# 2016–17 Jordan League

The 2016–2017 Jordanian Pro League (known as the Al-Manaseer Jordanian Pro League, named after Ziyad AL-Manaseer Companies Group for sponsorship reasons) was the 65th season of Jordan Premier League since its inception in 1944. The season started on 28 October, 2016 and concluded on 6 May, 2017.
Al-Wehdat are the defending champions of the 2015–16 season. Sahab and Mansheyat Bani Hasan entered as the two promoted teams.
On 6 May, 2017, Al-Faisaly won the title after a 4–0 home win over Sahab. It was their 33rd Premier League title.
Al-Jazeera's Mardik Mardikian won the Golden Boot with 14 goals.

## Teams

The league comprises 12 teams, 10 from the 2015–16 campaign, as well as two teams promoted from the 2015–16 Division 1.

### Stadiums and locations

Al Manaseer Jordanian Pro League 2016-2017 :
| Club | Location | Stadium | Year Formed |
| Al-Ahli | Amman | Petra Stadium | 1944 |
| Al-Baqa'a | Balqa Governorate | King Abdullah Stadium | 1968 |
| Al-Faisaly | Amman | Amman International Stadium | 1932 |
| Al-Hussein | Irbid | Al-Hassan Stadium | 1964 |
| Al-Jazeera | Amman | Amman International Stadium | 1947 |
| Al-Ramtha | Irbid | Prince Hashim Stadium | 1966 |
| Al-Sareeh | Irbid | Al-Hassan Stadium | 1973 |
| Al-Wehdat | Amman | King Abdullah Stadium | 1956 |
| Mansheyat Bani Hasan | Mafraq | Prince Ali Stadium | 1978 |
| Sahab | Amman | King Abdullah Stadium | 1972 |
| Shabab Al-Ordon | Amman | Amman International Stadium | 2002 |
| That Ras | Al Karak | Prince Faisal Stadium | 1980 |

### Personnel and kits

| Team | Manager | Captain | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor |
| Al-Ahli | Jamal Mahmoud | Yazan Dahshan | Jako | The Galleria Mall |
| Al-Baqa'a | Emad Khankan | Adnan Adous | Jako | |
| Al-Faisaly | Nebojša Jovović | Baha' Abdel-Rahman | Jako | Zain |
| Al-Hussein | Maher Bahri | Abdullah Abu Zaitoun | Erreà | Terraco |
| Al-Jazeera | Nizar Mahrous | Saleh Al-Jawhari | MBB | |
| Al-Ramtha | Kemal Alispahić | Rami Samara | Adidas | Zain |
| Al-Sareeh | Ekrami Matbouli | Abdel-Ru'ouf Al-Rawabdeh | Adidas | |
| Al-Wehdat | Adnan Hamad | Amer Deeb | Jako | Zain |
| Mansheyat Bani Hasan | Osama Qasem | Hossam Shdifat | Adidas | |
| Sahab | Thair Jassam | Mohammad Al-Maharmeh | Adidas | |
| Shabab Al-Ordon | Issa Al-Turk | Rawad Abu Khizaran | Erreà | Burger King |
| That Ras | Maher Sdiri | Malek Al-Shlouh | Adidas | |

### Managerial changes

| Team | Outgoing manager | Date of vacancy | Manner of departure | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
| Al-Baqa'a | Thair Jassam | 30 May 2016 | Sacked | Ahmed Daham Karim | 28 June 2016 |
| Al-Wehdat | Ra'ed Assaf | 5 June 2016 | End of contract | Adnan Hamad | 5 June 2016 |
| Sahab | Kamel Jaara | 11 June 2016 | End of contract | Islam Thyabat | 11 June 2016 |
| Al-Faisaly | Jamal Abu-Abed | 13 July 2016 | Resigned | Thair Jassam | 25 July 2016 |
| Al-Hussein | Issa Al-Turk | 24 August 2016 | Sacked | Bilal Al-Laham | 1 September 2016 |
| Al-Jazeera | Haitham Al-Shboul | 25 September 2016 | End of contract | Nizar Mahrous | 25 September 2016 |
| Al-Baqa'a | Ahmed Daham Karim | 25 September 2016 | Sacked | Ammar Al-Zuraiki | 25 September 2016 |
| Al-Baqa'a | Ammar Al-Zuraiki | 5 November 2016 | Sacked | Issa Al-Turk | 5 November 2016 |
| Al-Faisaly | Thair Jassam | 20 November 2016 | Sacked | Branko Smiljanić | 26 November 2016 |
| Al-Ramtha | Akram Ahmad Salman | 22 November 2016 | Resigned | Najeh Thiabat | 22 November 2016 |
| Al-Baqa'a | Issa Al-Turk | 11 December 2016 | Resigned | Emad Khankan | 13 December 2016 |
| Sahab | Islam Thyabat | 18 December 2016 | Resigned | Thair Jassam | 20 December 2016 |
| Al-Ramtha | Najeh Thiabat | 9 January 2017 | Resigned | Kemal Alispahić | 9 January 2017 |
| Shabab Al-Ordon | Jamal Mahmoud | 15 January 2017 | Resigned | Issa Al-Turk | 15 January 2017 |
| Al-Sareeh | Abdullah Al-Amareen | 15 January 2017 | End of contract | Ekrami Matbouli | 18 January 2017 |
| Al-Ahli | Maher Bahri | 21 January 2017 | Sacked | Jamal Mahmoud | 21 January 2017 |
| That Ras | Emad Khankan | 30 January 2017 | Sacked | Maher Sdiri | 1 February 2017 |
| Al-Hussein | Bilal Al-Laham | 7 February 2017 | Resigned | Maher Bahri | 7 February 2017 |
| Al-Faisaly | Branko Smiljanić | 12 March 2017 | Sacked | Feras Al-Khalayleh (interim) | 12 March 2017 |
| Al-Faisaly | Feras Al-Khalayleh | 23 March 2017 | Interim period ended | Nebojša Jovović | 23 March 2017 |

### 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 |
| Al-Ahli | Marcus Macauley | Teah Dennis Jr. | Elhadji Malick Tall |
| Al-Baqa'a | Lorougnon Christ Remi | Hamdi Al Masri | |
| Al-Faisaly | Akram Zuway | Łukasz Gikiewicz | |
| Al-Hussein | Hamed Touré | Mohamed Al-Zeno | |
| Al-Jazeera | Fahd Youssef | Mardik Mardikian | Wael Al Rifai |
| Al-Ramtha | Marko Mihajlović | Sassá | Cheikha Sy |
| Al-Sareeh | Emmanuel Ezue | Ayman Al-Khalid | Mahmoud Naza'a |
| Al-Wehdat | Torres | Sebastijan Antić | Ahmad Maher |
| Mansheyat Bani Hasan | Ahmed El Merghany | Demba Dikata | Adel Hmani |
| Sahab | Luis Eduardo | Lukman Azeez | Moataz Salhani |
| Shabab Al-Ordon | Billel Abdelkadous | | |
| That Ras | Adel El Adham | Yousuf Ahmed | Samer Salem |

## Results
### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Al-Faisaly (C) | 22 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 32 | 11 | +21 | 46 | Qualification to Champions League qualifying play-off |
| 2 | Al-Jazeera (Q) | 22 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 37 | 19 | +18 | 44 | Qualification to AFC Cup |
| 3 | Al-Wehdat | 22 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 32 | 13 | +19 | 42 | |
| 4 | Mansheyat Bani Hasan | 22 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 27 | 18 | +9 | 39 | |
| 5 | Al-Ramtha | 22 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 22 | 17 | +5 | 33 | |
| 6 | Al-Hussein | 22 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 26 | 29 | −3 | 30 | |
| 7 | Al-Ahli | 22 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 25 | 26 | −1 | 27 | |
| 8 | Shabab Al-Ordon | 22 | 7 | 3 | 12 | 27 | 31 | −4 | 24 | |
| 9 | That Ras | 22 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 15 | 27 | −12 | 19 | |
| 10 | Al-Baqa'a | 22 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 19 | 36 | −17 | 19 | |
| 11 | Al-Sareeh (R) | 22 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 34 | −16 | 18 | Relegation to 2017–18 Jordan League Division 1 |
| 12 | Sahab (R) | 22 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 15 | 34 | −19 | 14 | Relegation to 2017–18 Jordan League Division 1 |

### Results table

| Home \ Away | AHL | BAQ | FSY | HUS | JAZ | RAM | SAR | WEH | MAN | SAH | ORD | THR |
| Al-Ahli | | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 2–0 |
| Al-Baqa'a | 0–4 | | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 |
| Al-Faisaly | 1–3 | 3–0 | | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 5–0 | 1–0 |
| Al-Hussein | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | | 2–5 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 |
| Al-Jazeera | 2–0 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 4–0 |
| Al-Ramtha | 0–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 |
| Al-Sareeh | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 3–5 | | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 0–1 |
| Al-Wehdat | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 4–0 | | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 |
| Mansheyat Bani Hasan | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–3 | | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 |
| Sahab | 1–3 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | | 0–2 | 0–2 |
| Shabab Al-Ordon | 2–3 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 2–1 | | 2–0 |
| That Ras | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 3–3 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | |

### 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 | W | L | W | L | W | L | D | D | W | D | L | D | L | L | W | L | D | L | L | W | W | D |
| Al-Baqa'a | L | L | D | D | L | L | D | L | L | L | D | D | D | L | W | W | L | D | W | L | L | W |
| Al-Faisaly | L | D | D | W | W | W | D | W | W | W | D | D | W | W | L | D | W | W | W | D | W | W |
| Al-Hussein | W | W | D | D | L | D | W | D | L | W | L | D | D | W | D | D | L | L | W | D | W | L |
| Al-Jazeera | W | W | W | L | W | W | W | W | D | L | W | D | W | D | D | D | W | D | D | W | W | D |
| Al-Ramtha | L | D | L | D | W | D | D | W | D | W | D | D | L | W | D | W | W | D | W | L | W | L |
| Al-Sareeh | L | W | D | W | L | L | D | L | L | L | L | D | D | L | D | L | L | W | L | W | D | L |
| Al-Wehdat | W | D | L | D | W | W | D | W | W | W | W | D | W | D | D | W | D | L | W | D | D | W |
| Mansheyat Bani Hasan | W | W | D | L | L | W | L | W | W | W | D | W | W | L | D | L | W | W | L | W | L | W |
| Sahab | L | D | D | D | W | D | L | L | L | D | D | L | L | W | D | L | L | D | L | L | L | L |
| Shabab Al-Ordon | W | L | W | W | L | L | D | L | W | L | D | W | L | L | D | W | L | W | L | L | L | L |
| That Ras | L | L | L | D | L | D | D | L | L | L | W | L | D | W | L | D | W | L | D | D | L | W |

## Statistics
### Top scorers

    As of 6 May 2017
| Rank | Scorer | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Mardik Mardikian | Al-Jazeera | 14 |
| 2 | Mohamed Al-Zeno | Al-Hussein | 9 |
| 2 | Elhadji Malick Tall | Al-Ahli | 9 |
| 2 | Akram Zuway | Al-Faisaly | 9 |
| 5 | Munther Abu Amarah | Al-Wehdat | 8 |
| 6 | Hassan Abdel-Fattah | Al-Wehdat | 7 |
| 6 | Mohammad Tannous | Al-Jazeera | 7 |
| 6 | Nahar Shdifat | Mansheyat Bani Hasan | 7 |
| 9 | Mohammad Omar Shishani | Shabab Al-Ordon | 6 |
| 9 | Samer Salem | That Ras | 6 |
| 11 | Emmanuel Ezue | Al-Sareeh | 5 |
| 11 | Abdel-Ru'ouf Al-Rawabdeh | Al-Sareeh | 5 |
| 11 | Musa Al-Taamari | Shabab Al-Ordon | 5 |
| 11 | Mahmoud Al-Mardi | Al-Ahli | 5 |
| 11 | Ahmed Abu Kabeer | Al-Hussein | 5 |
| 11 | Łukasz Gikiewicz | Al-Faisaly | 5 |

### Hat-tricks

| Player | For | Against | Result | Date |
| Elhadji Malick Tall | Al-Ahli | Al-Baqa'a | 4–0 | 30 December 2016 |
| Akram Zuway | Al-Faisaly | Shabab Al-Ordon | 5–0 | 1 April 2017 |