2017–18 Bahraini Premier League

The 2017–18 Bahraini Premier League was the 61st top-level football season in Bahrain.^[1]

Bahraini Premier League

Season	2017–18
Champions	Al-Muharraq
Relegated	Al Ittihad Al-Ahli
Matches played	90
Goals scored	264 (2.93 per match)
← 2016–17 2018–19 →

Foreign players

Club	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3	Player 4	Player 5	AFC Player	Former Players
Al-Ahli	Cleiton Mineiro	Doris Fuakumputu	Daouda Sylla	Saliou Guindo		Pedro Henrique	Mohamed Lamine Komi-Fovi Aguidi
Al-Hidd	Lynneeker	Moussa Narry	Ifedayo Olusegun	Orok Akarandut		Mohammad Al-Dawud
Al-Ittihad
Al-Muharraq	João Luiz	Mohammed Soulah	Ziad Derbali	Zied Ziadi		Ahmad Deeb	Diego Silva Felipinho
Al-Najma	Esdras	Uche Agba				Mohamad Fares	Edílson
Al-Riffa	Víctor Montaño	Adil Haffari	Onuoha Ogbonna	Oussema Boughanmi	Jairo Otero	Mohammed Al Wakid	Danilo Bueno Leo Azamat Baymatov
Al-Shabab							Abdul Aziz Yusuf Michael Annan
East Riffa							Mudir Al-Radaei
Malkiya	Gege Soriola	Israa Hamwiah				Nawaf Abdullah
Manama	Erick Luis	Luís Gustavo	Ronir				Lázaro Doris Fuakumputu Lee Won-jae

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Al-Muharraq (C)	18	14	3	1	31	7	+24	45	Qualification to 2019 AFC Champions League first preliminary round
2	Al-Najma SC	18	8	6	4	34	26	+8	30
3	Manama Club	18	8	5	5	33	20	+13	29
4	Malkiya	18	8	4	6	36	30	+6	28
5	Al-Shabab	18	5	9	4	19	20	−1	24
6	Al Hidd	18	5	6	7	22	30	−8	21
7	Al-Riffa	18	5	4	9	22	31	−9	19
8	East Riffa	18	3	8	7	24	32	−8	17
9	Al Ittihad	18	3	5	10	22	34	−12	14	Relegation to the 2018–19 Bahraini Second Division
10	Al-Ahli	18	4	4	10	21	34	−13	13[a]

Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
(C) Champions
Notes:

1. Al-Ahli deducted 3 points