2023–24 Kuwaiti Premier League

The 2023–24 season for the Kuwait Premier League was the 62nd season of professional football played in Kuwait.^[1] Kuwait SC are the defending champions.

Kuwaiti Premier League

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 →

Teams

Stadia and locations

Team	City/Town	Stadium	Capacity
Al Arabi	Mansouria,	Sabah Al Salem Stadium	15,000
Fahaheel	Fahaheel	Al-Ahmadi Stadium Fahaheel 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

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

Team	Outgoing manager/coach	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Incoming manager/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

Teamss 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.

Team	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3	Player 4	Player 5	Born in Kuwait	Former Players
Al Arabi	Imadeddine Boubekeur	Hamza Khabba	Walid Sabbar	Anayo Iwuala	Aymen Sfaxi	Gomaa Aboud Abdulrahman Al-Dhaferi	Sofiane Bouchar Mamadou Thiam
Fahaheel	Júlio César	Uilliam	Vitão	Nasouh Al Nakdali	Abderrahman Hanchi	Ahmed Al-Riyahi Mohammed Alyan	Luiz Fernando
Al-Jahra	Igor Salatiel	Rodrigo Yuri	Wilfried Kanon	Anas Alshibli			Abdelkarim Hassan
Kazma	Reda Benchaa	Toni Silva	Ahmad Ersan	Michel Termanini	Benjamin Teidi		Douglas Valle Imadeddine Azzi
Khaitan	Johnathan Pereira	Victor Lisboa	Wellington	Kevin Muhire	Othman Fani		Rodrigo Dias
Al-Kuwait	Mohamed Marhoon	Arsène Zola	Guy Mbenza	Mehdi Berrahma	Yassine Amri	Ali Pourdara Amro Abdelfatah	Bilel Ifa Taha Yassine Khenissi
Al Naser	Issad Lakdja	Almuetasim Allafi	Hansel Zapata	Omar Midani	Abdullah Al Shami
Al-Qadsia	Abdullah Fawaz	Mohammed Soulah	Daniel Ajibola	Sergio Vittor	Ibrahima Tandia	Abdullah Motawea Abdulaziz Nassari	Youssef Ben Souda
Salmiya	Alex Lima	Sang Per Mendy	Izaka Aboudou	AlSanousi AlHadi	Srđan Spiridonović		Ousseynou Gueye Sebá
Al Shabab	Bilel Ifa	Youssef BenSouda	Carlos Rivas	Birahim Gaye	Bogdan Vaštšuk		Oussainou N'Diaye Omar Wade Mame Saher Thioune

Main league table

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:
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated; (R) Relegated

Championship play-offs

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Al-Kuwait (C)	28	21	6	1	72	21	+51	69	Qualification for AFC Champions League Two qualifying play-off
2	Al-Arabi	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	Qualification for the AGCFF Gulf Club Champions League group stage
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:
(C) Champions

Relegation-offs

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

Updated to match(es) played on 27 May 2024. Source:
(R) Relegated

Statistics

Top scorers

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

Round awards

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