2017–18 UAE Division 1

UAE Division One
Season	2017–18
Champions	Baniyas (4th title)
Promoted	Baniyas, Kalba
Matches played	228
Goals scored	401 (1.76 per match)
Biggest home win	Dibba Al-Hisn 6–0 Ras Al Khaimah (27 April 2018)
Biggest away win	Masafi 0–5 Baniyas (27 January 2018); Ras Al Khaimah 0–5 Al Khaleej (24 March 2018)
Highest scoring	Kalba 6–3 Al Hamriyah (7 April 2018)
Longest winning run	Baniyas; Kalba (5 games)
Longest unbeaten run	Fujairah (22 games)
Longest winless run	Al Arabi (19 games)
Longest losing run	Ras Al Khaimah (8 games)
Highest attendance	5,009 Fujairah 1–1 Baniyas (17 November 2017)
Lowest attendance	44 Al Arabi 0–1 Al Thaid (6 January 2018)
	← 2016–17 2018–19 →

2017–18 UAE Division 1 will be the 3rd establishment of the new era of the UAE 2nd Division.

Team Changes

To Division 1

Relegated from UAE Pro League

From Division 1

Promoted to UAE Pro League

Ajman
Dubai

Stadia and locations

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	7003300000000000000♠3,000
Al Hamriyah	Al Hamriyah	Al Hamriya Sports Club Stadium	7003500000000000000♠5,000
Al Khaleej	Khor Fakkan	Saqr bin Mohammad al Qassimi Stadium	7003288000000000000♠2,880
Masafi	Masafi	Masafi Stadium	7003200000000000000♠2,000
Al Thaid	Dhaid	Al-Dhaid Stadium	7002500000000000000♠500
Al Urooba	Fujairah	Al-Oruba Club Stadium	7003800000000000000♠8,000
Baniyas	Abu Dhabi	Baniyas Stadium	7003957000000000000♠9,570
Dibba Al-Hisn	Dibba Al-Hisn	Dibba Stadium	7004100000000000000♠10,000
Fujairah	Fujairah	Fujairah Club Stadium	7004106450000000000♠10,645
Kalba	Kalba	Ittihad Kalba Stadium	7003850000000000000♠8,500
Masfut	Masfut	Masfut Club Stadium	7003300000000000000♠3,000
Ras Al Khaimah	Ras Al Khaimah	Ras al Khaimah Stadium	7003450000000000000♠4,500

Number of teams by Emirates

Rank	Emirate	Number of teams	Teams
1	Fujairah	4	Al Khaleej, Masafi, Al Urooba, Fujairah
1	Sharjah	4	Al Hamriyah, Al Thaid, Dibba Al Hisn, Kalba
2	Umm al-Quwain	1	Al Arabi
2	Abu Dhabi	1	Baniyas
2	Ajman	1	Masfut
2	Ras al-Khaimah	1	Ras Al Khaimah

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	Humaid Al Obaid	Omar Wade	Nike	Al Futaim^[1]
Al Khaleej	Abdulla Mohammed	Ibrahim Almansoori	Adidas	Khor Fakkan Beach Resort
Al-Hamriyah	Saif Saeed		Nike	Sharjah Beach Resort
Al-Thaid	Taryam Ahmed		uhlsport	uhlsport
Al-Urooba	Ali Abdulrahman	Faisal Mohammed	uhlsport	Fujairah TV
Baniyas	Goran Tufegdzic	Yousif Jaber	Adidas	Secure Engineering
Dibba Al-Hisn	Mohammed Yassir	Humaid Abbas	uhlsport	Chips Oman
Fujairah	Diego Maradona^[2]^[3]^[4]	Ahmed Meadhad	Adidas	Al Khaleej Times
Kalba	Jorvan Vieira		Errea	Errea
Masafi	Fahad Hamad	Mohammed Ahli	Adidas	Al Futaim^[1]
Masfut	Rashed Ali	Fatrie Sakhi	Nike	Masdar
Ras Al Khaimah	Luiz Antônio Zaluar	Omar Abdulaziz	Nike	Al Aswaq

League table


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Baniyas (C, P)	22	16	4	2	53	16	+37	52	Promotion to the UAE Pro-League
2	Kalba (P)	22	13	7	2	44	22	+22	46	Promotion to the UAE Pro-League
3	Fujairah (Q)	22	11	11	0	35	22	+13	44	Qualified for the UAE Pro-League Play Off
4	Al Hamriyah (Q)	22	9	6	7	43	40	+3	33	Qualified for the UAE Pro-League Play Off
5	Al Khaleej	22	7	9	6	36	30	+6	30
6	Al Urooba	22	7	7	8	25	28	−3	28
7	Al Thaid	22	6	8	8	30	28	+2	26
8	Dibba Al-Hisn	22	7	4	11	36	37	−1	25
9	Masafi	22	5	10	7	36	41	−5	25
10	Masfut	22	5	5	12	23	42	−19	20
11	Al Arabi	22	2	8	12	22	44	−22	14
12	Ras Al Khaimah	22	3	3	16	15	53	−38	12

Updated to games played on 2018.
Source: https://int.soccerway.com/national/united-arab-emirates/division-1---group-a/20172018/regular-season/r40830
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.

References

1 2 "Al Futaim Motors signs four year sponsorship contract with the UAEFA".
↑ "Thank you UAE, says Maradona after joining Fujairah club". www.khaleejtimes.com.
↑ Reporter, Ashley Hammond, Staff (14 May 2017). "Diego Maradona: Nobody will beat me or my Fujairah".
↑ "Diego Maradona says 'Fujairah is my top-priority project' and will make beating them 'an impossible task'".

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[uaefa1-1] 1 2 "Al Futaim Motors signs four year sponsorship contract with the UAEFA".

[2] "Thank you UAE, says Maradona after joining Fujairah club". www.khaleejtimes.com.

[3] Reporter, Ashley Hammond, Staff (14 May 2017). "Diego Maradona: Nobody will beat me or my Fujairah".

[4] "Diego Maradona says 'Fujairah is my top-priority project' and will make beating them 'an impossible task'".