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Season | 2012–13 |
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Champions | Al Ain |
Relegated | Dibba Al Fujairah Ittihad Kalba |
Champions League | Al Ain Al Ahli Al Jazira Baniyas |
Gulf Champions League | Al Shabab Al Nasr |
Matches played | 90 |
Goals scored | 330 (3.67 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Asamoah Gyan (31 goals) |
Highest attendance | 19,756 (Al-Jazira vs. Al-Ain) |
Lowest attendance | 103 (Ittihad Kalba vs. Dibba Al Fujairah) |
Average attendance | 2,468 |
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The 2011–12 UAE Pro League (known as Etisalat Pro League for sponsorship reasons) was the 38th top-level football season in the UAE and the fifth Professional season. The season was contested by 14 teams due to an expansion in the league system. [1]
Al Ain were the defending champions, having won the previous 2011–12 Pro League season.
On Thursday, 18 April 2013, Al Ain won their match against Dubai Club which guaranteed them as winners of the 2012–13 Pro League and retained their Pro League trophy. They received their trophy on their last match against Al Nasr on Saturday, 25 May 2013.
In June 2012, the UAE FA announced that the league would be expanded into 14 clubs. The two teams that came in the bottom two of the previous campaign – Sharjah and Emirates Club – would enter a promotion/relegation series with the teams that came third and fourth in the second level – Al Dhafra and Al Shaab. [2] These playoff winners would join Ittihad Kalba and Dibba Al Fujairah who came in the top two in the second division.
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
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1 | Al Shaab | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 6 | Promotion to the 2012–13 UAE Pro-League |
2 | Al Dhafra | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 6 | |
3 | Sharjah | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 6 | Relegation to the 2012–13 UAE Second Division |
4 | Emirates | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 9 | −6 | 0 |
Team | Home city | Manager | Stadium | Capacity |
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Ajman | Ajman | ![]() | Ajman Stadium | 10,000 |
Al Ahli | Dubai | ![]() | Rashed Stadium | 18,000 |
Al Ain | Al Ain | ![]() | Tahnoun bin Mohammed Stadium | 15,000 |
Al Dhafra | Madinat Zayed | ![]() | Hamdan bin Zayed Al Nahyan Stadium | 12,000 |
Al Jazira | Abu Dhabi | ![]() | Mohammed Bin Zayed Stadium | 42,056 |
Al Nasr | Dubai | ![]() | Al-Maktoum Stadium | 12,000 |
Al Shaab | Sharjah | ![]() | Khalid Bin Mohammed Stadium | 10,000 |
Al Shabab | Dubai | ![]() | Maktoum Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Stadium | 12,000 |
Al Wahda | Abu Dhabi | ![]() | Al-Nahyan Stadium | 12,000 |
Al Wasl | Dubai | ![]() | Zabeel Stadium | 12,000 |
Baniyas | Abu Dhabi | ![]() | Bani Yas Stadium | 9,570 |
Dibba Al Fujairah | Fujairah | ![]() | Fujairah Club Stadium | 3,500 |
Dubai | Dubai | ![]() | Police Officers Club Stadium | 6,500 |
Ittihad Kalba | Kalba | ![]() | Ittihad Kalba Club Stadium | 3,000 |
Managerial changes during the 2012–13 campaign.
Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Replaced by |
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Al Wasl | ![]() | Sacked [3] | ![]() |
Al Wahda | ![]() | Resigned [5] | ![]() |
Al Dhafra | ![]() | ||
Al Sharjah | ![]() | ![]() | |
Dubai | ![]() | ![]() | |
Baniyas | ![]() | Contract not renewed | ![]() |
Al Jazira | ![]() | Contract not renewed | ![]() |
Al Shabab | ![]() | Resigned | ![]() |
Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Replaced by |
---|---|---|---|
Ittihad Kalba | ![]() | Sacked [14] | ![]() |
Al Wasl | ![]() | Illness [15] | ![]() ![]() |
Dibba Al Fujairah | ![]() | Sacked [16] | ![]() |
Al Wasl | ![]() ![]() | Temporary mandate [17] | ![]() |
Ittihad Kalba | ![]() | Sacked [18] | ![]() |
Al Shaab | ![]() | Sacked [18] | ![]() |
Al Dhafra | ![]() | Sacked [18] | ![]() |
Al Wasl | ![]() | Sacked [19] | ![]() |
Al Jazira | ![]() | Sacked | ![]() |
Al Wahda | ![]() | Sacked [21] | ![]() |
Baniyas | ![]() | Appointed as technical director [22] | ![]() |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Al Ain (C) | 26 | 20 | 2 | 4 | 74 | 26 | +48 | 62 | Qualification to the 2014 AFC Champions League Group Stage |
2 | Al Ahli | 26 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 62 | 33 | +29 | 51 | |
3 | Al Jazira | 26 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 56 | 37 | +19 | 47 | |
4 | Baniyas | 26 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 50 | 37 | +13 | 47 | Qualification to the 2014 AFC Champions League Second Qualifying Round |
5 | Al Shabab | 26 | 13 | 3 | 10 | 48 | 39 | +9 | 42 | Qualification to the 2014 GCC Champions League |
6 | Al Nasr | 26 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 51 | 40 | +11 | 39 | |
7 | Al Wahda | 26 | 12 | 3 | 11 | 44 | 41 | +3 | 39 | |
8 | Al Dhafra | 26 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 37 | 46 | −9 | 36 | |
9 | Al Wasl | 26 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 41 | 45 | −4 | 32 | |
10 | Ajman | 26 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 48 | 58 | −10 | 30 | |
11 | Dubai | 26 | 6 | 9 | 11 | 32 | 53 | −21 | 27 | |
12 | Al Shaab | 26 | 7 | 4 | 15 | 37 | 49 | −12 | 25 | |
13 | Dibba Al Fujairah (R) | 26 | 6 | 3 | 17 | 30 | 55 | −25 | 21 | Relegation to the 2013–14 UAE Second Division |
14 | Ittihad Kalba (R) | 26 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 24 | 75 | −51 | 11 |
Rank | Scorer | Club | Goals |
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1 | ![]() | Al Ain | 31 |
2 | ![]() | Al Ahli | 24 |
3 | ![]() | Al Wasl | 17 |
4 | ![]() | Al Nasr | 10 |
5 | ![]() | Al Jazira | 9 |
6 | ![]() | Al Nasr | 8 |
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