2020–21 Bahraini Premier League

Bahrain Premier League
Season2020–21
ChampionsAl-Riffa (13th title)
RelegatedMalkiya
Busaiteen
AFC CupAl-Riffa
East Riffa
Matches played92
Goals scored215 (2.34 per match)
Top goalscorerMahdi Abduljabbar (12 goals)
Biggest home winBusaiteen 6–1 Malkiya
(14 December 2020)
Biggest away winAl-Najma SC 1–5 Manama
(8 March 2021)
Highest scoringBusaiteen 6–1 Malkiya
(14 December 2020)
Al-Ahli 2–5 Manama
(5 February 2021)
Al-Hidd 4–3 East Riffa
(3 March 2021)

The 2020–21 Bahraini Premier League (also known as Nasser Bin Hamad Premier League) was the 64th top-level football season in Bahrain. The season started on 8 December 2020, and ended on 26 May 2021.[1]

Team location

Al Ahli, Al Najma SC, Manama
East Riffa, Riffa
Muharraq
Budaiya
Busaiteen
Malkiya
Hidd
Location football club of Bahraini Premier League

Foreign players

Club Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 Player 4 Player 5 AFC Player Former Players
Al-Ahli Alexandre Hans Jad Noureddine Tarik Kada Hamza Sanhaji Zied Ziadi
Al-Ahli Bruno Nascimento Erick Luis Paulo Victor Mohamed Shawer Nasser Al-Shamrani Mohamad Fares
Al-Muharraq Everton Jhonnattann Tiago Real Prince Aggreh Abdalrahman Barakat Fares Arnaout Bruno Ritter
Ruslan Mingazow
Al-Najma Caculé Ceará Luis Junior Mahdi El Houni Mamadou Dramé
Al-Riffa Vitor Gabriel Maher Boulabiar Saleh Al-Taher
Budaiya Aílton Élton Yahya El Hindi
Busaiteen Marcus Vinicius Jean-Michel Joachim Samson Mbingui Soune Soungole Yaser Hamed Júnior Timbó
East Riffa Felipe Hereda Luiz Fernando Yuri Łukasz Gikiewicz Saeed Murjan Ali Nasser
Malkiya Lukman Murad Nawaf Abdullah
Manama Hervé Elame Aubin Kouakou Adewale Olufade Israa Hamwiah

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Al-Riffa (C) 18 14 3 1 31 13 +18 45 Qualification for AFC Cup group stage
2 East Riffa 18 11 2 5 32 20 +12 35
3 Manama 18 9 4 5 26 18 +8 31
4 Al-Muharraq 18 7 6 5 24 15 +9 27
5 Al-Hidd 18 8 3 7 26 23 +3 27
6 Al-Ahli 18 5 6 7 17 25 −8 21
7 Budaiya 18 3 8 7 11 19 −8 17
8 Al-Najma SC (O) 18 3 6 9 17 31 −14 15 Qualification for Relegation play-offs
9 Malkiya (R) 18 2 7 9 11 26 −15 13 Relegation to Bahraini Second Division
10 Busaiteen (R) 18 1 9 8 17 22 −5 12
Source: Soccerway
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away AHL HID MUH NAJ RIF BUD BUS EAS MAL MAN AHL HID MUH NAJ RIF BUD BUS EAS MAL MAN
Al-Ahli 1–1 1–0 3–1 1–3 1–1 0–0 2–5 2–2 1–0
Al-Hidd 2–0 1–0 1–1 0–2 2–1 1–0 4–3 4–1 3–0 3–2
Al-Muharraq 3–1 2–0 0–0 0–1 2–0 1–2 1–0 1–1 3–1
Al-Najma SC 0–1 2–1 1–2 1–0 0–1 1–5 2–2 0–2
Al-Riffa 1–0 0–0 2–0 1–0 2–1 1–3 2–1 2–1
Budaiya 1–0 0–3 1–0 0–2 1–1 0–1 1–1 0–2 1–1
Busaiteen 1–1 2–2 1–2 1–2 6–1 0–0 1–1 1–1
East Riffa 3–0 3–1 1–1 1–2 1–4 3–0 3–0 1–1 2–0
Malkiya 1–1 2–1 1–1 0–0 0–0 2–4 0–0 1–0 1–2 0–0
Manama 0–2 2–2 2–0 1–0 1–0 1–2 1–0 1–0 0–0 1–0
Source: Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Relegation play-off

1st leg

Al-Najma SC1–0Al Ittifaq Maqaba
  • Jalilo 71' (o.g.)
 Report

2nd leg

Al Ittifaq Maqaba0–2Al-Najma SC
Report
  • Nemer 3' (pen.)
  • Muneer 8'

Al-Najma SC wins 3–0 on aggregate. Both teams stay in their current leagues respectively.

Season statistics

Top scorers

Rank Player Club Goals[2]
1 Mahdi Abduljabbar Manama 12
2 Mohamed Al-Romaihi East Riffa 11
3 Mahdi Al-Humaidan Al-Riffa 9
4 Ali Madan Al-Riffa 6
Abdalrahman Barakat Al-Muharraq
Mohammad Fares Al-Hidd
Łukasz Gikiewicz East Riffa
Ismail Abdullatif Al-Muharraq
9 Issa Abd Al Wahab Malkiya 5
Luis Junior Al-Najma SC
Issa Moosa Naji Manama
Erick Luis Hidd SCC

References

  1. ^ "Nasser Bin Hamad Bahrain Premier League". Soccerway. Retrieved 2022-04-27.
  2. ^ Soccerway
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