# 2021–22 Bahraini Premier League

The 2021–22 Bahraini Premier League (also known as Nasser Bin Hamad Premier League) was the 65th top-level football season in Bahrain. The season started on 25 August 2021 and ended on 16 May 2022.

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Al-Riffa (C) | 18 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 32 | 9 | +23 | 42 | Qualification for the 2023-24 AFC Cup Group Stage |
| 2 | Manama | 18 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 31 | 13 | +18 | 39 | |
| 3 | Al-Khaldiya | 18 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 24 | 13 | +11 | 30 | |
| 4 | Al-Muharraq | 18 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 22 | 19 | +3 | 27 | |
| 5 | Al-Hala | 18 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 21 | 24 | −3 | 25 | |
| 6 | East Riffa | 18 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 24 | 22 | +2 | 24 | |
| 7 | Al-Ahli | 18 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 18 | 29 | −11 | 17 | |
| 8 | Budaiya (O) | 18 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 19 | 29 | −10 | 17 | Qualification for Relegation play-offs |
| 9 | Al-Hidd (O) | 18 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 13 | 27 | −14 | 13 | Qualification for Relegation play-offs |
| 10 | Al-Najma SC (R) | 18 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 12 | 31 | −19 | 8 | Relegation to Bahraini Second Division |
* 1 2 Head-to-head points: Al-Ahli: 4, Budaiya: 1

## Results

| Home \ Away | AHL | HAL | HID | KHA | MUH | NAJ | RIF | BUD | EAS | MAN | AHL | HAL | HID | MUH | NAJ | RIF | BUD | EAS | MAN |
| Al-Ahli | | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | | 1–1 | | 1–1 | | 1–1 | | 1–1 | 1–1 | | 2–1 | | | | |
| Al-Hala | | | | 3–3 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | | 2–4 | | | | 0–2 | | | 1–0 | | 0–0 |
| Al-Hidd | | 0–0 | | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 1–0 | | 2–2 | | 0–1 | | 0–1 | | | 2–3 | | |
| Al-Khaldiya | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | | 1–0 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | | | | | | | 4–1 | | |
| Al-Muharraq | 4–0 | | | 0–1 | | 1–0 | 0–0 | | 2–3 | 1–2 | 1–0 | | | | | | | 0–0 | |
| Al-Najma SC | | 2–3 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–2 | | 0–3 | 0–1 | | 1–1 | | | | | | 0–2 | 0–2 | | |
| Al-Riffa | 3–2 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 4–1 | | | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | | | | | | | 2–2 | |
| Budaiya | 2–3 | | | | 1–1 | | 0–4 | | 1–2 | 1–2 | | | | 3–2 | | | | 2–0 | 0–1 |
| East Riffa | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | | 3–2 | | | | | 3–4 | 1–2 | 2–0 | | 3–1 | | | | |
| Manama | 3–1 | | 6–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | | 1–0 | | | | | | | | | 1–0 | |

## Relegation play-offs

In this edition of the relegation play-offs, the eighth and ninth-placed teams of the Bahraini Premier League were joined by the third and fourth-placed teams of the 2021–22 Bahraini Second Division in a four-team group stage where each team played each other once. The top three teams of the group qualified for the 2022–23 edition of the Bahraini Premier League and the bottom team qualified for the 2022–23 edition of the Bahraini Second Division. The relegation play-offs started on 6 May and ended on 16 May 2022.

### Table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Al-Hidd | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 7 | Promotion to Bahraini Premier League |
| 2 | Sitra (P) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 5 | Promotion to Bahraini Premier League |
| 3 | Budaiya | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 4 | Promotion to Bahraini Premier League |
| 4 | Malkiya | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | −4 | 0 | Relegation to Bahraini Second Division |

### Results

| Home \ Away | HID | BUD | MAL | SIT |
| Al-Hidd | | | | 1–1 |
| Budaiya | 1–2 | | 3–2 | |
| Malkiya | 1–3 | | | |
| Sitra | | 1–1 | 1–0 | |

## Season statistics
### Top scorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Mahdi Abduljabbar | Manama | 17 |
| 2 | Abdullah Al Hashash | Budaiya | 10 |
| 3 | Mohamed Marhoon | Al-Riffa | 9 |
| 3 | Ismail Abdullatif | Al-Khaldiya | 9 |
| 5 | Mohamed Khalid Shahin | Budaiya | 6 |
| 6 | Kamil Al Aswad | Al-Riffa | 5 |
| 6 | Mohamad Al Hallak | Manama | 5 |
| 6 | Mahdi Al-Humaidan | Al-Khaldiya | 5 |
| 6 | Abd Al Fatah Basheer | Al-Hala | 5 |
| 10 | Prince Obus Aggreh | East Riffa | 4 |
| 10 | Sami Al-Husaini | East Riffa | 4 |
| 10 | Mohamed Al-Romaihi | Al-Riffa | 4 |
| 10 | Flávio Carioca | Al-Muharraq | 4 |
| 10 | Ali Muneer | Al-Najma SC | 4 |
| 10 | Artyom Serdyuk | Al-Ahli | 4 |