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]

Season2024–25

Dates22 September 2024 – 27 May 2025

ChampionsAl-Muharraq (35th title)

RelegatedManama
East Riffa

Quick facts Season, Dates ...

Bahraini Premier League
Season	2024–25
Dates	22 September 2024 – 27 May 2025
Champions	Al-Muharraq (35th title)
Relegated	Manama East Riffa
AFC Champions League Two	Al-Muharraq Al-Khaldiya (as King's Cup winners)
Matches	132
Goals	362 (2.74 per match)
Top goalscorer	Juninho (6 goals)
Biggest home win	Al-Muharraq 7–2 Bahrain SC (20 October 2024)
Biggest away win	Manama 0–5 Al-Khaldiya (21 September 2024)
Highest scoring	Al-Muharraq 7–2 Bahrain SC (20 October 2024)
Longest winning run	3 matches Al-Khaldiya Sitra
Longest unbeaten run	5 matches Al-Muharraq
Longest winless run	4 matches East Riffa Manama
Longest losing run	4 matches East Riffa
← 2023–24 2025–26 →

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Teams

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.

A'Ali

Al-Ahli, Al-Najma, Al-Shabab, Manama

East Riffa, Al-Riffa

Malkiya

Al-Muharraq, Bahrain SC

Al-Khaldiya

Sitra

Locations of the 2024–25 Premier League teams

More information Team, Location ...

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	–

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Stadiums and locations

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.

More information Stadium, Location ...

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]

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League table

More information Pos, Team ...

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Al-Muharraq (C)	22	16	3	3	54	17	+37	51	Qualification for the AFC Champions League Two group stage^[a]
2	Al-Khaldiya	22	14	3	5	41	25	+16	45
3	Sitra	22	10	8	4	33	21	+12	38	Qualification for the AGCFF Gulf Club Champions League group stage
4	Al-Riffa	22	11	5	6	39	27	+12	38
5	Al-Shabab	22	7	9	6	23	23	0	30
6	Al-Ahli	22	8	3	11	32	35	−3	27
7	Al-Najma	22	7	6	9	29	29	0	27
8	Malkiya	22	5	10	7	22	28	−6	25
9	Bahrain SC	22	6	5	11	27	41	−14	23	Qualification for Relegation play-offs
10	A'Ali	22	5	6	11	23	37	−14	21	Qualification for Relegation play-offs
11	East Riffa (R)	22	4	8	10	21	31	−10	20	Relegation to Bahraini Second Division
12	Manama (R)	22	2	8	12	16	46	−30	14	Relegation to Bahraini Second Division

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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; (R) Relegated
Notes:

[a]
Al-Khaldiya qualified for the AFC Champions League Two Group Stage as the 2024–25 Bahraini King's Cup winners.

Results

More information Home \ Away, ALI ...

Home \ Away	ALI	AHL	KHA	MUH	NAJ	RIF	SHB	BHR	EAS	MAL	MAN	SIT
A'Ali	—	2–0	1–2	0–2	1–3	2–4	1–2	0–2	1–0	2–1	3–0	0–0
Al-Ahli	4–1	—	1–1	2–1	1–0	1–2	1–3	0–1	3–2	4–3	2–0	2–3
Al-Khaldiya	1–0	2–1	—	1–2	2–1	1–0	2–0	3–0	2–1	1–2	3–2	2–0
Al-Muharraq	4–0	3–2	3–1	—	2–0	1–2	3–0	7–2	1–1	3–0	3–0	2–0
Al-Najma	1–2	2–3	1–3	0–0	—	1–3	0–0	2–0	1–1	5–1	1–2	1–1
Al-Riffa	3–0	2–1	2–2	2–0	3–0	—	1–3	4–3	0–1	0–2	5–1	0–2
Al-Shabab	0–0	0–0	1–1	1–2	0–2	2–0	—	0–1	1–1	0–0	1–1	2–2
Bahrain SC	1–1	2–1	1–2	1–3	1–2	0–2	1–2	—	2–1	2–2	3–1	2–2
East Riffa	1–1	1–0	3–2	0–3	2–4	0–0	0–2	3–1	—	1–2	1–1	0–2
Malkiya	2–2	1–1	2–1	1–1	0–1	2–2	0–0	0–0	0–0	—	0–0	0–1
Manama	2–2	0–1	0–5	1–6	1–1	0–0	0–2	1–1	1–0	0–1	—	0–3
Sitra	2–1	3–1	2–0	0–2	0–0	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	0–1	4–1	—

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Source: Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Results by round

More information Team ╲ Round, A'Ali ...

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5
A'Ali	L	L	D	W	L
Al-Ahli	L	W	L
Al-Khaldiya	W	W	W	L
Al-Muharraq	W	D	W	D	W
Al-Najma	L	L	W	D
Al-Riffa	W	L	D	W
Al-Shabab	L	W	D	W
Bahrain SC	W	W	L	L
East Riffa	L	L	L	L
Malkiya	W	D	D	L
Manama	L	L	D	D
Sitra	W	W	W

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Updated to match(es) played on 23 November 2024. Source: Soccerway
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Lose

Positions by round

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

More information Team ╲ Round, Al-Khaldiya ...

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4
Team ╲ Round
Al-Khaldiya	1	1	2	1
Sitra	5	2	3	2
Al-Muharraq	2	4	1	3
Al-Shabab	11	8	6	4
Bahrain SC	6	3	4	5
Malkiya	4	5	5	6
Al-Riffa	3	6	7	7
A'Ali	7	9	10	8
Al-Najma	10	11	9	9
Al-Ahli	9	7	8	10
Manama	12	12	11	11
East Riffa	8	10	12	12

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	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 23 November 2024. Source: Soccerway

Relegation play-offs

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

More information Pos, Team ...

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Bahrain SC	3	2	1	0	4	2	+2	7	Promotion to Bahraini Premier League
2	Al-Hala	3	1	1	1	6	4	+2	4	Promotion to Bahraini Premier League
3	A'Ali	3	1	1	1	2	2	0	4	Relegation to Bahraini Second Division
4	Isa Town	3	0	1	2	2	6	−4	1	Relegation to Bahraini Second Division

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Updated to match(es) played on 10 June 2025. Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Results

More information Home \ Away, BFC ...

Home \ Away	BFC	AAL	ASC	ISA
Bahrain SC			1–1	2–1
A'Ali SC	0–1			0–0
Al-Hala SC		1–2
Isa Town FC			1–4

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First match(es) will be played: May 2025. Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

Top scorers

More information Rank, Player ...

Rank	Player	Club	Goals^[6]
1	Juninho	Al-Muharraq	6
2	Vinícius Vargas	Al-Riffa	4
3	Maurício	A'Ali	3
3	Issa Abd Al-Wahab	Malkiya	2
	Mahdi Abduljabbar	Al-Khaldiya
	Husain Abdulkarim	Al-Muharraq
	Imran Adam	Sitra
	Sayed Ibrahim Alawi	Al-Shabab
	Ebrahim Al-Khattal	Manama
	Abdulwahab Al-Malood	Al-Muharraq
	Mohammad Al Marmour	Al-Najma
	Mohamed Al-Romaihi	Al-Najma
	Ahmed Al-Sherooqi	Al-Muharraq
	Anderson Júnior	Bahrain SC
	Samy Frioui	Al-Riffa SC
	Gleison	Al-Khaldiya
	Ousmane Hissein Hassan	Sitra
	Igor Torres	Al-Khaldiya
	Joel	Sitra
	Luiz Fernando	East Riffa
	Facundo Tobares	Al-Ahli
	Gabriel Vasconcelos	Bahrain SC