2018–19 UAE Pro League
The 2018–19 UAE Pro League was the 45th edition with Al Ain being the defending champions after winning their 13th title last year. Both Baniyas and Kalba returned to the pro league after getting relegated back at 2017. After losing Al Shabab and Dubai last season the league has been reduced to 12 teams. This year they needed to get back to 14 teams so they held a relegation play off between bottom two teams of last year and the 3rd and 4th placed teams of the 2nd division. Sharjah set a record of the longest unbeaten run in a UAE Pro League season for 23 games before losing to Al Wasl 3–2. In 15 May 2019, Sharjah won their first title since 1996 after beating Al Wahda 3–2, this is the first time a team outside of Dubai and Abu Dhabi has won the league since the 1996. On the 26 May, Emirates and Dibba Al Fujairah were relegated after a fixed match between Shabab Al Ahli and Fujairah favoured Fujairah and got them out of relegation. The Emirates demanded that the UAEFA investigate on the match between Shabab Al Ahli and Fujairah, questioning the legitimacy of the two penalties that was rewarded to Fujairah and the two goals that was disallowed for Shabab Al Ahli. However the UAE court has later rejected their complaint and the team got relegated
Team Changes
To Division 1
Relegated to UAE Division 1- Hatta
From Division 1
- Baniyas
- Kalba
- Fujairah
Stadia and locations
| Club | Home city | Stadium | Capacity |
| Ajman | Ajman | Ajman Stadium | |
| Al Ain | Al-Ain | Hazza Bin Zayed Stadium | |
| Al Dhafra | Madinat Zayed | Al Dhafra Stadium | |
| Al Jazira | Abu Dhabi City | Mohammad Bin Zayed Stadium | |
| Al Nasr | Dubai | Al-Maktoum Stadium | |
| Al Wahda | Abu Dhabi City | Al Nahyan Stadium | |
| Al Wasl | Dubai | Zabeel Stadium | |
| Baniyas | Abu Dhabi City | Baniyas Stadium | |
| Dibba Al-Fujairah | Fujairah City* | Fujairah Club Stadium* | |
| Emirates | RAK City | Emirates Club Stadium | |
| Fujairah | Fujairah City | Fujairah Club Stadium | |
| Kalba | Kalba | Ittihad Kalba Stadium | |
| Shabab Al Ahli-Dubai | Dubai | Dubai Club Stadium | |
| Sharjah | Sharjah | Sharjah Stadium |
* =
Personnel and kits
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.| Team | Head Coach | Captain | Kit Manufacturer | Shirt Sponsor |
| Ajman |  Ayman Elramady |  Rashed Malallah | Hummel | Ajman Bank |
| Al Ain |  Juan Carlos Garrido | Ismail Ahmed | Nike | First Gulf Bank |
| Al Dhafra |  Vuk Rašović | Ahmed Ali | Adidas | Ruwais |
| Al Jazira |  Damiën Hertog | Ali Khasif | Adidas | IPIC |
| Al Nasr | Beñat San José |  Álvaro Negredo | Nike | Emirates NBD |
| Al Wahda | Henk ten Cate | Ismail Matar | Adidas | Cadillac |
| Al Wasl |  Laurențiu Reghecampf |  Caio | New Balance | Emaar |
| Baniyas |  Krunoslav Jurčić | Yousif Jaber | Adidas | Secure Engineering |
| Dibba Al-Fujairah | Mohamed Al Khaddeim |  Driss Fettouhi | uhlsport | Unknown |
| Emirates |  Jalal Qaderi | Ahmed Al-Shaji | uhlsport | Al Naeem City Center |
| Fujairah | Abdulla Masfer | Hilal Saeed | Nike | Asas |
| Kalba |  Fabio Viviani | Mansor Abbas | Erreà | Unknown |
| Shabab Al-Ahli |  Rodolfo Arruabarrena | Majed Naser | Nike | Nakheel |
| Sharjah | Abdulaziz Mohamed | Shahin Abdulrahman | Adidas | Saif Zone |
Managerial changes
Foreign players
All teams could register as many foreign players as they want, but could only use four on the field each game.- 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 | Player 4 | Former Players |
| Ajman | Vander Vieira |  Adil Hermach |  Stanley Ohawuchi |  Mame Baba Thiam | |
| Al Ain | Caio |  Tsukasa Shiotani |  Rúben Ribeiro |  Marcus Berg | Hussein El Shahat |
| Al Dhafra | Diego | Rômulo | Amine Attouchi |  Nicolás Milesi | Hélder Guedes |
| Al Jazira | Leonardo |  Sébastien Siani |  Ernest Asante |  Nacer Barazite | |
| Al Nasr | Junior Dutra |  Ronnie Fernández |  Joan Oumari | Álvaro Negredo | Iury Yohan Cabaye Marquinhos Gabriel Samuel |
| Al Wahda | Sebastián Tagliabué | Leonardo |  Rim Chang-woo | Mourad Batna | |
| Al Wasl | Caio | Fabio Lima | Ronaldo Mendes | Vinícius Lima | Oh Ban-suk |
| Baniyas | Róbson |  Michael Ortega | Leroy George | Pedro Conde | |
| Dibba Al-Fujairah | Diogo Acosta |  Yaseen Al-Bakhit | Yousef Al-Rawashdeh | Driss Fettouhi | Guilherme Schettine Yahya Jabrane Masoud Juma |
| Emirates | Marcao | Kaio |  Cheick Diabaté | Saber Khalifa |  Aboubacar Sylla Bernie Ibini-Isei Bakare Kone |
| Fujairah |  Mohamed Benyettou |  Omar Kossoko | Fernando Gabriel | Samuel | Jorge Ronaldo Mendes Lee Seung-hee |
| Kalba | Myke | Tommy Tobar |  Balázs Dzsudzsák | Giovanni Sio | Florentin Matei Raheem Lawal |
| Shabab Al-Ahli | Emiliano Vecchio | Mauro Díaz |  Jaime Ayoví |  Henrique Luvannor | |
| Sharjah | Igor Coronado | Welliton |  Ryan Mendes |  Otabek Shukurov |
League table
Results
Season statistics
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Sebastián Tagliabué | Al Wahda | 27 |
| 2 | Ali Mabkhout | Al Jazira | 20 |
| 2 | Welliton | Sharjah | 20 |
| 4 | Pedro Conde | Baniyas | 18 |
| 5 | Igor Coronado | Sharjah | 17 |
| 6 | Álvaro Negredo | Al Nasr | 16 |
| 7 | Mohamed Benyettou | Fujairah | 14 |
| 8 | Caio | Al Wasl | 13 |
| 8 | Fábio Lima | Al Wasl | 13 |
| 8 | Leonardo | Al Wahda | 13 |
| 11 | Leonardo | Al Jazira | 12 |
| 11 |  Henrique Luvannor | Shabab Al Ahli | 12 |
| 11 | Jaime Ayoví | Shabab Al Ahli | 12 |