2024–25 Jordanian First Division League

The 2024–25 Jordanian First Division League started on 15 September 2024 and concluded on 27 February 2025.^[1][2] Sama Al-Sarhan were declared as winners of the competition.^[3][4][5]

Jordanian First Division League

Season	2024–25
Champions	Sama Al-Sarhan
Promoted	Sama Al-Sarhan Al-Baqa'a
Relegated	Al-Karmel Umm Al-Qutain Al-Jalil Sahab
Matches played	255
Goals scored	347 (1.36 per match)
Top goalscorer	Saeed Murjan (Doqarah) Sharif Al-Nawaisheh (Al-Hashemiya) (10 goals)
Biggest home win	Al-Yarmouk 7-1 Sahab (Week 12)
Biggest away win	Sahab 1-15 Doqarah (2 February 2025)
Highest scoring	Sahab 1-15 Doqarah (2 February 2025)
← 2023 2025 → All statistics correct as of 27 February 2025.

The league featured 10 teams from the 2023 campaign, two new teams relegated from the 2023–24 Pro League: Sahab and Al-Jalil, and two new teams promoted from the 2023 Jordanian Second Division League: Al-Karmel and Jerash. Reserve teams are also been introduced to the league, with the participation of Al-Wehdat (B) and Al-Hussein (B).^[6]

As of 27 December 2024, Doqarah have also been included in the league, after the Jordan Football Association reversed their decision to not promote the club, who had originally won the 2023 Jordanian Second Division League.^[7]

On 8 March 2025, the Jordan Football Association (JFA) announced that Jerash would return to the Jordanian Second Division League, following a successful appeal by Doqarah at the Court of Arbitration for Sport.^[8] However, on 3 April 2025, the JFA reversed its decision and confirmed that Jerash would be promoted to the upcoming 2025 Jordanian First Division League alongside Al-Tura. This decision was based on Article 19, which requires two clubs to be promoted from the Second Division, and Jerash and Al-Tura were the only remaining clubs from the abandoned season.^[9]

Teams

A total of 16 teams were originally contesting the league, including 10 sides from the 2023 season, two relegated from the 2022 Pro League, two promoted from the 2022 Jordanian Second Division League, as well as an introduction to reserve sides to the league, with Al-Wehdat and Al-Hussein fielding two reserve sides.^[10] The results involving the reserve sides will get excluded when determining the final teams’ positions, and are only used for financial rewards purposes in determining the top three teams at the end of the tournament.^[4]

As of 27 December 2024, Doqarah became the 17th member of the league, after the Jordan Football Association reversed their ruling to not promote the club, after being the original winners of the 2023 Jordanian Second Division League.^[11]

Team changes

The following teams have changed division since the 2023 season.

To Division 1 Promoted from 2023 Second Division Al-Karmel Jerash Doqarah (As of 27 December 2024)[12] Relegated from 2023–24 Jordanian Pro League Sahab Al-Jalil New reserve teams Al-Wehdat (B) Al-Hussein (B) Promoted to 2024–25 Jordanian Pro League Al-Jazeera Al-Sareeh Relegated to 2024 Second Division Al-Turra Alia Stadia and locations Al-Hashemiya Kufrsoum Ittihad Jerash Al-Baqa'a Irbid Amman Mafraq Mafraq teams Sama Al-Sarhan Umm Al-Qutain Irbid teams Al-Arabi Al-Hussein (B) Al-Jalil Al-Karmel Samma Doqarah Amman teams Al-Wehdat (B) Al-Yarmouk Amman FC Sahab Locations of the 2024 Jordanian First Division League teams Table as of 2024 Season:[13] Jordanian First Division League Club Location Stadium Year Formed Al-Arabi Irbid, Irbid Al-Hassan Stadium 1945 Al-Baqa'a Ain Al-Basha, Balqa Governorate Prince Mohammed Stadium 1968 Al-Hashemiya Al-Hashimiya, Zarqa Governorate Prince Mohammed Stadium 1979 Al-Hussein (B) Irbid, Irbid Al-Hassan Stadium 2024 Al-Jalil Irbid camp, Irbid Al-Hassan Stadium 1953 Al-Karmel Irbid, Irbid Al-Hassan Stadium 1969 Al-Wehdat (B) Amman, Amman King Abdullah II Stadium 2024 Al-Yarmouk Amman, Amman King Abdullah II Stadium 1967 Amman FC Amman, Amman King Abdullah II Stadium 2008 Ittihad Al-Ramtha Irbid, Irbid Prince Hashim Stadium 1990 Jerash Jerash, Jerash Jerash Stadium 1972 Kufrsoum Irbid, Irbid Prince Hashim Stadium 1973 Sahab Sahab, Amman King Abdullah II Stadium 1972 Sama Al-Sarhan Badiah Gharbiyah, Mafraq Al-Mafraq Stadium 1977 Samma Irbid Governorate Prince Hashim Stadium 1982 Umm Al-Qutain Badiah Gharbiyah, Mafraq Al-Mafraq Stadium 1990 Doqarah Duwaqarah, Irbid Governorate Prince Hashim Stadium 1990

League table

Combined table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Al-Baqa'a	16	12	2	2	23	5	+18	38
2	Sama Al-Sarhan	16	9	7	0	29	9	+20	34
3	Al-Arabi	16	10	3	3	28	13	+15	33
4	Jerash	15	7	6	2	16	9	+7	27
5	Al-Hashemiya	16	7	4	5	24	19	+5	25
6	Al-Yarmouk	16	6	6	4	30	18	+12	24
7	Amman FC	16	7	3	6	23	15	+8	24
8	Doqarah[a]	15	5	7	3	40	22	+18	22
9	Al-Hussein (B)[b]	16	6	4	6	18	16	+2	22	Moving to U23 League[15]
10	Ittihad Al-Ramtha	16	5	4	7	21	20	+1	19
11	Samma	16	5	4	7	22	25	−3	19
12	Al-Karmel	16	5	4	7	17	19	−2	19
13	Al-Wehdat (B)[c]	16	3	8	5	18	22	−4	17	Moving to U23 League[16]
14	Kufrsoum	16	4	5	7	21	34	−13	17
15	Umm Al-Qutain	16	2	5	9	13	33	−20	11
16	Al-Jalil[d]	16	2	4	10	15	34	−19	10
17	Sahab	16	1	2	13	11	56	−45	5

Updated to match(es) played on 27 February 2025. Source:
Notes:

1. On 27 December 2024, the Jordan Football Association reversed their decision to halt Doqarah from participating in the league. As a result, Doqarah have been reinstated from the league and will follow Jerash's schedule.^[14]
2. Al-Hussein (B) are not eligible for promotion to the Jordanian Pro League as they are Al-Hussein's reserve team.
3. Al-Wehdat (B) are not eligible for promotion to the Jordanian Pro League as they are Al-Wehdat's reserve team.
4. Al-Jalil were handed 3-0 losses between MD1 and MD5, after fielding Khalil Al-Aweidat, who had to serve a two-match suspension from his previous season.^[17][18]

Table 1 (Jerash)

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Sama Al-Sarhan (C, P)	13	8	5	0	24	5	+19	29	Promotion to 2025–26 Jordanian Pro League
2	Al-Baqa'a (P)	13	9	2	2	20	5	+15	29
3	Al-Arabi	13	8	3	2	21	9	+12	27
4	Jerash[a]	13	6	5	2	13	8	+5	23
5	Al-Hashemiya	13	6	3	4	20	14	+6	21
6	Al-Yarmouk	13	5	5	3	26	13	+13	20
7	Amman FC	13	6	2	5	19	11	+8	20
8	Ittihad Al-Ramtha	13	5	3	5	19	15	+4	18
9	Samma	13	5	2	6	19	19	0	17
10	Kufrsoum	13	4	4	5	18	28	−10	16
11	Al-Karmel (R)	13	4	2	7	10	14	−4	14	Relegation to 2025 Jordanian Second Division League[21]
12	Umm Al-Qutain (R)	13	2	3	8	9	28	−19	9
13	Al-Jalil[b] (R)	13	1	2	10	11	31	−20	5
14	Sahab (R)	13	1	1	11	8	37	−29	4

Updated to match(es) played on 27 February 2025. Source:
Rules for classification: 1) total points; 2) points in direct confrontations; 3) goal difference; 4) goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. On 8 March 2025, the Jordan Football Association (JFA) announced that Jerash would return to the Jordanian Second Division League, following a successful appeal by Doqarah at the Court of Arbitration for Sport.^[19] However, on 3 April 2025, the JFA reversed its decision and confirmed that Jerash would be promoted to the 2025 Jordanian First Division League alongside Al-Tura. This decision was based on Article 19, which requires two clubs to be promoted from the Second Division, and Jerash and Al-Tura were the only remaining clubs from the abandoned season.^[20]
2. Al-Jalil were handed 3-0 losses between MD1 and MD5, after fielding Khalil Al-Aweidat, who had to serve a two-match suspension from his previous season.^[22][23]

Table 2 (Doqarah)

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Sama Al-Sarhan (C, P)	13	8	5	0	25	6	+19	29	Promotion to 2025–26 Jordanian Pro League
2	Al-Baqa'a (P)	13	9	2	2	20	5	+15	29
3	Al-Arabi	13	8	3	2	21	9	+12	27
4	Amman FC	13	6	2	5	22	14	+8	20
5	Al-Hashemiya	13	6	2	5	19	15	+4	20
6	Al-Yarmouk	13	5	4	4	27	16	+11	19
7	Ittihad Al-Ramtha	13	5	4	4	20	14	+6	19
8	Doqarah[a]	13	4	6	3	39	22	+17	18
9	Samma	13	5	2	6	20	21	−1	17
10	Kufrsoum	13	4	4	5	18	28	−10	16
11	Al-Karmel (R)	13	4	3	6	13	16	−3	15	Relegation to 2025 Jordanian Second Division League[25]
12	Umm Al-Qutain (R)	13	2	4	7	12	30	−18	10
13	Al-Jalil[b] (R)	13	2	2	9	12	30	−18	8
14	Sahab (R)	13	1	1	11	9	51	−42	4

Updated to match(es) played on 27 February 2025. Source:
Rules for classification: 1) total points; 2) points in direct confrontations; 3) goal difference; 4) goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. On 27 December 2024, the Jordan Football Association reversed their decision to halt Doqarah from participating in the league. As a result, Doqarah have been reinstated from the league and will follow Jerash's schedule.^[24]
2. Al-Jalil were handed 3-0 losses between MD1 and MD5, after fielding Khalil Al-Aweidat, who had to serve a two-match suspension from his previous season.^[26][27]

Results

Home \ Away	ARB	BAQ	HSH	HUB	JAL	KAR	WEB	YAR	AMM	ITR	JER	KFR	SAH	SAS	SAM	UQU	DOQ
Al-Arabi	—	1–0	1–0	—	—	2–0	5–2	—	—	1–1	—	0–0	1–1	—	1–2	—
Al-Baqa'a	—	—	2–1	1–0	3–1	—	—	1–0	1–0	—	—	—	2–0	0–0	—	1–0
Al-Hashemiya	—	—	—	3–2	1–1	0–1	—	—	0–1	2–1	1–1	—	—	—	1–0	3–0	0–2
Al-Hussein (B)	2–0	—	—	—	—	—	3–0	1–2	—	—	0–2	2–1	1–1	0–1	—	—	0–0
Al-Jalil	1–3	—	—	0–0	—	0–3	1–1	—	—	0–3	—	2–3	—	—	3–0	—
Al-Karmel	—	1–0	—	3–1	—	—	1–1	1–1	—	—	0–1	1–1	—	0–3	1–2	—	3–3
Al-Wehdat (B)	—	0–1	1–1	—	—	—	—	1–1	—	—	1–1	3–1	3–1	2–2	—	—	0–1
Al-Yarmouk	0–1	—	3–4	—	3–0	—	—	—	0–0	2–0	0–0	—	7–1	1–1	—	—	1–3
Amman FC	3–2	—	—	0–1	0–2	2–1	1–0	—	—	0–1	0–0	—	—	—	—	—	3–3
Ittihad Al-Ramtha	—	0–1	—	1–3	—	1–0	0–1	—	—	—	0–2	—	—	—	2–2	3–1	1–1
Jerash	0–2	0–1	—	—	3–2	—	—	—	—	—	—	1–1	—	1–1	2–0	1–0
Kufrsoum	—	0–7	0–3	—	—	—	—	2–3	2–1	2–2	—	—	2–1	—	0–1	5–2
Sahab	—	—	2–3	—	1–0	0–1	—	—	0–1	0–4	0–1	—	—	—	0–7	0–3	1–15
Sama Al-Sarhan	2–1	—	1–1	—	3–0	—	—	—	1–0	2–1	—	4–0	5–0	—	—	—
Samma	—	1–1	—	1–1	—	—	1–1	1–5	3–1	—	—	—	—	0–1	—	1–0
Umm Al-Qutain	0–4	—	—	0–1	1–1	1–0	1–1	1–1	0–8	—	—	—	—	0–0	—	—
Doqarah	0–2	0–1			2–3							1–1		2–2	4–1	3–3	—

Updated to match(es) played on 27 February 2025. Source: JFA
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Statistics

Top goalscorers

As of 27 February 2025^[28]

Rank	Player	Team	Goals
1	Saeed Murjan	Doqarah	10
	Sharif Al-Nawaisheh	Al-Hashemiya
3	Rakan Al-Mahmoud	Amman FC	9
4	Yahia Abdel Hamid Mohammad Bakhet	Al-Yarmouk	8
	Ahmad Fouad Al-Titi	Doqarah
6	Nahar Mohammad Al-Rashoud	Al-Arabi	7

Notes