2020–21 Bahraini Premier League

The 2020–21 Bahraini Premier League (also known as Nasser Bin Hamad Premier League for sponsorship reasons), was the 64th top-level football season in Bahrain. The season started on 8 December 2020, and ended on 26 May 2021.[1]

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 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)

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

League table

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 (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
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 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

1st leg
Al-Najma1–0Al Ittifaq Maqaba
  • Jalilo 71' (o.g.)
 Report

2nd leg
Al Ittifaq Maqaba0–2Al-Najma
Report
  • Nemer 3' (pen.)
  • Muneer 8'

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

Season statistics

Top scorers
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
Bahrain Issa Moosa Naji Manama
Brazil Erick Luis Hidd SCC

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