Competition: | UAE Football League |
Season: | 2010–11 |
Winners: | Al Jazira 1st title |
Relegated: | Al Dhafra Ittihad Kalba |
League Topscorer: | André Senghor (16) |
Biggest Home Win: | Al Wahda 6–1 Sharjah (15 May 2011)[1] Dubai 6–4 Al Dhafra (20 May 2011)[2] |
Biggest Away Win: | Sharjah 3–5 Baniyas (13 December 2010)[3] [4] |
Highest Scoring: | Dubai 6–4 Al Dhafra (20 May 2011) |
Matches: | 126 |
Total Goals: | 425 |
Highest Attendance: | 36,241 Al Jazira – Dubai |
Prevseason: | 2009–10 |
Nextseason: | 2011–12 |
The 2010–11 UAE Pro League season (known as Etisalat Pro League for sponsorship reasons) was the 36th edition of top-level football in the United Arab Emirates. This was the third Professional season in the history of the country. Al Wahda were defending champions from the 2009–10 campaign. Ajman and Emirates were relegated from the previous season. Dubai and Ittihad Kalba were promoted from the UAE First Division 1 Group A. The campaign began on 26 August 2010 and ended on 9 June 2011.[5]
After being runner-up for three times in a row, Al Jazira secured their 1st Pro League title after beating Al Wasl 4–0 on 16 May 2011,[6] becoming the third club to achieve the double in country's history after Al Nasr in 1986 and Al Wasl in 2007.[7]
Ajman and Emirates were relegated to the second-level league after finishing in the bottom two in the 2009–10 season. The two relegated teams were replaced by second level champions Ittihad Kalba and runners up Dubai.
Team | Home city | Stadium | Capacity | |
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Al Ahli | Dubai | Rashed Stadium | 18,000 | |
Al Ain | Al Ain | Tahnoun bin Mohammed Stadium | 15,000 | |
Al Dhafra | Madinat Zayed | Hamdan bin Zayed Al Nahyan Stadium | 12,000 | |
Al Jazira | Abu Dhabi | Al Jazira Mohammed Bin Zayed Stadium | 42,056 | |
Al Nasr | Dubai | Al-Maktoum Stadium | 12,000 | |
Al Shabab | Dubai | Maktoum Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Stadium | 12,000 | |
Al Wahda | Abu Dhabi | Al-Nahyan Stadium | 12,000 | |
Al Wasl | Dubai | Zabeel Stadium | 12,000 | |
Baniyas | Abu Dhabi | Bani Yas Stadium | 6,000 | |
Dubai | Dubai | Police Officers Club Stadium | 6,500 | |
Ittihad Kalba | Kalba | Ittihad Kalba Club Stadium | 3,000 | |
Sharjah | Sharjah | Sharjah Stadium | 18,000 |
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players and Managers may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Team | Chairman | Head coach | Captain | Kitmaker | Shirt sponsor | |
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Al Ahli | Abdullah Saeed Al Naboodah | Abdulhameed Al Mishtiki | ![]() | Adidas | Toshiba | |
Al Ain | Hazza bin Zayed Al Nahyan | ![]() | Ali Al-Wehaibi | Macron | First Gulf Bank | |
Al Dhafra | Saif bin Mohammed bin Butti Al Hamed | ![]() | Mohammed Salem Al Saedi | BURRDA | ADCO | |
Al Jazira | Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan | ![]() | ![]() | Adidas | IPIC | |
Al Nasr | Maktoum bin Hasher bin Maktoum Al Maktoum | ![]() | Abdallah Mousa | Erreà | Emirates NBD | |
Al Shabab | Saeed bin Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum | ![]() | Adeel Abdullah | Erreà | emaratech | |
Al Wahda | Saeed bin Zayed Al Nahyan | ![]() | Basheer Saeed | Nike | EMAL | |
Al Wasl | Ahmed bin Rashid Al Maktoum | Khalifa Mubarak | Khalid Darwish | Nike | Saif Belhasa Group of Companies | |
Baniyas | Saif bin Zayed Al Nahyan | Mahdi Ali | Fawzi Bashir | Erreà | Secure Project Management | |
Dubai | Ahmed bin Rashid Al Maktoum | ![]() | Ali Hassan | Umbro | N/A | |
Ittihad Kalba | Saeed bin Saqr Al Qasimi | ![]() | ![]() | Adidas | Gillett Group | |
Sharjah | ![]() | Abdul Majid | Abdullah Suhail | N/A | Saif-Zone |
Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Replaced by | |
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Al Ain | Abdulhameed Al Mishtiki (caretaker) | Appointed on permanent role[8] | Abdulhameed Al Mishtiki | |
Al Wasl | Alexandre Guimarães | Contract not renewed[9] | ![]() | |
Al Ahli | Henk ten Cate | Resigned[10] | ![]() | |
Al Wahda | ![]() | Contract not renewed[11] | László Bölöni |
Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Replaced by | |
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Al Wahda | László Bölöni | Sacked[12] | ![]() | |
Al Wahda | ![]() | Resigned[14] | ![]() | |
Al Dhafra | Michel Decastel | Sacked[16] | Alexandre Guimarães | |
Al Nasr | ![]() | Sacked | Eid Baroot (caretaker) | |
Dubai | ![]() | Sacked | ![]() | |
Al Ain | Abdulhameed Al Mishtiki | Sacked[17] | ![]() | |
Al Nasr | Eid Baroot | Full-time coach appointed | ![]() | |
Al Ahli | ![]() | Sacked[18] | Abdulhameed Al Mishtiki | |
Al Wasl | ![]() | Sacked[19] | Khalifa Mubarak | |
Baniyas | ![]() | Sacked[20] | Mahdi Ali | |
Al Sharjah | Manuel Cajuda | Sacked[21] | Abdul Majid |
Club | Player 1 | Player 2 | Player 3 | Player 4 | Former player(s) |
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Al Ahli | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | |
Al Ain | ![]() | Brahima Keita | Jumaa Saeed | ![]() | ![]() ![]() |
Al Dhafra | ![]() | ![]() | Boris Kabi | ![]() | ![]() ![]() |
Al Jazira | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | Ibrahim Diaky | Antonin Koutouan |
Al Nasr | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | |
Al Shabab | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||
Al Wahda | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | Modibo Kane Diarra | |
Al Wasl | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | |
Baniyas | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() |
Dubai | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() ![]() |
Ittihad Kalba | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Sharjah | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | |
Source: Etisalat Pro-League – Top goalscorers
Last updated:2 June 2011
Abdallah Ahmed (yellow) at 90+3 for Al Nasr against Al Dhafra (28 May 2011).[30]
Rank | Team | Games | ||||||
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align=center | 1 | Al Nasr | align=center | 21 | align=center | 56 | align=center | 1 |
Al Jazira | align=center | 21 | align=center | 57 | align=center | 2 | ||
align=center | 3 | Ittihad Kalba | align=center | 21 | align=center | 58 | align=center | 1 |
align=center | 4 | Al Ahli | align=center | 21 | align=center | 48 | align=center | 5 |
align=center | 5 | Al Shabab | align=center | 21 | align=center | 45 | align=center | 3 |
align=center | 6 | Al Ain | align=center | 21 | align=center | 44 | align=center | 2 |
align=center | 7 | Al Dhafra | align=center | 21 | align=center | 39 | align=center | 3 |
Al Wasl | align=center | 21 | align=center | 39 | align=center | 6 | ||
align=center | 9 | Al Wahda | align=center | 21 | align=center | 42 | align=center | 2 |
align=center | 10 | Al Sharjah | align=center | 21 | align=center | 32 | align=center | 6 |
align=center | 11 | Bani Yas | align=center | 21 | align=center | 32 | align=center | 1 |
align=center | 12 | Dubai | align=center | 21 | align=center | 29 | align=center | 1 |
Totals | 521 | 33 |
Source: Yellow Cards, Red Cards
Last updated: 2 June 2011
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