2017–18 UAE Division 1

UAE Division One

Season	2017–18
Champions	Baniyas (4th title)
Promoted	Baniyas, Kalba
Matches played	228
Goals scored	401 (1.76 per match)
Biggest home win	Dibba Al-Hisn 6–0 Ras Al Khaimah (27 April 2018)
Biggest away win	Masafi 0–5 Baniyas (27 January 2018) Ras Al Khaimah 0–5 Al Khaleej (24 March 2018)
Highest scoring	Kalba 6–3 Al Hamriyah (7 April 2018)
Longest winning run	Baniyas Kalba (5 games)
Longest unbeaten run	Fujairah (22 games)
Longest winless run	Al Arabi (19 games)
Longest losing run	Ras Al Khaimah (8 games)
Highest attendance	5,009 Fujairah 1–1 Baniyas (17 November 2017)
Lowest attendance	44 Al Arabi 0–1 Al Thaid (6 January 2018)
← 2016–17 2018–19 →

2017–18 UAE Division 1 was the 3rd establishment of the new era of the UAE 2nd Division.

Team changes

To Division 1

Relegated from UAE Pro League

• Baniyas
• Kalba

From Division 1

Promoted to UAE Pro League

• Ajman
• Dubai

Stadia and locations

Fujairah
Urooba

Khaleej

Al-Hisn

Baniyas

RAK

Hamriyah

Thaid

Arabi

Kalba

Masafi

Masfut

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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	3,000
Al Hamriyah	Al Hamriyah	Al Hamriya Sports Club Stadium	5,000
Al Khaleej	Khor Fakkan	Saqr bin Mohammad al Qassimi Stadium	2,880
Masafi	Masafi	Masafi Stadium	2,000
Al Thaid	Dhaid	Al-Dhaid Stadium	500
Al Urooba	Fujairah	Al-Oruba Club Stadium	8,000
Baniyas	Abu Dhabi	Baniyas Stadium	9,570
Dibba Al-Hisn	Dibba Al-Hisn	Dibba Stadium	700
Fujairah	Fujairah	Fujairah Club Stadium	10,645
Kalba	Kalba	Ittihad Kalba Stadium	8,500
Masfut	Masfut	Masfut Club Stadium	3,000
Ras Al Khaimah	Ras Al Khaimah	Ras al Khaimah Stadium	4,500

Number of teams by Emirates

Rank	Emirate	Number of teams	Teams
1	Fujairah	4	Al Khaleej, Masafi, Al Urooba, Fujairah
1	Sharjah	4	Al Hamriyah, Al Thaid, Dibba Al Hisn, Kalba
2	Umm al-Quwain	1	Al Arabi
2	Abu Dhabi	1	Baniyas
2	Ajman	1	Masfut
2	Ras al-Khaimah	1	Ras Al Khaimah

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	Humaid Al Obaid	Omar Wade	Nike	Al Futaim
Al Khaleej	Abdulla Mohammed	Ibrahim Almansoori	Adidas	Khor Fakkan Beach Resort
Al-Hamriyah	Saif Saeed		Nike	Sharjah Beach Resort
Al-Thaid	Taryam Ahmed		uhlsport	uhlsport
Al-Urooba	Ali Abdulrahman	Faisal Mohammed	uhlsport	Fujairah TV
Baniyas	Goran Tufegdzic	Yousif Jaber	Adidas	Secure Engineering
Dibba Al-Hisn	Mohammed Yassir	Humaid Abbas	uhlsport	Chips Oman
Fujairah	Diego Maradona	Ahmed Meadhad	Adidas	Al Khaleej Times
Kalba	Jorvan Vieira		Errea	Errea
Masafi	Fahad Hamad	Mohammed Ahli	Adidas	Al Futaim
Masfut	Rashed Ali	Fatrie Sakhi	Nike	Masdar
Ras Al Khaimah	Luiz Antônio Zaluar	Omar Abdulaziz	Nike	Al Aswaq

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or qualification
1	Baniyas (C, P)	22	16	4	2	53	16	+37	52	Promotion to the UAE Pro-League
2	Kalba (P)	22	13	7	2	44	22	+22	46
3	Fujairah (Q)	22	11	11	0	35	22	+13	44	Qualified for the UAE Pro-League Play Off
4	Al Hamriyah (Q)	22	9	6	7	43	40	+3	33
5	Al Khaleej	22	7	9	6	36	30	+6	30
6	Al Urooba	22	7	7	8	25	28	−3	28
7	Al Thaid	22	6	8	8	30	28	+2	26
8	Dibba Al-Hisn	22	7	4	11	36	37	−1	25
9	Masafi	22	5	10	7	36	41	−5	25
10	Masfut	22	5	5	12	23	42	−19	20
11	Al Arabi	22	2	8	12	22	44	−22	14
12	Ras Al Khaimah (W)	22	3	3	16	15	53	−38	12	Withdrew

Updated to match(es) played on 2018. Source: soccerway.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated; (W) Withdrew