2017–18 Jordanian Pro League

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The 2017–2018 Jordanian Pro League (known as the Al-Manaseer Jordanian Pro League, named after Ziyad AL-Manaseer Companies Group for sponsorship reasons) was the 66th season of Jordanian Pro League since its inception in 1944.

Jordanian Pro League
Season2017–2018
ChampionsAl-Wehdat
(16th title)
RelegatedMansheyat Bani Hasan
Al-Yarmouk
AFC Champions LeagueAl-Wehdat
AFC CupAl-Jazeera
Matches played132
Goals scored327 (2.48 per match)
Top goalscorerŁukasz Gikiewicz (Al-Faisaly-14 goals)
Biggest home winMansheyat Bani Hasan 6–0 Al-Hussein
(1 December 2017)
Biggest away winAl-Baqa'a 1–5 Al-Hussein
(17 November 2017)
Al-Yarmouk 1–5 Shabab Al-Aqaba
(8 March 2018)
Highest scoringAl-Yarmouk 2–5 Shabab Al-Ordon
(2 December 2017)
Longest winning run6 games
Al-Faisaly
Longest unbeaten run17 games
Al-Wehdat
Longest winless run12 games
Shabab Al-Aqaba
Longest losing run5 games
Mansheyat Bani Hasan
All statistics correct as of July 2018.

Al-Faisaly are the defending champions of the 2016–17 season. Shabab Al-Aqaba and Al-Yarmouk entered as the two promoted teams.

On 3 May 2018, Al-Wehdat won their 16th Premier League title, after Mansheyat Bani Hasan beat Al-Faisaly 2–1 in round 21 and before the final round of the league.

Al-Faisaly's Łukasz Gikiewicz won the Golden Boot with 14 goals.

Teams

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The league comprises 12 teams, 10 from the 2016–17 campaign, as well as two teams promoted from the 2016–17 Division 1.

Stadiums and locations

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Al Manaseer Jordanian Pro League
2017-2018
Club Location Stadium Capacity Year Formed
Al-Ahli Amman Amman International Stadium 18,000 1944
Al-Baqa'a Balqa Governorate King Abdullah Stadium 14,000 1968
Al-Faisaly Amman Amman International Stadium 18,000 1932
Al-Hussein Irbid Al-Hassan Stadium 12,000 1964
Al-Jazeera Amman Amman International Stadium 18,000 1947
Al-Ramtha Irbid Prince Hashim Stadium 8,000 1966
Al-Wehdat Amman King Abdullah Stadium 14,000 1956
Al-Yarmouk Amman King Abdullah Stadium 14,000 1967
Mansheyat Bani Hasan Mafraq Governorate Prince Ali Stadium 3,000 1978
Shabab Al-Aqaba Aqaba Al-Aqaba Stadium 5,000 1965
Shabab Al-Ordon Amman Amman International Stadium 18,000 2002
That Ras Karak Governorate Prince Faisal Stadium 6,000 1980

Personnel and kits

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Team Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
Al-Ahli   Emad Khankan   Yazan Dahshan Givova The Galleria Mall
Al-Baqa'a   Rateb Al-Awadat   Feras Saleh Adidas
Al-Faisaly   Nebojša Jovović   Baha' Abdel-Rahman Jako Umniah
Al-Hussein   Haitham Al-Shboul   Malek Al-Yasseri Givova
Al-Jazeera   Chiheb Ellili   Mohammad Tannous Jako
Al-Ramtha   Florin Motruck   Mussab Al-Laham MBB Apparel
Al-Wehdat   Jamal Mahmoud   Basem Fathi Jako Umniah
Al-Yarmouk   Khaldoun Abdul Karim   Ahmed Abu Halawa Adidas
Mansheyat Bani Hasan   Adnan Al-Shuaibat   Ashraf Al-Masaeed Adidas The bounties of the North Company
Shabab Al-Aqaba   Ra'ed Al-Dawoud   Mahmoud Al-Sanouri Adidas Aqaba Special Economic Zone Authority
Shabab Al-Ordon   Issa Al-Turk   Yousef Al-Naber Jako
That Ras   Assaf Khalifa   Malek Al-Shlouh Givova Jordan German Eye Center

Managerial changes

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Team Outgoing manager Date of vacancy Incoming manager Date of appointment
That Ras   Maher Sdiri 11 May 2017   Haitham Al-Shboul 18 June 2017[1]
Al-Wehdat   Adnan Hamad 13 May 2017   Jamal Mahmoud 17 May 2017[2]
Al-Ahli   Jamal Mahmoud 17 May 2017   Osama Qasem 30 May 2017[3]
Al-Ramtha   Kemal Alispahić 22 May 2017   Mohamed Shabrak 15 July 2017[4]
Mansheyat Bani Hasan   Osama Qasem 30 May 2017   Ra'fat Ali 1 July 2017[5]
That Ras   Haitham Al-Shboul 19 August 2017   Rateb Al-Awadat 20 August 2017[6]
Al-Faisaly   Nebojša Jovović 28 August 2017   Veselin Stesevic 4 September 2017[7]
Al-Faisaly   Veselin Stesevic 14 September 2017   Dragan Talajić 19 September 2017[8]
Al-Hussein   Maher Bahri 23 September 2017   Mohamed Azima 3 October 2017[9]
Al-Jazeera   Nizar Mahrous 30 September 2017   Maher Bahri 9 October 2017[10]
Al-Ramtha   Mohamed Shabrak 30 September 2017   Nabil Kouki 9 October 2017[11]
Al-Baqa'a   Emad Khankan 1 October 2017   Sherif El-Khashab 6 October 2017[12]
Mansheyat Bani Hasan   Ra'fat Ali 1 October 2017   Bilal Al-Laham 2 October 2017[13]
Al-Yarmouk   Ibrahim Helmy 25 October 2017   Sabri Al Mineawi 25 October 2017[14]
Al-Jazeera   Maher Bahri 16 November 2017   Chiheb Ellili 16 November 2017[15]
Al-Ahli   Osama Qasem 1 December 2017   Emad Khankan 5 December 2017[16]
Al-Ramtha   Nabil Kouki 1 January 2018   Florin Motruck 1 January 2018[17]
Al-Faisaly   Dragan Talajić 7 January 2018   Nebojša Jovović 7 January 2018[18]
Al-Hussein   Mohamed Azima 4 February 2018   Haitham Al-Shboul 4 February 2018[19]
Mansheyat Bani Hasan   Bilal Al-Laham 12 February 2018   Adnan Al-Shuaibat 12 February 2018[20]
Al-Yarmouk   Sabri Al Mineawi 19 February 2018   Khaldoun Abdul Karim 19 February 2018[21]
That Ras   Rateb Al-Awadat 23 February 2018   Assaf Khalifa 23 February 2018[22]
Al-Baqa'a   Sherif El-Khashab 10 April 2018   Rateb Al-Awadat 10 April 2018[23]

Foreign players

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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   Mahmoud Wadi   Mohammed Balah   Adel Hmani
Al-Baqa'a   Emmanuel Ezue   Anas Balhous   Samer Salem
Al-Faisaly   Alban Meha   Łukasz Gikiewicz   Dominique Mendy
Al-Hussein   Hamed Touré   Teah Dennis Jr.   Mohamed Al-Zeno
Al-Jazeera   Oday Al-Jafal   Mardik Mardikian   Shadi Al Hamawi
Al-Ramtha   Mohammed Shokan   Ahmad Al Douni   Jehad Al Baour
Al-Wehdat   Fahd Youssef
Al-Yarmouk   Mohamed Mandela   Marcus Macauley   Ahmed Idrees
Mansheyat Bani Hasan   Michael Helegbe   Dan Ignat
Shabab Al-Aqaba   Fabricio Ortiz   Mladen Vukasović
Shabab Al-Ordon   Ulrich Kapolongo   Bojan Vručina
That Ras   Mohamed Talaat   Redallah El Ghazoufi   Fakhreddine Galbi

Results

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League table

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Note: Teams tied on points are ranked on head-to-head record.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Al-Wehdat (C) 22 16 5 1 45 13 +32 53 Qualification to Champions League first preliminary round
2 Al-Jazeera (Q) 22 12 5 5 37 23 +14 41 Qualification to AFC Cup
3 Al-Faisaly 22 12 5 5 33 18 +15 41
4 Al-Ramtha 22 11 6 5 30 16 +14 39
5 Shabab Al-Ordon 22 10 7 5 30 22 +8 37
6 That Ras 22 5 8 9 19 22 −3 23
7 Al-Ahli 22 5 8 9 22 31 −9 23
8 Al-Baqa'a 22 5 8 9 21 33 −12 23
9 Shabab Al-Aqaba 22 5 7 10 28 35 −7 22
10 Al-Hussein 22 5 7 10 20 31 −11 22
11 Mansheyat Bani Hasan (R) 22 6 3 13 26 40 −14 21 Relegation to Jordan League Division 1
12 Al-Yarmouk (R) 22 4 3 15 16 43 −27 15
Updated to match(es) played on 11 May 2018. Source: [1][2]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated; (R) Relegated

Results table

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Home \ Away AHL BAQ FSY HUS JAZ RAM WEH YAR MAN AQB ORD THR
Al-Ahli 2–0 0–1 1–3 0–0 0–0 1–2 3–1 1–1 2–1 0–2 0–0
Al-Baqa'a 3–3 0–3 1–5 1–1 1–0 0–2 1–0 1–0 1–2 1–1 0–0
Al-Faisaly 3–0 1–1 1–0 1–2 2–1 0–2 2–0 3–0 0–1 1–0 1–1
Al-Hussein 0–0 1–0 0–0 1–4 1–3 0–1 0–1 2–3 1–1 0–0 0–0
Al-Jazeera 4–1 3–0 2–2 1–2 3–2 0–4 1–0 4–1 1–0 1–2 1–0
Al-Ramtha 3–0 1–0 4–2 1–0 0–0 1–0 5–0 2–0 2–2 0–0 0–0
Al-Wehdat 0–0 2–0 2–2 4–1 2–0 1–0 2–1 5–1 3–1 1–1 2–2
Al-Yarmouk 2–0 0–3 0–2 2–1 0–4 0–1 1–1 0–1 1–5 2–5 1–2
Mansheyat Bani Hasan 1–2 1–1 2–1 6–0 1–1 0–1 0–3 0–1 4–1 0–1 1–0
Shabab Al-Aqaba 1–4 3–3 0–1 0–0 3–2 1–1 0–2 2–2 2–0 2–3 0–1
Shabab Al-Ordon 1–2 1–1 0–3 1–1 0–1 1–2 0–1 2–1 4–2 0–0 2–1
That Ras 1–1 1–2 0–1 0–1 0–1 2–0 1–3 1–1 4–1 2–1 0–2
Updated to match(es) played on June 2017. Source: [3]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season progress

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Team ╲ Round12345678910111213141516171819202122
Al-AhliDDDWWLLLLDDWDWWLDLDLLL
Al-Baqa'aDDLWDLDDLLDLWDWLLDLLWW
Al-FaisalyWDLWDDLDWWWWLDWWWWWWLL
Al-HusseinDLLLDDWLWDLDLWLDLDLWWL
Al-JazeeraLDWWDWDWWWLWWLDWDWLWWL
Al-RamthaWDWLWWWWDWDWDWDLDLWLLW
Al-WehdatDDWWLWWWWDWWWDWWWDWWWW
Al-YarmoukLWLLLLDLLDLLWLLWWLDLLL
Mansheyat Bani HasanLDDLWWDLLLWLLLWLLLLLWW
Shabab Al-AqabaDDWLLLDLLDLDDDLWLWWLLW
Shabab Al-OrdonWDWLDLDWWDWLLWLDDDWWWW
That RasDDLWDWLWDLDLDLLLWDDWLL
Source: kooora.com
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Lose

Statistics

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Top scorers

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As of May 2018[24]
Rank Scorer Club Goals
1   Łukasz Gikiewicz Al-Faisaly 14
2   Odai Khadr Shabab Al-Aqaba 13
3   Yazan Thalji Al-Wehdat 12
4   Saeed Murjan Al-Wehdat 11
5   Mahmoud Wadi Al-Ahli 10
  Michael Helegbe Mansheyat Bani Hasan
7   Mohammed Shokan Al-Ramtha 9
8   Baha' Faisal Al-Wehdat 8
  Yousef Al-Naber Shabab Al-Ordon
  Ulrich Kapolongo Shabab Al-Ordon
11   Ahmad Al Douni Al-Ramtha 7
  Mohamed Al-Zeno Al-Hussein
13   Shadi Al Hamawi Al-Jazeera 6
  Mussab Al-Laham Al-Ramtha
  Oday Al-Jafal Al-Jazeera
  Abdullah Al-Attar Al-Jazeera

Hat-tricks

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Player For Against Result Date
  Shadi Al Hamawi Al-Jazeera Al-Ahli 4–1 20 October 2017
  Baha' Faisal Al-Wehdat Mansheyat Bani Hasan 5–1 2 November 2017
  Michael Helegbe Mansheyat Bani Hasan Al-Hussein 6–0 1 December 2017
  Khaled Abu Rayash Shabab Al-Ordon Al-Yarmouk 5–2 2 December 2017
  Ulrich Kapolongo Shabab Al-Ordon Mansheyat Bani Hasan 4–2 26 April 2018

Number of teams by Governorates

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Rank Governorates Number of teams Teams
1   Amman 7 Al-Ahli, Al-Baqa'a, Al-Faisaly, Al-Jazeera, Al-Wehdat, Al-Yarmouk and Shabab Al-Ordon
2 Irbid 2 Al-Hussein and Al-Ramtha
3 Aqaba 1 Shabab Al-Aqaba
Karak That Ras
Mafraq Mansheyat Bani Hasan

References

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  1. ^ "هيثم الشبول مديرا فنيا لذات راس".
  2. ^ "إدارة الوحدات تكشف هوية الجهاز التدريبي الجديد".
  3. ^ "أسامة قاسم يتولى تدريب الأهلي الأردني".
  4. ^ "السوري شبرق يدخل حسابات الرمثا الأردني".
  5. ^ "رأفت علي يقود تدريبات منشية بني حسن".
  6. ^ "العوضات مدربا لذات راس".
  7. ^ "المونتنيجري فيسكو يتولى تدريب الفيصلي".
  8. ^ "الكرواتي دراجان يصل الأردن لتدريب الفيصلي".
  9. ^ "المصري عظيمة يوقع عقد تدريب الحسين إربد".
  10. ^ "البحري مدربا للجزيرة الأردني".
  11. ^ "الكوكي يصل الأردن ويلتحق بمعسكر الرمثا".
  12. ^ "شريف الخشاب مدربا جديدا للبقعة الأردني".
  13. ^ "اللحام يقود أول تدريب له مع منشية بني حسن".
  14. ^ "صبري المنياوي مدربا لليرموك".
  15. ^ "الجزيرة يتعاقد مع مدرب الإفريقي والصفاقسي السابق".
  16. ^ "السوري خانكان مدربا جديدا للأهلي الأردني".
  17. ^ "الرمثا يتعاقد مع المدرب الروماني فلورين".
  18. ^ "رسميا.. الفيصلي يعلن عودة نيبوشا لقيادة الفريق".
  19. ^ "الحسين إربد يتعاقد مع هيثم الشبول".
  20. ^ "عدنان عوض مديرا فنيا لمنشية بني حسن".
  21. ^ "خلدون عبد الكريم مدربا لليرموك الأردني".
  22. ^ "عساف خليفة مدربا لذات راس".
  23. ^ "العوضات يقود تدريبات البقعة".
  24. ^ "Top scorers". Archived from the original on February 25, 2017.