Results of the draw for the new season of the UAE league .. and the Professional League Cup

Today, Saturday, the UAE Professional Association conducted the ceremony of the ADNOC Professional League competitions and the Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank Cup for the 2025-2026 season, which resulted in quiet confrontations in the first of the league, where the defending champion Al-Ahly opens his career in the face of Al Dhafra.

The lottery took place at the Abu Dhabi Energy Center hosted by the National Petroleum Company “ADNOC”, the official sponsor of the ADNOC Professional League Championship, the world leader in the field of energy production of all kinds, and the reliable and low -energy official provider, and the giant national institution that has become a prominent sign in all areas that its distinguished commercial brand fled.
The lot was held using “Artificial Intelligence Technology” through the Open AI program, for the third season, in line with the Emirates AI strategy 2031.
The Smart League lottery mechanism took into account a number of criteria, including commitment to sports integrity, the distribution of matches based on the ranking of last season 2024-2025, the balance of important and mass matches, taking into account the dates of the matches in the same emirate, taking into account the external participation of the clubs, and not holding more than two games in the round in the same city on the same day.
The draw for the “Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank Cup” resulted in strong confrontations in the first round, where he plays in the first track victory with Al -Battah and the winner plays with Al -Ahly youth, while the winner of Sharjah meets with Dibba with the winner from Al Ain and Kalba, while the second track plays the champions Al -Jazeera with the winner from Al Wasl and Al Dhafra, and the winner of Al -Wahda and Ajman meets with the winner from Bani Yas and Khor Fakkan.
On the other hand, the ADNOC Professional League draw witnessed the application of an unprecedented system, by conducting a separate draw for each role, as the tour will witness the absence of mass confrontations, as Al -Ahly youth play with Al Dhafra and Ajman with Al -Wahda and Dibba with Sharjah and Al Ain with Al -Battaat and Kalba with Al -Nasr and Khor Fakkan with Al -Jazeera and Al -Wasl with Bani Yas.
As for the strong confrontations, they start in the second round with the confrontation of Al -Ahly youth with Al -Wahda and Al -Sharjah with the island, and in the third round, Al -Wasl plays with Al Ain and Al Jazeera with victory, and in the fourth round victory with Al -Ahly youth, while the fifth round witnesses three prominent matches: Al -Ahly youth with Al Ain and Al -Jazeera with Al Wahda and Al Wasl with Sharjah, and at the level of “Dubai Derby”, Al Wasl plays with victory in the sixth round.
As for the second round matches, the first round of the second leg will witness confrontations, Al -Wahda with Dibba and Al -Dhafra with Sharjah and Ajman with the youth of Al -Ahly and Al -Nasr with Bani Yas and the regulations with Al -Jazeera and Kalba with Al Ain and Al -Wasl with Khor Fakkan.

The first round matches in the ADNOC Professional League
Al -Ahly and Al -Dhafra youth
Ajman and Al Wahda
Dibba and Sharjah
Eye and regulations
Kalba and victory
Khor Fakkan and the island
Al Wasl and Bani Yas

Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank Cup confrontations
The first track:
Victory and the regulations – the winner faces Al -Ahly youth
Sharjah and Dibba – Al Ain and Kalba
The second track:
Al -Wasl and Al -Dhafra – The winner faces the island
Al -Wahda and Ajman – Bani Yas and Khor Fakkan