2024–25 Kuwaiti Premier League

Kuwaiti Premier League
Season2024–25
Dates8 August 2024 – 11 May 2025
ChampionsAl-Kuwait (20th titles)
AFC Challenge League group stageAl-Kuwait
AFC Challenge League qualifiersAl-Arabi
AGCFF Gulf Club Champions LeagueAl-Qadsia
Matches played55
Goals scored176 (3.2 per match)
Biggest home winAl-Kuwait 5–0 Khaitan
Biggest away winAl Naser 1–5 Al-Kuwait
Highest scoringAl-Fahaheel 7–4 Qadsia
Longest winning run9 Al-Kuwait (8 August 2024 – 2 November 2024)
Longest unbeaten run9 Al-Kuwait (8 August 2024 – 2 November 2024)
Longest winless run11 Al-Yarmouk (9 August 2024 – 14 January 2025)
Longest losing run4 Al-Yarmouk (20 October 2024 – 9 January 2025)
Khaitan (20 October 2024 – 8 January 2025)
Al Naser (19 October 2024 – 10 January 2025)
All statistics correct as of 15 January 2025.

The 2024–25 season for the Kuwait Premier League is the 63rd season of professional football played in Kuwait.

Kuwait SC are the defending champions.

Changes

The following teams have changed divisions since the 2023–24 season:

To Premier League

Promoted from the Kuwaiti Division One

From Premier League

Relegated to the Kuwaiti Division One

Teams

Stadia and locations

Team City/Town Stadium Capacity
Al-Kuwait Kaifan Al Kuwait SC Stadium 18,500
Al Arabi Mansouria, Sabah Al Salem Stadium 28,000
Al-Qadsia Hawalli Mohammed Al-Hamad Stadium 22,000
Al-Salmiya Salmiya Thamir Stadium 16,105
Fahaheel Fahaheel Fahaheel Stadium 3,000
Al Naser Ardiya Ali Al-Salem Stadium 10,000
Kazma Adiliya Al-Sadaqua Walsalam Stadium 21,500
Khaitan Khaitan Khaitan Stadium 10,000
Al-Yarmouk Mishref Abdullah Alkhalifa Satduim 12,000
Al-Tadamon Farwaniya Farwaniya Stadium 14,000

Source:[1]

Foreign players

Clubs can register a total of five foreign players throughout the season, in addition to two Kuwaiti-born players, but five of them are allowed to participate in the match.

Team Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 Player 4 Player 5
Al-Kuwait Amine Aboulfath Yahya Jabrane Arsène Zola Taha Yassine Khenissi Mohamed Marhoon
Al Arabi Hamza Khabba Anayo Iwuala Sofiane Bouchar Kamil Al-Aswad Jacó
Al-Qadsia Igor Rossi Mehdi Berrahma Ismail Khafi Daniel Ajibola Mohammed Soulah
Salmiya Imed Louati Younes Najjari Alex Lima Al-Senussi Al-Hadi Sang Pierre Mendy
Fahaheel Carlos Perino Rodrigo Yuri Uilliam Barros Pereira Robin Addo Vitor Vieira
Al Naser Karrar Amer Zakaria El Wardi Olawale Onanuga Bernardo Vilar Carlos Ventura
Kazma Dodô Hansel Zapata Ahmad Ersan Reza Binsha
Khaitan Luiz Fernando Prince Obus Aggreh Chigozie Mbah Chima Akas Donovan Ewolo
Al-Tadamon Bubacar Djaló Casimir Ninga Mame Saher Thioune Seydina Keita Birahim Gaye
Al-Yarmouk Kialy Abdoul Koné Habib Allah Dahmani Reza Yazdandoost Ayoub Lakhdar Mario Fontanella

Source:[2]

Main league table

The main league, consisting of 10 teams in which the top six clubs competing in the league and the last four clubs qualifying for the relegation group are determined.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Al-Kuwait (Q) 18 15 2 1 52 11 +41 47 Qualification for Championship Play-offs
2 Al-Arabi (Q) 18 14 3 1 35 12 +23 45
3 Al-Qadsia (Q) 18 11 2 5 29 21 +8 35
4 Al-Salmiya (Q) 18 8 5 5 32 28 +4 29
5 Al-Fahaheel (Q) 18 8 4 6 34 29 +5 28
6 Al-Tadamon (Q) 18 6 2 10 25 37 −12 20
7 Kazma (Q) 18 5 4 9 21 26 −5 19 Qualification for Relegation play-offs
8 Al-Nasar (Q) 18 3 3 12 19 38 −19 12
9 Khaitan (Q) 18 2 5 11 12 30 −18 11
10 Al-Yarmouk (Q) 18 0 6 12 17 44 −27 6
Source: [1]
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

Results

Home \ Away KUW ARA QAD SAL FAH NAS KAZ KHA YAR TAD
Al-Kuwait 2–0 1–0 3–1 3–0 6–0 1–0 5–0 6–0 3–1
Al Arabi 0–0 2–1 1–1 3–0 2–1 2–0 2–1 2–0 1–0
Al-Qadsia 2–1 2–4 0–1 2–0 2–1 3–2 2–0 1–0 3–1
Al-Salmiya 3–4 1–3 1–2 2–2 3–1 3–1 1–0 2–1 2–1
Fahaheel 0–3 1–3 1–2 2–2 3–1 4–0 1–0 4–1 2–0
Al Nasar 1–5 0–3 3–0 1–2 1–3 1–1 0–2 2–2 0–2
Kazma 1–1 0–3 0–0 4–3 1–1 0–1 2–0 2– 4–0
Khaitan 1–2 0–0 1–2 1–1 1–4 1–1 1–0 1–1 1–4
Al-Yarmouk 1–3 0–1 2–2 1–1 2–4 0–4 0–2 0–0 4–4
Al-Tadamon 0–3 2–3 0–3 0–2 2–2 1–0 2–1 2–1 3–2
Updated to match(es) played on 27 February 2025. Source: [2]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Championship play-offs

The top 6 Teams will play in the Championship play-offs

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Al-Kuwait (C) 23 19 3 1 67 15 +52 60 Qualification for AFC Challenge League group stage
2 Al-Arabi 23 17 4 2 45 17 +28 55 Qualification for AFC Challenge League qualifiers[a]
3 Al-Qadsia 23 12 2 9 40 37 +3 38 Qualification for the AGCFF Gulf Club Champions League group stage
4 Al-Salmiya 23 10 6 7 42 40 +2 36
5 Al-Fahaheel 23 9 8 6 45 37 +8 35
6 Al-Tadamon 23 6 3 14 27 52 −25 21
Source: [3]
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. ^ Since the Kuwaiti Emir Cup couldn't be completed in time for due to tightness of schedules, the AFC Challenge League playoff spot was passed to the Premier League runners-up.

Results

Home \ Away ARA FAH KUW QAD SAL TAD
Al-Arabi 1–1 1–2 1–0 3–2 4–0
Al-Fahaheel 1–1 2–2 7–4 0–0 0–0
Al-Kuwait 2–1 2–2 3–1 5–0 3–0
Al-Qadsia 0–1 4–7 1–3 2–4 5–1
Al-Salmiya 2–3 1–1 0–5 4–2 1–3
Al-Tadamon 0–4 0–0 1–3 1–5 1–3
Updated to match(es) played on 20 April 2025. Source: [4]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation play-offs

The bottom 4 Teams will play in the Relegation play-offs

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Relegation
1 Kazma 21 5 6 10 24 30 −6 21
2 Al-Nasar 21 5 4 12 26 41 −15 19
3 Khaitan 21 2 6 13 14 36 −22 12 Relegation to Kuwaiti Division One
4 Al-Yarmouk 21 2 6 13 25 51 −26 12
Source: [5]

Results

Home \ Away TBD TBD TBD TBD
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TBD
TBD
TBD
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: [6]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Statistics

Source:[3]

Top scorers

As of 14 January 2025
Rank Player Team Goals Games
1
Vitor Da silva Vieira Fahaheel
22
23
2
Birahim Gaye Al-Tadamon
8
11
Yousef Nasser Al-Kuwait
11
Hamza Khabba Al-Arabi
12
16
5
Anayo Iwuala Al-Arabi
6
11

Top assisters

As of 6 May 2025
Rank Player Team Assists
1
Ali Khalaf Al Arabi
7
2
Abdulmohsen Al Ajmi Fahaheel
5
3
Abdulmohsen Al Turkmani Al-Salmiya
4
4
Muath Al-Enezi Al-Salmiya
3
5
Bader Al-Fadhel Al Arabi
2
Bandar Al Salamah Al Arabi
Al-Sanousi Al-Hadi Al-Salmiya

Top saves & clean sheets

As of 15 January 2025
Rank Player Team Saves Clean sheets Games
1
Hussain Kankone Kazma
13
4
11
2
Sulaiman Abdulghafour Al-Arabi
15
5
3
Khaled Al-Rashidi Al-Qadsia
9
3
9
Saad Al Enazi Khaitan
1
10

Hat-tricks

As of 11 May 2025
Player Team Result Date Goals
Vitor Vieira Fahaheel Fahaheel 4–0 Kazma 28 September 2024 3
Vitor Vieira Fahaheel Fahaheel 3–1 Al Naser 3 November 2024 3
Ulliam Barros Pereira Fahaheel Fahaheel 4–1 Al-Yarmouk 21 January 2025 3
Mohammed Soulah Qadsia Qadsia 5–1 Al-Tadamun 20 April 2025 3
Vitor Vieira Fahaheel Fahaheel 7-4 Qadsia 11 May 2025 4

Awards

Seasonal

Round awards

As of 11 May 2025
Round Player of the Round
Player Club
1[4] Ali Khalaf Al Arabi
2[5] Yousef Nasser Al-Kuwait
3[6] Abdelmohsen Al-Ajmi Al-Fahaheel
4[7] Talal Alansare Al-Tadamon
5[8] Yousef Nasser Al-Kuwait
6[9] Redha Abujabarah Al-Kuwait
7[10] Moath Al Asaima Al-Salmiya
8[11] Eid Al-Rashidi Al-Qadsia
9[12] Ali Khalaf Al Arabi
10[13] Eid Al-Rashidi Al-Qadsia
11[14] Abdulwahab Al-Awadi Al Arabi
12[15] Salman Al Awadhi Al Arabi
13 Ahmad Zanki Kuwait
14 Mohammad Daham Kuwait
15 Salman Bormeya Al-Nasr
16 Fawaz Al-Mubailish Al-Nasr
17 Mobarak Al-Faneeni Qadsia
18 Jasem Al-Mutar Qadsia
19 Fawaz Ayedh Salmiya
20 Rashed Al-Dousari Qadsia
21 Mohammad Frieh Kuwait
22 Sami Al-Sanea Kuwait
23 Mohammad Daham Kuwait

References

  1. ^ "Stadiums in Kuwait :: playmakerstats.com". www.playmakerstats.com. Retrieved 2024-08-11.
  2. ^ "Foreign professionals for Zain Premier League clubs for the 2024/2025 season". 15 August 2024.
  3. ^ "dawrizain statistics". dawrizain.com. Retrieved 2024-10-21.
  4. ^ "Player of Round 1".
  5. ^ "Player of Round 2".
  6. ^ "Player of Round 3".
  7. ^ "Player of Round 4".
  8. ^ "Player of Round 5".
  9. ^ "Player of Round 6".
  10. ^ "Player of Round 7".
  11. ^ "Player of Round 8".
  12. ^ "Player of Round 9".
  13. ^ "Player of Round 10".
  14. ^ "Player of Round 11".
  15. ^ "Player of Round 11".