2018–19 Jordanian Pro League

The 2018–19 Jordanian Pro League (known as the Al-Manaseer Jordanian Pro League, named after Ziad AL-Manaseer Companies Group for sponsorship reasons) was the 68th season of Jordanian Pro League since its inception in 1944. The season started on 15 August 2018 and finished in May 2019.

Jordanian Pro League

Season	2018–19
Dates	15 August 2018 – 11 May 2019
Champions	Al-Faisaly
Relegated	That Rus
AFC Champions League	Al-Faisaly
AFC Cup	Al-Jazeera
Matches played	124
Goals scored	285 (2.3 per match)
Top goalscorer	Michael Helegbe (4 goals)
Biggest home win	Shabab Al-Ordon 3–1 Al-Ramtha (3 August 2018)
Biggest away win	Al-Ahli 0–4 Shabab Al-Aqaba (1 September 2018)
Highest scoring	Al-Baqa'a 2–4 Al-Jazeera (30 August 2018)
Longest winning run	9 games Al-Faisaly
Longest unbeaten run	14 games Al-Faisaly
Longest winless run	16 games That Ras
Longest losing run	5 games That Ras
← 2017–18 2020 → All statistics correct as of May 2018.

Al-Wehdat are the defending champions of the 2017–18 season. Al-Salt and Al-Sareeh joined as the promoted clubs from the 2017–18 League Division 1. They replaced Mansheyat Bani Hasan and Al-Yarmouk who were relegated to the 2018–19 League Division 1.

Teams

Twelve teams will compete in the league – the top ten teams from the 2017–18 season and the two teams promoted from the 2017–18 Division 1.

Teams promoted to the 2018–19 Premier League

The first team to be promoted was Al-Salt, following their 0–1 defeat against Al-Sareeh on 8 May 2018. Al-Salt are playing in the Premier League for the first time in their history. They were also promoted as the 2017–18 League Division 1 winners on 15 May 2018, following their 2–0 victory against Al-Arabi.[1][2]

The second team to be promoted was Al-Sareeh, following their 2–0 victory against Sahab on 15 May 2018, the last day of the regular season. Al-Sareeh returned to the Premier League for the first time since the 2016–17 season.[3]

Teams relegated to the 2018–19 Division 1

The first team to be relegated was Mansheyat Bani Hasan, following their 2–4 defeat against Shabab Al-Ordon on 26 April 2018, ending their 2-year stay in the top flight.[4]

The second team to be relegated was Al-Yarmouk, ending their 1-year stay in the top flight.[5]

Al-Ahli
Al-Baqa'a
Al-Faisaly
Al-Jazeera
Al-Wehdat
Shabab Al-Ordon

Shabab Al-Aqaba

Al-Hussein
Al-Sareeh

Al-Ramtha

Al-Salt

That Ras

Locations of the 2018–19 Jordan League teams

Stadiums and locations

Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.

Al Manaseer Jordanian Pro League
Club	Location	Stadium	Capacity	Year Formed
Al-Ahli	Amman	Amman International Stadium	17,619	1944
Al-Baqa'a	Amman	Amman International Stadium	17,619	1968
Al-Faisaly	Amman	Amman International Stadium	17,619	1932
Al-Hussein	Irbid	Al-Hassan Stadium	12,000	1964
Al-Jazeera	Amman	Amman International Stadium	17,619	1947
Al-Ramtha	Irbid	Prince Hashim Stadium	5,000	1966
Al-Salt	Al-Salt	Prince Hussein Bin Abdullah II Stadium	7,500	1965
Al-Sareeh	Irbid	Al-Hassan Stadium	12,000	1973
Al-Wehdat	Amman	King Abdullah Stadium	13,000	1956
Shabab Al-Aqaba	Aqaba	Al-Aqaba Stadium	3,800	1965
Shabab Al-Ordon	Amman	King Abdullah Stadium	13,000	2002
That Ras	Al-Karak	Prince Faisal Stadium	7,000	1980

Personnel and kits

Team	Manager	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Al-Ahli	Issa Al-Turk	Yazan Dahshan	Givova	Mobitel
Al-Baqa'a	Rateb Al-Awadat	Adnan Adous	Adidas
Al-Faisaly	Nabil Kouki	Baha' Abdel-Rahman	Jako	Umniah ECBank
Al-Hussein	Bilal Al-Laham	Mohammad Al-Alawneh	Adidas	Mobitel
Al-Jazeera	Nizar Mahrous	Mohammad Tannous	Jako	Mobitel
Al-Ramtha	Islam Thiabat	Amer Abu Hudaib	Nike	Mobitel
Al-Salt	Osama Qasem	Mohammad Shatnawi	Adidas
Al-Sareeh	Malek Shatnawi	Radwan Shatnawi	Givova
Al-Wehdat	Kais Yâakoubi	Hassan Abdel-Fattah	Givova	Umniah ECBank
Shabab Al-Aqaba	Raed Al-Dawoud	Rabie Al-Buraimi	Adidas	Mobitel
Shabab Al-Ordon	Zé Nando	Yousef Al-Naber	Jako	Mobitel
That Ras	Chaker Meftah	Malek Al-Shlouh	Adidas

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Al-Ramtha	Florin Motroc	End of contract	4 May 2018	Pre-season	Islam Thiabat	27 July 2018[6]
Al-Ahli	Emad Khankan	End of contract	11 May 2018		Issa Al-Turk	10 June 2018[7]
Al-Faisaly	Nebojša Jovović	End of contract	14 May 2018		Nabil Kouki	26 June 2018[8]
Al-Hussein	Haitham Al-Shboul	End of contract	16 May 2018		Bilal Al-Laham	26 August 2018[9]
Al-Salt	Ibrahim Helmi	End of contract	18 May 2018		Osama Qasem	3 June 2018[10]
Al-Jazeera	Chiheb Ellili	End of contract	20 May 2018		Nizar Mahrous	26 July 2018[11]
That Ras	Assaf Khalifa	End of contract	20 May 2018		Chaker Meftah	4 August 2018[12]
Al-Sareeh	Abdullah Al-Amarin	Resigned	26 May 2018		Malek Shatnawi	26 May 2018[13]

Foreign players

The number of foreign players is limited to 3 per team, and should not be a goalkeeper.

Club	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3
Al-Ahli
Al-Baqa'a	Bilal Danguir	Salim Sabakji
Al-Faisaly	Johann Lengoualama	Cosmos Dauda	Chiheb Ben Frej
Al-Hussein	Patrick Ngoula	Admir Malkić	Demba Dikata
Al-Jazeera	Islam Batran	Mohamad Awata
Al-Ramtha	Lukman Azeez	Shadi Al-Hamawi
Al-Salt	Kwame Adjeman-Pamboe	Kabiru Musa
Al-Sareeh	Mahmoud Naza'a
Al-Wehdat	Carlão	Ward Al Salama
Shabab Al-Aqaba	Michael Helegbe	Marcus Macauley	Anas Balhous
Shabab Al-Ordon	Ulrich Kapolongo
That Ras	Mohammed Balah	Haythem Gloulou	Houcine Mansour

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Al-Faisaly (C)	22	15	5	2	39	15	+24	50	Qualification for AFC Champions League preliminary round 1[lower-alpha 1]
2	Al-Jazeera	22	15	4	3	41	15	+26	49	Qualification for AFC Cup group stage[lower-alpha 2]
3	Al-Wehdat	22	13	4	5	36	16	+20	43
4	Shabab Al-Ordon	22	11	6	5	30	21	+9	39
5	Al-Salt	22	8	9	5	23	21	+2	33
6	Shabab Al-Aqaba	22	7	6	9	27	28	−1	27
7	Al-Sareeh	22	7	5	10	17	29	−12	26
8	Al-Ramtha	22	6	5	11	26	30	−4	23[lower-alpha 3]
9	Al-Hussein	22	7	2	13	22	38	−16	23[lower-alpha 3]
10	Al-Ahli	22	6	4	12	16	31	−15	22
11	Al-Baqa'a (R)	22	5	6	11	24	30	−6	21	Relegation to Jordan League Division 1
12	That Ras (R)	22	1	6	15	12	39	−27	9

Source: Goalzz
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated.
Notes:

1. If the league champions cannot qualify for the AFC Champions League group stage, they will enter the AFC Cup group stage.
2. Since league champions Al-Faisaly were also Jordan FA Cup winners, the league runners-up qualified for the AFC Cup group stage.
3. Head-to-head results: Al-Ramtha 3–0 Al-Hussein, Al-Hussein 0–1 Al-Ramtha.

Results

Home \ Away	AHL	BAQ	FAI	HUS	JAZ	RAM	SLT	SAR	WEH	AQB	ORD	THR
Al-Ahli			0–1		0–2	1–0			0–1	0–4	0–0
Al-Baqa'a	1–2			3–1	2–4		1–2	3–0				2–2
Al-Faisaly		3–1		3–0	1–0		0–0	1–0				1–1
Al-Hussein	1–0							2–0	1–2		2–0	2–1
Al-Jazeera				3–1		2–0			1–0	3–0	1–1
Al-Ramtha		1–0	1–1	3–0			1–4	1–1		1–2
Al-Salt	1–1			2–0	0–0				1–0		1–1	1–0
Al-Sareeh	1–0				1–2		0–0				0–1	1–0
Al-Wehdat		1–0	0–0			2–1		0–0		2–0
Shabab Al-Aqaba		0–1	1–3	0–1		3–1	1–2	2–0
Shabab Al-Ordon		1–0	4–1						2–0	3–0
That Ras	1–1				1–2	0–0			0–4	0–3	0–2

Updated to match(es) played on 1 December 2018. Source: kooora
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season progress

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-Ahli	L	L	D	W	D	L	L	D	L	L	W	W	L	D	L	W	L	L	L	L	W
Al-Baqa'a	W	L	W	D	L	L	L	W	L	L	L	L	D	D	W	W	D	L	L	D	L
Al-Faisaly	W	D	D	D	D	W	L	W	W	W	W	D	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W
Al-Hussein	L	L	L	W	W	W	W	L	L	W	L	D	L	L	W	D	L	W	L	L	L
Al-Jazeera	W	W	W	W	W	W	D	W	W	D	L	D	D	W	W	W	W	D	L	W	W
Al-Ramtha	D	L	D	L	W	L	L	D	W	L	L	L	D	L	W	L	L	L	W	W
Al-Salt	W	D	D	D	D	W	D	W	W	W	W	W	D	L	L	L	D	D	L	D
Al-Sareeh	D	D	D	L	L	L	W	L	L	L	W	W	D	L	L	W	L	W	W	L	D
Al-Wehdat	L	W	D	L	D	W	W	L	W	W	W	L	W	W	W	L	W	W	W	D
Shabab Al-Aqaba	L	W	L	L	L	W	W	L	L	W	L	D	W	D	L	D	L	W	W	D	D
Shabab Al-Ordon	W	W	D	W	W	L	W	D	W	D	W	W	D	W	L	L	W	L	W	D	L
That Ras	L	D	D	D	L	L	L	D	L	L	L	L	L	D	L	L	W	L	L	D

Updated to match(es) played on 3 May 2019. Source:
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Lose

Positions by round

The following table lists the positions of teams after each week of matches. In order to preserve the chronological evolution, any postponed matches are not included to the round at which they were originally scheduled but added to the full round they were played immediately afterward.

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-Jazeera	3	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Shabab Al-Ordon	4	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Al-Salt	5	4	5	5	4	4	4	3	3	3	3
Al-Faisaly	1	3	4	4	3	3	6	4	4	4	4
Al-Wehdat	8	7	6	6	8	6	5	6	5	5	5
Al-Hussein	10	11	12	11	6	5	3	5	6	6	6
Shabab Al-Aqaba	9	5	7	8	10	8	7	8	8	7	7
Al-Baqa'a	2	6	3	3	5	7	8	7	7	8	8
Al-Ramtha	6	9	9	12	7	9	10	9	9	9	9
Al-Ahli	12	12	11	7	9	10	11	11	11	11	10
Al-Sareeh	7	8	8	10	12	11	9	10	10	10	11
That Ras	11	10	10	9	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12

	Leader and 2020 AFC Champions League Qualifying play-off
	Relegation to Jordan League Division 1

Updated to match(es) played on 1 December 2018. Source:

Statistics

Scoring

• First goal of the season:
  Bilal Danguir for Al-Baqa'a against Al-Hussein (24 August 2018)

Top scorers

As of May 2018[14]

Rank	Scorer	Club	Goals
1	Michael Helegbe	Shabab Al-Aqaba	4
2	Abdullah Al-Attar	Al-Jazeera	2
	Ahmed Al-Essawi	Al-Jazeera
	Ahmed Yasser	Al-Baqa'a
	Ulrich Kapolongo	Shabab Al-Ordon
	Yousef Al-Naber	Shabab Al-Ordon
	Baha' Abdel-Rahman	Al-Faisaly

Hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date
Michael Helegbe	Shabab Al-Aqaba	Al-Ahli	4–0	1 September 2018

Clean sheets

Rank	Player	Club	Clean sheets
1	Mohammad Shatnawi	Al-Salt	2
2	Amer Shafi	Shabab Al-Ordon	1
	Ahmed Abdel-Sattar	Al-Jazeera
	Hamad Al-Asmar	Shabab Al-Aqaba

Number of teams by governorates

Rank	Governorates	Number of teams	Teams
1	Amman	6	Al-Ahli, Al-Baqa'a, Al-Faisaly, Al-Jazeera, Al-Wehdat and Shabab Al-Ordon
2	Irbid	3	Al-Hussein, Al-Ramtha and Al-Sareeh
3	Aqaba	1	Shabab Al-Aqaba
	Balqa		Al-Salt
	Karak		That Ras

References

1. "السلط يصعد لدوري المحترفين الأردني".
2. "السلط والصريح يصعدان لدوري المحترفين الأردني".
3. "السلط والصريح يصعدان لدوري المحترفين الأردني".
4. "الوحدات يقسو على الجزيرة.. وهبوط المنشية".
5. "الوحدات يقسو على الجزيرة.. وهبوط المنشية".
6. "الرمثا يتفق مع إسلام ذيابات".
7. "الترك مدربا للأهلي الأردني".
8. "الكوكي يصل الأردن لتدريب الفيصلي".
9. "اللحام مدربا للحسين الأردني".
10. "أسامة قاسم مدربًا للسلط".
11. "السوري نزار محروس رسميا المدير الفني للفريق في الموسم الجديد".
12. "التونسي مفتاح مدربا لذات راس".
13. "الشطناوي مدربا للصريح".
14. "Top scorers".