2014–15 Bahrain First Division League

The 2014–15 Bahrain First Division League was the 58th edition of top level football in Bahrain. The title was won by Al-Muharraq for the 33rd time and first time since the 2010–11 Bahrain First Division League campaign. The campaign was one of the most exciting in Bahraini football history with five teams in contention until the final weeks.

Bahrain First Division League
Season2014–15

Teams

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Sitra and Al-Najma were relegated at the end of the previous campaign and replaced by Bahrain Club and East Riffa. Bahrain club bounced back after one season away from the top flight and East Riffa were back after two seasons at the second level.

Stadia and locations

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Club Location Stadium
Al Hadd Al Hidd
Al Hala Muharraq Al Muharraq Stadium
Al-Muharraq Muharraq Al Muharraq Stadium
Al-Shabab Manama Bahrain National Stadium
Bahrain Club Muharraq Al Muharraq Stadium
Bahrain Riffa Club Riffa Bahrain National Stadium
Busaiteen Club Busaiteen
East Riffa Club Manama Al Ahli Stadium
Malkiya Malkiya Madinat 'Isa Stadium
Manama Club Manama Bahrain National Stadium

Foreign Players

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Club Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 Asian Player Former Players
Al-Hadd   Rico   Ifedayo Olusegun   Orok Akarandut   Mohammad Al-Dawud
Al-Hala   Salifou Fofana   Nasigba John-Jumbo
Al-Muharraq   Jhonnattann   Ahmed Al-Saghir   Nasouh Al Nakdali   Denni
Al-Shabab   Rodrigo Cabeça   Hassan Chaito
Bahrain Club   Admir Adrović   Yasser Akra
Bahrain Riffa   João Luiz   Luís Gueguel   Jhon Obregón   Abdallah Deeb   Ozéia
  Aiman Al-Hagri
Busaiteen   Eliel Cruz   Ozéia   Abdelkrim Koussi   Mutaz Kailouni   Tuca
  Israa Hamwiah
East Riffa   Ben Konaté   Mladen Jovancic
Malkiya   Valeriu Andronic   Victor Gonța   John Samuel
Manama   Thiago Augusto
  Sendley Bito
  Tarik El Janaby
  Radwan Kalaji

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Al-Muharraq (C) 18 12 4 2 41 18 +23 40 Qualification to the 2016 AFC Champions League Preliminary Round
2 Al Hadd 18 12 3 3 29 15 +14 39 Qualification to the 2016 AFC Cup Group Stage
3 Manama Club 18 10 3 5 31 20 +11 33 Qualification to the 2016 GCC Champions League Group Stage
4 East Riffa 18 10 3 5 30 24 +6 33
5 Al-Riffa 18 9 4 5 26 17 +9 31
6 Busaiteen 18 5 4 9 17 31 −14 19
7 Al Hala 18 5 4 9 22 39 −17 19
8 Malkiya 18 5 3 10 17 28 −11 18
9 Bahrain Club 18 3 4 11 22 29 −7 13 Relegation to the 2015–16 Bahraini Second Division
10 Al-Shabab Manama 18 2 2 14 12 26 −14 8
Updated to match(es) played on 1 June 2015. Source: Fudbal91
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions

References

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