2022–23 UAE President's Cup

Football tournament season

2022–23 UAE President's Cup
Tournament details
Country	Unied Arab Emirates
Dates	4 December 2022 – 28 April 2023
Teams	31 (Knockout round)
Defending champions	Sharjah
Final positions
Champions	Sharjah (10th title)
Runner-up	Al Ain
Tournament statistics
Matches played	32
Goals scored	100 (3.13 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Firas Ben Larbi Diogo Acosta (4 goals)
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The 2022–23 UAE President's Cup was the 46th edition of the UAE President's Cup, Sharjah are the defending champions after beating Al Wahda in the final last season. This season saw a new competition format where all clubs from both Pro League and First Division compete in the knockout stage from the round of 32 to the final, the defending champions Sharjah will get a bye to the round of 16. The reason behind this is to cut schedule after the final of last season was postponed due to the Play off match against Australia.^[1]

Draw dates

Round	Draw date	Draw venue	Reference
Round of 32	8 November 2022	Museum of the Future, Dubai	^[2]
Semi-Finals	8 March 2023	Sharjah	^[3]

Knockout round

Bracket

Round of 32		Round of 16		Quarter-finals		Semi-finals				Final

Emirates	5

Al Rams	0
		Emirates	0

		Shabab Al Ahli	2
Shabab Al Ahli	1

Al Wahda	0
				Shabab Al Ahli	0

				Al Ain	2
Al Urooba	1

Khor Fakkan	3
		Khor Fakkan	0

		Al Ain	1
Al Ain	4

Dibba Al Fujairah	0
						Al Ain	0	1	1

						Al Wasl	0	0	0
Al Dhafra	3

Baynounah	0
		Al Dhafra	1

		Baniyas (a.e.t.)	3
Baniyas (a.e.t.)	2

Masfout	1
				Baniyas	0

				Al Wasl	2
Fujairah (a.e.t.)	2

Hatta	1
		Fujairah	1

		Al Wasl	2
Al Wasl	3

Masafi	0
										Al Ain	1 (13)

										Sharjah (p)	1 (14)
Al Taawon	1

Al Hamriyah	2
		Al Hamriyah	0

		Al Bataeh	2
Al Arabi	0

Ajman	3
				Ajman	2

				Al Bataeh	1
Kalba	6

Al Dhaid	2
		Kalba	3 (5)

		Al Bataeh (p)	3 (6)
Al Bataeh	3

Al Jazirah Al Hamra	0
						Ajman	1	1	2

						Sharjah (a.e.t.)	2	1	3
Sharjah	Bye


		Sharjah	2

		Al Nasr	1
Al Nasr	5

Dubai City	0
				Sharjah	2

				Al Jazira	1
Dibba Al Hisn	2

Al Jazira	3
		Al Jazira	6

		Al Khaleej	1
Al Fursan	0

Al Khaleej	2

Round of 32

All times are local (UTC+04:00)

Emirates (2) v Al Rams (2)

4 December 2022	Emirates (2)	5–0	Al Rams (2)	Ras Al Khaimah
16:35	Acosta 15', 33', 44', 89' Costa 54'	Report		Stadium: Emirates Club Stadium

Dibba Al Hisn (2) v Al Jazira (1)

4 December 2022	Dibba Al Hisn (2)	2–3	Al Jazira (1)	Dibba Al-Hisn
16:35	Henrique 57', 82'	Report	Mabkhout 3' Traoré 13' Bencharki 70'	Stadium: Dibba Stadium

Al Nasr (1) v Dubai City (2)

5 December 2022	Al Nasr (1)	5–0	Dubai City (2)	Al Nasr, Dubai
16:40	Taarabt 1' Carvalho 30' Anwar 38', 41' Jumaa 56'	Report		Stadium: Al Maktoum Stadium

Al Bataeh (1) v Al Jazirah Al Hamra (2)

5 December 2022	Al Bataeh (1)	3–0	Al Jazirah Al Hamra (2)	Sharjah
16:40	Campos 13' Novais 84' Abang 90+4'	Report		Stadium: Sharjah Stadium

Fujairah (2) v Hatta (2)

5 December 2022	Fujairah (2)	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Hatta (2)	Fujairah
16:40	Adel 13' Al Amin 117'	Report	Rogerinho 23'	Stadium: Fujairah Club Stadium

Al Taawon (2) v Al Hamriyah (2)

6 December 2022	Al Taawon (2)	1–2	Al Hamriyah (2)	Ras Al Khaimah
16:35	Razaq 43'	Report	Gabriel 3', 22'	Stadium: Emirates Club Stadium

Al Fursan (2) v Al Khaleej (2)

6 December 2022	Al Fursan (2)	0–2	Al Khaleej (2)	Hatta
16:40		Report	Diop 64', 90+3'	Stadium: Hamdan Bin Rashid Stadium

Al Dhafra (1) v Baynounah (2)

6 December 2022	Al Dhafra (1)	3–0	Baynounah (2)	Madinat Zayed
16:50	te Vrede 44', 60' Al Darmaki 77'	Report		Stadium: Al Dhafra Stadium

Kalba (1) v Al Dhaid (2)

7 December 2022	Kalba (1)	6–2	Al Dhaid (2)	Kalba
16:35	Cicâldău 12' Bessa 25', 61' Mlapa 30' Spadico 53' Al Naqbi 81'	Report	Tamboura 44' Alexsander 83'	Stadium: Ittihad Kalba Stadium

Al Wasl (1) v Masafi (2)

7 December 2022	Al Wasl (1)	3–0	Masafi (2)	Zabeel, Dubai
16:45	Gilberto 35' Chancalay 61' Saleh 90+4'	Report		Stadium: Zabeel Stadium

Shabab Al Ahli (1) v Al Wahda (1)

7 December 2022	Shabab Al Ahli (1)	1–0	Al Wahda (1)	Deira, Dubai
19:30	Abbas 70'	Report		Stadium: Rashid Stadium

Baniyas (1) v Masfout (2)

8 December 2022	Baniyas (1)	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Masfout (2)	Al Shamkha, Abu Dhabi
16:45	Al-Hashemi 4' Rabee 115'	Report	Ernest 27'	Stadium: Baniyas Stadium

Al Ain (1) v Dibba Al Fujairah (1)

8 December 2022	Al Ain (1)	4–0	Dibba Al Fujairah (1)	Al Ain
16:45	Kodjo Laba 45+2' Canedo 75', 84' Erik 87'	Report		Stadium: Hazza Bin Zayed Stadium

Al Urooba (2) v Khor Fakkan (1)

8 December 2022	Al Urooba (2)	1–3	Khor Fakkan (1)	Fujairah
19:30	Hassan 53'	Report	Tachtsidis 44' Ayim 70' Valmor 85'	Stadium: Fujairah Club Stadium

Al Arabi (2) v Ajman (1)

8 December 2022	Al Arabi (2)	0–3	Ajman (1)	Ras Al Khaimah
19:30		Report	Abdulrahman 49' Larbi 52' Abdelaziz 78'	Stadium: Emirates Club Stadium

Round of 16

Emirates (2) v Shabab Al Ahli (1)

31 January 2023	Emirates (2)	0–2	Shabab Al Ahli (1)	Ras Al Khaimah
17:10		Report	Yuri 50' Nourollahi 53'	Stadium: Emirates Club Stadium

Al Dhafra (1) v Baniyas (1)

31 January 2023	Al Dhafra (1)	1–3 (a.e.t.)	Baniyas (1)	Madinat Zayed
17:25	Leonço 55'	Report	Al-Noubi 73' Giménez 102' Suroor 116'	Stadium: Al Dhafra Stadium

Sharjah (1) v Al Nasr (1)

31 January 2023	Sharjah (1)	2–1	Al Nasr (1)	Sharjah
20:30	Caio 57' (pen.) Pjanić 74' (pen.)	Report	Tozé 88' (pen.)	Stadium: Sharjah Stadium

Al Hamriyah (2) v Ajman (1)

31 January 2023	Al Hamriyah (2)	0–2	Ajman (1)	Al Hamriyah
20:30		Report	Azaro 45+4' Ben Larbi 47'	Stadium: Al Hamriya Sports Club Stadium

Khor Fakkan (1) v Al Ain (1)

1 February 2023	Khor Fakkan (1)	0–1	Al Ain (1)	Khor Fakkan
17:10		Report	Waleed 73'	Stadium: Saqr bin Mohammad al Qassimi Stadium

Al Jazira (1) v Al Khaleej (2)

1 February 2023	Al Jazira (1)	6–1	Al Khaleej (2)	Al Nahyan, Abu Dhabi
17:20	Tănase 1', 60' Traoré 35' Bruno 75' Bencharki 85' Al-Ameri 90'	Report	Diop 45'	Stadium: Mohammed bin Zayed Stadium

Fujairah (2) v Al Wasl (1)

1 February 2023	Fujairah (2)	1–2	Al Wasl (1)	Fujairah
20:30	Bouftini 27' (o.g.)	Report	Saleh 31' Lima 45+3'	Stadium: Fujairah Club Stadium

Kalba (1) v Al Bataeh (1)

1 February 2023	Kalba (1)	3–3 (5–6 p)	Al Bataeh (1)	Kalba
20:30	Spadacio 7' Kiss 12' (pen.) Al Fardan 56'	Report	Abbas 6' Jorge 41' Lourency 90+6'	Stadium: Ittihad Kalba Stadium

Quarter finals

Ajman (1) v Al Bataeh (1)

6 March 2023	Ajman (1)	2–1	Al Bataeh (1)	Ajman
17:30	Madan 33' Larbi 45'	Report	Jorge 64'	Stadium: Ajman Stadium

Shabab Al Ahli (1) v Al Ain (1)

6 March 2023	Shabab Al Ahli (1)	0–2	Al Ain (1)	Deira, Dubai
20:30		Report	Palacios 7' Laba 80' (pen.)	Stadium: Rashid Stadium

Baniyas (1) v Al Wasl (1)

7 March 2023	Baniyas (1)	0–2	Al Wasl (1)	Al Shamkha, Abu Dhabi
17:35		Report	Chancalay 36' Gutiérrez 49'	Stadium: Baniyas Stadium

Sharjah (1) v Al Jazira (1)

7 March 2023	Sharjah (1)	2–1	Al Jazira (1)	Sharjah
20:30	Luanzinho 45+4' Lucas 90+2'	Report	Tănase 60'	Stadium: Sharjah Stadium

Semi-finals

First leg

Al Wasl v Al Ain

5 April 2023 (2023-04-05)	Al Wasl	0–0	Al Ain	Zabeel, Dubai
22:00		Report		Stadium: Zabeel Stadium

Sharjah v Ajman

5 April 2023 (2023-04-05)	Sharjah	2–1	Ajman	Sharjah
22:00	Alcácer 60' Camara 62'	Report	Ben Larbi 70'	Stadium: Sharjah Stadium

Second leg

Al Ain v Al Wasl

14 April 2023 (2023-04-14)	Al Ain	1–0 (1–0 agg.)	Al Wasl	Al Ain
22:00	Erik 25'	Report		Stadium: Hazza bin Zayed Stadium

Ajman v Sharjah

14 April 2023 (2023-04-14)	Ajman	1–1 (a.e.t.) (2–3 agg.)	Sharjah	Ajman
22:00	Azaro 45+1'	Report	Djaniny 109'	Stadium: Ajman Stadium

Final

Al Ain v Sharjah

28 April 2023 (2023-04-28)	Al Ain	1–1 (13–14 p)	Sharjah	Al Nahyan, Abu Dhabi
19:25	Laba 56'	Report	Abdulbasit 48'	Stadium: Mohammed bin Zayed Stadium
	Penalties
	Yarmolenko Erik Laba Palacios Al-Ahbabi Nader Autonne Barman El Moubarik Santos Abo Sandah Yarmolenko Laba Palacios		Caio Alcácer Luanzinho Ba Wazir Meloni Ibrahim Abdulrahman Rashid Manolas Suroor Al-Hosani Caio Alcácer Luanzinho

Top scorers

As of 28 April 2023

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Diogo Acosta	Emirates	4
1	Firas Ben Larbi	Ajman	4
3	Mouhameth Diop	Al Khaleej	3
	Kodjo Laba	Al Ain
	Florin Tănase	Al Jazira
5	Walid Azaro	Ajman	2
	Daniel Bessa	Kalba
	Caio Canedo	Al Ain
	Fernando Gabriel	Al Hamriyah
	Paulo Henrique	Dibba Al Hisn
	Artur Jorge	Al Bataeh
	Ali Saleh	Al Wasl
	Oumar Traoré	Al Jazira
	Mitchell te Vrede	Al Dhafra

References

^ ""الفرسان" و"العنابي" نهائي مبكر في دور الـ 32". Al Bayan. Retrieved 8 November 2022.
^ "مواجهات ساخنة في دور الـ 16 لأغلى الكؤوس" (in Arabic). Al Bayan. Retrieved 8 November 2022.
^ "قمة بين العين والوصل.. و"العاشرة" طموح "الملك"" (in Arabic). Al Khaleej. Retrieved 9 March 2023.

UAE President's Cup seasons

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