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Kuwait Premier League

FIFA Region

AFC

Season

2023-2024

Location

Kuwait

Abbreviation

KUW1

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Summary

The Kuwait Premier League (KUW1) is the top football league in the Kuwaiti football system. At the end of the 2023-2024 KUW1 season, the KUW1 teams listed below qualify for the following non-league play:

2025 AFC Champions League 2 - Preliminary Round:
- 1st place 2023-2024 KUW1 Championship Round team
2025 AFC Challenge League - Group Stage:
- 2nd place 2023-2024 KUW1 Championship Round team

The winner of the 2024 Kuwait Emir Cup, typically an KUW1 team, also receives a berth in the Group Stage of the 2025 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 23 Aug 2023 - 8 Mar 2024	Champ/Releg Rounds 12 Mar 2024 - 31 May 2024		10: KUW1 (10), KUW2 (0)

Season Format

The 2023-2024 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 2023-2024 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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2nd Stage

		League							Home						Road
POS		MP	W - D - L	PTS	CPTS	GF	GA	GD	MP	W - D - L	PTS	GF	GA	GD	MP	W - D - L	PTS	GF	GA	GD
Championship
1	Kuwait SC	28	21 -6-1	69	-	72	21	51	14	12 -2-0	38	41	8	33	14	9 -4-1	31	31	13	18
2	Al-Arabi SC	28	17 -8-3	59	-	62	27	35	14	10 -4-0	34	38	12	26	14	7 -4-3	25	24	15	9
3	Qadsia SC	28	15 -9-4	54	-	51	25	26	14	6 -6-2	24	23	14	9	14	9 -3-2	30	28	11	17
4	Al-Salmiyah SC	28	9 -9-10	36	-	35	41	-6	14	6 -4-4	22	20	18	2	14	3 -5-6	14	15	23	-8
5	Al-Fahaheel FC	28	8 -9-11	33	-	37	44	-7	14	4 -4-6	16	22	26	-4	14	4 -5-5	17	15	18	-3
6	Al-Nasar SC	28	7 -4-17	25	-	42	60	-18	14	3 -3-8	12	19	27	-8	14	4 -1-9	13	23	33	-10
Relegation
1	Kazma SC	24	10 -5-9	35	-	38	39	-1	12	4 -3-5	15	18	18	0	12	6 -2-4	20	20	21	-1
2	Khaitan SC	24	5 -6-13	21	-	17	39	-22	12	2 -2-8	8	7	22	-15	12	3 -4-5	13	10	17	-7
3	Al-Shabab SC	24	6 -2-16	20	-	18	50	-32	12	2 -1-9	7	8	21	-13	12	4 -1-7	13	10	29	-19
4	Al-Jahra SC	24	4 -2-18	14	-	28	54	-26	12	2 -1-9	7	15	23	-8	12	2 -1-9	7	13	31	-18
2024 AFC Champions League 2 2024 AFC Challenge League Relegation to KUW2

1st Stage

		League							Home						Road
POS		MP	W - D - L	PTS	CPTS	GF	GA	GD	MP	W - D - L	PTS	GF	GA	GD	MP	W - D - L	PTS	GF	GA	GD
1	Kuwait SC	18	13 -4-1	43	-	46	17	29	9	8 -1-0	25	27	5	22	9	5 -3-1	18	19	12	7
2	Al-Arabi SC	18	13 -3-2	42	-	47	18	29	9	8 -1-0	25	31	8	23	9	5 -2-2	17	16	10	6
3	Qadsia SC	18	11 -6-1	39	-	34	10	24	9	4 -5-0	17	16	6	10	9	7 -1-1	22	18	4	14
4	Al-Nasar SC	18	7 -3-8	24	-	31	27	4	9	3 -3-3	12	15	11	4	9	4 -0-5	12	16	16	0
5	Al-Salmiyah SC	18	6 -6-6	24	-	21	24	-3	9	4 -2-3	14	12	11	1	9	2 -4-3	10	9	13	-4
6	Al-Fahaheel FC	18	6 -5-7	23	-	25	27	-2	9	4 -2-3	14	17	14	3	9	2 -3-4	9	8	13	-5
7	Kazma SC	18	5 -5-8	20	-	20	32	-12	9	1 -3-5	6	6	14	-8	9	4 -2-3	14	14	18	-4
8	Al-Shabab SC	18	4 -2-12	14	-	14	43	-29	9	2 -1-6	7	7	16	-9	9	2 -1-6	7	7	27	-20
9	Khaitan SC	18	2 -6-10	12	-	11	31	-20	9	1 -2-6	5	4	17	-13	9	1 -4-4	7	7	14	-7
10	Al-Jahra SC	18	2 -2-14	8	-	17	37	-20	9	2 -1-6	7	13	16	-3	9	0 -1-8	1	4	21	-17
Championship Round Relegation Round