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

2020–21 Bahraini Premier League is located in Bahrain
Al Ahli, Al Najma SC, Manama
Al Ahli, Al Najma SC, Manama
East Riffa, Riffa
East Riffa, Riffa
Muharraq
Muharraq
Budaiya
Budaiya
Busaiteen
Busaiteen
Malkiya
Malkiya
Hidd
Hidd
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Location football club of Bahraini Premier League

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 Bahrain Mahdi Abduljabbar Manama 12
2 Bahrain Mohamed Al-Romaihi East Riffa 11
3 Bahrain Mahdi Al-Humaidan Al-Riffa 9
4 Bahrain Ali Madan Al-Riffa 6
Syria Abdalrahman Barakat Al-Muharraq
Syria Mohammad Fares Al-Hidd
Poland Łukasz Gikiewicz East Riffa
Bahrain Ismail Abdullatif Al-Muharraq
9 Bahrain Issa Abd Al Wahab Malkiya 5
Brazil Luis Junior Al-Najma SC
Bahrain Issa Moosa Naji Manama
Brazil Erick Luis Hidd SCC

References

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