The UAE Professional Association revealed the details of the best awards for the 2024-2025 season, announcing the date of the official ceremony that will be held on August 9 in the Emirates Palace in the capital Abu Dhabi, amid great public anticipation to crown a group of stars last season.
What categories of prizes will be announced?
The ceremony will include awards in several major categories, namely:
• Golden Ball (Best Player)
• Golden boy (the best under -23 player)
Golden Glove (Best goalkeeper)
• Leader Award (Best Coach)
• Award for the most beautiful goal
• The best player to choose the audience
• Prizes that have been decided in advance, such as the golden shoe and the goal of the Abu Dhabi Bank Cup
The setting winners before the ceremony
• Golden shoe (league scorer): Lapa Kudjo – Al Ain – 20 goals
• The top scorer of the Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank Cup: Ramon Meris – Al -Jazeera – 5 goals
• Silver shoe for the U -23 League: Saeed Mansour Al -Menhali – Al -Wahda
Candidates for the Golden Ball (Best Player)
• Lapa Kudju (Al Ain)
• Alejandro Kaku (Al Ain)
• Federico Cartlatia, Serdar Azoun (Al -Ahly Youth)
• Caio Lucas, Firas in Arabic (Sharjah)
Fabio Lima (Al Wasl)
Nabil Faqir (Al -Jazeera)
Omar Khirbin (Al -Wahda)
• Mahdi Qaidi (Kalba)
Candidates for the Golden Boy (the best under -23 player)
• Renan da Silva, Gaelhram da Silva (Al -Ahly Youth)
Marwan Azraqan (victory)
• Matthias Palaceos (Al Ain)
• Brahima Diarra, Robin Kanyido (Al -Wahda)
• Lithiri Silva (Ajman)
• Ciaca Sidi (Al Wasl)
• Joelhairi Peru (Sharjah)
• Mamadou Coulibaly (Al -Jazeera)
Candidates for Golden Glove (Best Guard)
• Sultan Al -Mundhiri (Kalba)
• Hamad Al -Maqbali (Al -Ahly Youth)
Adel Al -Hosani (Sharjah)
• Ali Khasif (Al -Jazeera)
• Khaled Issa (Al Ain)
Candidates for the Leader Award (Best Coach)
• Paulo Suza (Al -Ahly youth)
• Milosh Meloyevich (Al Wasl)
• Olario Cosmin (Sharjah)
• Abdul Majeed Ibrahim (Khor Fakkan)
Candidates for the Best Player Award from the Public Choice
The list includes more than 25 stars, most notably:
• Kodjo Lapa, Alejandro Kaku, Sufyan Rahimi (Al Ain)
• Cartapia, Sardar Azmoun, Yahya Al -Ghassani, Haret Suhail (Al -Ahly Youth)
• Firas Al -Arabi, Caio Lucas, Majed Hassan, Adel Taratab (Sharjah)
• Fabio Lima, Nicholas Jiminiz, Ali Saleh (Al -Wasl)
• Muhammad al -Nini, Nabil Faqir, Abdullah Ramadan (Al -Jazeera)
Omar Khirbin, Lucas Pimanta (Al -Wahda)
• Mahdi Qaidi (Kalba)
• Marwan Azraqan, Hussein Mahdi (Al -Nasr)
• Tariq Tesodali (Khor Fakkan)
• Youssef Nayakiti (Bani Yas)
• Anatoli Abang (Al -Battah)
The date of the audience prize voting
• The beginning of voting: Saturday, July 26, 2025 – 2:00 pm Abu Dhabi time
• End of voting: Thursday, July 31, 2025 – 2:00 pm Abu Dhabi time
