# 2022–23 Bahraini Premier League

The 2022–23 Bahraini Premier League (also known as Nasser Bin Hamad Premier League) was the 66th top-level football season in Bahrain. The season started on 11 September 2022 and ended on 18 May 2023.

## League table

| 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 | |
| 8 | Al-Shabab | 22 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 21 | 25 | −4 | 27 | |
| 9 | East Riffa (O) | 22 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 24 | 26 | −2 | 24 | Qualification for Relegation play-offs |
| 10 | Al-Hala (O) | 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 | Relegation to Bahraini Second Division |
* 1 2 Al-Hidd: 4 pts, Al-Shabab: 1 pts.
* 1 2 Budaiya were deducted 6 points after they walked off the field to protest the officiating during the match against East Riffa. The match was originally a 2–1 win for East Riffa but they ended up being awarded a 3–0 victory.

## Results

| 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 | — | 3–5 | 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 | — |
* ↑ The East Riffa v Budaiya match was originally 2–1 to East Riffa, but was awarded as a 3–0 win to East Riffa due to Budaiya players walking off the field to protest the officiating.

## 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 2022–23 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 2023–24 edition of the Bahraini Premier League and the bottom two teams qualified for the 2023–24 edition of the Bahraini Second Division. The relegation play-offs started on 23 May and ended on 31 May 2023.

### Table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | East Riffa | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 5 | Promotion to Bahraini Premier League |
| 2 | Al-Hala | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 5 | Promotion to Bahraini Premier League |
| 3 | Al-Ittifaq Maqaba | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 3 | Relegation to Bahraini Second Division |
| 4 | A'Ali | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 2 | Relegation to Bahraini Second Division |

### Results

| Home \ Away | ALI | HAL | ITM | EAS |
| A'Ali | | 1–1 | | |
| Al-Hala | | | 1–0 | |
| Al-Ittifaq Maqaba | 3–2 | | | 0–2 |
| East Riffa | 1–1 | 1–1 | | |

## Season statistics

Source:

### Top scorers

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

### Hat-tricks

| Player | For | Against | Result | Date |
| Mohammad Al Marmour | Manama | Budaiya | 5–0 (A) | 15 December 2022 |
| Mahdi Abduljabbar | Manama | Al-Ahli | 5–1 (H) | 27 January 2023 |
| Víctor Arboleda | Al-Muharraq | Al-Shabab | 5–0 (A) | 9 April 2023 |
| Mahdi Al-Humaidan | Al-Khaldiya | Budaiya | 6–0 (A) | 4 May 2023 |