| Season | 2024–25 |
|---|---|
| Matches played | 42 |
| Goals scored | 80 (1.9 per match) |
| Biggest home win | Al-Hidd 5–0 Etehad Al-Reef (21 November 2024) |
| Biggest away win | Qalali 1–9 Isa Town (8 November 2024) |
| Highest scoring | Qalali 1–9 Isa Town (8 November 2024) |
| Longest winning run | 4 matches Al-Ittihad |
| Longest unbeaten run | 7 matches Al-Hala Budaiya |
| Longest winless run | 7 matches Al-Tadamun Etehad Al-Reef Qalali |
| Longest losing run | 7 matches Al-Tadamun |
| ← 2023–24 2025–26 → All statistics correct as of 22 November 2024. | |
The 2024–25 Bahraini Second Division is the 22nd edition of the second and lowest level football league in Bahrain. The season started on 19 September 2024 and will end on a date that is yet to be determined.
Teams
Twelve teams are competing in the league – the bottom eight teams from the previous season, the bottom two teams from the promotion play-offs and the two teams directly relegated from the Premier League. The directly relegated teams were Al-Hala and Busaiteen and the team relegated from the relegation play-offs was Al-Hidd, who all returned to the second tier after respective absences of four, one and fifteen years. They replaced Bahrain SC, A'Ali and Malkiya, who were promoted to the Premier League after respective spells of one, two and three years in the second tier.
Al-HiddBudaiyaAl-Tadamun, BuriBusaiteenAl-Ittifaq Maqaba Isa TownAl-Ittihad, Qalali, Umm Al-HassamAl-HalaEtehad Al-Reefclass=notpageimage| Locations of the 2024–25 Second Division teams
| Team | Location | 2023–24 Position |
Titles | Most recent title |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Al-Hala | Muharraq | 11th (PL) | 2 | 2020–21 |
| Al-Hidd | Al Hidd | 9th (PL) 3rd (play-offs) |
3 | 2009–10 |
| Al-Ittifaq Maqaba | Hamad Town | 6th | 0 | – |
| Al-Ittihad | Manama | 4th 4th (play-offs) |
0 | – |
| Al-Tadamun | Buri | 12th | 0 | – |
| Budaiya | Budaiya | 5th | 1 | 2017–18 |
| Buri | Buri | 8th | 0 | – |
| Busaiteen | Busaiteen | 12th (PL) | 0 | – |
| Etehad Al-Reef | Shahrakan | 11th | 0 | – |
| Isa Town | Isa Town | 7th | 0 | – |
| Qalali | Manama | 10th | 0 | – |
| Umm Al-Hassam | Manama | 9th | 0 | – |
Stadiums and locations
Although every match contains a home and away team for administrative purposes (kit colours, fan distribution, etc.), all matches are hosted in one of these four venues.
| Stadium | Location | Capacity |
|---|---|---|
| Al-Ahli Stadium | Manama | 10,000 |
| Al Najma Club Stadium | Manama | 2,000 |
| Al Riffa Sports Club Stadium | Riffa | 9,000 |
| Madinet Hamad Stadium | Hamad Town | 2,000 |
League table
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Budaiya | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 26 | 5 | +21 | 26 | Promotion to Bahraini Premier League |
| 2 | Al-Ittihad | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 12 | +9 | 23 | |
| 3 | Al-Hidd | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 22 | 10 | +12 | 21 | Qualification for Promotion play-offs |
| 4 | Al-Hala | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 5 | +10 | 19 | |
| 5 | Busaiteen | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 7 | +8 | 17 | |
| 6 | Isa Town | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 9 | +9 | 15 | |
| 7 | Umm Al-Hassam | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 14 | |
| 8 | Buri | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 10 | −2 | 10 | |
| 9 | Al-Ittifaq Maqaba | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 17 | −1 | 8 | |
| 10 | Qalali | 10 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 33 | −21 | 4 | |
| 11 | Etehad Al-Reef | 10 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 24 | −21 | 3 | |
| 12 | Al-Tadamun | 10 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 29 | −24 | 3 |
Rules for classification: Points, Goal difference, Goals scored, Head-to-head points, Head-to-head goal difference, Head-to-head goals scored
Results
| Home \ Away | HAL | HID | ITM | ITT | TMN | BUD | BUR | BUS | REF | ISA | QAL | HSM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Al-Hala | — | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | |||||||
| Al-Hidd | 0–1 | — | 1–1 | 1–0 | 5–0 | 4–2 | ||||||
| Al-Ittifaq Maqaba | 0–0 | — | 2–4 | 4–0 | 2–3 | 2–2 | ||||||
| Al-Ittihad | 0–0 | — | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | |||||||
| Al-Tadamun | 0–2 | 2–3 | 1–5 | — | 2–0 | |||||||
| Budaiya | 1–1 | 3–1 | 8–0 | — | 3–0 | |||||||
| Buri | 1–2 | 3–0 | 0–0 | — | 0–2 | 1–0 | ||||||
| Busaiteen | 1–3 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | — | 3–0 | ||||||
| Etehad Al-Reef | 0–4 | 1–1 | — | 0–3 | 1–1 | 0–2 | ||||||
| Isa Town | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 0–0 | — | 2–1 | ||||||
| Qalali | 3–3 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 0–4 | 1–9 | — | 0–4 | |||||
| Umm Al-Hassam | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 1–1 | — |
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Results by round
| Team ╲ Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Al-Hala | W | W | W | D | D | W | W | |||||||||||||||
| Al-Hidd | W | W | L | D | W | W | W | |||||||||||||||
| Al-Ittifaq Maqaba | D | L | L | D | D | W | L | |||||||||||||||
| Al-Ittihad | W | W | W | W | D | L | W | |||||||||||||||
| Al-Tadamun | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | |||||||||||||||
| Budaiya | W | W | W | D | W | W | D | |||||||||||||||
| Buri | L | W | L | D | W | L | D | |||||||||||||||
| Busaiteen | L | W | W | W | D | L | D | |||||||||||||||
| Etehad Al-Reef | L | L | D | L | D | L | L | |||||||||||||||
| Isa Town | L | L | W | D | L | W | D | |||||||||||||||
| Qalali | D | L | D | L | L | L | L | |||||||||||||||
| Umm Al-Hassam | W | L | L | W | D | W | W |
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Lose
Positions by round
The table lists the positions of teams after each week of matches.
| Team ╲ Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Budaiya | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||
| Al-Hala | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||||||
| Al-Hidd | 2 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | |||||||||||||||
| Al-Ittihad | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |||||||||||||||
| Umm Al-Hassam | 5 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 5 | |||||||||||||||
| Busaiteen | 10 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 6 | |||||||||||||||
| Isa Town | 11 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | |||||||||||||||
| Buri | 9 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 8 | |||||||||||||||
| Al-Ittifaq Maqaba | 6 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | |||||||||||||||
| Etehad Al-Reef | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 | |||||||||||||||
| Qalali | 7 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | |||||||||||||||
| Al-Tadamun | 8 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 |
| Leader and promotion to Premier League | |
| Promotion to Premier League | |
| Qualification to Promotion play-offs |
Promotion play-offs
In this edition of the promotion play-offs, the ninth and tenth-placed teams of the 2024–25 Bahraini Premier League will be joined by the third and fourth-placed teams of the Bahraini Second Division in a four-team group where each team will play each other once. The top two teams of the group will qualify for the 2025–26 edition of the Bahraini Premier League and the bottom two teams will qualify for the 2025–26 edition of the Bahraini Second Division. The promotion play-offs will start on a date yet to be determined, sometime after the end of the regular season.
Table
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ninth-placed PL team | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Promotion to Bahraini Premier League |
| 2 | Tenth-placed PL team | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 3 | Third-placed SD team | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Relegation to Bahraini Second Division |
| 4 | Fourth-placed SD team | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Results
| Home \ Away | P09 | P10 | S03 | S04 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ninth-placed PL team | ||||
| Tenth-placed PL team | ||||
| Third-placed SD team | ||||
| Fourth-placed SD team |
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
References
- "2024–25 Bahraini Second Division". Soccerway. Retrieved 16 September 2024.
- Fakhri, Abdulrahman (7 July 2007). "Festival hots up". Gulf Daily News. Archived from the original on 2 August 2017. Retrieved 24 January 2020.
- "Al Najma Sports Club venue". Soccerway. 19 May 2024. Retrieved 20 September 2024.
- "Riffa Club Stadium". Soccerway. 26 April 2024. Retrieved 20 September 2024.
- "Madinet Hamad Stadium". Soccerway. 1 May 2024. Retrieved 20 September 2024.
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