The sport of football in the country of Bahrain is run by the Bahrain Football Association, and significantly the most popular sport in the nation.
Bahrain has its own top-tier domestic professional football league, the Bahraini Premier League. It features 10 football clubs that play a two-round robin set, with each team playing a total of 18 fixtures. The winners of the domestic championship qualify for the AFC Cup.
The league uses a promotion and relegation system in association with the Bahraini Classification League, Bahrain's second-tier football league. The season usually starts in September and concludes in May, as in other football leagues. The first season was held in 1952. Although games are played on a home and away basis, most games are played at the Bahrain National Stadium.
The relegation of the lowest season finishing team is decided by a relegation/promotion playoff match against the second lowest finishing team. The most successful club in the league's history is Al-Muharraq SC.
Total championships
As of 2019–20 season.
League system
National team
The most significant achievement of the Bahrain national team is, finishing as semi-finalist at the 2004 AFC Asian Cup.
