# 2020 Jordanian Pro League

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Football league season

Jordanian Pro League Season 2020 Dates 5 March 2020 – 16 January 2021 Champions Al-Wehdat (17th title) Relegated Al-Ahli Al-Sareeh AFC Champions League Al-Wehdat AFC Cup Al-Salt Al-Faisaly Matches 132 Goals 331 (2.51 per match) Top goalscorer Abdou Aziz Ndiaye (Al-Wehdat- 17 goals) Biggest home win Al-Wehdat 4–1 Shabab Al-Ordon (18 December 2020) Shabab Al-Ordon 4–1 Al-Sareeh (7 November 2020) Al-Sareeh 4–1 Shabab Al-Ordon (7 March 2020) Biggest away win Sahab 1–7 Al-Salt (13 September 2020) Highest scoring Sahab 1–7 Al-Salt (13 September 2020) Longest winning run 8 games Al-Wehdat Longest unbeaten run 13 games Al-Wehdat Longest winless run 11 games Sahab Longest losing run 6 games Al-Sareeh ← 2018–19 2021 → All statistics correct as of 14 January 2021.

The **2020 Jordanian Pro League** (known as the **Al-Manaseer Jordanian Pro League**, named after Ziad AL-Manaseer Companies Group for sponsorship reasons) was the 68th season of [Jordanian Pro League](/source/Jordanian_Pro_League) since its inception in 1944. The season started on 5 March, but was put on hold due to [COVID-19 pandemic in Jordan](/source/COVID-19_pandemic_in_Jordan) then finished in 2021.

[Al-Faisaly](/source/Al-Faisaly_SC_(Amman)) are the defending champions of the [2018–19 season](/source/2018%E2%80%9319_Jordan_League). [Ma'an](/source/FC_Ma'an) and [Sahab](/source/Sahab_SC) joined as the promoted clubs from the [2019 Jordan League Division 1](/source/2019_Jordan_League_Division_1). They replaced [Al-Baqa'a](/source/Al-Baqa'a_Club) and [That Ras](/source/That_Ras_Club) who were relegated to the [2020 Jordan League Division 1](/source/2020_Jordan_League_Division_1).

## Teams

Twelve teams will compete in the league – the top ten teams from the [2018–19 season](/source/2018%E2%80%9319_Jordan_League) and the two teams promoted from the [2019 Division 1](/source/2019_Jordan_League_Division_1).

**Teams promoted to the 2020 Premier League**

[Sahab](/source/Sahab_SC) and [Ma'an](/source/FC_Ma'an) Both promoted, following [Sahab](/source/Sahab_SC) 1–0 defeat against [Ma'an](/source/FC_Ma'an) on 29 April 2019 before the last day of the regular season. Ma'an playing in the [Premier League](/source/Jordan_Premier_League) for the first time in their history.[1]

**Teams relegated to the 2020 Division 1**

The first team to be relegated was [Al-Baqa'a](/source/Al-Baqa'a_Club), following their 1–2 defeat against [Al-Ahli](/source/Al-Ahli_SC_(Amman)) on 9 May 2019, ending their 18-years stay in the top flight.[2]

The second team to be relegated was [That Ras](/source/That_Ras_Club), ending their 7-years stay in the top flight.[3]

[Al-Ahli](/source/Al-Ahli_SC_(Amman))
 [Al-Faisaly](/source/Al-Faisaly_SC_(Amman))
 [Al-Jazeera](/source/Al-Jazeera_(Amman))
 [Al-Wehdat](/source/Al-Wehdat_SC)
 [Shabab Al-Ordon](/source/Shabab_Al-Ordon_Club)
[Sahab](/source/Sahab_SC)

[Al-Aqaba](/source/Al-Aqaba_SC)

[Al-Hussein](/source/Al-Hussein_SC_(Irbid))
 [Al-Sareeh](/source/Al-Sareeh_SC)

[Al-Salt](/source/Al-Salt_SC)

[Al-Ramtha](/source/Al-Ramtha_SC)

[Ma'an](/source/FC_Ma'an)

Locations of the 2020 Jordan League teams

### Stadiums and locations

- *Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.*

Al Manaseer Jordanian Pro League 2020 Club Location Stadium Capacity Year formed Al-Ahli Amman Amman International Stadium 17,619 1944 Al-Faisaly Amman Amman International Stadium 17,619 1932 Al-Hussein Irbid Al-Hassan Stadium 12,000 1964 Al-Jazeera Amman Amman International Stadium 17,619 1947 Al-Ramtha Irbid Prince Hashim Stadium 5,000 1966 Al-Salt Al-Salt Prince Hussein Bin Abdullah II Stadium 7,500 1965 Al-Sareeh Irbid Al-Hassan Stadium 12,000 1973 Al-Wehdat Amman King Abdullah Stadium 13,000 1956 Ma'an Ma'an Princess Haya Stadium 1,000 1971 Sahab Amman King Abdullah Stadium 13,000 1972 Shabab Al-Aqaba Aqaba Al-Aqaba Stadium 3,800 1965 Shabab Al-Ordon Amman King Abdullah Stadium 13,000 2002

### Personnel and kits

Team Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor Former Managers Al-Ahli Anzor Nafash Yazan Dahshan Jamal Mahmoud Al-Faisaly Rateb Al-Awadat Ibrahim Al-Zawahreh Kelme Umniah Haitham Al-Shboul Al-Hussein Othman Al-Hasanat Bilal Al-Dahoud Kelme Royal Oaks Group Al-Jazeera Amjad Abu Taima Noor Al-Rawabdeh Joma Chiheb Ellili Al-Ramtha Jamal Mahmoud Hamza Al-Dardour Adidas Skënder Gega Issa Al-Turk Osama Qasem Al-Salt Jamal Abu-Abed Ahmad Sariweh Kelme Mustafa Arabiat Al-Sareeh Abdullah Al-Amarin Radwan Shatnawi Givova Al-Shaikh Issa Market Malek Shatnawi Al-Wehdat Abdullah Abu Zema Mohammad Al-Dmeiri Jako Umniah Kais Yâakoubi Ma'an Abdullah Al-Qutati Mohammad Shatnawi Kelme Maani Emad Khankan Sahab Fahed Al-Jalad Ahmed Abu Jaddo Givova Retaj Kamel Jaara Osama Qasem Shabab Al-Aqaba Raed Al-Dawoud Tareq Al-Qamaz Kelme Shabab Al-Ordon Waseem Al-Bzour Lo'ay Omran Joma Mahmoud Al-Hadid Issa Al-Turk

### Foreign players

Club Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 Former players Al-Ahli Murat Bekboev Al-Faisaly Luciano Vázquez Akram Zuway Dominique Mendy Farhan Shakor Łukasz Gikiewicz Yannick Zakri Al-Hussein Paterne Counou Michael Helegbe Al-Jazeera Leonardo Paiva Islam Batran Ahmad Deeb Abdelatti Al Abasi Al-Ramtha Matías Conti Majed Osman Bakary Coulibaly Al-Salt Justin Mengolo Ahmed El Trbi Mohammad Kaloob Al-Sareeh Emmanuel Ezue Oliveira Mahmoud Naza'a Al-Wehdat Abdou Aziz Ndiaye Hichem Essifi Fahd Youssef Ma'an Charles Oliveira Elloy Cruise Maxim Focșa Sahab Jonathan Bryan Rafael Zuchi Shabab Al-Aqaba Autemar Bispo Marcus Macauley Mahmoud Salmi Shabab Al-Ordon

## League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation 1 Al-Wehdat (C) 22 18 2 2 44 9 +35 56 Qualification for AFC Champions League group stage 2 Al-Jazeera 22 13 5 4 35 24 +11 44 3 Al-Ramtha 22 12 5 5 32 21 +11 41 4 Al-Salt 22 9 7 6 34 22 +12 34 Qualification for AFC Cup group stage 5 Al-Faisaly 22 6 9 7 27 29 −2 27 6 Al-Hussein 22 7 6 9 24 29 −5 27 7 Ma'an 22 5 11 6 24 25 −1 26 8 Shabab Al-Aqaba 22 4 12 6 24 25 −1 24 9 Shabab Al-Ordon 22 5 7 10 29 38 −9 22 10 Sahab 22 5 6 11 19 32 −13 21 11 Al-Sareeh (R) 22 5 5 12 22 35 −13 20 Relegation to Jordan League Division 1 12 Al-Ahli (R) 22 2 7 13 17 42 −25 13

Source: [\[1\]](https://www.kooora.com/?c=18024)
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

- **[^](#ref_Note_JOR_1)** **Jordan (JOR):** Due to the [COVID-19 pandemic in Jordan](/source/COVID-19_pandemic_in_Jordan), the 2020 [Jordan FA Cup](/source/Jordan_FA_Cup) was cancelled and not organized by the [Jordan Football Association](/source/Jordan_Football_Association). The teams from Jordan playing in the 2021 AFC Cup were determined only by the results of the 2020 Jordanian Pro League. [Al-Jazeera](/source/Al-Jazeera_Club_(Jordan)) and [Al-Ramtha](/source/Al-Ramtha_SC), the 2020 Jordanian Pro League runners-up and third place, were not granted an AFC Cup license. As a result, [Al-Salt](/source/Al-Salt_SC) and [Al-Faisaly](/source/Al-Faisaly_SC_(Amman)), the second and third best teams granted an AFC Cup license (2020 Jordanian Pro League fourth place and fifth place), qualified for the 2021 AFC Cup.[4][5]

[4][6]

## Results

Home \ Away ALA ALB ALF ALH ALJ ALR ASA ALS ALW MAA SAH SHA Al-Ahli 0–4 3–3 0–1 1–2 0–1 0–3 2–2 0–5 1–2 0–0 1–3 Shabab Al-Aqaba 1–0 0–0 3–1 1–1 0–0 1–1 0–0 0–3 2–3 0–0 1–1 Al-Faisaly 0–1 2–2 1–1 1–1 0–0 1–2 1–0 1–2 0–0 0–0 1–3 Al-Hussein 1–0 2–3 1–2 2–2 1–1 1–1 2–1 0–2 0–0 0–2 0–1 Al-Jazeera 1–1 3–1 2–1 2–1 1–0 0–5 1–3 0–1 3–0 3–1 1–0 Al-Ramtha 3–1 1–1 3–1 2–1 0–1 2–1 3–1 1–2 1–1 2–3 2–1 Al-Salt 3–1 0–0 0–2 1–2 2–1 1–0 2–0 0–0 0–1 1–0 2–4 Al-Sareeh 0–0 1–0 1–1 0–1 1–2 1–2 2–2 1–2 0–3 1–0 4–1 Al-Wehdat 2–0 1–0 2–0 2–1 0–1 0–1 3–0 3–0 1–1 1–0 4–1 Ma'an 2–2 1–1 2–3 0–0 1–2 1–2 0–0 2–0 0–4 0–1 1–1 Sahab 0–2 2–1 2–3 0–1 1–1 2–4 1–7 1–2 0–1 0–0 1–0 Shabab Al-Ordon 0–0 2–2 1–3 3–4 0–4 0–1 0–0 4–1 1–3 0–0 2–2

Source: [Soccerway](https://int.soccerway.com/national/jordan/league/20192020/regular-season/r53037/matches/)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

## Season progress

Team ╲ Round 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 Al-Ahli L L L L D D D W L L D L L D L W L D D L L L Al-Faisaly D W D W D L W D D W L L L W D L D D D L W L Al-Hussein D W D W W D L D L L W L W L W D D L L W L L Al-Jazeera D W W L D L W W W D W W D D W W W L W L W W Al-Ramtha D W L D W D W D L L W W W W W L D W W W L W Al-Salt L L W D L W W D L D W D D L L D W W W W W D Al-Sareeh W L W W W D D L L L L L L W L D D D L L L L Al-Wehdat W W W W L W W W L W W W D D W W W W W W W W Ma'an W W L D D D L L W D D D D D L D D D L W L L Sahab W L L L D L W L W D L D D L D L L D L L W W Shabab Al-Aqaba L L L L L D D D W W D D D D L D D D D W W D Shabab Al-Ordon L L W D D D L D W D L W W D W D L L D L L L

Updated to match(es) played on 2020. Source: [\[2\]](https://www.kooora.com/?c=18024&stage=1&sch=true)
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Lose

## Statistics

### Scoring

- **First goal of the season**: Wissam Abu Daabis for [Ma'an](/source/Ma'an_SC) against [Al-Salt](/source/Al-Salt_SC) (5 March 2020)

- **Last goal of the season**: [Ahmad Ersan](/source/Ahmad_Ersan) for [Al-Faisaly](/source/Al-Faisaly_SC_(Amman)) against [Al-Wehdat](/source/Al-Wehdat_SC) (16 January 2021)

### Top scorers

- *As of 2020*[7]

Rank Scorer Club Goals 1 Abdou Aziz Ndiaye Al-Wehdat 17 2 Mohamed Al-Aksh Al-Faisaly Al-Sareeh 10 3 Lo'ay Omran Shabab Al-Ordon 9 4 Hamza Al-Dardour Al-Ramtha 8 Abdullah Al-Attar Al-Jazeera

### Hat-tricks

Player For Against Result Date Mohamed Al-Aksh Al-Sareeh Shabab Al-Ordon 4–1 7 March 2020 Hamza Al-Dardour Al-Ramtha Al-Sareeh 3–1 31 October 2020 Abdou Aziz Ndiaye Al-Wehdat Al-Sareeh 3–0 10 January 2021

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