UAE First Division League


UAE First Division League is the second tier of football league competition in the United Arab Emirates.
As of 2020–21, the league features 15 sides who play each other in a home and away round-robin format, with a total of 28 games for each team. The top two sides gain promotion to the UAE Pro-League. On 29 May 2019, UAEFA announced that a UAE [Second Division League] to be established with smaller clubs, privately owned clubs, football academies with semi-professional teams compete for promotion to UAE Division one. On 6 July 2022, UAEFA announced that the number of participants will increase to 17 teams for the 2022–23 season. An increase of 2 teams, promoted from the UAE Second Division, and no relegation for UAE First Division clubs from the 2021–22 season, in an expansion season.

Current teams

As of 2025–26 UAE First Division League
ClubHome cityStadiumCapacity
Al-ArabiUmm [Al Quwain]Umm Al Quwain Stadium
Al DhaidDhaidAl-Dhaid Stadium
Al HamriyahAl HamriyahAl Hamriya Sports Club Stadium
Al IttifaqDubai Various Grounds
Al Jazirah Al HamraAl Jazirah Al HamraAl Hamra Stadium
Al OroobaQidfa / MirbahAl Sharqi Stadium
Dibba Al HisnDibba Al-HisnDibba (H) Stadium
Dubai CityDubai Kings School Al Barsha
Dubai UnitedDubai Dubai British School
EmiratesRas Al KhaimahEmirates Club Stadium
FujairahFujairahFujairah Club Stadium
Gulf UnitedDubai Dubai Club Stadium
HattaHattaHamdan Bin Rashid Stadium
MajdSweihanTahnoun bin Mohammed Stadium
MasfoutMasfoutMasfout Club Stadium

List of champions

Source:
Al Khaleej was renamed in June 2017 to the match the name of the city Khorfakkan*

Champions

Performance by club

1 Club no longer exists.

Top scorers