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Winners of the 2016/17 UAE Division 1Football league season

UAE Division One
Season	2016–17
Champions	Ajman (2nd title)
Promoted	Ajman, Dubai
Matches played	264
Goals scored	369 (1.4 per match)
Biggest home win	Al Urooba 6–1 Al Arabi (25 February 2017)
Biggest away win	Arabi 0–10 Al Urooba (18 November 2016)
Longest winning run	Dubai 6 games
Longest unbeaten run	Ajman 20 games
Longest winless run	Masfut and Al Dhaid 6 games
Longest losing run	Ras Al Khaimah 4 games
Highest attendance	6,397 Fujairah 2–1 Al-Urooba (3 March 2017)
Lowest attendance	56 Al-Arabi 1–2 Al–Hamriyah (4 February 2017)
Average attendance	2,100
← 2015–16 2017–18 →

Ajman Club were the champions of the 2016–17 UAE Division 1.

As of 2016–17 the league features 12 sides who play each once for a total of 11 games each. The top two sides gain promotion to the Pro-League, there is no longer relegation as the UAE Division One Group B League stopped playing in 2012.

Stadia and locations

Masfut class=notpageimage| 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	250
Al Hamriyah	Al Hamriyah	Al Hamriya Sports Club Stadium	5,000
Al Khaleej	Khor Fakkan	Saqr bin Mohammad al Qassimi Stadium	2,880
Al Shaab	Sharjah	Khalid Bin Mohammed Stadium	10,000
Al Thaid	Dhaid	Al-Dhaid Stadium	500
Al Urooba	Mirbah	Al-Oruba Club Stadium	8,000
Ajman	Ajman	Ajman Stadium	5,537
Dibba Al-Hisn	Dibba Al-Hisn	Dibba Stadium	10,000
Dubai	Dubai	Dubai Club Stadium	7,500
Fujairah	Fujairah	Fujairah Club Stadium	10,645
Masfut	Masfut	Masfut Club Stadium	3,000
Ras Al Khaimah	Ras Al Khaimah	Ras al Khaimah Stadium	3,000

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
Ajman	Ayman El Ramady	Jasim Ali Mohammed	uhlsport
Al Hamriyah	Mohamed Ismail	Talal Mubarak	uhlsport
Al Khaleej	Mohamed El Mansi	Chaker Zouaghi	uhlsport
Al Shaab	Péricles Chamusca	Saif Mohamed	uhlsport
Al Thaid	Walid Obaid	Salem Musabbeh	uhlsport
Al Urooba	Badir Al Hammadi	Mohamed Al Yammahi	uhlsport
Dibba Al Hisn	Rui Nascimento	Ahmed Al Hefeiti	uhlsport
Dubai	Hany Ramzy	Jamal Abdulla	uhlsport
Fujairah	Džemal Hadžiabdić	Mubarak Hassan	uhlsport
Masfut	Sulaiman Al Blooshi	Noel Kaseke	uhlsport
Ras Al Khaimah	Luiz Antônio Zaluar	Alexandre Matão	uhlsport

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	Ajman (C, P)	22	12	9	1	40	23	+17	45	Promotion to the UAE Pro-League
2	Dubai (P)	22	13	4	5	37	22	+15	43	Promotion to the UAE Pro-League
3	Al Urooba	22	11	4	7	50	27	+23	37
4	Fujairah	22	10	4	8	38	30	+8	34
5	Dibba Al Hisn	22	8	9	5	27	26	+1	33
6	Al Shaab	22	6	10	6	41	38	+3	28
7	Al Khaleej	22	7	6	9	29	35	−6	27
8	Masfut	22	7	4	11	37	47	−10	25
9	Al Dhaid	22	6	6	10	20	28	−8	24
10	Al Hamriyah	22	6	5	11	25	30	−5	23
11	Al Arabi	22	7	2	13	31	52	−21	23
12	Ras Al Khaimah	22	5	5	12	29	46	−17	20

Updated to match(es) played on 22 April 2017. Source: soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted

Results

Home \ Away	AJM	ARB	DHD	HAM	KHL	SHB	URO	DAH	DUB	FUJ	MST	RAK
Ajman		2–1	1–1	2–2	2–0	1–0	3–1	0–0	0–2	2–2	4–2	2–1
Al Arabi	0–3		2–1	1–2	0–2	4–2	0–10	2–3	2–3	4–2	1–3	4–0
Al Dhaid	1–3	0–0		1–0	0–0	1–1	1–1	0–1	1–1	1–0	2–1	2–1
Al Hamriyah	1–2	2–1	3–0		3–1	0–2	2–0	0–1	1–1	0–3	1–2	0–1
Al Khaleej	1–1	0–1	1–5	3–2		3–2	1–2	2–2	1–0	1–3	4–0	2–1
Al Shaab	3–3	4–3	1–0	1–1	2–1		1–1	2–2	1–2	3–0	2–3	3–1
Al Urooba	1–1	6–1	2–0	2–1	2–0	3–3		3–1	1–3	2–4	0–1	3–1
Dibba Al Hisn	0–0	2–0	2–1	0–0	1–2	0–0	0–4		0–1	1–0	1–0	3–1
Dubai	0–2	0–1	3–0	2–0	2–0	2–1	1–0	2–2		2–3	4–0	2–0
Fujairah	2–3	0–1	1–0	0–1	0–0	1–1	2–1	2–2	3–0		3–0	2–0
Masfut	1–2	4–1	3–0	1–1	2–2	2–2	0–2	3–2	2–2	3–4		1–3
Ras Al Khaimah	1–1	1–1	0–2	3–2	2–2	4–4	0–3	1–1	1–2	2–1	4–3

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

References

"UNITED ARAB EMIRATES - DIVISION 1 - GROUP A". Soccerway. Global Sports Media. Retrieved 4 February 2017.

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