2023 Jordanian First Division League

The 2023 Jordanian First Division League started on 3 September 2023 and concluded on 13 December 2023.^[1]

Jordanian First Division League

Season	2023
Champions	Al-Jazeera
Promoted	Al-Jazeera Al-Sareeh
Relegated	Al-Turra Alia
Matches played	91
Goals scored	228 (2.51 per match)
Top goalscorer	Baker Kalbouneh (Al-Jazeera) (16 goals)
← 2022 2024 → All statistics correct as of 13 December 2023.

The league featured 10 teams from the 2022 campaign, two new teams relegated from the 2022 Pro League: Al-Sareeh and Al-Jazeera, and two new teams promoted from the 2022 Jordan League Division 2: Samma and Umm al-Quttayn.

Al-Jazeera won the league title^[2] and promoted to 2024–25 Jordanian Pro League^[3] alongside Al-Sareeh.^[4][5] Al-Turra and Alia were relegated to the 2024 Jordan League Division 2.^[6]

Teams

A total of 14 teams are contesting the league, including 10 sides from the 2022 season, two relegated from the 2022 Pro League, and two promoted from the 2022 Jordan League Division 2.^{[7][8][9][10]}

Team changes

The following teams have changed division since the 2022 season.

To Division 1 Promoted from 2022 Division 2 Samma Umm al-Quttayn Relegated from 2022 Jordanian Pro League Al-Sareeh Al-Jazeera Promoted to 2023–24 Jordanian Pro League[11] Al-Ahli SC Al-Jalil Relegated to 2023 Division 2 Balama Al-Karmel Stadia and locations Umm al-Quttayn Sama Al-Sarhan Al-Hashimiya Kufrsoum Al-Jazeera Al-Yarmouk Amman FC Al-Turra Al-Ramtha Al-Arabi Al-Jalil Samma Alia Al-Baqa'a Locations of the 2023 Jordan League Division 1 teams Table as of 2023 Season:[12] Jordan League Division 1 Club Location Stadium Year Formed Al-Arabi Irbid Al-Hassan Stadium 1945 Al-Baqa'a Ain Al-Basha-Balqa Governorate Prince Mohammed Stadium 1968 Al-Hashimiya Zarqa Governorate Prince Mohammed Stadium 1979 Al-Jazeera Amman King Abdullah II Stadium 1947 Al-Sareeh Irbid Al-Hassan Stadium 1973 Al-Turra Irbid Prince Hashim Stadium 1979 Al-Yarmouk Amman King Abdullah II Stadium 1967 Alia Dhiban Madaba Stadium 1991 Amman FC Amman King Abdullah II Stadium 2008 Ittihad Al-Ramtha Irbid Prince Hashim Stadium 1990 Kufrsoum Irbid Prince Hashim Stadium 1973 Sama Al-Sarhan Badiah Gharbiyah, Mafraq Al-Mafraq Stadium 1977 Samma Irbid Governorate Prince Hashim Stadium 1982 Umm al-Quttayn Mafraq Governorate Al-Mafraq Stadium 1990

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Al-Jazeera (C, P)	13	12	0	1	32	7	+25	36	2024–25 Jordanian Pro League
2	Al-Sareeh (P)	13	10	1	2	33	11	+22	31
3	Sama Al-Sarhan	13	8	1	4	26	16	+10	25
4	Al-Arabi	13	7	2	4	22	13	+9	23
5	Amman FC	13	6	3	4	17	12	+5	21
6	Al-Yarmouk	13	6	2	5	15	12	+3	20
7	Ittihad Al-Ramtha	13	4	5	4	25	17	+8	17
8	Al-Baqa'a	13	4	4	5	16	17	−1	16
9	Umm al-Quttayn	13	4	4	5	14	18	−4	16
10	Samma	13	5	1	7	13	18	−5	16
11	Al-Hashimiya	13	3	6	4	9	15	−6	15
12	Kufrsoum	13	4	2	7	13	24	−11	14
13	Al-Turra (R)	13	1	1	11	10	41	−31	4	Relegation to 2024 Jordanian Second Division League
14	Alia (R)	13	0	2	11	8	32	−24	2

Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Statistics

Top goalscorers

As of 13 December 2023

Rank	Player	Team	Goals[13]
1	Baker Kalbouneh	Al-Jazeera	16
2	Khaldoun Al-Khuzami	Al-Sareeh	11
3	Mohammad Abu Aqoula	Ittihad Al-Ramtha	8
4	Suhib Adnan Wihaybi	Sama Al-Sarhan	8
5	Mahmoud Al-Hourani	Ittihad Al-Ramtha	7
6	Tha'er Abu Zuhri	Samma	7

Notes