Al-Hussein (Irbid) and Al-Ahli were relegated to the second level of Jordan football.
East Riffa Club and Al Ahli were relegated from the 2011–12 league campaign and replaced by both Al-Shabab and Malkiya who were last in the top flight in the 2010–11 league season of which they both withdrew from.
Al Ahli Sarba is a Lebanese sporting club mostly known for it's football program but the club recently built a basketball team .
This step formed an added value to Akhaa club as Ahli team replete with its young native homegenous players of the city such as Zaher Andary who represented the Lebanon national football from 1994–2001, Said Abu Muna and Raji Abi Said (goal keeper) who was chosen the captain of the team amid merging.
Upon his contributions to Kedah FA, he was awarded the Ahli Cemerlang Semangat Jerai (ASK) medal from the Sultan of Kedah.
The State Assemblyman (Ahli Dewan Undangan Negeri, ADUN) is Democratic Action Party (DAP)'s Hannah Yeoh Tseow Suan (Ms) who took over the seat from Barisan Nasional-MCA (BN)'s Datuk Lee Hwa Beng since 8 March 2008.