Volleyball team
Dubai United
Club · United Arab Emirates · Division 1
«The Lions»
Al-Maktoum Stadium seats 15,058, and until this year it had never needed to hold a Dubai United crowd. The ground becomes home only from the 2026/27 season.
Dubai United was not assembled from an older club's ashes or a stalled name change. Owner Ilie Cebanu built it new in 2022, and it went up through the UAE pyramid without a season to spare: runner-up in the Second Division in 2022–23, sixth and then fourth in the First Division across the two seasons that followed, and runner-up again in 2025–26, the finish that sent the Lions into the UAE Pro League for the first time.
Black and white are the colours, The Lions the nickname, and Al-Maktoum Stadium — 15,058 seats in Dubai — the ground the promotion was for.
Latest results
All matches| 10 Sep | Pro League |
Shabab Al Ahli Dubai
H
|
1:1 | D |
| 5 Sep | Pro League |
Sharjah FC
A
|
3:4 | L |
| 28 Aug | Pro League |
Al Ittihad Kalba
H
|
4:1 | W |
| 23 Aug | Pro League |
Baniyas SC
A
|
3:2 | W |
| 15 Aug | Pro League |
Al Wasl SC
A
|
1:5 | L |
| 29 May | Division 1 |
Al Hamriyah
A
|
0:2 | L |
Standing
Pro League| # | Team | M | W | D | L | Goals | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 |
Sharjah FC
|
4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10:6 | 9 |
| 6 |
 Ajman
|
4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9:8 | 9 |
| 7 |
Dubai United
|
5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 12:13 | 7 |
| 8 |
 Al Wahda FC
|
4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4:5 | 6 |
| 9 |
 Al Nasr
|
5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6:7 | 5 |
Team statistics
matches counted: 104| Metric | Total | Home | Away |
|---|---|---|---|
| Matches | 104 | 52 | 52 |
| Scored | 199 | 98 | 101 |
| Conceded | 138 | 53 | 85 |
| Scored per game | 1.9 | 1.9 | 1.9 |
| Conceded per game | 1.3 | 1.0 | 1.6 |
| Difference | +61 | +45 | +16 |
Key players
by appearances over the last yearSquad of Dubai United
by appearances over the last year| Number | Player | Position | Matches |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10 |  Willy Johnson Semedo Afonso |
Midfielder | 2 |
| 17 |  D. Ndembo-Michel |
Forward | 2 |
| 19 |  Hamid Yahya |
Defender | 2 |
| 5 |  A. Karimi |
Midfielder | 2 |
| 73 |  M. Moraes |
Defender | 2 |
| 8 |  Baidi Diakite |
Midfielder | 2 |
| 52 |  Hussain Abbas |
Defender | 2 |
| 22 |  Mohammed Yousuf Ghulam |
Midfielder | 2 |
| 88 |  Habib Al Fardan |
Midfielder | 2 |
| 49 |  El Mehdi Maouhoub |
Forward | 2 |
| 66 |  K. A. Al-Hassani |
Defender | 2 |
| 25 |  Moustapha Name |
Midfielder | 2 |
| 9 |  Haris Seferović |
Forward | 2 |
| 2 |  B. Nagoro |
Defender | 2 |
| 80 |  Shavy Warren Babicka |
Forward | 2 |
| 3 |  O. Jamal |
Defender | 2 |
| 30 |  A. Al Chadli |
Midfielder | 2 |
| 23 |  J. Naaho |
Midfielder | 1 |
| 6 |  Majid Ibrahim Surour Khamis Salim |
Defender | 1 |
| 26 |  Stojan Leković |
Goalkeeper | 1 |
| 1 |  Salam Khairi |
Goalkeeper | 1 |
| 4 |  Samuel Rosa Gonçalves |
Midfielder | 1 |
| 13 |  I. Noor |
Goalkeeper | 1 |
| 7 |  P. Guèye |
Forward | 1 |
| 23 |  Jonas Naafo |
Midfielder | 1 |
Fixtures of Dubai United
-
10 Sep
Shabab Al Ahli Dubai
H
1:1
D
-
5 Sep
Sharjah FC
A
3:4
L
-
28 Aug
Al Ittihad Kalba
H
4:1
W
-
23 Aug
Baniyas SC
A
3:2
W
-
15 Aug
Al Wasl SC
A
1:5
L
-
29 May
Al Hamriyah
A
0:2
L
-
23 May
Ittifaq
H
1:1
D
-
15 May
Al Urooba
A
0:0
D