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New season to kick off on 30th August with Super Cup Final

The Pro League Committee has confirmed the start of the 2013-2014 football season will be on Friday 30th August 2013, kicking off with the Super Cup Final. The first and second rounds of the League Cup will follow on the 3rd & 4th and 9th & 10th September, in a new approved format featuring two groups of seven teams each as decided by a draw, with one-way fixtures as opposed to the previous procedure of home and away matches. The Pro League itself will then get underway on Saturday 14th and Sunday 15th September, in order for the football season to conclude by 18th May 2014 in accordance with FIFA guidelines ahead of the World Cup 2014 in Brazil. 

The fixture schedule for the 2013-2014 season has been discussed in the FA & PLC joint committee’s meetings and approved following a calendar workshop held by the Pro League Committee, which brought together representatives of the UAE’s professional clubs and UAE National Team coach Mahdi Ali to discuss the best possible scheduling for the benefit of all competitions and teams.