2016–17 Bahrain First Division League

The 2016–17 Bahraini First Division League was the 60th top-level football season in Bahrain. Ten teams participated with Al-Hidd as the defending champions after securing the championship last season for the first time.[1]

Bahrain First Division League
Season2016–17
ChampionsMalkiya (1st title)
RelegatedBahrain SC
Al Hala
AFC Champions LeagueMalkiya
AFC CupManama

Malkiya won the title for the first time.[2][3]


Foreign Players

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Club Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 Player 4 Player 5 AFC Player Former Players
Al-Ahli   Mehmed Alispahić   Cleiton Mineiro   Mohamed Lamine   Sidney Schmeltz   Komi-Fovi Aguidi
Al-Hala   Diego Silva   Alexandre Matão
  Daniel Tagoe
Al-Hidd   Moussa Narry   Ifedayo Olusegun   Orok Akarandut   Uche Agba   Ales Petrovacki   Mohammad Al-Dawud
Al-Muharraq   Felipinho   Doris Fuakumputu   Gregory Nelson   Ahmad Deeb   Ahmed Al-Khamri   Vítor Saba
  Mahmoud Al-Mawas
Al-Najma   Aílton   Edílson   Evans Frimpong   Édgar Pacheco
Al-Riffa   Danilo Bueno   Víctor Montaño   Abdoulaye Coulibaly   Onuoha Ogbonna   Oussema Boughanmi   Azamat Baymatov
Bahrain Club   Cristian Toncheff   Bruno Araújo   Vítor Huvos   Hadi Al Masri
East Riffa   João Luiz   Mladen Jovancic   Khaled Hmani   Mudir Al-Radaei
Malkiya   Gege Soriola   Israa Hamwiah   Nawaf Abdullah
Manama   Everton   Lázaro   Thiago Augusto   Lee Won-jae

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Malkiya (C) 18 9 6 3 24 16 +8 33 Qualification to the 2018 AFC Champions League preliminary round 1
2 Al-Riffa 18 9 4 5 32 16 +16 31
3 Al Hidd 18 9 4 5 27 23 +4 31
4 Manama Club 18 9 3 6 29 19 +10 30 Qualification to the 2018 AFC Cup group stage[a]
5 Al-Muharraq 18 8 5 5 30 23 +7 29
6 East Riffa 18 6 4 8 23 25 −2 22
7 Al-Ahli 18 5 5 8 16 24 −8 20
8 Al-Najma SC 18 3 8 7 20 32 −12 17
9 Bahrain (R) 18 3 7 8 18 27 −9 16 Relegation to the 2017–18 Bahraini Second Division
10 Al Hala (R) 18 2 8 8 11 25 −14 14
Source: [1]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Manama Club qualified for 2018 AFC Cup Group Stage as winners of 2016–17 Bahraini King's Cup.

References

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  1. ^ "goalzz.com: Live sports scores, news and more". www.goalzz.com. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
  2. ^ "goalzz.com: Live sports scores, news and more". www.goalzz.com. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
  3. ^ "Malkiya crowned champions". Gulf Daily Online. 14 May 2017.