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-Khaldiya 4–0 Al-Hidd; (21 October 2022); Al-Muharraq 4–0 Budaiya; (7 December 2022); Al-Khaldiya 5–1 Budaiya; (21 December 2022); Manama 5–1 Al-Ahli; (27 January 2023)
Biggest away win	Budaiya 0–5 Manama; (14 December 2022)
Highest scoring	East Riffa 3–5 Manama; (27 November 2022)
Longest winning run	4 matches; Al-Khaldiya; Manama
Longest unbeaten run	11 matches; Al-Muharraq
Longest winless run	12 matches; Budaiya
Longest losing run	10 matches; Budaiya
	← 2021–22 2023–24 → All statistics correct as of 7 February 2023.

The 2022–23 Bahraini Premier League (also known as Nasser Bin Hamad Premier League) is the 66th top-level football season in Bahrain.^[1] The season started on 11 September 2022.

Team location edit

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 edit

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 (Q)	22	5	9	8	24	26	−2	24	Qualification for Relegation play-offs
10	Al-Hala (Q)	22	5	6	11	22	34	−12	21	Qualification for Relegation play-offs
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]	Relegation to Bahraini Second Division

Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: Points, Head-to-head points,^[c] Head-to-head goal difference,^[c] Head-to-head goals scored,^[c] Total goal difference, Total goals scored
(C) Champions; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Al-Hidd finished ahead of Al-Shabab on head-to-head points: Al-Hidd: 4 pts, Al-Shabab: 1 pts (Al-Shabab 1–2 Al-Hidd, Al-Hidd 2–2 Al-Shabab).
^ Budaiya were deducted 6 points after they walked off the field to protest the officiating during the match against East Riffa.^[2]
^ ^a ^b ^c Only used if all head-to-head matches of the teams in question are completed, otherwise it is skipped to Tiebreaker 5

Results edit

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^[3]	—	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.

Positions by round edit

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

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14
Team ╲ Round
Al-Muharraq	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Manama	8	12	10	7	4	5	4	4	4	2	2
Al-Riffa	3	5	5	3	2	2	3	3	3	5	3
Al-Khaldiya	10	4	2	2	3	3	2	2	2	3	4
Sitra	9	11	6	8	8	6	7	6	6	4	5
Al-Hidd	12	6	8	6	6	7	10	7	7	7	6
Al-Hala	4	10	9	10	10	10	6	9	9	8	7
Al-Ahli	2	2	4	5	5	4	5	5	5	6	8
East Riffa	7	8	7	11	11	11	9	11	10	9	9
Bahrain SC	5	9	12	9	9	8	11	8	8	10	10
Al-Shabab	11	3	3	4	7	9	8	10	11	11	11
Budaiya	6	7	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12

	Leader
	Relegation play-offs
	Relegation to Bahraini Second Division

Updated to match(es) played on 7 February 2023. Source: Soccerway

Season statistics edit

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Top scorers edit

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	8
5	Joel Vinicius	Bahrain	7
	Ismael Abdullatif	Al-Khaldiya
	Amin Al-Shanaineh	Al-Riffa
	Samy Frioui	Al-Khaldiya
9	Kamil Al-Aswad	Al-Riffa	6
	Ernest Barfo	Sitra
	Mario Fontanella	Al-Muharraq
	Mohammad Al Marmour	Manama