2020–21 Bahraini Premier League

Bahrain Premier League
Season2020–21
ChampionsAl-Riffa (13th title)
RelegatedMalkiya
Busaiteen
AFC CupAl-Riffa
East Riffa
Matches played92
Goals scored215 (2.34 per match)
Top goalscorerMahdi Abduljabbar (12 goals)
Biggest home winBusaiteen 6–1 Malkiya
(14 December 2020)
Biggest away winAl-Najma SC 1–5 Manama
(8 March 2021)
Highest scoringBusaiteen 6–1 Malkiya
(14 December 2020)
Al-Ahli 2–5 Manama
(5 February 2021)
Al-Hidd 4–3 East Riffa
(3 March 2021)

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.[1]

Team location

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2020–21 Bahraini Premier League is located in Bahrain
Al Ahli, Al Najma SC, Manama
Al Ahli, Al Najma SC, Manama
East Riffa, Riffa
East Riffa, Riffa
Muharraq
Muharraq
Budaiya
Budaiya
Busaiteen
Busaiteen
Malkiya
Malkiya
Hidd
Hidd
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Location football club of Bahraini Premier League

Foreign Players

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Club Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 Player 4 Player 5 AFC Player Former Players
Al-Ahli Brazil Alexandre Hans Lebanon Jad Noureddine Netherlands Tarik Kada Qatar Hamza Sanhaji Tunisia Zied Ziadi
Al-Ahli Brazil Bruno Nascimento Brazil Erick Luis Brazil Paulo Victor Egypt Mohamed Shawer Saudi Arabia Nasser Al-Shamrani Syria Mohamad Fares
Al-Muharraq Brazil Everton Brazil Jhonnattann Brazil Tiago Real Nigeria Prince Aggreh Syria Abdalrahman Barakat Syria Fares Arnaout Brazil Bruno Ritter
Turkmenistan Ruslan Mingazow
Al-Najma Brazil Caculé Brazil Ceará Brazil Luis Junior Libya Mahdi El Houni Senegal Mamadou Dramé
Al-Riffa Brazil Vitor Gabriel Tunisia Maher Boulabiar Libya Saleh Al-Taher
Budaiya Brazil Aílton Brazil Élton Lebanon Yahya El Hindi
Busaiteen Brazil Marcus Vinicius France Jean-Michel Joachim Gabon Samson Mbingui Niger Soune Soungole State of Palestine Yaser Hamed Brazil Júnior Timbó
East Riffa Brazil Felipe Hereda Brazil Luiz Fernando Brazil Yuri Poland Łukasz Gikiewicz Jordan Saeed Murjan Yemen Ali Nasser
Malkiya Sweden Lukman Murad Syria Nawaf Abdullah
Manama Cameroon Hervé Elame Ivory Coast Aubin Kouakou Togo Adewale Olufade Syria Israa Hamwiah

League table

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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
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
Source: Soccerway
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated

Results

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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
Source: Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Relegation play-off

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1st leg

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Al-Najma SC1–0Al Ittifaq Maqaba
  • Jalilo 71' (o.g.)
 Report

2nd leg

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Al Ittifaq Maqaba0–2Al-Najma SC
Report

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

Season statistics

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Top scorers

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

References

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  1. ^ "Nasser Bin Hamad Bahrain Premier League". Soccerway. Retrieved 2022-04-27.
  2. ^ Soccerway
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