2018–19 Bahraini Premier League

The 2018–19 Bahraini Premier League (also known as Nasser Bin Hamad Premier League) was the 62nd top-level football season in Bahrain. The season started on 16 September 2018.^[1]

Bahrain Premier League

Season	2018–19
Champions	Al-Riffa
Relegated	Malkiya
AFC Champions League	Al-Riffa
AFC Cup	Manama Al-Muharraq
← 2017–18 2019–20 →

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Al-Riffa (C)	18	12	4	2	39	15	+24	40	Qualification for AFC Champions League preliminary round 1[a]
2	Manama	18	10	4	4	35	24	+11	34	Qualification for AFC Cup group stage[b]
3	Al-Muharraq	18	9	4	5	35	22	+13	31
4	Al-Hidd	18	8	4	6	29	23	+6	28
5	Al-Najma SC	18	8	4	6	27	23	+4	28
6	East Riffa	18	7	4	7	21	18	+3	25
7	Al-Shabab	18	5	4	9	22	32	−10	19
8	Al-Hala (O)	18	5	4	9	18	29	−11	19	Qualification for Relegation play-offs
9	Budaiya (R)	18	4	3	11	18	39	−21	15	Relegation to Bahraini Second Division
10	Malkiya (R)	18	4	1	13	15	34	−19	13

Source: Goalzz
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. If the league champions cannot qualify for the AFC Champions League group stage, they will enter the AFC Cup group stage.
2. Since league champions Al-Riffa were also Bahraini King's Cup winners, the league runners-up qualified for the AFC Cup group stage.

Foreign players

The number of foreign players is limited to 6 per team, and should not be a goalkeeper.

• Players name in bold indicates the player is registered during the mid-season transfer window.

Club	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3	Player 4	Player 5	Player 6	Former players
Al Riffa	Uche Agba	Emmanuel	Ifedayo Olusegun	Habib Haroon	Jehad Al Baour	Issam Salem
Manama Club	Thiago Fernandes	Ronaldo Kalu	Júlio Vaz				Erick Luis
Al Muharraq	Zied Derbali	Tijani Belaïd	Mohammed Sola	Everton	Jaser Hamed
Al Hidd	Mohammed Fares	Slim Mezlini	Atede Moses	Muath Al Reemi [ar]	Nader Abdulmonem	Matheus	Mohammed Al Dawood Issam Hossam
Al Najma SC	Mouhamadou Dramé	Esdras	Ifeanyi Ekwunife	Vincento Ani			Moaiad Khole
East Riffa Club	Imanol Sarriegi	Goran Jerković	Laith Hashim	Mohamed Hashim			Álex Aizpuru
Al Shabab	Papa Sall	Aziz Oluwashina	Prince Aggreh
Al Hala	João Luiz	Samuel Araújo	Yahia Infahi
Budaiya Club	Aílton Júnior
Al Malkiya	Joseph Adjei

Personnel

Team	Manager	Chairman
Al Riffa	Ali Ashoor	sheikh Abdulla bin Khalid Al Khalifa
Manama Club	Mohamed Bashir Al Shamlan	Zuhair Kazerooni
Al Muharraq	Salman Ahmed Sharida	sheikh Ahmed bin Ali Al Khalifa
Al Hidd	Mohamed Ali Al Moqla	Ahmed bin Salman Al Muslem
Al Najma SC	Fathi Laabidi [fr]	Isa Hassan Al Qattan
East Riffa Club	Pedro Gómez Carmona	sheikh Nasser bin Khalid Al Khalifa
Al Shabab	Haitham Jattal	Ahmed Mirza
Al Hala	Aref Buah Al Asmi	Jassim Ibrahim Rashdan
Budaiya Club		Ali Husain Al Doseri
Al Malkiya	Ahmed Saleh Al Dakheel	Jassim Abdulaal

Relegation play-offs

First Leg [May 2]: Al-Hala 3–1 Sitra

Second Leg [May 7]: Sitra 1–1 Al-Hala