2018–19 Kuwaiti Premier League

Kuwaiti Premier League
Season	2018–19
Champions	Al Kuwait
Relegated	Al-Jahra ; Al-Fahaheel
2019 AFC Champions League ; 2019 AFC Cup	Al-Kuwait ; ; Al Qadsia ; Al-Salmiya
Matches played	90
Goals scored	263 (2.92 per match)
	← 2017–18 2019–20 →

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]

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		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		Hernán Hinostroza
Al-Salmiya	Marclei	Odai Al-Saify	Tareq Khattab	Firas Al-Khatib		Patrick Fabiano Guy Toindouba
Al-Shabab	Helder		Naby Soumah	Igor Filipović	Aleksandar Trninić	Zizo
Al-Tadhamon	Alexandre Hans			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^[a]
2	Al-Qadsia	18	11	3	4	34	15	+19	36	Qualification for AFC Cup group stage^[b]
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	Relegation to Kuwaiti Division One

Source: KFA, Goalzz
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ If the league champions cannot qualify for the AFC Champions League group stage, they will enter the AFC Cup group stage.
^ 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[]

^[2]

1- Hussein AlMosawi - alArabi : 17 goal

2- Jumaa Saaed - Kuwait SC : 13 goal

3- Nabi somah - Alshabab : 11 goal

4- Pattric Fabiano - salmiya : 10 goal

5- Sabir Khalifa - kuwait SC : 10 goal

6- Yousef Nasser - Qadsia SC : 10 goal

Best player in the season[]

- the first Golden One Bader AlMotawa .

References[]

^ "Kuwait League".
^ ^a ^b "Kuwait League". FIFA.com. Archived from the original on April 14, 2016.

External links[]

Official website (in Arabic and English)
Kuwait League Fixtures and Results at FIFA
Kuwaiti League (in Arabic)

[table_note_res_CLP10.73748260957072-3] If the league champions cannot qualify for the AFC Champions League group stage, they will enter the AFC Cup group stage.

[table_note_res_ACGS0.73748260957072-4] Since league champions Al-Kuwait were also Kuwait Emir Cup winners, the league runners-up qualified for the AFC Cup group stage.

[kw-1] "Kuwait League".

[kwleague-2] "Kuwait League". FIFA.com. Archived from the original on April 14, 2016.

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