2021 Jordanian Pro League

Jordanian Pro League

Season	2021
Dates	8 April 2021 – 4 November 2021
Champions	Al-Ramtha (3rd title)
Relegated	Al-Baqa'a Al-Jalil
AFC Champions League	Al-Wehdat (the only Jordanian team able to obtain an AFC license)
Matches played	132
Goals scored	337 (2.55 per match)
Top goalscorer	Ronald Ngah (Al-Salt - 15 goals)
Biggest home win	Al-Salt 5–0 Ma'an (23 July 2021) Al-Wehdat 5–0 Al-Baqa'a (5 August 2021) Al-Faisaly 5–0 Al-Baqa'a (11 August 2021) Shabab Al-Ordon 5–0 Al-Jalil (3 November 2021) Al-Wehdat 5–0 Shabab Al-Aqaba (4 November 2021)
Biggest away win	Al-Jazeera 0–4 Al-Faisaly (17 September 2021) Ma'an 0–4 Al-Ramtha (16 October 2021)
Highest scoring	Sahab 4–4 Shabab Al-Aqaba (11 September 2021)
Longest winning run	5 games Al-Salt
Longest unbeaten run	16 games Al- Ramtha
Longest winless run	22 games Al-Baqa'a
Longest losing run	14 games Al-Baqa'a
← 2020 2022 → All statistics correct as of 2021.

The 2021 Jordanian Pro League (known as The Jordanian Pro League, was the 69th season of Jordanian Pro League since its inception in 1944. The season started on 8 April and finished on 4 November 2021, Al-Ramtha won the title for the 3rd time after the first two titles in 1981 and 1982 .

Al-Wehdat are the defending champions of the 2020 season. Al-Baqa'a and Al-Jalil joined as the promoted clubs from the 2020 Jordan League Division 1. They replaced Al-Sareeh and Al-Ahli who were relegated to the 2021 Jordan League Division 1.

Teams

Twelve teams will compete in the league – the top ten teams from the 2020 season and the two teams promoted from the 2020 Division 1.

Teams promoted to the 2021 Premier League

The first team to be promoted was Al-Jalil, following their 2–0 victory against Al-Sarhan on 22 January 2021. Al-Jalil returned to the Premier League for the first time since the 2011–12 season.

The second team to be promoted was Al-Baqa'a, following their 3-1 victory against Moghayer Al-Sarhan on 28 January 2021, the last day of the regular season. ^[1]

Teams relegated to the 2021 Division 1

The first team to be relegated was Al-Ahli, following their 0–1 defeat against Shabab Al-Aqaba, ending their 6-years stay in the top flight. ^[2]

The second team to be relegated was Al-Sareeh, ending their 3-years stay in the top flight.

Map

Al-Faisaly Al-Jazeera Al-Wehdat Shabab Al-Ordon Sahab Al-Aqaba Al-Hussein Al-Jalil Al-Salt Al-Baqa'a Al-Ramtha Ma'an class=notpageimage| Locations of the 2021 Jordan League teams

Stadiums and locations

Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.

Jordanian Pro League 2021
Club	Location	Stadium	Capacity	Year Formed
Al-Baqa'a	Ain Al-Basha, Balqa	Prince Hussein Bin Abdullah II Stadium	13,000	1968
Al-Faisaly	Amman, Amman	Amman International Stadium	17,619	1932
Al-Hussein	Irbid, Irbid	Al-Hassan Stadium	12,000	1964
Al-Jalil	Irbid camp, Irbid	Al-Hassan Stadium	12,000	1953
Al-Jazeera	Amman, Amman	Amman International Stadium	17,619	1947
Al-Ramtha	Ar-Ramtha, Irbid	Prince Hashim Stadium	5,000	1966
Al-Salt	Al-Salt, Balqa	Prince Hussein Bin Abdullah II Stadium	7,500	1965
Al-Wehdat	Al-Wehdat camp, Amman	King Abdullah Stadium	13,000	1956
Ma'an	Ma'an, Ma'an	Princess Haya Stadium	1,000	1971
Sahab	Sahab, Amman	King Abdullah Stadium	13,000	1972
Shabab Al-Aqaba	Aqaba. Aqaba	Al-Aqaba Stadium	3,800	1965
Shabab Al-Ordon	Amman, Amman	King Abdullah Stadium	13,000	2002

Personnel and kits

Team	Manager	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor	Former Managers
Al-Baqa'a	Mohammed Al-Samaraie	Salah Abu Al-Syed Mohammad Aburiziq	Nike		Ibrahim Helmi Khader Badwan
Al-Faisaly	Mahmoud Al-Hadid	Bara' Marei	Kelme	Umniah	Hussam Al Sayed Hakeem Shaker Hatem Aqel Mohammed Aqel
Al-Hussein	Osama Qasem	Lo'ay Omran	Kelme	Royal Oaks Group	Valeriu Tița
Al-Jalil	Jabbar Hamid	Amer Ali	Kelme		Hussein Alawneh
Al-Jazeera	Amer Aqel	Jaber Khattab Abdullah Al-Attar	Kelme		Amjad Abu Taima
Al-Ramtha	Ameen Phillip	Hamza Al-Dardour	Kelme	Umniah	Jamal Mahmoud Bilal Al-Laham
Al-Salt	Jamal Abu-Abed	Moataz Yaseen	Kelme
Al-Wehdat	Abdullah Abu Zema	Mohammad Al-Dmeiri	Jako	Umniah
Ma'an	Diane Saleh	Mohammad Shatnawi	Kelme	Maani
Sahab	Jamal Mahmoud	Baha' Abdel-Rahman	Kelme	Retaj	Islam Thiabat Ahmed Abdel-Qader
Shabab Al-Aqaba	Raed Al-Dawoud	Issa Al-Sabah	Adidas	Anwar Mecca Bakery
Shabab Al-Ordon	Waseem Al-Bzour	Mohammed Khaled Deeb	Kelme

Foreign players

Club	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3	Former players
Al-Baqa'a
Al-Faisaly	Hilal El-Helwe	Mardik Mardikian	Hichem Essifi
Al-Hussein	Autemar Bispo	Botuli Bompunga	Roddy Manga
Al-Jalil
Al-Jazeera	Ahmed Deeb
Al-Ramtha	Majed Osman	Bakary Coulibaly
Al-Salt	Mohamed Ouattara	Ronald Ngah	Bilel Khefifi
Al-Wehdat	Ahmad Zreik	Soony Saad	Abdou Aziz Ndiaye
Ma'an	Jonathan	Amr El-Shahat	Youssri Arfaoui
Sahab	Agustín Maziero	Marcus Macauley	Ichaka Diarra
Shabab Al-Aqaba	Murat Bekboev	Eric McWoods
Shabab Al-Ordon	Banana Yaya	Douglas

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Al-Ramtha (C)	22	14	5	3	38	16	+22	47
2	Al-Wehdat (Q)	22	14	5	3	44	14	+30	47	Qualification for AFC Champions League group stage
3	Al-Salt	22	10	11	1	32	16	+16	41
4	Al-Faisaly	22	11	5	6	39	20	+19	38
5	Al-Hussein	22	9	6	7	29	35	−6	33
6	Shabab Al-Ordon	22	8	9	5	28	22	+6	33
7	Al-Jazeera	22	7	7	8	34	33	+1	28
8	Al-Aqaba	22	6	7	9	20	29	−9	25
9	Sahab	22	6	7	9	30	32	−2	25
10	Ma'an	22	5	6	11	19	34	−15	21
11	Al-Jalil (R)	22	4	7	11	15	32	−17	19	Relegation to Jordanian First Division League
12	Al-Baqa'a (R)	22	0	1	21	9	54	−45	1

Updated to match(es) played on 25 September 2021. Source: ^[3]
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; 7)Al-Wehdat is the only Jordanian team able to obtain an AFC license.

^

Jordan (JOR): Jordan's only team granted a license are playing in the 2022 AFC Champions League.

(C) Champions; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away	ALB	BAQ	ALF	ALH	ALJ	ALR	ASA	JAL	ALW	MAA	SAH	SHA
Shabab Al-Aqaba		1–0	1–3	0–0	4–0	0–0	0–2	0–0	1–4	2–0	2–0	0–0
Al-Baqa'a	0–1		0–3	1–2	0–3	0–1	0–1	2–3	0–3	0–2	0–2	0–1
Al-Faisaly	3–1	5–0		0–0	2–1	2–1	0–1	3–0	0–1	3–1	1–2	0–2
Al-Hussein	2–0	3–2	1–3		3–1	1–4	2–4	3–1	0–0	1–0	3–1	0–1
Al-Jazeera	3–1	5–1	0–4	4–0		1–1	0–1	0–0	0–1	3–0	1–1	1–1
Al-Ramtha	2–0	2–0	0–2	5–1	0–1		1–1	1–0	3–2	3–2	1–0	4–2
Al-Salt	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	3–2	0–0		1–1	0–1	5–0	1–1	2–1
Al-Jalil	0–0	2–1	1–3	3–0	3–0	0–1	0–0		0–1	0–1	0–0	0–0
Al-Wehdat	5–0	5–0	2–0	0–0	1–1	1–2	1–1	3–0		1–1	2–1	4–1
Ma'an	1–0	2–0	1–1	0–1	1–3	0–4	1–1	4–1	0–2		0–1	0–0
Sahab	4–4	4–1	2–2	1–2	2–2	0–2	1–3	3–0	0–2	1–1		2–0
Shabab Al-Ordon	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–3	3–0	0–0	0–0	5–0	3–2	1–1	2–1

Source: ^[4]
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-Baqa'a	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	D	L	L	L	L	L	L	L
Al-Faisaly	D	W	W	D	W	W	W	W	L	L	W	L	W	L	D	L	W	L	W	W	D	D
Al-Hussein	W	L	L	W	L	W	D	D	W	W	L	W	W	D	D	L	L	L	D	W	W	D
Al-Jalil	D	D	L	L	D	L	D	W	L	L	D	W	D	L	L	D	W	L	W	L	L	L
Al-Jazeera	D	L	W	D	W	L	W	L	L	W	W	L	L	D	D	W	L	W	D	D	L	D
Al-Ramtha	D	W	D	W	W	W	L	W	W	D	L	W	W	W	D	W	W	W	L	W	W	D
Al-Salt	D	W	W	D	D	D	D	W	W	W	W	W	W	D	D	D	L	W	D	W	D	D
Al-Wehdat	W	W	D	W	W	D	L	W	W	W	W	W	L	W	W	D	W	L	D	D	W	W
Ma'an	L	D	W	L	L	D	L	W	L	W	L	L	L	W	D	D	D	L	L	L	W	D
Sahab	D	D	L	D	L	L	D	L	L	L	W	W	W	W	D	D	L	W	D	L	L	W
Shabab Al-Aqaba	D	D	L	L	W	W	L	L	D	L	L	L	D	D	D	D	W	W	W	L	W	L
Shabab Al-Ordon	D	W	W	W	D	D	L	W	D	D	D	L	L	L	D	W	D	W	D	W	L	W

Updated to match(es) played on 2021. Source:
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Lose

Statistics

Scoring

• First goal of the season:
  Roddy Manga for Al-Hussein against Ma'an (8 April 2021)
• Last goal of the season:
  Soony Saad for Al-Wehdat against Shabab Al-Aqaba (4 November 2021)

Top scorers

As of 2020 ^[5]

Rank	Scorer	Club	Goals
1	Ronald Ngah	Al-Salt	15
2	Yazan Al-Naimat	Sahab	13
3	Hamza Al-Dardour	Al-Ramtha	11
4	Mohammad Abu Zrayq	Al-Ramtha	9
	Douglas	Shabab Al-Ordon

Hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date
Ronald Ngah	Al-Salt	Ma'an	5–0	23 July 2021
Marcus Macauley	Sahab	Al-Baqa'a	4–1	2 November 2021
Khaled Al-Dardour	Shabab Al-Ordon	Al-Jalil	5–0	3 November 2021

References

1. "البقعة يحسم عودته لدوري المحترفين". 28 January 2021.
2. "الأهلي أول الهابطين بخسارته أمام شباب العقبة". 6 January 2021.
3. "Summary - League - Jordan - Results, fixtures, tables and news - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com.
4. "Matches - League - Jordan - Results and fixtures - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com.
5. "Top scorers". 2021.