2016–17 Bahrain First Division League

Bahrain First Division League
Season 2016-17
Champions Malkiya (1st title)
Relegated Bahrain SC
Al Hala
AFC Champions League Malkiya
AFC Cup Manama
GCC Champions League Riffa

The 2016–17 Bahraini First Division League (also known as VIVA Bahrain League for sponsorship reasons), was the 60th top-level football season in Bahrain. Ten teams participated with Al-Hidd as the defending champions after securing the championship last season for the first time.[1]

Malkiya won the title for the first time.[2][3]

League table

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Malkiya (C) 18 9 6 3 24 16 +8 33 Qualification to the 2018 AFC Champions League preliminary round 1
2 Al-Riffa 18 9 4 5 32 16 +16 31 Qualification to the 2018 GCC Champions League Group Stage
3 Al Hidd 18 9 4 5 27 23 +4 31
4 Manama Club1 18 9 3 6 29 19 +10 30 Qualification to the 2018 AFC Cup group stage
5 Al-Muharraq 18 8 5 5 30 23 +7 29
6 East Riffa 18 6 4 8 23 25 −2 22
7 Al-Ahli 18 5 5 8 16 24 −8 20
8 Al-Najma 18 3 8 7 20 32 −12 17
9 Bahrain (R) 18 3 7 8 18 27 −9 16 Relegation to the 2017–18 Bahraini Second Division
10 Al Hala (R) 18 2 8 8 11 25 −14 14

Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
1 Manama Club qualified for 2018 AFC Cup Group Stage as winners of 2016–17 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.

References

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  3. ↑ "Malkiya crowned champions". Gulf Daily Online. 14 May 2017.
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