The 2018-19 Kuwaiti Premier League was the 57th edition of the tournament. Kuwait SC enter the season as the defending champions. Originally, the league was structured at 8 teams but the Kuwait FA announced the expansion of the league; so last season's 2017–18 relegated team Al Tadmahon, had 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.
Teams
Lists of teams and locations
TeamBasedHome stadiumCapacityAl ArabiKuwait CitySabah Al-Salem Stadium26,000Al QadsiaKuwait CityMohammed Al-Hamad Stadium22,000KazmaKuwait CityAl-Sadaqua Walsalam Stadium21,500Al KuwaitKuwait CityAl Kuwait Sports Club Stadium18,500Al-ShababAl-AhmadiAl-Ahmadi Stadium18,000Al JahraJahraMubarak Al-Aiar Stadium17,000Al-SalmiyaAl SalmiyaThamir Stadium16,105Al TadhamonAl FarwaniyahFarwaniya Stadium14,000Al NasarAl FarwaniyahAli Al-Salem Al-Sabah Stadium10,000Al FahaheelKuwait CityFahaheel Stadium2,000
Personnel and sponsorship
Team Chairman Head coach Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsorAl-Arabi Jamal Al-Kazmi Hussam Al SayedAli MaqseedErreà Ahli Bank of KuwaitAl-FahaheelMohammed HammadAndrey ChernyshovAbdullah Al EnaziGivova noneKuwaitMarzouq Al-GhanimHussain HakemHHBMWQadsiaShiekh Khaled Al-FahadDalibor StarčevićSaleh Al SheikhGivovaSamsungKazmaAsaad Al-BanwanYousef NasserErreàVivaAl-SalmiyaShiekh Turki Al-YousefHutam DheliesAdidasThe Sultan CenterAl-ShababMohammed IbrahimAdidasAl-TadhamonMohammed IbrahimAl-JahraD'Ham AL-ShammariDa SilvaNino SantosGivovaVivaAl-NasrGivovaViva
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 Al-Arabi — — — — — —Al Fahaheel Gershon Koffie Munther Abu Amarah Ibrahim Al-Zawahreh Bouchaib Soufiani Ahmed El AashAl-Kuwait Lucão Jumaa Saeed Hamid Mido Hamza Lahmar Issam El Adoua Saber Khalifa Mohammed FatauAl-Qadsia Ronald Ngah Axel Méyé Ebiabowei BakerKazma Alex Lima Vanderlei Medo Kamara Denis Iguma Hítalo Rogério Hernán HinostrozaAl-Salmiya Marclei Odai Al-Saify Tareq Khattab Firas Al-Khatib Patrick Fabiano Guy ToindoubaAl-Shabab Helder Ricardinho Naby Soumah Igor Filipović Aleksandar Trninić Darlan ZizoAl-Tadhamon Alexandre Hans Nixon Guylherme Talisson Jackson Owusu Hasan OwaidAl-Jahra Nicholas Olsen Moussa Dao Samuel Bitte Aaron Mbimbe Rudolph NgombéAl Naser Sayed Baqer Ernest Barfo John Makwata Tunde Adeniji
League table
Statistics Top scorers
Rank PlayerClubGoals1 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
External links
Kuwait League Fixtures and Results at FIFA Kuwaiti League