2024–25 Bahraini Premier League

The 2024–25 Bahraini Premier League (also known as Nasser Bin Hamad Premier League) is the 68th top-level football season in Bahrain.[1] The season started on 21 September 2024 and will end on a date that is yet to be determined.[2]

Bahraini Premier League
Season2024–25
Matches played17
Goals scored60 (3.53 per match)
Top goalscorerJuninho (5 goals)
Biggest home winAl-Muharraq 7–2 Bahrain SC
(20 October 2024)
Biggest away winManama 0–5 Al-Khaldiya
(21 September 2024)
Highest scoringAl-Muharraq 7–2 Bahrain SC
(20 October 2024)
Longest winning run3 matches
Sitra
Longest unbeaten run3 matches
Al-Muharraq
Malkiya
Sitra
Longest winless run3 matches
A'Ali
East Riffa
Manama
Longest losing run3 matches
East Riffa
2025–26
All statistics correct as of 21 October 2024.

Teams

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Twelve teams are competing in the league – the top eight teams from the previous season, the top two teams from the relegation play-offs and the two teams directly promoted from the Second Division. The directly promoted teams were Bahrain SC and A'Ali and the team promoted from the relegation play-offs was Malkiya. Bahrain SC and Malkiya returned to the top flight after respective absences of one and three years, whereas A'Ali are making their Premier League debut this season. They replaced Al-Hidd, Al-Hala and Busaiteen, who were relegated to the Second Division after respective spells of three, three and one year in the top flight.

Team Location 2023–24
Position
Titles Most recent title
A'Ali A'ali 2nd (SD) 0
Al-Ahli Manama 4th 5 2009–10
Al-Khaldiya Hamad Town 1st 2 2023–24
Al-Muharraq Muharraq 3rd 34 2017–18
Al-Najma Manama 6th 1 1974–75
Al-Riffa Riffa 2nd 14 2021–22
Al-Shabab Manama 7th 0
Bahrain SC Muharraq 1st (SD) 5 1988–89
East Riffa Riffa 10th
2nd (play-offs)
1 1993–94
Malkiya Malkiya 3rd (SD)
1st (play-offs)
1 2016–17
Manama Manama 5th 0
Sitra Sitra 8th 0

Stadiums and locations

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Although every match contains a home and away team for administrative purposes (kit colours, fan distribution, etc.), all matches are hosted in one of these three venues.

Stadium Location Capacity
Al Muharraq Stadium Arad 20,000[3]
Bahrain National Stadium Riffa 24,000[4]
Khalifa Sports City Stadium Isa Town 15,000[5]

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Al-Khaldiya 3 3 0 0 8 1 +7 9 Qualification for the AFC Champions League Two group stage
2 Sitra 3 3 0 0 9 3 +6 9
3 Al-Muharraq 4 2 2 0 11 3 +8 8
4 Al-Shabab 4 2 1 1 4 5 −1 7
5 Bahrain SC 4 2 0 2 6 10 −4 6
6 Malkiya 4 1 2 1 4 4 0 5
7 Al-Riffa 3 1 1 1 3 1 +2 4
8 Al-Najma 4 1 1 2 6 8 −2 4
9 A'Ali 4 1 1 2 6 7 −1 4 Qualification for Relegation play-offs
10 Al-Ahli 3 1 0 2 4 6 −2 3
11 Manama 4 0 2 2 3 11 −8 2 Relegation to Bahraini Second Division
12 East Riffa 4 0 0 4 5 10 −5 0
Updated to match(es) played on 29 October 2024. Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: Points, Head-to-head points, Head-to-head goal difference, Head-to-head goals scored, Total goal difference, Total goals scored

Results

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Home \ Away ALI AHL KHA MUH NAJ RIF SHB BHR EAS MAL MAN SIT
A'Ali 1–2
Al-Ahli 0–1
Al-Khaldiya 1–0
Al-Muharraq 3–0 7–2
Al-Najma 2–3
Al-Riffa 3–0
Al-Shabab 0–0
Bahrain SC 2–1
East Riffa 2–4 1–2
Malkiya 1–1
Manama 2–2 0–5
Sitra 2–1 3–1 4–1
Updated to match(es) played on 21 October 2024. Source: Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Results by round

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Team ╲ Round12345678910111213141516171819202122
A'AliLLD
Al-AhliLWL
Al-KhaldiyaWW
Al-MuharraqWDW
Al-NajmaLLW
Al-RiffaWL
Al-ShababLWD
Bahrain SCWWL
East RiffaLLL
MalkiyaWDD
ManamaLLD
SitraWWW
Updated to match(es) played on 21 October 2024. Source: Soccerway
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Lose

Positions by round

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The table lists the positions of teams after each week of matches.

Team ╲ Round12345678910111213141516171819202122
Al-Muharraq241
Al-Khaldiya112
Sitra523
Bahrain SC634
Malkiya455
Al-Shabab1186
Al-Riffa367
Al-Ahli978
Al-Najma10119
A'Ali7910
Manama121211
East Riffa81012
Leader and qualification for the AFC Champions League Two group stage
Relegation play-offs
Relegation to Bahraini Second Division
Updated to match(es) played on 21 October 2024. Source: Soccerway

Relegation play-offs

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In this edition of the relegation play-offs, the ninth and tenth-placed teams of the Bahraini Premier League will be joined by the third and fourth-placed teams of the 2024–25 Bahraini Second Division in a four-team group where each team will play each other once. The top two teams of the group will qualify for the 2025–26 edition of the Bahraini Premier League and the bottom two teams will qualify for the 2025–26 edition of the Bahraini Second Division. The relegation play-offs will start on a date yet to be determined, sometime after the end of the regular season.

Table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Ninth-placed PL team 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Promotion to Bahraini Premier League
2 Tenth-placed PL team 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Third-placed SD team 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Relegation to Bahraini Second Division
4 Fourth-placed SD team 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played: May 2025. Source: [citation needed]

Results

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Home \ Away P09 P10 S03 S04
Ninth-placed PL team
Tenth-placed PL team
Third-placed SD team
Fourth-placed SD team
First match(es) will be played: May 2025. Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

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Top scorers

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Rank Player Club Goals[6]
1   Juninho Al-Muharraq 5
2   Maurício A'Ali 3
3   Imran Adam Sitra 2
  Issa Abd Al-Wahab Malkiya
  Husain Abdulkarim Al-Muharraq
  Ebrahim Al-Khattal Manama
  Mohammad Al Marmour Al-Najma
  Mohamed Al-Romaihi Al-Najma
  Luiz Fernando East Riffa
  Joel Sitra
  Facundo Tobares Al-Ahli
  Gabriel Vasconcelos Bahrain SC
  Vinícius Vargas Al-Riffa


References

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  1. ^ "Nasser Bin Hamad Bahrain Premier League". Soccerway. Retrieved 13 September 2024.
  2. ^ "Teams gear up for Premier League". GDNOnline. 7 September 2024. Retrieved 16 September 2024.
  3. ^ "Al Haj: Muharraq Club Stadium is 50% ready after three weeks of maintenance". Bahrain News Agency. Archived from the original on 29 June 2014. Retrieved 16 December 2012.
  4. ^ "Bahrain National Stadium". Team Melli. 11 June 2021. Retrieved 11 March 2023.
  5. ^ "$24.4m Khalifa Sports city ready". www.tradearabia.com. Archived from the original on 27 October 2019. Retrieved 27 October 2019.
  6. ^ "Top scorers". Soccerway. Retrieved 13 September 2024.