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UAE Pro-League

Founded	1973; 46 years ago (1973)
Country	United Arab Emirates
Confederation	AFC
Number of teams	14
Level on pyramid	1
Relegation to	First Division League
Domestic cup(s)	President's Cup League Cup Super Cup
International cup(s)	AFC Champions League
Current champions	Al-Ain (13 titles) (2017–18)
Most championships	Al-Ain (13 titles)
TV partners	Abu Dhabi Sports Dubai Sports
Website	www.agleague.ae
2018–19 season

The UAE Pro-League, known for sponsorship reasons as the Arabian Gulf League,^[1][2] is the top professional football league in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The first team to win the title was Al-Sharjah, whilst Al-Ain has the record with 12 league titles to their name. Fourteen clubs compete in the League that operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the First Division League.

The League was founded in 1973 as the UAE Football League. The first 1973–74 season was a "trial" championship but was declared official by the UAE FA in 2001.^[3] In February 2007, the Pro League Committee was formed, and became the organizing body of the League.

Name change

Starting from the 2013–14 season the name was changed from UAE Pro League to Arabian Gulf League, which was named after the Arabian Gulf as per the chairman of Pro League Committee.^[4] However, the name change has been viewed as a revival of the Persian Gulf naming dispute^[5] with Iran accusing the United Arab Emirates of racism,^[6] and the Iranian Football Federation barring the transfer of Javad Nekounam to a UAE club.^[7] After about four months of the name change a 70 million AED one-year renewable partnership deal was announced with Arabian Gulf Development to be named Official Title Partner.^[8]

Member clubs (2018–19)

Note: Table lists clubs in alphabetical order.

Managers

Nat.	Name	Club	Appointed
	Ayman Elramady	Ajman	3 June 2016
	Abdulaziz Mohamed	Sharjah	15 October 2017
	Jalal Qadiri	Emirates	28 May 2018
	Ivan Hašek	Fujairah	29 May 2018
	Krunoslav Jurčić	Baniyas	30 May 2018
	Vuk Rašović	Al Dhafra	30 June 2018
	Fabio Viviani	Kalba	2 September 2018
	Rodolfo Arruabarrena	Shabab Al-Ahli Dubai	14 October 2018
	Mohammad Kwid	Dibba Al Fujairah	26 October 2018
	Damiën Hertog	Al Jazira	8 November 2018
	Henk ten Cate	Al Wahda	8 December 2018
	Beñat San José	Al Nasr	15 December 2018
	Laurențiu Reghecampf	Al Wasl	26 December 2018
	Juan Carlos Garrido	Al Ain	21 February 2019

List of champions

Source:^[9]

<sub>Notes

1. Al-Sharjah won its first championship in 1973–74 as Al-Oroba.</sub>

2. 1990-91 season was not completed due to Gulf War

Champions

Performance by club

Performance by city

As of July 2016 following clubs are officially allowed to wear stars while playing in the League, Each country's usage is unique and in UAE the practice is to award one star for each five titles won. The number in parentheses is for League titles won. ^[10]

• 
  Al Ain (13)


• 
  Shabab Al Ahli (10)*


• 
  Al Wasl (7)


• 
  Sharjah (5)

Players

All-time top scorers

Source:^[11]

Rank	Nat	Name	Club	Years	Goals	Apps
1		Fahad Khamees	Al-Wasl	1980–1997	166	230
2		Mohammad Omar	Al-Wasl Al-Ain Al-Jazira Al-Dhafra Al-Nasr Ajman	1992–2011	132	237
3		Adnan Al Talyani	Al-Shaab	1980–1999	129	232
4		Abdulaziz Mohamed	Al-Sharjah	N/A–2002	127	N/A
5		Youssouf Atiq Ahmed Abdullah	Al-Ahli Al-Ain	1988–2002 1978–1995	117	N/A
6		Faisal Khalil	Al-Ahli Al-Wasl Al-Shaab	1999–2013	114	302
7		Ali Mabkhout	Al-Jazira	2009–Present	111	151
8		Asamoah Gyan	Al-Ain Al-Ahli	2011–2017	101	97
9		Anderson Barbosa	Al-Sharjah Al-Wasl	2002–2009	99	128
10		Ali Thani	Al-Sharjah	N/A	93	N/A

Top scorers by season

Season	Player	Club	Goals
1974–75[12]	Suhail Salim	Al-Ahli	14
1975–76[13]	Ali Nawaz Baloch	Al-Wahda	12
1976–77[13]	Al Fadhel Santo	Al-Nasr	10
1977–78[13]	Mohieddine Habita	Al-Ain	20
1980–81[14]	Karim Abdul Razak	Emirates	14
1981–82[15]	Ahmed Abdullah	Al-Ain	12
1982–83[16]	Carlos	Al-Nasr	12
1983–84[17]	Ahmed Abdullah Fahad Khamees	Al-Ain Al-Wasl	20
1984–85[18]	Fahad Khamees Adnan Al Talyani	Al-Wasl Al-Shaab	14
1985–86[14][18]	Mohammed Salem	Al-Wahda	16
1986–87[14][18]	Adnan Al Talyani Khalil Ghanim	Al-Shaab Al-Khaleej	13
1987–88[19]	Zuhair Bakheet	Al-Wasl	25
1988–89[20]	Fahad Khamees	Al-Wasl	14
1989–90[18]	Hussain Yaslam	Baniyas	16
1991–92[21][22]	Youssouf Atiq	Al-Ahli	25
1992–93[14][22]	Saif Sultan	Al-Ain	20
1993–94[14][23]	Abdulaziz Mohammed	Al-Sharjah	18
1994–95[14][22]	Bader Jassim	Al-Wahda	10
1995–96[22][24]	Jassim Al Dokhi	Al-Shaab	10
1996–97[14][22]	Bader Jassim	Al-Wahda	11
1997–98[22]	Ali Thani	Al-Sharjah	18
1998–99[25]	Alboury Lah	Al-Wahda	29
1999–00[22][26]	Alboury Lah	Al-Wahda	18
2000–01[27][28]	Mohammed Al Enazi	Al-Wahda	22
2001–02[27][29]	Mohammed Al Enazi	Al-Wahda	22
2002–03[30]	Cristián Montecinos	Dubai	19
2003–04[31]	Ali Karimi	Al-Ahli	14
2004–05[16][32]	Valdir Anderson Barbosa	Al-Nasr Al-Sharjah	23
2005–06[33]	Anderson Barbosa	Al-Sharjah	19
2006–07[34]	Anderson Barbosa	Al-Wasl	19
2007–08[35]	Faisal Khalil Anderson Barbosa	Al-Ahli Al-Sharjah	16
2008–09[36]	Fernando Baiano	Al-Jazira	25
2009–10[37]	José Sand	Al-Ain	24
2010–11[38]	André Senghor	Baniyas	18
2011–12[39]	Asamoah Gyan	Al-Ain	22
2012–13[40]	Asamoah Gyan	Al-Ain	31
2013–14[41]	Asamoah Gyan	Al-Ain	29
2014–15	Mirko Vučinić	Al-Jazira	25
2015–16	Sebastián Tagliabué	Al-Wahda	25
2016–17	Ali Mabkhout	Al-Jazira	33
2017–18	Marcus Berg	Al Ain	25

By country

Country	Players	Seasons
United Arab Emirates	17	20
Brazil	4	6
Ghana	2	4
Senegal	2	3
Argentina	2	2
Pakistan	1	1
Sudan	1	1
Tunisia	1	1
Chile	1	1
Iran	1	1
Montenegro	1	1
Sweden	1	1

References

External links

• 
  Official AGL Site (in English) (in Arabic)