2018–19 Kuwaiti Premier League
{{Infobox football league season
| competition = Kuwaiti Premier League
| season = 2018–19
| winners = Al Kuwait
| relegated = Al-Jahra
Al-Fahaheel
| continentalcup1 = 2019 AFC Champions League
2019 AFC Cup
| continentalcup1 qualifiers = Al-Kuwait
Al Qadsia
Al-Salmiya
| continentalcup2 = Arab Club Championship
GCC Champions League
Gulf Cup Winners Cup
| continentalcup2 qualifiers =
| league topscorer =
| biggest home win =
| biggest away win =
| highest scoring =
| matches = 90
| total goals = 263
| longest wins =
| longest unbeaten =
| longest winless =
| longest losses =
| highest attendance =
| lowest attendance =
| average attendance =
| prevseason = 2017–18
| nextseason = 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.{{cite web |title=Kuwait League |url=http://kfa.org.kw/en/viva-league-results}}{{cite web |title=Kuwait League |url=https://www.fifa.com/live-scores/nationalleagues/nationalleague=kuwait-kuwait-league-2000000100/index.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160414211728/http://www.fifa.com/live-scores/nationalleagues/nationalleague=kuwait-kuwait-league-2000000100/index.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 14, 2016 |website=FIFA.com}}
Teams
=Lists of teams and locations=
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Team
!Based !Home stadium !Capacity |
|---|
| Al Arabi
|align=center|26,000 |
| Al Qadsia
|align=center|22,000 |
| Kazma
|align=center|21,500 |
| Al Kuwait
|Al Kuwait Sports Club Stadium |align=center|18,500 |
| Al-Shabab
|align=center|18,000 |
| Al Jahra
|align=center|17,000 |
| Al-Salmiya
|align=center|16,105 |
| Al Tadhamon
|align=center|14,000 |
| Al Nasar
|Ali Al-Salem Al-Sabah Stadium |align=center|10,000 |
| Al Fahaheel
|align=center|2,000 |
=Personnel and sponsorship=
{{update section|date=September 2018}}
| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: left;"
! Team ! Chairman ! Head Coach ! Captain ! Kit manufacturer ! Shirt sponsor |
| Al-Arabi
| Jamal Al-Kazmi | Ahli Bank of Kuwait |
| Al-Fahaheel
|Mohammed Hammad |Andrey Chernyshov |Abdullah Al Enazi | none |
| Kuwait
|Marzouq Al-Ghanim | |HH |BMW |
| Qadsia
|Shiekh Khaled Al-Fahad |
| Kazma
|Asaad Al-Banwan | |Viva |
| Al-Salmiya
|Shiekh Turki Al-Yousef |Hutam Dhelies | |
| Al-Shabab
| | |Mohammed Ibrahim | |
| Al-Tadhamon
| | |Mohammed Ibrahim | | |
| Al-Jahra
|D'Ham AL-Shammari |Viva |
| Al-Nasr
| | | |Viva |
=Foreign players=
The total number of foreign players is restricted to five per club.
| class="wikitable sortable" border="1" |
| width="120" | Club
! width="175" | Player 1 ! width="175" | Player 2 ! width="175" | Player 3 ! width="175" | Player 4 ! width="175" | Player 5 ! width="180" | Former Players {{ref| 1|1}} |
|---|
| Al-Arabi
| — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Al Fahaheel
|{{flagicon|GHA}} Gershon Koffie |{{flagicon|JOR}} Munther Abu Amarah |{{flagicon|JOR}} Ibrahim Al-Zawahreh |{{flagicon|MAR}} Bouchaib Soufiani | |{{flagicon|EGY}} Ahmed El Aash |
| Al-Kuwait
|{{flagicon|BRA}} Lucão |{{flagicon|CIV}} Jumaa Saeed |{{flagicon|SYR}} Hamid Mido |{{flagicon|TUN}} Hamza Lahmar |{{flagicon|MAR}} Issam El Adoua |{{flagicon|TUN}} Saber Khalifa |
| Al-Qadsia
|{{flagicon|CMR}} Ronald Ngah |{{flagicon|GAB}} Axel Méyé |{{flagicon|NGA}} Ebiabowei Baker | | | |
| Kazma
|{{flagicon|BRA}} Alex Lima |{{flagicon|BRA}} Vanderlei |{{flagicon|Sierra Leone}} Medo Kamara |{{flagicon|UGA}} Denis Iguma | |{{flagicon|BRA}} Hítalo Rogério |
| Al-Salmiya
|{{flagicon|BRA}} Marclei |{{flagicon|JOR}} Odai Al-Saify |{{flagicon|JOR}} Tareq Khattab |{{flagicon|SYR}} Firas Al-Khatib | |{{flagicon|BRA}} Patrick Fabiano |
| Al-Shabab
|{{flagicon|BRA}} Helder |{{flagicon|BRA}} Ricardinho |{{flagicon|GUI}} Naby Soumah |{{flagicon|SRB}} Igor Filipović |{{flagicon|SRB}} Aleksandar Trninić |{{flagicon|BRA}} Darlan |
| Al-Tadhamon
|{{flagicon|BRA}} Alexandre Hans |{{flagicon|BRA}} Nixon Guylherme |{{flagicon|BRA}} Talisson |{{flagicon|GHA}} Jackson Owusu |{{flagicon|SYR}} Hasan Owaid | |
| Al-Jahra
|{{flagicon|AUS}} Nicholas Olsen |{{flagicon|BFA}} Moussa Dao |{{flagicon|CMR}} Samuel Bitte |{{flagicon|CMR}} Aaron Mbimbe |{{flagicon|CMR}} Rudolph Ngombé | |
| Al Naser
|{{flagicon|BHR}} Sayed Baqer |{{flagicon|GHA}} Ernest Barfo |{{flagicon|KEN}} John Makwata |{{flagicon|NGA}} Tunde Adeniji | | |
League table
|section=League table
|source=[http://kfa.org.kw/viva-league-ranking KFA], [http://www.goalzz.com/main.aspx?c=16132&stage=1 Goalzz]
|team1=KUW |team2=QAD |team3=SAL |team4=KAZ |team5=ARA |team6=NAS |team7=TAD |team8=SHA |team9=JAH |team10=FAH
|update=complete
|win_ARA=7 |draw_ARA=6 |loss_ARA=5 |gf_ARA=27 |ga_ARA=24 |status_ARA=
|win_FAH=2 |draw_FAH=7 |loss_FAH=9 |gf_FAH=21 |ga_FAH=42 |status_FAH=R
|win_JAH=4 |draw_JAH=3 |loss_JAH=11 |gf_JAH=16 |ga_JAH=29 |status_JAH=R
|win_KUW=13 |draw_KUW=3 |loss_KUW=2 |gf_KUW=52 |ga_KUW=14 |status_KUW=C
|win_NAS=4 |draw_NAS=6 |loss_NAS=8 |gf_NAS=16 |ga_NAS=26 |status_NAS=
|win_QAD=11 |draw_QAD=3 |loss_QAD=4 |gf_QAD=34 |ga_QAD=15 |status_QAD=
|win_SAL=9 |draw_SAL=6 |loss_SAL=3 |gf_SAL=31 |ga_SAL=23 |status_SAL=
|win_SHA=4 |draw_SHA=4 |loss_SHA=10 |gf_SHA=18 |ga_SHA=39 |status_SHA=
|win_TAD=4 |draw_TAD=5 |loss_TAD=9 |gf_TAD=18 |ga_TAD=27 |status_TAD=
|win_KAZ=7 |draw_KAZ=7 |loss_KAZ=4 |gf_KAZ=30 |ga_KAZ=24 |status_KAZ=
|result1=CLP1 |result2=ACGS
|result9=REL |result10=REL
|name_ARA=Al-Arabi
|name_FAH=Al-Fahaheel
|name_JAH=Al-Jahra
|name_KUW=Al-Kuwait
|name_NAS=Al-Nasar
|name_QAD=Al-Qadsia
|name_SAL=Al-Salmiya
|name_SHA=Al-Shabab
|name_TAD=Al-Tadhamon
|name_KAZ=Kazma
|show_limit=5
|class_rules=
|res_col_header=QR
|col_CLP1=green2 |text_CLP1=Qualification for AFC Champions League preliminary round 1
|col_ACGS=blue1 |text_ACGS=Qualification for AFC Cup group stage
|col_REL=red1 |text_REL=Relegation to {{season link|2019–20|Kuwaiti Division One}}
|note_res_CLP1=If the league champions cannot qualify for the AFC Champions League group stage, they will enter the AFC Cup group stage.
|note_res_ACGS=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=
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
!Rank ! Player !Club !Goals | |||
| 1 | {{flagicon|KUW}} Hussein Al-Musawi | Al Arabi | 17 |
| 2 | {{flagicon|CIV}} Jumaa Saeed | Kuwait SC | 13 |
| 3 | Nabi Somah | Al Shabab | 11 |
| rowspan=3|4 | {{flagicon|East Timor}} Patrick Fabiano | Al Salmiya | rowspan=3|10 |
| {{Flagicon|TUN}} Saber Khalifa | kuwait SC | ||
| {{Flagicon|KUW}} Yousef Nasser | Qadsia SC |
=Best player in the season=
- the first Golden One Bader Al-Mutawa.
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{Official website|http://kfa.org.kw/en}} {{in lang|ar|en}}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20160414211728/http://www.fifa.com/live-scores/nationalleagues/nationalleague=kuwait-kuwait-league-2000000100/index.html Kuwait League Fixtures and Results at FIFA]
- [http://www.kooora.com/?c=16132 Kuwaiti League] {{in lang|ar}}
{{Kuwaiti Premier League seasons}}
{{2018 in Asian football (AFC)}}
{{2019 in Asian football (AFC)}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:2018-19 Kuwaiti Premier League}}