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.

Quick Facts Season, Champions ...
Arabian Gulf League
Season2014–15
ChampionsAl-Ain (12th title)
RelegatedAjman
Al-Ittihad Kalba
2016 AFC Champions LeagueAl-Ain
Al-Jazira
Al-Shabab Al-Arabi
Al-Nasr
2015–16 GCC Champions LeagueAl-Wasl
Baniyas
Matches played182
Goals scored562 (3.09 per match)
Average goals/game3.09
Top goalscorerMirko Vučinić
(25 goals)
Biggest home winAl Ain 7–1 Ajman
(13 February 2015)
Biggest away winFujairah 0–7 Baniyas
(30 November 2014)
Highest scoringAl Ain 7–1 Ajman
(13 February 2015)
Longest winning runAl Jazira (5 matches)
Longest unbeaten runAl Ain (12 matches)
Longest winless runAjman (14 matches)
Longest losing runKalba (9 matches)
Highest attendance19,790 Al-Jazira vs. Al Wahda
Lowest attendance182 Ajman vs. Emirates
Average attendance2,529
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The league was started on 15 September 2014 and was concluded on 15 May 2015.[2]

Teams

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]

Stadia and locations

Managerial changes

More information Team, Outgoing manager ...
Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment
Al Jazira Italy Walter Zenga Sacked[4] Pre-season 14 May 2014 Belgium Eric Gerets[5] 20 May 2014
Al Shabab Brazil Marcos Paquetá Mutual consent 23 May 2014 Brazil Caio Júnior[6] 23 May 2014
Baniyas Iraq Adnan Hamad 1 July 2014 Spain Luis García Plaza[7] 10 July 2014
Al Wasl Brazil Jorginho 13th 1 October 2014 Argentina Gabriel Calderón 1 October 2014
Ajman Tunisia Fathi Al-Jabal Sacked 13th 25 January 2015 Portugal Manuel Cajuda 27 January 2015
Al Wahda Portugal José Peseiro[8] 4th 10 February 2015 Saudi Arabia Sami Al Jaber 16 February 2015
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Foreign players

League table

More information Pos, Team ...
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
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
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Updated to match(es) played on 3 June 2015. Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. Al-Nasr qualifies for 2016 AFC Champions League Group Stage as winners of 2014–15 UAE President's Cup.

Results

More information Home \ Away, AJM ...
Home \ Away AJM AHL AIN JAZ NAS SHB WAS BAN DHA EMI FUJ KAL SHR WAH
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
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Updated to match(es) played on 12 April 2015. Source: Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

Goalscorers

As of matches played 15 May 2015

Hat-tricks

More information Player, For ...
PlayerForAgainstResultDate
Montenegro Mirko VučinićAl JaziraEmirates3–0[10]25 September 2014
United Arab Emirates Ahmed KhalilAl AhliAl Jazira4–218 October 2014
United Arab Emirates Ali MabkhoutAl JaziraAjman3–14 February 2015
Ghana Asamoah GyanAl AinFujairah3–028 February 2015
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References

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