2017–18 Jordan League Division 1

The 2017–18 Jordan League Division 1 started on 26 February 2018 and is scheduled to conclude on 15 May 2018.

Jordan League Division 1

Season	2017–18
Champions	Al-Salt
Promoted	Al-Salt Al-Sareeh
Relegated	Al-Asalah Al-Jalil
Matches played	78
Goals scored	212 (2.72 per match)
← 2016–17 2018–19 → All statistics correct as of 25 July 2018.

The league featured 10 teams from the 2016–17 campaign, two new teams relegated from the 2016–17 Premier League: Al-Sareeh and Sahab, and two new teams promoted from the 2016–17 Jordan League Division 2: Dar Al-Dawa and Shabab Al-Hussein.

Al-Salt won the league title and promoted to 2018–19 Jordan League along with Al-Sareeh. Al-Asalah and Al-Jalil were relegated to the 2017–18 Jordan League Division 2.

Teams

A total of 14 teams are contesting the league, including 10 sides from the 2016–17 season, two relegated from the 2016–17 Premier League, and two promoted from the 2016–17 Jordan League Division 2.

Team changes

The following teams have changed division since the 2016–17 season.

To Division 1 Promoted from 2016–17 Division 2 Dar Al-Dawa Shabab Al-Hussein Relegated from 2016–17 Premier League Al-Sareeh Sahab Stadia and locations Al-Salt Bala'ama Kufrsoum Sahab Dar Al-Dawa Shabab Al-Hussein Al-Asalah Al-Wahda Al-Turra Al-Ramtha Al-Arabi Al-Jalil Al-Sareeh Al-Karmel Locations of the 2017–18 Jordan League Division 1 teams Table as of 2017–18 Season:[1] Jordan League Division 1 Club Location Stadium Year Formed Al-Arabi Irbid Al-Hassan Stadium 1945 Al-Asalah Zarqa Prince Mohammed Stadium 1995 Al-Jalil Irbid Irbid Municipal Stadium 1953 Al-Karmel Irbid Al-Hassan Stadium 1969 Al-Salt Al-Salt Al-Salt Stadium 1965 Al-Sareeh Irbid Prince Hashim Stadium 1973 Al-Turra Irbid Prince Hashim Stadium 1979 Al-Wahda Madaba Madaba Stadium 1982 Balama Mafraq Al-Mafraq Stadium 1980 Dar Al-Dawa Amman Prince Mohammed Stadium 2014 Ittihad Al-Ramtha Irbid Prince Hashim Stadium 1990 Kufrsoum Irbid Prince Hashim Stadium 1973 Sahab Amman Prince Mohammed Stadium 1972 Shabab Al-Hussein Amman King Abdullah II Stadium 1954 League table Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation 1 Al-Salt (C) 12 8 2 2 22 11 +11 26 2018–19 Jordan League 2 Al-Sareeh 12 7 3 2 21 10 +11 24 3 Bala'ama 12 6 4 2 18 15 +3 22 4 Sahab 12 6 2 4 21 14 +7 20 5 Kufrsoum 12 5 2 5 22 19 +3 17 6 Al-Arabi 12 4 5 3 12 14 −2 17 7 Al-Karmel 12 4 4 4 15 12 +3 16 8 Dar Al-Dawa 12 4 4 4 12 12 0 16 9 Ittihad Al-Ramtha 12 4 2 6 13 14 −1 14 10 Shabab Al-Hussein 12 4 4 4 16 18 −2 16 11 Al-Turra 12 3 4 5 16 25 −9 13 12 Al-Wahda 12 3 3 6 14 18 −4 12 13 Al-Jalil 12 0 1 11 10 24 −14 1 Relegation to 2018–19 Jordan League Division 2 14 Al-Asalah 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Source: Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored. (C) Champion. Notes References