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Kuwait Premier League

FIFA Region

AFC

Season

2020-2021

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 2020-2021 KUW1 season, the KUW1 teams listed below qualify for the following non-league play:

2022 AFC Champions League - Preliminary Round:
- 1st place 2020-2021 KUW1 team
2022 AFC Cup - Group Stage:
- 2nd place 2020-2021 KUW1 team

The winner of the 2021 Kuwait Emir Cup, typically an KUW1 team, also receives a berth in the Group Stage of the 2022 AFC Cup.

Leagues Pyramid - Kuwait

Abbrev	League	# of Teams
KUW1	Kuwait Premier League	15
KUW2	Kuwaiti Divison One	-

Competition Structure

Season			# of Teams
15 Oct 2020 - 17 May 2021			15: KUW1 (10), KUW2 (5)

Season Format

The 2020-2021 KUW1 is split into the Regular Season and the Championship Round. In the Regular Season, each KUW1 team plays the other 14 KUW1 teams once for 14 league matches per team. In the Championship Round, the top 10 Regular Season teams play each other once for 9 more league 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 2020-2021 Regular season, the 11th, 12th, 13th, 14th and 15th place KUW1 teams will be relegated directly to the KUW2.

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Championship Round

		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	Al-Arabi SC	18	13 -5-0	44	-	39	16	23	9	7 -2-0	23	17	6	11	9	6 -3-0	21	22	10	12
2	Qadsia SC	18	10 -6-2	36	-	32	16	16	8	5 -3-0	18	18	9	9	10	5 -3-2	18	14	7	7
3	Kuwait SC	18	9 -7-2	34	-	37	20	17	9	5 -3-1	18	20	10	10	9	4 -4-1	16	17	10	7
4	Kazma SC	18	6 -7-5	25	-	30	22	8	9	2 -5-2	11	16	12	4	9	4 -2-3	14	14	10	4
5	Al-Nasar SC	18	6 -4-8	22	-	20	23	-3	9	2 -3-4	9	7	10	-3	9	4 -1-4	13	13	13	0
6	Al-Salmiyah SC	18	6 -2-10	20	-	25	32	-7	9	2 -1-6	7	9	16	-7	9	4 -1-4	13	16	16	0
7	Al-Shabab SC	18	4 -7-7	19	-	16	23	-7	9	2 -4-3	10	6	9	-3	9	2 -3-4	9	10	14	-4
8	Al-Fahaheel FC	18	3 -7-8	16	-	22	36	-14	9	2 -2-5	8	11	21	-10	9	1 -5-3	8	11	15	-4
9	Khaitan SC	18	3 -5-10	14	-	21	39	-18	10	1 -2-7	5	12	25	-13	8	2 -3-3	9	9	14	-5
10	Al-Sahel SC	18	3 -4-11	13	-	21	36	-15	9	1 -2-6	5	10	19	-9	9	2 -2-5	8	11	17	-6
2022 AFCCL 2022 AFCCUP

Regular Season

		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	Al-Nasar SC	14	10 -2-2	32	-	26	5	21	6	5 -1-0	16	12	2	10	8	5 -1-2	16	14	3	11
2	Qadsia SC	14	10 -2-2	32	-	28	14	14	7	6 -0-1	18	13	5	8	7	4 -2-1	14	15	9	6
3	Al-Salmiyah SC	14	8 -5-1	29	-	30	13	17	6	3 -2-1	11	17	8	9	8	5 -3-0	18	13	5	8
4	Kazma SC	14	8 -4-2	28	-	22	10	12	6	4 -2-0	14	13	4	9	8	4 -2-2	14	9	6	3
5	Kuwait SC	14	7 -3-4	24	-	25	16	9	8	3 -2-3	11	12	9	3	6	4 -1-1	13	13	7	6
6	Al-Arabi SC	14	6 -4-4	22	-	19	17	2	7	3 -0-4	9	9	13	-4	7	3 -4-0	13	10	4	6
7	Al-Shabab SC	14	6 -4-4	22	-	19	18	1	7	2 -3-2	9	8	10	-2	7	4 -1-2	13	11	8	3
8	Al-Fahaheel FC	14	5 -3-6	18	-	12	12	0	8	3 -3-2	12	8	7	1	6	2 -0-4	6	4	5	-1
9	Khaitan SC	14	5 -3-6	18	-	16	26	-10	7	2 -2-3	8	4	10	-6	7	3 -1-3	10	12	16	-4
10	Al-Sahel SC	14	5 -2-7	17	-	14	15	-1	7	1 -1-5	4	4	7	-3	7	4 -1-2	13	10	8	2
11	Burgan SC	14	4 -5-5	17	-	13	16	-3	7	1 -1-5	4	4	10	-6	7	3 -4-0	13	9	6	3
12	Al-Jahra SC	14	2 -5-7	11	-	13	20	-7	7	1 -3-3	6	9	10	-1	7	1 -2-4	5	4	10	-6
13	Al-Yarmouk SC	14	2 -2-10	8	-	22	36	-14	8	0 -2-6	2	10	21	-11	6	2 -0-4	6	12	15	-3
14	Al-Tadhamon SC	14	2 -2-10	8	-	14	31	-17	7	0 -2-5	2	4	11	-7	7	2 -0-5	6	10	20	-10
15	Al-Sulaibikhat SC	14	1 -2-11	5	-	9	33	-24	7	0 -0-7	0	5	23	-18	7	1 -2-4	5	4	10	-6
Relegation to KUW2