2011–12 Bahrain First Division League
| Season | 2011–12 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Bahrain Riffa Club |
| AFC Cup |
Bahrain Riffa Club Al-Muharraq |
|
← 2010–11 2012–13 → | |
The 2011–12 Bahrain First Division League is the 55th edition of top level football in Bahrain. Al-Muharraq are the defending champions. The season started on 1 December after numerous postponements to the original fixture list and finished on 4 June with the relegation/promotion playoff match.
Teams
The 2010–11 league campaign was heavily disrupted by the Bahraini uprising in February and a number of games were cancelled or awarded to the opposition team. As it became clear that the league would struggle to continue with the number of postponements, it appeared that Al-Shabab and Malkiya either withdrew from the championship or suspended from the championship which resulted in automatic relegation.
These relegated clubs were replaced by East Riffa Club, returning after one season away from the top flight and Bahrain Club who return for the first time since the 2008–09 Bahrain Classification Soccer League season.
Stadia and locations
- Although most clubs do have a stadium, most are actually played at the National Stadium. Games are normally played as back to back headers.
League table
| Pos |
Team |
Pld |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
GD |
Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Al-Riffa | 18 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 34 | 16 | +18 | 45 | 2013 AFC Cup Group stage |
| 2 | Al-Muharraq | 18 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 41 | 13 | +28 | 38 | |
| 3 | Busaiteen | 18 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 34 | 25 | +9 | 34 | |
| 4 | Hidd SCC | 18 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 23 | 26 | −3 | 22 | |
| 5 | Al-Najma | 18 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 24 | 24 | 0 | 21 | |
| 6 | Al Hala | 18 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 29 | 33 | −4 | 21 | |
| 7 | Manama Club | 18 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 20 | 29 | −9 | 20 | |
| 8 | Bahrain Club | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 23 | 29 | −6 | 19 | |
| 9 | Al-Ahli Manama | 18 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 16 | 28 | −12 | 18 | Relegation Playoff |
| 10 | East Riffa Club | 18 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 19 | 36 | −17 | 15 | Relegation |
Updated to games played on 27 May 2012.
Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification:
1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
Al-Muharraq qualified as winners of 2012 Bahraini King's Cup.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
Promotion/Relegation Play-off
| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Al Ahli | 3-4 | Malkiya | 2-0 | 1-4 |
Fixtures and results
| Home \ Away[1] | AHL | HID | HLA | MHR | NJM | BHR | BRC | BUS | ERC | MNM |
| Al-Ahli Manama | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–4 | 0–1 | 4–1 | |
| Hidd SCC | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–4 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 4–2 | |||
| Al Hala | 2–5 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | |||
| Al-Muharraq | 2–0 | 0–0 | 6–1 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 2–1 | |
| Al-Najma | 3–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 2–3 | |
| Bahrain Club | 0–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–5 | 2–0 | 2–4 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 2–2 | |
| Al-Riffa | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 4–3 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | |
| Busaiteen | 5–1 | 3–1 | 1–5 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 4–2 | |
| East Riffa Club | 3–0 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 0–7 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 1–2 | |
| Manama Club | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 |
Updated to games played on 27 May 2012.
Source: Soccerway
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For coming matches, an a indicates there is an article about the match.