2018–19 Kuwaiti Premier League
Football league season
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 |
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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[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 |
Source: KFA, Goalzz
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
(C) Champions; (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]
Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Hussein Al-Musawi | Al Arabi | 17 |
2 | Jumaa Saeed | Kuwait SC | 13 |
3 | Nabi Somah | Al Shabab | 11 |
4 | Patrick Fabiano | Al Salmiya | 10 |
Saber Khalifa | kuwait SC | ||
Yousef Nasser | Qadsia SC |
Best player in the season
- the first Golden One Bader Al-Mutawa.
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)
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