2018–19 Jordanian Pro League

The 2018–2019 Jordanian Pro League (known as the Al-Manaseer Jordanian Pro League, named after Ziad AL-Manaseer Companies Group for sponsorship reasons) was the 67th season of Jordanian Pro League since its inception in 1944. The season started on 15 August 2018 and finished in May 2019.

Jordanian Pro League

Season	2018–2019
Dates	15 August 2018 – 11 May 2019
Champions	Al-Faisaly (34th title)
Relegated	Al-Baqa'a That Ras
AFC Champions League	Al-Faisaly
AFC Cup	Al-Jazeera
Matches played	132
Goals scored	313 (2.37 per match)
Top goalscorer	Baha' Faisal (Al-Wehdat-15 goals)
Biggest home win	Al-Wehdat 4–0 That Rus (4 May 2019) Al-Faisaly 4–0 Shabab Al-Ordon (5 April 2019) Shabab Al-Ordon 4–0 Al-Hussein (30 March 2019)
Biggest away win	Shabab Al-Ordon 0–4 Al-Jazeera (3 May 2019) Al-Sareeh 0–4 Al-Faisaly (31 March 2019) Al-Salt 0–4 Al-Faisaly (1 March 2019) Al-Ahli 0–4 Shabab Al-Aqaba (1 September 2018)
Highest scoring	Al-Sareeh 2–4 Al-Wehdat (22 February 2019) Al-Baqa'a 2–4 Al-Jazeera (30 August 2018)
Longest winning run	9 games Al-Faisaly
Longest unbeaten run	14 games Al-Faisaly
Longest winless run	16 games That Ras
Longest losing run	5 games That Ras
← 2017–18 2020 → All statistics correct as of May 2019.

Al-Wehdat are the defending champions of the 2017–18 season. Al-Salt and Al-Sareeh joined as the promoted clubs from the 2017–18 League Division 1. They replaced Mansheyat Bani Hasan and Al-Yarmouk who were relegated to the 2019 Jordan League Division 1.

Teams

Twelve teams will compete in the league – the top ten teams from the 2017–18 season and the two teams promoted from the 2017–18 Division 1.

Teams promoted to the 2018–2019 Premier League

The first team to be promoted was Al-Salt, following their 0–1 defeat against Al-Sareeh on 8 May 2018. Al-Salt are playing in the Premier League for the first time in their history. They were also promoted as the 2017–18 League Division 1 winners on 15 May 2018, following their 2–0 victory against Al-Arabi.^[1][2]

The second team to be promoted was Al-Sareeh, following their 2–0 victory against Sahab on 15 May 2018, the last day of the regular season. Al-Sareeh returned to the Premier League for the first time since the 2016–17 season.^[3]

Teams relegated to the 2019 Division 1

The first team to be relegated was Mansheyat Bani Hasan, following their 2–4 defeat against Shabab Al-Ordon on 26 April 2018, ending their 2-year stay in the top flight.^[4]

The second team to be relegated was Al-Yarmouk, ending their 1-year stay in the top flight.^[5]

Al-Ahli
Al-Faisaly
Al-Jazeera
Al-Wehdat
Shabab Al-Ordon

Al-Aqaba

Al-Hussein
Al-Sareeh

Al-Ramtha

Al-Salt
Al-Baqa'a

That Ras

Locations of the 2018–2019 Jordan League teams

Stadiums and locations

Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.

Al Manaseer Jordanian Pro League 2018-2019
Club	Location	Stadium	Capacity	Year Formed
Al-Ahli	Amman	Amman International Stadium	17,619	1944
Al-Baqa'a	Balqa Governorate	Amman International Stadium	17,619	1968
Al-Faisaly	Amman	Amman International Stadium	17,619	1932
Al-Hussein	Irbid	Al-Hassan Stadium	12,000	1964
Al-Jazeera	Amman	Amman International Stadium	17,619	1947
Al-Ramtha	Irbid	Prince Hashim Stadium	5,000	1966
Al-Salt	Al-Salt	Prince Hussein Bin Abdullah II Stadium	7,500	1965
Al-Sareeh	Irbid	Al-Hassan Stadium	12,000	1973
Al-Wehdat	Amman	King Abdullah Stadium	13,000	1956
Shabab Al-Aqaba	Aqaba	Al-Aqaba Stadium	3,800	1965
Shabab Al-Ordon	Amman	King Abdullah Stadium	13,000	2002
That Ras	Al-Karak	Prince Faisal Stadium	7,000	1980

Personnel and kits

Team	Manager	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Al-Ahli	Jamal Mahmoud	Yazan Dahshan	Givova
Al-Baqa'a	Abdullah Al-Qutati	Adnan Adous	Adidas
Al-Faisaly	Rateb Al-Awadat	Baha' Abdel-Rahman	Jako	Umniah
Al-Hussein	Othman Al-Hasanat	Mohammad Al-Alawneh	Adidas
Al-Jazeera	Chiheb Ellili	Mohammad Tannous	Jako
Al-Ramtha	Osama Qasem	Amer Abu Hudaib	Nike
Al-Salt	Mustafa Arabiat	Mohammad Shatnawi	Adidas
Al-Sareeh	Malek Shatnawi	Radwan Shatnawi	Givova
Al-Wehdat	Kais Yâakoubi	Hassan Abdel-Fattah	Givova	Umniah
Shabab Al-Aqaba	Raed Al-Dawoud	Rabie Al-Buraimi	Adidas
Shabab Al-Ordon	Issa Al-Turk	Yousef Al-Naber	Jako
That Ras	Shadi Abu Hash'hash	Malek Al-Shlouh	Adidas

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Al-Ramtha	Florin Motroc	End of contract	4 May 2018	Islam Thiabat	27 July 2018[6]
Al-Ahli	Emad Khankan	End of contract	11 May 2018	Issa Al-Turk	10 June 2018[7]
Al-Faisaly	Nebojša Jovović	End of contract	14 May 2018	Nabil Kouki	26 June 2018[8]
Al-Hussein	Haitham Al-Shboul	End of contract	16 May 2018	Bilal Al-Laham	26 August 2018[9]
Al-Salt	Ibrahim Helmi	End of contract	18 May 2018	Osama Qasem	3 June 2018[10]
Al-Jazeera	Chiheb Ellili	End of contract	20 May 2018	Nizar Mahrous	26 July 2018[11]
That Ras	Assaf Khalifa	End of contract	20 May 2018	Chaker Meftah	4 August 2018[12]
Al-Sareeh	Abdullah Al-Amarin	Resigned	26 May 2018	Malek Shatnawi	26 May 2018[13]
Al-Faisaly	Nabil Kouki	Sacked	16 September 2018	Tarek Jarraya	26 June 2018[14]
Shabab Al-Ordon	Zé Nando	Sacked	16 September 2018	Mahmoud Al-Hadid	18 September 2018
Al-Wehdat	Jamal Mahmoud	Mutual consent	1 October 2018	Kais Yâakoubi	2 October 2018[15]
Al-Ramtha	Islam Thiabat	Mutual consent	25 October 2018	Adel Yousef	27 October 2018[16]
That Ras	Chaker Meftah	Sacked	10 November 2018	Tarek Al-Salmi	10 November 2018
Al-Hussein	Bilal Al-Laham	Sacked	14 January 2019	Ashraf Kasem	15 January 2019[17]
Al-Jazeera	Nizar Mahrous	Mutual consent	14 January 2019	Dalibor Starčević	19 January 2019[18]
Al-Jazeera	Dalibor Starčević	Sacked	17 February 2019	Chiheb Ellili	20 February 2019[19]
Al-Hussein	Ashraf Kasem	Sacked	24 February 2019	Othman Al-Hasanat	25 February 2019[20]
Al-Faisaly	Tarek Jarraya	Sacked	24 February 2019	Rateb Al-Awadat	28 February 2019[21]
That Ras	Tarek Al-Salmi	Sacked	26 February 2019	Shadi Abu Hash'hash	26 February 2019
Al-Baqa'a	Rateb Al-Awadat	Mutual consent	26 February 2019	Abdullah Al-Qutati	1 March 2019[22]
Al-Ahli	Issa Al-Turk	Mutual consent	5 March 2019	Jamal Mahmoud	8 March 2019[23]
Shabab Al-Ordon	Mahmoud Al-Hadid	Mutual consent	9 March 2019	Issa Al-Turk	9 March 2019
Al-Salt	Osama Qasem	Mutual consent	10 March 2019	Mustafa Arabiat	12 March 2019[24]
Al-Ramtha	Adel Yousef	Mutual consent	5 April 2019	Osama Qasem	6 April 2019[25]

Foreign players

The number of foreign players is limited to 3 per team, and should not be a goalkeeper.

Club	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3	Former players
Al-Ahli	Amir Bazhev	Mehmet Arslan
Al-Baqa'a	Bilal Danguir	Salim Sabakji
Al-Faisaly	Mohamed Maged Onosh	Chihebeddine Ben Fradj	Hichem Essifi	Johann Lengoualama Cosmos Dauda
Al-Hussein	Patrick Kamgaing	Admir Malkić	Demba Dikata
Al-Jazeera	Alidu Namhan	Islam Batran		Mardik Mardikian Mohamad Awata
Al-Ramtha	Lukman Azeez	Shadi Al Hamwi
Al-Salt	Kwame Adjeman-Pamboe	Kabiru Musa	Mohammad Kaloob
Al-Sareeh	Mahmoud Naza'a			Mohamed Al-Zeno
Al-Wehdat	Carlão	Victor Demba Bindia	Sami Hammami	Ward Al Salama
Shabab Al-Aqaba	Michael Helegbe	Marcus Macauley	Anas Balhous
Shabab Al-Ordon	Ulrich Kapolongo
That Ras	Mohammed Balah	Haythem Gloulou	Houcine Mansour

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Al-Faisaly (C)	22	15	5	2	39	15	+24	50	Qualification for AFC Champions League preliminary round 1[a]
2	Al-Jazeera	22	15	4	3	41	15	+26	49	Qualification for AFC Cup group stage[b]
3	Al-Wehdat	22	13	4	5	36	16	+20	43
4	Shabab Al-Ordon	22	11	6	5	30	21	+9	39
5	Al-Salt	22	8	9	5	23	21	+2	33
6	Shabab Al-Aqaba	22	7	6	9	27	28	−1	27
7	Al-Sareeh	22	7	5	10	17	29	−12	26
8	Al-Ramtha	22	6	5	11	26	30	−4	23[c]
9	Al-Hussein	22	7	2	13	22	38	−16	23[c]
10	Al-Ahli	22	6	4	12	16	31	−15	22
11	Al-Baqa'a (R)	22	5	6	11	24	30	−6	21	Relegation to Jordan League Division 1
12	That Ras (R)	22	1	6	15	12	39	−27	9

Source: Goalzz
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored
(C) Champions; (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-Faisaly were also Jordan FA Cup winners, the league runners-up qualified for the AFC Cup group stage.
3. Head-to-head results: Al-Ramtha 3–0 Al-Hussein, Al-Hussein 0–1 Al-Ramtha.

Results

Home \ Away	AHL	BAQ	FAI	HUS	JAZ	RAM	SLT	SAR	WEH	AQB	ORD	THR
Al-Ahli		2–1	0–1	2–1	0–2	1–0	3–2	0–1	0–1	0–4	0–0	0–0
Al-Baqa'a	1–2		0–1	3–1	2–4	1–0	1–2	3–0	2–3	1–1	0–0	2–2
Al-Faisaly	2–1	3–1		3–0	1–0	1–0	0–0	1–0	2–1	2–2	4–0	1–1
Al-Hussein	1–0	1–1	0–2		0–2	0–1	2–3	2–0	1–2	1–1	2–0	2–1
Al-Jazeera	1–2	1–1	2–0	3–1		2–0	0–0	3–1	1–0	3–0	1–1	2–1
Al-Ramtha	3–1	1–0	1–1	3–0	1–2		1–4	1–1	2–2	1–2	2–2	3–0
Al-Salt	1–1	0–0	0–4	2–0	0–0	2–3		0–0	1–0	0–2	1–1	1–0
Al-Sareeh	1–0	4–1	0–4	0–3	1–2	1–0	0–0		2–4	0–0	0–1	1–0
Al-Wehdat	2–0	1–0	0–0	4–0	1–0	2–1	1–2	0–0		2–0	2–0	4–0
Shabab Al-Aqaba	3–0	0–1	1–3	0–1	1–4	2–1	1–2	2–0	0–0		1–1	1–2
Shabab Al-Ordon	2–0	1–0	4–1	4–0	0–4	3–1	1–0	1–2	2–0	3–0		1–0
That Ras	1–1	0–2	1–2	1–3	1–2	0–0	0–0	1–2	0–4	0–3	0–2

Updated to match(es) played on 10 May 2019. Source: kooora
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season progress

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22
Al-Ahli	L	L	D	W	D	L	L	D	L	L	W	W	L	D	L	W	L	L	L	L	W	W
Al-Baqa'a	W	L	W	D	L	L	L	W	L	L	L	L	D	D	W	W	D	L	L	D	L	L
Al-Faisaly	W	D	D	D	D	W	L	W	W	W	W	D	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	L
Al-Hussein	L	L	L	W	W	W	W	L	L	W	L	D	L	L	W	D	L	W	L	L	L	L
Al-Jazeera	W	W	W	W	W	W	D	W	W	D	L	D	D	W	W	W	W	D	L	W	W	W
Al-Ramtha	D	L	D	L	W	L	L	D	W	L	L	L	D	L	W	L	L	L	W	W	W	D
Al-Salt	W	D	D	D	D	W	D	W	W	W	W	W	D	L	L	L	D	D	L	D	L	W
Al-Sareeh	D	D	D	L	L	L	W	L	L	L	W	W	D	L	L	W	L	W	W	L	D	W
Al-Wehdat	L	W	D	L	D	W	W	L	W	W	W	L	W	W	W	L	W	W	W	D	W	D
Shabab Al-Aqaba	L	W	L	L	L	W	W	L	L	W	L	D	W	D	L	D	L	W	W	D	D	D
Shabab Al-Ordon	W	W	D	W	W	L	W	D	W	D	W	W	D	W	L	L	W	L	W	D	L	D
That Ras	L	D	D	D	L	L	L	D	L	L	L	L	L	D	L	L	W	L	L	D	L	L

Updated to match(es) played on 10 May 2019. Source:
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Lose

Statistics

Scoring

• First goal of the season:
  Bilal Danguir for Al-Baqa'a against Al-Hussein (24 August 2018)
• Last goal of the season:
  Ibrahim Al-Jawabreh for Al-Ahli against Al-Baqa'a (9 May 2019)

Top scorers

As of 10 May 2019^[26]

Rank	Scorer	Club	Goals
1	Baha' Faisal	Al-Wehdat	15
2	Hichem Essifi	Al-Faisaly	12
	Shadi Al Hamwi	Al-Ramtha
3	Ulrich Kapolongo	Shabab Al-Ordon	10
	Michael Helegbe	Shabab Al-Aqaba
4	Marcus Macauley	Shabab Al-Aqaba	8
5	Islam Batran	Al-Jazeera	7

Hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date
Michael Helegbe	Shabab Al-Aqaba	Al-Ahli	4–0	1 September 2018
Hichem Essifi	Al-Faisaly	Shabab Al-Ordon	4–0	5 April 2019
Baha' Faisal	Al-Wehdat	That Ras	4–0	4 May 2019

Number of teams by governorates

Rank	Governorates	Number of teams	Teams
1	Amman	6	Al-Ahli, Al-Baqa'a, Al-Faisaly, Al-Jazeera, Al-Wehdat and Shabab Al-Ordon
2	Irbid	3	Al-Hussein, Al-Ramtha and Al-Sareeh
3	Aqaba	1	Shabab Al-Aqaba
	Balqa		Al-Salt
	Karak		That Ras