2024–25 UAE Pro League

The 2024–25 UAE Pro League (also known as ADNOC Pro League for sponsorship reasons) is the 50th edition of the UAE Pro League. Al Wasl are the defending champions.

UAE Pro League
Season2024–25
Dates23 August 2024 – 10 May 2025
Matches played54
Goals scored197 (3.65 per match)
Top goalscorerKodjo Fo-Doh Laba
(16 goals)
Biggest home winShabab Al Ahli Club 5–4 Al Wahda FC
(22 September 2024)
Biggest away winAl Urooba 1–5 Al Nasr
(23 August 2024)
Highest scoringAl Urooba 1–5 Al Nasr
(23 August 2024)
Al Bataeh 3–3 Al Ain
(30 August 2024)
All statistics correct as of 23 November 2024.

Personnel and kits

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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   Goran Tufegdžić   Saoud Saeed Adidas Ajman Bank
Al Ain   Vladimir Ivić   Bandar Al-Ahbabi Nike First Abu Dhabi Bank
Al Bataeh   Farhad Majidi   Mohamed Ahmed Nike Majid Al Futtaim Group
Al Jazira   Hussein Ammouta   Ali Khasif Zat Outfit Healthpoint
Al Nasr   Alfred Schreuder   Ahmed Shambih Adidas Emirates Islamic
Al Urooba   Abdulaziz Al-Hashmi (caretaker)   Mohanad Khamis Obaid Uhlsport Emaar Properties
Al Wahda   Darko Milanič TBA Adidas Volkswagen
Al Wasl   Miloš Milojević TBA Macron Dubai Real Estate Centre
Baniyas   Daniel Isăilă   Fawaz Awana Macron ADIB
Dibba Al Hisn   Hassan Al-Abdooli   Khalid Abdullah Umbro Emirates NBD
Ittihad Kalba   Vuk Rašović   Abdusalam Mohammed Nike Shurooq
Khor Fakkan   Joaquín Gil (caretaker)   Masoud Sulaiman Macron ADNOC
Shabab Al Ahli   Paulo Sousa   Majed Naser Nike Mai Dubai
Sharjah   Cosmin Olăroiu   Shahin Abdulrahman Adidas SAIF Zone

Foreign players

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All clubs can register foreigners as many as they want but can only include five professionals in each team rosters. Players in the age of under-23 (U23) do not counted as professionals and players who have received Emirati citizenship are deemed as local players.

  • 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 Unregistered players Former players
Ajman   Ali Madan   Junior Flemmings   Mohamed Souboul   Walid Azaro   Miloš Kosanović   Abdelhamid Sabiri
  Ayman El Hassouni
  Haykeul Chikhaoui
Al Ain   Soufiane Rahimi   Kaku   Fábio Cardoso   Park Yong-woo   Kodjo Fo-Doh Laba
Al Bataeh   Paulinho   Anatole Abang   Diney   Ulrich Meleke   Azizjon Ganiev
Al Jazira   Ramón Miérez   Neeskens Kebano   Mohamed Elneny   Nabil Fekir   Karim Rekik   Fernando
Al Nasr   Othmane Boussaid   Mattheus Oliveira   Manolo Gabbiadini   Leroy Fer   Haris Seferovic   Samir Memišević   Adel Taarabt
Al Urooba   Héber   Petrus Boumal   Witi   Viv Solomon-Otabor   Filip Kiss   Paulo Ricardo
  Bubacarr Trawally
  Appolinaire Kack
  Mohammad Reza Azadi
Al Wahda   Kevin Agudelo   Ahmad Nourollahi   Mohammad Ghorbani   Omar Khribin   Khojimat Erkinov   Philip Otele
Al Wasl   João Pedro   Anas Zniti   Soufiane Bouftini   Jung Seung-hyun   Srđan Mijailović   Gerónimo Poblete
  Alexis Pérez
  Isaac Success
  Haris Seferovic
Baniyas   Juan Bauza   Arnaud Lusamba   Youssoufou Niakaté   Andrei Burcă   Lazar Marković
Dibba Al Hisn   Pierre Kunde   Ibrahima Cissé   Alexandru Mățan   Haythem Jouini   Oussama Haddadi   Danielzinho
  João Pedro
  Witi
Ittihad Kalba   Daniel Bessa   Mehdi Ghayedi   Saman Ghoddos   Shahriyar Moghanlou   Miha Blažič   Filip Kiss
Khor Fakkan   Lourency   Tarik Tissoudali   Aylton Boa Morte   Kwon Kyung-won   Won Du-jae   Mattheus Oliveira
  Pedro Henrique
  Thulani Serero
  Jonathan Viera
Shabab Al Ahli   Saeid Ezatolahi   Sardar Azmoun   Mu'nas Dabbur   Bogdan Planić   Luka Milivojević   Iago Santos
Sharjah   Darko Nejašmić   Adel Taarabt   Cho Yu-min   Tyrone Conraad   Firas Ben Larbi   Paco Alcácer

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Shabab Al Ahli (X) 21 17 4 0 48 14 +34 55 Qualification for AFC Champions League Elite League stage
2 Sharjah 20 14 2 4 34 10 +24 44
3 Al Wahda 21 10 7 4 39 27 +12 37 Qualification for AFC CL2 group stage
4 Al Ain 22 10 6 6 50 31 +19 36
5 Al Wasl 21 9 7 5 40 27 +13 34
6 Al Nasr 22 10 3 9 38 37 +1 33
7 Al Jazira 21 9 4 8 38 34 +4 31
8 Khor Fakkan 22 9 4 9 32 38 −6 31
9 Ajman 22 8 3 11 32 39 −7 27
10 Kalba 22 6 7 9 30 30 0 25
11 Baniyas 21 6 4 11 22 43 −21 22
12 Al Bataeh 21 5 6 10 24 36 −12 21
13 Dibba Al Hisn 22 4 4 14 25 47 −22 16 Relegation to UAE Division 1
14 Al Urooba (R) 22 2 1 19 17 56 −39 7
Updated to match(es) played on 23 April 2025. Source: UPLeague
Rules for classification: [1] 1) points; 2) head-to-head goal difference; 3) head-to-head goals scored; 4) head-to-head away goals scored; 5) goal difference; 6) number of goals scored; 7) number of away goals scored; 8) head-to-head points; 9) fair play ranking 10) draw
(R) Relegated; (X) Assured of at least AFC Champions League Two group stage


Results

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Home \ Away AJM AIN BTH JAZ NAS URO WAH WAS YAS DAH KAL KHF SAD SHR
Ajman 4–2 2–1 4–3 0–0 2–3 5–1 1–2 0–1
Al Ain 1–2 4–2 4–0 3–1 5–1 0–1 0–0
Al Bataeh 3–3 0–3 3–4 1–0 2–2 1–3 0–2
Al Jazira 4–0 1–3 3–1 2–0 a 0–5 0–1
Al Nasr 3–1 2–1 0–0 0–1 4–1 3–2 3–2 3–1
Al Urooba 0–2 2–4 1–5 1–2 1–4
Al Wahda 1–0 a a 3–0 2–2 4–2
Al Wasl 3–1 2–2 3–1 6–0 1–0 3–4 0–1
Baniyas 3–1 1–1 2–0 0–0 1–5 1–4
Dibba Al Hisn 1–2 1–6 1–0 2–2 1–4
Kalba 3–2 3–3 3–0 1–1 3–0 2–2 0–1
Khor Fakkan 3–0 0–1 2–1 5–2 1–1 0–2 1–1
Shabab Al Ahli 0–0 2–1 2–0 5–4 3–0 0–0 2–1
Sharjah 4–0 3–0 2–1 2–0 a 1–0 1–0 1–0
Updated to match(es) played on 7 April 2025. Source: UPLeague
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Season statistics

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Top scorers

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Rank Player Team Goals
1   Kodjo Fo-Doh Laba Al Ain 16
2   Omar Khribin Al Wahda 13
3   Mehdi Ghayedi Ittihad Kalba 10
4   Caio Lucas Al Sharjah 8
  Sardar Azmoun Al Ahli Dubai
  Ali Mabkhout Al Nasr
  Soufiane Rahimi Al Ain
  Anatole Abang Al Bataeh
8   Junior Flemmings Ajman 7
  Adel Taarabt Sharjah FC

References

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  1. ^ "Article (15) P.50 of Arabian Gulf League Regulations" (PDF) (in Arabic). Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 August 2019. Retrieved 27 August 2019.