2023–24 Bahraini Premier League

Bahraini Premier League

Season	2023–24
Champions	Al-Khaldiya
Relegated	Busaiteen Al-Hala Al-Hidd
AFC Champions League Two	Al-Khaldiya Al-Ahli
Matches played	132
Goals scored	376 (2.85 per match)
Top goalscorer	Juninho 20 goals
Biggest home win	Al-Khaldiya 7–0 Al-Hala (14 May 2024)
Biggest away win	Al-Hala 0–5 Al-Najma (6 October 2023)
Highest scoring	Al-Khaldiya 7–1 Al-Ahli (8 October 2023) Al-Hidd 3–5 Sitra (9 November 2023)
Longest winning run	4 matches Al-Ahli Al-Khaldiya Al-Riffa
Longest unbeaten run	13 matches Al-Khaldiya
Longest winless run	11 matches East Riffa
Longest losing run	5 matches Busaiteen East Riffa
← 2022–23 2024–25 →

The 2023–24 Bahraini Premier League (also known as Nasser Bin Hamad Premier League) was the 67th top-level football season in Bahrain. The regular season started on 22 September 2023 and ended on 20 May 2024. The relegation play-offs then commenced on 23 May and concluded on 31 May 2024.

Al-Khaldiya, the defending champions won their second consecutive and second league title in total.

Team location

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

East Riffa, Al-Riffa

Al-Hala, Al-Muharraq

Al-Hidd

Al-Khaldiya

Busaiteen

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	8	2	45	18	+27	44	Qualification for the AFC Champions League Two group stage
2	Al-Riffa	22	10	7	5	35	26	+9	37
3	Al-Muharraq	22	9	10	3	40	28	+12	37
4	Al-Ahli	22	9	6	7	32	30	+2	33	Qualification for the AFC Champions League Two qualiying play-offs
5	Manama	22	9	6	7	28	26	+2	33
6	Al-Najma	22	7	6	9	40	42	−2	27
7	Al-Shabab	22	7	6	9	28	33	−5	27
8	Sitra	22	5	11	6	29	33	−4	26
9	Al-Hidd (R)	22	6	8	8	29	33	−4	26	Qualification for Relegation play-offs
10	East Riffa (O)	22	6	8	8	27	29	−2	26
11	Al-Hala (R)	22	6	2	14	17	41	−24	20	Relegation to Bahraini Second Division
12	Busaiteen (R)	22	4	6	12	26	37	−11	18

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:

Results

Home \ Away	AHL	HAL	HID	KHA	MUH	NAJ	RIF	SHB	BUS	EAS	MAN	SIT
Al-Ahli	—	1–2	3–3	0–1	2–2	2–0	2–1	0–1	2–2	1–0	0–0	3–1
Al-Hala	0–3	—	0–2	1–3	1–2	0–5	1–2	0–1	1–0	1–0	0–0	1–2
Al-Hidd	0–1	2–0	—	0–0	1–2	2–1	1–4	1–0	2–1	1–1	0–2	3–5
Al-Khaldiya	7–1	7–0	1–1	—	0–0	4–2	1–1	2–2	1–0	3–2	0–0	4–1
Al-Muharraq	1–1	3–1	3–2	1–1	—	2–1	1–1	3–0	0–0	2–2	3–1	1–1
Al-Najma	2–1	2–4	4–2	1–1	1–1	—	3–3	3–2	0–1	2–1	1–4	2–2
Al-Riffa	1–2	2–0	0–0	1–0	3–2	2–2	—	3–1	1–0	0–1	1–2	1–1
Al-Shabab	1–1	0–1	1–0	0–1	3–2	2–1	4–2	—	3–2	1–2	0–2	1–2
Busaiteen	0–2	2–1	2–2	1–2	2–1	2–3	1–3	1–1	—	1–3	1–3	2–2
East Riffa	2–1	0–0	1–3	3–0	2–2	0–1	1–1	1–1	1–3	—	2–1	1–1
Manama	2–3	1–2	0–0	0–4	0–3	3–2	0–1	1–1	2–1	2–0	—	0–0
Sitra	1–0	1–0	1–1	0–2	2–3	1–1	0–1	2–2	1–1	1–1	1–2	—

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

Results by round

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22
Al-Ahli	L	W	L	D	D	W	W	W	W	D	L	W	L	L	D	W	D	L	D	W	L	W
Al-Hala	W	W	L	L	L	W	L	W	L	L	W	L	D	W	L	L	L	L	D	L	L	L
Al-Hidd	L	L	L	W	W	L	D	L	D	L	L	L	D	W	W	D	D	D	D	W	D	W
Al-Khaldiya	W	D	W	W	D	D	D	L	D	W	W	W	D	W	W	W	W	D	D	W	W	L
Al-Muharraq	W	D	L	D	L	D	W	W	D	W	W	W	D	D	D	W	L	W	W	D	D	D
Al-Najma	D	W	W	W	D	D	L	L	L	L	W	L	D	L	W	D	L	W	W	L	D	L
Al-Riffa	D	W	W	W	L	W	L	W	W	W	W	D	D	D	L	W	D	D	D	L	W	L
Al-Shabab	L	L	W	W	L	D	L	D	L	D	D	D	W	L	W	L	W	L	D	L	W	W
Busaiteen	L	L	D	L	D	D	L	W	D	L	D	W	W	D	L	L	W	L	L	L	L	L
East Riffa	W	W	W	L	L	W	D	L	D	D	L	L	L	L	L	D	D	W	D	D	D	W
Manama	W	L	L	D	D	L	W	L	W	W	L	D	D	W	W	L	D	W	L	W	D	W
Sitra	L	L	D	D	D	W	W	W	D	L	L	L	W	D	L	D	D	D	D	W	D	D

Source: Soccerway
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Lose

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 2023–24 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 2024–25 edition of the Bahraini Premier League and the bottom two teams qualified for the 2024–25 edition of the Bahraini Second Division. The relegation play-offs started on 23 May and ended on 31 May 2024.

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Malkiya (P)	3	2	1	0	8	4	+4	7	Promotion to Bahraini Premier League
2	East Riffa	3	2	1	0	6	3	+3	7
3	Al-Hidd (R)	3	1	0	2	4	6	−2	3	Relegation to Bahraini Second Division
4	Al-Ittihad	3	0	0	3	2	7	−5	0

Source: Soccerway
(P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away	HID	ITT	EAS	MAL
Al-Hidd		2–1		1–3
Al-Ittihad			0–2
East Riffa	2–1			2–2
Malkiya		3–1

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

Season statistics

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Juninho	Al-Najma	20
2	Amir Roustaei	Sitra	12
3	Romeu	Al-Shabab	10
4	Kamil Al-Aswad	Al-Riffa	9
	Thiago Augusto	East Riffa
	Jacques Thémopelé	Al-Hidd
7	Husain Abdulkarim	Al-Muharraq	8
	Abdullah Al-Hashash	Al-Ahli
	Ebrahim Al-Khattal	Manama
	Dominique Mendy	Al-Khaldiya
	Facundo Tobares	Manama

Hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date
Dominique Mendy	Al-Khaldiya	Al-Ahli	7–1 (H)	8 October 2023
Husain Abdulkarim	Al-Muharraq	Al-Hidd	3–2 (H)	13 February 2024
Juninho	Al-Najma	Al-Riffa	3–3 (H)	8 March 2024