2023–24 Kuwaiti Premier League
Appearance
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Season | 2023–24 |
---|---|
Dates | 24 August 2023 – 27 May 2024 |
Champions | Al-Kuwait (19) |
Relegated | Al-Jahra Al-Shabab |
Matches played | 132 |
Goals scored | 401 (3.04 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Hamza Khabba (21 goals) |
← 2022–23 2024–25 → |
The 2023–24 season for the Kuwait Premier League is the 62nd season of professional football played in Kuwait.[1] Kuwait SC are the defending champions.
Teams
[edit]Stadia and locations
[edit]Club | City/Town | Stadium | Capacity |
---|---|---|---|
Al Arabi | Mansouria, | Sabah Al Salem Stadium | 15.000 |
Fahaheel | Fahaheel | Al-Ahmadi Stadium | 18.000
2.000 |
Al-Jahra | Al Jahra | Mubarak Al-Aiar Stadium | 17.000 |
Kazma | Adiliya | Al-Sadaqua Walsalam Stadium | 26.500 |
Khaitan | Khaitan | Khaitan Stadium | 11.000 |
Al-Kuwait | Kaifan | Al Kuwait SC Stadium | 16,500 |
Al Naser | Ardiya | Ali Al-Salem Stadium | 10.000 |
Al-Qadsia | Hawalli | Mohammed Al-Hamad Stadium | 22.000 |
Al-Salmiya | Salmiya | Thamir Stadium | 16.105 |
Al-Shabab | Ahmadi | Al-Ahmadi Stadium | 18.000 |
Personnel and kits
[edit]Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Team | Head Coach | Captain | Kit Manufacturer | Shirt Sponsor |
---|---|---|---|---|
Al Arabi | Darko Nestorović | Sulaiman Abdulghafour | Unique | Al Ahli Bank of Kuwait |
Fahaheel | Firas Al-Khatib | Fawaz Al Rashidi | Solosport | |
Al Jahra | Abdullah Al Mutairi | Abdelkarim Hassan | Zeus | |
Kazma | Mohammed Dehiles | Hussain Kankoune | Nike | |
Khaitan | Florin Motroc | Kelme | ||
Al-Kuwait | Nabil Maâloul | Fahad Al Rashidi | Solosport | BMW |
Al Naser | Dhahir Al-Adwani | Mesh'al Fawaz | Joma | |
Al-Qadsia | Mohammed Mashaan | Bader Al-Mutawa | Erreà | Switch Electronics |
Al-Salmiya | Ante Miše | Fawaz AL-Otaibi | Solosport | Atyab Al Marshoud |
Al Shabab | Nacif Beyaoui | Zaid Zakaria | Kelme |
Managerial changes
[edit]Team | Outgoing head coach | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Incoming head coach | Date of appointment |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Al Arabi | Rusmir Cviko | End of contract | 28 May 2023 | Thomas Brdarić | 26 June 2023 |
Al Naser | Jamal Mahmoud | End of contract | 7 May 2023 | Dhahir Al-Adwani | 6 July 2023 |
Kazma | Ilie Stan | 31 May 2023 | Sérgio Farias | 6 July 2023 | |
Al Shabab | Eid Sabge | 31 July 2023 | Slavoljub Bubanja | 31 July 2023 | |
Kazma | Sérgio Farias | End of contract | 11 September 2023 | Francisco Chaló | 18 September 2023 |
Al Arabi | Thomas Brdarić | Sacked | 2 November 2023 | Darko Nestorović | 4 November 2023 |
Al Jahra | Ginés de Silva | Sacked | 1 December 2023 | Abdullah Al Mutairi | 2 December 2023 |
Khaitan | Ibrahim Obaid | Sacked | 2 December 2023 | Florin Motroc | 3 December 2023 |
Al-Kuwait | Boris Bunjak | Sacked | 3 December 2023 | Nabil Maâloul | 6 December 2023 |
Kazma | Francisco Chaló | Sacked | 27 December 2023 | Mohammed Dehiles | 27 December 2023 |
Al-Qadsia | Mohammed Ebrahim | Sanitary conditions | 6 January 2024 | Mohammed Mashaan | 11 January 2024 |
Al-Salmiya | Mohammed Mashaan | End of contract | 10 January 2024 | Ante Miše | 12 January 2024 |
Al Shabab | Slavoljub Bubanja | Sacked | 16 February 2024 | Nacif Beyaoui | 5 March 2024 |
Foreign players
[edit]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.
Main league table
[edit]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 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 46 | 17 | +29 | 43 | Qualification for Championship Play-offs |
2 | Al-Arabi (Q) | 18 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 47 | 18 | +29 | 42 | |
3 | Al-Qadsia (Q) | 18 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 34 | 10 | +24 | 39 | |
4 | Al-Salmiya (Q) | 18 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 21 | 24 | −3 | 24 | |
5 | Al-Nasar (Q) | 18 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 31 | 27 | +4 | 24 | |
6 | Al-Fahaheel (Q) | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 25 | 27 | −2 | 23 | |
7 | Kazma (R) | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 20 | 32 | −12 | 20 | Qualification for Relegation play-offs |
8 | Al-Shabab (R) | 18 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 14 | 43 | −29 | 14 | |
9 | Khaitan (R) | 18 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 11 | 31 | −20 | 12 | |
10 | Al-Jahra (R) | 18 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 17 | 37 | −20 | 8 |
Updated to match(es) played on 8 April 2024. Source: [1]
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated; (R) Relegated
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated; (R) Relegated
Championship play-offs
[edit]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Al-Kuwait (C, Q) | 28 | 21 | 6 | 1 | 72 | 21 | +51 | 69 | Qualification for AFC Champions League Two qualifying play-off |
2 | Al-Arabi (Q) | 28 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 62 | 27 | +35 | 59 | Qualification for the AFC Challenge League group stage |
3 | Al-Qadsia | 28 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 51 | 25 | +26 | 54 | |
4 | Al-Salmiya | 28 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 35 | 41 | −6 | 36 | |
5 | Al-Fahaheel | 28 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 37 | 44 | −7 | 33 | |
6 | Al-Nasar | 28 | 7 | 4 | 17 | 43 | 59 | −16 | 25 |
Updated to match(es) played on 27 May 2024. Source: [2]
(C) Champions; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated
(C) Champions; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated
Relegation-offs
[edit]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Kazma | 24 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 38 | 39 | −1 | 35 | |
2 | Khaitan | 24 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 17 | 39 | −22 | 21 | |
3 | Al-Shabab (R) | 24 | 6 | 2 | 16 | 18 | 50 | −32 | 20 | Relegation to Kuwaiti Division One |
4 | Al-Jahra (R) | 24 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 28 | 54 | −26 | 14 |
Statistics
[edit]Top scorers
[edit]- As of 27 May 2024
Rank | Player | Team | Goals |
---|---|---|---|
1
|
Hamza Khabba | Al Arabi | 21
|
2
|
Hansel Zapata | Al Naser | 20
|
3
|
Uilliam | Fahaheel | 14
|
4
|
Bader Al-Mutawa | Al-Qadsia | 13
|
Mohammed Daham | Al-Kuwait | ||
6
|
Yousef Naser | Al-Kuwait | 12
|
7
|
Issaka Abudu Diarra | Al-Salmiya | 10
|
Awards
[edit]Round awards
[edit]Round | Player of the Round | |
---|---|---|
Player | Club | |
1 | Ali Fadel | Khaitan |
2 | Ahmed Al-Dhefiri | Al-Kuwait |
3 | Khalid Al-Ajaji | Al-Nasr |
4 | Mohammed Daham | Al-Kuwait |
5 | Abdullah Al-Otaibi | Al-Shabab |
6 | Sami Al-Sanea | Al-Kuwait |
7 | Khaled Al-Rashidi | Al-Qadsia |
8 | Bandar Al Salamah | Al Arabi |
9 | Sultan Al Enezi | Al Arabi |
10 | Mohammed Daham | Al-Kuwait |
11 | Ahmad Raheel | Al-Fahaheel |
12 | Bader Al-Mutawa | Al-Qadsia |
13 | Mohammed Daham | Al-Kuwait |
14 | Eid Al-Rashidi | Al-Qadsia |
15 | Mohammed Daham | Al-Kuwait |
16 | Othman Al Shemeri | Al-Jahra |
17 | Yaqoub Al-Tararwa | Khaitan |
18 | Bader Al-Mutawa | Al-Qadsia |
19 | Bader Al-Mutawa | Al-Qadsia |
20 | Eid Al-Rasheedi | Al-Qadsia |
21 | Yousef Naser | Al-Kuwait |
22 | Yousef Naser | Al-Kuwait |
23 | Khaled Al-Rashidi | Al-Qadsia |
24 | Ahmed Al-Dhefiri | Al-Kuwait |
25 | Ahmed Al Khaldi | Al-Fahaheel |
26 | Ahmed Al-Dhefiri | Al-Kuwait |
27 | Mohammed Daham | Al-Kuwait |
28 | Yousef Naser | Al-Kuwait |
References
[edit]- ^ "Kuwait Club Triumphs 3-1 Against Al-Jahra in 62nd Zain League Opener". Arab Times. August 24, 2023. Retrieved February 10, 2024.