UAE President's Cup

The UAE President's Cup, or simply the President Cup,^[1] is a football tournament that takes place in United Arab Emirates, between clubs in the UAE Pro League and the UAE First Division League. The winner qualifies for the preliminary stage of AFC Champions League Elite.

UAE President Cup

Founded	1974
Country	United Arab Emirates
Confederation	AFC
Number of teams	16
Current champions	Al Wasl (2023–24)
Most championships	Shabab Al Ahli Sharjah (10 titles)
Current: 2024–25 UAE President's Cup

History

The UAE President's Cup started in the 1974–75 season, held by United Arab Emirates Football Association. Shabab Al Ahli and Sharjah are the competition's most successful club with ten wins. Al Ain has contested the most finals with fourteen. The first match of the President's Cup, played on March 20, 1974, between Al Wasl, Ajman ended 2–3, Ali Saeed scored the first goal of the competition.^[2] Kuwaiti Ghazi Al-Qandi is the first referee to run a final match of the Cup, on April 11, 1975.^[3]

Finals

The final match is often held in a major stadium in the UAE, such as the Zayed Sports City Stadium in Abu Dhabi, and is a major event in the UAE's sports calendar.

#	Season	Champion	Final score	Runner-up	Date	Venue
1	1974–75	Al Ahli	2–0	Al Nasr	11 April 1975	Dubai Stadium, Dubai
	1975–76	not completed
2	1976–77	Al Ahli	1–1 (a.e.t., 4–3 pens.)[4]	Al Shabab		Dubai Stadium, Dubai
	1977–78	Cancelled
3	1978–79	Sharjah	2–2 (a.e.t., 3–0 pens.)	Al Ain	29 April 1979	Emirates Club Stadium, Abu Dhabi
4	1979–80	Sharjah	1–0	Al Nasr		Zayed Sports City Stadium, Abu Dhabi
5	1980–81	Al Shabab	3–1	Al Ain
6	1981–82	Sharjah	2–0	Al Shaab		Zayed Sports City Stadium, Abu Dhabi
7	1982–83	Sharjah	2–0	Al Wasl		Zayed Sports City Stadium, Abu Dhabi
8	1983–84	Ajman	0–0 (4–1 pens.)	Al Nasr
9	1984–85	Al Nasr	3–0	Al Shabab
10	1985–86	Al Nasr	2–1	Al Wasl
11	1986–87	Al Wasl	2–0	Al Khaleej
12	1987–88	Al Ahli	3–2	Al Shabab
13	1988–89	Al Nasr	1–0	Al Wahda	27 April 1989	Mohammed bin Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi
14	1989–90	Al Shabab	2–1	Al Ain
15	1990–91	Sharjah	3–0	Al Wasl
16	1991–92	Baniyas	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Al Nasr
17	1992–93	Al Shaab	2–1	Al Wasl
18	1993–94	Al Shabab	1–0	Al Ain
19	1994–95	Sharjah	0–0 (a.e.t., 5–4 pens.)	Al Ain
20	1995–96	Al Ahli	4–1	Al Wahda
21	1996–97	Al Shabab	1–1 (a.e.t., 5–4 pens.)	Al Nasr
22	1997–98	Sharjah	3–2 (asdet)	Al Wasl
23	1998–99	Al Ain	1–0 (asdet)	Al Shabab
24	1999–00	Al Wahda	1–1 (asdet, 8–7 pens.)	Al Wasl
25	2000–01	Al Ain	3–2	Al Shaab
26	2001–02	Al Ahli	3–1	Al Jazira
27	2002–03	Sharjah	1–1 (asdet, 6–5 pens.)	Al Wahda
28	2003–04	Al Ahli	2–1	Al Shaab	2 June 2004	Mohammed bin Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi
29	2004–05	Al Ain	3–1 (a.e.t.)	Al Wahda	16 June 2005	Zayed Sports City Stadium, Abu Dhabi
30	2005–06	Al Ain	2–1	Sharjah	3 April 2006	Zayed Sports City Stadium, Abu Dhabi
31	2006–07	Al Wasl	4–1	Al Ain	3 April 2007	Zayed Sports City Stadium, Abu Dhabi
32	2007–08	Al Ahli	2–0	Al Wasl	14 April 2008	Zayed Sports City Stadium, Abu Dhabi
33	2008–09	Al Ain	1–0	Al Shabab	13 April 2009	Mohammed bin Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi
34	2009–10	Emirates	3–1	Al Shabab	19 April 2010	Zayed Sports City Stadium, Abu Dhabi
35	2010–11	Al Jazira	4–0	Al Wahda	11 April 2011	Zayed Sports City Stadium, Abu Dhabi
36	2011–12	Al Jazira	3–1	Baniyas	23 April 2012	Zayed Sports City Stadium, Abu Dhabi
37	2012–13	Al Ahli	4–3	Al Shabab	28 May 2013	Mohammed bin Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi
38	2013–14	Al Ain	1–0	Al Ahli	18 May 2014	Zayed Sports City Stadium, Abu Dhabi
39	2014–15	Al Nasr	1–1 (a.e.t., 3–0 pens.)	Al Ahli	3 June 2015	Hazza bin Zayed Stadium, Al Ain
40	2015–16	Al Jazira	1–1 (a.e.t., 6–5 pens.)	Al Ain	29 May 2016	Zayed Sports City Stadium, Abu Dhabi
41	2016–17	Al Wahda	3–0	Al Nasr	19 May 2017	Zayed Sports City Stadium, Abu Dhabi
42	2017–18	Al Ain	2–1	Al Wasl	3 May 2018	Zayed Sports City Stadium, Abu Dhabi
43	2018–19	Shabab Al Ahli	2–1	Al Dhafra	29 April 2019	Zayed Sports City Stadium, Abu Dhabi
	2019–20	not completed due to COVID-19 Pandemic
44	2020–21	Shabab Al Ahli	2–1	Al Nasr	16 May 2021	Hazza bin Zayed Stadium, Al Ain
45	2021–22	Sharjah	1−0	Al Wahda	21 October 2022	Hazza bin Zayed Stadium, Al Ain
46	2022–23	Sharjah	1–1 (a.e.t., 14–13 pens.)	Al Ain	28 April 2023	Mohammed bin Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi
47	2023-24	Al-Wasl	4−0	Al Nasr	17 May 2024	Hazza bin Zayed Stadium, Al Ain

Performance by club

Club	Winners	Runners-up	Winning years	Runner-up years
Shabab Al Ahli	10	2	1975, 1977, 1988, 1996, 2002, 2004, 2008, 2013, 2019, 2021	2014, 2015
Sharjah	10	1	1979, 1980, 1982, 1983, 1991, 1995, 1998, 2003, 2022, 2023	2006
Al Ain	7	8	1999, 2001, 2005, 2006, 2009, 2014, 2018	1979, 1981, 1990, 1994, 1995, 2007, 2016, 2023
Al Nasr	4	8	1985, 1986, 1989, 2015	1975, 1980, 1984, 1992, 1997, 2017, 2021, 2024
Al Shabab	4	7	1981, 1990, 1994, 1997	1977, 1985, 1988, 1999, 2009, 2010, 2013
Al Jazira	3	1	2011, 2012, 2016	2002
Al Wasl	3	8	1987, 2007, 2024	1983, 1986, 1991, 1993, 1998, 2000, 2008, 2018
Al Wahda	2	6	2000, 2017	1989, 1996, 2003, 2005, 2011, 2022
Al Shaab	1	3	1993	1982, 2001, 2004
Baniyas	1	1	1992	2012
Ajman	1	0	1984	–
Emirates	1	0	2010	–
Al Dhafra	0	1	–	2019
Khor Fakkan	0	1	–	1987
Total	46	46

Top scorers

Top scorers by season

Season	Player	Club	Goals
1974–75[5]	Mohamed Hamdoun	Al Ahli	5
1975–76	Cancelled
1977–78	Cancelled
1978–79[6]	Ahmed Abdullah	Al Ain	5
1982–83[7]	Adnan Al Talyani	Al Shaab	13
1983–84	Ahmed Al Mulla	Al Khaleej	4
1984–85[7]	Khalid Ismail	Al Nasr	7
1985–86[7]	Fahad Khamees	Al Wasl	6
1987–88[7]	Khalid Abdullah	Al Shabab	7
1988–89[7]	Salim Khalifa Alshamsi	Al Wahda	4
1990–91[7]	Abdulrazzaq Ibrahim	Sharjah	7
1992–93[7]	Mubarak Mohamed	Al Shaab	4
1998–99	Jasem Al-Huwaidi	Al Shabab	6
2003–04[7]	Denílson Martins Nascimento	Dubai	21
2004–05[7]	Ismail Matar	Al Wahda	5
2005–06[8]	Anderson Barbosa	Sharjah	8
2006–07[9]	Nenad Jestrović	Al Ain	4
2007–08[10]	Ahmed Khalil Faisal Khalil Alexandre Oliveira Essa Obaid	Al Ahli Al Ahli Al Wasl Al Shabab	4
2008–09[11]	André Dias	Al Ain	9
2009–10[12]	Michaël N'dri	Ittihad Kalba	11
2010–11[13]	Jader Baré	Al Jazira	5
2011–12[14]	Ricardo Oliveira	Al Jazira	7
2012–13[15]	Edgar Bruno	Al Shabab	4
2013–14[16][17]	Asamoah Gyan Patrick Fabiano	Al Ain Fujairah	6
2014–15[18]	Asamoah Gyan Ahmed Khalil	Al Ain Al Ahli	4
2015–16[19]	Dyanfres Douglas Ali Mabkhout	Al Ain Al Jazira	5
2016–17[20]	Balázs Dzsudzsák Mamadou Coulibaly Hassan Rashid	Al Wahda Dubai Dibba Al Hisn	5
2017–18[21]	Caio Canedo Papa Waigo Marcus Vinícius	Al Wasl Al Dhaid Al Hamriyah	5
2018–19[22]	Adeílson	Al Urooba	5
2019–20[23]	Alex	Al Bataeh	7
2020–21[24]	Diogo Acosta	Emirates	7
2021–22[25]	Diogo Acosta	Dibba	8
2022–23[26]	Firas Ben Larbi Diogo Acosta	Ajman Emirates	4

All-time top scorers

Rank	Nat	Name	Club	Years	Goals	Apps
1		Ahmed Abdullah	Al Ain	1978–1995
2		Adnan Al Talyani	Al Shaab	1980–1999		—
3		Abdelkarim Hassan			39
4		Fahad Khamees	Al Wasl	1980–1997	34	—
5		Khamees Saad Mubarak	Al Shabab		34
6		Eissa Jumaa	Al Nasr	1996-2005	33
7		Saad Bakheet Mubarak	Al Shabab		25

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External links

• "UAE Presidents Cup". goalzz.com. Retrieved 16 August 2011.
• "United Arab Emirates - List of Cup Winners". RSSSF. Retrieved 16 August 2011.