2017–18 Jordanian Pro League

The 2017–18 Jordan Jordanian Pro League (known as the Al-Manaseer Jordanian Pro League, named after Ziyad AL-Manaseer Companies Group for sponsorship reasons) is the 67th season of Jordanian Pro League since its inception in 1944.

Jordanian Pro League
Season2017–18
ChampionsAl-Wehdat
RelegatedMansheyat Bani Hasan
Al-Yarmouk
AFC Champions LeagueAl-Wehdat
AFC CupAl-Jazeera
Matches played132
Goals scored327 (2.48 per match)
Top goalscorerŁukasz Gikiewicz (14 goals)
Biggest home winMansheyat Bani Hasan 6–0 Al-Hussein
(1 December 2017)
Biggest away winAl-Baqa'a 1–5 Al-Hussein
(17 November 2017)
Al-Yarmouk 1–5 Shabab Al-Aqaba
(8 March 2018)
Highest scoringAl-Yarmouk 2–5 Shabab Al-Ordon
(2 December 2017)
Longest winning run6 games
Al-Faisaly
Longest unbeaten run17 games
Al-Wehdat
Longest winless run12 games
Shabab Al-Aqaba
Longest losing run5 games
Mansheyat Bani Hasan
All statistics correct as of July 2018.

Al-Faisaly are the defending champions of the 2016–17 season. Shabab Al-Aqaba and Al-Yarmouk entered as the two promoted teams.

On 3 May 2018, Al-Wehdat won their 16th Premier League title, after Mansheyat Bani Hasan beat Al-Faisaly 2–1 in round 21 and before the final round of the league.

Al-Faisaly's Łukasz Gikiewicz won the Golden Boot with 14 goals.

Teams

The league comprises 12 teams, 10 from the 2016–17 campaign, as well as two teams promoted from the 2016–17 Division 1.

Locations of the 2017–18 Jordan League teams

Stadiums and locations
Al Manaseer Jordanian Pro League
Club Location Stadium Capacity Year Formed
Al-Ahli Amman Amman International Stadium 18,000 1944
Al-Baqa'a Amman King Abdullah Stadium 14,000 1968
Al-Faisaly Amman Amman International Stadium 18,000 1932
Al-Hussein Irbid Al-Hassan Stadium 12,000 1964
Al-Jazeera Amman Amman International Stadium 18,000 1947
Al-Ramtha Irbid Prince Hashim Stadium 8,000 1966
Al-Wehdat Amman King Abdullah Stadium 14,000 1956
Al-Yarmouk Amman King Abdullah Stadium 14,000 1967
Mansheyat Bani Hasan Mafraq Prince Ali Stadium 3,000 1978
Shabab Al-Aqaba Aqaba Al-Aqaba Stadium 5,000 1965
Shabab Al-Ordon Amman Amman International Stadium 18,000 2002
That Ras Al Karak Prince Faisal Stadium 6,000 1980

Personnel and kits
Team Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
Al-Ahli Emad Khankan Yazan Dahshan Givova The Galleria Mall
Al-Baqa'a Rateb Al-Awadat Feras Saleh Adidas
Al-Faisaly Nebojša Jovović Baha' Abdel-Rahman Jako Umniah
Al-Hussein Haitham Al-Shboul Malek Al-Yasseri Givova
Al-Jazeera Chiheb Ellili Mohammad Tannous Jako
Al-Ramtha Florin Motruck Mussab Al-Laham MBB Apparel
Al-Wehdat Jamal Mahmoud Basem Fathi Jako Umniah
Al-Yarmouk Khaldoun Abdul Karim Ahmed Abu Halawa Adidas
Mansheyat Bani Hasan Adnan Al-Shuaibat Ashraf Al-Masaeed Adidas The bounties of the North Company
Shabab Al-Aqaba Ra'ed Al-Dawoud Mahmoud Al-Sanouri Adidas Aqaba Special Economic Zone Authority
Shabab Al-Ordon Issa Al-Turk Yousef Al-Naber Jako
That Ras Assaf Khalifa Malek Al-Shlouh Givova Jordan German Eye Center

Managerial changes
Team

Shabab Al-Ordon

 Outgoing manager 
Mahmoud Hadid
 Date of vacancy 
3\2019
 Incoming manager 
Issa Turk
 Date of appointment

3/2019

That Ras Maher Sdiri 11 May 2017 Haitham Al-Shboul 18 June 2017[1]
Al-Wehdat Adnan Hamad 13 May 2017 Jamal Mahmoud 17 May 2017[2]
Al-Ahli Jamal Mahmoud 17 May 2017 Osama Qasem 30 May 2017[3]
Al-Ramtha Kemal Alispahić 22 May 2017 Mohamed Shabrak 15 July 2017[4]
Mansheyat Bani Hasan Osama Qasem 30 May 2017 Ra'fat Ali 1 July 2017[5]
That Ras Haitham Al-Shboul 19 August 2017 Rateb Al-Awadat 20 August 2017[6]
Al-Faisaly Nebojša Jovović 28 August 2017 Veselin Stesevic 4 September 2017[7]
Al-Faisaly Veselin Stesevic 14 September 2017 Dragan Talajić 19 September 2017[8]
Al-Hussein Maher Bahri 23 September 2017 Mohamed Azima 3 October 2017[9]
Al-Jazeera Nizar Mahrous 30 September 2017 Maher Bahri 9 October 2017[10]
Al-Ramtha Mohamed Shabrak 30 September 2017 Nabil Kouki 9 October 2017[11]
Al-Baqa'a Emad Khankan 1 October 2017 Sherif El-Khashab 6 October 2017[12]
Mansheyat Bani Hasan Ra'fat Ali 1 October 2017 Bilal Al-Laham 2 October 2017[13]
Al-Yarmouk Ibrahim Helmy 25 October 2017 Sabri Al Mineawi 25 October 2017[14]
Al-Jazeera Maher Bahri 16 November 2017 Chiheb Ellili 16 November 2017[15]
Al-Ahli Osama Qasem 1 December 2017 Emad Khankan 5 December 2017[16]
Al-Ramtha Nabil Kouki 1 January 2018 Florin Motruck 1 January 2018[17]
Al-Faisaly Dragan Talajić 7 January 2018 Nebojša Jovović 7 January 2018[18]
Al-Hussein Mohamed Azima 4 February 2018 Haitham Al-Shboul 4 February 2018[19]
Mansheyat Bani Hasan Bilal Al-Laham 12 February 2018 Adnan Al-Shuaibat 12 February 2018[20]
Al-Yarmouk Sabri Al Mineawi 19 February 2018 Khaldoun Abdul Karim 19 February 2018[21]
That Ras Rateb Al-Awadat 23 February 2018 Assaf Khalifa 23 February 2018[22]
Al-Baqa'a Sherif El-Khashab 10 April 2018 Rateb Al-Awadat 10 April 2018[23]

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 Mahmoud Wadi Mohammed Balah Adel Hmani
Al-Baqa'a Emmanuel Ezue Anas Balhous Samer Salem
Al-Faisaly Alban Meha Łukasz Gikiewicz Dominique Mendy
Al-Hussein Hamed Touré Teah Dennis Jr. Mohamed Al-Zeno
Al-Jazeera Oday Al-Jafal Mardik Mardikian Shadi Al Hamawi
Al-Ramtha Mohammed Shokan Ahmad Al Douni Jehad Al Baour
Al-Wehdat Fahd Youssef
Al-Yarmouk Mohamed Mandela Marcus Macauley Ahmed Idrees
Mansheyat Bani Hasan Michael Helegbe Dan Ignat
Shabab Al-Aqaba Fabricio Ortiz Mladen Vukasović
Shabab Al-Ordon Ulrich Kapolongo Bojan Vručina
That Ras Mohamed Talaat Redallah El Ghazoufi Fakhreddine Galbi

Results

League table

Note: Teams tied on points are ranked on head-to-head record.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Al-Wehdat (C) 22 16 5 1 45 13 +32 53 Qualification to Champions League first preliminary round
2 Al-Jazeera (Q) 22 12 5 5 37 23 +14 41 Qualification to AFC Cup
3 Al-Faisaly 22 12 5 5 33 18 +15 41
4 Al-Ramtha 22 11 6 5 30 16 +14 39
5 Shabab Al-Ordon 22 10 7 5 30 22 +8 37
6 That Ras 22 5 8 9 19 22 −3 23
7 Al-Ahli 22 5 8 9 22 31 −9 23
8 Al-Baqa'a 22 5 8 9 21 33 −12 23
9 Shabab Al-Aqaba 22 5 7 10 28 35 −7 22
10 Al-Hussein 22 5 7 10 20 31 −11 22
11 Mansheyat Bani Hasan (R) 22 6 3 13 26 40 −14 21 Relegation to Jordan League Division 1
12 Al-Yarmouk (R) 22 4 3 15 16 43 −27 15
Updated to match(es) played on 11 May 2018. Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion; (Q) Qualified to the phase indicated; (R) Relegated.

Results table
Home \ Away AHL BAQ FSY HUS JAZ RAM WEH YAR MAN AQB ORD THR
Al-Ahli 2–0 0–1 1–3 0–0 0–0 1–2 3–1 1–1 2–1 0–2 0–0
Al-Baqa'a 3–3 0–3 1–5 1–1 1–0 0–2 1–0 1–0 1–2 1–1 0–0
Al-Faisaly 3–0 1–1 1–0 1–2 2–1 0–2 2–0 3–0 0–1 1–0 1–1
Al-Hussein 0–0 1–0 0–0 1–4 1–3 0–1 0–1 2–3 1–1 0–0 0–0
Al-Jazeera 4–1 3–0 2–2 1–2 3–2 0–4 1–0 4–1 1–0 1–2 1–0
Al-Ramtha 3–0 1–0 4–2 1–0 0–0 1–0 5–0 2–0 2–2 0–0 0–0
Al-Wehdat 0–0 2–0 2–2 4–1 2–0 1–0 2–1 5–1 3–1 1–1 2–2
Al-Yarmouk 2–0 0–3 0–2 2–1 0–4 0–1 1–1 0–1 1–5 2–5 1–2
Mansheyat Bani Hasan 1–2 1–1 2–1 6–0 1–1 0–1 0–3 0–1 4–1 0–1 1–0
Shabab Al-Aqaba 1–4 3–3 0–1 0–0 3–2 1–1 0–2 2–2 2–0 2–3 0–1
Shabab Al-Ordon 1–2 1–1 0–3 1–1 0–1 1–2 0–1 2–1 4–2 0–0 2–1
That Ras 1–1 1–2 0–1 0–1 0–1 2–0 1–3 1–1 4–1 2–1 0–2
Updated to match(es) played on June 2017. Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season progress
Team ╲ Round12345678910111213141516171819202122
Al-AhliDDDWWLLLLDDWDWWLDLDLLL
Al-Baqa'aDDLWDLDDLLDLWDWLLDLLWW
Al-FaisalyWDLWDDLDWWWWLDWWWWWWLL
Al-HusseinDLLLDDWLWDLDLWLDLDLWWL
Al-JazeeraLDWWDWDWWWLWWLDWDWLWWL
Al-RamthaWDWLWWWWDWDWDWDLDLWLLW
Al-WehdatDDWWLWWWWDWWWDWWWDWWWW
Al-YarmoukLWLLLLDLLDLLWLLWWLDLLL
Mansheyat Bani HasanLDDLWWDLLLWLLLWLLLLLWW
Shabab Al-AqabaDDWLLLDLLDLDDDLWLWWLLW
Shabab Al-OrdonWDWLDLDWWDWLLWLDDDWWWW
That RasDDLWDWLWDLDLDLLLWDDWLL
Source: kooora.com
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Lose

Statistics

Top scorers
As of May 2018[24]
Rank Scorer Club Goals
1 Łukasz Gikiewicz Al-Faisaly 14
2 Odai Khadr Shabab Al-Aqaba 13
3 Yazan Thalji Al-Wehdat 12
4 Saeed Murjan Al-Wehdat 11
5 Mahmoud Wadi Al-Ahli 10
Michael Helegbe Mansheyat Bani Hasan
7 Mohammed Shokan Al-Ramtha 9
8 Baha' Faisal Al-Wehdat 8
Yousef Al-Naber Shabab Al-Ordon
Ulrich Kapolongo Shabab Al-Ordon
11 Ahmad Al Douni Al-Ramtha 7
Mohamed Al-Zeno Al-Hussein
13 Shadi Al Hamawi Al-Jazeera 6
Mussab Al-Laham Al-Ramtha
Oday Al-Jafal Al-Jazeera
Abdullah Al-Attar Al-Jazeera

Hat-tricks
PlayerForAgainstResultDate
Shadi Al HamawiAl-JazeeraAl-Ahli4–120 October 2017
Baha' FaisalAl-WehdatMansheyat Bani Hasan5–12 November 2017
Michael HelegbeMansheyat Bani HasanAl-Hussein6–01 December 2017
Khaled Abu RayashShabab Al-OrdonAl-Yarmouk5–22 December 2017
Ulrich KapolongoShabab Al-OrdonMansheyat Bani Hasan4–226 April 2018

Number of teams by Governorates
Rank Governorates Number of teams Teams
1  Amman 7 Al-Ahli, Al-Baqa'a, Al-Faisaly, Al-Jazeera, Al-Wehdat, Al-Yarmouk and Shabab Al-Ordon
2 Irbid 2 Al-Hussein and Al-Ramtha
3 Aqaba 1 Shabab Al-Aqaba
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References
  1. "هيثم الشبول مديرا فنيا لذات راس".
  2. "إدارة الوحدات تكشف هوية الجهاز التدريبي الجديد".
  3. "أسامة قاسم يتولى تدريب الأهلي الأردني".
  4. "السوري شبرق يدخل حسابات الرمثا الأردني".
  5. "رأفت علي يقود تدريبات منشية بني حسن".
  6. "العوضات مدربا لذات راس".
  7. "المونتنيجري فيسكو يتولى تدريب الفيصلي".
  8. "الكرواتي دراجان يصل الأردن لتدريب الفيصلي".
  9. "المصري عظيمة يوقع عقد تدريب الحسين إربد".
  10. "البحري مدربا للجزيرة الأردني".
  11. "الكوكي يصل الأردن ويلتحق بمعسكر الرمثا".
  12. "شريف الخشاب مدربا جديدا للبقعة الأردني".
  13. "اللحام يقود أول تدريب له مع منشية بني حسن".
  14. "صبري المنياوي مدربا لليرموك".
  15. "الجزيرة يتعاقد مع مدرب الإفريقي والصفاقسي السابق".
  16. "السوري خانكان مدربا جديدا للأهلي الأردني".
  17. "الرمثا يتعاقد مع المدرب الروماني فلورين".
  18. "رسميا.. الفيصلي يعلن عودة نيبوشا لقيادة الفريق".
  19. "الحسين إربد يتعاقد مع هيثم الشبول".
  20. "عدنان عوض مديرا فنيا لمنشية بني حسن".
  21. "خلدون عبد الكريم مدربا لليرموك الأردني".
  22. "عساف خليفة مدربا لذات راس".
  23. "العوضات يقود تدريبات البقعة".
  24. "Top scorers".
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