2011–12 Bahrain First Division League
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The 2011–12 Bahrain First Division League is the 55th edition of top-level football in
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. Al-Muharraq are the defending champions. The season started on 1 December after numerous postponements to the original fixture list and finished on 4 June with the relegation/promotion playoff match.


Teams

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league campaign was heavily disrupted by the Bahraini uprising in February and a number of games were cancelled or awarded to the opposition team. As it became clear that the league would struggle to continue with the number of postponements, it appeared that Al-Shabab and Malkiya either withdrew from the championship or suspended from the championship which resulted in automatic relegation. These relegated clubs were replaced by
East Riffa Club East Riffa Club ( ar, نادي الرفاع الشرقي) is a Bahraini professional football club based in Riffa, Bahrain. They play in Bahraini Premier League, the top division of Bahraini football. Achievements Football *Bahraini Premier ...
, returning after one season away from the top flight and
Bahrain Club Al-Bahrain Sports Club (), otherwise simply known as Bahrain, is primarily a Bahraini football club based in the island-governorate of Al-Muharraq. Their football team plays in the Bahraini Second Division. Their home football stadium is the Al ...
who return for the first time since the
2008–09 Bahrain Classification Soccer League This season, Bahraini Premier League will be known as the Bahrain Classification Soccer League 2008–09 and will consist of 19 teams which will play each other once. The top 10 teams will join the new Premier League in 2009–10 and the bottom 9 t ...
season.


Stadia and locations

*Although most clubs do have a stadium, most are played at the
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. Games are usually played as back to back headers.


League table


Promotion/relegation play-off


Fixtures and results

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