2014–15 Bahrain First Division League

Bahrain First Division League
Season	2014–15
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The 2014–15 Bahrain First Division League was the 58th edition of top level football in Bahrain. The title was won by Al-Muharraq for the 33rd time and first time since the 2010–11 Bahrain First Division League campaign. The campaign was one of the most exciting in Bahraini football history with five teams in contention until the final weeks.

Teams

Sitra and Al-Najma were relegated at the end of the previous campaign and replaced by Bahrain Club and East Riffa. Bahrain club bounced back after one season away from the top flight and East Riffa were back after two seasons at the second level.

Stadia and locations

Manama

Al Hala
Al-Muharraq
Al Hadd
Bahrain Club

Bahrain Riffa

Malkiya

Busaiteen

Manama clubs:

East Riffa Club
Manama Club
Al-Shabab

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Locations of teams in the 2014–15 Bahraini League

Club	Location	Stadium
Al Hadd	Al Hidd
Al Hala	Muharraq	Al Muharraq Stadium
Al-Muharraq	Muharraq	Al Muharraq Stadium
Al-Shabab	Manama	Bahrain National Stadium
Bahrain Club	Muharraq	Al Muharraq Stadium
Bahrain Riffa Club	Riffa	Bahrain National Stadium
Busaiteen Club	Busaiteen
East Riffa Club	Manama	Al Ahli Stadium
Malkiya	Malkiya	Madinat 'Isa Stadium
Manama Club	Manama	Bahrain National Stadium

Foreign Players

Club	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3	Asian Player	Former Players
Al-Hadd	Rico	Ifedayo Olusegun	Orok Akarandut	Mohammad Al-Dawud
Al-Hala	Salifou Fofana	Nasigba John-Jumbo
Al-Muharraq	Jhonnattann	Ahmed Al-Saghir		Nasouh Al Nakdali	Denni
Al-Shabab	Rodrigo Cabeça				Hassan Chaito
Bahrain Club	Admir Adrović			Yasser Akra
Bahrain Riffa	João Luiz	Luís Gueguel	Jhon Obregón	Abdallah Deeb	Ozéia Aiman Al-Hagri
Busaiteen	Eliel Cruz	Ozéia	Abdelkrim Koussi	Mutaz Kailouni	Tuca Israa Hamwiah
East Riffa	Ben Konaté	Mladen Jovancic
Malkiya	Valeriu Andronic	Victor Gonța	John Samuel
Manama					Thiago Augusto Sendley Bito Tarik El Janaby Radwan Kalaji

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Al-Muharraq (C)	18	12	4	2	41	18	+23	40	Qualification to the 2016 AFC Champions League Preliminary Round
2	Al Hadd	18	12	3	3	29	15	+14	39	Qualification to the 2016 AFC Cup Group Stage
3	Manama Club	18	10	3	5	31	20	+11	33	Qualification to the 2016 GCC Champions League Group Stage
4	East Riffa	18	10	3	5	30	24	+6	33
5	Al-Riffa	18	9	4	5	26	17	+9	31
6	Busaiteen	18	5	4	9	17	31	−14	19
7	Al Hala	18	5	4	9	22	39	−17	19
8	Malkiya	18	5	3	10	17	28	−11	18
9	Bahrain Club	18	3	4	11	22	29	−7	13	Relegation to the 2015–16 Bahraini Second Division
10	Al-Shabab Manama	18	2	2	14	12	26	−14	8	Relegation to the 2015–16 Bahraini Second Division

Updated to match(es) played on 1 June 2015. Source: Fudbal91
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions

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