2009–10_UAE_Premier_League

2009–10 UAE Pro League

Football league season

The 2009–10 UAE League season was the 35th edition of top-level football in the United Arab Emirates.

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This was the second professional season in the history of the country.

Ahli Dubai were defending champions from the 2008–09 campaign.

Al Khaleej and Al-Shaab were relegated from the previous season.

The winners of the league qualified for the 2010 FIFA Club World Cup as the host representative.

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Club	Coach	City	Stadium	2008–2009 season	Notes
Al-Ahli	Ioan Andone	Dubai	Rashed Stadium	2008–09 UAE Pro-League Champions	AFC Champions League 2010 Qualifier
Al-Jazira Club	Abel Braga	Abu Dhabi	Al Jazira Mohammed Bin Zayed Stadium	2nd in 2008–09 UAE Pro-League	AFC Champions League 2010 Qualifier
Al-Ain	Winfried Schäfer	Al Ain	Sheikh Khalifa International Stadium	3rd in 2008–09 UAE Pro-League	AFC Champions League 2010 Qualifier
Al-Wahda	Josef Hickersberger	Abu Dhabi	Al-Nahyan Stadium	4th in 2008–09 UAE Pro-League	AFC Champions League 2010 Playoff Qualifier
Al-Shabbab	Abdul Wahab Abdul Qader	Dubai	Al Maktoum Stadium	5th in 2008–09 UAE Pro-League	Gulf Club Champions Cup 2009 Qualifier
Al-Wasl	Alexandre Guimarães^[1]	Dubai	Zabeel Stadium	6th in 2008–09 UAE Pro-League	Gulf Club Champions Cup 2009 Qualifier
Al-Nasr	Frank Pagelsdorf	Dubai	Al-Maktoum Stadium	7th in 2008–09 UAE Pro-League
Al Dhafra	Laurent Banide	Madinat Zayed	Al Dhafra Stadium	8th in 2008–09 UAE Pro-League
Ajman Club	Zé Mário	Ajman	Ajman Stadium	9th in 2008–09 UAE Pro-League
Al-Sharjah	Manuel Cajuda	Sharjah	Sharjah Stadium	10th in 2008–09 UAE Pro-League
Bani Yas Club	Faouzi Benzarti	Bani Yas	Tahnoun Bin Mohamed Stadium	Promoted
Emirates Club	Ebrahim Ghasempour	Ras al-Khaimah	Emirates Club Stadium	Promoted

Club	Location	Stadium
Al-Ahli (UAE)	Dubai	Rashed Stadium
Al-Jazira Club	Abu Dhabi	Al Jazira Mohammed Bin Zayed Stadium
Al-Ain FC	Al Ain	Sheikh Khalifa International Stadium
Al-Wahda FC (Abu Dhabi)	Abu Dhabi	Al-Nahyan Stadium
Al-Shabbab	Dubai	Al Maktoum Stadium
Al Wasl FC	Dubai	Zabeel Stadium
Al-Nasr Sports Club	Dubai	Al-Maktoum Stadium
Al Dhafra Club	Madinat Zayed	Al Dhafra Stadium
Ajman Club	Ajman	Ajman Stadium
Al-Sharjah	Sharjah	Sharjah Stadium
Bani Yas Club	Bani Yas	Tahnoun Bin Mohamed Stadium
Emirates Club	Ras al-Khaimah	Emirates Club Stadium

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Replaced by	Date of appointment	Position in table
Al-Shabbab	Toninho Cerezo	Sacked	29 October 2009^[2]	Abdul Wahab Abdul Qader	29 October 2009	11th
Ajman Club	Zé Mário	Sacked	25 October 2009	Ghazi Ghrayri	25 October 2009	12th
Al-Ahli	Ioan Andone	Sacked	2 November 2009 ^[3]	Mahdi Ali	2 November 2009	10th
Al Ain	Winfried Schaefer	Sacked	2 December 2009 ^[4]^[5]	Rasheed Mahmoud (Caretaker)	2 December 2009	3rd
Emirates Club	Ebrahim Ghasempour	Sacked		Eid Barut
Al-Shabbab	Abdul Wahab Abdul Qader	Sacked		Paulo Bonamigo
Al-Ahli	Mahdi Ali	Sacked ^[6]		Nour el Din
Al-Ahli	Nour el Din	Sacked ^[6]		Henk ten Cate
Al-Ahli	Henk ten Cate	Resigned ^[7]
Al Ain	Toninho Cerezo	Sacked (poor ACL performances) ^[8]		Abdulhameed al Mishtiki caretaker role

Club	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3	AFC player	Former players
Ajman	Boris Kabi	Tarik Sektioui	Mohamed Kader	Hussain Al-Hadhri	Javad Kazemian Mohamed Amine Najmi
Al-Ahli	Baré	César	Hosny Abd Rabo	Mehrzad Madanchi
Al-Ain	José Sand	Jorge Valdivia	Emerson Sheik	Lee Ho
Al-Dhafra	Mehdi Méniri	Toufik Zerara	Abass Lawal	Mohamed Salmeen	Arthuro Mohamed Kader
Al-Jazira	Márcio Rozário	Antonin Koutouan		Michael Beauchamp	Ricardo Oliveira
Al-Nasr	Carlos Tenorio	Ali Boussaboun	Ionuț Rada	Mohammad Nosrati	Anouar Diba
Al-Shabab	Pedrão	Renato Abreu	Carlos Villanueva		Hussain Ali Baba Blaise Kouassi
Al-Sharjah	Éder Gaúcho	Marcelinho	Rafael Lima	Mustafa Karim
Al-Wahda	Fernando Baiano	Magrão	Pinga	Hassan Mudhafar Al-Gheilani
Al-Wasl	Alexandre Oliveira	Élton Arábia	Soufiane Alloudi	Mohammed Al-Balushi	Douglas Valdomiro Blas Pérez
Baniyas	Modibo Diarra
Emirates	Karim Kerkar	Hassan Taïr	Nabil Daoudi		Maziar Zare

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Al-Wahda (C)	22	19	1	2	42	15	+27	58	2010 FIFA Club World Cup play-off stage and 2011 AFC Champions League group stage^{[lower-alpha 1]}
2	Al Jazira	22	15	6	1	48	26	+22	51	2011 AFC Champions League group stage^{[lower-alpha 2]}
3	Al Ain	22	14	3	5	57	29	+28	45	2011 AFC Champions League qualifying play-off
4	Baniyas	22	10	6	6	44	37	+7	36
5	Al Wasl	22	8	5	9	41	40	+1	29
6	Al Sharjah	22	7	7	8	37	36	+1	28
7	Al Shabab	22	8	4	10	35	44	−9	28	2011 Gulf Club Champions Cup
8	Al-Ahli	22	7	5	10	42	43	−1	26
9	Al-Dhafra	22	7	5	10	47	55	−8	26
10	Al Nasr	22	7	2	13	37	49	−12	23
11	Emirates Club (R)	22	4	2	16	37	57	−20	14	Relegation
12	Ajman (R)	22	2	2	18	29	68	−39	8	Relegation

2009–10 UAE Pro League

Home \ Away	ALI	AIN	AJM	JAZ	NAS	SHA	WAH	WAS	YAS	DHA	EMI	SHR
Al-Ahli		1–5	8–0	2–4	4–2	1–0	1–3	1–1	2–2	4–4	2–1	1–1
Al Ain	5–1		3–2	0–1	2–0	4–0	0–1	1–3	3–1	1–1	5–3	2–1
Ajman	0–3	4–5		1–1	0–3	0–2	2–5	5–4	2–4	4–1	1–3	1–4
Al Jazira	1–0	2–2	2–1		2–0	2–1	1–0	2–1	5–3	2–2	3–2	1–1
Al Nasr	1–2	0–2	2–0	1–5		3–2	0–1	3–1	1–2	3–3	4–1	1–4
Al Shabab	3–1	2–5	3–0	1–2	3–2		1–1	4–3	1–1	1–2	3–2	1–1
Al-Wahda	2–1	1–0	3–2	2–1	3–0	4–1		2–0	1–0	2–0	3–1	1–0
Al Wasl	0–0	1–3	2–1	2–2	0–0	2–0	1–0		3–3	2–0	5–0	0–2
Baniyas	1–0	1–6	1–1	1–1	2–3	4–0	1–2	2–1		4–1	4–0	3–3
Al-Dhafra	5–4	2–1	4–2	0–2	4–6	2–3	1–2	2–3	0–1		4–3	1–1
Emirates Club	1–3	0–1	2–0	1–2	4–1	1–1	1–2	4–5	1–2	2–3		3–2
Al Sharjah	1–0	1–1	4–1	2–4	2–1	1–2	0–3	4–2	0–1	1–5	1–1