Season 2015-16 Relegated BusaiteenSitra Club | Champions Al-Hidd (1st title) AFC Champions League Al-Hidd | |
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The 2015–16 Bahraini First Division League (also known as VIVA Bahrain League for sponsorship reasons), was the 59th top-level football season in Bahrain. Fourteen teams participated with Muharraq as the defending champions after securing the championship last season for the thirty-third time. [1]
Contents
The league began on the 26th of October, 2015.[2]
Teams
Bahrain SC and Al-Shabab were relegated at the end of the previous campaign and replaced by Al-Ahli and Sitra. Sitra Club bounced back after one season away from the top flight and Al-Ahli were back after spending 4 years in the second tier.
Stadia and locations
League table
Updated to games played on 23 April 2016.
Source: [3]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
1 Muharraq qualified for 2017 AFC Cup Group Stage as winners of 2015-16 Bahrain 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.