The 2015–16 Bahraini First Division League was the 59th top-level football season in Bahrain. Fourteen teams participated.

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was the defending champions after securing their thirty-third championship the previous season. The league began on 26 October 2015.

Teams

Bahrain SC and Al-Shabab were relegated at the end of the previous campaign and replaced by Al-Ahli and

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. Sitra Club bounced back after one season away from the top flight and Al-Ahli were back after spending 4 years in the second tier.

Stadia and locations

* Although most clubs do have a stadium, all games are actually played at the

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and in Al Ahli Stadium. Games are normally played as back to back headers.

Managerial changes

Foreign players

League table

Season statistics

Goalscorers

Hat-tricks

References

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