2018–19 UAE Division 1
# 2018–19 UAE Division 1

2018–19 UAE Division one (stylized as UAE Division 1) was the 43rd Division one season. Team changes for the season include Al Taawon who joined the league to replace Ras Al Khaimah who withdrew due to financial reasons, while Hatta was relegated from the UAE Pro League last year and the top 3 teams of last year's season (Baniyas, Kalba and Fujairah), were all promoted to the Pro League.

## Team Changes

### To Division 1

Relegated from UAE Pro League

* Hatta

Rejoined after withdrawal

* Al Taawon

### From Division 1

Promoted to UAE Pro League

* Baniyas
* Kalba
* Fujairah

### Teams that withdrew

* Ras Al Khaimah

## Stadia and locations

    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 |
| Khor Fakkan | Khor Fakkan | Saqr bin Mohammad al Qassimi Stadium | 4,373 |
| Al Taawon | Al Jeer | Mohammed Bin Saud Al Qasimi Stadium | 2,000 |
| FC Dhaid | Dhaid | Al-Dhaid Stadium | 500 |
| Al Urooba | Mirbah | Al Sharqi Stadium | 3,000 |
| Dibba Al-Hisn | Dibba Al-Hisn | Dibba Al Hisn Stadium | 700 |
| Hatta | Hatta | Hamdan Bin Rashid Stadium | 5,000 |
| Masafi | Masafi | Masafi Stadium | 2,000 |
| Masfut | Masfut | Masfut Club Stadium | 3,000 |

### Number of teams by Emirates

| | Emirate | Number of teams | Teams |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Sharjah | 4 | Al Hamriyah, Al Dhaid, Dibba Al Hisn, Khor Fakkan |
| 2 | Ras Al Khaimah | 2 | Al Taawon, Masafi |
| 3 | Umm Al Quwain | 1 | Al Arabi |
| 3 | Fujairah | 1 | Al Urooba |
| 3 | Dubai | 1 | Hatta |
| 3 | Ajman | 1 | 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 | Predrag Stilinović | Brahima Diakite | Nike | Al Futaim |
| Al Hamriyah | Mohamed Ismail | Khairi Khalfan | Nike | Sharjah Beach Resort |
| Khor Fakkan | Abdulwahab Abdulkadir | Saif Mohammed | Adidas | Khor Fakkan Beach Resort |
| Al Taawon | Tarek Hadhiri | David | Unknown | Unknown |
| Al Dhaid | Mohammed Saeed | Salem Al-Qaidi | uhlsport | uhlsport |
| Al Urooba | Ghazi Ghrairi | Hassan Mohammed | uhlsport | Fujairah TV |
| Dibba Al-Hisn | Fathy Mohamed | Salem Al-Nuaimi | uhlsport | Chips Oman |
| Hatta | Walid Obaid | Mahmoud Hassan | Macron | Macron |
| Masafi | Brahim Boufoud | Abdulla Al-Shahyari | Adidas | Al Futaim |
| Masfut | Badr Abdulrahman | Salem Khamis | Nike | Masdar |

### Managerial changes

| Team | Outgoing manager | Date of vacancy | Manner of departure | Pos. | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Khor Fakkan | Badir Ahmed Al Hammadi | 2 February 2019 | End of Contract | 2nd | Abdulwahab Abdulkadir | 3 February 2019 |
| Al Urooba | Sérgio Alexandre | 2 February 2019 | End of Contract | 1st | Ghazi Ghrairi | 3 February 2019 |
| Dibba Al-Hisn | Badr Abdulhraman | 2 February 2019 | End of Contract | 7th | Fathy Mohamed | 3 February 2019 |
| Al Arabi | Jamal Ali | 2 February 2019 | End of Contract | 11th | Predrag Stilinović | 3 February 2019 |
| Al Dhaid | Walid Obaid | 2 February 2019 | Sacked | 12th | Mohammed Saeed | 3 February 2019 |
| Al Taawon | Abderrazak Amrani | 8 March 2019 | Sacked | 11th | Tarek Hadhiri | 9 March 2019 |
| Hatta | Nenad Vanić | 22 March 2019 | Sacked | 5th | Walid Obaid | 23 March 2019 |
| Al Hamriyah | Sulaiman Hasan | 7 April 2019 | Resigned | 3rd | Mohamed Ismail | 8 April 2019 |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Khor Fakkan (C, P) | 18 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 26 | 12 | +14 | 38 | Promotion to the UAE Pro-League |
| 2 | Hatta (P) | 18 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 34 | 14 | +20 | 37 | Promotion to the UAE Pro-League |
| 3 | Al Urooba | 18 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 27 | 16 | +11 | 37 | |
| 4 | Al Hamriyah | 18 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 29 | 16 | +13 | 32 | |
| 5 | Dibba Al Hisn | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 29 | 26 | +3 | 29 | |
| 6 | Masafi | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 20 | 35 | −15 | 25 | |
| 7 | Al Dhaid | 18 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 24 | 23 | +1 | 21 | |
| 8 | Al Arabi | 18 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 22 | 36 | −14 | 16 | |
| 9 | Al Taawon | 18 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 21 | 35 | −14 | 14 | |
| 10 | Masfut | 18 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 25 | −14 | 5 | |

* 1 2 Hatta are ahead of Al Urooba on head-to-head points: Al Urooba 2–1 Hatta, Hatta 3–1 Al Urooba.

## Results

| Home \ Away | ARB | HAM | TAW | URO | DAH | DHD | KHF | HAT | MSF | MST |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Al Arabi | | 0–1 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–6 | 2–3 | 2–1 |
| Al Hamriyah | 3–1 | | 5–2 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 |
| Al Taawon | 5–2 | 0–3 | | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 |
| Al Urooba | 3–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–2 |
| Dibba Al Hisn | 3–1 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 0–2 | | 3–1 | 0–2 | 1–5 | 4–1 | 1–0 |
| Dhaid | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | | 1–2 | 0–2 | 4–1 | 3–0 |
| Khor Fakkan | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–3 |
| Hatta | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | | 4–0 | 1–0 |
| Masafi | 0–6 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | | 1–0 |
| Masfut | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 1–3 | 2–3 | |
