2012–13 UAE Pro League
The UAE Pro League 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.
Promotion
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/relegation 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 Dibba Al Fujairah who came in the top two in the second division.
Promotion/Relegation Play-offs
Teams
Stadia and locations
| Team | Home city | Manager | Stadium | Capacity |
| Al Ahli | Dubai | Quique Flores | Rashed Stadium | 18,000 |
| Al Dhafra | Madinat Zayed | Laurent Banide | Hamdan bin Zayed Al Nahyan Stadium | 12,000 |
| Al Jazira | Abu Dhabi | Luis Milla | Mohammed Bin Zayed Stadium | 42,056 |
| Al Ain | Al Ain | Cosmin Olăroiu | Tahnoun bin Mohammed Stadium | 15,000 |
| Al Wahda | Abu Dhabi | Josef Hickersberger | Al-Nahyan Stadium | 12,000 |
| Al Shaab Sharjah | Sharjah | Marius Șumudică | Khalid Bin Mohammed Stadium | 10,000 |
| Al Shabab | Dubai | Marcos Paqueta | Maktoum Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Stadium | 12,000 |
| Al Wasl | Dubai | Eid Baroot | Zabeel Stadium | 12,000 |
| Al Nasr | Dubai | Walter Zenga | Al-Maktoum Stadium | 12,000 |
| Ajman | Ajman | Abdul Alwab Abdulkadir | Ajman Stadium | 10,000 |
| Dubai | Dubai | Rene Marsiglia | Police Officers Club Stadium | 6,500 |
| Bani Yas | Abu Dhabi | Salem Al Orafi | Bani Yas Stadium | 9,570 |
| Dibba Al Fujairah | Fujairah | Abdullah Misfir | Fujairah Club Stadium | 3,500 |
| Ittihad Kalba | Kalba | Zé Mário | Ittihad Kalba Club Stadium | 3,000 |