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UAE First Division League

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Poster


Established
1974 (52 years old)

First Recorded Event


Current Season
2026-2027

Current Round
8

Level Above
UAE Pro League

Level Below
UAE League Cup

Sport
Soccer

Location
United Arab Emirates

Gender
Male

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		Upcoming
01 Nov 26	Forte ViForte Virtus	12:50pm	Al UroobAl Urooba
01 Nov 26	Palm CitPalm City	12:50pm	Al BataeAl Bataeh
01 Nov 26	Al-ArabiAl-Arabi Umm Al Quwain	12:55pm	Al DhaidAl Dhaid
06 Nov 26	Dibba AlDibba Al-Fujairah	12:45pm	Al HamriAl Hamriyah
06 Nov 26	Al DhaidAl Dhaid	12:45pm	EmiratesEmirates Club
06 Nov 26	Dubai CiDubai City	12:50pm	Forte ViForte Virtus
07 Nov 26	Gulf UniGulf United	12:50pm	Dibba AlDibba Al-Hisn
07 Nov 26	Al-IttifAl-Ittifaq Dubai	12:50pm	Al-ArabiAl-Arabi Umm Al Quwain
08 Nov 26	Al BataeAl Bataeh	12:45pm	Al FujaiAl Fujairah
08 Nov 26	Al UroobAl Urooba	12:45pm	Palm CitPalm City
		Results
31 Oct 26	Al HamriyAl Hamriyah	0 - 1	Gulf UnitGulf United
31 Oct 26	Al JaziraAl Jazirah Al Hamra	1 - 0	Al-IttifaAl-Ittifaq Dubai
30 Oct 26	Dibba Al-Dibba Al-Hisn	4 - 1	Dubai CitDubai City
30 Oct 26	Emirates Emirates Club	3 - 0	Dibba Al-Dibba Al-Fujairah
18 Oct 26	Al BataehAl Bataeh	2 - 3	Forte VirForte Virtus
18 Oct 26	Dibba Al-Dibba Al-Fujairah	2 - 0	Al-Arabi Al-Arabi Umm Al Quwain
17 Oct 26	Dubai CitDubai City	0 - 2	Al HamriyAl Hamriyah
17 Oct 26	Al DhaidAl Dhaid	1 - 2	Al JaziraAl Jazirah Al Hamra
16 Oct 26	Gulf UnitGulf United	1 - 7	Emirates Emirates Club
16 Oct 26	Al UroobaAl Urooba	1 - 1	Dibba Al-Dibba Al-Hisn

Description

UAE First Division League is the second tier of football league competition in the United Arab Emirates.

As of 2020–21, the league features 15 sides who play each other in a home and away round-robin format, with a total of 28 games for each team. The top two sides gain promotion to the UAE Pro-League. On 29 May 2019, UAEFA announced that a UAE Second Division League to be established with smaller clubs, privately owned clubs, football academies with semi-professional teams compete for promotion to UAE Division one. On 6 July 2022, UAEFA announced that the number of participants will increase to 17 teams for the 2022–23 season. An increase of 2 teams, promoted from the UAE Second Division, and no relegation for UAE First Division clubs from the 2021–22 season, in an expansion season.

The league is growing in prominence since its inclusion of privately owned teams promoted from the UAE Second Division league since the 2021–22 season. The league's popularity has been growing year on year and has begun to attract global names such as Mario Balotelli, Quincy Promes, Douglas Costa, Benik Afobe, Leroy Fer, Kurt Zouma and managers such as Andrea Pirlo and most recently Andres Iniesta, amongst many others.


Seasons

Teams

Al Bataeh	Al Dhaid	Al Fujairah
Al Hamriyah	Al Jazirah Al H	Al Urooba
Al-Arabi Umm Al	Al-Ittifaq Duba	Dibba Al-Fujair
Dibba Al-Hisn	Dubai City	Emirates Club
Forte Virtus	Gulf United	Palm City

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