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v t e Years in Bahrain (1717–present)
Early history	18th century
19th century	1800s 1810s 1820s 1830s 1840s 1850s 1860s 1870s 1880s 1890s
20th century	1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000
21st century	2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 2027

v t e Governorates of Bahrain
Current divisions (governorates)	Capital Muharraq Northern Southern
Former divisions (regions)	Al Hidd Manama Western Region Central Governorate Central Region Northern Region Muharraq Rifa and Southern Region Jidd Haffs Hamad Town Isa Town Hawar Islands Sitra
ISO 3166-2:BH

v t e Major cities of Bahrain
Manama Muharraq Riffa Hamad Town Isa Town Sitra Jidhafs Salmabad Saar Hidd Arad Salman Town

v t e Neighborhoods of Manama
Adliya Bu Ashira Bu Ghazal Central Business District Diplomatic Area Fareej Awadhiya Fareej el-Fadhel Fareej el-Hammam Fareej el-Hatab Fareej el-Makharqa Fareej Mushbir Ghuraifa Gudaibiya Gufool Hoora Juffair Mahooz Manama Souq Noaim Ras Rumman Salmaniya Seef Seqaya Umm Al Hassam

v t e Settlements in the Capital Governorate of Bahrain
Abu Baham Bilad Al Qadeem Eker Jid Ali Jidhafs Karbabad Ma'ameer Manama Nabih Saleh Reef Island Sanabis Sanad Sitra Tubli Zinj

v t e Settlements in the Muharraq Governorate of Bahrain
Al Dair Al Hidd Al Saya Amwaj Islands Arad Busaiteen Dilmunia Island Diyar Al Muharraq East Hidd City Galali Halat Bu Maher Halat Nuaim Halat Seltah Muharraq Samaheej

Settlements in the Northern Governorate of Bahrain

v t e Settlements in the Southern Governorate of Bahrain
Askar Awali Durrat Al Bahrain Hawar Islands Isa Town Nuwaidrat Riffa Zallaq

v t e Settlements in Sitra, Bahrain
Abul Aish Al Hamriya Al Kharijiya Al Qaryah East Sitra City (under construction) Halat Um al-Baidh Mahazza Marquban Sufala Wadyan

v t e Islands of Bahrain
Natural	Bahrain Island Al Dar Island Al Garum Islands Halat Nuaim Hawar Islands Jidda Island Muharraq Island Nabih Saleh Passport Island Qassar al Qulayʽah Qassar Khusayfah Qit'at Jaradah Sitra South Sitra Island Umm as Sabaan
Artificial	Amwaj Islands Bahrain Bay Diyar Al Muharraq Durrat Al Bahrain Salman Town Nurana Islands Prince Khalifa Bin Salman Island Reef Island East Sitra City

v t e Demographics of Bahrain
Religions	Islam Hinduism Christianity Catholic Church Jews Baháʼí Faith
Ethnic groups	Arabs Baharna Bahraini Sunni Arabs Ajam Baluch Lur Achomi\Khodmooni Azeri Qashqai
Foreign nationals	Filipinos Indians Pakistanis

v t e Mosques in Bahrain
Al Darah Al Fateh Grand Beit Al Quran Khamis Al Hasan
Category List Islam in Bahrain Mosques by country

v t e Languages of Bahrain
Official language	Arabic Bahrani Gulf
Semiofficial language	English
Minority languages	Iranian Persian Balochi Achomi Pashto Indo Aryan Hindi Punjabi Urdu Dravidian Malayalam Telugu Tamil Armenian
Sign languages	Arabic Sign Language
Main foreign languages	English Malay

v t e Airports in Bahrain
International	Muharraq
Military	Muharraq Airfield Riffa Air Base Sakhir Air Base Isa Air Base

v t e Airlines of Bahrain
Schedule	Gulf Air
Charter	Comlux Middle East
Cargo	DHL International Aviation ME Texel Air
Defunct	Bahrain Air Gulf Aviation Gulf Traveller

v t e Archaeological sites in Bahrain
Ain Umm Sujoor Arad Fort Bahrain National Museum Bahrain Pearling Trail Barbar Temple Bu Maher Fort Dilmun Burial Mounds Diraz Temple Khamis Mosque Qal'at al-Bahrain Riffa Fort Saar Temple

v t e International schools in Bahrain
American system	Bahrain Bayan School Al Raja School Bahrain School Ibn Khuldoon National School
British system	Abdul Rahman Kanoo International School Awali School British School of Bahrain Sacred Heart School (Bahrain) St Christopher's School, Bahrain
French system	French International School of Bahrain
Indian system	Indian School, Bahrain
Japanese system	The Japanese School in Bahrain
Pakistani system	Pakistan School Pakistan Urdu School
International Baccalaureate system	Naseem International School
Other systems	Al Noor International School International School of Choueifat

v t e Shopping malls in Bahrain
Manama	The Avenues The Bahrain Mall City Centre Bahrain Dana Mall Juffair Mall Seef Mall
Elsewhere	Sitra Mall

Bahrain All Share Index companies of the Bahrain Stock Exchange

v t e Security forces of Bahrain
Supreme Defence Council (SDC)
Bahrain Defence Force	Royal Bahraini Air Force Royal Bahraini Army Royal Bahrain Naval Force Bahrain Royal Medical Services Royal Guard
Ministry of Interior (MOI)	Public Security Forces Special Security Force Command
Multilateral (GCC)	Peninsula Shield Force
Other	National Guard National Security Agency

v t e Monarchs of Bahrain
Ahmed bin Muhammad bin Khalifa (1783–1796) Abdullah bin Ahmad Al Khalifa (1796–1843) Muhammad bin Khalifa Al Khalifa (1834–1869) Isa bin Ali Al Khalifa (1869–1932) Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa (1932–1942) Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa (1942–1961) Isa bin Salman Al Khalifa (1961–1999) Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa (1999–present)
Succession to the Bahraini throne

v t e Elections and referendums in Bahrain
General elections	1972 1973 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022 Next
By-elections	2011 2012
Municipal elections	2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022
Referendums	1970 2001

v t e Political parties in Bahrain
Pro-government parties	Al Asalah Al-Menber Islamic Society National Justice Movement Al Meethaq Economists Bloc
Opposition parties	Al Wefaq National Democratic Action Society Progressive Democratic Tribune Islamic Action Society Al Wahdawi Al Ekha
Banned parties	Al Wefaq National Democratic Action Society Bahrain Freedom Movement Haq Movement Al Wafa Islamic Movement
Portal:Politics List of political parties Politics of Bahrain

2011 Bahraini uprising

Part of the Arab Spring

Timelines

Events

Opposition

Islamist	Al Wefaq Bahrain Freedom Movement Islamic Action Society
Secular	Haq Movement National Democratic Action Society Nationalist Democratic Rally Society Progressive Democratic Tribune
Youth	February 14 Youth Coalition Shabeeba Society of Bahrain

People

Activists	Abdulhadi al-Khawaja Ali Abdulemam Ali al-Ghanmi Ayat Al-Qurmezi Fadhila Mubarak Hussain Jawad Lamees Dhaif Maryam al-Khawaja Mohamed Albuflasa Mohammed al-Maskati Mohammed al-Tajer Mahmood Al-Yousif Naser al-Raas Naji Fateel Nabeel Rajab Zainab al-Khawaja Bahrain Thirteen
Opposition	Abdulwahab Hussain Ali Salman Hasan Mushaima Munira Fakhro Ibrahim Sharif Saeed al-Shehabi Sheikh Isa Qassim Bahrain Thirteen
Government	Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa (King) Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa (Prime Minister) Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa (Crown Prince) Khalid bin Ahmed Al Khalifa (Foreign minister)

Impact

Casualties	Ali Abdulhadi Mushaima Fadhel Al-Matrook Abdulredha Buhmaid Zakariya Rashid Hassan al-Ashiri Karim Fakhrawi Ali Jawad al-Sheikh Ahmed Jaber al-Qattan Mohammed Mushaima

Human rights
reports

Bahrain Independent Commission of Inquiry (International figures appointed by King)
Human Price of Freedom and Justice (Local NGOs)

Background

Other

Category
Commons

v t e Foreign relations of Bahrain
Americas	United States
Asia	Bangladesh China India Indonesia Iran Iraq Israel Japan Kuwait Malaysia Pakistan Palestine Philippines Qatar Russia Saudi Arabia Syria Turkey United Arab Emirates Yemen
Europe	Germany Portugal United Kingdom
Multilateral relations	European Union Organisation of Islamic Cooperation Arab League Gulf Cooperation Council Multinational Maritime Defense Alliance Non-Aligned Movement Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries
Diplomatic missions	Diplomatic missions of Bahrain / in Bahrain

v t e Bahrain–United States relations
Diplomatic posts	Embassy of Bahrain, Washington, D.C. Ambassadors of Bahrain to the United States Embassy of the United States, Manama Ambassadors of the United States to Bahrain Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs
Diplomacy	Bahrain–United States Free Trade Agreement Abraham Accords Bahrain–Israel normalization agreement Arab–Israeli alliance Negev Summit United States–Gulf Cooperation Council relations
Military relations	Bahraini Guantanamo Bay detainees Bahrain School Naval Support Activity Bahrain Major non-NATO ally International Maritime Security Construct American Mission Hospital Bahrain in the 2026 Iran war
Category:Bahrain–United States relations

v t e Sports governing bodies in Bahrain (BRN)
Summer Olympic Sports	Aquatics Diving Swimming Synchronized Swimming Water Polo Archery Athletics Badminton Basketball Boxing Canoeing Cycling Equestrian Fencing Field Hockey Football Golf Gymnastics Handball Judo Modern Pentathlon Rugby 7's Rowing Sailing Shooting Table Tennis Taekwondo Tennis Triathlon Volleyball inc. Beach Volleyball Weightlifting Wrestling
Winter Olympic Sports	Biathlon Bobsleigh Curling Skating (Figure, Speed & Short Track) Ice Hockey Luge Skeleton Skiing (Alpine, Cross Country, Nordic Combined, Freestyle & Jumping) Snowboarding
Other IOC Recognised Sports	Air sports Auto racing Bandy Baseball Billiard Sports Boules Bowling Bridge Chess Cricket Dance sport Floorball Karate Korfball Lifesaving Motorcycle racing Mountaineering and Climbing Netball Orienteering Pelota Vasca Polo Powerboating Racquetball Roller sports Rugby Softball Sport climbing Squash Sumo Surfing Tug of war Underwater sports Water Ski Wushu
Paralympics and Disabled Sports
Others Sports	Rugby League Rugby Union
Bahrain Olympic Committee

v t e National sports teams of Bahrain
Badminton Basketball M M-U18 M-U16 Beach handball Cricket M W Football M M-U23 M-U20 M-U17 W Futsal M W Handball Ice hockey M W Netball Rugby Union Rugby Union M Rugby 7s Tennis M W Volleyball
Olympics Paralympics Asian Games Arab Games Islamic Solidarity Games

v t e Bahrain national football team
General	Bahrain Football Association History Managers
Venues	Bahrain National Stadium
Statistics	Results 2020–present
Players	International footballers
Asian Cup Finals	Summary 1988 2004 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023 2027
Other tournaments	Olympic Games Asian Games Arabian Gulf Cup WAFF Championship
Notable matches	1985 Arab Cup final 2002 Arab Cup final 2006 World Cup fourth round qualifier 2006 World Cup CONCACAF–AFC play-off 2010 World Cup fifth round qualifier 2010 World Cup AFC–OFC play-off Bahrain 10–0 Indonesia (2012)
Noted rivalries	Qatar Saudi Arabia
Other teams	Men U-23 U-20 U-17 Women Futsal Beach
Results	2000−2009 2010−2019 2020−present

Bahrain squads – AFC Asian Cup

v t e Bahrain squad – 1988 AFC Asian Cup
1 Sultan 2 Abbas 4 Al-Jazaf 5 Daif 6 Faraj 7 Mohammed 9 Ahmed 10 Froutan 11 Salman 14 Yousif 15 Eid 16 Khalfan 17 Mahmoud 10 Mohammed 20 Al-Ansari 21 Hassan Coach: Al Arabi

v t e Bahrain squad – 2004 AFC Asian Cup fourth place
1 Abdulkarim 2 M. Husain 5 Al Mosawi 6 Al Kuwari 7 Jalal 8 Al-Dosari 9 Ali 10 Salmeen 11 Abdulaziz 12 Juma 13 Yousef 14 Isa 15 Farhan 16 Adnan 17 Ali Baba 19 M. Jaffar 20 Abbas 21 S. Jaffer 22 A. Abdulla 23 D. Abdulla 29 M. Hubail 30 A. Hubail Coach: Juričić

v t e Bahrain squad – 2007 AFC Asian Cup
1 Al-Thani 2 M. Husain 3 Al-Marzooqi 7 Jalal 8 Al-Dosari 9 Ali 10 Salmeen 11 Abdullatif 12 Fatadi 13 Yousef 14 Isa 15 Omar 16 Adnan 17 Ali Baba 18 Salman 21 Abdulkarim 25 Aaish 26 Okwunwanne 27 Abdulrahman 28 Khamis 29 M. Hubail 30 A. Hubail Coach: Máčala

v t e Bahrain squad – 2011 AFC Asian Cup
1 Mansoor 2 Al-Hooti 3 Al-Marzooqi 4 Fatadi 5 Abdulhameed 6 Ayyad 7 Al-Anezi 8 Okwunwanne 9 Al-Malood 10 Al-Hayam 11 Abdullatif 12 Aaish 13 Abdulrahman 14 Isa 15 Omar 16 Saad 17 Ali Baba 18 Al-Safi 19 Al-Ajmi 20 Al-Dakeel 21 Mushaima 22 Khamis 23 Al-Mishkhas Coach: Sharida

v t e Bahrain squad – 2015 AFC Asian Cup
1 Jaffer 2 Husain (c) 3 Al-Hayam 4 Saeed 5 Shallal 6 Yaser 7 Al-Safi 8 Ahmed 9 Al-Malood 10 Al-Alawi 11 Abdullatif 12 Aaish 13 Al-Haza'a 14 Okwunwanne 15 Omar 16 Helal 17 Ali Baba 18 Mahorfi 19 Bodahoom 20 Al-Husaini 21 Al-Doseri 22 Al-Sebaie 23 Al-Hooti Coach: Eid

v t e Bahrain squad – 2019 AFC Asian Cup
1 Alawi 2 Baqer 3 Al-Hayam 4 Saeed 5 Al-Shamsan 6 Merza 7 Al-Safi 8 Marhoon 9 Al-Humaidan 10 Helal 11 Madan 12 Juma 13 Al-Romaihi 14 Haram 15 Al-Shaikh 16 Isa 17 Bughammar 18 Abdulla 19 Al-Aswad 20 Al-Husaini 21 Habib 22 Fardan 23 Rashid Coach: Soukup

Bahrain national football team – managers

Al Muawda (1958–66)
El-Sharqawy (1966–74)
Sharida (1974)
McLennan (1974–75)
Mansell (1979)
Broćić (1980)
Chetali (19xx–xx)
Dobson (19xx–xx)
Laseroms (1985–86)
Stănculescu (1995–96)
Hickersberger (1996)
Moldovan (1999)
Sidka (2000–03)
Herbet (2003)
Juričić (2004–05)
Sidka (2005)
Peruzović (2005–06)
Al-Thawadi^c (2006)
Briegel (2006–07)
Máčala (2007–10)
Hickersberger (2010)
Eid^c (2010)
Sharida (2010–11)
Taylor (2011–12)
Calderón (2012–13)
Hudson (2013–14)
Hamad (2014)
Eid (2014–15)
Batista (2015–16)
Soukup (2016–19)
Sousa (2019–23)
Pizzi (2023–24)
Talajić (2024–26)
Sánchez (2026–)

(c) = caretaker manager

Bahrain AFC Asian Cup finalists

v t e 2004 AFC Asian Cup finalists
Champions	Japan
Runners-up	China
Third place	Iran
Fourth place	Bahrain
Quarter-finals	Iraq Jordan South Korea Uzbekistan
Group stage	Indonesia Kuwait Oman Qatar Saudi Arabia Thailand Turkmenistan United Arab Emirates

v t e 2007 AFC Asian Cup finalists
Champions	Iraq
Runners-up	Saudi Arabia
Third place	South Korea
Fourth place	Japan
Quarter-finals	Australia Iran Uzbekistan Vietnam
Group stage	Bahrain China Indonesia Malaysia Oman Qatar Thailand United Arab Emirates

v t e 2011 AFC Asian Cup finalists
Champions	Japan
Runners-up	Australia
Third place	South Korea
Fourth place	Uzbekistan
Quarter-finals	Iran Iraq Jordan Qatar
Group stage	Bahrain China India Kuwait North Korea Saudi Arabia Syria United Arab Emirates

v t e 2015 AFC Asian Cup finalists
Champions	Australia
Runners-up	South Korea
Third place	United Arab Emirates
Fourth place	Iraq
Quarter-finals	China Iran Japan Uzbekistan
Group stage	Bahrain Jordan Kuwait North Korea Oman Palestine Qatar Saudi Arabia

v t e 2019 AFC Asian Cup finalists
Champions	Qatar
Runners-up	Japan
Semi-finals	Iran United Arab Emirates
Quarter-finals	Australia China South Korea Vietnam
Round of 16	Bahrain Iraq Jordan Kyrgyzstan Oman Saudi Arabia Thailand Uzbekistan
Group stage	India Lebanon North Korea Palestine Philippines Syria Turkmenistan Yemen

Football in Bahrain

Bahrain Football Association

National teams

Men	Men's U-23 U-20 U-17
Women	Women's

League system

Men	Premier League Second Division
Women	W-Football League

Domestic cups

Men	Elite Cup King's Cup FA Cup Bahraini Crown Prince Cup (Default) Super Cup Khalid Bin Hamad Cup
Women	Bahraini W-Cup

v t e 2007–08 in Bahraini football
« 2006–07 2008–09 »
BFA competitions	King's Cup FA Cup Crown Prince Cup
Divisions	2007–08 Bahraini Premier League
Asian competitions	AFC Cup Arab Champions League
Related to national team	2010 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC) Milan Máčala 2008 Bahrain national football team results

v t e 2008–09 in Bahraini football
« 2007–08 2009–10 »
BFA competitions	King's Cup FA Cup Crown Prince Cup
Divisions	First Division 2008-09
Asian competitions	AFC Cup Arab Champions League
Related to national team	2010 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC) 2011 AFC Asian Cup qualification 2009 Gulf Cup of Nations Milan Máčala 2008 Bahrain national football team results 2009 Bahrain national football team results

v t e 2009–10 in Bahraini football
« 2008–09 2010–11 »
BFA competitions	King's Cup FA Cup Crown Prince Cup
Divisions	First Division
Asian competitions	AFC Cup Gulf Club Champions Cup
Related to national team	2011 AFC Asian Cup qualification Milan Máčala 2009 Bahrain national football team results 2010 Bahrain national football team results

Bahraini Premier League

Seasons

1956–57
1957–58
1958–59
1959–60
1960–61
1961–62
1962–63
1963–64
1964–65
1965–66
1966–67
1967–68
1968–69
1969–70
1970–71
1971–72
1972–73
1973–74
1974–75
1975–76
1976–77
1977–78
1978–79
1979–80
1980–81
1981–82
1982–83
1983–84
1984–85
1985–86
1986–87
1987–88
1988–89
1989–90
1990–91
1991–92
1992–93
1993–94
1994–95
1995–96
1996–97
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1998–99
1999–00
2000–01
2002
2002–03
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2004–05
2005–06
2006–07
2007–08
2008–09
2009–10
2010–11
2011–12
2012–13
2013–14
2014–15
2015–16
2016–17
2017–18
2018–19
2019–20
2020–21
2021–22
2022–23
2023–24
2024–25
2025–26

Clubs

2025–26	A'Ali Al-Ahli Al-Hala Al-Hidd Al-Khaldiya Al-Muharraq Al-Najma Al-Riffa Al-Shabab Bahrain SC Budaiya Malkiya Sitra

Associated competitions

Bahraini Premier League seasons

1956–57
1957–58
1958–59
1959–60
1960–61
1961–62
1962–63
1963–64
1964–65
1965–66
1966–67
1967–68
1968–69
1969–70
1970–71
1971–72
1972–73
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1975–76
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1979–80
1980–81
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1983–84
1984–85
1985–86
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1988–89
1989–90
1990–91
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1995–96
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2002
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2005
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2012–13
2013–14
2014–15
2015–16
2016–17
2017–18
2018–19
2019–20
2020–21
2021–22
2022–23
2023–24
2024–25
2025–26
2026–27

Bahraini King's Cup seasons

1952
1953
1954
1958
1959
1960
1961
1962
1963
1964
1966
1967
1968
1969
1970
1971
1972
1973
1974
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2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2015–16
2016–17
2017–18
2018–19

v t e Bahraini Crown Prince Cup seasons
2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

v t e Bahraini FA Cup seasons
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
2014 2015 2016 2017 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025

Riders on Team Bahrain Victorious

v t e Team Bahrain Victorious seasons
2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025

v t e Bahrain squad – 2017 World Championship – 23rd place
3 Eid 7 A. Merza 8 Al-Fardan 9 Al-Samahiji 12 Al-Qaidoom 14 Abdulqader 19 M. Merza 21 Abdulhusain 27 Basham 50 A. Al-Maqabi 51 M. Al-Maqabi 66 Mahfoodh 77 Al-Salatna 86 Khamis 89 Saad 93 Habib 99 Al-Sayyad (c) Coach: Bouchekriou

v t e Bahrain squad – 2019 World Championship – 20th place
1 H. Mahfoodh 7 A. Merza 9 Al-Samahiji 15 Abdulredha 17 Husain 18 Jalal 19 M. Merza 21 Abdulhusain 27 Basham 29 Yaseen 33 Madan 66 K. Mahfoodh 77 Al-Salatna 86 Khamis 88 Al-Fardan 89 Saad 93 Habib 99 Al-Sayyad (c) Coach: Kristjánsson

2011 Bahraini uprising

Background

Timeline

Aftermath

- Apr–Jun 2011
- Jul–Dec 2011
- Jan-Aug 2012
- Sept–Dec 2012