2015–16 Jordan League Division 1 featured 10 teams from the 2014–15 campaign, two new teams relegated from the 2014–15 Premier League: Mansheyat Bani Hasan and Ittihad Al-Ramtha, and two new teams promoted from the 2014–15 Jordan League Division 2: Al-Aqaba and Al-Turra.
Sahab won the league title and promoted to 2016–17 Jordan Premier League along with Mansheyat Bani Hasan. Al-Sheikh Hussein and Ittihad Al-Zarqa were relegated to the 2016–17 Jordan League Division 2.
| Jordan League Division 1 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Club | Location | Stadium | Year Formed | |
| Al-Arabi | Irbid | Al-Hassan Stadium | 1945 | |
| Al-Aqaba | Aqaba | Al-Aqaba Stadium | 1965 | |
| Al-Jalil | Irbid | Irbid Municipal Stadium | 1953 | |
| Al-Salt | Al-Salt | Al-Salt Stadium | 1965 | |
| Al-Sarhan | Mafraq | Al-Mafraq Field | 1977 | |
| Al-Sheikh Hussein | Irbid | Prince Hashim Stadium | 1980 | |
| Al-Taiba | Irbid | Irbid Municipal Stadium | 2006 | |
| Al-Turra | Irbid | Prince Hashim Stadium | 1979 | |
| Al-Yarmouk | Amman | King Abdullah II Stadium | 1959 | |
| Bala'ama | Mafraq | Al-Mafraq Stadium | 1980 | |
| Ittihad Al-Ramtha | Irbid | Prince Hashim Stadium | 1990 | |
| Ittihad Al-Zarqa | Zarqa | Prince Mohammed Stadium | 2007 | |
| Mansheyat Bani Hasan | Mafraq | Prince Mohammed Stadium | 1978 | |
| Sahab | Amman | Petra Stadium | 1972 | |