Jordanian Pro League

The Jordanian Pro League (Arabic: الدوري الأردني للمحترفين) is a Jordanian professional league for men's football clubs and represents the top flight of Jordanian football. The championship consists of twelve competing teams in a home and away league system. The league not held in the years : 1948, 1953, 1957, 1958, 1967, 1968, 1969, and not finished in the 1998 in 2002 the league change calendar to a fall spring season. In 2020 the league return to a spring fall season, From the 2023-24 season , the JFA decided to return to the fall spring calendar to match the date of the league with the Asian championships. [1]

Jordanian Pro League
Founded1944 (1944)
CountryJordan
ConfederationAFC
Number of teams12
Level on pyramid1
Relegation toJordan League Division 1
Domestic cup(s)Jordan FA Cup
Jordan FA Shield
Jordan Super Cup
International cup(s)AFC Champions League
AFC Cup
Current championsAl-Faisaly (35th title)
(2022)
Most championshipsAl-Faisaly (35 titles)
TV partnersJRTV (2012–present)
Websitejfa.jo (in Arabic)
Current: 2023-24 Jordanian Pro League

Competition format

Promotion and relegation

A system of promotion and relegation exists between the Jordan Premier League and the Jordan League Division 1. The two lowest placed teams in Premier League are relegated to the League Division 1, and the top two teams from the League Division 1 are promoted to the Premier League.

Qualification for Asian competitions

At present, the winners of Jordan Premier League qualify for the AFC Champions League group stage, and the league runners-up qualify for the AFC Cup group stage alongside the winners of Jordan FA Cup.[2] Jordan is one of the most successful countries in the AFC Cup with three titles second after Kuwait, 2 for Al-Faisaly (2005 and 2006) and 1 for Shabab Al-Ordon (2007), more than any other country who has their clubs eligible to play in the AFC Cup.[3]

Clubs

Champions

Source:[4]

Total titles won by club

Source:[5]

Club Number of titles Winning seasons
Al-Faisaly 35 1944, 1945, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1976, 1977, 1983, 1985, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1993, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2009–10, 2011–12, 2016–17, 2018–19, 2022
Al-Wehdat 17 1980, 1987, 1991, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 2004–05, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2010–11, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2017–18, 2020
Al-Ahli 8 1947, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1954, 1975, 1978, 1979
Al-Ramtha 3 1981, 1982, 2021
Al-Jazeera 3 1952, 1955, 1956
Shabab Al-Ordon 2 2005–06, 2012–13
Amman 1 1984
Jordan Club 1 1946

Total titles won by city
City Number of titles Club(s)
Amman 67 Al-Faisaly (35), Al-Wehdat(17), Al-Ahli (8), Al-Jazeera (3), Shabab Al-Ordon (2), Amman(1), Jordan Club (1).
Ar-Ramtha 3 Al-Ramtha (3)

Total titles won by governorate
Governorate Number of titles Club(s)
Amman Governorate 67 Al-Faisaly (35), Al-Wehdat (17), Al-Ahli (8), Al-Jazeera (3), Shabab Al-Ordon (2), Amman (1), Jordan Club (1).
Irbid Governorate 3 Al-Ramtha (3)

Doubles

Three teams have won the double of the Jordanian Premier League and the Jordan FA Cup in the same season.

Club Number of titles Winning seasons
Al-Faisaly
11
 1983, 1989, 1992, 1993, 1999, 2001, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2011–12, 2016–17, 2018–19
Al-Wehdat
5
 1996, 1997, 2008–09, 2010–11, 2013–14
Shabab Al-Ordon
1
 2005–06

2023-2024 season
Jordanian Pro League 2023-2024
Club Location Stadium Capacity Year Formed
Al-Ahli Amman Amman International Stadium 17,619 1944
Al-Faisaly Amman Amman International Stadium 18,000 1932
Al-Hussein Irbid Irbid Al-Hassan Stadium 12,000 1964
Al-Jalil Irbid camp, Irbid Al-Hassan Stadium 12,000 1953
Al-Ramtha Ar-Ramtha Al-Hassan Stadium 12,000 1966
Al-Salt Al-Salt Amman International Stadium 18,000 1965
Al-Wehdat Amman King Abdullah Stadium 14,000 1956
Ma'an Ma'an Amman International Stadium 18,000 1971
Moghayer Al-Sarhan Mafraq Prince Mohammed Stadium 15,000 1992
Sahab Sahab King Abdullah Stadium 14,000 1972
Shabab Al-Aqaba Aqaba Aqaba Stadium 3,500 1965
Shabab Al-Ordon Amman Amman International Stadium 18,000 2002

Map
Location of clubs in Jordan for the 2023-2024 Premier League season

Players

Top scorers by season

Source:[6]

Season Nat. Top scorer(s) Club(s) Goals
1944 unknown
1945 unknown
1946 unknown
1947 unknown
1949 unknown
1950 unknown
1951 unknown
1952 unknown
1954 unknown
1955 unknown
1956 Jordan Sultan Al-Odwan Al-Faisaly 13
1959 Jordan Muhammad Al Bana Al-Jazeera 13
1960 Jordan Shafik Adass Al-Jazeera 14
1961 Jordan Shafik Adass Al-Jazeera 10
1962 Jordan Ali Teim Al-Ithad 9
1963 Jordan Ibrahim Musa Alqauqazi 9
1964 Jordan Sultan Al-Odwan Al-Faisaly 9
1965 Jordan
Jordan		 Adel Eisa
Hasune Yadaj		 Al-Jazeera
Al-Ahli		 13
1966 Jordan Jamal Hamid Al-Shabab 13
1970 unknown
1971 Jordan Jawdat Abdel-Munem Al-Faisaly 16
1972 Jordan Mustafa Al-Odwan Al-Faisaly 9
1973 Jordan Jawdat Abdel-Munem Al-Faisaly 13
1974 Jordan Ibrahim Mustafa Al-Faisaly 8
1975 Jordan
Jordan		 Muhammed Alhaj-Ali
Hasune Yadaj		 Al-Jazeera
Al-Ahli		 5
1976 Jordan
Jordan		 Ibrahim Mustafa
Naser Kandil		 Al-Faisaly
Al-Wehdat		 11
1977 Jordan Ibrahim Mustafa Al-Faisaly 8
1978 Jordan Ahmad Kalil Al-Ahli 6
1979 Jordan Ahmad Kalil Al-Ahli 11
1980 Jordan Sahel Ghazawy Al-Hussein 14
1981 Jordan Khaled Al-Zubi Al-Ramtha 14
1982 Jordan Munir Mesbah Al-Hussein 9
1983 Jordan Ibrahim Sadiya Amman 13
1984 Jordan Jamal Ibrahim Al-Nasr 12
1985 Jordan Jamal Ibrahim Al-Nasr 15
1986 Jordan Rateb Al-Dawud Al-Ramtha 12
1987 Jordan Faiz Bidaiwi Al-Ramtha 9
1988 Jordan Faiz Bidaiwi Al-Ramtha 10
1989 Jordan Khaled Al-Akori Al-Ramtha 14
1990 Jordan Aref Hussein Al-Hussein 11
1991 Jordan Jihad Abdel-Munem Al-Wehdat 15
1992 Jordan Aref Hussein Al-Hussein 13
1993 Jordan Jeris Tadrus Al-Faisaly 19
1994 Jordan Jeris Tadrus Al-Faisaly 16
1995 Jordan Ibrahim Abdel-Hadi Al-Jalil 18
1996 Jordan Jeris Tadrus Al-Faisaly 13
1997 Jordan Subhi Suleiman Al-Faisaly 15
1999 Jordan Bassam Al-Khatib Al-Ahli 22
2000 Jordan Jeris Tadrus Al-Faisaly 24
2001 State of Palestine Fadi Lafi Al-Wehdat 16
2002-03 Jordan Mahmoud Shelbaieh Al-Wehdat 22
2003-04 Jordan Hassan Abdel-Fattah Al-Wehdat 7
2004-05 Egypt Alaa Ibrahim Al-Wehdat 14
2005-06 Jordan Abdel-Hadi Al-Maharmeh Al-Faisaly 14
2006-07 Jordan Awad Ragheb Al-Wehdat 16
2007-08 Jordan Mahmoud Shelbaieh Al-Wehdat 14
2008-09 Jordan Mohammad Abdel-Haleem Al-Baqa'a 13
2009-10 Jordan Ahmed Marei Al-Hussein 14
2010-11 Jordan Mohammad Abdel-Haleem Al-Baqa'a 16
2011-12 Jordan Ahmad Hayel Al-Faisaly 18
2012-13 Jordan Abdallah Deeb Al-Wehdat 14
2013-14 Jordan Hamza Al-Dardour Al-Ramtha 13
2014-15 Syria Moataz Salhani That Ras 11
2015-16 Libya Akram Zuway Al-Hussein 12
2016-17 Syria Mardik Mardikian Al-Jazeera 14
2017-18 Poland Łukasz Gikiewicz Al-Faisaly 14
2018-19 Jordan Baha' Faisal Al-Wehdat 15
2020 Senegal Abdulaziz N'Diaye Al-Wehdat 17
2021 Cameroon Ronald Ngah Al-Salt 15
2022 Jordan Amin Al-Shanaina Al-Faisaly 9

All-time top scorers

Source:[7]

Rank Nat. Top scorer(s) Club(s) Season(s) Goals
1 Jordan Mahmoud Shelbaieh Al-Wehdat
Al-Jazeera		 (1998–2013,2015-16)
(2014)		 127
2 Jordan Jeris Tadrus Al-Faisaly 1987–2004 112


See also

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