2018–19 Jordanian Pro League

The 2018–2019 Jordanian Pro League (known as the Al-Manaseer Jordanian Pro League, named after Ziad AL-Manaseer Companies Group for sponsorship reasons) was the 67th season of Jordanian Pro League since its inception in 1944. The season started on 15 August 2018 and finished in May 2019.

Jordanian Pro League
Season2018–2019
Dates15 August 2018 – 11 May 2019
ChampionsAl-Faisaly
(34th title)
RelegatedAl-Baqa'a
That Ras
AFC Champions LeagueAl-Faisaly
AFC CupAl-Jazeera
Matches played132
Goals scored313 (2.37 per match)
Top goalscorerBaha' Faisal (Al-Wehdat-15 goals)
Biggest home winAl-Wehdat 4–0 That Rus
(4 May 2019)

Al-Faisaly 4–0 Shabab Al-Ordon
(5 April 2019)

Shabab Al-Ordon 4–0 Al-Hussein
(30 March 2019)
Biggest away winShabab Al-Ordon 0–4 Al-Jazeera
(3 May 2019)

Al-Sareeh 0–4 Al-Faisaly
(31 March 2019) Al-Salt 0–4 Al-Faisaly
(1 March 2019)

Al-Ahli 0–4 Shabab Al-Aqaba
(1 September 2018)
Highest scoringAl-Sareeh 2–4 Al-Wehdat
(22 February 2019) Al-Baqa'a 2–4 Al-Jazeera
(30 August 2018)
Longest winning run9 games
Al-Faisaly
Longest unbeaten run14 games
Al-Faisaly
Longest winless run16 games
That Ras
Longest losing run5 games
That Ras
2020 →
All statistics correct as of May 2019.

Al-Wehdat are the defending champions of the 2017–18 season. Al-Salt and Al-Sareeh joined as the promoted clubs from the 2017–18 League Division 1. They replaced Mansheyat Bani Hasan and Al-Yarmouk who were relegated to the 2018–19 League Division 1.

Teams

Twelve teams will compete in the league – the top ten teams from the 2017–18 season and the two teams promoted from the 2017–18 Division 1.

Teams promoted to the 2018–2019 Premier League

The first team to be promoted was Al-Salt, following their 0–1 defeat against Al-Sareeh on 8 May 2018. Al-Salt are playing in the Premier League for the first time in their history. They were also promoted as the 2017–18 League Division 1 winners on 15 May 2018, following their 2–0 victory against Al-Arabi.[1][2]

The second team to be promoted was Al-Sareeh, following their 2–0 victory against Sahab on 15 May 2018, the last day of the regular season. Al-Sareeh returned to the Premier League for the first time since the 2016–17 season.[3]

Teams relegated to the 2018–19 Division 1

The first team to be relegated was Mansheyat Bani Hasan, following their 2–4 defeat against Shabab Al-Ordon on 26 April 2018, ending their 2-year stay in the top flight.[4]

The second team to be relegated was Al-Yarmouk, ending their 1-year stay in the top flight.[5]

Locations of the 2018–2019 Jordan League teams

Stadiums and locations
Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.
Al Manaseer Jordanian Pro League
2018-2019
Club Location Stadium Capacity Year Formed
Al-Ahli Amman Amman International Stadium 17,619 1944
Al-Baqa'a Balqa Governorate Amman International Stadium 17,619 1968
Al-Faisaly Amman Amman International Stadium 17,619 1932
Al-Hussein Irbid Al-Hassan Stadium 12,000 1964
Al-Jazeera Amman Amman International Stadium 17,619 1947
Al-Ramtha Irbid Prince Hashim Stadium 5,000 1966
Al-Salt Al-Salt Prince Hussein Bin Abdullah II Stadium 7,500 1965
Al-Sareeh Irbid Al-Hassan Stadium 12,000 1973
Al-Wehdat Amman King Abdullah Stadium 13,000 1956
Shabab Al-Aqaba Aqaba Al-Aqaba Stadium 3,800 1965
Shabab Al-Ordon Amman King Abdullah Stadium 13,000 2002
That Ras Al-Karak Prince Faisal Stadium 7,000 1980

Personnel and kits
Team Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
Al-Ahli Jordan Jamal Mahmoud Jordan Yazan Dahshan Givova
Al-Baqa'a Jordan Abdullah Al-Qutati Jordan Adnan Adous Adidas
Al-Faisaly Jordan Rateb Al-Awadat Jordan Baha' Abdel-Rahman Jako Umniah
Al-Hussein Jordan Othman Al-Hasanat Jordan Mohammad Al-Alawneh Adidas
Al-Jazeera Tunisia Chiheb Ellili Jordan Mohammad Tannous Jako
Al-Ramtha Jordan Osama Qasem Jordan Amer Abu Hudaib Nike
Al-Salt Jordan Mustafa Arabiat Jordan Mohammad Shatnawi Adidas
Al-Sareeh Jordan Malek Shatnawi Jordan Radwan Shatnawi Givova
Al-Wehdat Tunisia Kais Yâakoubi Jordan Hassan Abdel-Fattah Givova Umniah
Shabab Al-Aqaba Jordan Raed Al-Dawoud Jordan Rabie Al-Buraimi Adidas
Shabab Al-Ordon Jordan Issa Al-Turk Jordan Yousef Al-Naber Jako
That Ras Jordan Shadi Abu Hash'hash Jordan Malek Al-Shlouh Adidas

Managerial changes
Team Outgoing manager Manner of
departure		 Date of vacancy Incoming manager Date of
appointment
Al-Ramtha Romania Florin Motroc End of contract 4 May 2018 Jordan Islam Thiabat 27 July 2018[6]
Al-Ahli Syria Emad Khankan End of contract 11 May 2018 Jordan Issa Al-Turk 10 June 2018[7]
Al-Faisaly Montenegro Nebojša Jovović End of contract 14 May 2018 Tunisia Nabil Kouki 26 June 2018[8]
Al-Hussein Jordan Haitham Al-Shboul End of contract 16 May 2018 Jordan Bilal Al-Laham 26 August 2018[9]
Al-Salt Jordan Ibrahim Helmi End of contract 18 May 2018 Jordan Osama Qasem 3 June 2018[10]
Al-Jazeera Tunisia Chiheb Ellili End of contract 20 May 2018 Syria Nizar Mahrous 26 July 2018[11]
That Ras Syria Assaf Khalifa End of contract 20 May 2018 Tunisia Chaker Meftah 4 August 2018[12]
Al-Sareeh Jordan Abdullah Al-Amarin Resigned 26 May 2018 Jordan Malek Shatnawi 26 May 2018[13]
Al-Faisaly Tunisia Nabil Kouki Sacked 16 September 2018 Tunisia Tarek Jarraya 26 June 2018[14]
Shabab Al-Ordon Portugal Zé Nando Sacked 16 September 2018 Jordan Mahmoud Al-Hadid 18 September 2018
Al-Wehdat Jordan Jamal Mahmoud Mutual consent 1 October 2018 Tunisia Kais Yâakoubi 2 October 2018[15]
Al-Ramtha Jordan Islam Thiabat Mutual consent 25 October 2018 Iraq Adel Yousef 27 October 2018[16]
That Ras Tunisia Chaker Meftah Sacked 10 November 2018 Tunisia Tarek Al-Salmi 10 November 2018
Al-Hussein Jordan Bilal Al-Laham Sacked 14 January 2019 Egypt Ashraf Kasem 15 January 2019[17]
Al-Jazeera Syria Nizar Mahrous Mutual consent 14 January 2019 Croatia Dalibor Starčević 19 January 2019[18]
Al-Jazeera Croatia Dalibor Starčević Sacked 17 February 2019 Tunisia Chiheb Ellili 20 February 2019[19]
Al-Hussein Egypt Ashraf Kasem Sacked 24 February 2019 Jordan Othman Al-Hasanat 25 February 2019[20]
Al-Faisaly Tunisia Tarek Jarraya Sacked 24 February 2019 Jordan Rateb Al-Awadat 28 February 2019[21]
That Ras Tunisia Tarek Al-Salmi Sacked 26 February 2019 Jordan Shadi Abu Hash'hash 26 February 2019
Al-Baqa'a Jordan Rateb Al-Awadat Mutual consent 26 February 2019 Jordan Abdullah Al-Qutati 1 March 2019[22]
Al-Ahli Jordan Issa Al-Turk Mutual consent 5 March 2019 Jordan Jamal Mahmoud 8 March 2019[23]
Shabab Al-Ordon Jordan Mahmoud Al-Hadid Mutual consent 9 March 2019 Jordan Issa Al-Turk 9 March 2019
Al-Salt Jordan Osama Qasem Mutual consent 10 March 2019 Jordan Mustafa Arabiat 12 March 2019[24]
Al-Ramtha Iraq Adel Yousef Mutual consent 5 April 2019 Jordan Osama Qasem 6 April 2019[25]

Foreign players

The number of foreign players is limited to 3 per team, and should not be a goalkeeper.

Club Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 Former players
Al-Ahli Russia Amir Bazhev Russia Mehmet Arslan
Al-Baqa'a Morocco Bilal Danguir Syria Salim Sabakji
Al-Faisaly Egypt Mohamed Maged Onosh Tunisia Chihebeddine Ben Fradj Tunisia Hichem Essifi Gabon Johann Lengoualama
Ghana Cosmos Dauda
Al-Hussein Cameroon Patrick Kamgaing Croatia Admir Malkić Senegal Demba Dikata
Al-Jazeera Ghana Alidu Namhan State of Palestine Islam Batran Syria Mardik Mardikian
Syria Mohamad Awata
Al-Ramtha Nigeria Lukman Azeez Syria Shadi Al Hamwi
Al-Salt England Kwame Adjeman-Pamboe Nigeria Kabiru Musa State of Palestine Mohammad Kaloob
Al-Sareeh Syria Mahmoud Naza'a Syria Mohamed Al-Zeno
Al-Wehdat Brazil Carlão Senegal Victor Demba Bindia Tunisia Sami Hammami Syria Ward Al Salama
Shabab Al-Aqaba Ghana Michael Helegbe Liberia Marcus Macauley Syria Anas Balhous
Shabab Al-Ordon Republic of the Congo Ulrich Kapolongo
That Ras State of Palestine Mohammed Balah Tunisia Haythem Gloulou Tunisia Houcine Mansour

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Al-Faisaly (C) 22 15 5 2 39 15 +24 50 Qualification for AFC Champions League preliminary round 1[lower-alpha 1]
2 Al-Jazeera 22 15 4 3 41 15 +26 49 Qualification for AFC Cup group stage[lower-alpha 2]
3 Al-Wehdat 22 13 4 5 36 16 +20 43
4 Shabab Al-Ordon 22 11 6 5 30 21 +9 39
5 Al-Salt 22 8 9 5 23 21 +2 33
6 Shabab Al-Aqaba 22 7 6 9 27 28 −1 27
7 Al-Sareeh 22 7 5 10 17 29 −12 26
8 Al-Ramtha 22 6 5 11 26 30 −4 23[lower-alpha 3]
9 Al-Hussein 22 7 2 13 22 38 −16 23[lower-alpha 3]
10 Al-Ahli 22 6 4 12 16 31 −15 22
11 Al-Baqa'a (R) 22 5 6 11 24 30 −6 21 Relegation to Jordan League Division 1
12 That Ras (R) 22 1 6 15 12 39 −27 9
Source: Goalzz
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. If the league champions cannot qualify for the AFC Champions League group stage, they will enter the AFC Cup group stage.
  2. Since league champions Al-Faisaly were also Jordan FA Cup winners, the league runners-up qualified for the AFC Cup group stage.
  3. Head-to-head results: Al-Ramtha 3–0 Al-Hussein, Al-Hussein 0–1 Al-Ramtha.

Results
Home \ Away AHL BAQ FAI HUS JAZ RAM SLT SAR WEH AQB ORD THR
Al-Ahli 2–1 0–1 2–1 0–2 1–0 3–2 0–1 0–1 0–4 0–0 0–0
Al-Baqa'a 1–2 0–1 3–1 2–4 1–0 1–2 3–0 2–3 1–1 0–0 2–2
Al-Faisaly 2–1 3–1 3–0 1–0 1–0 0–0 1–0 2–1 2–2 4–0 1–1
Al-Hussein 1–0 1–1 0–2 0–2 0–1 2–3 2–0 1–2 1–1 2–0 2–1
Al-Jazeera 1–2 1–1 2–0 3–1 2–0 0–0 3–1 1–0 3–0 1–1 2–1
Al-Ramtha 3–1 1–0 1–1 3–0 1–2 1–4 1–1 2–2 1–2 2–2 3–0
Al-Salt 1–1 0–0 0–4 2–0 0–0 2–3 0–0 1–0 0–2 1–1 1–0
Al-Sareeh 1–0 4–1 0–4 0–3 1–2 1–0 0–0 2–4 0–0 0–1 1–0
Al-Wehdat 2–0 1–0 0–0 4–0 1–0 2–1 1–2 0–0 2–0 2–0 4–0
Shabab Al-Aqaba 3–0 0–1 1–3 0–1 1–4 2–1 1–2 2–0 0–0 1–1 1–2
Shabab Al-Ordon 2–0 1–0 4–1 4–0 0–4 3–1 1–0 1–2 2–0 3–0 1–0
That Ras 1–1 0–2 1–2 1–3 1–2 0–0 0–0 1–2 0–4 0–3 0–2
Updated to match(es) played on 10 May 2019. Source: kooora
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season progress
Team ╲ Round12345678910111213141516171819202122
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Al-Baqa'aWLWDLLLWLLLLDDWWDLLDLL
Al-FaisalyWDDDDWLWWWWDWWWWWWWWWL
Al-HusseinLLLWWWWLLWLDLLWDLWLLLL
Al-JazeeraWWWWWWDWWDLDDWWWWDLWWW
Al-RamthaDLDLWLLDWLLLDLWLLLWWWD
Al-SaltWDDDDWDWWWWWDLLLDDLDLW
Al-SareehDDDLLLWLLLWWDLLWLWWLDW
Al-WehdatLWDLDWWLWWWLWWWLWWWDWD
Shabab Al-AqabaLWLLLWWLLWLDWDLDLWWDDD
Shabab Al-OrdonWWDWWLWDWDWWDWLLWLWDLD
That RasLDDDLLLDLLLLLDLLWLLDLL
Updated to match(es) played on 10 May 2019. Source:
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Lose

Statistics

Scoring

Top scorers
As of 10 May 2019[26]
Rank Scorer Club Goals
1 Jordan Baha' Faisal Al-Wehdat 15
2 Tunisia Hichem Essifi Al-Faisaly 12
Syria Shadi Al Hamwi Al-Ramtha
3 Republic of the Congo Ulrich Kapolongo Shabab Al-Ordon 10
Ghana Michael Helegbe Shabab Al-Aqaba
4 Lebanon Marcus Macauley Shabab Al-Aqaba 8
5 State of Palestine Islam Batran Al-Jazeera 7

Hat-tricks
PlayerForAgainstResultDate
Ghana Michael HelegbeShabab Al-AqabaAl-Ahli4–01 September 2018
Tunisia Hichem EssifiAl-FaisalyShabab Al-Ordon4–05 April 2019
Jordan Baha' FaisalAl-WehdatThat Ras4–04 May 2019


Number of teams by governorates
Rank Governorates Number of teams Teams
1 Amman 6 Al-Ahli, Al-Baqa'a, Al-Faisaly, Al-Jazeera, Al-Wehdat and Shabab Al-Ordon
2 Irbid 3 Al-Hussein, Al-Ramtha and Al-Sareeh
3 Aqaba 1 Shabab Al-Aqaba
Balqa Al-Salt
Karak That Ras

References
  1. "السلط يصعد لدوري المحترفين الأردني".
  2. "السلط والصريح يصعدان لدوري المحترفين الأردني".
  3. "السلط والصريح يصعدان لدوري المحترفين الأردني".
  4. "الوحدات يقسو على الجزيرة.. وهبوط المنشية".
  5. "الوحدات يقسو على الجزيرة.. وهبوط المنشية".
  6. "الرمثا يتفق مع إسلام ذيابات".
  7. "الترك مدربا للأهلي الأردني".
  8. "الكوكي يصل الأردن لتدريب الفيصلي".
  9. "اللحام مدربا للحسين الأردني".
  10. "أسامة قاسم مدربًا للسلط".
  11. "السوري نزار محروس رسميا المدير الفني للفريق في الموسم الجديد".
  12. "التونسي مفتاح مدربا لذات راس".
  13. "الشطناوي مدربا للصريح".
  14. "رسميا : التونسي طارق جرايا مدربا جديدا للفيصلي الاردني".
  15. "الوحدات يقدم قيس اليعقوبي في مؤتمر صحفي".
  16. "ذيابات يكشف لكووورة دوافع استقالته من الرمثا".
  17. "أشرف قاسم مدربًا للحسين إربد".
  18. "الجزيرة الأردني يتعاقد مع الكرواتي داليبور".
  19. "الجزيرة يسعى لفسخ عقد داليبور والتعاقد مع الليلي".
  20. "أشرف قاسم يستقيل من تدريب الحسين إربد".
  21. "العوضات مديرا فنيا للفيصلي الأردني".
  22. "القططي مدربًا للبقعة بعد رحيل العوضات".
  23. "جمال محمود يستهل مهمته مع الأهلي أمام السلط".
  24. "السلط يفسخ عقد مدربه بالتراضي".
  25. "أسامة قاسم مديرًا فنيًا للرمثا".
  26. "Top scorers". Archived from the original on February 25, 2017.
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