# 2023–24 Bahraini Premier League

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.

## 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 | Qualification for Relegation play-offs |
| 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 | Relegation to Bahraini Second Division |
* 1 2 Al-Riffa: 4 pts, Al-Muharraq: 1 pts.
* 1 2 Al-Ahli: 4 pts, Manama: 1 pts.
* ↑ Al-Ahli qualified for the AFC Champions League Two qualifying play-offs as the 2023–24 Bahraini King's Cup winners.
* 1 2 Tied on head-to-head tiebreakers. Overall goal difference used.
* 1 2 3 Sitra: 6 pts, Al-Hidd: 5 pts, East Riffa: 3 pts.

## 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 | — |

### 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 |

## 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 | Promotion to Bahraini Premier League |
| 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 | Relegation to Bahraini Second Division |

### 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 | | |

## 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 |
| 4 | Thiago Augusto | East Riffa | 9 |
| 4 | Jacques Thémopelé | Al-Hidd | 9 |
| 7 | Husain Abdulkarim | Al-Muharraq | 8 |
| 7 | Abdullah Al-Hashash | Al-Ahli | 8 |
| 7 | Ebrahim Al-Khattal | Manama | 8 |
| 7 | Dominique Mendy | Al-Khaldiya | 8 |
| 7 | Facundo Tobares | Manama | 8 |

### 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 |