2022–23 Bahraini Second Division

The 2022–23 Bahraini Second Division, was the 20th edition of the second and lowest level football league in Bahrain.^[1] The season started on 8 September 2022 and ended on 11 May 2023.

Bahraini Second Division

Season	2022–23
Champions	Al-Najma
Promoted	Al-Najma Busaiteen
Matches played	132
Goals scored	371 (2.81 per match)
Biggest home win	A'Ali 9–2 Al-Tadamun (10 April 2023)
Biggest away win	Al-Ittihad 0–6 Al-Najma (28 April 2023)
Highest scoring	A'Ali 9–2 Al-Tadamun (10 April 2023)
Longest winning run	10 matches Al-Najma
Longest unbeaten run	17 matches Al-Najma SC
Longest winless run	22 matches Al-Tadamun
Longest losing run	7 matches Al-Tadamun
← 2021–22 2023–24 →

Team location

A'Ali

Al-Tadamun, Buri

Busaiteen

Al-Ittifaq Maqaba

Isa Town

Malkiya

Al-Ittihad, Al-Najma, Qalali, Umm Al-Hassam

Etehad Al-Reef

Locations of the football clubs of the Bahraini Second Division

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Al-Najma (C, P)	22	17	4	1	59	19	+40	55	Promotion to Bahraini Premier League
2	Busaiteen (P)	22	12	5	5	41	23	+18	41
3	A'Ali	22	10	7	5	33	21	+12	37	Qualification for Promotion play-offs
4	Al-Ittifaq Maqaba	22	9	5	8	28	27	+1	32
5	Umm Al-Hassam	22	8	8	6	29	29	0	32
6	Buri	22	8	7	7	31	31	0	31
7	Qalali	22	7	8	7	33	26	+7	29
8	Malkiya	22	7	7	8	28	28	0	28
9	Al-Ittihad	22	6	9	7	24	29	−5	27
10	Isa Town	22	7	5	10	33	39	−6	26
11	Etehad Al-Reef	22	3	4	15	18	51	−33	13
12	Al-Tadamun	22	0	7	15	14	48	−34	7

Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: Points, Goal difference, Goals scored, Head-to-head points, Head-to-head goal difference, Head-to-head goals scored
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted

Results

Home \ Away	ALI	ITM	ITT	NAJ	TMN	BUR	BUS	REF	ISA	MAL	QAL	HSM
A'Ali	—	2–0	1–1	1–2	9–2	0–0	1–0	2–1	1–0	0–2	0–0	0–1
Al-Ittifaq Maqaba	1–2	—	0–1	1–0	3–0	1–1	2–3	2–0	2–1	2–1	1–0	2–1
Al-Ittihad	0–1	2–1	—	0–6	2–0	1–2	3–3	2–0	1–3	0–1	1–1	0–0
Al-Najma	2–2	2–0	2–1	—	2–1	3–1	4–2	3–0	2–1	4–0	1–1	3–1
Al-Tadamun	0–2	1–1	1–1	0–3	—	0–2	0–1	1–1	0–1	0–0	0–3	2–2
Buri	2–2	1–0	1–2	0–4	2–2	—	2–1	3–1	1–3	2–1	2–0	2–0
Busaiteen	1–2	2–0	1–1	2–3	1–0	1–0	—	2–0	4–0	1–1	3–0	3–0
Etehad Al-Reef	0–1	0–1	1–2	0–4	1–1	0–0	1–5	—	3–2	1–0	3–7	0–2
Isa Town	2–1	3–4	2–1	2–5	3–0	3–3	1–2	0–0	—	1–2	0–3	1–1
Malkiya	1–1	1–0	1–1	0–1	3–2	3–1	2–2	5–2	2–2	—	1–2	0–1
Qalali	1–1	1–1	0–0	2–2	3–0	0–2	0–0	2–3	0–1	1–0	—	1–3
Umm Al-Hassam	2–1	2–2	1–1	1–1	2–1	2–1	0–1	4–0	1–1	1–1	1–5	—

Source: Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Promotion play-offs

In this edition of the promotion play-offs, the eighth and ninth-placed teams of the 2022–23 Bahraini Premier League were joined by the third and fourth-placed teams of the Bahraini Second Division in a four-team group where each team played each other once. The top two teams of the group qualified for the 2023–24 edition of the Bahraini Premier League and the bottom two teams qualified for the 2023–24 edition of the Bahraini Second Division. The promotion play-offs started on 23 May and ended on 31 May 2023.

Table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	East Riffa	3	1	2	0	4	2	+2	5	Promotion to Bahraini Premier League
2	Al-Hala	3	1	2	0	3	2	+1	5
3	Al-Ittifaq Maqaba	3	1	0	2	3	5	−2	3	Relegation to Bahraini Second Division
4	A'Ali	3	0	2	1	4	5	−1	2

Source: Soccerway

Results

v t e Home \ Away	ALI	HAL	ITM	EAS
A'Ali		1–1
Al-Hala			1–0
Al-Ittifaq Maqaba	3–2			0–2
East Riffa	1–1	1–1

Source: Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.