Season | 2014–15 |
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Champions | Al-Ain (12th title) |
Relegated | Ajman Al-Ittihad Kalba |
2016 AFC Champions League | Al-Ain Al-Jazira Al-Shabab Al-Arabi Al-Nasr |
2015–16 GCC Champions League | Al-Wasl Baniyas |
Matches played | 182 |
Goals scored | 562 (3.09 per match) |
Average goals/game | 3.09 |
Top goalscorer | Mirko Vučinić (25 goals) |
Biggest home win | Al Ain 7–1 Ajman (13 February 2015) |
Biggest away win | Fujairah 0–7 Baniyas (30 November 2014) |
Highest scoring | Al Ain 7–1 Ajman (13 February 2015) |
Longest winning run | Al Jazira (5 matches) |
Longest unbeaten run | Al Ain (12 matches) |
Longest winless run | Ajman (14 matches) |
Longest losing run | Kalba (9 matches) |
Highest attendance | 19,790 Al-Jazira vs. Al Wahda |
Lowest attendance | 182 Ajman vs. Emirates |
Average attendance | 2,529 |
← 2013–14 2015–16 → |
The 2014–15 UAE Pro League, known as the Arabian Gulf League for sponsorship reasons,[1] was the 40th top-level football season in the United Arab Emirates. Fourteen teams participated with Al Ahli as the defending champions after securing the championship last season for the first time since the 2008–09 campaign.
The league was started on 15 September 2014 and was concluded on 15 May 2015.[2]
Al Shaab and Dubai Club were relegated to the second tier being replaced by Ittihad Kalba and Fujairah who were both relegated in the 2012–13 campaign.[3]
Team | Home city | Emirate | Manager | Stadium | Capacity |
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Ajman | Ajman | Ajman | ![]() |
Ajman Stadium | 5,537 |
Al Ahli | Dubai | Dubai | ![]() |
Rashed Stadium | 9,415 |
Al Ain | Al Ain | Abu Dhabi | ![]() |
Hazza Bin Zayed Stadium | 25,000 |
Al Dhafra | Madinat Zayed | Abu Dhabi | ![]() |
Al Dhafra Stadium | 5,020 |
Al Jazira | Abu Dhabi | Abu Dhabi | ![]() |
Al Jazira Stadium | 42,056 |
Al Nasr | Dubai | Dubai | ![]() |
Al-Maktoum Stadium | 10,954 |
Al Shabab | Dubai | Dubai | ![]() |
Rashid Al Maktoum Stadium | 8,011 |
Al Wahda | Abu Dhabi | Abu Dhabi | ![]() |
Al-Nahyan Stadium | 11,538 |
Al Wasl | Dubai | Dubai | ![]() |
Zabeel Stadium | 8,411 |
Baniyas | Abu Dhabi | Abu Dhabi | ![]() |
Baniyas Stadium | 9,047 |
Emirates | Ras al-Khaimah | Ras al-Khaimah | ![]() |
Emirates Club Stadium | 5,020 |
Fujairah | Fujairah | Fujairah | ![]() |
Fujairah Club Stadium | 5,020 |
Ittihad Kalba | Kalba | Sharjah | ![]() |
Ittihad Kalba Stadium | 3,000 |
Sharjah | Sharjah | Sharjah | ![]() |
Sharjah Stadium | 10,082 |
Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
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Al Jazira | ![]() |
Sacked[4] | Pre-season | 14 May 2014 | ![]() |
20 May 2014 |
Al Shabab | ![]() |
Mutual consent | 23 May 2014 | ![]() |
23 May 2014 | |
Baniyas | ![]() |
1 July 2014 | ![]() |
10 July 2014 | ||
Al Wasl | ![]() |
13th | 1 October 2014 | ![]() |
1 October 2014 | |
Ajman | ![]() |
Sacked | 13th | 25 January 2015 | ![]() |
27 January 2015 |
Al Wahda | ![]() |
4th | 10 February 2015 | ![]() |
16 February 2015 |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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1 | Al-Ain (C) | 26 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 62 | 19 | +43 | 60 | Qualification to the 2016 AFC Champions League Group Stage |
2 | Al-Jazira | 26 | 16 | 3 | 7 | 66 | 46 | +20 | 51 | Qualification to the 2016 AFC Champions League Qualifying play-off |
3 | Al-Shabab | 26 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 49 | 35 | +14 | 49 | Qualification to the 2016 AFC Champions League Second Qualifying Round |
4 | Al-Wahda | 26 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 44 | 32 | +12 | 47 | |
5 | Al-Nasr | 26 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 43 | 32 | +11 | 39 | Qualification to the 2016 AFC Champions League Group Stage[a] |
6 | Al-Wasl | 26 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 53 | 45 | +8 | 39 | Qualification to the 2016 GCC Champions League |
7 | Al-Ahli | 26 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 35 | 27 | +8 | 38 | |
8 | Baniyas | 26 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 42 | 37 | +5 | 35 | Qualification to the 2016 GCC Champions League |
9 | Fujairah | 26 | 9 | 5 | 12 | 23 | 45 | −22 | 32 | |
10 | Emirates | 26 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 34 | 45 | −11 | 30 | |
11 | Al-Dhafra | 26 | 5 | 12 | 9 | 31 | 33 | −2 | 27 | |
12 | Sharjah | 26 | 7 | 5 | 14 | 36 | 43 | −7 | 26 | |
13 | Ajman (R) | 26 | 2 | 9 | 15 | 27 | 60 | −33 | 15 | Relegation to the 2015–16 UAE Division 1 Group A |
14 | Ittihad Kalba (R) | 26 | 3 | 1 | 22 | 17 | 63 | −46 | 10 |
Home \ Away | AJM | AHL | AIN | JAZ | NAS | SHB | WAS | BAN | DHA | EMI | FUJ | KAL | SHR | WAH |
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Ajman | 0–0 | 0–4 | 2–3 | 0–3 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–4 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–4 | 3–3 | |
Al-Ahli | 0–0 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 2–2 | 2–4 | 0–4 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | |
Al Ain | 7–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 4–1 | 4–0 | |
Al Jazira | 3–1 | 2–0 | 4–3 | 3–2 | 2–4 | 4–2 | 1–4 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | |
Al Nasr | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–4 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 5–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 0–2 | |
Al Shabab | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–4 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 4–2 | 1–2 | |
Al Wasl | 3–3 | 1–5 | 0–1 | 2–4 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | |
Baniyas | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–5 | 1–2 | |
Dhafra | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | |
Emirates | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–5 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 2–3 | 2–3 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | |
Fujairah | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 1–4 | 0–7 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | |
Kalba | 2–3 | 0–3 | 1–4 | 0–4 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–6 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 0–1 | |
Sharjah | 4–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 4–2 | 4–1 | |
Wahda | 3–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 5–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 5–0 | 1–1 |
Rank | Player | Club | Goals[9] |
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1 | ![]() |
Al Jazira | 25 |
2 | ![]() |
Al Nasr | 18 |
3 | ![]() |
Sharjah | 17 |
4 | ![]() |
Al Jazira | 16 |
4 | ![]() |
Al Wasl | 16 |
4 | ![]() |
Al Wasl | 16 |
5 | ![]() |
Wahda | 15 |
6 | ![]() |
Al Wasl | 14 |
7 | ![]() |
Al Ain | 13 |
8 | ![]() |
Dhafra | 12 |
9 | ![]() |
Al Shabab | 11 |
Player | For | Against | Result | Date |
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Al Jazira | Emirates | 3–0[10] | 25 September 2014 |
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Al Ahli | Al Jazira | 4–2 | 18 October 2014 |
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Al Jazira | Ajman | 3–1 | 4 February 2015 |
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Al Ain | Fujairah | 3–0 | 28 February 2015 |
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