The Bahrain national football team represents Bahrain in international football and is controlled by the Bahrain Football Association, which was founded in 1951 and joined FIFA in 1966. They have never reached the World Cup, but have twice come within one match of doing so. Bahrain won the FIFA's most improved team award in 2004, and finished fourth in the 2004 Asian Cup, beating Uzbekistan in the quarter-finals but losing to Japan in the semi-finals 4–3. Bahrain then lost to Iran in the third-place match, thus finishing in fourth place overall. Bahrain had a golden year in 2019, winning both the WAFF Championship and the Arabian Gulf Cup for the first time, under the stewardship of Hélio Sousa.
Zinj is a suburb in the city of Manama, the capital of Bahrain.
Al-Najma SC is a Bahraini professional multi-sports club based in Manama. Incorporated in 1946, the club has departments of football, handball, volleyball and basketball. The club's football section competes in the Bahraini Premier League.
Mohammed Hasan Kamaluddin is a Bahraini former cabinet minister, member of parliament, ex-diplomat, poet, historian, writer and researcher. He is best known for having published the first Encyclopedia of Bahraini History, stretching from 3000 B.C. to the modern Bahraini state. It is the largest and first work of its kind in the GCC region.
Mohd Amar bin Rohidan is a Malaysian former professional footballer who plays as a midfielder.
Mohd Farizal bin Harun is a Malaysian footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Harini.
Mahmood Merza Mahdi Ahmed Al Ajmi is a Bahraini professional football player who last played for Al-Safa. He also represented the Bahrain national team from 2007 to 2013.
Muhammad Hadin bin Azman is a Malaysian professional footballer who plays as an Forward for Malaysia Super League club Negeri Sembilan and the Malaysia national team.
Mohamed Saad Marzooq Almla Marzooq Al-Romaihi is a Bahraini professional footballer who currently plays as a forward for Manama club and the Bahrain national team.
The 2019 Malaysia Super League is the 16th season of the Malaysia Super League, the top-tier professional football league in Malaysia.
Ali Jaafar Mohamed Ahmed Madan is a Bahraini footballer who plays as a winger for Ajman on loan from Al-Riffa and the Bahrain national team.
The 2019 season was Felda United's 13th competitive season and 1st season in the Malaysia Super League since the club's promotion to the Malaysia Super League after only a one-year absence, winning the Malaysia Premier League. The club's license from the Football Association of Malaysia (FAM) has been obtained to continue their tracks in the Malaysian Football League.
Fareed Ramadan is a Bahraini novelist, screenwriter, and film producer. He is often considered one of the most prominent Gulf novelists and worked to deconstruct the discourse of racism through his work on cultural identities in Bahrain, to the point that some critics called him a "novelist of identities." Among his most prominent works are the novel The English Ocean and the screenplay of the film The Sleeping Tree.
Ebrahim Bashmi is a Bahraini politician, novelist, journalist, and nonfiction writer.
Baqer Salman Al-Najjer is a Bahraini sociology professor, politician, author, and columnist. He serves as chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Arab Sociological Association.
Mubarak bin Rashid Jassim Al Khater was a Bahraini historian, writer, and poet. He attended the Al-Hidaya Al-Khalifia Boys' School in Muharraq, then finished secondary school in Manama with a diploma in commerce. He worked after graduation at the Courts Administration, a division of the Ministry of Justice (1955-1967), the Ministry of Waqf (1967-1982), and the Ministry of Information (1982-1994). Retiring in 1994, he belonged to the National Council for Culture, Arts, and Literature, Sunni Waqf Council, Union of Arab Historians, the Al Eslah Society, the International Islamic Literature Association, and the Bahrain History and Antiquities Society.
The 25th Arabian Gulf Cup was an international football tournament held in Iraq from 6 to 19 January 2023. The eight national teams involved in the tournament were required to register a squad with a minimum of 18 players and a maximum of 23 players, at least three of whom had to be goalkeepers. Only players in these squads were eligible to take part in the tournament.
Ebrahim Khalil Ebrahim Abdulla Lutfalla is a Bahraini professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Al-Ahli Club, and the Bahrain national team.
Moses Atede Jona is a professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Kedah Darul Aman. Born in Kaduna Nigeria, he plays for the Bahrain national team as a central midfielder.
Ebrahim Mubarak Ebrahim Mubarak Isa Al-Khattal is a Bahraini professional footballer who plays as a attacking midfielder for Al-Ahli Club, and the Bahrain national team.
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