Al Ahli
Foreign players – Staying: Grafite, Ciel, Hugo Viana, Luis Jimenez (Asian player)
Emirati players – In: Ahmed Mahmoud (Al Wasl)
Ajman
Foreign players – Staying: Boris Kaabi, Simon Feindouno; IN: Ahmed Ibrahim (D, Iraq, from Arbil FC – Asian player), Bakari Kone (S, Ivory Coast, from Umm Salal); Out: Yousuf Nasser (S, Kuwait), Driss Fettouhi (M, Morocco)
Emiratis – In: Mohammed Abdulbasit (M, Al Ahli)
Al Ain
Foreign players – Staying: Asamoah Gyan, Mirel Radoi, Alex Brosque (Asian player); IN: Yassine El Ghanassy (M, Belgium-Morocco; from AA Gent), Bakary Sare (M, Ivory Coast; from CFR Cluj – not registered); Out: Michel Bastos (M, Brazil)
Emiratis – IN: Fawzi Fayez (re-registered)
Baniyas
Foreign players – Staying: Carlos Munoz, Luis Farina, Abdulsalam Al Mukhaini (Asian Player); IN: Sebastian Prediger (M, Argentina; on loan from Colon); Out: Marcelo Leite Pereira (Marcelinho)
Emiratis – IN: Salem Saeed (Al Wahda)
Al Dhafra
Foreign players – Staying: Makhete Diop, Kamel Chafni, Bilal Najjarine (Asian player); IN: Rogerio (S, Brazil; on loan from Nautico); Out: Emanuel Clottey (S, Ghana)
Emiratis – IN: Hassan Mohammed Zayed (Al Shabab)
Dubai
Foreign players – Staying: Dramane Traore, Jehad Al Hussain (Asian player); IN: Salaheddine Saidi (M, Morocco; from FAR Rabat), Mustafa Conde (S, Mali; from Nahdat Berkane); Out: Gilles Donald Yapi Yapo (M, Ivory Coast), Bruno Correa (S, Brazil)
Emirates
Foreign players – Staying: Jair Eduardo da Silva, Luis Henrique, Rodrigo Souza Silva (Asian player); IN: Wanderley de Jesus Sousa “Derley” (M, Brazil; on loan from Atletico Paranaense); OUT: German Herrera (S, Argentina)
Emiratis – In: Badr Yaqoot (Al Nasr), Masood Hassan (Al Nasr), Jamal Ibrahim (Al Nasr)
Al Jazira
Foreign players – Staying: Abdelaziz Barrada, Shin Hyung-min (Asian); IN: Felipe Caicedo (S, Ecuador; from Lokomotiv Moscow), Jucilei da Silva (M, Brazil, from Anzhi Makhachkala); OUT: Nelson Valdez (S, Paraguay), Ricardo Oliveira (S, Brazil)
Emiratis – IN: Ismail Al Jasmi (Al Nasr), Hassan Ameen (Al Nasr)
Al Nasr
Foreign players – Staying: Leonardo Lima, Ibrahima Toure, Eder Luis, Brett Holman (Asian)
Emiratis – IN: Mahmoud Khamis (Al Wahda), Hussain Saleh (Emirates), Ali Al Ameri (Al Jazira), Ali Ismail (Al Shabab)
Al Shaab
Foreign players – Staying: Michael N’dri; IN: Josimar Lima (D, Cape Verde; from Dutch club FC Dordrecht), Jesus Meza (M, Venezuela; from Qatari club Al Arabi), Oybek Kilichev (M, Uzbekistan; from Pakhtakor – Asian player); OUT: Billy Celeski (M, Australia), Thiago Quirino (S, Brazil), Julius Wobay (M, Sierra Leone)
Emiratis – IN: Obaid Al Taweela (Baniyas), Farid Ismail (Al Jazira)
Al Shabab
Foreign players – Staying: Edgar Bruno, Carlos Villanueva, Azizbek Haydarov (Asian); IN: Eder Lima (M, Brazil; from Brazilian club Criciuma); OUT: Adeilson (S, Brazil)
Sharjah
Foreign players – Staying: Ze Carlos, Mauricio Ramos, Fellype Gabriel, Kim Jung-Woo (Asian)
Al Wahda
Foreign players – Staying: Sebastian Tagliabue, Damian Diaz, Hussain Fadel (Asian); IN: Adil Hermach (M/D, Morocco; from Saudi club Al Hilal); OUT: Marco Estrada (M, Chile)
Emiratis – IN: Sultan Ramadan (Ittihad Kalba)
Al Wasl
Foreign players – Staying: Mariano Donda; IN: Edson Puch (M, Chile-Palestine – Asian player), Emmanuel Culio (M, Argentina; from Spanish club Deportivo La Coruna), Ricardo Oliveira (S, Brazil; from Al Jazira); OUT: Andre Senghor (S, Senegal), Milan Susak (D, Australia), Abdelfettah Boukhriss (D, Morocco)
Emiratis – IN: Saeed Al Kathiri (Al Wahda), Hassan Zahran (Al Dhafra), Ahmed Malallah (Dubai), Darwish Ahmed (Al Nasr).