2019–20 Kuwaiti Premier League

Kuwaiti Premier League
Season2019–20
ChampionsAl Kuwait
RelegatedAl-Yarmouk SC
Al Tadhamon
2020 AFC Champions League
2020 AFC Cup
Al-Kuwait

Al Qadsia
Matches played90
Goals scored263 (2.92 per match)

The 2019–20 Kuwaiti Premier League was the 58th edition of the tournament. Kuwait SC were the defending champions.[1][2]

Teams

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Team Based Home stadium Capacity
Al Arabi Kuwait City Sabah Al-Salem Stadium 26,000
Al Qadsia Kuwait City Mohammed Al-Hamad Stadium 22,000
Kazma Kuwait City Al-Sadaqua Walsalam Stadium 21,500
Al Kuwait Kuwait City Al Kuwait Sports Club Stadium 18,500
Al-Shabab Al-Ahmadi Al-Ahmadi Stadium 18,000
Al-Sahel Abu Halifa Abu Halifa City Stadium 2,000
Al-Salmiya Al Salmiya Thamir Stadium 16,105
Al Tadhamon Al Farwaniyah Farwaniya Stadium 14,000
Al Nasar Al Farwaniyah Ali Al-Salem Al-Sabah Stadium 10,000
Al-Yarmouk Mishref Mishref Stadium 12,000

Foreign Players

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Club Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 Player 4 Player 5 Former Players
Al-Arabi Ghana Issah Yakubu Ivory Coast Henri Doumbia Libya Al-Sanousi Al-Hadi Spain Xavi Torres Syria Ahmad Al Saleh Syria Jumaa Abood
Al-Kuwait Brazil Bismark Iraq Alaa Abbas Iraq Amjad Attwan Ivory Coast Jumaa Saeed Mali Abdoul Sissoko Colombia Diego Calderón
Syria Omar Midani
Al-Nasr Bahrain Sayed Dhiya Saeed Brazil Anderson Lopes Jordan Ahmed Al-Riyahi Jordan Baha' Abdel-Rahman Lebanon Kassem El Zein Bahrain Sayed Baqer
Guinea Naby Soumah
Saudi Arabia Taisir Al-Jassim
Al-Qadsia Albania Lorenc Trashi Ghana Rashid Sumaila Jordan Odai Al-Saify Nigeria James Okwuosa State of Palestine Oday Dabbagh Brazil Lucas Gaúcho
Brazil Ronir de Souza
Jordan Ahmed Al-Riyahi
Al-Sahel Cameroon Franck Mbarga Senegal Olivier Guy Ndiaye Ivory Coast Ahmed Desire Titty
Senegal Babacar Ndiour
Al-Salmiya Azerbaijan Kamal Mirzayev Brazil Patrick Fabiano Brazil Ronir de Souza Ghana Amidu Salifu Brazil Marclei Santos
Jordan Odai Al-Saify
Jordan Tareq Khattab
State of Palestine Oday Dabbagh
Al-Shabab Brazil Roberto Santana Ghana Vincent Atinga Senegal Birahim Gaye Senegal Ousseynou Gueye Brazil Helder Lobato
Al-Tadhamon Brazil Alexandre Hans France Alan Logombe Ivory Coast Hermann Kouao Montserrat Alex Dyer Brazil Nixon Guylherme
Ghana Jackson Owusu
Al-Yarmouk Gabon Franck Obambou Morocco Youssef Sekour Togo Dové Womé Cameroon Yannick N'Djeng
Tunisia Samir Laâroussi
Kazma Brazil André Penalva Ivory Coast Jean Zirignon Ivory Coast Vivien Assie Togo Lalawélé Atakora Togo Sadat Ouro-Akoriko Brazil Bruno Paulo
Brazil Feijão
Cameroon Lionel Enguene
Uganda Denis Iguma

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Al-Kuwait (C) 18 13 4 1 49 12 +37 43 Qualification for AFC Cup Play-off round
2 Al-Qadsia 18 10 6 2 29 11 +18 36
3 Al-Salmiya 18 11 2 5 42 26 +16 35
4 Al-Arabi 18 9 4 5 26 21 +5 31
5 Kazma 18 9 1 8 29 25 +4 28
6 Al-Nasar 18 6 3 9 18 22 −4 21
7 Al-Sahel 18 4 6 8 16 36 −20 18
8 Al-Shabab 18 4 5 9 17 32 −15 17
9 Al-Tadhamon (R) 18 3 4 11 21 39 −18 13 Relegation to Kuwaiti Division One
10 Al-Yarmouk (R) 18 1 5 12 16 39 −23 8
Source: KFA, Goalzz
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Statistics

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Top scorers

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Rank Name Team Goals
1 Brazil Patrick Fabiano Al-Salmiya 14
Kuwait Yousef Nasser Kuwait
2 Senegal Birahim Gaye Al-Shabab 10
3 Kuwait Bader Al-Mutawa Qadsia 9
Ivory Coast Ahmed Desire Titty Al Sahel
4 Ivory Coast Jumaa Saeed Kuwait 8

Best player in the season

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References

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  1. ^ "Kuwait League".
  2. ^ "Kuwait League". FIFA.com. Archived from the original on April 14, 2016.
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