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2008–09 UAE Pro League

Field	Value
competition	UAE Pro League
season	2008–09
winners	Al-Ahli
relegated	Al-Shaab
Al Khaleej Club
league topscorer	Fernando Baiano (25)

Al Khaleej Club The 2008–09 UAE Pro League season was the 34th edition of top level football in the United Arab Emirates and started on 19 September 2008 until 24 May 2009.

Al-Ahli clinched the championship on the last day of the season, one of the most exciting campaigns for a number of years and also qualified for the 2009 edition of the FIFA Club World Cup as the host representative.

Al-Shabab were defending champions from the 2007–08 campaign.

Emirates and Hatta were relegated from the previous season. Ajman and Al-Khaleej were promoted from the second level.

The winners of the league qualified for the 2009 edition of the FIFA Club World Cup as the host representative.

Clubs

Club	Coach	Nationality	City	Stadium	2007–2008 season	Notes
Al-Shabab	Toninho Cerezo	Brazil	Dubai	Al Maktoum Stadium	UAE League Champions	AFC Champions League 2009 Qualifier
Al-Jazira	Abel Braga	Brazil	Abu Dhabi	Al Jazira Mohammed Bin Zayed Stadium	2nd in UAE League	AFC Champions League 2009 Qualifier
Al-Ahli	Ivan Hašek	Czech Republic	Dubai	Rashed Stadium	3rd in UAE League	AFC Champions League 2009 Qualifier
Al-Sharjah	Youssef Al Zawawi	Tunisia	Sharjah	Sharjah Stadium	4th in UAE League	AFC Champions League 2009 Qualifier
Al-Shaab	Luka Peruzović	Croatia	Sharjah	Khalid Bin Mohammed Stadium	5th in UAE League	2008–09 Arab Champions League Qualifier - Later Withdrew
Al-Ain	Winfried Schäfer	Germany	Al Ain	Sheikh Khalifa International Stadium	6th in UAE League
Al-Wasl	Miroslav Beránek	Czech Republic	Dubai	Zabeel Stadium	7th in UAE League
Al-Wahda	Ahmad Abdulhaleem	Egypt	Abu Dhabi	Al-Nahyan Stadium	8th in UAE League
Al-Nasr	Luka Bonačić	Croatia	Dubai	Al-Maktoum Stadium	9th in UAE League
Al-Dhafra	Mohammad Kwid	Syria	Dhafra	Al Dhafra Stadium	10th in UAE League
Ajman	Abdul Wahab Abdul Qader	Iraq	Ajman	Ajman Stadium	Promoted
Al-Khaleej	Sammir Juwaili	Tunisia	Khor Fakkan	Al Baladi Stadium	Promoted

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Replaced by
Al-Wasl	Czech Republic Miroslav Beranek	Sacked	BRA Hélio dos Anjos
Al-Wahda	Egypt Ahmad Abdulhaleem	Sacked	Austria Josef Hickersberger
Al-Dhafra	Syria Mohammad Kwid	Resigned	UAE Eid Baroot
Al-Sharjah	Tunisia Youssef Al Zawawi	Resigned after 11 games	Portugal Toni Oliveira
Al-Wasl	BRA Hélio dos Anjos	Sacked	Czech Republic Jaroslav Horák
Ajman	Iraq Abdul Wahab Abdul Qader	Sacked
Al-Sharjah	Portugal Toni Oliveira	Sacked after 'poor results'	Iraq Abdul Wahab Abdul Qader
Al-Ahli	Czech Republic Ivan Hašek	Quit after winning championship	Romania Ioan Andone

Foreign players

Club	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3	Player 4	Former players
Ajman	Iran Ali Samereh	Iran Javad Kazemian	Morocco Abdelhaq Ait Laarif	Morocco Mohamed Berrabeh
Al-Ahli	Brazil Baré	Brazil Clederson	Brazil Osvaldo	Iran Milad Meydavoudi	Argentina Jorge Artigas
Egypt Hosny Abd Rabo
Al-Ain	Brazil André Dias	Chile Jorge Valdivia	Morocco Soufiane Alloudi	Senegal André Senghor
Al-Dhafra	Algeria Toufik Zerara	Togo Mohamed Kader			Iran Mehdi Rajabzadeh
Iran Rasoul Khatibi
Al-Jazira	Brazil Fernando Baiano	Brazil Márcio Rozário	Brazil Rafael Sóbis	Iraq Mohammed Ali Karim	Mali Mamadou Diallo
Al-Khaleej	Morocco Mourad Rafal	Morocco Rabii Houbri	Nigeria Abass Lawal	Tunisia Anis Boujelbene
Al-Nasr	Brazil Claudinho	Iran Mehrzad Madanchi	Iran Mohammad Nosrati	Iran Reza Enayati	Nigeria Endurance Idahor
Qatar Mohammed Salem Al-Enazi
Al-Shaab	Ghana Godwin Attram	Morocco Merouane Zemmama	Sierra Leone Mohamed Kallon
Al-Shabab	Brazil Marcos Assunção	Brazil Renato Abreu	Iran Mehrdad Oladi	Zimbabwe Musawengosi Mguni
Al-Sharjah	Brazil Anderson Barbosa	Brazil Jean	Brazil Roberto Lopes	Iraq Hussein Alaa Hussein
Al-Wahda	Brazil Pinga	Iraq Ali Salah Hashim	Morocco Amin Erbati	Senegal Matar Coly	Bahrain Abdulla Al-Dakeel
Brazil Alecsandro
Tunisia Karim Aouadhi
Al-Wasl	Brazil Alexandre Oliveira	Brazil Reiner Ferreira	Iran Iman Mobali	Italy Fabio Firmani	Brazil Rogerinho
Ivory Coast Zeka Goore

Standings

Top goalscorers

Source: goalzz.com

;25 goals

Brazil Fernando Baiano (Al Jazira)

;13 goals

UAE Mohamed Omer (Al-Nasr) (also UFL Top Scorer)
Togo Mohamed Kader (Dhafra)

;12 goals

Brazil Anderson Barbosa (Sharjah)
Ghana Godwin Attram (Al-Shaab)
Brazil Pinga (Al Wahda)

;11 goals

Brazil Baré (Al-Ahli)

;9 goals

UAE Faisal Khalil (Al-Ahli)
Brazil Alexandre Oliveira (Al Wasl)
Iran Mehrzad Madanchi (Al-Nasr)
Chile Jorge Valdivia (Al Ain)

References

[http://www.the-afc.com/eng/articles/viewArticle.jsp_168165465.html Al Wasl sack Czech coach]
[http://www.the-afc.com/eng/articles/viewArticle.jsp_168394797.html Austrian coach for faltering Wahda]
[http://www.the-afc.com/eng/articles/viewArticle.jsp_168395426.html Kwid resigns]
[http://www.the-afc.com/eng/articles/viewArticle.jsp_168526660.html Sharjah setback ahead of play-off]
[http://www.the-afc.com/eng/articles/viewArticle.jsp_168690325.html Ajman replace coach]
[http://www.the-afc.com/eng/articles/viewArticle.jsp_168690325.html Beleaguered Sharjah sack coach]
[http://www.the-afc.com/eng/articles/viewArticle.jsp_168722446.html Hasek quits as Ahli coach]
http://www.the-afc.com/en/news-centre/member-association-news/279-ir-iran/24680-madanchi-joins-uae-champs-ahli Romanian Ioan Andone replaced Czech Ivan Hasek last month (June)

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