2005–06 UAE Football League

Football league season

UAE Football League
Season	2005–06
Champions	Al Ahli
AFC Champions League	Al Wahda Al Ain
Matches played	132
Goals scored	467 (3.54 per match)
← 2004–05 2006–07 →

Statistics of UAE Football League for the 2005–06 season.

Overview

It was contested by 12 teams, and Shabab Al Ahli Club won the league after defeating Al Wahda in a one-legged championship playoff game. The two teams finished the regular season tied with 47 points.

Foreign players

Club	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3	Player 4	Former players
Al-Ahli	Fernando Rodríguez	Martin Kamburov	Farhad Majidi	Juan Martín Parodi
Al-Ain	Fabrício Lopes	Kelly	Ibrahim Diaky	Nenad Jestrović	Ousman Jallow Said Kharazi Onyekachi Nwoha Alberto Blanco Luis Tejada
Al-Jazira	Diogo	Antonin Koutouan	Bartholomew Ogbeche	Mohammed Salem Al-Enazi	Elson Becerra Ibrahim Diaky
Al-Nasr	Valdir Bigode	Hussein Alaa Hussein	Faysal El Idrissi		Andrés Guglielminpietro
Al-Shaab	Adrián Fernández	Ali Samereh
Al-Shabab	Iman Mobali	Mehrdad Oladi	Arcadia Toe	Miroslav Sovič	Geraldo Said Idraoui Mohammed Manga
Al-Wahda	Maurito	Branimir Bajić	Slaviša Mitrović		Fábio Júnior Javad Nekounam
Al-Wasl	Hussain Salman	Alexandre Oliveira	Malik Benachour		Farhad Majidi
Baniyas	Oumar Tchomogo	Abdoulaye Traoré	Kouadji Dogbé	Mickaël Dogbé
Emirates	Karim Kerkar	Adékambi Olufadé
Dibba Al-Hisn	Richard Bohomo	Richard Justin Lado
Sharjah	Anderson Barbosa	Javad Nekounam	Zakaria Aboub

League standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Al Wahda	22	15	2	5	64	30	+34	47	Qualification for Championship Playoff
2	Al Ahli	22	14	5	3	44	24	+20	47	Qualification for Championship Playoff
3	Al Jazira	22	14	3	5	43	35	+8	45
4	Al Ain	22	13	2	7	42	23	+19	41	Qualification for 2007 AFC Champions League
5	Al Nasr	22	11	2	9	50	35	+15	35
6	Al Shabab	22	10	4	8	40	39	+1	34
7	Sharjah	22	8	6	8	52	41	+11	30
8	Al Wasl	22	9	2	11	33	32	+1	29
9	Al Shaab	22	6	7	9	30	39	−9	25
10	Emirates	22	4	6	12	21	48	−27	18
11	Baniyas	22	3	4	15	24	56	−32	13	Relegation to 2006–07 UAE First Division League
12	Dibba Al Hisn	22	1	5	16	24	65	−41	8	Relegation to 2006–07 UAE First Division League

Source: rsssf.com
Notes:

Al Ain qualified to the 2007 AFC Champions League as winners of the 2005–06 UAE President's Cup.

Championship Playoff

26 May 2006

Al Wahda	1–4	Al Ahli

Al Ain

NB: Al Ahli played under protest following accusations of bribery against Al Wahda in their final match at Sharjah (where they were down 3-1 at half-time before winning 3-6; they allegedly bought 5 Sharjah players for 120,000 Euro).

References

"Championship Playoff". 16 Jul 2009. Retrieved 30 June 2023.

United Arab Emirates - List of final tables (RSSSF)

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