2021–22 Bahraini Premier League

The 2021–22 Bahraini Premier League (also known as Nasser Bin Hamad Premier League) was the 65th top-level football season in Bahrain. The season started on 25 August 2021 and ended on 16 May 2022.

Bahrain Premier League

Season	2021–22
Champions	Al-Riffa (14th title)
Relegated	Al-Najma SC
Matches played	96
Goals scored	233 (2.43 per match)
Top goalscorer	Mahdi Abduljabbar (17 goals)
Biggest home win	Manama 6–0 Al-Hidd (11 February 2022)
Biggest away win	Budaiya 0–4 Al-Riffa (5 January 2022)
Highest scoring	East Riffa 3–4 Al-Ahli (18 February 2022)
← 2020–21 2022–23 →

Team location

Al Ahli, Al Najma, Manama

East Riffa, Riffa

Al Hala, Al Muharraq

Budaiya

Hidd

Khaldiya

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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	12	6	0	32	9	+23	42	Qualification for the 2023-24 AFC Cup Group Stage
2	Manama	18	11	6	1	31	13	+18	39
3	Al-Khaldiya	18	8	6	4	24	13	+11	30
4	Al-Muharraq	18	8	3	7	22	19	+3	27
5	Al-Hala	18	6	7	5	21	24	−3	25
6	East Riffa	18	6	6	6	24	22	+2	24
7	Al-Ahli	18	3	8	7	18	29	−11	17
8	Budaiya (O)	18	5	2	11	19	29	−10	17	Qualification for Relegation play-offs
9	Al-Hidd (O)	18	2	7	9	13	27	−14	13
10	Al-Najma SC (R)	18	1	5	12	12	31	−19	8	Relegation to Bahraini Second Division

Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: Points, Head-to-head points, Head-to-head goal difference, Head-to-head goals scored, Total goal difference, Total goals scored
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated
Notes:

Results

Home \ Away	AHL	HAL	HID	KHA	MUH	NAJ	RIF	BUD	EAS	MAN	AHL	HAL	HID	KHA	MUH	NAJ	RIF	BUD	EAS	MAN
Al-Ahli		1–1	0–0	0–2		1–1		1–1		1–1		1–1	1–1			2–1
Al-Hala				3–3	1–2	1–1	1–1	2–1		2–4					0–2			1–0		0–0
Al-Hidd		0–0		0–1	0–2	1–2	2–2	1–0		2–2		0–1			0–1			2–3
Al-Khaldiya	0–0	2–0	1–1		1–0	3–0	0–1	2–0	1–1	1–2								4–1
Al-Muharraq	4–0			0–1		1–0	0–0		2–3	1–2	1–0								0–0
Al-Najma SC		2–3	1–2	0–0	0–2		0–3	0–1		1–1							0–2	0–2
Al-Riffa	3–2	3–1	1–0	1–0	4–1			1–0	0–0	0–0	2–0								2–2
Budaiya	2–3				1–1		0–4		1–2	1–2					3–2				2–0	0–1
East Riffa	2–0	0–1	1–1	1–1		3–2					3–4	1–2	2–0			3–1
Manama	3–1		6–0	2–1	3–0	0–0	0–2		1–0										1–0

Source: Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation play-offs

In this edition of the relegation play-offs, the eighth and ninth-placed teams of the Bahraini Premier League were joined by the third and fourth-placed teams of the 2021–22 Bahraini Second Division in a four-team group stage where each team played each other once. The top three teams of the group qualified for the 2022–23 edition of the Bahraini Premier League and the bottom team qualified for the 2022–23 edition of the Bahraini Second Division. The relegation play-offs started on 6 May and ended on 16 May 2022.

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Al-Hidd (S)	3	2	1	0	6	3	+3	7	Promotion to Bahraini Premier League
2	Sitra (P)	3	1	2	0	3	2	+1	5
3	Budaiya (S)	3	1	1	1	5	5	0	4
4	Malkiya (S)	3	0	0	3	3	7	−4	0	Relegation to Bahraini Second Division

Source: Soccerway
(P) Promoted; (S) Stay in current league

Results

Home \ Away	HID	BUD	MAL	SIT
Al-Hidd				1–1
Budaiya	1–2		3–2
Malkiya	1–3
Sitra		1–1	1–0

Source: Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Mahdi Abduljabbar	Manama	17
2	Abdullah Al Hashash	Budaiya	10
3	Mohamed Marhoon	Al-Riffa	9
	Ismail Abdullatif	Al-Khaldiya
5	Mohamed Khalid Shahin	Budaiya	6
6	Kamil Al Aswad	Al-Riffa	5
	Mohamad Al Hallak	Manama
	Mahdi Al-Humaidan	Al-Khaldiya
	Abd Al Fatah Basheer	Al-Hala
10	Prince Obus Aggreh	East Riffa	4
	Sami Al-Husaini	East Riffa
	Mohamed Al-Romaihi	Al-Riffa
	Flávio Carioca	Al-Muharraq
	Ali Muneer	Al-Najma SC
	Artyom Serdyuk	Al-Ahli