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2018–19 Jordanian Pro League

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The 2018–2019 Jordanian Pro League (known as the Al-Manaseer Jordanian Pro League, named after Ziad AL-Manaseer Companies Group for sponsorship reasons) was the 67th season of Jordanian Pro League since its inception in 1944. The season started on 15 August 2018 and finished in May 2019.

Jordanian Pro League
Season2018–2019
Dates15 August 2018 – 11 May 2019
ChampionsAl-Faisaly
(34th title)
RelegatedAl-Baqa'a
That Ras
AFC Champions LeagueAl-Faisaly
AFC CupAl-Jazeera
Matches played132
Goals scored313 (2.37 per match)
Top goalscorerBaha' Faisal (Al-Wehdat-15 goals)
Biggest home winAl-Wehdat 4–0 That Rus
(4 May 2019)

Al-Faisaly 4–0 Shabab Al-Ordon
(5 April 2019)

Shabab Al-Ordon 4–0 Al-Hussein
(30 March 2019)
Biggest away winShabab Al-Ordon 0–4 Al-Jazeera
(3 May 2019)

Al-Sareeh 0–4 Al-Faisaly
(31 March 2019) Al-Salt 0–4 Al-Faisaly
(1 March 2019)

Al-Ahli 0–4 Shabab Al-Aqaba
(1 September 2018)
Highest scoringAl-Sareeh 2–4 Al-Wehdat
(22 February 2019) Al-Baqa'a 2–4 Al-Jazeera
(30 August 2018)
Longest winning run9 games
Al-Faisaly
Longest unbeaten run14 games
Al-Faisaly
Longest winless run16 games
That Ras
Longest losing run5 games
That Ras
2020 →
All statistics correct as of May 2019.

Al-Wehdat are the defending champions of the 2017–18 season. Al-Salt and Al-Sareeh joined as the promoted clubs from the 2017–18 League Division 1. They replaced Mansheyat Bani Hasan and Al-Yarmouk who were relegated to the 2018–19 League Division 1.

Teams edit

Twelve teams will compete in the league – the top ten teams from the 2017–18 season and the two teams promoted from the 2017–18 Division 1.

Teams promoted to the 2018–2019 Premier League

The first team to be promoted was Al-Salt, following their 0–1 defeat against Al-Sareeh on 8 May 2018. Al-Salt are playing in the Premier League for the first time in their history. They were also promoted as the 2017–18 League Division 1 winners on 15 May 2018, following their 2–0 victory against Al-Arabi.[1][2]

The second team to be promoted was Al-Sareeh, following their 2–0 victory against Sahab on 15 May 2018, the last day of the regular season. Al-Sareeh returned to the Premier League for the first time since the 2016–17 season.[3]

Teams relegated to the 2018–19 Division 1

The first team to be relegated was Mansheyat Bani Hasan, following their 2–4 defeat against Shabab Al-Ordon on 26 April 2018, ending their 2-year stay in the top flight.[4]

The second team to be relegated was Al-Yarmouk, ending their 1-year stay in the top flight.[5]

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Locations of the 2018–2019 Jordan League teams

Stadiums and locations edit

Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.
Al Manaseer Jordanian Pro League
2018-2019
Club Location Stadium Capacity Year Formed
Al-Ahli Amman Amman International Stadium 17,619 1944
Al-Baqa'a Balqa Governorate Amman International Stadium 17,619 1968
Al-Faisaly Amman Amman International Stadium 17,619 1932
Al-Hussein Irbid Al-Hassan Stadium 12,000 1964
Al-Jazeera Amman Amman International Stadium 17,619 1947
Al-Ramtha Irbid Prince Hashim Stadium 5,000 1966
Al-Salt Al-Salt Prince Hussein Bin Abdullah II Stadium 7,500 1965
Al-Sareeh Irbid Al-Hassan Stadium 12,000 1973
Al-Wehdat Amman King Abdullah Stadium 13,000 1956
Shabab Al-Aqaba Aqaba Al-Aqaba Stadium 3,800 1965
Shabab Al-Ordon Amman King Abdullah Stadium 13,000 2002
That Ras Al-Karak Prince Faisal Stadium 7,000 1980

Personnel and kits edit

Team Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
Al-Ahli   Jamal Mahmoud   Yazan Dahshan Givova
Al-Baqa'a   Abdullah Al-Qutati   Adnan Adous Adidas
Al-Faisaly   Rateb Al-Awadat   Baha' Abdel-Rahman Jako Umniah
Al-Hussein   Othman Al-Hasanat   Mohammad Al-Alawneh Adidas
Al-Jazeera   Chiheb Ellili   Mohammad Tannous Jako
Al-Ramtha   Osama Qasem   Amer Abu Hudaib Nike
Al-Salt   Mustafa Arabiat   Mohammad Shatnawi Adidas
Al-Sareeh   Malek Shatnawi   Radwan Shatnawi Givova
Al-Wehdat   Kais Yâakoubi   Hassan Abdel-Fattah Givova Umniah
Shabab Al-Aqaba   Raed Al-Dawoud   Rabie Al-Buraimi Adidas
Shabab Al-Ordon   Issa Al-Turk   Yousef Al-Naber Jako
That Ras   Shadi Abu Hash'hash   Malek Al-Shlouh Adidas

Managerial changes edit

Team Outgoing manager Manner of
departure 		Date of vacancy Incoming manager Date of
appointment
Al-Ramtha   Florin Motroc End of contract 4 May 2018   Islam Thiabat 27 July 2018[6]
Al-Ahli   Emad Khankan End of contract 11 May 2018   Issa Al-Turk 10 June 2018[7]
Al-Faisaly   Nebojša Jovović End of contract 14 May 2018   Nabil Kouki 26 June 2018[8]
Al-Hussein   Haitham Al-Shboul End of contract 16 May 2018   Bilal Al-Laham 26 August 2018[9]
Al-Salt   Ibrahim Helmi End of contract 18 May 2018   Osama Qasem 3 June 2018[10]
Al-Jazeera   Chiheb Ellili End of contract 20 May 2018   Nizar Mahrous 26 July 2018[11]
That Ras   Assaf Khalifa End of contract 20 May 2018   Chaker Meftah 4 August 2018[12]
Al-Sareeh   Abdullah Al-Amarin Resigned 26 May 2018   Malek Shatnawi 26 May 2018[13]
Al-Faisaly   Nabil Kouki Sacked 16 September 2018   Tarek Jarraya 26 June 2018[14]
Shabab Al-Ordon   Zé Nando Sacked 16 September 2018   Mahmoud Al-Hadid 18 September 2018
Al-Wehdat   Jamal Mahmoud Mutual consent 1 October 2018   Kais Yâakoubi 2 October 2018[15]
Al-Ramtha   Islam Thiabat Mutual consent 25 October 2018   Adel Yousef 27 October 2018[16]
That Ras   Chaker Meftah Sacked 10 November 2018   Tarek Al-Salmi 10 November 2018
Al-Hussein   Bilal Al-Laham Sacked 14 January 2019   Ashraf Kasem 15 January 2019[17]
Al-Jazeera   Nizar Mahrous Mutual consent 14 January 2019   Dalibor Starčević 19 January 2019[18]
Al-Jazeera   Dalibor Starčević Sacked 17 February 2019   Chiheb Ellili 20 February 2019[19]
Al-Hussein   Ashraf Kasem Sacked 24 February 2019   Othman Al-Hasanat 25 February 2019[20]
Al-Faisaly   Tarek Jarraya Sacked 24 February 2019   Rateb Al-Awadat 28 February 2019[21]
That Ras   Tarek Al-Salmi Sacked 26 February 2019   Shadi Abu Hash'hash 26 February 2019
Al-Baqa'a   Rateb Al-Awadat Mutual consent 26 February 2019   Abdullah Al-Qutati 1 March 2019[22]
Al-Ahli   Issa Al-Turk Mutual consent 5 March 2019   Jamal Mahmoud 8 March 2019[23]
Shabab Al-Ordon   Mahmoud Al-Hadid Mutual consent 9 March 2019   Issa Al-Turk 9 March 2019
Al-Salt   Osama Qasem Mutual consent 10 March 2019   Mustafa Arabiat 12 March 2019[24]
Al-Ramtha   Adel Yousef Mutual consent 5 April 2019   Osama Qasem 6 April 2019[25]

Foreign players edit

The number of foreign players is limited to 3 per team, and should not be a goalkeeper.

Club Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 Former players
Al-Ahli   Amir Bazhev   Mehmet Arslan    
Al-Baqa'a   Bilal Danguir   Salim Sabakji    
Al-Faisaly   Mohamed Maged Onosh   Chihebeddine Ben Fradj   Hichem Essifi   Johann Lengoualama
  Cosmos Dauda
Al-Hussein   Patrick Kamgaing   Admir Malkić   Demba Dikata  
Al-Jazeera   Alidu Namhan   Islam Batran     Mardik Mardikian
  Mohamad Awata
Al-Ramtha   Lukman Azeez   Shadi Al Hamwi    
Al-Salt   Kwame Adjeman-Pamboe   Kabiru Musa   Mohammad Kaloob  
Al-Sareeh   Mahmoud Naza'a       Mohamed Al-Zeno
Al-Wehdat   Carlão   Victor Demba Bindia   Sami Hammami   Ward Al Salama
Shabab Al-Aqaba   Michael Helegbe   Marcus Macauley   Anas Balhous  
Shabab Al-Ordon   Ulrich Kapolongo      
That Ras   Mohammed Balah   Haythem Gloulou   Houcine Mansour  

League table edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Al-Faisaly (C) 22 15 5 2 39 15 +24 50 Qualification for AFC Champions League preliminary round 1[a]
2 Al-Jazeera 22 15 4 3 41 15 +26 49 Qualification for AFC Cup group stage[b]
3 Al-Wehdat 22 13 4 5 36 16 +20 43
4 Shabab Al-Ordon 22 11 6 5 30 21 +9 39
5 Al-Salt 22 8 9 5 23 21 +2 33
6 Shabab Al-Aqaba 22 7 6 9 27 28 −1 27
7 Al-Sareeh 22 7 5 10 17 29 −12 26
8 Al-Ramtha 22 6 5 11 26 30 −4 23[c]
9 Al-Hussein 22 7 2 13 22 38 −16 23[c]
10 Al-Ahli 22 6 4 12 16 31 −15 22
11 Al-Baqa'a (R) 22 5 6 11 24 30 −6 21 Relegation to Jordan League Division 1
12 That Ras (R) 22 1 6 15 12 39 −27 9
Source: Goalzz
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ If the league champions cannot qualify for the AFC Champions League group stage, they will enter the AFC Cup group stage.
  2. ^ Since league champions Al-Faisaly were also Jordan FA Cup winners, the league runners-up qualified for the AFC Cup group stage.
  3. ^ a b Head-to-head results: Al-Ramtha 3–0 Al-Hussein, Al-Hussein 0–1 Al-Ramtha.

Results edit

Home \ Away AHL BAQ FAI HUS JAZ RAM SLT SAR WEH AQB ORD THR
Al-Ahli 2–1 0–1 2–1 0–2 1–0 3–2 0–1 0–1 0–4 0–0 0–0
Al-Baqa'a 1–2 0–1 3–1 2–4 1–0 1–2 3–0 2–3 1–1 0–0 2–2
Al-Faisaly 2–1 3–1 3–0 1–0 1–0 0–0 1–0 2–1 2–2 4–0 1–1
Al-Hussein 1–0 1–1 0–2 0–2 0–1 2–3 2–0 1–2 1–1 2–0 2–1
Al-Jazeera 1–2 1–1 2–0 3–1 2–0 0–0 3–1 1–0 3–0 1–1 2–1
Al-Ramtha 3–1 1–0 1–1 3–0 1–2 1–4 1–1 2–2 1–2 2–2 3–0
Al-Salt 1–1 0–0 0–4 2–0 0–0 2–3 0–0 1–0 0–2 1–1 1–0
Al-Sareeh 1–0 4–1 0–4 0–3 1–2 1–0 0–0 2–4 0–0 0–1 1–0
Al-Wehdat 2–0 1–0 0–0 4–0 1–0 2–1 1–2 0–0 2–0 2–0 4–0
Shabab Al-Aqaba 3–0 0–1 1–3 0–1 1–4 2–1 1–2 2–0 0–0 1–1 1–2
Shabab Al-Ordon 2–0 1–0 4–1 4–0 0–4 3–1 1–0 1–2 2–0 3–0 1–0
That Ras 1–1 0–2 1–2 1–3 1–2 0–0 0–0 1–2 0–4 0–3 0–2
Updated to match(es) played on 10 May 2019. Source: kooora
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season progress edit

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Al-Baqa'aWLWDLLLWLLLLDDWWDLLDLL
Al-FaisalyWDDDDWLWWWWDWWWWWWWWWL
Al-HusseinLLLWWWWLLWLDLLWDLWLLLL
Al-JazeeraWWWWWWDWWDLDDWWWWDLWWW
Al-RamthaDLDLWLLDWLLLDLWLLLWWWD
Al-SaltWDDDDWDWWWWWDLLLDDLDLW
Al-SareehDDDLLLWLLLWWDLLWLWWLDW
Al-WehdatLWDLDWWLWWWLWWWLWWWDWD
Shabab Al-AqabaLWLLLWWLLWLDWDLDLWWDDD
Shabab Al-OrdonWWDWWLWDWDWWDWLLWLWDLD
That RasLDDDLLLDLLLLLDLLWLLDLL
Updated to match(es) played on 10 May 2019. Source: [1]
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Lose

Statistics edit

Scoring edit

Top scorers edit

As of 10 May 2019[26]
Rank Scorer Club Goals
1   Baha' Faisal Al-Wehdat 15
2   Hichem Essifi Al-Faisaly 12
  Shadi Al Hamwi Al-Ramtha
3   Ulrich Kapolongo Shabab Al-Ordon 10
  Michael Helegbe Shabab Al-Aqaba
4   Marcus Macauley Shabab Al-Aqaba 8
5   Islam Batran Al-Jazeera 7

Hat-tricks edit

Player For Against Result Date
  Michael Helegbe Shabab Al-Aqaba Al-Ahli 4–0 1 September 2018
  Hichem Essifi Al-Faisaly Shabab Al-Ordon 4–0 5 April 2019
  Baha' Faisal Al-Wehdat That Ras 4–0 4 May 2019


Number of teams by governorates edit

Rank Governorates Number of teams Teams
1 Amman 6 Al-Ahli, Al-Baqa'a, Al-Faisaly, Al-Jazeera, Al-Wehdat and Shabab Al-Ordon
2 Irbid 3 Al-Hussein, Al-Ramtha and Al-Sareeh
3 Aqaba 1 Shabab Al-Aqaba
Balqa Al-Salt
Karak That Ras

References edit

  1. ^ "السلط يصعد لدوري المحترفين الأردني".
  2. ^ "السلط والصريح يصعدان لدوري المحترفين الأردني".
  3. ^ "السلط والصريح يصعدان لدوري المحترفين الأردني".
  4. ^ "الوحدات يقسو على الجزيرة.. وهبوط المنشية".
  5. ^ "الوحدات يقسو على الجزيرة.. وهبوط المنشية".
  6. ^ "الرمثا يتفق مع إسلام ذيابات".
  7. ^ "الترك مدربا للأهلي الأردني".
  8. ^ "الكوكي يصل الأردن لتدريب الفيصلي".
  9. ^ "اللحام مدربا للحسين الأردني".
  10. ^ "أسامة قاسم مدربًا للسلط".
  11. ^ "السوري نزار محروس رسميا المدير الفني للفريق في الموسم الجديد".
  12. ^ "التونسي مفتاح مدربا لذات راس".
  13. ^ "الشطناوي مدربا للصريح".
  14. ^ "رسميا : التونسي طارق جرايا مدربا جديدا للفيصلي الاردني".
  15. ^ "الوحدات يقدم قيس اليعقوبي في مؤتمر صحفي".
  16. ^ "ذيابات يكشف لكووورة دوافع استقالته من الرمثا".
  17. ^ "أشرف قاسم مدربًا للحسين إربد".
  18. ^ "الجزيرة الأردني يتعاقد مع الكرواتي داليبور".
  19. ^ "الجزيرة يسعى لفسخ عقد داليبور والتعاقد مع الليلي".
  20. ^ "أشرف قاسم يستقيل من تدريب الحسين إربد".
  21. ^ "العوضات مديرا فنيا للفيصلي الأردني".
  22. ^ "القططي مدربًا للبقعة بعد رحيل العوضات".
  23. ^ "جمال محمود يستهل مهمته مع الأهلي أمام السلط".
  24. ^ "السلط يفسخ عقد مدربه بالتراضي".
  25. ^ "أسامة قاسم مديرًا فنيًا للرمثا".
  26. ^ "Top scorers". Archived from the original on February 25, 2017.
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