2012–13 Kuwaiti Premier League

The 2012–13 Kuwaiti Premier League season is the 51st since the league's establishment. The season starts on 14 September 2012 and ends on the 19 April 2013. Kuwait SC won the league title for the 11th time. Kuwait SC has the longest unbeaten record for 21 games. Rogério and Issam Jemâa won the top goal scorers of the season with 11 goal each.

Kuwaiti Premier League

Season	2012–13
Champions	Al Kuwait
Relegated	Kazma Sporting Club
AFC Cup	Al Kuwait Qadsia
Matches played	84
Goals scored	211 (2.51 per match)
Top goalscorer	Rogério Issam Jemâa (11 goals)
Biggest home win	Qadsia SC 7–1 Al Salibikhaet (14 February 2013)
Biggest away win	Al Salibikhaet 1–5 Al Kuwait (9 November 2012)
Highest scoring	Qadsia SC 7–1 Al Salibikhaet (14 February 2013)
Longest winning run	5 games Al Kuwait
Longest unbeaten run	21 games Al Kuwait
Longest winless run	9 games Al Jahra
Longest losing run	5 games Al Jahra
← 2011–12 2013–14 →

Teams

Al Shabab were relegated to the Kuwaiti Division One league after finishing bottom in the 2011–12 season. They were replaced by Al Salibikhaet, back in the top flight for the first time since relegation in the 2009–10 campaign.

Al Asimah

Hawalli

Al Jahra

Al Farwaniyah

Locations of teams in the 2012–13 Kuwaiti Premier League

Club	Governorate, City	Stadium	Capacity
Al Arabi	Al Asimah, Al Mansouriah	Sabah Al Salem Stadium	28.000
Al Jahra	Al Jahra	Mubarak Al Ayyar Stadium	17.000
Al Kuwait	Al Asimah, Keifan	Al Kuwait Sports Club Stadium	18.500
Al Naser	Al Farwaniyah, Jleeb Al-Shuyoukh	Ali Al-Salem Al-Sabah Stadium	10.000
Al Salmiya	Hawalli, Salmiya	Thamir Stadium	16.105
Al Salibikhaet	Al Asimah, Sulaibikhat	Al Salibikhaet Stadium	7.000
Kazma Sporting Club	Al Asimah, Adiliya	Al-Sadaqua Walsalam Stadium	21.500
Qadsia	Hawalli, Hawalli	Mohammed Al-Hamad Stadium	22.000

Personnel and sponsorship

Team	Chairman	Head Coach	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Al Arabi SC	Jamal Al-Kazemi	José Romão	Hussain Al-Moussawi	TBD	Wataniya Telecom and Al-Ahli Bank of Kuwait
AL-Jahra	D'Ham AL-Shammari	Ginés de Silva	André Macanga	TBD	Al Shahed and Al Jeraiwey
Kuwait SC	Abdulaziz Al Marzouq	Ion Marin	Jarah Al Ateeqi	TBD	Wataniya Telecom and Platinum and BMW
Al Naser SC	Falah Ghanem	José Rachão	Suleiman Al Mutairi	TBD	Wataniya
Al-Salmiya SC	Abdullah Al Tereeji	Sanjin Alagic	Naser Al-Othman	Lotto	Sports Man
Al Salibikhaet SC	Mohammad Al Hajri	Dragan Gavrilovic	Nasser Al Hajri	TBD	Sports Man
Kazma SC	Asaad Al-Banwan	Miodrag Radulović	Nawaf Al Humaidan	Adidas
Qadsia SC	TBD	Mohammed Ibrahim	Nawaf Al Mutari	TBD	Samsung AL-Babtian

League standing

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Al Kuwait	21	16	5	0	54	13	+41	53	2014 AFC Cup
2	Qadsia SC	21	11	8	2	39	16	+23	41
3	Al-Arabi	21	11	6	4	35	20	+15	39
4	Al-Nasr	21	6	4	11	20	29	−9	22
5	Al Jahra	21	5	6	10	15	26	−11	21
6	Al Salibikhaet	21	5	4	12	18	47	−29	19
7	Al-Salmiya	21	4	7	10	15	30	−15	19	Relegation playoff
8	Kazma Sporting Club	21	3	6	12	17	32	−15	15	Relegation

Updated to match(es) played on 25 April 2013. Source: fifa.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Promotion/relegation playoff

1st leg

26 April 2013

16:30 (UTC +3)

Al Shabab	1 - 3	Al Salmiya

2nd leg

3 May 2013

16:30 (UTC +3)

Al Salmiya	2 - 1	Al Shabab

Al Salmiyah secured place in the top flight after winning 5–2 on aggregate.

Results

Matches 1 - 14 Home \ Away ARB JAH KWT NAS SAL SLM KAZ QAD Al-Arabi 1–1 1–1 3–1 1–1 0–1 4–3 0–0 Al Jahra 0–2 1–3 2–1 3–1 0–0 1–4 1–1 Al Kuwait 2–2 3–0 1–0 4–1 1–0 4–1 1–1 Al-Nasr 0–1 0–0 1–3 3–0 4–2 1–0 0–3 Al Salibikhaet 0–3 1–0 1–5 0–1 3–0 0–0 0–3 Al-Salmiya 1–4 0–0 0–0 0–0 2–0 1–1 0–2 Kazma Sporting Club 0–2 2–0 2–4 2–0 1–1 0–3 0–0 Qadsia SC 2–2 1–0 0–1 1–0 7–1 3–1 0–0 Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: [citation needed] Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Matches 15 - 21 Home \ Away ARB JAH KWT NAS SAL SLM KAZ QAD Al-Arabi 0–2 2–0 Al Jahra 1–0 1–0 2–2 Al Kuwait 3–0 2–0 Al-Nasr 2–2 2–1 Al Salibikhaet 0–5 1–0 Al-Salmiya 0–0 Kazma Sporting Club 0–1 0–1 1–0 Qadsia SC 2–1 2–1 Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: [citation needed] Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Issam Jemâa	Kuwait SC	11
	Rogério	Kuwait SC	11
3	Omar Al Soma	Qadsia SC	8
	Wilson Antonio	Al Salibikhaet SC	8
5	Chadi Hammami	Kuwait SC	7
6	Ali Al Kandari	Kuwait SC	6