Professional League 16 years 6 championships

Attention: Ali Najim
The new ADNOC League, which begins on Friday, will adopt the No. 17 jersey that has been used since the start of the professional era of UAE football in the 2008-2009 season.
For 16 years, UAE football has experienced years of joy, excitement, fluctuations and changes in championship identities, which have intensified the competition between teams and increased public interest and follow-up, even though it was alive and well. Due to the “Covid-19” pandemic, the 2019-2020 competition was cancelled after 19 rounds.
Over the past 16 years, the identities of the champions have diversified, the faces and colors on the podium have also changed, and fans and UAE fans have witnessed the crowning of 6 champions, the first of which was Shabab Al-Ahly in the 2008-2009 season and the last one was Al Wasl last season.
Between the first achievements of Shabab Al-Ahly in his first professional season and the latest title won by Al-Wasl, Al-Ain was the “leader” who won the glory and sweetness of the expensive shield 5 times, while in comparison, he only won 3 titles Shabab Al-Ahly (Order of the Knights).
Title Journey
Shabab Al-Ahly successfully won the first championship of the 2008-2009 season with 55 points and won the first shield by defeating the opponent with 54 goals, while Al-Jazira was the runner-up with one point. Champion.
Al-Wahda won the shield in its second professional season, when it topped the list with 58 points and 45 goals, while Al-Jazira finished second for the second time in a row with 51 points.
In the 2010-2011 season, Al Jazira won the championship with 53 points and 64 goals, breaking the “shame of runner-up”.
Al Ain started its journey of glory and success in the Professional Shield in the 2011-2012 season, winning the first title of the Professional Era with 55 points, while the runner-up had 41 points.
In the 2012-2013 season, “Al-Zaim” kept the shield in Darzayeen with 62 points, and his goal tally was the highest in the history of the competition, with 74 goals.
Shabab Al-Ahly ended Al-Ain’s monopoly on the title, so the “Knights” won the championship for the second time in history in the 2013-2014 professional season with 64 points, while the previous runner-up Al-Wahda had 48 points.
Al Ain regained the title in the following 2014-2015 season, when they collected 60 points and scored 62 goals, nine points ahead of runners-up Al Janzirah.
In the 2015-2016 season, Shabab Al-Ahly returned to the podium again, taking the lead with 66 points and 60 goals, and won the championship with a difference of 9 points over the runner-up Al Ain.
Al Jazira won the championship for the second time in its history in the 2016-2017 season, breaking the standings record with 68 points from 72 goals, while runner-up Al Wasl scored 57 points.
The return of the eyes
After two years away from the podium, Al Ain won the 2017-2018 season championship with 65 goals and 53 points, winning the fourth championship title in the history of the professional era and the 13th championship title in the history of the tournament. Al Wahda ranked second with 46 points.
In the 2018-2019 season, Sharjah “Champions Club” entered the professional era. The team engraved its name on the podium after a long absence in the championship record with 59 points and 57 goals, while Shabab Al-Ahly ranked second – up 53 points.
The coronavirus pandemic led to the cancellation of the 2019-2020 season, with the race suspended after the 19th stage, when Shabab Al-Ahly was at the top of the table with 43 points, but the race was destined to not be completed.
After the end of the 2020-2021 season, Al Jazira returned to the podium with 57 points, surpassing the runner-up Baniyas (54 points).
At the end of the 2021-2022 season, Al Ain won the 14th championship in team history under the leadership of Ukrainian coach Reberov. At that time, it had 65 points, 10 points ahead of the runner-up Sharjah, which made the purple team rise by 10 percentage points in the standings. The total number of professional and technical titles reached 5.
Change equation
As the change of championship status becomes a fixed formula in our league, Shabab Al-Ahly rises to the top of the table, winning the eighth shield in its history and the fourth in the era of professional players.
In the match, there was a fierce competition between Al-Shabaab and Al-Ain, with Al-Ahmar leading the runner-up Al-Ain by 3 points with a score of 57 to 54 and winning the eighth shield.
As far as last season is concerned, Al Wasl joined the championship clubs in the professional era after missing out on the podium since the introduction of professionalism.
After a long wait, Al-Wasl finally achieved glory, lifted the shield for the first time in Zabeel and engraved his name on the golden record, dominated Mount Everest and deservedly became the champion, completing a happy scene After 17 years of absence from the podium, winning the double championship for the second time in history.