# 2021–22 UAE Division 1

2021–22 UAE Division One is the 45th Division one season. This seasons will expand the league from 11 to 15 teams due to the inclusion of UAE Second Division League teams who were recently promoted into the league.

## Team changes
### To Division 1

Relegated from UAE Pro League
* Fujairah
* Hatta
Promoted from UAE Division 2
* Abtal Al Khaleej
* Dubai City
Joined
* Al Rams
* Al Jazirah Al Hamra

### From Division 1

Promoted to UAE Pro League
* Al Urooba
* Emirates

## Stadia and locations

    Note: Table lists clubs in alphabetical order.
| Club | Home city | Stadium | Capacity |
| Abtal Al Khaleej | Dubai (Mirdif) | Khalid bin Mohammed Stadium | 12,000 |
| Al Arabi | Umm al Quwain | Umm al Quwain Stadium | 3,000 |
| Al Bataeh | Al Bataeh | Al Bataeh Stadium | 2,000 |
| 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 Rams | Ar-Rams | Al Rams Stadium | 4,000 |
| Al Taawon | Al Jeer | Taawon Stadium | 200 |
| Dibba Al Fujairah | Dibba Al-Fujairah | Dibba (F) Stadium | 100 |
| Dibba Al Hisn | Dibba Al-Hisn | Dibba (H) Stadium | 700 |
| Hatta | Hatta | Hamdan Bin Rashid Stadium | 5,000 |
| Dhaid | Dhaid | Al-Dhaid Stadium | 500 |
| Dubai City | Dubai (Al Barsha) | The Sevens Stadium | 4,000 |
| Fujairah | Fujairah | Fujairah Club Stadium | 10,645 |
| 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 |
| Abtal Al Khaleej | Mostafa Abdelhady | Damilare Adigun | uhlsport | |
| Al Arabi | Mohammad Al Jalboot | Khalifa Abdullah | Nike | |
| Al Bataeh | Tarek Hadhiri | Rodrigo Souza | uhlsport | SMC |
| Al Dhaid | Roman Nádvorník | Ali Al-Nuaimi | uhlsport | |
| Al Hamriyah | Jamal Al Hassani | Ahmed Al-Shaji | Nike | |
| Al Jazirah Al Hamra | Mutaz Abdulla | Salem Al Khaddem | uhlsport | |
| Al Rams | Salem Al-Bout | Ali Al Maazmi | uhlsport | |
| Al Taawon | Ahmed El Mujahid | Malek Al-Shehhi | uhlsport | |
| Dibba Al Fujairah | Zoran Popović | Mohamed Al Rowaihy | uhlsport | |
| Dibba Al Hisn | Saeed Shakhit | Khalid Al Riyami | uhlsport | |
| Dubai City | Mason Mcclelland | Jamal Bartley | Macron | |
| Fujairah | Mohammed Al-Timoumi | Ahmed Al-Zahmi | Puma | |
| Hatta | Ameur Derbal | Lahej Al-Nofali | Macron | Expo |
| Masafi | Fahad Al Dabal | Brahima Diakite | Adidas | |
| Masfout | Abdulghani Binkarshat | Abdullah Jassem | 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 |
| Abtal Al Khaleej | Damilare Adigun | Lassana Camara | |
| Al Arabi | Alex | Paulinho | |
| Al Bataeh | Rodrigo Souza | Thiago Augusto | Thauan |
| Al Dhaid | Adenilson | | Sílvio Júnior |
| Al Hamriyah | Gilmar | Vinícius Lopes | |
| Al Jazirah Al Hamra | Hugo Alexsander | Kouakou Kouadio | |
| Al Rams | Saullo | Valdo Babacal | Geovane |
| Al Taawon | Gil Paraíba | Denny Antwi | |
| Dibba Al Fujairah | Diogo Acosta | Chiquinho | |
| Dibba Al Hisn | Dedê Costa | Marcos Moraes | |
| Dubai City | Jamal Bartley | Nenai Banda | |
| Fujairah | Issah Yakubu | Mustafa Mahmoud | |
| Hatta | Régis | Tony | Hyuri |
| Masafi | Sílvio Júnior | Brahima Diakite | Fidélis |
| Masfout | Jacó | Juan Batista | Bruno Dybal |

### Managerial changes

| Team | Outgoing manager | Date of vacancy | Manner of departure | Pos. | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
| Hatta | Vladimir Vermezović | 25 April 2021 | Sacked | Pre-season | Sulaiman Al Balooshi | 30 May 2021 |
| Al Bataeh | Abdullah Mesfer | 1 May 2021 | Resigned | Pre-season | Tarek Hadhiri | 20 May 2021 |
| Fujairah | Nassif Al Bayawi | 15 May 2021 | Resigned | Pre-season | Mohammed Al-Timoumi | 16 May 2021 |
| Masfout | Tarek Hadhiri | 20 May 2021 | Signed by Al Bataeh | Pre-season | Abdulghani Binkarshat | 21 May 2021 |
| Dibba Al Fujairah | Sulaiman Al Balooshi | 30 May 2021 | Signed by Hatta | Pre-season | Zoran Popović | 1 July 2021 |
| Dibba Al Hisn | Abdulghani Binkarshat | 1 June 2021 | End of contract | Pre-season | Othmen Najjar | 3 July 2021 |
| Al Jazirah Al Hamra | Ali Al Shehhi | 11 October 2021 | Mutual consent | 13th | Muhammad Al-Naqbi | 11 October 2021 |
| Hatta | Sulaiman Al Balooshi | 1 November 2021 | Sacked | 10th | Fouad Boumdal | 1 November 2021 |
| Al Rams | Jassim Al Tunaiji | 16 November 2021 | Resigned | 12th | Salem Al-Bout | 16 November 2021 |
| Al Jazirah Al Hamra | Muhammad Al-Naqbi | 17 November 2021 | End of caretaker spell | 14th | Mutaz Abdulla | 17 November 2021 |
| Abtal Al Khaleej | Mostafa Abdelhady | 20 November 2021 | Sacked | 10th | Ahmed El Mujahid | 25 November 2021 |
| Abtal Al Khaleej | Ahmed El Mujahid | 12 December 2021 | Resigned | 11th | Mostafa Abdelhady | 13 December 2021 |
| Al Taawon | Aaref Al Shehhi | 14 December 2021 | Sacked | 13th | Ahmed El Mujahid | 14 December 2021 |
| Masafi | Mohamed Al Antali | 15 December 2021 | Mutual consent | 14th | Fahad Al Dabal | 15 December 2021 |
| Al Dhaid | Walid Obaid | 29 December 2021 | Mutual consent | 10th | Roman Nádvorník | 5 January 2022 |
| Dibba Al Hisn | Othmen Najjar | 3 January 2022 | Sacked | 4th | Saeed Shakhit | 8 January 2022 |
| Hatta | Fouad Boumdal | 7 January 2022 | Resigned | 6th | Amer Derbal | 7 January 2022 |
| Al Hamriyah | Tareq Al Sayed | 14 February 2022 | Resigned | 4th | Jamal Al Hassani | 15 January 2022 |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion |
| 1 | Dibba Al Fujairah (C, P) | 28 | 24 | 3 | 1 | 73 | 15 | +58 | 75 | Promotion to the UAE Pro League |
| 2 | Al Bataeh (P) | 28 | 21 | 4 | 3 | 58 | 21 | +37 | 67 | Promotion to the UAE Pro League |
| 3 | Dibba Al Hisn | 28 | 19 | 6 | 3 | 56 | 26 | +30 | 63 | |
| 4 | Al Arabi | 28 | 20 | 3 | 5 | 48 | 24 | +24 | 63 | |
| 5 | Al Hamriyah | 28 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 56 | 34 | +22 | 52 | |
| 6 | Hatta | 28 | 14 | 5 | 9 | 44 | 38 | +6 | 47 | |
| 7 | Fujairah | 28 | 12 | 7 | 9 | 38 | 32 | +6 | 43 | |
| 8 | Masfout | 28 | 10 | 5 | 13 | 34 | 38 | −4 | 35 | |
| 9 | Al Jazirah Al Hamra | 28 | 8 | 6 | 14 | 41 | 57 | −16 | 30 | |
| 10 | Masafi | 28 | 8 | 3 | 17 | 30 | 42 | −12 | 27 | |
| 11 | Abtal Al Khaleej | 28 | 6 | 6 | 16 | 39 | 64 | −25 | 24 | |
| 12 | Al Rams | 28 | 6 | 2 | 20 | 29 | 65 | −36 | 20 | |
| 13 | Al Taawon | 28 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 32 | 52 | −20 | 19 | |
| 14 | Al Dhaid | 28 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 28 | 52 | −24 | 19 | |
| 15 | Dubai City | 28 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 26 | 72 | −46 | 12 | |

## Results

| Home \ Away | ABK | ARB | BTH | DHD | HAM | JHR | RAM | TAW | DAF | DAH | DCI | FUJ | HAT | MSF | MST |
| Abtal Al Khaleej | | 0–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 2–8 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–4 |
| Al Arabi | 4–1 | | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 |
| Al Bataeh | 4–2 | 2–0 | | 1–0 | 4–2 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 4–1 |
| Al Dhaid | 2–2 | 0–0 | 0–2 | | 2–3 | 2–3 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 |
| Al Hamriyah | 3–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 4–0 | | 1–2 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 4–4 | 4–1 | 0–0 |
| Al Jazirah Al Hamra | 1–3 | 1–2 | 1–5 | 1–2 | 1–2 | | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 4–3 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 2–2 |
| Al Rams | 4–0 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 3–4 | | 1–0 | 1–4 | 0–4 | 2–1 | 0–5 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–4 |
| Al Taawon | 2–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 2–3 | 2–1 | | 1–3 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 1–2 |
| Dibba Al Fujairah | 5–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 6–0 | 5–0 | 1–0 | | 2–0 | 5–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 |
| Dibba Al Hisn | 4–3 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 5–0 | 3–2 | 1–1 | | 4–0 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 2–1 |
| Dubai City | 0–3 | 1–6 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 0–5 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 0–1 | | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–2 |
| Fujairah | 3–2 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 5–2 | | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 |
| Hatta | 2–1 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 4–2 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 5–1 | 1–0 | | 0–1 | 1–1 |
| Masafi | 2–0 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 3–4 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–0 | | 1–0 |
| Masfout | 0–2 | 2–3 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | |

## Season statistics
### Top scorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Diogo Acosta | Dibba Al Fujairah | 27 |
| 2 | Vinícius Lopes | Al Hamriyah | 22 |
| 3 | Dedê Costa | Dibba Al Hisn | 19 |
| 4 | Alex | Al Arabi | 18 |
| 5 | Mohammed Al-Marbuii | Dibba Al Hisn | 17 |

## 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 | Sharjah | 4 | Al Bataeh, Al Dhaid, Al Hamriyah and Dibba Al Hisn |
| 3 | Dubai | 3 | Abtal Al Khaleej, Dubai City and Hatta |
| 4 | Fujairah | 2 | Dibba Al Fujairah and Fujairah |
| 5 | Umm Al Quwain | 1 | Al Arabi |
| 5 | Ajman | 1 | Masfout |