Season | 2016–17 |
---|---|
Champions | Kuwait SC |
2018 AFC Champions League 2018 AFC Cup | Kuwait SC Qadsia SC |
Arab Club Championship GCC Champions League Gulf Cup Winners Cup | Al-Nasr Al-Arabi SC Al-Salmiya SC |
Matches played | 210 |
Goals scored | 648 (3.09 per match) |
Biggest home win | Kuwait SC 9-1 Burgan SC |
Highest scoring | Kuwait SC 9-1 Burgan SC |
← 2015–16 2017–18 → |
The season started with 2 new teams Burgan SC and Al-Tadhamon SC.
Kuwait SC narrowly won the title by edging out rivals Al Qadsia with a 2-1 win over Al Salmiya clinched in injury time, just moments after Al Qadsia's final league match. [1]
Team | Based | Home stadium | Capacity |
---|---|---|---|
Al Arabi | Kuwait City | Sabah Al Salem Stadium | 26,000 |
Al Fahaheel | Kuwait City | Fahaheel Stadium | 2,000 |
Al Jahra | Jahra | Mubarak Al-Aiar Stadium | 17,000 |
Al Kuwait | Kuwait City | Al Kuwait Sports Club Stadium | 18,500 |
Al Nasar | Al Farwaniyah | Ali Al-Salem Al-Sabah Stadium | 10,000 |
Al Qadsia | Kuwait City | Mohammed Al-Hamad Stadium | 22,000 |
Al Sahel | Abu Hulayfah | Abu Halifa City Stadium | 2,000 |
Al Sulaibikhat | Sulaibikhat | Al Salibikhaet Stadium | 7,000 |
Al Salmiya | Al Salmiya | Thamir Stadium | 16,105 |
Al Shabab | Al Ahmadi | Al-Ahmadi Stadium | 18,000 |
Al Tadhamon | Farwaniya | Farwaniya Stadium | 14,000 |
Yarmouk | Mishref | Mishref Stadium | 12,000 |
Burgan | Al Farwaniyah | Ali Sabah Al-Salem Stadium | 10,000 |
Kazma | Kuwait City | Al-Sadaqua Walsalam Stadium | 21,500 |
Khaitan | Khaitan | Khaitan Stadium | 10,000 |
Team | Chairman | Head Coach | Captain | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Al-Arabi | Jamal Al-Kazmi | Fawzi Ibrahim | Ali Maqseed | Macron | Ahli Bank of Kuwait |
Kuwait | Marzouq Al-Ghanim | Laurent Banide | Jarah Al Ateeqi | HH | BMW |
Qadsia | Shiekh Khaled Al-Fahad | Dalibor Starčević | Saleh Al Sheikh | Givova | Samsung |
Kazma | Asaad Al-Banwan | Unrevealed | Yousef Nasser | Erreà | Viva |
Al-Salmiya | Shiekh Turki Al-Yousef | Hutam Dhelies | Brahima Keita | Adidas | The Sultan Center |
Al-Tadhamon | Mohammed Ibrahim | ||||
Al-Jahra | D'Ham AL-Shammari | Da Silva | Nino Santos | Givova | Viva |
Al-Fahaheel | Mohammed Hammad | Andrey Chernyshov | Abdullah Al Enazi | Givova | none |
Khaitan SC | Aleksandar Dixon Jovanovski | Zeus | Samsung | ||
Al-Nasr | Givova | Viva | |||
Sahel | Zeus | Viva | |||
Al-Sulaibikhat | Mohammad Al Dabous | Erreà | LG | ||
Al-Shabab | Uhlsport | None | |||
Al-Yarmouk SC | Adidas | Samsung | |||
Burgan SC | Hamlan Al-Hamlan | Hamad Al Harbi | Tarik Lugman | Givova | none |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Al Kuwait | 28 | 21 | 6 | 1 | 70 | 17 | +53 | 69 | Qualification to Champions League preliminary round 1 |
2 | Al Qadsia | 28 | 21 | 4 | 3 | 57 | 17 | +40 | 67 | |
3 | Al Nasar | 28 | 18 | 3 | 7 | 49 | 30 | +19 | 57 | |
4 | Al Arabi | 28 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 55 | 36 | +19 | 51 | |
5 | Kazma | 28 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 54 | 36 | +18 | 46 | |
6 | Al Salmiya | 28 | 12 | 7 | 9 | 47 | 33 | +14 | 43 | |
7 | Al Jahra | 28 | 12 | 4 | 12 | 52 | 51 | +1 | 40 | |
8 | Al Tadhamon | 28 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 39 | 37 | +2 | 39 | |
9 | Al Fahaheel | 28 | 11 | 5 | 12 | 39 | 43 | −4 | 38 | Relegation to Kuwaiti Division One |
10 | Al Shabab | 28 | 6 | 11 | 11 | 39 | 46 | −7 | 29 | |
11 | Yarmouk | 28 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 40 | 51 | −11 | 26 | |
12 | Al Sulaibikhat | 28 | 6 | 5 | 17 | 32 | 44 | −12 | 23 | |
13 | Khaitan | 28 | 6 | 4 | 18 | 25 | 56 | −31 | 22 | |
14 | Sahel | 28 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 27 | 61 | −34 | 22 | |
15 | Burgan | 28 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 23 | 90 | −67 | 11 |
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