2018–19 Kuwaiti Premier League

57th edition of the tournament. Kuwait SC are the defending champions. Originally the league was structured at 8 teams but Kuwait FA announced its expansion in football so last seasons 2017–18 relegated team have been un-relegated and 2017–18 Kuwaiti Division One winners Al-Shabab SC and losing play-off team Al-Fahaheel FC will all compete this season.[1][2]

Kuwaiti Premier League
Season2018–19
ChampionsAl Kuwait
RelegatedAl-Jahra
Al-Fahaheel
2019 AFC Champions League
2019 AFC Cup		Al-Kuwait

Al Qadsia
Al-Salmiya
Matches played38
Goals scored114 (3 per match)
2019–20 →

Teams

Lists of teams and locations
Team Based Home stadium Capacity
Al Arabi Kuwait City Sabah Al-Salem Stadium 26,000
Al Qadsia Kuwait City Mohammed Al-Hamad Stadium 22,000
Kazma Kuwait City Al-Sadaqua Walsalam Stadium 21,500
Al Kuwait Kuwait City Al Kuwait Sports Club Stadium 18,500
Al-Shabab Al-Ahmadi Al-Ahmadi Stadium 18,000
Al Jahra Jahra Mubarak Al-Aiar Stadium 17,000
Al-Salmiya Al Salmiya Thamir Stadium 16,105
Al Tadhamon Al Farwaniyah Farwaniya Stadium 14,000
Al Nasar Al Farwaniyah Ali Al-Salem Al-Sabah Stadium 10,000
Al Fahaheel Kuwait City Fahaheel Stadium 2,000

Personnel and sponsorship
Team Chairman Head Coach Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
Al-Arabi Jamal Al-Kazmi Hussam Al Sayed Ali Maqseed Erreà Ahli Bank of Kuwait
Al-Fahaheel Mohammed Hammad Andrey Chernyshov Abdullah Al Enazi Givova none
Kuwait Marzouq Al-Ghanim Hussain Hakem HH BMW
Qadsia Shiekh Khaled Al-Fahad Dalibor Starčević Saleh Al Sheikh Givova Samsung
Kazma Asaad Al-Banwan Yousef Nasser Erreà Viva
Al-Salmiya Shiekh Turki Al-Yousef Hutam Dhelies Adidas The Sultan Center
Al-Shabab Mohammed Ibrahim Adidas
Al-Tadhamon Mohammed Ibrahim
Al-Jahra D'Ham AL-Shammari Da Silva Nino Santos Givova Viva
Al-Nasr Givova Viva

Foreign players

The total number of foreign players is restricted to five per club.

Club Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 Player 4 Player 5 Former Players 1
Al-Arabi — — — — — —
Al Fahaheel Gershon Koffie Munther Abu Amarah Ibrahim Al-Zawahreh Bouchaib Soufiani Ahmed El Aash
Al-Kuwait Lucão Jumaa Saeed Hamid Mido Hamza Lahmar Issam El Adoua Saber Khalifa
Mohammed Fatau
Al-Qadsia Ronald Ngah Axel Méyé Ebiabowei Baker
Kazma Alex Lima Vanderlei Mohamed Kamara Denis Iguma Hítalo Rogério
Hernán Hinostroza
Al-Salmiya Marclei Odai Al-Saify Tareq Khattab Firas Al-Khatib Patrick Fabiano
Guy Toindouba
Al-Shabab Helder Ricardinho Naby Soumah Igor Filipović Aleksandar Trninić Darlan
Zizo
Al-Tadhamon Alexandre Hans Nixon Guylherme Talisson Jackson Owusu Hasan Owaid
Al-Jahra Nicholas Olsen Moussa Dao Samuel Bitte Aaron Mbimbe Rudolph Ngombé
Al Naser Sayed Baqer Ernest Barfo John Makwata Tunde Adeniji

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Al-Kuwait (C) 18 13 3 2 52 14 +38 42 Qualification for AFC Champions League preliminary round 1[lower-alpha 1]
2 Al-Qadsia 18 11 3 4 34 15 +19 36 Qualification for AFC Cup group stage[lower-alpha 2]
3 Al-Salmiya 18 9 6 3 31 23 +8 33
4 Kazma 18 7 7 4 30 24 +6 28
5 Al-Arabi 18 7 6 5 27 24 +3 27
6 Al-Nasar 18 4 6 8 16 26 −10 18
7 Al-Tadhamon 18 4 5 9 18 27 −9 17
8 Al-Shabab 18 4 4 10 18 39 −21 16
9 Al-Jahra (R) 18 4 3 11 16 29 −13 15 Relegation to Kuwaiti Division One
10 Al-Fahaheel (R) 18 2 7 9 21 42 −21 13
Source: KFA, Goalzz
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated.
Notes:
  1. If the league champions cannot qualify for the AFC Champions League group stage, they will enter the AFC Cup group stage.
  2. Since league champions Al-Kuwait were also Kuwait Emir Cup winners, the league runners-up qualified for the AFC Cup group stage.

Statistics

Top scorers

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References
  1. "Kuwait League".
  2. "Kuwait League". FIFA.com.
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