How this archive is made

Who makes it

"Nateeja" is an independent project, run by one person, unaffiliated with the UAE Football Association, the UAE Pro League or any club. It takes no money from any of them and publishes no advertising.

It is written without a byline. That is a choice about the author, not about the work: everything below is a standing commitment, and any of it can be checked against the pages themselves.

Where the record comes from

Every season page names its own source, because they are not the same. Broadly:

• The UAE Football Association's own match feed is the primary source for the Pro League and First Division from 2003-04 to 2005-06 and from 2008-09 onward, and for every Second and Third Division season. Where the site uses this, it is reporting the governing body's own record, not a copy of someone else's.
• worldfootball.net supplies Pro League matches from 2006-07.
• kooora.com supplies First Division matches for 2006-07 and 2007-08.
• RSSSF supplies the final tables, and only the tables, for the Pro League before 2003-04 and the First Division before 2003-04. No match results exist on record for those seasons and none are invented.

A season page that says "table only" means exactly that: the table is on record and the matches are not.

What happens when sources disagree

They do disagree, and the disagreements are written down rather than quietly resolved. Where a correction has been made, the page carries a note saying what was changed and on what basis. Where a figure is disputed and unresolved, it is published as the source has it and flagged as unconfirmed.

The site does not silently prefer whichever source is more convenient.

What the forecasts are, and are not

The percentages come from ten thousand simulated seasons, recomputed after each round. They are statistical estimates, not predictions.

The site publishes its own accuracy: a calibration table showing how often a stated chance has actually happened, division by division, including where the model has been wrong. A forecast that hides its record is not worth reading, and that includes this one.

Corrections

Corrections are the fastest way to make this better and are always welcome: contact@nateeja.football

Send the club, the season, what is wrong and where the right figure comes from. A correction with a source behind it is acted on; the page then carries a note recording the change.

What this is not

It is not an official record. Where a figure matters to you, check it against the competition organiser. It is not a live scores service, and it does not try to be. It is a record and a forecast, kept honestly.