Season: | 2014–15 |
Winners: | Al-Ain (12th title) |
League Topscorer: | Mirko Vučinić (25 goals) |
Biggest Home Win: | Al Ain 7–1 Ajman |
Biggest Away Win: | Fujairah 0–7 Baniyas |
Highest Scoring: | Al Ain 7–1 Ajman |
Matches: | 182 |
Total Goals: | 562 |
Average Goals: | 3.09 |
Longest Wins: | Al Jazira (5 matches) |
Longest Unbeaten: | Al Ain (12 matches) |
Longest Winless: | Ajman (14 matches) |
Longest Losses: | Kalba (9 matches) |
Average Attendance: | 2,529 |
Nextseason: | 2015–16 |
The 2014–15 UAE Pro League, known as the Arabian Gulf League for sponsorship reasons,[1] was the 40th top-level football season in the United Arab Emirates. Fourteen teams participated with Al Ahli as the defending champions after securing the championship last season for the first time since the 2008–09 campaign.
The league was started on 15 September 2014 and was concluded on 15 May 2015.[2]
Al Shaab and Dubai Club were relegated to the second tier being replaced by Ittihad Kalba and Fujairah who were both relegated in the 2012–13 campaign.[3]
Team | Home city | Emirate | Manager | Stadium | Capacity | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ajman | Ajman | Ajman | Manuel Cajuda | Ajman Stadium | 5,537 | |
Al Ahli | Dubai | Dubai | Cosmin Olăroiu | Rashed Stadium | 9,415 | |
Al Ain | Al Ain | Abu Dhabi | Zlatko Dalić | Hazza Bin Zayed Stadium | 25,000 | |
Al Dhafra | Madinat Zayed | Abu Dhabi | Laurent Banide | Al Dhafra Stadium | 5,020 | |
Al Jazira | Abu Dhabi | Abu Dhabi | Eric Gerets | Al Jazira Stadium | 42,056 | |
Al Nasr | Dubai | Dubai | Ivan Jovanović | Al-Maktoum Stadium | 10,954 | |
Al Shabab | Dubai | Dubai | Caio Júnior | Rashid Al Maktoum Stadium | 8,011 | |
Al Wahda | Abu Dhabi | Abu Dhabi | Sami Al-Jaber | Al-Nahyan Stadium | 11,538 | |
Al Wasl | Dubai | Dubai | Gabriel Calderon | Zabeel Stadium | 8,411 | |
Baniyas | Abu Dhabi | Abu Dhabi | Luis García Plaza | Baniyas Stadium | 9,047 | |
Emirates | Ras al-Khaimah | Ras al-Khaimah | Emirates Club Stadium | 5,020 | ||
Fujairah | Fujairah | Fujairah | Ivan Hašek | Fujairah Club Stadium | 5,020 | |
Ittihad Kalba | Kalba | Sharjah | Walid Obaid Al-Balooshi | Ittihad Kalba Stadium | 3,000 | |
Sharjah | Sharjah | Sharjah | Paulo Bonamigo | Sharjah Stadium | 10,082 |
Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
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Al Jazira | Walter Zenga | Sacked[4] | Pre-season | 14 May 2014 | Eric Gerets[5] | 20 May 2014 |
Al Shabab | Mutual consent | 23 May 2014 | Caio Júnior[6] | 23 May 2014 | ||
Baniyas | Adnan Hamad | 1 July 2014 | Luis García Plaza[7] | 10 July 2014 | ||
Al Wasl | Jorginho | 13th | 1 October 2014 | Gabriel Calderón | 1 October 2014 | |
Ajman | Fathi Al-Jabal | Sacked | 13th | 25 January 2015 | Manuel Cajuda | 27 January 2015 |
Al Wahda | José Peseiro[8] | 4th | 10 February 2015 | 16 February 2015 |
Rank | Player | Club | Goals[9] | |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Mirko Vučinić | Al Jazira | 25 | |
2 | Ibrahima Touré | Al Nasr | 18 | |
3 | Wanderley | Sharjah | 17 | |
4 | Ali Mabkhout | Al Jazira | 16 | |
4 | Caio | Al Wasl | 16 | |
4 | Fábio Lima | Al Wasl | 16 | |
5 | Sebastián Tagliabué | Wahda | 15 | |
6 | Éderson | Al Wasl | 14 | |
7 | Asamoah Gyan | Al Ain | 13 | |
8 | Makhete Diop | Dhafra | 12 | |
9 | Henrique Luvannor | Al Shabab | 11 |
Player | For | Against | Result | Date | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Al Jazira | Emirates | 3–0[10] | |||
Al Ahli | Al Jazira | 4–2 | |||
Al Jazira | Ajman | 3–1 | |||
Al Ain | Fujairah | 3–0 |