2022–23 Bahraini Premier League

Bahraini Premier League

Season	2022–23
Champions	Al-Khaldiya
Relegated	Budaiya Bahrain
Matches played	132
Goals scored	333 (2.52 per match)
Top goalscorer	Mahdi Al-Humaidan 14 goals
Biggest home win	Al-Riffa 7–0 Budaiya (8 May 2023)
Biggest away win	Budaiya 0–6 Al-Khaldiya (4 May 2023)
Highest scoring	East Riffa 3–5 Manama (27 November 2022) Al-Hidd 3–5 Al-Khaldiya (7 March 2023)
Longest winning run	4 matches Manama
Longest unbeaten run	11 matches Al-Muharraq
Longest winless run	13 matches Budaiya
Longest losing run	11 matches Budaiya
← 2021–22 2023–24 →

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

Al-Ahli, Al-Shabab, Manama

East Riffa, Al-Riffa

Al-Hala, Al-Muharraq, Bahrain SC

Budaiya

Al-Hidd

Al-Khaldiya

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. Al-Hidd: 4 pts, Al-Shabab: 1 pts.
2. 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	Mahdi Al-Humaidan	Al-Khaldiya	14
2	Mahdi Abduljabbar	Manama	13
3	Thiago Augusto	Al-Hidd	11
4	Othman Alhaj	Sitra	9
5	Samy Frioui	Al-Khaldiya	8
6	Joel Vinicius	Bahrain	7
	Ismael Abdullatif	Al-Khaldiya
	Amin Al-Shanaineh	Al-Riffa
9	Kamil Al-Aswad	Al-Riffa	6
	Ernest Barfo	Sitra
	Mario Fontanella	Al-Muharraq
	Mohammad Al Marmour	Manama

Hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date
Mohammad Al Marmour	Manama	Budaiya	5–0 (A)	15 December 2022
Mahdi Abduljabbar	Manama	Al-Ahli	5–1 (H)	27 January 2023
Víctor Arboleda	Al-Muharraq	Al-Shabab	5–0 (A)	9 April 2023
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. "عقوبة لجنة الانضباط تقرب البديع من الهبوط" (in Arabic). Kooora. 10 March 2023. Retrieved 20 July 2024.
3. Soccerway