2015–16 Bahrain First Division League
Football league season
Season | 2015–16 |
---|---|
Champions | Al-Hidd (1st title) |
Relegated | Busaiteen Sitra Club |
AFC Champions League | Al-Hidd |
AFC Cup | Al-Muharraq |
GCC Champions League | Malkiya Club |
Goals scored | 235 |
Average goals/game | 2.6 |
Top goalscorer | Ismail Abdullatif Mohammad Saad Al-Rumaihi (17 goals) |
Biggest home win | Al-Hidd 5-0 Busaiteen |
Biggest away win | Manama 0-5 Al-Hidd |
Highest scoring | Al-Hidd (39 goals) |
Longest winning run | Malkiya (4 wins) |
Longest unbeaten run | Al-Hidd (18 games) |
Longest losing run | Manama (6 losses) |
← 2014–15 2016–17 → |
The 2015–16 Bahraini First Division League was the 59th top-level football season in Bahrain. Fourteen teams participated. Muharraq was the defending champions after securing their thirty-third championship the previous season.[1]
The league began on 26 October 2015.[2]
Teams
Bahrain SC and Al-Shabab were relegated at the end of the previous campaign and replaced by Al-Ahli and Sitra. Sitra Club bounced back after one season away from the top flight and Al-Ahli were back after spending 4 years in the second tier.
Stadia and locations
Manama
Al Hala
Al-Muharraq
Al Hadd
Al-Muharraq
Al Hadd
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Locations of teams in the 2015–16 Bahraini LeagueClub | Location | Manager |
---|---|---|
Al-Ahli Club (Manama) | Manama | Adnan Ibrahim |
Al Hidd | Al Hidd | Salman Shareeda |
Al Hala | Muharraq | Mohammad Zwayed |
Al-Muharraq | Muharraq | Essa Al-Saadoun |
Busaiteen Club | Busaiteen | Khalifa Al-Ziani |
East Riffa Club | Manama | Mohammad Shamlan |
Malkiya | Malkiya | Ahmad Saleh Al-Dakhil |
Manama Club | Manama | Khaled Taj |
Riffa S.C. | Riffa | Ahmad Essa |
Sitra Club | Sitra | Khaled Al-Harban |
- Although most clubs do have a stadium, all games are actually played at the National Stadium, Khalifa Sports City Stadium and in Al Ahli Stadium. Games are normally played as back to back headers.
Managerial changes
Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Muharraq | Dragan Cvetkovic | Sacked[3] | 8 October 2015 | Pre-Season | Khaled Taj | 10 October 2015 |
Manama | Miguel Olmo Forte | Sacked[4] | 28 October 2015 | 9th | Ismaeel Karami | 28 October 2015 |
Riffa | Mohammad Al-Shamlan | Sacked[5] | 29 November 2015 | 8th | Samir bin Shammam | 29 November 2015 |
Manama | Ismaeel Karami | Replaced by Chokri Bejaoui[6] | 10 December 2015 | 10th | Chokri Bejaoui | 10 December 2015 |
East Riffa | Essa Al-Saadoun | Resigned[7] | 27 January 2016 | 4th | Mohammad Shamlan | 28 January 2016 |
Muharraq | Khaled Taj | Sacked [8] | 1 February 2016 | 2nd | Essa Al-Saadoun | 2 February 2016 |
Manama | Chokri Bejaoui | Sacked [9] | 11 April 2016 | 10th | Khaled Taj | 11 April 2016 |
Riffa | Samir bin Chammam | Sacked [10] | 2 May 2016 | 4th | Ahmad Essa | 2 May 2016 |
Foreign Players
Club | Player 1 | Player 2 | Player 3 | Asian Player | Former Player(s) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Al-Ahli | Cleiton Mineiro | Diego Silva | Imad Zatara | Cedric Fein Manuchehr Akhmadov | |
Al-Hala | João Luiz | Nasigba John-Jumbo José Coelho | |||
Al-Hidd | Ifedayo Olusegun | Orok Akarandut | Uche Agba | Mohammad Al Daoud | |
Al-Muharraq | Felipinho | Kanú | Admir Ćatović | Shohrux Gadoyev | Karim Boutadjine Hamdi Al Masri |
Busaiteen Club | Ozéia | Rico | Israa Hamwiah | Eliel Cruz | |
East Riffa Club | Ben Konaté | Eliassou Issiaka | Valentin Lemnaru | Mudir Al-Radaei | Adam Alis |
Malkiya | Victor Gonța | ||||
Manama Club | Diego Barboza | Bojan Božović | Leomar | ||
Riffa SC | Léo Bahia | Moussa Narry | Onuoha Ogbonna | Ahmad Al Douni | Khalil Bani Attiah |
Sitra Club | Márcio Teruel | Azamat Baymatov |
League table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Al Hidd (C) | 18 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 39 | 15 | +24 | 42 | Qualification to the 2017 AFC Champions League preliminary round 2 |
2 | Al-Muharraq | 18 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 31 | 21 | +10 | 32 | Qualification to the 2017 AFC Cup group stage[a] |
3 | Malkiya | 18 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 23 | 20 | +3 | 27 | Qualification to the 2017 GCC Champions League Group Stage |
4 | Al-Riffa | 18 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 22 | 26 | −4 | 23 | |
5 | East Riffa | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 22 | 18 | +4 | 22 | |
6 | Al-Ahli | 18 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 22 | 21 | +1 | 22 | |
7 | Manama Club | 18 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 17 | 27 | −10 | 21 | |
8 | Al Hala | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 22 | 31 | −9 | 20 | |
9 | Busaiteen (R) | 18 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 17 | 31 | −14 | 20 | Relegation to the 2016–17 Bahraini Second Division |
10 | Sitra (R) | 18 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 20 | 25 | −5 | 18 |
Updated to match(es) played on 23 April 2016. Source: [1]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
- ^ Muharraq qualified for 2017 AFC Cup Group Stage as winners of 2015–16 Bahraini King's Cup.
Season statistics
Goalscorers
- As of matches played 26 April 2016
Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Mohammad Saad Al-Rumaihi | Al Hidd | 17 |
Ismail Abdullatif | Muharraq | 17 | |
2 | Essa Abdulwahab Al-Beri | Malkiya | 10 |
3 | Ali Al-Asfour | Sitra | 7 |
Sami Al-Husaini | East Riffa | 7 | |
Diego Pelicles da Silva | Al-Ahli | 7 |
Hat-tricks
Player | For | Against | Result | Date |
---|---|---|---|---|
Ismail Abdullatif | Muharraq | Hala | 3–0[11] | 22 April 2016 |
Ismail Abdullatif | Muharraq | Riffa | 3–3[12] | 18 May 2016 |
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- ^ "المنامة يقيل مدربه الإسباني ميغيل أولمو ويعين كرامي". Al-Wasat News. 28 October 2015. Retrieved 28 October 2015.
- ^ "الرفاع يقيل المدرب محمد شملان رسميا". Al-Bilad Press. 29 November 2015. Retrieved 29 November 2015.
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- ^ "المحرق يتعاقد مع ثالث مدرب في موسم واحد". Al-Khaleej. 2 February 2016. Retrieved 1 February 2016.
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- ^ "Muharraq vs. Al Hala - 22 April 2016 - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com.
- ^ "Muharraq vs. Al Riffa - 18 May 2016 - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com.
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