# 2018–19 Jordanian Pro League

The 2018–2019 Jordanian Pro League (known as the Al-Manaseer Jordanian Pro League, named after Ziad AL-Manaseer Companies Group for sponsorship reasons) was the 67th season of Jordanian Pro League since its inception in 1944. The season started on 15 August 2018 and finished in May 2019.
Al-Wehdat are the defending champions of the 2017–18 season. Al-Salt and Al-Sareeh joined as the promoted clubs from the 2017–18 League Division 1. They replaced Mansheyat Bani Hasan and Al-Yarmouk who were relegated to the 2019 Jordan League Division 1.

## Teams

Twelve teams will compete in the league – the top ten teams from the 2017–18 season and the two teams promoted from the 2017–18 Division 1.
Teams promoted to the 2018–2019 Premier League
The first team to be promoted was Al-Salt, following their 0–1 defeat against Al-Sareeh on 8 May 2018. Al-Salt are playing in the Premier League for the first time in their history. They were also promoted as the 2017–18 League Division 1 winners on 15 May 2018, following their 2–0 victory against Al-Arabi.
The second team to be promoted was Al-Sareeh, following their 2–0 victory against Sahab on 15 May 2018, the last day of the regular season. Al-Sareeh returned to the Premier League for the first time since the 2016–17 season.
Teams relegated to the 2019 Division 1
The first team to be relegated was Mansheyat Bani Hasan, following their 2–4 defeat against Shabab Al-Ordon on 26 April 2018, ending their 2-year stay in the top flight.
The second team to be relegated was Al-Yarmouk, ending their 1-year stay in the top flight.

### Stadiums and locations

    Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.
Al Manaseer Jordanian Pro League 2018-2019 :
| Club | Location | Stadium | Capacity | Year Formed |
| Al-Ahli | Amman | Amman International Stadium | 17,619 | 1944 |
| Al-Baqa'a | Balqa Governorate | Amman International Stadium | 17,619 | 1968 |
| Al-Faisaly | Amman | Amman International Stadium | 17,619 | 1932 |
| Al-Hussein | Irbid | Al-Hassan Stadium | 12,000 | 1964 |
| Al-Jazeera | Amman | Amman International Stadium | 17,619 | 1947 |
| Al-Ramtha | Irbid | Prince Hashim Stadium | 5,000 | 1966 |
| Al-Salt | Al-Salt | Prince Hussein Bin Abdullah II Stadium | 7,500 | 1965 |
| Al-Sareeh | Irbid | Al-Hassan Stadium | 12,000 | 1973 |
| Al-Wehdat | Amman | King Abdullah Stadium | 13,000 | 1956 |
| Shabab Al-Aqaba | Aqaba | Al-Aqaba Stadium | 3,800 | 1965 |
| Shabab Al-Ordon | Amman | King Abdullah Stadium | 13,000 | 2002 |
| That Ras | Al-Karak | Prince Faisal Stadium | 7,000 | 1980 |

### Personnel and kits

| Team | Manager | Captain | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor |
| Al-Ahli | Jamal Mahmoud | Yazan Dahshan | Givova | |
| Al-Baqa'a | Abdullah Al-Qutati | Adnan Adous | Adidas | |
| Al-Faisaly | Rateb Al-Awadat | Baha' Abdel-Rahman | Jako | Umniah |
| Al-Hussein | Othman Al-Hasanat | Mohammad Al-Alawneh | Adidas | |
| Al-Jazeera | Chiheb Ellili | Mohammad Tannous | Jako | |
| Al-Ramtha | Osama Qasem | Amer Abu Hudaib | Nike | |
| Al-Salt | Mustafa Arabiat | Mohammad Shatnawi | Adidas | |
| Al-Sareeh | Malek Shatnawi | Radwan Shatnawi | Givova | |
| Al-Wehdat | Kais Yâakoubi | Hassan Abdel-Fattah | Givova | Umniah |
| Shabab Al-Aqaba | Raed Al-Dawoud | Rabie Al-Buraimi | Adidas | |
| Shabab Al-Ordon | Issa Al-Turk | Yousef Al-Naber | Jako | |
| That Ras | Shadi Abu Hash'hash | Malek Al-Shlouh | Adidas | |

### Managerial changes

| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
| Al-Ramtha | Florin Motroc | End of contract | 4 May 2018 | Islam Thiabat | 27 July 2018 |
| Al-Ahli | Emad Khankan | End of contract | 11 May 2018 | Issa Al-Turk | 10 June 2018 |
| Al-Faisaly | Nebojša Jovović | End of contract | 14 May 2018 | Nabil Kouki | 26 June 2018 |
| Al-Hussein | Haitham Al-Shboul | End of contract | 16 May 2018 | Bilal Al-Laham | 26 August 2018 |
| Al-Salt | Ibrahim Helmi | End of contract | 18 May 2018 | Osama Qasem | 3 June 2018 |
| Al-Jazeera | Chiheb Ellili | End of contract | 20 May 2018 | Nizar Mahrous | 26 July 2018 |
| That Ras | Assaf Khalifa | End of contract | 20 May 2018 | Chaker Meftah | 4 August 2018 |
| Al-Sareeh | Abdullah Al-Amarin | Resigned | 26 May 2018 | Malek Shatnawi | 26 May 2018 |
| Al-Faisaly | Nabil Kouki | Sacked | 16 September 2018 | Tarek Jarraya | 26 June 2018 |
| Shabab Al-Ordon | Zé Nando | Sacked | 16 September 2018 | Mahmoud Al-Hadid | 18 September 2018 |
| Al-Wehdat | Jamal Mahmoud | Mutual consent | 1 October 2018 | Kais Yâakoubi | 2 October 2018 |
| Al-Ramtha | Islam Thiabat | Mutual consent | 25 October 2018 | Adel Yousef | 27 October 2018 |
| That Ras | Chaker Meftah | Sacked | 10 November 2018 | Tarek Al-Salmi | 10 November 2018 |
| Al-Hussein | Bilal Al-Laham | Sacked | 14 January 2019 | Ashraf Kasem | 15 January 2019 |
| Al-Jazeera | Nizar Mahrous | Mutual consent | 14 January 2019 | Dalibor Starčević | 19 January 2019 |
| Al-Jazeera | Dalibor Starčević | Sacked | 17 February 2019 | Chiheb Ellili | 20 February 2019 |
| Al-Hussein | Ashraf Kasem | Sacked | 24 February 2019 | Othman Al-Hasanat | 25 February 2019 |
| Al-Faisaly | Tarek Jarraya | Sacked | 24 February 2019 | Rateb Al-Awadat | 28 February 2019 |
| That Ras | Tarek Al-Salmi | Sacked | 26 February 2019 | Shadi Abu Hash'hash | 26 February 2019 |
| Al-Baqa'a | Rateb Al-Awadat | Mutual consent | 26 February 2019 | Abdullah Al-Qutati | 1 March 2019 |
| Al-Ahli | Issa Al-Turk | Mutual consent | 5 March 2019 | Jamal Mahmoud | 8 March 2019 |
| Shabab Al-Ordon | Mahmoud Al-Hadid | Mutual consent | 9 March 2019 | Issa Al-Turk | 9 March 2019 |
| Al-Salt | Osama Qasem | Mutual consent | 10 March 2019 | Mustafa Arabiat | 12 March 2019 |
| Al-Ramtha | Adel Yousef | Mutual consent | 5 April 2019 | Osama Qasem | 6 April 2019 |

### Foreign players

The number of foreign players is limited to 3 per team, and should not be a goalkeeper.
| Club | Player 1 | Player 2 | Player 3 | Former players |
| Al-Ahli | Amir Bazhev | Mehmet Arslan | | |
| Al-Baqa'a | Bilal Danguir | Salim Sabakji | | |
| Al-Faisaly | Mohamed Maged Onosh | Chihebeddine Ben Fradj | Hichem Essifi | Johann Lengoualama Cosmos Dauda |
| Al-Hussein | Patrick Kamgaing | Admir Malkić | Demba Dikata | |
| Al-Jazeera | Alidu Namhan | Islam Batran | | Mardik Mardikian Mohamad Awata |
| Al-Ramtha | Lukman Azeez | Shadi Al Hamwi | | |
| Al-Salt | Kwame Adjeman-Pamboe | Kabiru Musa | Mohammad Kaloob | |
| Al-Sareeh | Mahmoud Naza'a | | | Mohamed Al-Zeno |
| Al-Wehdat | Carlão | Victor Demba Bindia | Sami Hammami | Ward Al Salama |
| Shabab Al-Aqaba | Michael Helegbe | Marcus Macauley | Anas Balhous | |
| Shabab Al-Ordon | Ulrich Kapolongo | | | |
| That Ras | Mohammed Balah | Haythem Gloulou | Houcine Mansour | |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Al-Faisaly (C) | 22 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 39 | 15 | +24 | 50 | Qualification for AFC Champions League preliminary round 1 |
| 2 | Al-Jazeera | 22 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 41 | 15 | +26 | 49 | Qualification for AFC Cup group stage |
| 3 | Al-Wehdat | 22 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 36 | 16 | +20 | 43 | |
| 4 | Shabab Al-Ordon | 22 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 30 | 21 | +9 | 39 | |
| 5 | Al-Salt | 22 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 23 | 21 | +2 | 33 | |
| 6 | Shabab Al-Aqaba | 22 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 27 | 28 | −1 | 27 | |
| 7 | Al-Sareeh | 22 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 17 | 29 | −12 | 26 | |
| 8 | Al-Ramtha | 22 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 26 | 30 | −4 | 23 | |
| 9 | Al-Hussein | 22 | 7 | 2 | 13 | 22 | 38 | −16 | 23 | |
| 10 | Al-Ahli | 22 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 31 | −15 | 22 | |
| 11 | Al-Baqa'a (R) | 22 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 24 | 30 | −6 | 21 | Relegation to Jordan League Division 1 |
| 12 | That Ras (R) | 22 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 12 | 39 | −27 | 9 | Relegation to Jordan League Division 1 |
* ↑ If the league champions cannot qualify for the AFC Champions League group stage, they will enter the AFC Cup group stage.
* ↑ Since league champions Al-Faisaly were also Jordan FA Cup winners, the league runners-up qualified for the AFC Cup group stage.
* 1 2 Head-to-head results: Al-Ramtha 3–0 Al-Hussein, Al-Hussein 0–1 Al-Ramtha.

## Results

| Home \ Away | AHL | BAQ | FAI | HUS | JAZ | RAM | SLT | SAR | WEH | AQB | ORD | THR |
| Al-Ahli | | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–4 | 0–0 | 0–0 |
| Al-Baqa'a | 1–2 | | 0–1 | 3–1 | 2–4 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 |
| Al-Faisaly | 2–1 | 3–1 | | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 4–0 | 1–1 |
| Al-Hussein | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | | 0–2 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 |
| Al-Jazeera | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | | 2–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 |
| Al-Ramtha | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–2 | | 1–4 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 3–0 |
| Al-Salt | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–4 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–3 | | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 |
| Al-Sareeh | 1–0 | 4–1 | 0–4 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | | 2–4 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 |
| Al-Wehdat | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | | 2–0 | 2–0 | 4–0 |
| Shabab Al-Aqaba | 3–0 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 1–4 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 | | 1–1 | 1–2 |
| Shabab Al-Ordon | 2–0 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 4–0 | 0–4 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 3–0 | | 1–0 |
| That Ras | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–4 | 0–3 | 0–2 | |

## Season progress

| Team ╲ Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 |
| Al-Ahli | L | L | D | W | D | L | L | D | L | L | W | W | L | D | L | W | L | L | L | L | W | W |
| Al-Baqa'a | W | L | W | D | L | L | L | W | L | L | L | L | D | D | W | W | D | L | L | D | L | L |
| Al-Faisaly | W | D | D | D | D | W | L | W | W | W | W | D | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | L |
| Al-Hussein | L | L | L | W | W | W | W | L | L | W | L | D | L | L | W | D | L | W | L | L | L | L |
| Al-Jazeera | W | W | W | W | W | W | D | W | W | D | L | D | D | W | W | W | W | D | L | W | W | W |
| Al-Ramtha | D | L | D | L | W | L | L | D | W | L | L | L | D | L | W | L | L | L | W | W | W | D |
| Al-Salt | W | D | D | D | D | W | D | W | W | W | W | W | D | L | L | L | D | D | L | D | L | W |
| Al-Sareeh | D | D | D | L | L | L | W | L | L | L | W | W | D | L | L | W | L | W | W | L | D | W |
| Al-Wehdat | L | W | D | L | D | W | W | L | W | W | W | L | W | W | W | L | W | W | W | D | W | D |
| Shabab Al-Aqaba | L | W | L | L | L | W | W | L | L | W | L | D | W | D | L | D | L | W | W | D | D | D |
| Shabab Al-Ordon | W | W | D | W | W | L | W | D | W | D | W | W | D | W | L | L | W | L | W | D | L | D |
| That Ras | L | D | D | D | L | L | L | D | L | L | L | L | L | D | L | L | W | L | L | D | L | L |

## Statistics
### Scoring

* First goal of the season: Bilal Danguir for Al-Baqa'a against Al-Hussein (24 August 2018)
* Last goal of the season: Ibrahim Al-Jawabreh for Al-Ahli against Al-Baqa'a (9 May 2019)

### Top scorers

    As of 10 May 2019
| Rank | Scorer | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Baha' Faisal | Al-Wehdat | 15 |
| 2 | Hichem Essifi | Al-Faisaly | 12 |
| 2 | Shadi Al Hamwi | Al-Ramtha | 12 |
| 3 | Ulrich Kapolongo | Shabab Al-Ordon | 10 |
| 3 | Michael Helegbe | Shabab Al-Aqaba | 10 |
| 4 | Marcus Macauley | Shabab Al-Aqaba | 8 |
| 5 | Islam Batran | Al-Jazeera | 7 |

### Hat-tricks

| Player | For | Against | Result | Date |
| Michael Helegbe | Shabab Al-Aqaba | Al-Ahli | 4–0 | 1 September 2018 |
| Hichem Essifi | Al-Faisaly | Shabab Al-Ordon | 4–0 | 5 April 2019 |
| Baha' Faisal | Al-Wehdat | That Ras | 4–0 | 4 May 2019 |

## Number of teams by governorates

| Rank | Governorates | Number of teams | Teams |
| 1 | Amman | 6 | Al-Ahli, Al-Baqa'a, Al-Faisaly, Al-Jazeera, Al-Wehdat and Shabab Al-Ordon |
| 2 | Irbid | 3 | Al-Hussein, Al-Ramtha and Al-Sareeh |
| 3 | Aqaba | 1 | Shabab Al-Aqaba |
| 3 | Balqa | 1 | Al-Salt |
| 3 | Karak | 1 | That Ras |