2025–26 Kuwaiti Premier League

Kuwaiti Premier League
Season2025–26
Dates12 September 2025 – 11 May 2026
2026–27 →
All statistics correct as of 15 June 2025.


The 2025–26 season for the Kuwait Premier League is the 64th season of professional football played in Kuwait.

Kuwait SC are the 4 time defending champions.

It was announced on June 20 2025 that the league would kick off after the September FIFA international break, on September 12, 2025.[1]

Club changes

The following teams have changed divisions for the 2025–26 season:

To Premier League

Promoted from the Kuwaiti Division One

From Premier League

Relegated to the Kuwaiti Division One

Foreign players

Clubs can register a total of five foreign players throughout the season, in addition to two Kuwaiti-born (Domestic) players and 1 Mother Citizenship player, but five of them are allowed to participate in the match.

Team Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 Player 4 Player 5 Domestic 1 Domestic 2 Mother Citizenship
Al-Arabi Anayo Iwuala Christopher John Jumma Abboud Ali Porusaniei
Kuwait Mohamed Marhoon Arsène Zola Amro Abdelfatah Ahmed Alaa Ali Pourdara
Qadsia Mehdi Berrahma Mohammed Soulah Abdullah Motawea Abdulrahman Al-Dhaferi
Al-Tadamon Ahmed Al-Dali Turki Al-Mutairi
Kazma Anas Al-Awadat Ali Al-Azaizeh Yousef Abu Al-Jazar Samson Akinyoola Mesha’al Al-Shammeri
Al-Jahra Omar Zekri António Silva
Salmiya Alsanousi Al-Hadi Alex Lima Imed Louati
Al-Fahaheel Brendon Lucas
Al-Shabab Caique Chagas

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