Competition: | Jordanian Pro League |
Season: | 2017–2018 |
Winners: | Al-Wehdat (16th title) |
Relegated: | Mansheyat Bani Hasan Al-Yarmouk |
Continentalcup1: | AFC Champions League |
Continentalcup1 Qualifiers: | Al-Wehdat |
Continentalcup2: | AFC Cup |
Continentalcup2 Qualifiers: | Al-Jazeera |
League Topscorer: | Łukasz Gikiewicz (Al-Faisaly-14 goals) |
Biggest Home Win: | (1 December 2017) |
Biggest Away Win: | (17 November 2017) (8 March 2018) |
Highest Scoring: | (2 December 2017) |
Matches: | 132 |
Total Goals: | 327 |
Longest Wins: | 6 games Al-Faisaly |
Longest Unbeaten: | 17 games Al-Wehdat |
Longest Winless: | 12 games Shabab Al-Aqaba |
Longest Losses: | 5 games Mansheyat Bani Hasan |
Prevseason: | 2016–17 |
Nextseason: | 2018–19 |
Updated: | July 2018 |
The 2017–2018 Jordanian Pro League (known as the Al-Manaseer Jordanian Pro League, named after Ziyad AL-Manaseer Companies Group for sponsorship reasons) was the 66th season of Jordanian Pro League since its inception in 1944.
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.
The league comprises 12 teams, 10 from the 2016–17 campaign, as well as two teams promoted from the 2016–17 Division 1.
Al Manaseer Jordanian Pro League 2017-2018 | |||||
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Club | Location | Stadium | Capacity | Year Formed | |
Al-Ahli | Amman | Amman International Stadium | 18,000 | 1944 | |
Al-Baqa'a | Balqa Governorate | 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 Governorate | Prince Ali Stadium | 3,000 | 1978 | |
Aqaba | Al-Aqaba Stadium | 5,000 | 1965 | ||
Shabab Al-Ordon | Amman | Amman International Stadium | 18,000 | 2002 | |
That Ras | Karak Governorate | Prince Faisal Stadium | 6,000 | 1980 |
Team | Manager | Captain | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor | |
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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 |
Team | Outgoing manager | Date of vacancy | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
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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] |
The number of foreign players is limited to 3 per team, and should not be a goalkeeper.
Club | Player 1 | Player 2 | Player 3 | |
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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 |
Note: Teams tied on points are ranked on head-to-head record.
Rank | Scorer | Club | Goals | |
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1 | Łukasz Gikiewicz | Al-Faisaly | align=center | 14 |
2 | Odai Khadr | Shabab Al-Aqaba | align=center | 13 |
3 | Yazan Thalji | Al-Wehdat | align=center | 12 |
4 | Saeed Murjan | Al-Wehdat | align=center | 11 |
5 | Mahmoud Wadi | Al-Ahli | align=center rowspan=2 | 10 |
Michael Helegbe | Mansheyat Bani Hasan | |||
7 | Mohammed Shokan | Al-Ramtha | align=center | 9 |
8 | Baha' Faisal | Al-Wehdat | align=center rowspan=3 | 8 |
Yousef Al-Naber | Shabab Al-Ordon | |||
Ulrich Kapolongo | Shabab Al-Ordon | |||
11 | Ahmad Al Douni | Al-Ramtha | align=center rowspan=2 | 7 |
Mohamed Al-Zeno | Al-Hussein | |||
13 | Shadi Al Hamawi | Al-Jazeera | align=center rowspan=4 | 6 |
Mussab Al-Laham | Al-Ramtha | |||
Oday Al-Jafal | Al-Jazeera | |||
Abdullah Al-Attar | Al-Jazeera | |||
Player | For | Against | Result | Date | |
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Shadi Al Hamawi | 4–1 | 20 October 2017 | |||
5–1 | 2 November 2017 | ||||
6–0 | 1 December 2017 | ||||
Khaled Abu Rayash | 5–2 | 2 December 2017 | |||
4–2 | 26 April 2018 |
Rank | Governorates | Number of teams | Teams | |
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1 | align=center | 7 | Al-Ahli, Al-Baqa'a, Al-Faisaly, Al-Jazeera, Al-Wehdat, Al-Yarmouk and Shabab Al-Ordon | |
2 | Irbid | align=center | 2 | Al-Hussein and Al-Ramtha |
3 | Aqaba | align=center rowspan=3 | 1 | Shabab Al-Aqaba |
Karak | That Ras | |||
Mafraq | Mansheyat Bani Hasan | |||