Nasser Bin Hamad Premier League

FIFA Region

AFC

Season

2025-2026

Location

Bahrain

Abbreviation

BHR1

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Summary

The Bahraini Premier League (BHR1), or the Nasser Bin Hamad Premier League, is the top football league in the Bahraini football system. At the end of the 2025-2026 BHR1 season, the BHR1 teams listed below qualify for the following non-league play:

2027 Champions League 2 - Group Stage:
- 1st and 2nd place 2025-2026 BHR1 teams
2027 AGCFF Gukf Club Champions League - Group Stage:
- 3rd place 2025-2026 BHR1 team

The winner of the 2026 Bahraini King's Cup, typically an BHR1 team, also receives a berth in the Playoff Round of the 2027 Champions League 2.

Leagues Pyramid - Bahrain

Abbrev	League	# of Teams
BHR1	Bahraini Premier League	12
BHR2	Bahraini Second Division	12

Competition Structure

Season			# of Teams
11 Sep 2025 - 27 May 2026			12: BHR1 (8 minimum), BHR2 (4 maximum)

Season Format

Each BHR1 team plays Home-Away matches with the other 11 BHR1 teams for a total of 22 league matches. Table ranking ties are broken by (1) head-to-head points, (2) head-to-head goal difference, (3) head-to-head goals scored, (4) total goal difference, then (5) total goals scored.

Playoffs

Not applicable.

Relegation

At the end of the 2025-2026 Regular season, the 9th and 10th place BHR1 teams will enter Promotion/Relegation Playoffs with the 3rd and 4th place BHR2 teams. The 11th and 12th place BHR1 teams will be relegated to the BHR2.

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Regular Season

		League							Home						Road
POS		MP	W - D - L	PTS	CPTS	GF	GA	GD	MP	W - D - L	PTS	GF	GA	GD	MP	W - D - L	PTS	GF	GA	GD
1	Al-Muharraq SC	13	9 -3-1	30	-	25	4	21	7	4 -2-1	14	13	3	10	6	5 -1-0	16	12	1	11
2	Al Riffa SC	13	9 -3-1	30	-	23	7	16	6	4 -1-1	13	11	3	8	7	5 -2-0	17	12	4	8
3	Al Khalidiya SC	13	10 -0-3	30	-	23	8	15	7	5 -0-2	15	13	4	9	6	5 -0-1	15	10	4	6
4	Malkiya Club	13	6 -5-2	23	-	14	9	5	6	3 -3-0	12	8	3	5	7	3 -2-2	11	6	6	0
5	A'Ali FC	13	4 -4-5	16	-	11	13	-2	7	2 -2-3	8	7	11	-4	6	2 -2-2	8	4	2	2
6	Al Hidd SCC	13	3 -6-4	15	-	17	17	0	7	1 -4-2	7	11	11	0	6	2 -2-2	8	6	6	0
7	Al Ahli SC (Manama)	13	4 -3-6	15	-	18	19	-1	6	2 -0-4	6	8	7	1	7	2 -3-2	9	10	12	-2
8	Budaiya Club	13	4 -3-6	15	-	17	19	-2	7	1 -3-3	6	7	7	0	6	3 -0-3	9	10	12	-2
9	Sitra CSC	13	3 -6-4	15	-	11	16	-5	7	1 -4-2	7	6	9	-3	6	2 -2-2	8	5	7	-2
10	Al-Najma SC	13	3 -3-7	12	-	11	22	-11	6	3 -0-3	9	8	10	-2	7	0 -3-4	3	3	12	-9
11	Bahrain SC	13	2 -1-10	7	-	10	27	-17	6	2 -0-4	6	6	7	-1	7	0 -1-6	1	4	20	-16
12	Al Shabab Club	13	1 -3-9	6	-	4	23	-19	6	0 -1-5	1	1	10	-9	7	1 -2-4	5	3	13	-10
2026-2027 AFC Champions League 2 2026 AGCFF Gulf Club Champions League Relegation Playoff Relegation to BHR2