Kuwait Premier League
FIFA Region
AFC
Season
2024-2025
Location
Kuwait
Abbreviation
KUW1

Summary

The Kuwait Premier League (KUW1) is the top football league in the Kuwaiti football system. At the end of the 2024-2025 KUW1 season, the KUW1 teams listed below qualify for the following non-league play:

  • 2026 AFC Champions League 2 - Qualifying Playoff Round:
    • 1st place 2024-2025 KUW1 Championship Round team
  • 2026 AFC Challenge League - Group Stage:
    • 2nd place 2024-2025 KUW1 Championship Round team

The winner of the 2025 Kuwait Emir Cup, typically an KUW1 team, also receives a berth in the Group Stage of the 2026 AFC Challenge League.

Leagues Pyramid - Kuwait

Abbrev League # of Teams
KUW1 Kuwait Premier League 10
KUW2 Kuwaiti Division One -

Competition Structure

Season

# of Teams

Regular
8 Aug 2024 - 8 Mar 2025
Champ/Releg Rounds
12 Mar 2025 - 31 May 2025
 10: KUW1 (10), KUW2 (0)

Season Format

The 2024-2025 KUW1 is split into 2 Stages. In the 1st Stage, each KUW1 team plays the other 9 KUW1 teams twice for 18 league matches per team. In the 2nd Stage, the 1st Stage teams ranked 1-6 play in the Championship Round (5 Home/Away matches per team), and the teams ranked 7-10 play in the Relegation Round (3 Home/Away matches per team). Table ranking ties are broken by (1) head-to-head points, (2) head-to-head goal difference, (3) head-to-head goals scored, (4) total goal difference, then (5) total goals scored.

Playoffs

Not applicable.

Relegation

At the end of the 2024-2025 Regular season, the 3rd and 4th place KUW1 Relegation Round teams will be relegated directly to the KUW2, and 2 KUW2 teams will be promoted.


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1st Stage

 LeagueHomeRoad
POSMPW - D - LPTSCPTSGFGAGDMPW - D - LPTSGFGAGDMPW - D - LPTSGFGAGD
1Kuwait SC 99 -0-027-2752244 -0-01290955 -0-01518513
2Al-Arabi SC 76 -0-118-146855 -0-015112921 -0-1334-1
3Qadsia SC 95 -1-316-117454 -0-11283541 -1-2434-1
4Al-Fahaheel FC 94 -2-314-2016442 -0-2686252 -2-1812102
5Al-Salmiyah SC 84 -2-214-1714342 -1-17108242 -1-17761
6Al-Tadhamon SC 93 -2-411-1719-252 -1-2779-241 -1-2410100
7Kazma SC 93 -1-510-913-442 -1-1764251 -0-4339-6
8Khaitan SC 91 -2-65-721-1440 -2-22410-651 -0-43311-8
9Al-Nasar SC 81 -1-64-718-1130 -1-2139-651 -0-4349-5
10Al-Yarmouk SC 90 -3-63-1121-1050 -1-41815-740 -2-2236-3
Championship Round
Relegation Round

Fixtures

Wed - 6 Nov 2024
 Al-Salmiyah SC   Al-Arabi SCThamir Stadium

Results

Sun - 3 Nov 2024
 Al-Fahaheel FC 31 Al-Nasar SCKhaitan Stadium
Sat - 2 Nov 2024
 Al-Yarmouk SC 02 Kazma SCAbdullah Al-Khalifa Stadium
 Al-Tadhamon SC 03 Kuwait SCAl-Sadaqua Walsalam Stadium
Fri - 1 Nov 2024
 Qadsia SC 20 Khaitan SCMohammed Al-Hamad Stadium
Mon - 28 Oct 2024
 Kuwait SC 10 Kazma SCAl-Sadaqua Walsalam Stadium
 Khaitan SC 14 Al-Tadhamon SCKhaitan Stadium
Sun - 27 Oct 2024
 Al-Fahaheel FC 12 Qadsia SCThamir Stadium
 Al-Yarmouk SC 12 Al-Salmiyah SCAbdullah Al-Khalifa Stadium
 Al-Nasar SC PSPD Al-Arabi SCAli Sabah Al-Salem Stadium
Sun - 20 Oct 2024
 Kazma SC 20 Khaitan SCAl-Sadaqua Walsalam Stadium
 Al-Arabi SC 20 Al-Yarmouk SCAli Sabah Al-Salem Stadium
Sat - 19 Oct 2024
 Al-Salmiyah SC 34 Kuwait SCThamir Stadium
 Qadsia SC 21 Al-Nasar SCMohammed Al-Hamad Stadium
Fri - 18 Oct 2024
 Al-Tadhamon SC 22 Al-Fahaheel FCAl-Sadaqua Walsalam Stadium
Sun - 29 Sep 2024
 Khaitan SC 11 Al-Salmiyah SCKhaitan Stadium
 Al-Nasar SC 22 Al-Yarmouk SCThamir Stadium
Sat - 28 Sep 2024
 Al-Fahaheel FC 40 Kazma SCAli Sabah Al-Salem Stadium
 Qadsia SC 31 Al-Tadhamon SCMohammed Al-Hamad Stadium
Fri - 27 Sep 2024
 Kuwait SC 20 Al-Arabi SCAl-Sadaqua Walsalam Stadium
Sun - 22 Sep 2024
 Al-Yarmouk SC 13 Kuwait SCAbdullah Al-Khalifa Stadium