2012–13 UAE Pro League

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UAE Pro-League
Season2012–13
ChampionsAl Ain
RelegatedDibba Al Fujairah
Ittihad Kalba
Champions LeagueAl Ain
Al Ahli
Al Jazira
Baniyas
Gulf Champions LeagueAl Shabab
Al Nasr
Matches played90
Goals scored330 (3.67 per match)
Top goalscorerAsamoah Gyan (31 goals)
Highest attendance19,756 (Al-Jazira vs. Al-Ain)
Lowest attendance103 (Ittihad Kalba vs. Dibba Al Fujairah)
Average attendance2,468

The 2011–12 UAE Pro League (known as Etisalat Pro League for sponsorship reasons) was the 38th top-level football season in the UAE and the fifth Professional season. The season was contested by 14 teams due to an expansion in the league system.[1]

Al Ain were the defending champions, having won the previous 2011–12 Pro League season.

On Thursday, 18 April 2013, Al Ain won their match against Dubai Club which guaranteed them as winners of the 2012–13 Pro League and retained their Pro League trophy. They received their trophy on their last match against Al Nasr on Saturday, 25 May 2013.

Promotion[edit]

In June 2012, the UAE FA announced that the league would be expanded into 14 clubs. The two teams that came in the bottom two of the previous campaign – Al Sharjah and Emirates Club – would enter a promotion/relegation series with the teams that came third and fourth in the second level – Al Dhafra and Al Shaab.[2]These playoff winners would join Ittihad Kalba and Dibba Al Fujairah who came in the top two in the second division.

Promotion/relegation play-offs[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion 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 3 0 0 3 3 9 −6 0
Source: Full Standings
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Teams[edit]

Stadia and locations[edit]

2012–13 UAE Pro League is located in United Arab Emirates
Dubai
Dubai
Ajman
Ajman
Abu Dhabi
Abu Dhabi
Al Ain
Al Ain
Sharjah
Sharjah
Ras al-Khaimah
Ras al-Khaimah
Madinat Zayed
Madinat Zayed
Kalba
Kalba
Fujairah
Fujairah
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Locations of teams in the 2012–13 UAE Pro-League
Team Home city Manager Stadium Capacity
Ajman Ajman Iraq Abdul Wahab Abdul Qader Ajman Stadium 10,000
Al Ahli Dubai Spain Quique Sánchez Flores Rashed Stadium 18,000
Al Ain Al Ain Romania Cosmin Olăroiu Tahnoun bin Mohammed Stadium 15,000
Al Dhafra Madinat Zayed France Laurent Banide Hamdan bin Zayed Al Nahyan Stadium 12,000
Al Jazira Abu Dhabi Spain Luis Milla Mohammed Bin Zayed Stadium 42,056
Al Nasr Dubai Italy Walter Zenga Al-Maktoum Stadium 12,000
Al Shaab Sharjah Romania Marius Șumudică Khalid Bin Mohammed Stadium 10,000
Al Shabab Dubai Brazil Marcos Paqueta Maktoum Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Stadium 12,000
Al Wahda Abu Dhabi Austria Josef Hickersberger Al-Nahyan Stadium 12,000
Al Wasl Dubai United Arab Emirates Eid Baroot Zabeel Stadium 12,000
Baniyas Abu Dhabi United Arab Emirates Salem Al Orafi Bani Yas Stadium 9,570
Dibba Al Fujairah Fujairah United Arab Emirates Abdullah Mesfer Fujairah Club Stadium 3,500
Dubai Dubai France René Marsiglia Police Officers Club Stadium 6,500
Ittihad Kalba Kalba Brazil Zé Mário Ittihad Kalba Club Stadium 3,000

Managerial changes[edit]

Managerial changes during the 2012–13 campaign.

Pre-season[edit]

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Replaced by
Al Wasl Argentina Diego Maradona Sacked[3] France Bruno Metsu[4]
Al Wahda Austria Josef Hickersberger Resigned[5] Croatia Branko Ivanković[6]
Al Dhafra Bosnia and Herzegovina Džemal Hadžiabdić[7]
Al Sharjah Romania Valeriu Tiţa Tunisia Faouzi Benzarti[8]
Dubai Egypt Ayman El Ramady France René Marsiglia[9]
Baniyas Argentina Gabriel Calderón[10] Contract not renewed Czech Republic Jozef Chovanec[11]
Al Jazira Brazil Caio Júnior[12] Contract not renewed Brazil Paulo Bonamigo[13]
Al Shabab Brazil Paulo Bonamigo[13] Resigned Brazil Marcos Paqueta

During season[edit]

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Replaced by
Ittihad Kalba Croatia Dragan Talajić Sacked[14] Tunisia Lotfi Benzarti
Al Wasl France Bruno Metsu Illness[15] France Gilles Morisseau & United Arab Emirates Nasser Khamis
Dibba Al Fujairah Brazil Marcelo Cabo Sacked[16] United Arab Emirates Abdullah Mesfer
Al Wasl France Gilles Morisseau & United Arab Emirates Nasser Khamis Temporary mandate[17] France Guy Lacombe
Ittihad Kalba Tunisia Lotfi Benzarti Sacked[18] Brazil Zé Mário
Al Shaab Brazil Sérgio Alexandre Sacked[18] Romania Marius Șumudică
Al Dhafra Bosnia and Herzegovina Džemal Hadžiabdić Sacked[18] France Laurent Banide
Al Wasl France Guy Lacombe Sacked[19] United Arab Emirates Eid Baroot
Al Jazira Brazil Paulo Bonamigo Sacked Spain Luis Milla[20]
Al Wahda Croatia Branko Ivanković Sacked[21] Austria Josef Hickersberger
Baniyas Czech Republic Jozef Chovanec Appointed as technical director[22] United Arab Emirates Salem Al Orafi

Foreign players[edit]

Club Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 AFC player Former player(s)
Ajman Ivory Coast Boris Kabi Mali Founéké Sy Morocco Driss Fettouhi Oman Fawzi Bashir Algeria Karim Kerkar
Iraq Karrar Jassim
Morocco Abdessamad Ouhakki
Al Ahli Brazil Grafite Chile Luis Jiménez Portugal Ricardo Quaresma Lebanon Youssef Mohamad Cameroon Achille Emaná
Al Ain France Jirès Kembo Ekoko Ghana Asamoah Gyan Romania Mirel Rădoi Australia Alex Brosque
Al Dhafra Brazil Rodriguinho Ivory Coast Amara Diané Senegal Makhete Diop Jordan Anas Bani Yaseen Oman Fawzi Bashir
Al Jazira Argentina Matías Delgado Brazil Fernandinho Brazil Ricardo Oliveira South Korea Shin Hyung-min
Al Nasr Brazil Bruno Correa Brazil Léo Lima Italy Giuseppe Mascara Japan Takayuki Morimoto Iraq Nashat Akram
Al Shaab France Michaël N'dri Portugal Filipe Teixeira Zimbabwe Noel Kaseke Lebanon Hassan Maatouk Brazil Careca
Brazil Rodriguinho
Al Shabab Brazil Ciel Brazil Edgar Brazil Luiz Henrique Uzbekistan Azizbek Haydarov
Al Wahda Brazil Marcelinho Gabon Éric Mouloungui Senegal Papa Waigo Australia Dino Djulbic Croatia Srđan Andrić
Jordan Anas Bani Yaseen
Al Wasl Brazil Jussiê Cameroon Achille Emaná Uruguay Emiliano Alfaro Iraq Ahmed Ibrahim Khalaf Argentina Mariano Donda
Australia Lucas Neill
Egypt Shikabala
Baniyas Egypt Mohamed Aboutrika Senegal André Senghor Sweden Christian Wilhelmsson Australia Nick Carle Egypt Mohamed Zidan
Morocco Ismail Belmaalem
Dibba Al Fujairah Brazil Alex Brazil Luiz Fernando Ghana Samuel Ocran Lebanon Bilal El Najjarine Brazil Júnior
Syria Abdelrazaq Al-Hussain
Dubai Brazil Careca Brazil Juca Brazil Magrão Uruguay Richard Porta 1 Guinea Alhassane Keita
Guinea Simon Feindouno
Spain Juan Quero
Ittihad Kalba Brazil Ji-Paraná Guinea Aboubacar Camara Zimbabwe Edward Sadomba Jordan Amer Deeb Brazil Serginho 2
Morocco Ahmed Jahouh
Morocco Nabil Daoudi
  • ^1 Richard Porta has Australian citizenship and was counted as an Asian player.
  • ^2 Serginho has Syrian citizenship and was counted as an Asian player.

League table[edit]

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 Dibba Al 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) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results[edit]

Home \ Away AJM ALI AIN DHA ITT JAZ NAS SHB SHA WAH WAS YAS DAF 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
Dibba Al 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
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics[edit]

Top scorers[edit]

Rank Scorer Club Goals
1 Ghana Asamoah Gyan Al Ain 31
2 Brazil Grafite Al Ahli 24
3 Uruguay Emiliano Alfaro Al Wasl 17
4 Italy Giuseppe Mascara Al Nasr 10
5 Brazil Ricardo Oliveira Al Jazira 9
6 Brazil Bruno Correa Al Nasr 8
Ivory Coast Boris Kabi Ajman
Senegal André Senghor Baniyas
Senegal Papa Waigo Al Wahda
Uruguay Richard Porta Dubai

References[edit]

  1. ^ "UAE FA increases the number of professional clubs to 14". ufl.ae. 4 June 2012. Retrieved 4 June 2012.
  2. ^ Amith Passela. "UAE Pro League to expand to 14 teams". The National. Retrieved 16 December 2012.
  3. ^ "Maradona sacked as coach of Al Wasl". Gulf News. 10 July 2012. Retrieved 10 July 2012.
  4. ^ "Bruno Metsu confirmed as Maradona's replacement at Al Wasl". The National. 17 July 2012. Retrieved 17 July 2012.
  5. ^ "Al Wahda waste no time recruiting new faces". The National. 7 May 2012. Retrieved 7 May 2012.
  6. ^ "Al Wahda line up Ivankovic to replace Hickersberger". The National. 1 May 2012. Retrieved 1 May 2012.
  7. ^ "Football: Al Dhafra recruit for play-offs". The National. 31 July 2012. Retrieved 31 July 2012.
  8. ^ "Pro League round-up: Nasr stand firm on Bresciano". The National. 29 July 2012. Retrieved 29 July 2012.
  9. ^ "Dubai coach Marsiglia hails signing of former Al Wahda midfielder Magrao". The National. 20 July 2012. Retrieved 20 July 2012.
  10. ^ "Another Pro League coach bites the dust". Gulf News. 30 May 2012. Retrieved 30 May 2012.
  11. ^ "Bani Yas looking to build on last season". Gulf News. 14 July 2012. Retrieved 14 July 2012.
  12. ^ "Scocco among key figures on the way out from UAE". The National. 31 May 2012. Retrieved 31 May 2012.
  13. ^ a b "Bonamigo breaks Al Shabab deal to take over at Al Jazira". The National. 1 June 2012. Retrieved 1 June 2012.
  14. ^ "Kalba sack manager Dragan Talajic after losing start to new season". The National. 8 October 2012. Retrieved 8 October 2012.
  15. ^ "Al Wasl's Metsu has 'serious medical condition'". Gulf News. 16 October 2012. Retrieved 16 October 2012.
  16. ^ "Al Shabab smart to retain Marcos Paqueta". The National. 24 October 2012. Retrieved 24 October 2012.
  17. ^ "Al Wasl sign an 8 – month contract with Lacombe". Pro League Committee. 8 November 2012.
  18. ^ a b c "Al Shaab fire coach Sergio Alexandre after run of defeats". The National. 16 December 2012. Retrieved 16 December 2012.
  19. ^ "Guy Lacombe dismissed as Al Wasl coach". The UAE National. 18 February 2013.
  20. ^ "Al Jazira 4 Al Dhafra 1". The National. 21 February 2013. Archived from the original on 3 April 2013. Retrieved 22 February 2013.
  21. ^ "Josef Hickersberger 'eager to start again' as Al Wahda coach". The National. 28 April 2013. Retrieved 28 April 2013.
  22. ^ "GCC Championship semi-final: Time for Baniyas loyal Salem Al Orafi to shine". The National. 7 May 2013. Retrieved 7 May 2013.

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