# 2020–21 Bahraini Premier League

The 2020–21 Bahraini Premier League (also known as Nasser Bin Hamad Premier League) was the 64th top-level football season in Bahrain. The season started on 8 December 2020, and ended on 26 May 2021.

## Foreign players

| Club | Player 1 | Player 2 | Player 3 | Player 4 | Player 5 | AFC Player | Former Players |
| Al-Ahli | Alexandre Hans | Jad Noureddine | Tarik Kada | | | Hamza Sanhaji | Zied Ziadi |
| Al-Ahli | Bruno Nascimento | Erick Luis | Paulo Victor | Mohamed Shawer | Nasser Al-Shamrani | Mohamad Fares | |
| Al-Muharraq | Everton | Jhonnattann | Tiago Real | Prince Aggreh | Abdalrahman Barakat | Fares Arnaout | Bruno Ritter Ruslan Mingazow |
| Al-Najma | Caculé | Ceará | Luis Junior | Mahdi El Houni | Mamadou Dramé | | |
| Al-Riffa | Vitor Gabriel | Maher Boulabiar | | | | | Saleh Al-Taher |
| Budaiya | Aílton | Élton | | | | Yahya El Hindi | |
| Busaiteen | Marcus Vinicius | Jean-Michel Joachim | Samson Mbingui | Soune Soungole | | Yaser Hamed | Júnior Timbó |
| East Riffa | Felipe Hereda | Luiz Fernando | Yuri | Łukasz Gikiewicz | | Saeed Murjan | Ali Nasser |
| Malkiya | Lukman Murad | | | | | Nawaf Abdullah | |
| Manama | Hervé Elame | Aubin Kouakou | Adewale Olufade | | | Israa Hamwiah | |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Al-Riffa (C) | 18 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 31 | 13 | +18 | 45 | Qualification for AFC Cup group stage |
| 2 | East Riffa | 18 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 32 | 20 | +12 | 35 | Qualification for AFC Cup group stage |
| 3 | Manama | 18 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 26 | 18 | +8 | 31 | |
| 4 | Al-Muharraq | 18 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 24 | 15 | +9 | 27 | |
| 5 | Al-Hidd | 18 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 26 | 23 | +3 | 27 | |
| 6 | Al-Ahli | 18 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 25 | −8 | 21 | |
| 7 | Budaiya | 18 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 19 | −8 | 17 | |
| 8 | Al-Najma SC (O) | 18 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 17 | 31 | −14 | 15 | Qualification for Relegation play-offs |
| 9 | Malkiya (R) | 18 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 26 | −15 | 13 | Relegation to Bahraini Second Division |
| 10 | Busaiteen (R) | 18 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 17 | 22 | −5 | 12 | Relegation to Bahraini Second Division |

## Results

| Home \ Away | AHL | HID | MUH | NAJ | RIF | BUD | BUS | EAS | MAL | MAN | AHL | HID | MUH | NAJ | RIF | BUD | BUS | EAS | MAL | MAN |
| Al-Ahli | | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 0–0 | | | 2–5 | | | | | 2–2 | | 1–0 | | | |
| Al-Hidd | 2–0 | | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 4–3 | | | | | | 4–1 | | 3–0 | 3–2 | | | |
| Al-Muharraq | 3–1 | 2–0 | | | | 0–0 | | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | | | | | | | | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 |
| Al-Najma SC | 0–1 | | 2–1 | | 1–2 | | 1–0 | 0–1 | | 1–5 | | | 2–2 | | 0–2 | | | | | |
| Al-Riffa | | 1–0 | 0–0 | | | | | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | | | 1–3 | | | | | | 2–1 | 2–1 |
| Budaiya | 1–0 | | 0–3 | 1–0 | 0–2 | | 1–1 | 0–1 | | | | | | 1–1 | 0–2 | | 1–1 | | | |
| Busaiteen | | | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 | | | 1–2 | 6–1 | 0–0 | | | 1–1 | | 1–1 | | | | | |
| East Riffa | 3–0 | 3–1 | | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–4 | 3–0 | | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | | | | | | | | | |
| Malkiya | 1–1 | 2–1 | | 1–1 | | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–4 | | | 0–0 | 1–0 | | 1–2 | | 0–0 | | | | |
| Manama | 0–2 | 2–2 | | 2–0 | | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | | | 1–0 | | | | 0–0 | | | 1–0 | |

## Relegation play-off
### 2nd leg

Al-Najma SC wins 3–0 on aggregate. Both teams stay in their current leagues respectively.

## Season statistics
### Top scorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Mahdi Abduljabbar | Manama | 12 |
| 2 | Mohamed Al-Romaihi | East Riffa | 11 |
| 3 | Mahdi Al-Humaidan | Al-Riffa | 9 |
| 4 | Ali Madan | Al-Riffa | 6 |
| 4 | Abdalrahman Barakat | Al-Muharraq | 6 |
| 4 | Mohammad Fares | Al-Hidd | 6 |
| 4 | Łukasz Gikiewicz | East Riffa | 6 |
| 4 | Ismail Abdullatif | Al-Muharraq | 6 |
| 9 | Issa Abd Al Wahab | Malkiya | 5 |
| 9 | Luis Junior | Al-Najma SC | 5 |
| 9 | Issa Moosa Naji | Manama | 5 |
| 9 | Erick Luis | Hidd SCC | 5 |