2015–16 UAE Division 1

UAE Division One

Season	2015–16
Champions	Hatta (1st title)
Promoted	Hatta, Kalba
Matches played	144
Goals scored	260 (1.81 per match)
Top goalscorer	Tássio Santos (17 goals)
Biggest home win	Kalba 5–0 Hatta (5 March 2016) Ajman 5–0 Al Khaleej (8 January 2016) Ajman 6–1 Ras Al Khaimah (22 January 2016)
Biggest away win	Ras Al Khaimah 0–4 Kalba (13 February 2016)
Longest winning run	Hatta 5 games
Longest unbeaten run	Hatta 10 games
Longest winless run	Ras Al Khaimah 9 games
Longest losing run	Ras Al Khaimah 8 games
Highest attendance	Hatta 2–1 Ajman (4,839)
Lowest attendance	Al Thaid 3–1 Ras Al Khaimah (25)
Average attendance	1,013
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The 2015–16 Division 1 was the 40th season of the UAE Division 1. 9 teams took part, each playing each other twice, home and away, for a total of 16 games. Hatta were the inaugural champions.

Stadia and locations

Khaleej

Al-Hisn

Dubai

Ajman

RAK

Dhaid

Kalba

Hatta

Urooba

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Locations of teams in the UAE Division One

Note: Table lists clubs in alphabetical order.

Club	Home city	Stadium	Capacity
Al Khaleej	Khor Fakkan	Saqr bin Mohammad al Qassimi Stadium	2,880
Al Dhaid	Dhaid	Al-Dhaid Stadium	500
Al Urooba	Mirbah	Al-Oruba Club Stadium	8,000
Ajman	Ajman	Ajman Stadium	5,537
Dibba Al-Hisn	Dibba Al-Hisn	Dibba Stadium	10,000
Hatta	Hatta	Hamdan Bin Rashid Stadium	5,000
Dubai	Dubai	Dubai Club Stadium	7,500
Kalba	Kalba	Ittihad Kalba Stadium	8,500
Ras Al Khaimah	Ras Al Khaimah	Ras al Khaimah Stadium	3,000

Personnel and kits

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Team	Head Coach	Captain	Kit Manufacturer
Ajman	Ayman El Ramady	Driss Fettouhi	uhlsport
Al Khaleej	Ismail Khalaf	Mohammad Ghuloom	uhlsport
Al Dhaid	Mohamed Al Tunaiji	Salem Musabbeh	uhlsport
Al Urooba	Marco Aurélio	Boubacar Sanogo	uhlsport
Dubai	Hany Ramzy	Jamal Abdulla	uhlsport
Dibba Al Hisn	Fábio Magrão	Adel Abdulkareem	uhlsport
Hatta	Walid Obaid	Ali Mahmoud	uhlsport
Kalba	Mourad Okbi	Papa Waigo	uhlsport
Ras Al Khaimah	Hasan Ebrahim	Khaled Esmaeel	uhlsport

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	Hatta (C, P)	16	12	3	1	39	21	+18	39	Promotion to the UAE Pro-League
2	Kalba (P)	16	12	1	3	43	17	+26	37
3	Ajman	16	11	2	3	46	19	+27	35
4	Dubai	16	11	1	4	27	14	+13	34
5	Al Urooba	16	5	1	10	27	35	−8	16
6	Dibba Al-Hisn	16	5	0	11	19	28	−9	15
7	Al Dhaid	16	4	2	10	25	41	−16	14
8	Al Khaleej	16	4	1	11	16	35	−19	13
9	Ras Al Khaimah	16	1	3	12	18	50	−32	6

Updated to match(es) played on 22 April 2016. Source: soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted

Results

Home \ Away	AJM	KHL	DHD	URO	DUB	DAH	HAT	KAL	RAK
Ajman		5–0	2–2	5–1	2–1	1–0	2–2	1–2	6–1
Al Khaleej	0–1		2–3	3–0	0–2	1–0	2–3	0–1	0–0
Al Dhaid	3–6	3–2		1–4	2–3	0–1	0–2	1–2	3–1
Al Urooba	0–4	4–1	0–2		0–2	2–5	3–4	1–2	6–2
Dubai	3–2	0–1	2–0	1–0		2–1	1–1	1–0	3–1
Dibba Al Hisn	2–3	3–1	1–0	0–1	0–1		1–2	0–4	3–2
Hatta	2–1	3–0	6–2	1–0	2–1	1–0		4–0	1–1
Kalba	0–2	6–1	6–2	1–1	2–1	4–0	5–0		4–2
Ras Al Khaimah	0–3	1–2	1–1	1–4	0–3	3–2	2–5	0–4

Updated to match(es) played on Completed. Source: soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.