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2012–13 UAE Pro League

Field	Value
competition	UAE Pro League
season	2012–13
winners	Al Ain
relegated	Dibba Al Fujairah
Ittihad Kalba
continentalcup1	Champions League
continentalcup1 qualifiers	Al Ain
Al Ahli
Al Jazira
Baniyas
continentalcup2	Gulf Champions League
continentalcup2 qualifiers	Al Shabab
Al Nasr
league topscorer	Asamoah Gyan (31 goals)
matches	90
total goals	330
highest attendance	19,756 (Al-Jazira vs. Al-Ain)
lowest attendance	103 (Ittihad Kalba vs. Dibba Al Fujairah)
average attendance	2,468
prevseason	2011–12
nextseason	2013–14

The 2011–12 UAE Pro League (known as Etisalat Pro League for sponsorship reasons) was the 38th top-level football season in the UAE and the fifth Professional season. The season was contested by 14 teams due to an expansion in the league system.

Al Ain were the defending champions, having won the previous 2011–12 Pro League season.

On Thursday, 18 April 2013, Al Ain won their match against Dubai Club which guaranteed them as winners of the 2012–13 Pro League and retained their Pro League trophy. They received their trophy on their last match against Al Nasr on Saturday, 25 May 2013.

Promotion

In June 2012, the UAE FA announced that the league would be expanded into 14 clubs. The two teams that came in the bottom two of the previous campaign – Sharjah and Emirates Club – would enter a promotion/relegation series with the teams that came third and fourth in the second level – Al Dhafra and Al Shaab. These playoff winners would join Ittihad Kalba and Dibba Al Fujairah who came in the top two in the second division.

Promotion/relegation play-offs

Teams

Stadia and locations

Team	Home city	Manager	Stadium	Capacity
Ajman	Ajman	IRQ Abdul Wahab Abdul Qader	Ajman Stadium	10,000
Al Ahli	Dubai	ESP Quique Sánchez Flores	Rashed Stadium	18,000
Al Ain	Al Ain	ROM Cosmin Olăroiu	Tahnoun bin Mohammed Stadium	15,000
Al Dhafra	Madinat Zayed	FRA Laurent Banide	Hamdan bin Zayed Al Nahyan Stadium	12,000
Al Jazira	Abu Dhabi	ESP Luis Milla	Mohammed Bin Zayed Stadium	42,056
Al Nasr	Dubai	ITA Walter Zenga	Al-Maktoum Stadium	12,000
Al Shaab	Sharjah	ROM Marius Șumudică	Khalid Bin Mohammed Stadium	10,000
Al Shabab	Dubai	BRA Marcos Paqueta	Maktoum Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Stadium	12,000
Al Wahda	Abu Dhabi	AUT Josef Hickersberger	Al-Nahyan Stadium	12,000
Al Wasl	Dubai	UAE Eid Baroot	Zabeel Stadium	12,000
Baniyas	Abu Dhabi	UAE Salem Al Orafi	Bani Yas Stadium	9,570
Dibba Al Fujairah	Fujairah	UAE Abdullah Mesfer	Fujairah Club Stadium	3,500
Dubai	Dubai	FRA René Marsiglia	Police Officers Club Stadium	6,500
Ittihad Kalba	Kalba	BRA Zé Mário	Ittihad Kalba Club Stadium	3,000

Managerial changes

Managerial changes during the 2012–13 campaign.

Pre-season

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Replaced by
Al Wasl	ARG Diego Maradona	title=Maradona sacked as coach of Al Wasl	url=http://gulfnews.com/sport/football/maradona-sacked-as-coach-of-al-wasl-1.1047274	work=Gulf News	date=10 July 2012	access-date=10 July 2012}}	FRA Bruno Metsu
Al Wahda	AUT Josef Hickersberger	title=Al Wahda waste no time recruiting new faces	url=http://www.thenational.ae/sport/football/al-wahda-waste-no-time-recruiting-new-faces	archive-url=https://archive.today/20130114210305/http://www.thenational.ae/sport/football/al-wahda-waste-no-time-recruiting-new-faces	url-status=dead	archive-date=14 January 2013	work=The National	date=7 May 2012	access-date=7 May 2012}}	CRO Branko Ivanković
Al Dhafra			BIH Džemal Hadžiabdić
Al Sharjah	ROM Valeriu Tiţa		TUN Faouzi Benzarti
Dubai	EGY Ayman El Ramady		FRA René Marsiglia
Baniyas	ARG Gabriel Calderón	Contract not renewed	CZE Jozef Chovanec
Al Jazira	BRA Caio Júnior	Contract not renewed	BRA Paulo Bonamigo
Al Shabab	BRA Paulo Bonamigo	Resigned	BRA Marcos Paqueta

During season

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Replaced by
Ittihad Kalba	CRO Dragan Talajić	title=Kalba sack manager Dragan Talajic after losing start to new season	url=https://www.thenationalnews.com/sport/kalba-sack-manager-dragan-talajic-after-losing-start-to-new-season-1.403904	work=The National	date=8 October 2012	access-date=8 October 2012}}	TUN Lotfi Benzarti
Al Wasl	FRA Bruno Metsu	title=Al Wasl's Metsu has 'serious medical condition'	url=http://gulfnews.com/sport/football/al-wasl-s-metsu-has-serious-medical-condition-1.1090134	work=Gulf News	date=16 October 2012	access-date=16 October 2012}}	FRA Gilles Morisseau & UAE Nasser Khamis (caretaker)
Dibba Al Fujairah	BRA Marcelo Cabo	title=Al Shabab smart to retain Marcos Paqueta	url=http://www.thenational.ae/thenationalconversation/sport-comment/al-shabab-smart-to-retain-marcos-paqueta	archive-url=https://archive.today/20130114185035/http://www.thenational.ae/thenationalconversation/sport-comment/al-shabab-smart-to-retain-marcos-paqueta	url-status=dead	archive-date=14 January 2013	work=The National	date=24 October 2012	access-date=24 October 2012}}	UAE Abdullah Mesfer
Al Wasl	FRA Gilles Morisseau & UAE Nasser Khamis (caretaker)	Temporary mandate	FRA Guy Lacombe
Ittihad Kalba	TUN Lotfi Benzarti	title=Al Shaab fire coach Sergio Alexandre after run of defeats	url=http://www.thenational.ae/sport/football/al-shaab-fire-coach-sergio-alexandre-after-run-of-defeats	archive-url=https://archive.today/20130114181129/http://www.thenational.ae/sport/football/al-shaab-fire-coach-sergio-alexandre-after-run-of-defeats	url-status=dead	archive-date=14 January 2013	work=The National	date=16 December 2012	access-date=16 December 2012}}	BRA Zé Mário
Al Shaab	BRA Sérgio Alexandre	Sacked	ROM Marius Șumudică
Al Dhafra	BIH Džemal Hadžiabdić	Sacked	FRA Laurent Banide
Al Wasl	FRA Guy Lacombe	Sacked	UAE Eid Baroot
Al Jazira	BRA Paulo Bonamigo	Sacked	ESP Luis Milla
Al Wahda	CRO Branko Ivanković	title=Josef Hickersberger 'eager to start again' as Al Wahda coach	url=https://www.thenationalnews.com/sport/josef-hickersberger-eager-to-start-again-as-al-wahda-coach-1.391790/	work=The National	date=28 April 2013	access-date=28 April 2013}}	AUT Josef Hickersberger
Baniyas	CZE Jozef Chovanec	title=GCC Championship semi-final: Time for Baniyas loyal Salem Al Orafi to shine	url=https://www.thenationalnews.com/sport/gcc-championship-semi-final-time-for-baniyas-loyal-salem-al-orafi-to-shine-1.476703/	work=The National	date=7 May 2013	access-date=7 May 2013}}	UAE Salem Al Orafi

Foreign players

Club	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3	AFC player	Former player(s)
Ajman	Ivory Coast Boris Kabi	Mali Founéké Sy	Morocco Driss Fettouhi	Oman Fawzi Bashir	Algeria Karim Kerkar
Iraq Karrar Jassim
Morocco Abdessamad Ouhakki
Al Ahli	Brazil Grafite	Chile Luis Jiménez	Portugal Ricardo Quaresma	Lebanon Youssef Mohamad	Cameroon Achille Emaná
Al Ain	France Jirès Kembo Ekoko	Ghana Asamoah Gyan	Romania Mirel Rădoi	Australia Alex Brosque
Al Dhafra	Brazil Rodriguinho	Ivory Coast Amara Diané	Senegal Makhete Diop	Jordan Anas Bani Yaseen	Oman Fawzi Bashir
Al Jazira	Argentina Matías Delgado	Brazil Fernandinho	Brazil Ricardo Oliveira	South Korea Shin Hyung-min
Al Nasr	Brazil Bruno Correa	Brazil Léo Lima	Italy Giuseppe Mascara	Japan Takayuki Morimoto	Iraq Nashat Akram
Al Shaab	France Michaël N'dri	Portugal Filipe Teixeira	Zimbabwe Noel Kaseke	Lebanon Hassan Maatouk	Brazil Careca
Brazil Rodriguinho
Al Shabab	Brazil Ciel	Brazil Edgar	Brazil Luiz Henrique	Uzbekistan Azizbek Haydarov
Al Wahda	Brazil Marcelinho	Gabon Éric Mouloungui	Senegal Papa Waigo	Australia Dino Djulbic	Croatia Srđan Andrić
Jordan Anas Bani Yaseen
Al Wasl	Brazil Jussiê	Cameroon Achille Emaná	Uruguay Emiliano Alfaro	Iraq Ahmed Ibrahim Khalaf	Argentina Mariano Donda
Australia Lucas Neill
Egypt Shikabala
Baniyas	Egypt Mohamed Aboutrika	Senegal André Senghor	Sweden Christian Wilhelmsson	Australia Nick Carle	Egypt Mohamed Zidan
Morocco Ismail Belmaalem
Dibba Al Fujairah	Brazil Alex	Brazil Luiz Fernando	Ghana Samuel Ocran	Lebanon Bilal El Najjarine	Brazil Júnior
Syria Abdelrazaq Al-Hussain
Dubai	Brazil Careca	Brazil Juca	Brazil Magrão	Uruguay Richard Porta	Guinea Alhassane Keita
Guinea Simon Feindouno
Spain Juan Quero
Ittihad Kalba	Brazil Ji-Paraná	Guinea Aboubacar Camara	Zimbabwe Edward Sadomba	Jordan Amer Deeb	Brazil Serginho
Morocco Ahmed Jahouh
Morocco Nabil Daoudi

Richard Porta has Australian citizenship and was counted as an Asian player.
Serginho has Syrian citizenship and was counted as an Asian player.

League table

Results

Season statistics

Top scorers

Rank	Scorer	Club
GHA Asamoah Gyan	Al Ain	31
BRA Grafite	Al Ahli	24
URU Emiliano Alfaro	Al Wasl	17
ITA Giuseppe Mascara	Al Nasr	10
BRA Ricardo Oliveira	Al Jazira	9
BRA Bruno Correa	Al Nasr	8
CIV Boris Kabi	Ajman
SEN André Senghor	Baniyas
SEN Papa Waigo	Al Wahda
URU Richard Porta	Dubai

References

(4 June 2012). "UAE FA increases the number of professional clubs to 14". ufl.ae.
Amith Passela. "UAE Pro League to expand to 14 teams". The National.
(10 July 2012). "Maradona sacked as coach of Al Wasl". [[Gulf News]].
(7 May 2012). "Al Wahda waste no time recruiting new faces". The National.
(1 May 2012). "Al Wahda line up Ivankovic to replace Hickersberger". The National.
(31 July 2012). "Football: Al Dhafra recruit for play-offs". The National.
(29 July 2012). "Pro League round-up: Nasr stand firm on Bresciano". The National.
(20 July 2012). "Dubai coach Marsiglia hails signing of former Al Wahda midfielder Magrao". The National.
(30 May 2012). "Another Pro League coach bites the dust". Gulf News.
(14 July 2012). "Bani Yas looking to build on last season". Gulf News.
(31 May 2012). "Scocco among key figures on the way out from UAE". The National.
(1 June 2012). "Bonamigo breaks Al Shabab deal to take over at Al Jazira". The National.
(8 October 2012). "Kalba sack manager Dragan Talajic after losing start to new season". The National.
(16 October 2012). "Al Wasl's Metsu has 'serious medical condition'". [[Gulf News]].
(24 October 2012). "Al Shabab smart to retain Marcos Paqueta". The National.
(8 November 2012). "Al Wasl sign an 8 – month contract with Lacombe". Pro League Committee.
(16 December 2012). "Al Shaab fire coach Sergio Alexandre after run of defeats". The National.
(18 February 2013). "Guy Lacombe dismissed as Al Wasl coach". The UAE National.
(21 February 2013). "Al Jazira 4 Al Dhafra 1". The National.
(7 May 2013). "GCC Championship semi-final: Time for Baniyas loyal Salem Al Orafi to shine". The National.

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