2009–10 Uae Pro League

UAE Football League
Season	2009–10
Champions	Al-Wahda
Relegated	Ajman Club; Emirates Club
Matches played	82
Goals scored	306 (3.73 per match)
Top goalscorer	José Sand (23)
Biggest home win	Al Ain 5–1 Ahli Dubai (8 Feb 2010)
Biggest away win	Bani Yas 1–6 Al Ain (10 Jan 2010)
Highest scoring	Al Dhafra 4–6 Al-Nasr (9 Jan 2010)
	← 2008–09 2010–11 →

This was the second professional season in the history of the country.

Ahli Dubai were defending champions from the 2008–09 campaign.

Al Khaleej and Al-Shaab were relegated from the previous season.

Bani Yas Club and Emirates Club were promoted from the UAE Second Division.

The winners of the league qualified for the 2010 FIFA Club World Cup as the host representative.

Members clubs

Club	Coach	City	Stadium	2008–2009 season	Notes
Al-Ahli	Ioan Andone	Dubai	Rashed Stadium	2008–09 UAE Pro-League Champions	AFC Champions League 2010 Qualifier
Al-Jazira Club	Abel Braga	Abu Dhabi	Al Jazira Mohammed Bin Zayed Stadium	2nd in 2008–09 UAE Pro-League	AFC Champions League 2010 Qualifier
Al-Ain	Winfried Schäfer	Al Ain	Sheikh Khalifa International Stadium	3rd in 2008–09 UAE Pro-League	AFC Champions League 2010 Qualifier
Al-Wahda	Josef Hickersberger	Abu Dhabi	Al-Nahyan Stadium	4th in 2008–09 UAE Pro-League	AFC Champions League 2010 Playoff Qualifier
Al-Shabbab	Abdul Wahab Abdul Qader	Dubai	Al Maktoum Stadium	5th in 2008–09 UAE Pro-League	Gulf Club Champions Cup 2009 Qualifier
Al-Wasl	Alexandre Guimarães	Dubai	Zabeel Stadium	6th in 2008–09 UAE Pro-League	Gulf Club Champions Cup 2009 Qualifier
Al-Nasr	Frank Pagelsdorf	Dubai	Al-Maktoum Stadium	7th in 2008–09 UAE Pro-League
Al Dhafra	Laurent Banide	Madinat Zayed	Al Dhafra Stadium	8th in 2008–09 UAE Pro-League
Ajman Club	Zé Mário	Ajman	Ajman Stadium	9th in 2008–09 UAE Pro-League
Al-Sharjah	Manuel Cajuda	Sharjah	Sharjah Stadium	10th in 2008–09 UAE Pro-League
Bani Yas Club	Faouzi Benzarti	Bani Yas	Tahnoun Bin Mohamed Stadium	Promoted
Emirates Club	Ebrahim Ghasempour	Ras al-Khaimah	Emirates Club Stadium	Promoted

Stadia and locations

Dubai

Abu Dhabi

Al Ain

Madinat Zayed

Ajman

Sharjah

Bani Yas

Ras al-Khaimah

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Locations of teams in the 2009-10 UAE Premier League

Club	Location	Stadium
Al-Ahli (UAE)	Dubai	Rashed Stadium
Al-Jazira Club	Abu Dhabi	Al Jazira Mohammed Bin Zayed Stadium
Al-Ain FC	Al Ain	Sheikh Khalifa International Stadium
Al-Wahda FC (Abu Dhabi)	Abu Dhabi	Al-Nahyan Stadium
Al-Shabbab	Dubai	Al Maktoum Stadium
Al Wasl FC	Dubai	Zabeel Stadium
Al-Nasr Sports Club	Dubai	Al-Maktoum Stadium
Al Dhafra Club	Madinat Zayed	Al Dhafra Stadium
Ajman Club	Ajman	Ajman Stadium
Al-Sharjah	Sharjah	Sharjah Stadium
Bani Yas Club	Bani Yas	Tahnoun Bin Mohamed Stadium
Emirates Club	Ras al-Khaimah	Emirates Club Stadium

Managerial changes

Pre-season

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Replaced by
Sharjah	Abdul Wahab Abdul Qader	Short Term Contract	Manuel Cajuda

During the season

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Replaced by	Date of appointment	Position in table
Al-Shabbab	Toninho Cerezo	Sacked	29 October 2009	Abdul Wahab Abdul Qader	29 October 2009	11th
Ajman Club	Zé Mário	Sacked	25 October 2009	Ghazi Ghrayri	25 October 2009	12th
Al-Ahli	Ioan Andone	Sacked	2 November 2009	Mahdi Ali	2 November 2009	10th
Al Ain	Winfried Schaefer	Sacked	2 December 2009	Rasheed Mahmoud (Caretaker)	2 December 2009	3rd
Emirates Club	Ebrahim Ghasempour	Sacked		Eid Barut
Al-Shabbab	Abdul Wahab Abdul Qader	Sacked		Paulo Bonamigo
Al-Ahli	Mahdi Ali	Sacked		Nour el Din
Al-Ahli	Nour el Din	Sacked		Henk ten Cate
Al-Ahli	Henk ten Cate	Resigned
Al Ain	Toninho Cerezo	Sacked (poor ACL performances)		Abdulhameed al Mishtiki caretaker role

Foreign Players

Club	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3	Asian Player	Former Players
Ajman	Boris Kabi	Tarik Sektioui	Mohamed Kader	Hussain Al-Hadhri	Javad Kazemian Amine Najmi
Al-Ahli	Baré	César	Hosny Abd Rabo	Mehrzad Madanchi
Al-Ain	José Sand	Jorge Valdivia	Lee Ho	Emerson Sheik
Al-Dhafra	Mehdi Méniri	Toufik Zerara	Abass Lawal	Mohamed Salmeen	Arthuro Mohamed Kader
Al-Jazira	Márcio Rozário	Antonin Koutouan		Michael Beauchamp	Ricardo Oliveira
Al-Nasr	Carlos Tenorio	Ali Boussaboun	Ionut Rada	Mohammad Nosrati	Anouar Diba
Al-Shabab	Pedrão	Renato Abreu	Carlos Villanueva		Hussain Baba Blaise Kouassi
Al-Sharjah	Éder Gaúcho	Marcelinho	Rafael Lima	Mustafa Karim
Al-Wahda	Fernando Baiano	Magrão	Pinga	Hassan Mudhafar
Al-Wasl	Élton Arábia	Alexandre Oliveira	Soufiane Alloudi	Mohammed Al-Sheiba	Douglas Valdomiro Blas Pérez
Baniyas	Modibo Diarra
Emirates	Karim Kerkar	Hassan Taïr	Nabil Daoudi		Maziar Zare

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Al-Wahda (C)	22	19	1	2	42	15	+27	58	2010 FIFA Club World Cup play-off stage and 2011 AFC Champions League group stage
2	Al Jazira	22	15	6	1	48	26	+22	51	2011 AFC Champions League group stage
3	Al Ain	22	14	3	5	57	29	+28	45	2011 AFC Champions League qualifying play-off
4	Baniyas	22	10	6	6	44	37	+7	36
5	Al Wasl	22	8	5	9	41	40	+1	29
6	Al Sharjah	22	7	7	8	37	36	+1	28
7	Al Shabab	22	8	4	10	35	44	−9	28	2011 Gulf Club Champions Cup
8	Al-Ahli	22	7	5	10	42	43	−1	26
9	Al-Dhafra	22	7	5	10	47	55	−8	26
10	Al Nasr	22	7	2	13	37	49	−12	23
11	Emirates Club (R)	22	4	2	16	37	57	−20	14	Relegation
12	Ajman (R)	22	2	2	18	29	68	−39	8	Relegation

Source: goalzz.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

Home \ Away	ALI	AIN	AJM	JAZ	NAS	SHA	WAH	WAS	YAS	DHA	EMI	SHR
Al-Ahli		1–5	8–0	2–4	4–2	1–0	1–3	1–1	2–2	4–4	2–1	1–1
Al Ain	5–1		3–2	0–1	2–0	4–0	0–1	1–3	3–1	1–1	5–3	2–1
Ajman	0–3	4–5		1–1	0–3	0–2	2–5	5–4	2–4	4–1	1–3	1–4
Al Jazira	1–0	2–2	2–1		2–0	2–1	1–0	2–1	5–3	2–2	3–2	1–1
Al Nasr	1–2	0–2	2–0	1–5		3–2	0–1	3–1	1–2	3–3	4–1	1–4
Al Shabab	3–1	2–5	3–0	1–2	3–2		1–1	4–3	1–1	1–2	3–2	1–1
Al-Wahda	2–1	1–0	3–2	2–1	3–0	4–1		2–0	1–0	2–0	3–1	1–0
Al Wasl	0–0	1–3	2–1	2–2	0–0	2–0	1–0		3–3	2–0	5–0	0–2
Baniyas	1–0	1–6	1–1	1–1	2–3	4–0	1–2	2–1		4–1	4–0	3–3
Al-Dhafra	5–4	2–1	4–2	0–2	4–6	2–3	1–2	2–3	0–1		4–3	1–1
Emirates Club	1–3	0–1	2–0	1–2	4–1	1–1	1–2	4–5	1–2	2–3		3–2
Al Sharjah	1–0	1–1	4–1	2–4	2–1	1–2	0–3	4–2	0–1	1–5	1–1

Player	Nationality	Club
Ahmed Ali	United Arab Emirates	Ajman
Kadem Ali	United Arab Emirates	Al-Nasr
Yousef Mousa	United Arab Emirates	Emirates
Yaser Salem	United Arab Emirates	Al-Wasl
Majed Naser	United Arab Emirates	Al-Wasl
Carlos Villanueva	Chile	Al-Shabbab
	United Arab Emirates	Al-Sharjah
Abdallah Darwish	United Arab Emirates	Al-Shabbab
Knith Akojbado	Nigeria	Al Dhafra
Esam Dahi	United Arab Emirates	Al-Shabbab
Redha Abdulhadi	United Arab Emirates	Ajman
Hassan Zahran	United Arab Emirates	Bani Yas
	United Arab Emirates	Emirates
Kadem Ali	United Arab Emirates	Al-Nasr
Hassan Ali	United Arab Emirates	Al-Ahli
Mahboob Juma	United Arab Emirates	Ajman
Musallam Ahmed	United Arab Emirates	Emirates
Mohamed Amine Najmi	Morocco	Ajman
Hassan Zahran	United Arab Emirates	Bani Yas
Ali Mohamed	United Arab Emirates	Emirates
Mohammed Al Balushi	Oman	Al Wasl

2009–10 Uae Pro League

Members clubs

Stadia and locations

Managerial changes

Pre-season

During the season

Foreign Players

Standings

Fixtures and results

UFL Top Scorer

Season statistics

Scoring

Discipline

Red Card Stats

See also

References

External links

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