Season | 2020–21 |
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Dates | 16 October 2020 – 15 May 2021 |
Champions | Al Jazira (3rd title) |
Relegated | Fujairah Hatta |
2022 AFC Champions League | Al Jazira Baniyas Shabab Al Ahli Sharjah |
FIFA Club World Cup | Al Jazira |
Matches played | 169 |
Goals scored | 566 (3.35 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Ali Mabkhout (25 goals) |
Biggest home win | Al Wahda 6–0 Hatta (16 October 2020) |
Biggest away win | Kalba 0–6 Al Jazira (14 February 2021) |
Highest scoring | Shabab Al Ahli 3–5 Al Jazira (21 November 2020) |
Longest winning run | Sharjah Al Jazira (6 games) |
Longest unbeaten run | Shabab Al Ahli (13 games) |
Longest winless run | Hatta (15 games) |
Longest losing run | Hatta (8 games) |
2021–22 → |
The 2020–21 UAE Pro League was the 46th edition of the UAE Pro League following the cancellation of the previous season, no team changes occurred due to the previous season declared as void in UAE football.[1] Despite starting the season with rough results, Al Jazira went on to win their third league title while Baniyas finished second, coincidentally, both teams finished in the same positions ten years ago in the 2010–11 season.
Team | Home city | Stadium | Capacity |
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Ajman | Ajman | Ajman Stadium | 5,537 |
Al Ain | Al-Ain | Hazza Bin Zayed Stadium | 25,965 |
Al Dhafra | Madinat Zayed | Al Dhafra Stadium | 5,020 |
Al Jazira | Abu Dhabi (Al Nahyan) | Mohammad Bin Zayed Stadium | 42,056 |
Al Nasr | Dubai (Al Nasr) | Al-Maktoum Stadium | 15,058 |
Al Wahda | Abu Dhabi (Al Nahyan) | Al Nahyan Stadium | 12,201 |
Al Wasl | Dubai (Zabeel) | Zabeel Stadium | 8,439 |
Baniyas | Abu Dhabi (Al Shamkha) | Baniyas Stadium | 10,000 |
Fujairah | Fujairah | Fujairah Club Stadium | 10,645 |
Hatta | Hatta | Hamdan Bin Rashid Stadium | 5,000 |
Kalba | Kalba | Ittihad Kalba Stadium | 8,500 |
Khor Fakkan | Khor Fakkan | SBM Al Qassimi Stadium | 7,500 |
Shabab Al Ahli | Dubai (Deira) | Al-Rashid Stadium | 12,052 |
Sharjah | Sharjah | Sharjah Stadium | 20,000 |
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 |
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Ajman | ![]() |
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Hummel | Ajman Bank |
Al Ain | ![]() |
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Nike | First Abu Dhabi Bank |
Al Dhafra | ![]() |
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Adidas | Ruwais |
Al Jazira | ![]() |
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Adidas | Healthpoint |
Al Nasr | ![]() |
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N45 | Emirates Islamic |
Al Wahda | ![]() |
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Adidas | No sponsor |
Al Wasl | ![]() |
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New Balance | Emaar |
Baniyas | ![]() |
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Joma | No sponsor |
Fujairah | ![]() |
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Nike | Asas |
Hatta | ![]() |
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uhlsport | No sponsor |
Kalba | ![]() |
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Erreà | Caltex |
Khor Fakkan | ![]() |
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Adidas | No sponsor |
Shabab Al Ahli | ![]() |
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Nike | Nissan |
Sharjah | ![]() |
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Adidas | Saif Zone |
All teams could register as many foreign players as they want, but could only use four on the field each game.
Team | Outgoing manager | Date of vacancy | Manner of departure | Pos. | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
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Baniyas | ![]() |
1 June 2020 | End of contract | Pre-season | ![]() |
27 June 2020 |
Fujairah | ![]() |
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12 July 2020 | |||
Khor Fakkan | ![]() |
12 July 2020 | Signed by Fujairah | ![]() |
2 October 2020 | |
Al Wahda | ![]() |
18 July 2020 | End of contract | ![]() |
20 July 2020 | |
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7 September 2020 | Sacked | ![]() |
7 September 2020 | ||
Al Dhafra | ![]() |
Signed by Al Wahda | ![]() |
25 September 2020 | ||
Al Wasl | ![]() |
18 October 2020 | Sacked | 12th | ![]() |
20 October 2020 |
Hatta | ![]() |
22 November 2020 | 14th | ![]() |
22 November 2020 | |
Al Wasl | ![]() |
7 December 2020 | Mutual consent | 9th | ![]() |
8 December 2020 |
Shabab Al Ahli | ![]() |
15 December 2020 | Sacked | 7th | ![]() |
15 December 2020 |
Al Dhafra | ![]() |
5 January 2021 | 10th | ![]() |
5 January 2021 | |
Al Nasr | ![]() |
4 February 2021 | 4th | ![]() |
4 February 2021 | |
Fujairah | ![]() |
16 February 2021 | Resigned | 12th | ![]() |
17 February 2021 |
Al Wahda | ![]() |
12 March 2021 | Sacked | 8th | ![]() |
13 March 2021 |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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1 | Al Jazira (C) | 26 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 65 | 29 | +36 | 57 | Qualification for AFC Champions League group stage and FIFA Club World Cup first round |
2 | Baniyas | 26 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 50 | 22 | +28 | 54 | Qualification for AFC Champions League play-off round |
3 | Shabab Al Ahli | 26 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 52 | 30 | +22 | 50 | Qualification for AFC Champions League group stage[a] |
4 | Sharjah | 26 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 48 | 29 | +19 | 48 | Qualification for AFC Champions League play-off round |
5 | Al Nasr | 26 | 14 | 4 | 8 | 47 | 33 | +14 | 46 | |
6 | Al Ain | 26 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 39 | 33 | +6 | 41 | |
7 | Al Wahda | 26 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 48 | 33 | +15 | 40 | |
8 | Kalba | 26 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 29 | 39 | −10 | 39 | |
9 | Al Wasl | 26 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 49 | 47 | +2 | 37 | |
10 | Khor Fakkan | 26 | 7 | 4 | 15 | 35 | 50 | −15 | 25 | |
11 | Al Dhafra | 26 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 31 | 58 | −27 | 21 | |
12 | Ajman | 26 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 24 | 57 | −33 | 18 | |
13 | Fujairah (R) | 26 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 31 | 57 | −26 | 15 | Relegation to UAE Division 1 |
14 | Hatta (R) | 26 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 19 | 50 | −31 | 12 |
Home \ Away | AJM | AIN | DHA | JAZ | NAS | WAH | WAS | YAS | FUJ | HAT | KAL | KHF | SAD | SHR |
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Ajman | 0–2 | 2–1 | 3–3 | 0–3 | 3–3 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–3 | |
Al Ain | 0–0 | 4–1 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–4 | 1–2 | |
Al Dhafra | 4–1 | 2–1 | 1–5 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 0–5 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | |
Al Jazira | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 3–3 | 4–2 | 3–0[a] | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | |
Al Nasr | 3–0 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 2–1 | |
Al Wahda | 3–0 | 0–4 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 6–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | |
Al Wasl | 4–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 0–3 | 2–2 | 1–4 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 4–4 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 3–3 | |
Baniyas | 2–0 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 5–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | |
Fujairah | 1–2 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 2–4 | |
Hatta | 3–0 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 1–4 | 2–4 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 2–3 | |
Kalba | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–6 | 3–3 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 1–0 | |
Khor Fakkan | 2–3 | 2–2 | 5–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | |
Shabab Al Ahli | 5–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–5 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 4–3 | 1–0 | |
Sharjah | 2–0 | 1–2 | 5–0 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 5–1 | 1–1 |
Leader and qualification to AFC Champions League group stage | |
qualification to AFC Champions League Play off round | |
Relegation to UAE First Division League |
Team ╲ Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 |
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Al Jazira | 7 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Baniyas | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
Shabab Al Ahli | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 3 |
Sharjah | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 |
Al Nasr | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 |
Al Ain | 6 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
Al Wahda | 1 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 |
Kalba | 13 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 |
Al Wasl | 12 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 |
Khor Fakkan | 10 | 11 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 |
Al Dhafra | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 |
Ajman | 11 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 |
Fujairah | 9 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 |
Hatta | 14 | 14 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 |
As of 15 May 2021[22]
Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
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1 | ![]() |
Al Jazira | 25 |
2 | ![]() |
Al Wasl | 22 |
3 | ![]() |
Baniyas | 18 |
4 | ![]() |
Sharjah | 17 |
5 | ![]() |
Sharjah | 13 |
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Al Ain | ||
7 | ![]() |
Shabab Al Ahli | 12 |
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Kalba | ||
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Al Wahda | ||
10 | ![]() |
Khor Fakkan | 11 |
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Al Nasr |
As of 15 May 2021
Rank | Player | Club | Clean sheets |
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1 | ![]() |
Baniyas | 11 |
2 | ![]() |
Al Jazira | 10 |
3 | ![]() |
Shabab Al Ahli | 8 |
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Kalba | ||
5 | ![]() |
Al Nasr | 7 |
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Al Ain | ||
7 | ![]() |
Al Wahda | 5 |
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Sharjah | ||
9 | ![]() |
Khor Fakkan | 4 |
10 | ![]() |
Al Dhafra | 3 |
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Ajman | ||
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Al Wasl | ||
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Fujairah |
Player | For | Against | Result | Date | Round |
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Sharjah | Al Dhafra | 5–0 (H) | 3 November 2020 | 4 |
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Shabab Al Ahli | Hatta | 3–0 (H) | 4 November 2020 | |
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Al Jazira | Al Dhafra | 5–1 (A) | 5 February 2021 | 15 |
Kalba | 6–0 (A) | 14 February 2021 | 16 | ||
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Al Wasl | Kalba | 4–4 (H) | 19 February 2021 | 17 |
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Al Jazira | Fujairah | 4–2 (H) | 15 March 2021 | 21 |
4 Player scored 4 goals
(H) – Home team
(A) – Away team
Emirate | Number of teams | Teams | |
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5 | Al Ain, Al Jazira, Al Wahda, Baniyas and Al Dhafra |
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4 | Shabab Al Ahli, Al Nasr, Al Wasl and Hatta |
3 | ![]() |
3 | Sharjah, Kalba and Khor Fakkan |
4 | ![]() |
1 | Ajman |
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