2015–16 Bahrain First Division League
The 2015–16 Bahraini First Division League, was the 59th top-level football season in Bahrain. Fourteen teams participated with Muharraq as the defending champions after securing the championship last season for the thirty-third time.
The league began on 26 October 2015.
Teams
and Al-Shabab were relegated at the end of the previous campaign and replaced by Al-Ahli and Sitra. Sitra Club bounced back after one season away from the top flight and Al-Ahli were back after spending 4 years in the second tier.Stadia and locations
| Club | Location | Manager |
| Al-Ahli Club | Manama |  Adnan Ibrahim |
| Al Hidd | Al Hidd | Salman Shareeda |
| Al Hala | Muharraq | Mohammad Zwayed |
| Al-Muharraq | Muharraq | Essa Al-Saadoun |
| Busaiteen Club | Busaiteen | Khalifa Al-Ziani |
| East Riffa Club | Manama | Mohammad Shamlan |
| Malkiya | Malkiya | Ahmad Saleh Al-Dakhil |
| Manama Club | Manama | Khaled Taj |
| Riffa S.C. | Riffa | Ahmad Essa |
| Sitra Club | Sitra | Khaled Al-Harban |
- Although most clubs do have a stadium, all games are actually played at the National Stadium, Khalifa Sports City Stadium and in Al Ahli Stadium. Games are normally played as back to back headers.
Managerial changes
| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
| Muharraq |  Dragan Cvetkovic | Sacked | 8 October 2015 | Pre-Season | Khaled Taj | 10 October 2015 |
| Manama |  Miguel Olmo Forte | Sacked | 28 October 2015 | 9th | Ismaeel Karami | 28 October 2015 |
| Riffa | Mohammad Al-Shamlan | Sacked | 29 November 2015 | 8th |  Samir bin Shammam | 29 November 2015 |
| Manama | Ismaeel Karami | Replaced by Chokri Bejaoui | 10 December 2015 | 10th | Chokri Bejaoui | 10 December 2015 |
| East Riffa | Essa Al-Saadoun | Resigned | 27 January 2016 | 4th | Mohammad Shamlan | 28 January 2016 |
| Muharraq | Khaled Taj | Sacked | 1 February 2016 | 2nd | Essa Al-Saadoun | 2 February 2016 |
| Manama | Chokri Bejaoui | Sacked | 11 April 2016 | 10th | Khaled Taj | 11 April 2016 |
| Riffa | Samir bin Chammam | Sacked | 2 May 2016 | 4th | Ahmad Essa | 2 May 2016 |
League table
Season statistics
Goalscorers
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Mohammad Saad Al-Rumaihi | Al Hidd | 17 |
| 1 | Ismail Abdullatif | Muharraq | 17 |
| 2 | Essa Abdulwahab Al-Beri | Malkiya | 10 |
| 3 | Ali Al-Asfour | Sitra | 7 |
| 3 | Sami Al-Husaini | East Riffa | 7 |
| 3 |  Diego Pelicles da Silva | Al-Ahli | 7 |