2019–20 Kuwaiti Premier League

Football league season

Kuwaiti Premier League
Season	2019–20
Champions	Al Kuwait
Relegated	Al-Yarmouk SC Al Tadhamon
2020 AFC Champions League 2020 AFC Cup	Al-Kuwait Al Qadsia
Matches played	90
Goals scored	263 (2.92 per match)
← 2018–19 2020–21 →

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

Teams

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

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

League table

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	Relegation to Kuwaiti Division One

Source: KFA, Goalzz
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Statistics

Top scorers

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

Best player in the season

Ahmed Al-Dhefiri

References

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

External links

Official website (in Arabic and English)
Kuwait League Fixtures and Results at FIFA
Kuwaiti League (in Arabic)

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