2012–13 UAE Pro-League
Season | 2012–13 |
---|---|
Champions | Al Ain FC |
Relegated |
Dibba Al-Fujairah Ittihad Kalba |
Champions League |
Al-Ahli Al-Jazira Al-Ain Baniyas |
Gulf Champions League |
Al-Shabab Al-Nasr |
Matches played | 90 |
Goals scored | 330 (3.67 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Asamoah Gyan (30 goals) |
Highest attendance | 19,756 [Al-Jazira vs. Al-Ain] |
Lowest attendance | 103 [Kalba vs. Dibba] |
Average attendance | 2,468 |
← 2011–12 2013–14 → |
The UAE Pro-League (known as Etisalat Pro-League for sponsorship reasons) is the premier league in United Arab Emirates. It will be the 38th top-level football season in the UAE, and the fifth Professional season.
It will be contested by 14 teams due to an expansion in the league system.[1]
Al Ain are the defending champions, having won the previous 2011–12 Pro-League season.
On Thursday, 18 April 2013, Al Ain won their match against Dubai which guarantees them as winners of the 2012–13 Pro-League.
They will receive their trophy on their last match against Al Nasr on Saturday, 25 May 2013.
Promotion
In June 2012 the UAE FA announced that the league would expand to 14 clubs The two teams that came in the bottom two of the previous campaign – Al Sharjah and Emirates Club – would enter a promotion/relegaton series with the teams that came third and fourth in the second level – Al Dhafra and Al Shaab Sharjah.[2]
This two sides would join Ittihad Kalba and Dubba Al Fujairah who came in the top two in the second division.
Promotion/Relegation Play-offs
Pos |
Team |
Pld |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
GD |
Pts | Qualification or relegation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Al-Shaab | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 6 | Promotion to the 2012–13 UAE Pro-League |
2 | Al-Dhafra | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 6 | |
3 | Al Sharjah | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 6 | Relegation to the 2012–13 UAE Second Division |
4 | Emirates Club | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 9 | −6 | 0 |
Source: Full Standings
Rules for classification:
1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
Teams
Stadia and locations
Team | Home city | Manager | Stadium | Capacity |
---|---|---|---|---|
Al Ahli | Dubai | Quique Flores | Rashed Stadium | 18,000 |
Al Dhafra | Madinat Zayed | Laurent Banide | Hamdan bin Zayed Al Nahyan Stadium | 12,000 |
Al Jazira | Abu Dhabi | Luis Milla | Mohammed Bin Zayed Stadium | 42,056 |
Al Ain | Al Ain | Cosmin Olăroiu | Tahnoun bin Mohammed Stadium | 15,000 |
Al Wahda | Abu Dhabi | Josef Hickersberger | Al-Nahyan Stadium | 12,000 |
Al Shaab Sharjah | Sharjah | Marius Șumudică | Khalid Bin Mohammed Stadium | 10,000 |
Al Shabab | Dubai | Marcos Paqueta | Maktoum Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Stadium | 12,000 |
Al Wasl | Dubai | Eid Baroot | Zabeel Stadium | 12,000 |
Al Nasr | Dubai | Walter Zenga | Al-Maktoum Stadium | 12,000 |
Ajman | Ajman | Abdul Alwab Abdulkadir | Ajman Stadium | 10,000 |
Dubai | Dubai | Rene Marsiglia | Police Officers Club Stadium | 6,500 |
Bani Yas | Abu Dhabi | Salem Al Orafi | Bani Yas Stadium | 9,570 |
Dubba Al Fujairah | Fujairah | Abdullah Misfir | Fujairah Club Stadium | 3,500 |
Ittihad Kalba | Kalba | Zé Mario | Ittihad Kalba Club Stadium | 3,000 |
Managerial changes
Managerial changes during the 2012–13 campaign.
Pre-season
Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Replaced by |
---|---|---|---|
Al Wasl | Diego Maradona | Sacked[3] | Bruno Metsu[4] |
Al Wahda | Josef Hickersberger | Resigned[5] | Branko Ivankovic[6] |
Al Dhafra | Dzemal Hadziabdic[7] | ||
Al Sharjah | Valeriu Tiţa | Faouzi Benzarti[8] | |
Dubai Club | Ayman Ramadi | Rene Marsiglia[9] | |
Bani Yas | Gabriel Calderón[10] | Contract not renewed | Jozef Chovanec[11] |
Al Jazira | Caio Junior[12] | Contract not renewed | Paulo Bonamigo[13] |
Al Shabab | Paulo Bonamigo[13] | Resigned | Marcos Paqueta |
During season
Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Replaced by |
---|---|---|---|
Ittihad Kalba | Dragan Talajic | Sacked[14] | Lufti Benzarti |
Al Wasl | Bruno Metsu | Illness[15] | Gilles Morisseau & Nasser Khamis |
Dubba Al Fujairah | Marcelo Ribeiro Cabo | Sacked[16] | Abdullah Misfir |
Al Wasl | Gilles Morisseau & Nasser Khamis |
Temporary Mandate[17] | Guy Lacombe |
Ittihad Kalba | Lufti Benzarti | Sacked[18] | Zé Mario |
Al Shaab Sharjah | Sérgio Alexandre | Sacked[18] | Marius Șumudică |
Al Dhafra | Dzemal Hadziabdic | Sacked[18] | Laurent Banide |
Al Wasl | Guy Lacombe | Sacked[19] | Eid Baroot |
Al Jazira | Paulo Bonamigo | Sacked | Luis Milla[20] |
Al Wahda | Branko Ivankovic | Sacked[21] | Josef Hickersberger |
Baniyas | Jozef Chovanec | Became Technical Director[22] | Salem Al Orafi |
League table
Pos |
Team |
Pld |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
GD |
Pts | Qualification or relegation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Al Ain (C) | 26 | 20 | 2 | 4 | 74 | 26 | +48 | 62 | Qualification to the 2014 AFC Champions League Group Stage |
2 | Al-Ahli | 26 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 62 | 33 | +29 | 51 | |
3 | Al Jazira | 26 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 56 | 37 | +19 | 47 | |
4 | Baniyas | 26 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 50 | 37 | +13 | 47 | Qualification to the 2014 AFC Champions League Second Qualifying Round |
5 | Al Shabab | 26 | 13 | 3 | 10 | 48 | 39 | +9 | 42 | Qualification to the 2014 GCC Champions League |
6 | Al Nasr | 26 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 51 | 40 | +11 | 39 | |
7 | Al-Wahda | 26 | 12 | 3 | 11 | 44 | 41 | +3 | 39 | |
8 | Al Dhafra | 26 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 37 | 46 | −9 | 36 | |
9 | Al Wasl | 26 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 41 | 45 | −4 | 32 | |
10 | Ajman | 26 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 48 | 58 | −10 | 30 | |
11 | Dubai Club | 26 | 6 | 9 | 11 | 32 | 53 | −21 | 27 | |
12 | Al-Shaab | 26 | 7 | 4 | 15 | 37 | 49 | −12 | 25 | |
13 | Fujairah (R) | 26 | 6 | 3 | 17 | 30 | 55 | −25 | 21 | Relegation to the 2013–14 UAE Second Division |
14 | Ittihad Kalba (R) | 26 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 24 | 75 | −51 | 11 |
Source: Full Standings
Rules for classification:
1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
Results
Home \ Away[1] | AJM | ALI | AIN | DHA | ITT | JAZ | NAS | SHB | SHA | WAH | WAS | YAS | FUJ | DUB |
Ajman | 1–2 | 1–4 | 0–3 | 6–1 | 2–4 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 4–2 | 0–2 | 3–3 | 3–3 | 2–1 | |
Al-Ahli | 3–0 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 5–1 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | |
Al Ain | 4–0 | 3–6 | 7–0 | 6–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 5–0 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 3–0 | |
Al Dhafra | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 2–3 | 1–1 | |
Ittihad Kalba | 0–3 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 0–4 | 0–2 | 0–6 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–3 | |
Al Jazira | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–3 | 3–0 | 3–3 | 1–1 | |
Al Nasr | 1–1 | 2–3 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 6–1 | 3–3 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 4–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 4–1 | |
Al-Shaab | 2–1 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 5–3 | 2–3 | |
Al Shabab | 2–2 | 2–0 | 2–3 | 0–2 | 3–2 | 5–1 | 2–4 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | |
Al-Wahda | 3–4 | 2–6 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | |
Al Wasl | 4–2 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 3–1 | |
Baniyas | 5–0 | 1–4 | 0–3 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 5–0 | |
Fujairah | 1–4 | 1–0 | 1–5 | 0–2 | 2–3 | 0–4 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | |
Dubai Club | 1–0 | 3–6 | 2–5 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 2–2 | 2–3 | 0–0 |
Source: Soccerway
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For coming matches, an a indicates there is an article about the match.
Season statistics
Top scorers
Rank | Scorer | Club | Goals |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Asamoah Gyan | Al Ain | 31 |
2 | Grafite | Al Ahli | 24 |
3 | Giuseppe Mascara | Al Nasr | 10 |
Emiliano Alfaro | Al Wasl | 9 | |
5 | Ricardo Oliveira | Al Jazira | 9 |
6 | Bruno Correa | Al Nasr | 8 |
Papa Waigo | Al-Wahda | 8 | |
Richard Porta | Dubai Club | 8 | |
André Senghor | Baniyas | 8 | |
Boris Kabi | Ajman | 8 |
References
- ↑ "UAE FA increases the number of professional clubs to 14". ufl.ae. 4 June 2012. Retrieved 4 June 2012.
- ↑ Amith Passela. "UAE Pro League to expand to 14 teams". The National. Retrieved 16 December 2012.
- ↑ "Maradona sacked as coach of Al Wasl". Gulf News. 10 July 2012. Retrieved 10 July 2012.
- ↑ "Bruno Metsu confirmed as Maradona's replacement at Al Wasl". The National. 17 July 2012. Retrieved 17 July 2012.
- ↑ "Al Wahda waste no time recruiting new faces". The National. 7 May 2012. Retrieved 7 May 2012.
- ↑ "Al Wahda line up Ivankovic to replace Hickersberger". The National. 1 May 2012. Retrieved 1 May 2012.
- ↑ "Football: Al Dhafra recruit for play-offs". The National. 31 July 2012. Retrieved 31 July 2012.
- ↑ "Pro League round-up: Nasr stand firm on Bresciano". The National. 29 July 2012. Retrieved 29 July 2012.
- ↑ "Dubai coach Marsiglia hails signing of former Al Wahda midfielder Magrao". The National. 20 July 2012. Retrieved 20 July 2012.
- ↑ "Another Pro League coach bites the dust". Gulf News. 30 May 2012. Retrieved 30 May 2012.
- ↑ "Bani Yas looking to build on last season". Gulf News. 14 July 2012. Retrieved 14 July 2012.
- ↑ "Scocco among key figures on the way out from UAE". The National. 31 May 2012. Retrieved 31 May 2012.
- 1 2 "Bonamigo breaks Al Shabab deal to take over at Al Jazira". The National. 1 June 2012. Retrieved 1 June 2012.
- ↑ "Kalba sack manager Dragan Talajic after losing start to new season". The National. 8 October 2012. Retrieved 8 October 2012.
- ↑ "Al Wasl's Metsu has 'serious medical condition'". Gulf News. 16 October 2012. Retrieved 16 October 2012.
- ↑ "Al Shabab smart to retain Marcos Paqueta". The National. 24 October 2012. Retrieved 24 October 2012.
- ↑ "Al Wasl sign an 8 – month contract with Lacombe". Pro League Committee. 8 November 2012.
- 1 2 3 "Al Shaab fire coach Sergio Alexandre after run of defeats". The National. 16 December 2012. Retrieved 16 December 2012.
- ↑ "Guy Lacombe dismissed as Al Wasl coach". The UAE National. 18 February 2013.
- ↑ "Al Jazira 4 Al Dhafra 1". The National. 21 February 2013.
- ↑ "Josef Hickersberger 'eager to start again' as Al Wahda coach". The National. 28 April 2013. Retrieved 28 April 2013.
- ↑ "GCC Championship semi-final: Time for Baniyas loyal Salem Al Orafi to shine". The National. 7 May 2013. Retrieved 7 May 2013.
External links
- Results, venues, dates and times of matches at official site
- Football Association The UAE Football Association