# 2024–25 Bahraini Premier League

The 2024–25 Bahraini Premier League (also known as Nasser Bin Hamad Premier League) is the 68th top-level football season in Bahrain. The season started on 21 September 2024 and will end on a date that is yet to be determined.

## Teams

Twelve teams are competing in the league – the top eight teams from the previous season, the top two teams from the relegation play-offs and the two teams directly promoted from the Second Division. The directly promoted teams were Bahrain SC and A'Ali and the team promoted from the relegation play-offs was Malkiya. Bahrain SC and Malkiya returned to the top flight after respective absences of one and three years, whereas A'Ali are making their Premier League debut this season. They replaced Al-Hidd, Al-Hala and Busaiteen, who were relegated to the Second Division after respective spells of three, three and one year in the top flight.
| Team | Location | 2023–24 Position | Titles | Most recent title |
| A'Ali | A'ali | 2nd (SD) | 0 | – |
| Al-Ahli | Manama | 4th | 5 | 2009–10 |
| Al-Khaldiya | Hamad Town | 1st | 2 | 2023–24 |
| Al-Muharraq | Muharraq | 3rd | 34 | 2017–18 |
| Al-Najma | Manama | 6th | 1 | 1974–75 |
| Al-Riffa | Riffa | 2nd | 14 | 2021–22 |
| Al-Shabab | Manama | 7th | 0 | – |
| Bahrain SC | Muharraq | 1st (SD) | 5 | 1988–89 |
| East Riffa | Riffa | 10th 2nd (play-offs) | 1 | 1993–94 |
| Malkiya | Malkiya | 3rd (SD) 1st (play-offs) | 1 | 2016–17 |
| Manama | Manama | 5th | 0 | – |
| Sitra | Sitra | 8th | 0 | – |

### Stadiums and locations

Although every match contains a home and away team for administrative purposes (kit colours, fan distribution, etc.), all matches are hosted in one of these three venues.
| Stadium | Location | Capacity |
| Al Muharraq Stadium | Arad | 20,000 |
| Bahrain National Stadium | Riffa | 24,000 |
| Khalifa Sports City Stadium | Isa Town | 15,000 |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Al-Muharraq | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 31 | 9 | +22 | 29 | Qualification for the AFC Champions League Two group stage |
| 2 | Al-Khaldiya | 11 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 25 | 10 | +15 | 27 | |
| 3 | Al-Riffa | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 7 | +8 | 20 | |
| 4 | Al-Shabab | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 18 | |
| 5 | Malkiya | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 18 | |
| 6 | Al-Najma | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 21 | 19 | +2 | 17 | |
| 7 | Sitra | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 12 | +3 | 16 | |
| 8 | Bahrain SC | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 21 | −7 | 15 | |
| 9 | Al-Ahli | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 19 | 20 | −1 | 13 | Qualification for Relegation play-offs |
| 10 | Manama | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 23 | −14 | 10 | Qualification for Relegation play-offs |
| 11 | A'Ali | 12 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 25 | −16 | 6 | Relegation to Bahraini Second Division |
| 12 | East Riffa | 12 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 21 | −12 | 4 | Relegation to Bahraini Second Division |

## Results

| Home \ Away | ALI | AHL | KHA | MUH | NAJ | RIF | SHB | BHR | EAS | MAL | MAN | SIT |
| A'Ali | — | | | | 1–3 | | 1–2 | | | 2–1 | | 0–0 |
| Al-Ahli | | — | | | | | | 0–1 | 3–2 | | 2–0 | |
| Al-Khaldiya | | | — | | | 1–0 | | 3–0 | 2–1 | | 3–2 | |
| Al-Muharraq | | | 3–1 | — | | | 3–0 | 7–2 | | | | |
| Al-Najma | | 2–3 | | 0–0 | — | 1–3 | | | | | | |
| Al-Riffa | 3–0 | | | 2–0 | 3–0 | — | | | | | | 0–2 |
| Al-Shabab | | | | 1–2 | 0–2 | | — | | | 0–0 | | |
| Bahrain SC | | 2–1 | | | | | 1–2 | — | 2–1 | | | |
| East Riffa | | | | | 2–4 | | | | — | 1–2 | | |
| Malkiya | | | | 1–1 | | | | | 0–0 | — | | |
| Manama | 2–2 | | 0–5 | | | 0–0 | 0–2 | | | | — | |
| Sitra | 2–1 | 3–1 | | | | | | | | 0–1 | 4–1 | — |

### Results by round

| Team ╲ Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| A'Ali | L | L | D | W | L |
| Al-Ahli | L | W | L | | |
| Al-Khaldiya | W | W | W | L | |
| Al-Muharraq | W | D | W | D | W |
| Al-Najma | L | L | W | D | |
| Al-Riffa | W | L | D | W | |
| Al-Shabab | L | W | D | W | |
| Bahrain SC | W | W | L | L | |
| East Riffa | L | L | L | L | |
| Malkiya | W | D | D | L | |
| Manama | L | L | D | D | |
| Sitra | W | W | W | | |

### Positions by round

The table lists the positions of teams after each week of matches.
| Team ╲ Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| Al-Khaldiya | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Sitra | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| Al-Muharraq | 2 | 4 | 1 | 3 |
| Al-Shabab | 11 | 8 | 6 | 4 |
| Bahrain SC | 6 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| Malkiya | 4 | 5 | 5 | 6 |
| Al-Riffa | 3 | 6 | 7 | 7 |
| A'Ali | 7 | 9 | 10 | 8 |
| Al-Najma | 10 | 11 | 9 | 9 |
| Al-Ahli | 9 | 7 | 8 | 10 |
| Manama | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 |
| East Riffa | 8 | 10 | 12 | 12 |
* Leader and qualification for the AFC Champions League Two group stage
* Relegation play-offs
* Relegation to Bahraini Second Division

## Relegation play-offs

In this edition of the relegation play-offs, the ninth and tenth-placed teams of the Bahraini Premier League will be joined by the third and fourth-placed teams of the 2024–25 Bahraini Second Division in a four-team group where each team will play each other once. The top two teams of the group will qualify for the 2025–26 edition of the Bahraini Premier League and the bottom two teams will qualify for the 2025–26 edition of the Bahraini Second Division. The relegation play-offs will start on a date yet to be determined, sometime after the end of the regular season.

### Table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Ninth-placed PL team | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Promotion to Bahraini Premier League |
| 2 | Tenth-placed PL team | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Promotion to Bahraini Premier League |
| 3 | Third-placed SD team | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Relegation to Bahraini Second Division |
| 4 | Fourth-placed SD team | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Relegation to Bahraini Second Division |

### Results

* Home \ Away
* Ninth-placed PL team
* Tenth-placed PL team
* Third-placed SD team
* Fourth-placed SD team

## Season statistics
### Top scorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Juninho | Al-Muharraq | 6 |
| 2 | Vinícius Vargas | Al-Riffa | 4 |
| 3 | Maurício | A'Ali | 3 |
| 3 | Issa Abd Al-Wahab | Malkiya | 2 |
| 3 | Mahdi Abduljabbar | Al-Khaldiya | 2 |
| 3 | Husain Abdulkarim | Al-Muharraq | 2 |
| 3 | Imran Adam | Sitra | 2 |
| 3 | Sayed Ibrahim Alawi | Al-Shabab | 2 |
| 3 | Ebrahim Al-Khattal | Manama | 2 |
| 3 | Abdulwahab Al-Malood | Al-Muharraq | 2 |
| 3 | Mohammad Al Marmour | Al-Najma | 2 |
| 3 | Mohamed Al-Romaihi | Al-Najma | 2 |
| 3 | Ahmed Al-Sherooqi | Al-Muharraq | 2 |
| 3 | Anderson Júnior | Bahrain SC | 2 |
| 3 | Samy Frioui | Al-Riffa SC | 2 |
| 3 | Gleison | Al-Khaldiya | 2 |
| 3 | Ousmane Hissein Hassan | Sitra | 2 |
| 3 | Igor Torres | Al-Khaldiya | 2 |
| 3 | Joel | Sitra | 2 |
| 3 | Luiz Fernando | East Riffa | 2 |
| 3 | Facundo Tobares | Al-Ahli | 2 |
| 3 | Gabriel Vasconcelos | Bahrain SC | 2 |