Final Table: 1.Muharraq 18 14 3 1 31- 7 45 Champions 2.Al-Najma 18 8 6 4 34-26 30 3.Manama 18 8 5 5 33-20 29 4.Malikiya 18 8 4 6 36-30 28 [C] 5.Al-Shabab 18 5 9 4 19-20 24 [P] 6.Al-Hadd 18 5 6 7 22-30 21 7.Riffa 18 5 4 9 22-31 19 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 8.East Riffa 18 3 8 7 24-32 17 Relegation Playoff -------------------------------------------- 9.Al-Ittihad 18 3 5 10 22-34 14 [P] Relegated 10.Al-Ahli 18 4 4 10 21-34 13 [-3] Relegated NB: Al-Ahli had 3 points deducted Round 1 [Sep 9] Shabab 1-0 Ittihad Riffa 3-0 Ahli East Riffa 2-5 Malikiya [Sep 10] Najma 2-1 Manama Hadd 0-2 Muharraq Round 2 [Sep 15] Ittihad 2-2 Hadd Shabab 1-0 Manama [Sep 16] Muharraq 2-0 Malikiya East Riffa 1-1 Ahli Najma 6-0 Riffa Round 3 [Sep 20] Hadd 0-2 Malikiya Ittihad 0-3 Manama [Sep 21] Muharraq 2-0 Ahli Shabab 2-1 Riffa Najma 1-0 East Riffa Round 4 [Sep 25] Manama 1-1 Hadd Malikiya 4-1 Ahli [Sep 26] Ittihad 3-2 Riffa Muharraq 3-0 Najma Shabab 1-1 East Riffa Round 5 [Oct 15] Ittihad 1-4 East Riffa Hadd 2-1 Ahli [Oct 16] Muharraq 1-1 Shabab Manama 0-1 Riffa Malikiya 1-3 Najma Round 6 [Oct 27] Malikiya 2-2 Shabab Manama 3-1 East Riffa Ittihad 0-1 Muharraq [Oct 28] Ahli 0-1 Najma Riffa 3-0 Hadd Round 7 [Nov 19] Ahli 0-0 Shabab Malikiya 2-1 Ittihad [Nov 20] Riffa 0-0 East Riffa Hadd 1-1 Najma Manama 0-1 Muharraq Round 8 [Nov 29] East Riffa 2-1 Hadd Ahli 1-0 Ittihad Najma 1-0 Shabab [Nov 30] Manama 2-2 Malikiya Riffa 0-1 Muharraq Round 9 [Dec 3] Najma 4-4 Ittihad Hadd 1-1 Shabab [Dec 4] East Riffa 0-2 Muharraq Riffa 0-3 Malikiya Ahli 1-4 Manama Halfway Table: 1.Muharraq 9 8 1 0 15- 1 25 2.Al-Najma 9 6 2 1 19-10 20 3.Malikiya 9 5 2 2 21-13 17 [C] 4.Al-Shabab 9 3 5 1 9- 7 14 [P] 5.Manama 9 3 2 4 14-10 11 6.Riffa 9 3 1 5 10-15 10 7.East Riffa 9 2 3 4 11-15 9 8.Al-Hadd 9 1 4 4 8-15 7 -------------------------------------------- 9.Al-Ittihad 9 1 2 6 11-20 5 [P] 10.Al-Ahli 9 1 2 6 5-17 5 Round 10 [Jan 10] Manama 0-0 Ittihad Najma 3-1 Shabab [Jan 11] Riffa 0-2 Ahli East Riffa 0-3 Muharraq Malikiya 2-1 Hadd Round 11 [Jan 19] Najma 3-2 Ahli East Riffa 1-1 Manama [Jan 20] Malikiya 3-2 Ittihad Hadd 2-2 Shabab Muharraq 3-0 Riffa Round 12 [Feb 3] Hadd 2-1 Ahli Shabab 0-0 Ittihad Najma 0-2 Riffa [Feb 4] Malikiya 3-3 East Riffa Manama 2-3 Muharraq Round 13 [Feb 20] Shabab 1-2 East Riffa Ittihad 2-3 Ahli [Feb 21] Hadd 3-3 Riffa Muharraq 0-0 Najma Malikiya 1-2 Manama Round 14 [Mar 1] Hadd 1-0 Najma [Mar 2] Ittihad 2-1 Riffa Ahli 1-1 East Riffa [Mar 17] Malikiya 2-1 Muharraq Shabab 0-2 Manama Round 15 [Mar 9] Muharraq 1-0 Hadd East Riffa 2-2 Riffa [Mar 10] Ittihad 2-2 Najma [Mar 31] Ahli 1-3 Manama Shabab 1-0 Malikiya Round 16 [Apr 4] Ittihad 0-2 Hadd East Riffa 2-2 Najma [Apr 5] Ahli 3-1 Malikiya Shabab 0-0 Muharraq Riffa 1-1 Manama Round 17 [Apr 13] Muharraq 2-1 Ittihad Manama 3-2 Najma [Apr 14] Ahli 2-2 Shabab East Riffa 1-2 Hadd Riffa 1-0 Malikiya Round 18 [Apr 20] East Riffa 1-2 Ittihad Manama 5-1 Hadd Riffa 2-3 Shabab [Apr 21] Najma 3-3 Malikiya Ahli 1-3 Muharraq Final Table: 1.Muharraq 18 14 3 1 31- 7 45 Champions 2.Al-Najma 18 8 6 4 34-26 30 3.Manama 18 8 5 5 33-20 29 4.Malikiya 18 8 4 6 36-30 28 [C] 5.Al-Shabab 18 5 9 4 19-20 24 [P] 6.Al-Hadd 18 5 6 7 22-30 21 7.Riffa 18 5 4 9 22-31 19 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 8.East Riffa 18 3 8 7 24-32 17 Relegation Playoff -------------------------------------------- 9.Al-Ittihad 18 3 5 10 22-34 14 [P] Relegated 10.Al-Ahli 18 4 4 10 21-34 13 [-3] Relegated NB: Al-Ahli had 3 points deducted Promotion/Relegation Playoff First Leg [May 9] East Riffa 1-2 Busaiteen Second Leg [May 13] Busaiteen 0-2 East Riffa NB: both remain at former level
Preliminary Round [Oct 12] Setra 0-1 Qalali Ittifaq 2-2 Essa Town [aet, 2-3 pen] Busaiteen 3-1 Tadamun 1/8 Finals First Legs [Oct 20] Ahli 1-1 Manama Shabab 0-0 Najma [Oct 21] Bahrain 1-2 Ittihad Budaia 0-2 Hala [Oct 22] Muharraq 1-1 East Riffa Hadd 3-0 Qalali [Oct 23] Riffa 0-0 Essa Town Busaiteen 0-1 Malikiya Second Legs [Nov 1] Manama 3-1 Ahli Najma 0-0 Shabab [aet, 8-7 pen] [Nov 2] Hala 0-1 Budaia Ittihad 2-1 Bahrain [Nov 3] East Riffa 0-1 Muharraq Qalali 0-4 Hadd [Nov 4] Essa Town 0-4 Riffa Malikiya 3-2 Busaiteen Quarterfinals First Legs [Nov 24] Muharraq 1-0 Hadd Riffa 0-0 Malikiya [Nov 25] Ittihad 1-1 Hala Manama 0-0 Najma Second Legs [Jan 15] Hala 1-1 Ittihad [aet, 3-5 pen] Najma 2-1 Manama [Jan 16] Hadd 1-1 Muharraq Malikiya 0-1 Riffa Semifinals First Legs [Jan 25] Ittihad 0-0 Najma Muharraq 1-1 Riffa Second Legs [feb 8] Najma 1-0 Ittihad Riffa 0-2 Muharraq Final [Feb 15] Muharraq 1-1 Najma [aet, 4-5 pen]
[Sep 15] Muharraq 2-2 Najma [4-3 pen]
NB: between top-6 of league Group Stage Final Tables: Group 1 1.Malikiya 2 2 0 0 4- 1 6 Qualified 2.Muharraq 2 1 0 1 3- 3 3 Qualified - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 3.Al-Shabab 2 0 0 2 1- 4 0 Group 2 1.Al-Hadd 2 1 1 0 5- 4 4 Qualified 2.Al-Najma 2 0 2 0 3- 3 2 Qualified - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 3.Manama 2 0 1 1 3- 4 1 Semifinals [May 20] Malikiya 2-0 Najma Hadd 2-0 Muharraq Final [May 24] Malikiya 1-2 Hadd
Final Table: 1.Budaia 16 14 1 1 36-10 43 Promoted 2.Al-Hala 16 13 1 2 41-14 40 [R] Promoted -------------------------------------------- 3.Busaiteen 16 11 3 2 38-13 36 Promotion Playoff - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 4.Essa Town 16 8 4 4 29-19 28 5.Bahrain 16 5 3 8 21-22 18 [R] 6.Setra 16 5 2 9 33-36 17 7.Al-Tadamun 16 2 5 9 15-32 11 8.Qalali 16 3 2 11 15-29 11 9.Al-Ittifaq 16 0 1 15 11-64 1
NB: league first played in 1979; the 2017/18 season is the 31st edition of the league Top Final Table: 1.ASRY (Al-Hadd) [= Arab Shipbuilding and Repair Yard] 2.BAPCO (Awali) [= Bahrain Petroleum Company] 3.Alba Club (Riffa) [= Aluminium Bahrain BSC] Cup winners: ASRY (Al-Hadd)
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Authors: Hans Schöggl and Karel Stokkermans
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