Table: 1.Al-Ain 22 13 7 2 48-25 47 Champions [*] 2.Al-Nasr 22 11 9 2 40-20 46 [*] 3.Al-Wahda 22 12 6 4 49-27 45 [*] 4.Al-Sha'ab 22 10 8 4 37-27 38 5.Al-Jazira 22 8 10 4 35-29 34 6.Al-Ahly 22 9 5 8 42-28 32 7.Al-Wasl 22 6 7 9 29-33 27 [*] 8.Al-Shabab 22 5 10 7 28-24 25 9.Al-Ittihad 22 5 5 12 19-40 20 10.Al-Emirates 22 4 6 12 20-40 18 Relegation Playoff ----------------------------------------- 11.Bani Yas 22 5 3 14 35-56 18 Relegation Playoff 12.Al-Khaleej 22 4 4 14 21-54 16 Relegated [*] includes bonus points from Federation Cup: Nasr 4, Wahda 3, Wasl 2, Ain 1] Round 1 [Dec 5,6] Ittihad 0-4 Wahda [Yasser Salem (16'), Dane Fayne (33'; 90'), Abdulrahim Juma'a (51')] Ain 1-0 Nasr [Sultan Rashed (61')] Ahly 3-2 Khaleej [Youssouf Atiq (34'; 50'), Hisham Mohamed (75') - Morad Al-Shabi (64'), Saeed Abboud (82')] Sha'ab 1-1 Shabab [Roberto Nilson (30') - Ahmed Ouattara (37' pen.)] Bani Yas 0-1 Emirates [Bassem Abdullah (38')] Wasl 4-2 Jazira [Nasser Khamis (15'), Rashidi Dawoodi (52'), Mohamed Omar (62'; 90') - Tareq Ali (75'), Khalaf Salem (86')] Round 2 [Dec 12,13] Jazira 1-0 Bani Yas [Mohamed Abdullah (57')] Emirates 0-2 Sha'ab [Amran Al-Jasmi (19'), Abdullah Ibrahim (90')] Shabab 1-1 Ahly [Khamis Saad (44') - Shehab Abdullah (64')] Wasl 4-3 Ain [Nasser Khamis (14'), Mohamed Omar (31'; 67'), Rashidi Dawoodi (53') - Majed Al-Owayyes (51'; 56' ; 88')] Wahda 1-1 Nasr [Adel Matar (84') - Juma'a Moussa (27')] Khaleej 0-1 Ittihad [Ibrahim Mohamed (90')] Round 3 [Dec 16,17] Bani Yas 1-1 Wasl [Aed Habboush (35') - Mohamed Omar (90')] Nasr 4-0 Khaleej [Juma'a Moussa (40'; 41'; 68' pen.), Eissa Juma'a (72' pen.)] Ittihad 0-3 Shabab [Walid Obaid (8'; 53'), Youssouf Fekri (70')] Ain 2-1 Wahda [Hamid Fakher (14'), Gharib Hareb (41') - Lamine Conte (30' pen.)] Ahly 4-1 Emirates [Youssouf Atiq (59'; 60'; 74'; 87') - Bassem Abdullah (57')] Sha'ab 2-0 Jazira [Roberto Nilson (21'), Samir Ibrahim (90')] Round 4 [Dec 22] Jazira 0-0 Ahly Wasl 4-2 Sha'ab [Rashidi Dawoodi (22'; 32'), Nasser Khamis (86'), Mohamed Omar (90') - Roberto Nilson (50'), Amran Al-Jasmi (79')] Emirates 1-1 Ittihad [Salem Al-Khabouri (59') - Abdullah Ibrahim (8')] [Dec 23] Bani Yas 0-2 Ain [Sbeit Khater (8'), Majed Al-Owayyes (25')] Shabab 0-1 Nasr [Mohamed Ibrahim (63')] Khaleej 1-6 Wahda [Nabil Hamdan (54') - Abdulsalam Juma'a (19'; 45'), Yasser Salem (46'), Fahad Massoud (51'), Bouri Lah (66'; 87')] Round 5 [Dec 26] Ain 4-0 Khaleej [Sbeit Khater (38'), Enrico Sergio (58'), Awad Gharib (83'), Majed Al-Owayyes (90')] Ahly 3-0 Wasl [Hassan Ali Ibrahim (6'; 37'), Youssouf Atiq (72')] Sha'ab 5-5 Bani Yas [Roberto Nilson (7'; 24'; 77'), Samir Ibrahim (10'), Mouloud Mouzakkar (60') - Romeo Campo (20'; 22'), Abduljalil Rashed (45'), Abdyllaye Traoré (71'), Saleh Ismail (74')] [Dec 27] Wahda 2-1 Shabab [Lamine Conte (54'), Bouri Lah (80') - Walid Obaid (90' pen.)] Nasr 1-1 Emirates [Juma'a Moussa (42') - Saeed Ismail (90')] Ittihad 2-1 Jazira [Hassan Saeed (73'), Ibrahim Mohamed (90') - Joël Tiéhi (87')] Round 6 [Dec 29] Sha'ab 2-2 Ain [Jassem Al-Doukhi (20' pen.), Roberto Nilson (73') - Gharib Hareb (15'), Sultan Rashed (55')] Bani Yas 1-3 Ahly [Mounir Omar (85') - Fouad Khalil (46'), Salem Khamis (53'; 87')] [Dec 30] Wasl 3-1 Ittihad [Rashidi Dawoodi (57'), Alphonse Tchamé (67'), Zoheir Bakhit (90') - Amir Dizavic (45')] Emirates 0-1 Wahda [Bouri Lah (65')] Jazira 0-0 Nasr [Dec 31] Shabab 1-1 Khaleej [Walid Obaid (84' pen.) - Abdullah Dumba (62')] Round 7 [Jan 12] Khaleej 2-2 Emirates [Ali Abdulwahhab (43'), Rashed Bousaham (90') - Saeed Bouzioud (38'), Salem Al-Khabouri (70')] Wahda 2-2 Jazira [Fahad Massoud (58'), Lamine Conte (77' pen.) - Hussein Soheil (46'; 81')] Ahly 0-1 Sha'ab [Jassem Al-Doukhi (15')] [Jan 13] Nasr 1-1 Wasl [Juma'a Moussa (55') - Alphonse Tchamé (90')] Ittihad 0-2 Bani Yas [Romeo Campo (9'; 45')] Ain 2-1 Shabab [Majed Al-Owayyes (25'; 82') - Walid Obaid (35' pen.)] Round 8 [Jan 4] Ahly 2-3 Ain [Youssouf Atiq (45'), Fouad Khalil (62') - David Zoro (26'), Gharib Hareb (84'), Rami Yaslem (86')] [Jan 17] Emirates 1-4 Shabab [Ricardo Anderson (73') - Walid Obaid (6'; 79'), Ahmed Al-Sayegh (44'), Youssouf Fekri (47')] Bani Yas 2-3 Nasr [Saleh Ismail (37'), Abduljalil Rashed (49' pen.) - Eissa Juma'a (24' pen.), Hassan Soheil (41'), Juma'a Moussa (47')] Wasl 1-2 Wahda [Fahad Massoud (10' own goal) - Bouri Lah (48'), Yasser Salem (89')] Jazira 2-0 Khaleej [Hussein Soheil (65'), Joël Tiéhi (79')] Sha'ab 0-0 Ittihad Round 9 [Jan 20,21] Wahda 5-2 Bani Yas [Lamine Conte (51' pen.), Haydar Ali (72'), Bouri Lah (77'; 86'), Adel Matar (81') - Salem Alawi (63'), Romeo Campo (89')] Nasr 0-1 Sha'ab [Roberto Nilson (67')] Shabab 1-1 Jazira [Youssouf Fekri (37') - Joël Tiéhi (28')] Khaleej 1-0 Wasl [Morad Al-Shabi (80')] Ain 2-1 Emirates [Gharib Hareb (72'), Hilal Saeed (79' pen.) - Abdulhakim Balhoul (75')] [Feb 15] Ittihad 1-0 Ahly [Amir Dizavic (54')] Round 10 [Jan 26,27] Wasl 1-1 Shabab [Omar Sultan (75') - Ahmed Al-Sayegh (8')] Ittihad 2-2 Ain [Ibrahim Mohamed (1'), Hassan Saeed (86') - Majed Al-Owayyes (64'), Fahad Al-Noways (80')] Bani Yas 1-2 Khaleej [Abdullaye Traoré (74') - Morad Al-Shabi (85'), Nabil Hamdan (90')] Sha'ab 0-0 Wahda Jazira 2-0 Emirates [Tarek Ali (27'), Joël Tiéhi (45')] [Feb 29] Ahly 1-1 Nasr [Youssouf Atiq (20') - Mohamed Rabih (31')] Round 11 [Feb 3,4] Ain 2-2 Jazira [Hilal Saeef (32' pen.), Majed Al-Owayyes (49') - Joël Tiéhi (66' pen.; 89' pen.)] Emirates 2-0 Wasl [Ricardo Anderson (54'), Salem Al-Khabouri (70'] Nasr 0-0 Ittihad Khaleej 0-1 Sha'ab [Adel Mohamed (81')] Shabab 0-1 Bani Yas [Saleh Ismail (15')] Wahda 1-4 Ahly [Bashir Saeed (43') - Fouad Khalil (58'), Shehab Abdullah (68'), Mohamed Juma'a (69'),Youssouf Atiq (81'] Round 12 [Feb 10,11] Nasr 4-3 Ain [Juma'a Moussa (23'), Karim Bagheri (45'; 56'), Mohamed Ibrahim (88') - Hilal Saeed (49'), Sbeit Khater (65'), ?] Emirates 3-2 Bani Yas [Ricardo Anderson (4'), Mustapha Mustawdah (69'), Bassem Abdullah (89') - Romeo Campo (45'), Qazzafi Ahmed (81')] Jazira 1-1 Wasl [Khaled Ali (80') - Ismail Rashed (44'] Wahda 1-1 Ittihad [Bouri Lah (34') - Hassan Saeed (10')] Khaleej 1-3 Ahly [Toninho Gilmar (79') - Shehab Abdullah (18'), Fouad Khalil (87'; 89')] Shabab 3-4 Sha'ab [Abdulrahman Fadel (28'), Baba Adamo (36'), Ahmed Al-Sayegh (90') - Youssouf Hassan (31'), Roberto Nilson (52'; 76'), Rashed Al-Dossari (65')] Round 13 [Mar 6,7] Ain 2-0 Wasl [Gharib Hareb (31'), Sbeit Khater (90')] Ahly 2-0 Shabab [Rashid Bin-Mahmoud (9'), Youssouf Atiq (90')] Sha'ab 0-1 Emirates [Roberto Nilson (37')] Ittihad 0-2 Khaleej [Ali Ghanem (25'), Nabil Hamdan (60')] Nasr 3-3 Wahda [Youssouf Moussa (5'), Karim Bagheri (13'), Kazem Ali (38') - Yasser Salem (35'; 47'), Bouri Lah (90')] Bani Yas 1-1 Jazira [Saleh Ismail (51') - Tareq Ali (35' pen.)] Round 14 [Mar 9,10] Jazira 3-2 Sha'ab [Khaled Ali (3'; 34'), Emmanuel Eku (30') - Ammar Al-Doukhi (7'), Roberto Nilson (60')] Ahly 1-1 Emirates [Fouad Khalil (20') - Ricardo Anderson (43')] Shabab 2-0 Ittihad [Baba Adamo (70'; 90')] Wasl 4-1 Bani Yas [Nasser Khamis (15'), Omar Sultan (45'), Mohamed Omar (64'), Mohamed Obaid (76') - Abduljalil Rashed (25')] Khaleej 0-4 Nasr [Mansour Jamil (46'), Hamed Omar (76'), Juma'a Moussa (86'; 90')] Wahda 0-0 Ain Round 15 [Mar 28] Sha'ab 2-0 Wasl [Jassem Al-Doukhi (20'), Youssouf Hassan (90')] Ahly 0-2 Jazira [Mohamed Abdullah (23'), Emmanuel Ogudo (78')] [Mar 29] Ain 4-0 Bani Yas [Hamid Fakher (15'), Hossam Hassan (32'), Majed Al-Owayyes (55'; 62')] Nasr 1-1 Shabab [Juma'a Saeed (53') - Baba Adamo (33' pen.)] Ittihad 2-1 Emirates [Fahad Saeed (49'), Amir Dizavic (60') - Saeed Ismail (11')] [Mar 30] Wahda 5-0 Khaleej [Saeed Khamis (20'), Lamine Conte (47'), Bouri Lah (72'; 80'; 88')] Round 16 [Apr 2] Jazira 1-0 Ittihad [Hussein Soheil (27')] Bani Yas 1-3 Sha'ab [Abduljalil Rashed (7') - Ammar Al-Doukhi (21'; 75'), Saeed Youssouf (55')] Wasl 2-1 Ahly [Nasser Eissa (22'), Monzer Ali (49') - Rashid Bin-Mahmoud (90' pen.)] [Apr 3] Emirates 0-3 Nasr [Juma'a Moussa (12'; 41'; 69' pen.)] Khaleej 2-3 Ain [Toninho Gilmar (57'), Hani Saeed (85') - Hossam Hassan (12'; 14'), Sultan Rashed (60')] Shabab 1-0 Wahda [Baba Adamo (21')] Round 17 [Apr 5] Ittihad 2-1 Wasl [Hassan Saeed (1'), Amir Dizavic (43') - Nasser Eissa (82')] Ahly 6-2 Bani Yas [Shehab Abdullah (8'; 71'), Youssouf Atiq (31'; 82'), Rashid Bin-Mahmoud (49'; 68') - Romeo Campo (54'), Saleh Ismail (78')] [Apr 6] Wahda 3-1 Emirates Nasr 4-1 Jazira [Apr 7] Ain 0-0 Sha'ab Khaleej 2-2 Shabab Round 18 [Apr 12] Jazira 2-1 Wahda Emirates 0-1 Khaleej Wasl 0-1 Nasr [Apr 13] Shabab 0-0 Ain Bani Yas 4-2 Ittihad Sha'ab 3-3 Ahly Round 19 [Apr 19] Ittihad 1-2 Sha'ab Nasr 2-0 Bani Yas Wahda 3-1 Wasl [Apr 20] Shabab 3-0 Emirates Khaleej 0-4 Jazira Ain 1-0 Ahly Round 20 [Apr 26] Ahly 3-0 Ittihad Jazira 1-1 Shabab Sha'ab 0-0 Nasr [Apr 27] Emirates 0-3 Ain [Fahad Al-Noways (77'; 89'), Majed Al-Owayyes (81')] Bani Yas 3-5 Wahda [Abdullaye Traore (13' pen.; 85'), Mohamed Hassan (70') - Yasser Salem (4'; 20'), Abdulrahim Juma'a (18'), Bouri Lah (53'), Lamine Conte (66')] Wasl 1-1 Khaleej [Ali Eissa (30') - Nabil Hamdan (28')] Round 21 [May 3] Ain 4-1 Ittihad [Hilal Saeed (63'), Majed Al-Owayyes (72'), Salem Jawhar (89'), Awad Gharib (90') - Jassem Khawi (81')] Nasr 3-2 Ahly [Eissa Juma'a (28'), Juma'a Moussa (37'), Walid Morad (90') - Youssouf Atiq (65'), Shehab Abdullah (84')] Wahda 2-1 Sha'ab [Yasser Salem (59'), Bouri Lah (69') - Roberto Nilson (90')] Khaleej 2-4 Bani Yas [Ali Ghanem (7'), Morad Al-Shabi (67') - Romeo Campo (15'; 21'), Waddah El-Mas (23'), Adel Mubarak (78')] Shabab 0-0 Wasl Emirates 3-3 Jazira [Adel Nassib (12'), Mustapha Mustawdeh (53'; 57') - Mohamed Abdullah (39'; 90'), Joel Tiehi (90')] Round 22 [May 10] Jazira 3-3 Ain [Joel Tiehi (21'), Emmanuel Ogudo (52'), Mohamed Abdullah (82') - Majed Al-Owayyes (7'; 31'), Fahad Al-Noways (57')] Wasl 0-0 Emirates Bani Yas 2-1 Shabab [bdullaye Traore (15' pen.; 45') - Eissa Mohamed (25')] Sha'ab 3-1 Khaleej [Adnan Al-Talyani (30'), Samir Ibrahim (80'), Roberto Nilson (90') - Tareq Alwan (39')] Ahly 0-1 Wahda [Bashir Saeed (43')] Ittihad 2-3 Nasr [Hassan Saeed (15'; 23') - Eissa Juma'a (17'; 57'), Juma'a Moussa (42')] Table: 1.Al-Ain 22 13 7 2 48-25 47 Champions [*] 2.Al-Nasr 22 11 9 2 40-20 46 [*] 3.Al-Wahda 22 12 6 4 49-27 45 [*] 4.Al-Sha'ab 22 10 8 4 37-27 38 5.Al-Jazira 22 8 10 4 35-29 34 6.Al-Ahly 22 9 5 8 42-28 32 7.Al-Wasl 22 6 7 9 29-33 27 [*] 8.Al-Shabab 22 5 10 7 28-24 25 9.Al-Ittihad 22 5 5 12 19-40 20 10.Al-Emirates 22 4 6 12 20-40 18 Relegation Playoff ----------------------------------------- 11.Bani Yas 22 5 3 14 35-56 18 Relegation Playoff 12.Al-Khaleej 22 4 4 14 21-54 16 Relegated [*] includes bonus points from Federation Cup: Nasr 4, Wahda 3, Wasl 2, Ain 1] NB: Ittihad Kalba changed name to Al-Ittihad before the season. Promoted: Sharjah and Al-Ahly (Fujeira) Topscorers: 1.Bouri Lah (Al-Wahda - Senegal) 17 Roberto Nilson (Al-Sha'ab - Brazil) 17 Juma'a Moussa (Al-Nasr - Burundi) 17 4.Majed Al-Owayyes (Al-Ain) 16 5.Youssouf Atiq (Al-Ahly) 15 Authors: Mohamed S. Chbaro mochbaro@intracom.net.lb) and Mohammed Qayed (arab_football@hotmail.com) Last updated: 12 Apr 2001 (C) Copyright Mohamed S. Chbaro, Mohammed Qayed and RSSSF 1999/2001