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 Wanja 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 Standby team for AFC Cup group stage[lower-alpha 3]
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.
  3. If the league champions qualify for the AFC Champions League group stage, the standby team will enter 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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