2019–20 Kuwaiti Premier League

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)
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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

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

Statistics

Top scorers

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

Best player in the season

• Ahmed Al-Dhefiri

External links

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