin Rashid Stadium | 5,000 |
| Kalba | Kalba | Ittihad Kalba Stadium | 8,500 |
| Khor Fakkan | Khor Fakkan | SBM Al Qassimi Stadium | 7,500 |
| Shabab Al Ahli | Dubai (Deira) | Al-Rashid Stadium | 12,052 |
| Sharjah | Sharjah | Sharjah Stadium | 35,000 |

## 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 |
| Ajman | Daniel Isăilă | Saoud Saeed | Adidas | Ajman Bank |
| Al Ain | Hernán Crespo | Bandar Al-Ahbabi | Nike | First Abu Dhabi Bank |
| Al Bataeh | Goran Tomić | Mohamed Ahmed | Nike | Majid Al Futtaim Group |
| Al Jazira | Grégory Dufrennes | Ali Khasif | Zat Outfit | Healthpoint |
| Al Nasr | Alfred Schreuder | Ahmed Shambih | Adidas | Emirates Islamic |
| Al Wahda | Goran Tufegdžić | Allan | Adidas | Volkswagen |
| Al Wasl | Miloš Milojević | Ali Salmeen | Macron | Dubai Real Estate Centre |
| Baniyas | Darko Milanič | Fawaz Awana | Macron | ADIB |
| Emirates | Benito Carbone | Andrés Iniesta | uhlsport | RAK Ceramics |
| Hatta | Nenad Vanić | Vernon De Marco | uhlsport | Emaar |
| Kalba | Ghazi Fahad | Abdusalam Mohammed | Adidas | Caltex |
| Khor Fakkan | Nebojša Jovović | Masoud Sulaiman | Macron | ADNOC |
| Shabab Al Ahli | Marko Nikolić | Majed Naser | Nike | Mai Dubai |
| Sharjah | Cosmin Olăroiu | Shahin Abdulrahman | Adidas | SAIF Zone |

### Managerial changes

| Team | Outgoing manager | Date of vacancy | Manner of departure | Pos. | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
| Al Wasl | Juan Antonio Pizzi | 16 May 2023 | Mutual consent | Pre-season | Miloš Milojević | 2 June 2023 |
| Al Bataeh | Saeed Shakhit | 25 May 2023 | End of caretaker spell | Pre-season | Mirel Rădoi | 25 May 2023 |
| Al Jazira | Marcel Keizer | 26 May 2023 | End of contract | Pre-season | Frank de Boer | 5 June 2023 |
| Al Ain | Serhiy Rebrov | 27 May 2023 | End of contract | Pre-season | Alfred Schreuder | 27 May 2023 |
| Hatta | Abdullah Mesfer | 1 June 2023 | Mutual consent | Pre-season | Željko Markov | 6 June 2023 |
| Shabab Al Ahli | Leonardo Jardim | 1 June 2023 | End of contract | Pre-season | Marko Nikolić | 2 June 2023 |
| Baniyas | Daniel Isăilă | 1 June 2023 | End of contract | Pre-season | Darko Milanič | 8 June 2023 |
| Al Nasr | Goran Tomić | 5 June 2023 | End of contract | Pre-season | Goran Tufegdžić | 5 June 2023 |
| Ajman | Goran Tufegdžić | 5 June 2023 | Signed by Al Nasr | Pre-season | Caio Zanardi | 6 June 2023 |
| Al Wahda | Arno Buitenweg | 18 June 2023 | End of caretaker spell | Pre-season | Pitso Mosimane | 18 June 2023 |
| Hatta | Željko Markov | 4 September 2023 | Sacked | 13th | Fabio Viviani | 5 September 2023 |
| Emirates | Mohammed Al Jalboot | 5 September 2023 | Mutual consent | 10th | Lluís Planagumà | 5 September 2023 |
| Khor Fakkan | Abdulaziz Al Anberi | 24 September 2023 | Mutual consent | 10th | Gerard Zaragoza | 29 September 2023 |
| Ajman | Caio Zanardi | 3 October 2023 | Sacked | 13th | Daniel Isăilă | 3 October 2023 |
| Khor Fakkan | Gerard Zaragoza | 28 October 2023 | Sacked | 12th | Nebojša Jovović | 29 October 2023 |
| Al Nasr | Goran Tufegdžić | 6 November 2023 | Sacked | 10th | Fabrizio Cammarata | 6 November 2023 |
| Al Ain | Alfred Schreuder | 8 November 2023 | Mutual consent | 3rd | Hernán Crespo | 14 November 2023 |
| Al Wahda | Pitso Mosimane | 9 November 2023 | Sacked | 5th | Arno Buitenweg | 9 November 2023 |
| Al Nasr | Fabrizio Cammarata | 27 November 2023 | End of caretaker spell | 9th | Alfred Schreuder | 27 November 2023 |
| Al Jazira | Frank de Boer | 13 December 2023 | Sacked | 7th | Bob de Klerk | 14 December 2023 |
| Emirates | Lluís Planagumà | 21 December 2023 | Sacked | 14th | Aaref Al Shehhi | 21 December 2023 |
| Al Bataeh | Mirel Rădoi | 25 December 2023 | Resigned | 7th | Goran Tomić | 7 January 2024 |
| Al Wahda | Arno Buitenweg | 3 January 2024 | End of caretaker spell | 5th | Goran Tufegdžić | 3 January 2024 |
| Al Jazira | Bob de Klerk | 5 January 2024 | End of caretaker spell | 6th | Mirel Rădoi | 5 January 2024 |
| Emirates | Aaref Al Shehhi | 5 January 2024 | End of caretaker spell | 14th | Walter Zenga | 5 January 2024 |
| Ittihad Kalba | Farhad Majidi | 2 March 2024 | Sacked | 11th | Ghazi Fahad | 2 March 2024 |
| Hatta | Fabio Viviani | 15 March 2024 | Sacked | 14th | Nenad Vanić | 17 March 2024 |
| Al Jazira | Mirel Rădoi | 8 April 2024 | Sacked | 8th | Grégory Dufrennes | 9 April 2024 |
| Emirates | Walter Zenga | 24 April 2024 | Mutual consent | 13th | Benito Carbone | 24 April 2024 |

## Foreign players

All teams can register many foreigners as they want but could only include up to five professional players. Players in the age of under-23 do not counted as professionals.
* 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 | Player 3 | Player 4 | Player 5 | Former players |
| Ajman | Ali Madan | Dodô | Walid Azaro | Miloš Kosanović | Haykeul Chikhaoui | Prestige Mboungou Nader Ghandri |
| Al Ain | Omer Atzili | Soufiane Rahimi | Kaku | Park Yong-woo | Kodjo Fo-Doh Laba | |
| Al Bataeh | Paulinho | Anatole Abang | Petrus Boumal | Diney | Ulrich Meleke | |
| Al Jazira | Fernando | Neeskens Kebano | Aboubakar Kamara | Karim Rekik | Alejandro Pozuelo | |
| Al Nasr | Samir Memišević | Kevin Agudelo | Manolo Gabbiadini | Adel Taarabt | Iuri Medeiros | |
| Al Wahda | Allan | Ahmad Nourollahi | Zelimkhan Bakayev | Omar Khribin | Khojimat Erkinov | Cristian Guanca João Pedro |
| Al Wasl | Gerónimo Poblete | Alexis Pérez | Soufiane Bouftini | Jung Seung-hyun | Haris Seferovic | Nicolás Giménez |
| Baniyas | Taulant Seferi | Gastón Álvarez Suárez | Prestige Mboungou | Youssoufou Niakaté | Saša Ivković | Francisco Geraldes |
| Emirates | Dia Saba | Nizar Al-Rashdan | Uroš Vitas | Paco Alcácer | Andrés Iniesta | Diogo Acosta Franck Kom Leo Osaki Al Sanousi Al Hadi |
| Hatta | Gabrielzinho | Lobi Manzoki | Aaron Tshibola | Chisom Egbuchulam | Vernon De Marco | Alexander Merkel Shabaib Al-Khaldi Moustafa Zeidan |
| Ittihad Kalba | Daniel Bessa | Mehdi Ghayedi | Nigel Robertha | Filip Kiss | Andrés Vombergar | Wallace Ivanildo Fernandes |
| Khor Fakkan | Lourency | Raniel | Thulani Serero | Abdulla Abdullaev | Azizbek Amanov | Pedro Castro Tiago Leonço Saîf-Eddine Khaoui |
| Shabab Al Ahli | Saeid Ezatolahi | Mu'nas Dabbur | Luka Milivojević | Bogdan Planić | Azizjon Ganiev | Federico Cartabia |
| Sharjah | Miralem Pjanić | Caio | Moussa Marega | Cho Yu-min | Firas Ben Larbi | Kostas Manolas Paco Alcácer |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Al Wasl (C) | 26 | 21 | 4 | 1 | 70 | 27 | +43 | 67 | Qualification for ACLE League stage |
| 2 | Shabab Al Ahli | 26 | 18 | 4 | 4 | 73 | 34 | +39 | 58 | Qualification for ACLE play off round |
| 3 | Al Ain | 26 | 14 | 3 | 9 | 54 | 37 | +17 | 45 | Qualification for ACLE League stage |
| 4 | Sharjah | 26 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 53 | 40 | +13 | 42 | Qualification for AFC CL2 group stage |
| 5 | Al Wahda | 26 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 45 | 34 | +11 | 42 | |
| 6 | Al Nasr | 26 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 39 | 36 | +3 | 39 | |
| 7 | Al Bataeh | 26 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 42 | 44 | −2 | 37 | |
| 8 | Al Jazira | 26 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 50 | 47 | +3 | 35 | |
| 9 | Ajman | 26 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 39 | 47 | −8 | 34 | |
| 10 | Baniyas | 26 | 7 | 5 | 14 | 33 | 46 | −13 | 26 | |
| 11 | Kalba | 26 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 39 | 50 | −11 | 26 | |
| 12 | Khor Fakkan | 26 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 34 | 55 | −21 | 23 | |
| 13 | Emirates (R) | 26 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 32 | 60 | −28 | 17 | Relegation to UAE Division 1 |
| 14 | Hatta (R) | 26 | 1 | 7 | 18 | 20 | 66 | −46 | 10 | Relegation to UAE Division 1 |
* ↑ As 2023–24 AFC Champions League winners.
* 1 2 Sharjah are ahead of Al Wahda on head-to-head points: Sharjah 3–2 Al Wahda, Al Wahda 1–1 Sharjah
* 1 2 Baniyas are ahead of Kalba on head-to-head points: Baniyas 2–1 Kalba, Kalba 0–0 Baniyas

## Results

| Home \ Away | AJM | AIN | BTH | JAZ | NAS | WAH | WAS | YAS | EMI | HAT | KAL | KHF | SAD | SHR |
| Ajman | | 0–4 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–5 | 3–0 | 0–3 | 2–2 |
| Al Ain | 6–0 | | 0–2 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 2–4 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 5–3 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 |
| Al Bataeh | 1–1 | 1–3 | | 3–2 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 1–4 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 3–3 |
| Al Jazira | 1–5 | 2–1 | 3–1 | | 2–3 | 1–2 | 2–4 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 |
| Al Nasr | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–3 | | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 0–1 |
| Al Wahda | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 1–0 | | 2–2 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 1–1 |
| Al Wasl | 1–1 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–4 | | 3–2 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 |
| Baniyas | 1–1 | 0–1 | 3–3 | 1–4 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 0–2 | | 0–0 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–3 |
| Emirates | 4–4 | 2–3 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–2 | | 2–4 | 2–4 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 1–3 |
| Hatta | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 0–4 | 0–5 | 0–1 | 1–1 | | 1–3 | 0–2 | 2–5 | 1–4 |
| Kalba | 2–4 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 0–4 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–4 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | | 1–1 | 1–3 | 3–4 |
| Khor Fakkan | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 4–2 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 3–3 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 2–2 | | 0–3 | 1–3 |
| Shabab Al Ahli | 3–0 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 3–3 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 7–0 | 10–0 | 4–1 | 2–1 | | 3–1 |
| Sharjah | 1–1 | 2–3 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 1–3 | 5–0 | 3–3 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 1–1 | |

## Number of teams by Emirates

| | Emirate | Number of teams | Teams |
| 1 | Abu Dhabi | 4 | Al Ain, Al Jazira, Al Wahda and Baniyas |
| 1 | Sharjah | 4 | Sharjah, Kalba, Khor Fakkan and Al Bataeh |
| 1 | Dubai | 4 | Shabab Al Ahli, Al Nasr, Al Wasl and Hatta |
| 4 | Ajman | 1 | Ajman |
| 4 | Ras Al Khaimah | 1 | Emirates |

## Season statistics
### Positions by round

* Leader and qualification to AFC Champions League Elite
* qualification to AFC Champions League Two
* Relegation to UAE First Division League
| Team ╲ Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 |
| Al Wasl | 7 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Shabab Al Ahli | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Al Ain | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Sharjah | 3 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 4 |
| Al Wahda | 11 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5 |
| Al Nasr | 13 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 |
| Al Bataeh | 6 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 7 |
| Al Jazira | 2 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 |
| Ajman | 14 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 9 |
| Baniyas | 9 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 |
| Kalba | 8 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 |
| Khor Fakkan | 5 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 |
| Emirates | 12 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 |
| Hatta | 10 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 |

### Top scorers

    As of 7 June 2024
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Omar Khribin | Al Wahda | 19 |
| 2 | Fábio Lima | Al Wasl | 17 |
| 3 | Igor Jesus | Shabab Al Ahli | 14 |
| 3 | Mu'nas Dabbur | Shabab Al Ahli | 14 |
| 5 | Kodjo Laba | Al Ain | 12 |
| 5 | Mehdi Ghayedi | Ittihad Kalba | 12 |
| 5 | Walid Azaro | Ajman | 12 |
| 8 | Taulant Seferi | Baniyas | 11 |
| 8 | Manolo Gabbiadini | Al Nasr | 11 |
| 8 | Haris Seferovic | Al Wasl | 11 |
| 8 | Caio | Sharjah | 11 |
| 12 | Lourency | Khor Fakkan | 10 |
| 12 | Ali Mabkhout | Al Jazira | 10 |

### Clean sheets

    As of 7 June 2024
| Rank | Player | Club | Clean sheets |
| 1 | Khaled Al-Senani | Al Wasl | 10 |
| 2 | Ahmed Shambih | Al Nasr | 6 |
| 3 | Khalid Eisa | Al Ain | 5 |
| 4 | Rashed Ali | Al Wahda | 4 |
| 4 | Ali Al-Hosani | Ajman | 4 |
| 5 | Suhail Abdulla | Emirates | 3 |
| 5 | Fahad Al-Dhanhani | Baniyas | 3 |
| 5 | Adel Al-Hosani | Sharjah | 3 |
| 5 | Ibrahim Essa | Al Bataeh | 3 |
| 5 | Hassan Hamza | Shabab Al Ahli | 3 |
| 5 | Salem Khairi | Hatta | 3 |
| 5 | Ali Khasif | Al Jazira | 3 |

### Hat tricks

| Player | For | Against | Result | Date | Round |
| Walid Azaro | Ajman | Ittihad Kalba | 3–5 (H) | 29 September 2023 | 4 |
| Lourency | Khor Fakkan | Al Wahda | 3–2 (H) | 29 December 2023 | 12 |
| Soufiane Rahimi | Al Ain | Ajman | 4–0 (A) | 15 March 2024 | 16 |
| Walid Azaro$^4$ | Ajman | Ittihad Kalba | 4–2 (A) | 29 March 2024 | 17 |
| Mu'nas Dabbur | Shabab Al Ahli | Hatta | 10–0 (H) | 2 June 2024 | 26 |

#### Notes

$^4$ Player scored 4 goals (H) – Home team (A) – Away team