2017–18 UAE Division 1

2017–18 UAE Division 1 was the 42nd season of the UAE 1st Division.

UAE Division One

Season	2017–18
Champions	Baniyas (4th title)
Promoted	Baniyas, Kalba
Matches played	228
Goals scored	401 (1.76 per match)
Biggest home win	Dibba Al-Hisn 6–0 Ras Al Khaimah (27 April 2018)
Biggest away win	Masafi 0–5 Baniyas (27 January 2018) Ras Al Khaimah 0–5 Al Khaleej (24 March 2018)
Highest scoring	Kalba 6–3 Al Hamriyah (7 April 2018)
Longest winning run	Baniyas Kalba (5 games)
Longest unbeaten run	Fujairah (22 games)
Longest winless run	Al Arabi (19 games)
Longest losing run	Ras Al Khaimah (8 games)
Highest attendance	5,009 Fujairah 1–1 Baniyas (17 November 2017)
Lowest attendance	44 Al Arabi 0–1 Al Thaid (6 January 2018)
← 2016–17 2018–19 →

Team changes

To Division 1

Relegated from UAE Pro League

• Baniyas
• Kalba

From Division 1

Promoted to UAE Pro League

• Ajman
• Dubai

Stadia and locations

Fujairah
Urooba

Khaleej

Al-Hisn

Baniyas

RAK

Hamriyah

Thaid

Arabi

Kalba

Masafi

Masfut

Locations of teams in the UAE Division One

Note: Table lists clubs in alphabetical order.

Club	Home city	Stadium	Capacity
Al Arabi	Umm al Quwain	Umm al Quwain Stadium	3,000
Al Hamriyah	Al Hamriyah	Al Hamriya Sports Club Stadium	5,000
Al Khaleej	Khor Fakkan	Saqr bin Mohammad al Qassimi Stadium	2,880
Masafi	Masafi	Masafi Stadium	2,000
Al Thaid	Dhaid	Al-Dhaid Stadium	500
Al Urooba	Mirbah	Al-Oruba Club Stadium	8,000
Baniyas	Abu Dhabi	Baniyas Stadium	9,570
Dibba Al-Hisn	Dibba Al-Hisn	Dibba Stadium	700
Fujairah	Fujairah	Fujairah Club Stadium	10,645
Kalba	Kalba	Ittihad Kalba Stadium	8,500
Masfut	Masfut	Masfut Club Stadium	3,000
Ras Al Khaimah	Ras Al Khaimah	Ras al Khaimah Stadium	4,500

Number of teams by Emirates

Rank	Emirate	Number of teams	Teams
1	Sharjah	5	Al Hamriyah, Al Khaleej, Al Dhaid, Dibba Al Hisn, Kalba
2	Fujairah	2	Al Urooba, Fujairah
	Ras al-Khaimah		Masafi, Ras Al Khaimah
3	Umm al-Quwain	1	Al Arabi
	Abu Dhabi		Baniyas
	Ajman		Masfut

Personnel and kits

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
Al Arabi	Jamal Ali	Omar Wade	Nike	Al Futaim[1]
Al Khaleej	Badr Al Hammadi	Ibrahim Almansoori	Adidas	Khor Fakkan Beach Resort
Al-Hamriyah	Sulaiman Al Blooshi		Nike	Sharjah Beach Resort
Al Dhaid	Mohamed Al Tunaiji	Salem Musabbeh	uhlsport	uhlsport
Al-Urooba	Rodion Gačanin	Faisal Mohammed	uhlsport	Fujairah TV
Baniyas	Goran Tufegdzic	Yousif Jaber	Adidas	Secure Engineering
Dibba Al-Hisn	Guglielmo Arena	Humaid Abbas	uhlsport	Chips Oman
Fujairah	Diego Maradona[2][3][4]	Ahmed Meadhad	Adidas	Al Khaleej Times
Kalba	Jorvan Vieira		Errea	Errea
Masafi	Brahim Boufoud	Mohammed Ahli	Adidas	Al Futaim[1]
Masfut	Walid Obaid	Fatrie Sakhi	Nike	Masdar
Ras Al Khaimah	Luiz Antônio Zaluar	Omar Abdulaziz	Nike	Al Aswaq

Foreign Players

Club	Player 1	Player 2	Former Players
Al-Arabi	Brahima Diakité	Cedric Fein	Rafael Porcellis
Al-Dhaid	Bouchaib Soufiani	Papa Waigo	Ademir
Al-Hamriyah	Marcus Vinícius	Kamel Chafni	Igor Carneiro
Al-Khaleej	Munther Abu Amarah	Mohamed Ali Ben Hammouda	–
Al-Urooba	Ricardo Jesus	Henri Bienvenu	Marshal Johnson
Baniyas	Manucho	Osarimen Ebagua	Jean-Philippe Mendy Harry Novillo
Dibba Al-Hisn	Alexandre Matão	Chadi Hammami	–
Fujairah	Danilo Carando	Omar Kossoko	Gonzalo Bravo
Kalba	Gustavo Marmentini	Omar Mansouri	Thiago Santos
Masafi	Ali Rabo	Yally Fall Guène	–
Masfout	Fatrei Sakhi	Noel Kaseke	–
Ras Al-Khaimah	Fidélis	Moataz Eno	Alex Rafael

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or qualification
1	Baniyas (C, P)	22	16	4	2	53	16	+37	52	Promotion to the UAE Pro-League
2	Kalba (P)	22	13	7	2	44	22	+22	46
3	Fujairah (Q)	22	11	11	0	37	21	+16	44	Qualified for the UAE Pro-League Play Off
4	Al Hamriyah (Q)	22	9	6	7	43	40	+3	33
5	Al Khaleej	22	7	9	6	36	30	+6	30
6	Al Urooba	22	7	7	8	26	28	−2	28
7	Al Dhaid	22	6	8	8	30	28	+2	26
8	Dibba Al-Hisn	22	7	4	11	36	37	−1	25
9	Masafi	22	5	10	7	36	41	−5	25
10	Masfut	22	5	5	12	23	42	−19	20
11	Al Arabi	22	2	8	12	20	40	−20	14
12	Ras Al Khaimah (W)	22	3	3	16	18	57	−39	12	Withdrew

Updated to match(es) played on 2018. Source: soccerway.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated; (W) Withdrew

Results

Home \ Away	ARB	DHD	HAM	KHL	URO	YAS	DAH	FUJ	KAL	MSF	MST	RAK
Al Arabi		0–1	0–2	1–1	3–3	1–5	1–1	0–2	1–1	2–4	3–1	0–0
Al Dhaid	0–2		1–0	1–1	3–1	0–1	0–1	2–2	1–2	2–2	1–2	0–0
Al Hamriyah	3–2	2–1		2–3	2–3	2–1	3–2	2–3	1–1	1–1	5–1	3–1
Al Khaleej	1–1	0–0	3–0		0–0	2–4	3–3	0–2	1–4	1–0	3–0	4–1
Al Urooba	3–0	2–2	0–0	3–1		0–2	1–0	0–1	1–3	1–1	2–1	0–1
Baniyas	3–0	2–1	1–2	1–0	3–1		3–0	1–1	1–1	5–0	2–0	4–0
Dibba Al Hisn	3–0	0–1	2–3	3–4	1–0	0–1		0–2	2–2	3–1	3–1	6–0
Fujairah	0–0	3–3	2–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–2		1–0	1–1	2–2	2–0
Kalba	1–0	3–2	6–3	1–1	2–0	1–1	3–0	1–2		2–1	4–0	1–0
Masafi	2–2	2–4	2–2	0–0	1–1	0–5	2–0	0–1	3–3		4–2	6–1
Masfut	1–0	0–0	1–1	2–1	0–1	1–2	3–2	1–1	0–1	1–1		3–2
Ras Al Khaimah	2–1	0–4	3–3	0–5	0–2	2–4	1–2	2–4	0–1	1–2	1–0

Updated to match(es) played on Completed. Source: GSA
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

References

1. "Al Futaim Motors signs four year sponsorship contract with the UAEFA".
2. "Thank you UAE, says Maradona after joining Fujairah club". www.khaleejtimes.com.
3. Reporter, Ashley Hammond, Staff (14 May 2017). "Diego Maradona: Nobody will beat me or my Fujairah".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
4. "Diego Maradona says 'Fujairah is my top-priority project' and will make beating them 'an impossible task'".