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2024–25 Kuwaiti Premier League

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Kuwaiti Premier League
Season2024–25
Dates8 August 2024 – May 2025
AFC Challenge LeagueTBD
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-Yarmouk 4–4 Al-Tadamon
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

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

To Premier League

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Promoted from the Kuwaiti Division One

From Premier League

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Relegated to the Kuwaiti Division One

Teams

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Stadia and locations

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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

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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 Morocco Amine Aboulfath Morocco Yahya Jabrane Democratic Republic of the Congo Arsène Zola Tunisia Taha Yassine Khenissi Bahrain Mohamed Marhoon
Al Arabi Morocco Hamza Khabba Nigeria Anayo Iwuala Algeria Sofiane Bouchar Algeria Ahmed Khaledi Brazil Jacó
Al-Qadsia Brazil Igor Rossi Morocco Mehdi Berrahma Morocco Ismail Khafi Nigeria Daniel Ajibola Libya Mohammed Soulah
Salmiya Tunisia Imed Louati Morocco Younes Najjari Brazil Alex Lima Libya Al-Senussi Al-Hadi The Gambia Sang Pierre Mendy
Fahaheel Brazil Carlos Perino Brazil Rodrigo Yuri Brazil Uilliam Barros Pereira Ghana Robin Addo Brazil Vitor Vieira
Al Naser Iraq Karrar Amer Morocco Zakaria El Wardi Nigeria Olawale Onanuga Brazil Bernardo Vilar Dominican Republic Carlos Ventura
Kazma Brazil Dodô Colombia Hansel Zapata Jordan Ahmad Ersan Algeria Reza Binsha
Khaitan Brazil Luiz Fernando Bahrain Prince Obus Aggreh Nigeria Chigozie Mbah Nigeria Chima Akas Cameroon Donovan Ewolo
Al-Tadamon Guinea-Bissau Bubacar Djaló Chad Casimir Ninga Senegal Mame Saher Thioune Senegal Seydina Keita Senegal Birahim Gaye
Al-Yarmouk Ivory Coast Kialy Abdoul Koné Morocco Habib Allah Dahmani Iran Reza Yazdandoost Morocco Ayoub Lakhdar Italy Mario Fontanella

Source:[2]

Main league table

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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

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Home \ Away KUW ARA QAD SAL FAH NAS KAZ KHA YAR TAD
Al-Kuwait 2–0 1–0 Feb 22 3–0 Feb 2 1–0 5–0 Feb 9 Mar 29
Al Arabi Feb 15 2–1 Mar 30 3–0 2–1 2–0 2–1 2–0 1–0
Al-Qadsia 2–1 2–4 0–1 Feb 28 2–1 Feb 10 2–0 1–0 3–1
Al-Salmiya 3–4 1–3 Feb 1 2–2 3–1 3–1 Feb 15 2–1 2–1
Fahaheel 0–3 Feb 2 1–2 Feb 8 3–1 4–0 1–0 Jan 21 Feb 21
Al Nasar 1–5 0–3 Feb 23 1–2 Mar 28 Jan 21 0–2 2–2 Feb 8
Kazma 1–1 0–3 0–0 4–3 1–1 0–1 2–0 Mar 28 Feb 1
Khaitan Jan 20 Feb 9 Mar 29 1–1 1–4 1–1 Feb 21 1–1 1–4
Al-Yarmouk 1–3 Feb 22 2–2 Feb 28 2–4 Feb 13 0–2 0–0 4–4
Al-Tadamon 0–3 2–3 0–3 Jan 20 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

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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 22 18 3 1 65 14 +51 57 Qualification for AFC Challenge League
2 Al-Arabi 22 17 4 1 44 15 +29 55
3 Al-Qadsia 22 12 2 8 36 30 +6 38
4 Al-Salmiya 22 9 6 7 39 39 0 33
5 Al-Fahaheel 22 8 8 6 38 33 +5 32
6 Al-Tadamon 22 6 3 13 26 49 −23 21
Updated to match(es) played on 7 May 2025. Source: [3]

Results

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Home \ Away ARA FAH KUW QAD SAL TAD
Al-Arabi 1–1 1–0 3–2 4–0
Al-Fahaheel 1–1 2–2 0–0 0–0
Al-Kuwait 2–2 3–1 5–0 3–0
Al-Qadsia 0–1 1–3 2–4 5–1
Al-Salmiya 2–3 1–1 0–5 4–2
Al-Tadamon 0–4 0–0 1–3 1–5
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

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

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Relegation
1 Kazma 20 5 5 10 24 30 −6 20
2 Al-Nasar 20 5 3 12 26 41 −15 18
3 Khaitan 20 2 6 12 14 33 −19 12 Relegation to Kuwaiti Division One
4 Al-Yarmouk 20 1 6 13 22 51 −29 9
Updated to match(es) played on 5 May 2025. Source: [5]

Results

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

Statistics

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Source:[3]

Top scorers

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As of 14 January 2025
Rank Player Team Goals Games
1
 Brazil Vitor Da silva Vieira Fahaheel
18
20
2
 Senegal Birahim Gaye Al-Tadamon
8
11
Kuwait Yousef Nasser Al-Kuwait
11
Morocco Hamza Khabba Al-Arabi
8
8
5
 Nigeria Anayo Iwuala Al-Arabi
6
11

Top assisters

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

Top saves & clean sheets

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

Hat-tricks

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

Awards

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Round awards

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As of 21 January 2025
Round Player of the Round
Player Club
1[4] Kuwait Ali Khalaf Al Arabi
2[5] Kuwait Yousef Nasser Al-Kuwait
3[6] Kuwait Abdelmohsen Al-Ajmi Al-Fahaheel
4[7] Kuwait Talal Alansare Al-Tadamon
5[8] Kuwait Yousef Nasser Al-Kuwait
6[9] Kuwait Redha Abujabarah Al-Kuwait
7[10] Kuwait Moath Al Asaima Al-Salmiya
8[11] Kuwait Eid Al-Rashidi Al-Qadsia
9[12] Kuwait Ali Khalaf Al Arabi
10[13] Kuwait Eid Al-Rashidi Al-Qadsia
11[14] Kuwait Abdulwahab Al-Awadhi Al Arabi
12[15] Kuwait Salman Al Awadhi Al Arabi
13 Kuwait Ahmad Zanki Kuwait
14
15 Kuwait Salman Bormeya Al-Nasr
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24 Kuwait Fawaz Ayedh Salmiya
25 Kuwait Rashed Al-Dousari Qadsia
26 Kuwait Mohammad Frieh Kuwait
27 Kuwait Sami Al-Sanea Kuwait
28

References

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  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 11url=https://x.com/kuw_pl/status/1879634177785754047". {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |url= (help)
  15. ^ "Player of Round 11url=https://x.com/kuw_pl/status/1881806980702216575?s=46". {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |url= (help)
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