2022–23 Bahraini Premier League

The 2022–23 Bahraini Premier League (also known as Nasser Bin Hamad Premier League for sponsorship reasons), is the 66th top-level football season in Bahrain.[1] The season started on 11 September 2022.

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-Khaldiya 4–0 Al-Hidd
(21 October 2022)
Al-Muharraq 4–0 Budaiya
(7 December 2022)
Al-Khaldiya 5–1 Budaiya
(21 December 2022)
Manama 5–1 Al-Ahli
(27 January 2023)
Biggest away winBudaiya 0–5 Manama
(14 December 2022)
Highest scoringEast Riffa 3–5 Manama
(27 November 2022)
Longest winning run4 matches
Al-Khaldiya
Manama
Longest unbeaten run11 matches
Al-Muharraq
Longest winless run12 matches
Budaiya
Longest losing run10 matches
Budaiya
All statistics correct as of 7 February 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
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[lower-alpha 1]
8 Al-Shabab 22 7 6 9 21 25 −4 27[lower-alpha 1]
9 East Riffa (Q) 22 5 9 8 24 26 −2 24 Qualification for Relegation play-offs
10 Al-Hala (Q) 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[lower-alpha 2]
Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: Points, Head-to-head points,[lower-alpha 3] Head-to-head goal difference,[lower-alpha 3] Head-to-head goals scored,[lower-alpha 3] Total goal difference, Total goals scored
(C) Champions; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. Al-Hidd finished ahead of Al-Shabab on head-to-head points: Al-Hidd: 4 pts, Al-Shabab: 1 pts (Al-Shabab 1–2 Al-Hidd, Al-Hidd 2–2 Al-Shabab).
  2. Budaiya were deducted 6 points after they walked off the field to protest the officiating during the match against East Riffa.[2]
  3. Only used if all head-to-head matches of the teams in question are completed, otherwise it is skipped to Tiebreaker 5

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[3] — 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.

Positions by round

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

Team ╲ Round1234567891011121314
Al-Muharraq11111111111
Manama8121074544422
Al-Riffa35532233353
Al-Khaldiya104223322234
Sitra911688676645
Al-Hidd1268667107776
Al-Hala410910101069987
Al-Ahli22455455568
East Riffa7871111119111099
Bahrain SC591299811881010
Al-Shabab1133479810111111
Budaiya67111212121212121212121212
Leader
Relegation play-offs
Relegation to Bahraini Second Division
Updated to match(es) played on 7 February 2023. Source: Soccerway

Season statistics

[4]

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 8
5 Brazil Joel Vinicius Bahrain 7
Bahrain Ismael Abdullatif Al-Khaldiya
Jordan Amin Al-Shanaineh Al-Riffa
Algeria Samy Frioui Al-Khaldiya
9 Bahrain Kamil Al-Aswad Al-Riffa 6
Ghana Ernest Barfo Sitra
Italy Mario Fontanella Al-Muharraq
Syria Mohammad Al Marmour Manama

Hat-tricks
PlayerForAgainstResultDate
Syria Mohammad Al Marmour Manama Budaiya 5–0 (A) 15 December 2022
Bahrain Mahdi Abduljabbar Manama Al-Ahli 5–1 (H) 28 January 2023

Notes

    References
    1. "Nasser Bin Hamad Bahrain Premier League". Soccerway. Retrieved 2022-05-10.
    2. "عقوبة لجنة الانضباط تقرب البديع من الهبوط".
    3. "عقوبة لجنة الانضباط تقرب البديع من الهبوط".
    4. Soccerway
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