2022–23 Bahraini Premier League

Bahraini Premier League
Season2022–23
ChampionsAl-Khaldiya
RelegatedBudaiya
Bahrain
Matches played132
Goals scored333 (2.52 per match)
Top goalscorerMahdi Al-Humaidan
14 goals
Biggest home winAl-Riffa 7–0 Budaiya
(8 May 2023)
Biggest away winBudaiya 0–6 Al-Khaldiya
(4 May 2023)
Highest scoringEast Riffa 3–5 Manama
(27 November 2022)
Al-Hidd 3–5 Al-Khaldiya
(7 March 2023)
Longest winning run4 matches
Manama
Longest unbeaten run11 matches
Al-Muharraq
Longest winless run13 matches
Budaiya
Longest losing run11 matches
Budaiya

The 2022–23 Bahraini Premier League (also known as Nasser Bin Hamad Premier League) was the 66th top-level football season in Bahrain.[1] The season started on 11 September 2022 and ended on 18 May 2023.

Team location

2022–23 Bahraini Premier League is located in Bahrain
Al-Ahli, Al-Shabab, Manama
Al-Ahli, Al-Shabab, Manama
East Riffa, Al-Riffa
East Riffa, Al-Riffa
Al-Hala, Al-Muharraq, Bahrain SC
Al-Hala, Al-Muharraq, Bahrain SC
Budaiya
Budaiya
Al-Hidd
Al-Hidd
Al-Khaldiya
Al-Khaldiya
Sitra
Sitra
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Locations of the football clubs of the Bahraini Premier League

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Al-Khaldiya (C) 22 12 6 4 45 23 +22 42
2 Manama 22 11 8 3 35 16 +19 41
3 Al-Muharraq 22 10 10 2 34 12 +22 40
4 Al-Riffa 22 11 6 5 37 19 +18 39
5 Sitra 22 10 8 4 30 20 +10 38
6 Al-Ahli 22 7 10 5 24 23 +1 31
7 Al-Hidd 22 7 6 9 29 38 −9 27[a]
8 Al-Shabab 22 7 6 9 21 25 −4 27[a]
9 East Riffa (O) 22 5 9 8 24 26 −2 24[b] Qualification for Relegation play-offs
10 Al-Hala (O) 22 5 6 11 22 34 −12 21
11 Bahrain SC (R) 22 4 7 11 22 32 −10 19 Relegation to Bahraini Second Division
12 Budaiya (R) 22 1 2 19 10 65 −55 −1[b]
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
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Al-Hidd: 4 pts, Al-Shabab: 1 pts.
  2. ^ a b Budaiya were deducted 6 points after they walked off the field to protest the officiating during the match against East Riffa. The match was originally a 2–1 win for East Riffa but they ended up being awarded a 3–0 victory.[2]

Results

Home \ Away AHL HAL HID KHA MUH RIF SHB BHR BUD EAS MAN SIT
Al-Ahli — 0–0 0–2 0–3 0–0 1–0 0–0 1–1 2–1 1–0 1–1 1–2
Al-Hala 0–3 — 2–1 1–2 0–1 1–3 1–0 1–0 1–1 0–0 0–1 2–3
Al-Hidd 1–1 2–3 — 3–5 1–3 1–3 2–2 2–2 2–1 0–0 1–0 0–2
Al-Khaldiya 0–1 2–2 4–0 — 2–0 3–2 1–0 1–1 5–1 1–1 0–1 2–2
Al-Muharraq 1–1 2–0 2–0 1–1 — 0–0 2–1 0–0 4–0 2–2 1–1 0–0
Al-Riffa 1–1 4–1 1–1 3–1 0–3 — 1–0 3–0 7–0 0–1 0–1 1–1
Al-Shabab 0–0 1–0 1–2 0–1 0–5 2–2 — 3–2 3–0 1–0 0–1 0–2
Bahrain SC 2–1 2–1 1–4 0–1 0–0 0–1 2–3 — 2–0 2–4 0–1 3–1
Budaiya 1–4 0–2 0–1 0–6 1–5 0–2 0–2 1–0 — 0–0 0–5 1–2
East Riffa 2–4 3–1 0–1 1–1 1–1 0–1 0–1 1–1 3–0[a] — 3–5 0–2
Manama 5–1 1–1 3–0 2–1 0–1 1–1 0–0 1–1 4–1 1–1 — 0–2
Sitra 0–0 2–2 2–2 1–2 1–0 0–1 1–1 1–0 3–1 0–1 0–0 —
Source: Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. ^ The East Riffa v Budaiya match was originally 2–1 to East Riffa, but was awarded as a 3–0 win to East Riffa due to Budaiya players walking off the field to protest the officiating.[2]

Relegation play-offs

In this edition of the relegation play-offs, the ninth and tenth-placed teams of the Bahraini Premier League were joined by the third and fourth-placed teams of the 2022–23 Bahraini Second Division in a four-team group where each team played each other once. The top two teams of the group qualified for the 2023–24 edition of the Bahraini Premier League and the bottom two teams qualified for the 2023–24 edition of the Bahraini Second Division. The relegation play-offs started on 23 May and ended on 31 May 2023.

Table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 East Riffa 3 1 2 0 4 2 +2 5 Promotion to Bahraini Premier League
2 Al-Hala 3 1 2 0 3 2 +1 5
3 Al-Ittifaq Maqaba 3 1 0 2 3 5 −2 3 Relegation to Bahraini Second Division
4 A'Ali 3 0 2 1 4 5 −1 2
Source: Soccerway

Results

Home \ Away ALI HAL ITM EAS
A'Ali 1–1
Al-Hala 1–0
Al-Ittifaq Maqaba 3–2 0–2
East Riffa 1–1 1–1
Source: Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

Source: [3]

Top scorers

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Bahrain Mahdi Al-Humaidan Al-Khaldiya 14
2 Bahrain Mahdi Abduljabbar Manama 13
3 Bahrain Thiago Augusto Al-Hidd 11
4 Chad Othman Alhaj Sitra 9
5 Algeria Samy Frioui Al-Khaldiya 8
6 Brazil Joel Vinicius Bahrain 7
Bahrain Ismael Abdullatif Al-Khaldiya
Jordan Amin Al-Shanaineh Al-Riffa
9 Bahrain Kamil Al-Aswad Al-Riffa 6
Ghana Ernest Barfo Sitra
Italy Mario Fontanella Al-Muharraq
Syria Mohammad Al Marmour Manama

Hat-tricks

Player For Against Result Date
Syria Mohammad Al Marmour Manama Budaiya 5–0 (A) 15 December 2022
Bahrain Mahdi Abduljabbar Manama Al-Ahli 5–1 (H) 27 January 2023
Colombia Víctor Arboleda Al-Muharraq Al-Shabab 5–0 (A) 9 April 2023
Bahrain Mahdi Al-Humaidan Al-Khaldiya Budaiya 6–0 (A) 4 May 2023

References

  1. ^ "Nasser Bin Hamad Bahrain Premier League". Soccerway. Retrieved 2022-05-10.
  2. ^ a b "عقوبة لجنة الانضباط تقرب البديع من الهبوط" (in Arabic). Kooora. 10 March 2023. Retrieved 20 July 2024.
  3. ^ Soccerway