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UAE President's Cup

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The UAE President's Cup, or simply the President Cup,[1] is a football tournament that takes place in United Arab Emirates, between clubs in the UAE Pro League and the UAE First Division League. The winner qualifies for the preliminary stage of AFC Champions League Elite.

UAE President Cup
Founded1974
CountryUnited Arab Emirates
ConfederationAFC
Number of clubs16
Current championsAl Wasl
(2023–24)
Most championshipsShabab Al Ahli
Sharjah (10 titles)
Current: 2024–25 UAE President's Cup

History

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The UAE President's Cup started in the 1974–75 season, held by United Arab Emirates Football Association. Shabab Al Ahli and Sharjah are the competition's most successful club with ten wins. Al Ain has contested the most finals with fourteen. The first match of the President's Cup, played on March 20, 1974, between Al Wasl, Ajman ended 2–3, Ali Saeed scored the first goal of the competition.[2] Kuwaiti Ghazi Al-Qandi is the first referee to run a final match of the Cup, on April 11, 1975.[3]

Finals

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The final match is often held in a major stadium in the UAE, such as the Zayed Sports City Stadium in Abu Dhabi, and is a major event in the UAE's sports calendar.

# Season Champion Final score Runner-up Date Venue
1 1974–75 Al Ahli 2–0 Al Nasr 11 April 1975 Dubai Stadium, Dubai
1975–76 not completed
2 1976–77 Al Ahli 1–1 (a.e.t., 4–3 pens.)[4] Al Shabab Dubai Stadium, Dubai
1977–78 Cancelled
3 1978–79 Sharjah 2–2 (a.e.t., 3–0 pens.) Al Ain 29 April 1979 Emirates Club Stadium, Abu Dhabi
4 1979–80 Sharjah 1–0 Al Nasr Zayed Sports City Stadium, Abu Dhabi
5 1980–81 Al Shabab 3–1 Al Ain
6 1981–82 Sharjah 2–0 Al Shaab Zayed Sports City Stadium, Abu Dhabi
7 1982–83 Sharjah 2–0 Al Wasl Zayed Sports City Stadium, Abu Dhabi
8 1983–84 Ajman 0–0 (4–1 pens.) Al Nasr
9 1984–85 Al Nasr 3–0 Al Shabab
10 1985–86 Al Nasr 2–1 Al Wasl
11 1986–87 Al Wasl 2–0 Al Khaleej
12 1987–88 Al Ahli 3–2 Al Shabab
13 1988–89 Al Nasr 1–0 Al Wahda 27 April 1989 Mohammed bin Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi
14 1989–90 Al Shabab 2–1 Al Ain
15 1990–91 Sharjah 3–0 Al Wasl
16 1991–92 Baniyas 2–1 (a.e.t.) Al Nasr
17 1992–93 Al Shaab 2–1 Al Wasl
18 1993–94 Al Shabab 1–0 Al Ain
19 1994–95 Sharjah 0–0 (a.e.t., 5–4 pens.) Al Ain
20 1995–96 Al Ahli 4–1 Al Wahda
21 1996–97 Al Shabab 1–1 (a.e.t., 5–4 pens.) Al Nasr
22 1997–98 Sharjah 3–2 (asdet) Al Wasl
23 1998–99 Al Ain 1–0 (asdet) Al Shabab
24 1999–00 Al Wahda 1–1 (asdet, 8–7 pens.) Al Wasl
25 2000–01 Al Ain 3–2 Al Shaab
26 2001–02 Al Ahli 3–1 Al Jazira
27 2002–03 Sharjah 1–1 (asdet, 6–5 pens.) Al Wahda
28 2003–04 Al Ahli 2–1 Al Shaab 2 June 2004 Mohammed bin Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi
29 2004–05 Al Ain 3–1 (a.e.t.) Al Wahda 16 June 2005 Zayed Sports City Stadium, Abu Dhabi
30 2005–06 Al Ain 2–1 Sharjah 3 April 2006 Zayed Sports City Stadium, Abu Dhabi
31 2006–07 Al Wasl 4–1 Al Ain 3 April 2007 Zayed Sports City Stadium, Abu Dhabi
32 2007–08 Al Ahli 2–0 Al Wasl 14 April 2008 Zayed Sports City Stadium, Abu Dhabi
33 2008–09 Al Ain 1–0 Al Shabab 13 April 2009 Mohammed bin Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi
34 2009–10 Emirates 3–1 Al Shabab 19 April 2010 Zayed Sports City Stadium, Abu Dhabi
35 2010–11 Al Jazira 4–0 Al Wahda 11 April 2011 Zayed Sports City Stadium, Abu Dhabi
36 2011–12 Al Jazira 3–1 Baniyas 23 April 2012 Zayed Sports City Stadium, Abu Dhabi
37 2012–13 Al Ahli 4–3 Al Shabab 28 May 2013 Mohammed bin Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi
38 2013–14 Al Ain 1–0 Al Ahli 18 May 2014 Zayed Sports City Stadium, Abu Dhabi
39 2014–15 Al Nasr 1–1 (a.e.t., 3–0 pens.) Al Ahli 3 June 2015 Hazza bin Zayed Stadium, Al Ain
40 2015–16 Al Jazira 1–1 (a.e.t., 6–5 pens.) Al Ain 29 May 2016 Zayed Sports City Stadium, Abu Dhabi
41 2016–17 Al Wahda 3–0 Al Nasr 19 May 2017 Zayed Sports City Stadium, Abu Dhabi
42 2017–18 Al Ain 2–1 Al Wasl 3 May 2018 Zayed Sports City Stadium, Abu Dhabi
43 2018–19 Shabab Al Ahli 2–1 Al Dhafra 29 April 2019 Zayed Sports City Stadium, Abu Dhabi
2019–20 not completed due to COVID-19 Pandemic
44 2020–21 Shabab Al Ahli 2–1 Al Nasr 16 May 2021 Hazza bin Zayed Stadium, Al Ain
45 2021–22 Sharjah 1−0 Al Wahda 21 October 2022 Hazza bin Zayed Stadium, Al Ain
46 2022–23 Sharjah 1–1 (a.e.t., 14–13 pens.) Al Ain 28 April 2023 Mohammed bin Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi
47 2023-24 Al-Wasl 4−0 Al Nasr 17 May 2024 Hazza bin Zayed Stadium, Al Ain

Performance by club

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Club Winners Runners-up Winning years Runner-up years
Shabab Al Ahli
10
2
 1975, 1977, 1988, 1996, 2002, 2004, 2008, 2013, 2019, 2021 2014, 2015
Sharjah
10
1
 1979, 1980, 1982, 1983, 1991, 1995, 1998, 2003, 2022, 2023 2006
Al Ain
7
8
 1999, 2001, 2005, 2006, 2009, 2014, 2018 1979, 1981, 1990, 1994, 1995, 2007, 2016, 2023
Al Nasr
4
8
 1985, 1986, 1989, 2015 1975, 1980, 1984, 1992, 1997, 2017, 2021, 2024
Al Shabab
4
7
 1981, 1990, 1994, 1997 1977, 1985, 1988, 1999, 2009, 2010, 2013
Al Jazira
3
1
 2011, 2012, 2016 2002
Al Wasl
3
8
 1987, 2007, 2024 1983, 1986, 1991, 1993, 1998, 2000, 2008, 2018
Al Wahda
2
6
 2000, 2017 1989, 1996, 2003, 2005, 2011, 2022
Al Shaab
1
3
 1993 1982, 2001, 2004
Baniyas
1
1
 1992 2012
Ajman
1
0
 1984 –
Emirates
1
0
 2010 –
Al Dhafra
0
1
 – 2019
Khor Fakkan
0
1
 – 1987
Total 46 46

Top scorers

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Top scorers by season

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Season Player Club Goals
1974–75[5]   Mohamed Hamdoun Al Ahli 5
1975–76 Cancelled
1977–78 Cancelled
1978–79[6]   Ahmed Abdullah Al Ain 5
1982–83[7]   Adnan Al Talyani Al Shaab 13
1983–84   Ahmed Al Mulla Al Khaleej 4
1984–85[7]   Khalid Ismail Al Nasr 7
1985–86[7]   Fahad Khamees Al Wasl 6
1987–88[7]   Khalid Abdullah Al Shabab 7
1988–89[7]   Salim Khalifa Alshamsi Al Wahda 4
1990–91[7]   Abdulrazzaq Ibrahim Sharjah 7
1992–93[7]   Mubarak Mohamed Al Shaab 4
1998–99   Jasem Al-Huwaidi Al Shabab 6
2003–04[7]   Denílson Martins Nascimento Dubai 21
2004–05[7]   Ismail Matar Al Wahda 5
2005–06[8]   Anderson Barbosa Sharjah 8
2006–07[9]   Nenad Jestrović Al Ain 4
2007–08[10]   Ahmed Khalil
  Faisal Khalil
  Alexandre Oliveira
  Essa Obaid 		Al Ahli
Al Ahli
Al Wasl
Al Shabab 		4
2008–09[11]   André Dias Al Ain 9
2009–10[12]   Michaël N'dri Ittihad Kalba 11
2010–11[13]   Jader Baré Al Jazira 5
2011–12[14]   Ricardo Oliveira Al Jazira 7
2012–13[15]   Edgar Bruno Al Shabab 4
2013–14[16][17]   Asamoah Gyan
  Patrick Fabiano 		Al Ain
Fujairah 		6
2014–15[18]   Asamoah Gyan
  Ahmed Khalil 		Al Ain
Al Ahli 		4
2015–16[19]   Dyanfres Douglas
  Ali Mabkhout 		Al Ain
Al Jazira 		5
2016–17[20]   Balázs Dzsudzsák
  Mamadou Coulibaly
  Hassan Rashid 		Al Wahda
Dubai
Dibba Al Hisn 		5
2017–18[21]   Caio Canedo
  Papa Waigo
  Marcus Vinícius 		Al Wasl
Al Dhaid
Al Hamriyah 		5
2018–19[22]   Adeílson Al Urooba 5
2019–20[23]   Alex Al Bataeh 7
2020–21[24]   Diogo Acosta Emirates 7
2021–22[25]   Diogo Acosta Dibba 8
2022–23[26]   Firas Ben Larbi
  Diogo Acosta 		Ajman
Emirates 		4

All-time top scorers

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Rank Nat Name Club Years Goals Apps
1   Ahmed Abdullah Al Ain 1978–1995
2   Adnan Al Talyani Al Shaab 1980–1999 —
3   Abdelkarim Hassan 39
4   Fahad Khamees Al Wasl 1980–1997 34 —
5   Khamees Saad Mubarak Al Shabab 34
6   Eissa Jumaa Al Nasr 1996-2005 33
7   Saad Bakheet Mubarak Al Shabab 25

References

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  16. ^ "جيان جلاد الحراس يهدي الكأس إلى العين". AlBayan.ae. 18 May 2014.
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  18. ^ "President's Cup 2014/2015". Global Sports Archive. Retrieved 6 March 2022.
  19. ^ "President's Cup 2015/2016". Global Sports Archive. Retrieved 6 March 2022.
  20. ^ "President's Cup 2016/2017". Global Sports Archive. Retrieved 7 September 2019.
  21. ^ "President's Cup 2017/2018". Global Sports Archive. Retrieved 6 March 2022.
  22. ^ "President's Cup 2018/2019". Global Sports Archive. Retrieved 6 March 2022.
  23. ^ "President's Cup 2019/2020". Global Sports Archive. Retrieved 6 March 2022.
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