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2017–18 UAE Division 1

football league season

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJan 31, 2026
Entity authorityQ30639180 ↗
Source-derived summary

2017–18 UAE Division 1 was the 42nd season of the UAE 1st Division.

Team changes

To Division 1

Relegated from UAE Pro League

Baniyas

Kalba

From Division 1

Promoted to UAE Pro League

Ajman

Dubai

Stadia and locations

Note: Table lists clubs in alphabetical order.

Number of teams by Emirates

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.

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The public source identifies “2017–18 UAE Division 1” as football league season. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Division, football and league.

Editorial reviewA concise reference frame for defining the subject, testing terminology and identifying the institution closest to the evidence. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2017—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Division, football and league providing the first useful test.
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This entry incorporates text from “2017–18 UAE Division 1” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.