{{Infobox football league season | competition = [[Jordanian League]] | season = 1979 | dates = | winners = [[Al-Ahli SC (Amman)|Al-Ahli]]<br/>(8th title) | relegated =
| continentalcup1 = [[2022 AFC Champions League|AFC Champions League]] | continentalcup1 qualifiers = | continentalcup2 = [[2022 AFC Cup|AFC Cup]] | continentalcup2 qualifiers = | league topscorer = Ahmad Kalil <br/> ([[Al-Ahli SC (Amman)|Al-Ahli]]- 11 goals) | biggest home win = | biggest away win = | highest scoring = | matches = 56 | total goals = 143 | prevseason = [[1978 Jordan League|1978]] | nextseason = [[1980 Jordan League|1980]] |updated = }} The '''1979 Jordanian League''' (known as '''The Jordanian League''', was the 29th season of [[Jordan League]] since its inception in 1944. [[Al-Ahli SC (Amman)|Al-Ahli]] won its eighth title.
==Teams==
{| class="wikitable" |- !colspan="5"| Jordanian League 1979 |- ! Club ! Location ! Stadium ! Capacity ! Year formed
|- style="vertical-align:top;" | [[Al-Faisaly SC (Amman)|Al-Faisaly]] | [[Amman]] | [[Amman International Stadium]] | 17,619 | 1932 |- style="vertical-align:top;" | [[Al-Hussein SC (Irbid)|Al-Hussein]] | [[Irbid]] | [[Irbid Municipal Stadium]] | 5,500 | 1964 |- style="vertical-align:top;" | Al-Jeel | [[Amman]] | [[Amman International Stadium]] | 17,619 | 1950
|- style="vertical-align:top;" | [[Al-Ahli SC (Amman)|Al-Ahli]] | [[Amman]] | [[Amman International Stadium]] | 17,619 | 1944
|- style="vertical-align:top;" | [[Al-Ramtha SC|Al-Ramtha]] | [[Ar-Ramtha]] | [[Irbid Municipal Stadium]] | 5,500 | 1966 |- style="vertical-align:top;" | [[Al-Wehdat SC|Al-Wehdat]] | [[Amman]] | [[Amman International Stadium]] | 17,619 | 1956 |- style="vertical-align:top;" | [[Amman SC]] | [[Amman]] | [[Amman International Stadium]] | 17,619 | 1976 |- style="vertical-align:top;" | [[Al-Jazeera (Amman)|Al-Jazeera]] | [[Amman]] | [[Amman International Stadium]] | 17,619 | 1947
|} === Map ===
{{location map+ |Jordan |float=center |width=350 |caption=Location of clubs in Jordan for the 1979 Premier League season |places= {{location map~ |Jordan |lat=31.872326 |long=36.001749 |label=[[Al-Faisaly SC (Amman)|Al-Faisaly]] [[Al-Ahli SC (Amman)|Al-Ahli]]<br/>[[Al-Jazeera (Amman)|Al-Jazeera]]<br/>[[Al-Wehdat SC|Al-Wehdat]]<br/> Al-Jeel<br/>[[Amman SC]] | position=right}} {{location map~ |Jordan |lat=32.5375 |long=35.860278 |label=[[Al-Hussein SC (Irbid)|Al-Hussein]]|position=left}} {{location map~ |Jordan |lat=32.540556 |long=36.019444 |label=[[Al-Ramtha SC|Al-Ramtha]]|position=right}}
}} == League table == {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" |+ !{{Abbr|Pos|Position}} !Team !{{Abbr|Pld|Played}} !{{Abbr|W|Won}} !{{Abbr|D|Drawn}} !{{Abbr|L|Lost}} !{{Abbr|GF|Goals for}} !{{Abbr|GA|Goals against}} !{{Abbr|GD|Goal difference}} !{{Abbr|Pts|Points}} !Qualification or relegation |- bgcolor=gold |1 | style="text-align:left;" |[[Al-Ahli SC (Amman)|Al-Ahli]] |14 |8 |3 |3 |23 |15 |8 |19 |Champions |- |2 | style="text-align:left;" |[[Al-Hussein SC (Irbid)|Al-Hussein]] |14 |8 |2 |4 |25 |12 |13 |18 | |- |3 | style="text-align:left;" |[[Al-Jazeera (Amman)|Al-Jazeera]] |14 |6 |5 |3 |18 |12 |6 |17 |
|- bgcolor= |4 | style="text-align:left;" |[[Al-Wehdat SC|Al-Wehdat]] |14 |5 |5 |4 |12 |15 |3- |15 | |- |5 | style="text-align:left;" |[[Al-Ramtha SC|Al-Ramtha]] |14 |5 |4 |5 |25 |19 |6 |14 |
|- bgcolor= |6 | style="text-align:left;" |[[Al-Faisaly SC (Amman)|Al-Faisaly]] |14 |6 |2 |6 |13 |14 |1- |14 | |- bgcolor= |7 | style="text-align:left;" |Al-Jeel |14 |3 |3 |8 |13 |29 |16- |9 | |- bgcolor= |8 | style="text-align:left;" |[[Amman SC]] |14 |2 |2 |10 |14 |33 |19- |6 | |} * No them relegated because the Football Association decided to increase the number of clubs to 10 teams in the 1980 season.
==Overview== [[Al-Ahli (Amman)|Al-Ahli]] won the championship.
==References== *[https://www.rsssf.org/tablesj/jordchamp.html RSSSF]
==External links== * [http://www.jfa.com.jo/ Jordan Football Association website]
{{Jordan League seasons}}
[[Category:Jordanian Pro League seasons]] [[Category:1979–80 in Asian association football leagues|Jordan]] [[Category:1978–79 in Asian association football leagues|Jordan]] [[Category:1979 in Jordan|football]]