# 2023–24 UAE Division 1

2023–24 UAE Division One is the 47th Division one season. This season saw the first time two teams got relegated to the 3rd tier as Al Fursan and Baynounah got relegated a season after promotion.

## Team changes
### To Division 1

Relegated from UAE Pro League
* Al Dhafra
* Dibba Al Fujairah
Promoted from UAE Division 2
* Gulf United
* Dubai United

### From Division 1

Promoted to UAE Pro League
* Emirates
* Hatta
Relegated to UAE Division 2
* Al Fursan
* Baynounah

## 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 Dhafra | Madinat Zayed | Al Dhafra Stadium | 5,020 |
| Al Dhaid | Dhaid | Al-Dhaid Stadium | 500 |
| Al Hamriyah | Al Hamriyah | Al Hamriya Sports Club Stadium | 5,000 |
| Al Jazirah Al Hamra | Al Jazirah Al Hamra | Al Hamra Stadium | 2,000 |
| Al Khaleej | Dubai (Mirdif) | UIS International School | 200 |
| Al Rams | Ar-Rams | Al Rams Stadium | 4,000 |
| Al Taawon | Al Jeer | Taawon Stadium | 200 |
| Al Urooba | Qidfa / Mirbah | Al Sharqi Stadium | 3,000 |
| Dibba Al Fujairah | Dibba Al Fujairah | Dibba New Stadium | 9,000 |
| Dibba Al Hisn | Dibba Al-Hisn | Dibba (H) Stadium | 700 |
| Dubai City | Dubai (Al Barsha) | Kings School Al Barsha | 100 |
| Dubai United | Dubai (Jumeirah) | Dubai British School | 100 |
| Fujairah | Fujairah | Fujairah Club Stadium | 10,645 |
| Gulf United | Dubai (Al Jaddaf) | Dubai Club Stadium | 7,000 |
| 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 | Fouad Boumdal | Ahmed Hussain | Nike | |
| Al Dhafra | Paulo Comelli | Sultan Al Ghaferi | Kelme | Al Dhannah |
| Al Dhaid | Jamal Al Hassani | Salem Al Qaydi | uhlsport | |
| Al Hamriyah | Mohamed Al Jalboot | Othman Al-Hamour | Macron | |
| Al Jazirah Al Hamra | Samir El Sheikh | Ali Sanqoor | uhlsport | |
| Al Khaleej | Mohammed Al Ajmani | Nasser Al-Shahary | uhlsport | |
| Al Rams | Abdulla Al Teneiji | Mohamed Al Ali | uhlsport | |
| Al Taawon | Badr Al Shehhi | Abdullah Malallah | uhlsport | |
| Al Urooba | Bruno Pereira | Khalid Al-Jabri | uhlsport | |
| Dibba Al Fujairah | Eid Baroot | Mohamed Al Rowaihy | uhlsport | |
| Dibba Al Hisn | Tareq Al Sayed | Fahad Rashed | uhlsport | |
| Dubai City | Saeed Jassem | Abdullah Al Ahmadi | uhlsport | |
| Dubai United | Johann Louvel | Ahmed Sulaiman | Umbro | |
| Fujairah | Željko Markov | Okacha Hamzaoui | Puma | |
| Gulf United | Neil Taylor | Jack Shiels | Puma | |
| Masafi | Brahim Boufoud | Abdullah Al-Shahyary | Adidas | |
| Masfout | Mohammed Al Blooshi | Hamad Ali | Puma | |

### 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 | Júnior Saudade | Vander Vieira | |
| Al Dhafra | Benik Afobe | Carlos Fortes | Diogo Acosta |
| Al Dhaid | Phillerson | Dominic Vinicius | |
| Al Hamriyah | Youssef El Jebli | Mardik Mardikian | |
| Al Jazirah Al Hamra | Danilo | Mateus | |
| Al Khaleej | Ibrahima Badji | Lassana Camara | |
| Al Rams | Rodrigo Figueiredo | Joao Santos | |
| Al Taawon | Alex | Ablaye Sy | |
| Al Urooba | Morgan Ferrier | Victor Nwaneri | |
| Dibba Al Fujairah | Wanderson Costa | | Nikola Stojiljković |
| Dibba Al Hisn | Gilmar | Cláudio Maradona | |
| Dubai City | Marcelo Henrique | Daniel Williams | |
| Dubai United | Marcelo Torres | Aboubakar Karamoko | |
| Fujairah | Okacha Hamzaoui | Felipe Sá | |
| Gulf United | Jack Shiels | Richard Peniket | |
| Masafi | Francivaldo | Marius Obekop | |
| Masfout | Diego Silva | Alfusainey Gassama | |

### Managerial changes

| Team | Outgoing manager | Date of vacancy | Manner of departure | Pos. | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
| Dibba Al Hisn | Hussein Skenderovic | 27 June 2023 | Mutual consent | Pre-season | Othmen Najjar | 27 June 2023 |
| Al Arabi | Abdulghani Binkarshat | 5 July 2023 | Mutual consent | Pre-season | Fouad Boumdal | 5 July 2023 |
| Masfout | Fouad Boumdal | 5 July 2023 | Signed by Al Arabi | Pre-season | Abdulghani Binkarshat | 7 July 2023 |
| Fujairah | Mohammed Al Hosani | 8 October 2023 | Sacked | 12th | Željko Markov | 9 October 2023 |
| Dibba Al Fujairah | Hassan Al Abdouli | 16 October 2023 | Resigned | 6th | Zoran Popović | 16 October 2023 |
| Masfout | Abdulghani Binkarshat | 1 November 2023 | Sacked | 15th | Slavko Matić | 2 November 2023 |
| Al Rams | Mutaz Abdulla | 4 November 2023 | Sacked | 17th | Ali Al Teneiji | 5 November 2023 |
| Al Hamriyah | Mohamed Al Ali | 18 November 2023 | Sacked | 12th | Mohamed Al Jalboot | 20 November 2023 |
| Al Dhafra | Abdullah Mesfer | 18 November 2023 | Mutual consent | 2nd | Paulo Comelli | 4 December 2023 |
| Dubai City | Mohammed Al Blooshi | 24 November 2023 | Sacked | 16th | Saeed Jassem | 25 November 2023 |
| Dibba Al Hisn | Othmen Najjar | 14 December 2023 | Sacked | 3rd | Tareq Al Sayed | 20 December 2023 |
| Masfout | Slavko Matić | 22 December 2023 | Sacked | 15th | Mohammed Al Blooshi | 25 December 2023 |
| Al Rams | Ali Al Teneiji | 31 December 2023 | Resigned | 17th | Abdulla Al Teneiji | 1 January 2024 |
| Dibba Al Fujairah | Zoran Popović | 2 January 2024 | Sacked | 8th | Eid Baroot | 2 January 2024 |
| Al Jazirah Al Hamra | Eid Baroot | 2 January 2024 | Signed by Dibba Al Fujairah | 7th | Samir El Sheikh | 3 January 2024 |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion |
| 1 | Al Urooba (C, P) | 31 | 24 | 6 | 1 | 57 | 25 | +32 | 78 | Promotion to the UAE Pro League |
| 2 | Dibba Al Hisn (P) | 31 | 20 | 4 | 7 | 51 | 23 | +28 | 64 | Promotion to the UAE Pro League |
| 3 | Dibba Al Fujairah | 31 | 17 | 12 | 2 | 51 | 16 | +35 | 63 | |
| 4 | Fujairah | 31 | 14 | 8 | 9 | 49 | 38 | +11 | 50 | |
| 5 | Al Arabi | 31 | 14 | 7 | 10 | 55 | 46 | +9 | 49 | |
| 6 | Dubai United | 31 | 14 | 6 | 11 | 63 | 46 | +17 | 48 | |
| 7 | Al Dhafra | 31 | 11 | 12 | 8 | 53 | 44 | +9 | 45 | |
| 8 | Masafi | 31 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 51 | 41 | +10 | 44 | |
| 9 | Al Taawon | 31 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 39 | 32 | +7 | 43 | |
| 10 | Al Jazirah Al Hamra | 31 | 11 | 8 | 12 | 45 | 60 | −15 | 41 | |
| 11 | Al Hamriyah | 31 | 10 | 9 | 12 | 44 | 46 | −2 | 39 | |
| 12 | Al Dhaid | 31 | 9 | 7 | 15 | 43 | 54 | −11 | 34 | |
| 13 | Al Khaleej | 31 | 8 | 9 | 14 | 37 | 48 | −11 | 33 | |
| 14 | Masfout | 31 | 7 | 10 | 14 | 35 | 52 | −17 | 31 | |
| 15 | Gulf United | 31 | 5 | 10 | 16 | 31 | 53 | −22 | 25 | |
| 16 | Dubai City (R) | 31 | 1 | 5 | 25 | 31 | 82 | −51 | 8 | Relegation to UAE Second Division League |
| 17 | Al Rams (W) | 16 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 20 | 49 | −29 | 6 | Withdrew |

## Results

| Home \ Away | ARB | DHA | DHD | HAM | JHR | KHL | RAM | TAW | URO | DAF | DAH | DCI | DUN | FUJ | GFU | MSF | MST |
| Al Arabi | | 2–2 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 2–1 | | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 |
| Al Dhafra | 1–2 | | 2–2 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 3–2 |
| Al Dhaid | 1–2 | 3–2 | | 1–3 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 0–4 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 2–2 |
| Al Hamriyah | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | | 1–2 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 0–3 | 1–3 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 |
| Al Jazirah Al Hamra | 3–3 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 3–1 | | 3–2 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–4 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 |
| Al Khaleej | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | | 0–1 | 3–2 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 0–4 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 |
| Al Rams | 0–5 | 0–3 | 3–0 | | 3–4 | 1–3 | | | 2–3 | | | 0–2 | 2–4 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 2–6 | |
| Al Taawon | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 | | 0–2 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 |
| Al Urooba | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 3–3 | 3–1 | 1–0 | | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 |
| Dibba Al Fujairah | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | | 0–0 | 4–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 |
| Dibba Al Hisn | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 5–0 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 0–0 | | 4–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 |
| Dubai City | 2–4 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 2–4 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–2 | | 1–4 | 3–4 | 1–2 | 1–6 | 1–1 |
| Dubai United | 1–2 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 4–4 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 6–2 | | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 4–0 |
| Fujairah | 5–1 | 4–3 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 4–1 | 1–1 | | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | | 0–1 | 3–3 | 4–1 |
| Gulf United | 3–1 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–2 | | 1–2 | 2–2 |
| Masafi | 1–2 | 2–4 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 1–1 | | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 2–1 | | 0–0 |
| Masfout | 0–3 | 2–2 | 4–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 3–2 | 4–2 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 4–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | |

## Number of teams by Emirates

| | Emirate | Number of teams | Teams |
| 1 | Ras Al Khaimah | 4 | Al Jazira Al Hamra, Al Rams, Al Taawon and Masafi |
| 1 | Dubai | 4 | Al Khaleej, Dubai City, Dubai United and Gulf United |
| 3 | Sharjah | 3 | Al Dhaid, Al Hamriyah and Dibba Al Hisn |
| 3 | Fujairah | 3 | Al Urooba, Dibba Al Fujairah and Fujairah |
| 5 | Umm Al Quwain | 1 | Al Arabi |
| 5 | Abu Dhabi | 1 | Al Dhafra |
| 5 | Ajman | 1 | Masfout |

## Season statistics
### Top Goalscorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Marcelo Torres | Dubai United | 26 |
| 2 | Alex | Al Taawon | 21 |
| 3 | Alfusainey Gassama | Masfout | 17 |
| 4 | Benik Afobe | Al Dhafra | 16 |
| 5 | Alhassane Tamboura | Al Urooba | 14 |
| 6 | Pape Bacary | Dubai United | 13 |
| 6 | Vander Vieira | Al Arabi | 13 |
| 8 | Gilmar da Silva Ribeiro | Dibba Al-Hisn | 12 |
| 8 | Lamar Walker | Al Dhaid | 12 |
| 11 | Mohammed Al Marbuii | Dibba Al Fujairah | 11 |