# 2019–20 Bahraini Premier League

The 2019–20 Bahraini Premier League (also known as Nasser Bin Hamad Premier League) was the 63rd top-level football season in Bahrain. The season started on 13 September 2019, and ended on 19 October 2020.

## Foreign players

| Club | Player 1 | Player 2 | Player 3 | player 4 | player 5 | player 6 | Former Players |
| Al-Ahli | Alexandre Hans | Ernest Anang | Tarik Kada | Adewale Olufade | Alaeddine Bouslimi | Zied Ziadi | Cleiton Mineiro Franck Julienne |
| Al-Hala | Ibrahima Diop | | | | | | João Luiz Lester Peltier |
| Al-Hidd | Carlos Geovane | Mohamed Shawer | Moses Atede | Mamadou Dramé | Mohamad Fares | | Mohammad Al-Dawud Mohammad Ratib |
| Al-Muharraq | Everton | Tiago Real | Prince Aggreh | | | | Lelê Matheus Bissi Mohamed Ali Moncer |
| Al-Najma | Caculé | Mahdi El-Houni | | | | | Esdras Olivier Osomba Osomba Aiman Al-Hagri |
| Al-Riffa | Vitor Gabriel | Mohammed Soulah | Saleh Al-Taher | Maher Boulabiar | | | Alhassane Keita Gege Soriola |
| Al-Shabab | Chisom Chikatara | | | | | | |
| Busaiteen | Marcos Vinicius | Jean-Michel Joachim | | | | | |
| East Riffa | Élton | Felipe Hereda | Luiz Fernando | Ali Nasser | | | |
| Manama | Bruno Andrade | Bruno Ritter | Israa Hamwiah | Shadi Al Hamwi | | | Marcinho Pedro Henrique Vitor Gabriel |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Al-Hidd (C, Q) | 18 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 29 | 16 | +13 | 41 | Qualification for AFC Cup group stage |
| 2 | Al-Muharraq | 18 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 32 | 16 | +16 | 40 | Qualification for AFC Cup group stage |
| 3 | Al-Riffa | 18 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 50 | 24 | +26 | 38 | |
| 4 | Al-Najma SC | 18 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 27 | 22 | +5 | 31 | |
| 5 | East Riffa | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 18 | 20 | −2 | 25 | |
| 6 | Manama | 18 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 18 | 22 | −4 | 20 | |
| 7 | Al-Ahli | 18 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 19 | 22 | −3 | 17 | |
| 8 | Busaiteen (Q) | 18 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 17 | 30 | −13 | 16 | Qualification for Relegation play-offs |
| 9 | Al-Shabab (R) | 18 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 15 | 37 | −22 | 14 | Relegation to Bahraini Second Division |
| 10 | Al-Hala (R) | 18 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 15 | 31 | −16 | 10 | Relegation to Bahraini Second Division |

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

Busaiteen retained Premier League survival 4:2 on aggregate

## Results

| Home \ Away | AHL | HAL | HID | MUH | NAJ | RIF | SHA | BUS | EAS | MAN |
| Al-Ahli | — | 3–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 |
| Al-Hala | 1–2 | — | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 5–0 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 |
| Al-Hidd | 1–0 | 2–1 | — | 4–1 | 1–1 | 0–4 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 |
| Al-Muharraq | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | — | 0–0 | 1–1 | 5–3 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 4–0 |
| Al-Najma SC | 2–0 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 1–4 | — | 4–2 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 |
| Al-Riffa | 3–1 | 5–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 4–0 | — | 3–1 | 5–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 |
| Al-Shabab | 0–4 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–3 | — | 0–1 | 1–3 | 3–1 |
| Busaiteen | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 3–2 | 1–2 | — | 2–2 | 1–1 |
| East Riffa | 1–3 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | — | 2–1 |
| Manama | 2–0 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 4–3 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | — |

## Season statistics
### Top scorers

    As of matches played 19 October 2020
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Kamil Al Aswad | Al-Riffa | 14 |
| 2 | Ernest Anang | Al-Ahli | 8 |
| 2 | Thiago Augusto | Al-Muharraq | 8 |
| 4 | Mohammed Salih Ali Sola | Al-Riffa | 7 |
| 4 | Mamadou Dramé | Al-Hidd | 7 |
| 4 | Everton Nascimento | Al-Muharraq | 7 |
| 4 | Sayed Hashim Isa | Al-Riffa | 7 |
| 8 | Abdullah Al Hashash | Busaiteen | 6 |
| 8 | Ali Haram | Al-Riffa | 6 |
| 8 | Ali Madan | Al-Najma SC | 6 |
| 8 | Ali Saeed | Al-Shabab | 6 |