2015–16 UAE Pro League

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The 2015–16 UAE Pro League (also known as Arabian Gulf League for sponsorship reasons) was the 41st top-level football season in the United Arab Emirates. Fourteen teams participated with Al-Ain as the defending champions after securing the championship last season for the twelfth time. Al-Ahli won its 7th title on 29 April despite being held to a 2–2 draw at home.

Ahli

Ain

Dhafra

Fujairah
Dibba

Jazira

Nasr

Shaab

Shabab

Sharjah

Wahda

Wasl

Baniyas

Emirates

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Locations of teams in the 2015–16 UAE Pro League

Team	Stadium	Town	Capacity	Manager
Al-Ahli	Al-Rashid Stadium	Dubai	8,844	Cosmin Olăroiu
Al-Ain	Hazza Bin Zayed Stadium	Al Ain	22,717	Zlatko Dalić
Al-Dhafra	Al Dhafra Stadium	Madinat Zayed	5,000	Mohammad Kwid
Al-Jazira	Mohammed Bin Zayed Stadium	Abu Dhabi	42,056	Henk ten Cate
Al-Nasr	Al-Maktoum Stadium	Dubai	10,750	Ivan Jovanović
Al-Shaab	Khalid Bin Mohammed Stadium	Sharjah	5,000	Stefano Cusin
Al-Shabab	Maktoum Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Stadium	Dubai	8,011	Caio Júnior
Al-Wahda	Al Nahyan Stadium	Abu Dhabi	11,456	Javier Aguirre
Al-Wasl	Zabeel Stadium	Dubai	8,439	Gabriel Calderón
Baniyas	Baniyas Stadium	Abu Dhabi	8,954	Abdullah Mesfer
Dibba Al Fujairah	Fujairah Club Stadium	Fujairah	10,645	Theo Bücker
Emirates	Emirates Club Stadium	Ras al-Khaimah	5,127	Paulo Comelli
Fujairah	Fujairah Club Stadium	Fujairah	10,645	Ivan Hašek
Sharjah	Sharjah Stadium	Sharjah	11,073	Abdulaziz Al-Anbari

The number of foreign players is restricted to four per team, including a slot for a player from AFC countries. A team could use four foreign players on the field during each game including at least one player from the AFC country.

• Players name in bold indicates the player is registered during the mid-season transfer window.
• Players in italics were out of squad or left club within the season, after pre-season transfer window, or in the mid-season transfer window, and at least had one appearance.

Club	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3	AFC Player	Former players
Al-Ahli	Ciel	Éverton Ribeiro	Moussa Sow	Kwon Kyung-won	Lima Oussama Assaidi
Al-Ain	Douglas	Fellipe Bastos	Danilo Asprilla	Lee Myung-joo	Ryan Babel Emmanuel Emenike
Al-Dhafra	Adil Hermach	Issam El Adoua	Makhete Diop	Omar Khribin	Jorge Luna Ahmed Ibrahim Khalaf David Barral
Al-Jazira	Thiago Neves	Ángel Lafita	Kenwyne Jones	Park Jong-woo	Mirko Vučinić Jefferson Farfán
Al-Nasr	Nilmar	Jonathan Pitroipa	Jirès Kembo Ekoko	Luis Jiménez 1
Al-Shaab	Maikon Leite	Marcão	Zé Eduardo	Shavkat Mullajanov	Célio Santos 2 Matías Donoso Amr El Solia Michaël N'dri
Al-Shabab	Juninho Potiguar	Carlos Villanueva	Henrique Luvannor	Azizbek Haydarov	Jô
Al-Wahda	Sebastián Tagliabué	Denílson	Jorge Valdivia	Rim Chang-woo	Hussain Fadhel
Al-Wasl	Fábio Lima	Rogerinho	Hugo Viana	Caio Canedo 3	Edgar
Baniyas	Ishak Belfodil	Joaquín Larrivey	Royston Drenthe	Mark Milligan
Dibba Al Fujairah	Bakare Kone	Boris Kabi	Brahima Diakite	Bilal El Najjarine	Elias
Emirates	Renan Garcia	Rodrigo Pimpão	Alassane Diallo	Brett Holman	Wilmar Jordán Issam Erraki
Fujairah	Madjid Bougherra	Christophe Mandanne	Patrick Friday Eze	Hassan Maatouk
Sharjah	Maicosuel	Maurício Ramos	Ricardinho	Wanderley 4	Renato Cajá

^1 Luis Jiménez has Palestinian citizenship and was counted as Asian player.

^2 Célio Santos has East Timorese citizenship and was counted as Asian player.

^3 Caio Canedo has East Timorese citizenship and was counted as Asian player.

^4 Wanderley has Indonesian citizenship and was counted as Asian player.

As of matches played 8 May 2016

Rank	Player	Club	Goals	Penalty Goals
1	Sebastián Tagliabué	Al-Wahda	25	1
2	Ali Mabkhout	Al-Jazira	23	5
3	Fábio Lima	Al-Wasl	20	1
4	Wanderley	Sharjah	15	2
5	Joaquín Larrivey	Baniyas	15	1
6	Patrick Friday Eze	Fujairah	14	0
7	Makhete Diop	Al-Dhafra	13	3
8	Moussa Sow	Al-Ahli	13	2
9	Ishak Belfodil	Baniyas	11	1
10	Nilmar	Al-Nasr	11	0

Source: Soccerway

As of matches played 8 May 2016