2023–24 UAE Division 1

UAE Division One
Season	2023–24
Dates	9 September 2023 – TBD
Top goalscorer	Benik Afobe; Okacha Hamzaoui; (10 goals)
	← 2022–23 2024–25 →

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

Promoted from UAE Division 2

Gulf United
Dubai United

From Division 1

Promoted to UAE Pro League

Relegated to UAE Division 2

Stadia and locations

2023–24 UAE Division 1 is located in United Arab Emirates

United

Locations of teams in the UAE Division One

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

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^[1]	27 June 2023
Al Arabi	Abdulghani Binkarshat	5 July 2023	Mutual consent		Fouad Boumdal^[2]	5 July 2023
Masfout	Fouad Boumdal	5 July 2023	Signed by Al Arabi		Abdulghani Binkarshat^[3]	7 July 2023
Fujairah	Mohammed Al Hosani	8 October 2023	Sacked	12th	Željko Markov^[4]	9 October 2023
Dibba Al Fujairah	Hassan Al Abdouli	16 October 2023	Resigned	6th	Zoran Popović^[5]	16 October 2023
Masfout	Abdulghani Binkarshat	1 November 2023	Sacked	15th	Slavko Matić	2 November 2023
Al Rams	Mutaz Abdulla	4 November 2023		17th	Ali Al Teneiji	5 November 2023
Al Hamriyah	Mohamed Al Ali	18 November 2023		12th	Mohamed Al Jalboot^[6]	20 November 2023
Al Dhafra	Abdullah Mesfer^[7]	18 November 2023	Mutual consent	2nd	Paulo Comelli^[8]	4 December 2023
Dubai City	Mohammed Al Blooshi	24 November 2023	Sacked	16th	Saeed Jassem	25 November 2023
Dibba Al Hisn	Othmen Najjar^[9]	14 December 2023		3rd	Tareq Al Sayed	20 December 2023
Masfout	Slavko Matić	22 December 2023		15th	Mohammed Al Blooshi^[10]	25 December 2023
Al Rams	Ali Al Teneiji^[11]	31 December 2023	Resigned	17th
Dibba Al Fujairah	Zoran Popović^[12]	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

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	Al Urooba	14	11	3	0	26	12	+14	36	Promotion to the UAE Pro League
2	Al Dhafra	15	7	7	1	30	19	+11	28^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Promotion to the UAE Pro League
3	Dibba Al Hisn	14	9	1	4	25	11	+14	28^{[lower-alpha 1]}
4	Al Arabi	14	7	5	2	26	14	+12	26
5	Masafi	14	6	4	4	22	19	+3	22^{[lower-alpha 2]}
6	Dibba Al Fujairah	14	5	7	2	19	7	+12	22^{[lower-alpha 2]}
7	Al Dhaid	14	6	3	5	22	21	+1	21^{[lower-alpha 3]}
8	Dubai United	14	6	3	5	28	21	+7	21^{[lower-alpha 3]}
9	Al Jazirah Al Hamra	14	5	5	4	20	22	−2	20
10	Fujairah	14	5	4	5	19	18	+1	19
11	Al Taawon	14	4	6	4	16	13	+3	18
12	Al Khaleej	14	4	5	5	19	21	−2	17
13	Al Hamriyah	14	4	3	7	17	23	−6	15
14	Gulf United	14	4	2	8	12	23	−11	14
15	Masfout	14	2	3	9	14	30	−16	9
16	Dubai City	14	1	3	10	12	30	−18	6	Relegation to UAE Second Division League
17	Al Rams	15	2	0	13	22	45	−23	6	Relegation to UAE Second Division League

Updated to match(es) played on 7 January 2024. Source: soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) goal difference; 4) number of goals scored.
Notes:

1 2 Head-to-head goal difference: Al Dhafra +1, Dibba Al Hisn –1.
1 2 Head-to-head goal difference: Masafi +1, Dibba Al Fujairah –1.
1 2 Head-to-head goal difference: Al Dhaid +1, Dubai United –1.

Results

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

Updated to match(es) played on 7 January 2024. Source: soccerway
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.

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
	Abu Dhabi		Al Dhafra
	Ajman		Masfout

Season statistics

Top Goalscorers

As of 7 January 2023^[13]

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Benik Afobe	Al Dhafra	11
2	Okacha Hamzaoui	Fujairah	10
3	Alhassane Tamboura	Al Urooba	8
	Júnior Saudade	Al Arabi
	Luis Torres	Fujairah
6	Alfusainey Gassama	Masfout	7
6	Phillerson	Al Dhaid	7
8	Alex	Al Taawon	6
	Pape Bacary	Dubai United
	Gilmar	Dibba Al Hisn
	Lamar Walker	Al Dhaid

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[table_hth_MSF0.064593836695232-14] 1 2 Head-to-head goal difference: Masafi +1, Dibba Al Fujairah –1.

[table_hth_DHD0.064593836695232-15] 1 2 Head-to-head goal difference: Al Dhaid +1, Dubai United –1.

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[2] "الجزائري بومضل مدرباً للعربي". Al Khaleej. Retrieved 5 July 2023.

[3] "عبد الغني المهري مدرباً لمصفوت". Al Bayan. Retrieved 7 July 2023.

[4] "الفجيرة يعين الصربي ماركوف مدرباً للذئاب والحوسني أول ضحايا الهواة". Al Bayan. Retrieved 9 October 2023.

[5] "دبا الفجيرة يتعاقد مع المدرب الصربي زوران". Al Bayan. Retrieved 16 October 2023.

[6] "«تسونامي الهواة» يطيح 5 مدربين مواطنين في 9 جولات" (in Arabic). Al Bayan. Retrieved 22 November 2023.

[7] "المدرب السادس الذي يغادر دوري الهواة .. الظفرة ينهي عقد مسفر بالتراضي" (in Arabic). Al Bayan. Retrieved 27 November 2023.

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[10] "9 مدربين غادروا دوري الهواة..محمد البلوشي مدرباً لمصفوت خلفاً لسلافكو" (in Arabic). Al Bayan. Retrieved 25 December 2023.

[11] "استقالة مدير فريق الكرة بنادي الرمس" (in Arabic). Al Bayan. Retrieved 31 December 2023.

[12] "عيد باروت بديلاً لـ«الضحية11» في دوري الهواة" (in Arabic). Al Bayan. Retrieved 2 January 2024.

[16] "UAE First Division Top Scorers". uaefa. Retrieved 16 October 2023.

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