2012–13 UAE Pro-League
| Season | 2012–13 |
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| Champions | Al Ain FC |
| Relegated | Dibba Al-Fujairah Ittihad Kalba |
| Champions League | Al-Ahli Al-Jazira Al-Ain Baniyas |
| Gulf Champions League | Al-Shabab Al-Nasr |
| Matches played | 90 |
| Goals scored | 330 (3.67 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Asamoah Gyan (30 goals) |
| Highest attendance | 19,756 [Al-Jazira vs. Al-Ain] |
| Lowest attendance | 103 [Kalba vs. Dibba] |
| Average attendance | 2,468 |
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2013–14 →
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The UAE Pro-League (known as Etisalat Pro-League for sponsorship reasons) is the premier league in United Arab Emirates. It will be the 38th top-level football season in the UAE, and the fifth Professional season.
It will be contested by 14 teams due to an expansion in the league system.
Al Ain are the defending champions, having won the previous 2011–12 Pro-League season.
On Thursday, 18 April 2013, Al Ain won their match against Dubai which guarantees them as winners of the 2012–13 Pro-League.
They will receive their trophy on their last match against Al Nasr on Saturday, 25 May 2013.
In June 2012 the UAE FA announced that the league would expand to 14 clubs The two teams that came in the bottom two of the previous campaign – Al Sharjah and Emirates Club – would enter a promotion/relegaton series with the teams that came third and fourth in the second level – Al Dhafra and Al Shaab Sharjah.
This two sides would join Ittihad Kalba and Dubba Al Fujairah who came in the top two in the second division.
Source: Full Standings
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
Managerial changes during the 2012–13 campaign.
Source: Full Standings
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
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