2025–26 UAE Pro League

UAE Pro League
Season	2025–26
Dates	16 August 2025 – May 2026
Champions League Elite	Al Ain FC ; Shabab Al Ahli Club
Gulf Club Champions League	Al-Wasl
Matches	87
Goals	223 (2.56 per match)
Top goalscorer	Kodjo Fo-Doh Laba (13 goals)
Biggest home win	Shabab Al Ahli 4–0 Ajman; Al Wahda 3–0 Baniyas
Biggest away win	Al Jazira 0–3 Shabab Al Ahli; Baniyas 0–3 Khor Fakkan
Highest scoring	Al Jazira 4–2 Al Dhafra (6 goals)
Longest unbeaten run	Al Ain (12 matches)
Highest attendance	18,103 (Al Ain vs. Sharjah)
Average attendance	2.56 goals per match
	← 2024–25 2026–27 → All statistics correct as of 18 January 2026.

The 2025–26 UAE Pro League (also known as ADNOC Pro League for sponsorship reasons) is the 51st edition of the UAE Pro League (a football tournament). Shabab Al Ahli are the defending champions.^[1]

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
Ajman	Goran Tufegdžić	Saoud Saeed	Adidas	Ajman Bank
Al Ain	Vladimir Ivić	Bandar Al-Ahbabi	Nike	First Abu Dhabi Bank
Al Bataeh	Farhad Majidi	Mohamed Ahmed	Nike	Majid Al Futtaim Group
Al Jazira	Marino Pušić	Ali Khasif	Zat Outfit	Healthpoint
Al Nasr	Slaviša Jokanović	Ahmed Shambih	Adidas	Emirates Islamic
Al Dhafra	Zeljko Petrovic	Sultan Al-Ghaferi	Uhlsport	Emaar Properties
Al Wahda	Darko Milanič	Ismail Matar	Adidas	Volkswagen
Al Wasl	Rui Vitória	Ali Salmeen	Macron	Dubai Real Estate Centre
Baniyas	Daniel Isăilă	Fawaz Awana	Macron	ADIB
Dibba Al-Fujairah	Ciprian Panait	Khalid Abdullah	Uhlsport	Emirates NBD
Ittihad Kalba	Vuk Rašović	Abdusalam Mohammed	Nike	Shurooq
Khor Fakkan	Damir Krznar	Masoud Sulaiman	Macron	ADNOC
Shabab Al Ahli	Paulo Sousa	Majed Naser	Nike	Mai Dubai
Sharjah	José Morais	Shahin Abdulrahman	Adidas	SAIF Zone

Foreign players

All clubs can register foreigners as many as they want but can only include five professionals in each team rosters. Players in the age of under-23 (U23) do not counted as professionals and players who have received Emirati citizenship are deemed as local players.

Players name in bold indicates the player is registered during the mid-season transfer window.
Players in italics were out of the squad or left the club within the season, after the pre-season transfer window, or in the mid-season transfer window, and at least had one appearance.

Club	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3	Player 4	Player 5	Unregistered players	Former players
Ajman	Ali Madan	Junior Flemmings	Mohamed Souboul	Walid Azaro	Miloš Kosanović		Abdelhamid Sabiri Ayman El Hassouni Haykeul Chikhaoui
Al Ain	Soufiane Rahimi	Kaku	Fábio Cardoso	Park Yong-woo	Kodjo Fo-Doh Laba
Al Bataeh	Paulinho	Anatole Abang	Diney	Ulrich Meleke	Azizjon Ganiev
Al Jazira	Ramón Miérez	Neeskens Kebano	Mohamed Elneny	Nabil Fekir	Karim Rekik
Al Nasr	Othmane Boussaid	Samir Memišević	Mattheus Oliveira	Leroy Fer	Haris Seferovic	Manolo Gabbiadini	Adel Taarabt
Al Urooba	Héber	Petrus Boumal	Witi	Viv Solomon-Otabor	Filip Kiss	Paulo Ricardo Bubacarr Trawally	Appolinaire Kack Mohammad Reza Azadi
Al Wahda	Kevin Agudelo	Ahmad Nourollahi	Mohammad Ghorbani	Omar Khribin	Khojimat Erkinov		Philip Otele
Al Wasl	João Pedro	Anas Zniti	Soufiane Bouftini	Jung Seung-hyun	Srđan Mijailović	Gerónimo Poblete Alexis Pérez	Isaac Success Haris Seferovic
Baniyas	Juan Bauza	Arnaud Lusamba	Youssoufou Niakaté	Andrei Burcă	Lazar Marković
Dibba Al Hisn	Pierre Kunde	Ibrahima Cissé	Alexandru Mățan	Haythem Jouini	Oussama Haddadi		Danielzinho João Pedro Witi
Ittihad Kalba	Daniel Bessa	Mehdi Ghayedi	Saman Ghoddos	Shahriyar Moghanlou	Miha Blažič		Filip Kiss
Khor Fakkan	Lourency	Tarik Tissoudali	Aylton Boa Morte	Kwon Kyung-won	Won Du-jae		Mattheus Oliveira Pedro Henrique Thulani Serero Jonathan Viera
Shabab Al Ahli	Saeid Ezatolahi	Sardar Azmoun	Mu'nas Dabbur	Bogdan Planić	Luka Milivojević	Iago Santos
Sharjah	Darko Nejašmić	Adel Taarabt	Cho Yu-min	Tyrone Conraad	Firas Ben Larbi	Paco Alcácer

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Al Ain (Q)	20	15	5	0	41	16	+25	50	Qualification for AFC Champions League Elite league stage
2	Shabab Al Ahli (Q)	20	15	4	1	48	7	+41	49	Qualification for AFC Champions League Elite league stage
3	Al Jazira	20	11	4	5	33	18	+15	37	Qualification for AFC Champions League Two group stage
4	Al Wahda SCC	20	9	7	4	29	17	+12	34	Qualification for AGCFF GCCL group stage
5	Al Wasl	20	9	6	5	24	20	+4	33
6	Al Nasr	20	6	9	5	25	25	0	27
7	Ajman	20	7	3	10	20	26	−6	24
8	Kalba	20	5	6	9	22	35	−13	21
9	Khor Fakkan	20	5	5	10	27	36	−9	20
10	Sharjah	20	6	3	11	29	37	−8	21
11	Baniyas	20	6	3	11	20	31	−11	21
12	Al Dhafra	20	5	3	12	25	42	−17	18
13	Al Bataeh	20	4	5	11	19	29	−10	17	Relegation to UAE Division 1
14	Dibba (R)	20	3	5	12	17	40	−23	14	Relegation to UAE Division 1

Updated to match(es) played on 15 March 2026. Source: UPLeague
Rules for classification: ^[2] 1) points; 2) head-to-head goal difference; 3) head-to-head goals scored; 4) head-to-head away goals scored; 5) goal difference; 6) number of goals scored; 7) number of away goals scored; 8) head-to-head points; 9) fair play ranking 10) draw
(Q) Assured of at least AFC Champions League Elite group stage; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away	AJM	AIN	BTH	JAZ	NAS	DHF	WAH	WAS	YAS	DAF	KAL	KHF	SAD	SHR
Ajman		0–3	1–0			1–1	0–2		1–1	2–0	0–1	1–2	0–1	3–2
Al Ain			2–1	1–1	1–1		2–2	2–0	4–0		2–0	3–0		1–0
Al Bataeh	1–0			1–1	2–3	1–1	1–3	0–1	0–1	0–1		2–1	0–4
Al Jazira	3–0	0–1	1–0		0–0		0–1			4–2	2–1	3–1	0–3	5–0
Al Nasr	1–0	2–2	1–1			2–0		1–1	0–2	1–1		2–2	0–1	2–4
Al Dhafra		1–2	3–1	1–2				3–1	0–2	2–1	3–0	2–3	0–5	0–2
Al Wahda	2–0	0–1	2–2	1–2	3–2	5–2			3–0	1–0		1–0	0–0	1–1
Al Wasl	0–0	1–1	1–0	1–0	2–1	3–0	1–0		2–0			0–1	1–1	2–1
Baniyas	0–1	2–3	1–1	0–4	1–2		1–0	2–0		2–2	0–1	0–3
Dibba		2–3		0–1	1–1		1–1	1–3	2–1		1–2	1–0	0–4	1–3
Kalba	1–3	1–3	1–3	1–1	0–1	1–1	0–0	2–2		2–1			0–0	2–2
Khor Fakkan	2–5	2–3		3–2	0–0	2–3		1–1		0–0	2–4		0–1	2–2
Shabab Al Ahli	3–1	0–1				2–0	1–1	3–1	1–0	7–0	5–1			2–0
Sharjah	0–1		0–2	0–1	1–2	2–0			1–4	4–1	3–1		1–4

Updated to match(es) played on 24 September 2025. Source: UPLeague
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Top scorers

As of matches played 18 January 2026^[3]

Rank	Player	Team	Goals
1	Kodjo Fo-Doh Laba	Al Ain	7
2	Karim El Berkaoui	Al Dhafra	4
3	Aylton Boa Morte	Ittihad Kalba	3
	Omar Khribin	Al Wahda
	Tarik Tissoudali	Khor Fakkan

References

^ "UAE Pro League Holds 2025-26 Sports Season Draw for ADNOC Pro League, ADIB Cup". uaeproleague. 5 November 2025. Retrieved 5 November 2025.
^ "Article (15) P.50 of Arabian Gulf League Regulations" (PDF) (in Arabic). Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 August 2019. Retrieved 27 August 2019.
^ "UAE Pro League 2025/26 – Player Stats". UAE Pro League. Retrieved 18 January 2026.

[1] "UAE Pro League Holds 2025-26 Sports Season Draw for ADNOC Pro League, ADIB Cup". uaeproleague. 5 November 2025. Retrieved 5 November 2025.

[2] "Article (15) P.50 of Arabian Gulf League Regulations" (PDF) (in Arabic). Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 August 2019. Retrieved 27 August 2019.

[3] "UAE Pro League 2025/26 – Player Stats". UAE Pro League. Retrieved 18 January 2026.

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