The 2024–25 Bahraini Premier League (also known as Nasser Bin Hamad Premier League) is the 68th top-level football season in Bahrain. The season started on 21 September 2024 and will end on a date that is yet to be determined.
Teams Twelve teams are competing in the league – the top eight teams from the previous season, the top two teams from the relegation play-offs and the two teams directly promoted from the Second Division. The directly promoted teams were Bahrain SC and A'Ali and the team promoted from the relegation play-offs was Malkiya. Bahrain SC and Malkiya returned to the top flight after respective absences of one and three years, whereas A'Ali are making their Premier League debut this season. They replaced Al-Hidd, Al-Hala and Busaiteen, who were relegated to the Second Division after respective spells of three, three and one year in the top flight.
TeamLocation2023–24PositionTitlesMost recent title A'Ali A'ali2nd (SD)0– Al-Ahli Manama4th52009–10 Al-Khaldiya Hamad Town1st22023–24 Al-Muharraq Muharraq3rd342017–18 Al-Najma Manama6th11974–75 Al-Riffa Riffa2nd142021–22 Al-Shabab Manama7th0– Bahrain SC Muharraq1st (SD)51988–89 East Riffa Riffa10th2nd (play-offs)11993–94 Malkiya Malkiya3rd (SD)1st (play-offs)12016–17 Manama Manama5th0– Sitra Sitra8th0–
Stadiums and locations Although every match contains a home and away team for administrative purposes (kit colours, fan distribution, etc.), all matches are hosted in one of these three venues.
Stadium Location CapacityAl Muharraq StadiumAradBahrain National StadiumRiffaKhalifa Sports City StadiumIsa Town
League table
Results
Results by round
Positions by round The table lists the positions of teams after each week of matches.
Relegation play-offs In this edition of the relegation play-offs, the ninth and tenth-placed teams of the Bahraini Premier League will be joined by the third and fourth-placed teams of the 2024–25 Bahraini Second Division in a four-team group where each team will play each other once. The top two teams of the group will qualify for the 2025–26 edition of the Bahraini Premier League and the bottom two teams will qualify for the 2025–26 edition of the Bahraini Second Division. The relegation play-offs will start on a date yet to be determined, sometime after the end of the regular season.
Table
Results
Season statistics Top scorers RankPlayerClubGoals1 JuninhoAl-Muharraq62 Vinícius VargasAl-Riffa43 MaurícioA'Ali33 Issa Abd Al-WahabMalkiya2 Mahdi AbduljabbarAl-Khaldiya Husain AbdulkarimAl-Muharraq Imran AdamSitra Sayed Ibrahim AlawiAl-Shabab Ebrahim Al-KhattalManama Abdulwahab Al-MaloodAl-Muharraq Mohammad Al MarmourAl-Najma Mohamed Al-RomaihiAl-Najma Ahmed Al-SherooqiAl-Muharraq Anderson JúniorBahrain SC Samy FriouiAl-Riffa SC GleisonAl-Khaldiya Ousmane Hissein HassanSitra Igor TorresAl-Khaldiya JoelSitra Luiz FernandoEast Riffa Facundo TobaresAl-Ahli Gabriel VasconcelosBahrain SC
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