# 2018–19 Kuwaiti Premier League

57th edition of the tournament. Kuwait SC are the defending champions. Originally the league was structured at 8 teams but Kuwait FA announced its expansion in football so last seasons 2017–18 relegated team have been un-relegated and 2017–18 Kuwaiti Division One winners Al-Shabab SC and losing play-off team Al-Fahaheel FC will all compete this season.

## Teams
### Lists of teams and locations

| Team | Based | Home stadium | Capacity |
| Al Arabi | Kuwait City | Sabah Al-Salem Stadium | 26,000 |
| Al Qadsia | Kuwait City | Mohammed Al-Hamad Stadium | 22,000 |
| Kazma | Kuwait City | Al-Sadaqua Walsalam Stadium | 21,500 |
| Al Kuwait | Kuwait City | Al Kuwait Sports Club Stadium | 18,500 |
| Al-Shabab | Al-Ahmadi | Al-Ahmadi Stadium | 18,000 |
| Al Jahra | Jahra | Mubarak Al-Aiar Stadium | 17,000 |
| Al-Salmiya | Al Salmiya | Thamir Stadium | 16,105 |
| Al Tadhamon | Al Farwaniyah | Farwaniya Stadium | 14,000 |
| Al Nasar | Al Farwaniyah | Ali Al-Salem Al-Sabah Stadium | 10,000 |
| Al Fahaheel | Kuwait City | Fahaheel Stadium | 2,000 |

### Personnel and sponsorship

| Team | Chairman | Head Coach | Captain | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor |
| Al-Arabi | Jamal Al-Kazmi | Hussam Al Sayed | Ali Maqseed | Erreà | Ahli Bank of Kuwait |
| Al-Fahaheel | Mohammed Hammad | Andrey Chernyshov | Abdullah Al Enazi | Givova | none |
| Kuwait | Marzouq Al-Ghanim | | Hussain Hakem | HH | BMW |
| Qadsia | Shiekh Khaled Al-Fahad | Dalibor Starčević | Saleh Al Sheikh | Givova | Samsung |
| Kazma | Asaad Al-Banwan | | Yousef Nasser | Erreà | Viva |
| Al-Salmiya | Shiekh Turki Al-Yousef | Hutam Dhelies | | Adidas | The Sultan Center |
| Al-Shabab | | | Mohammed Ibrahim | Adidas | |
| Al-Tadhamon | | | Mohammed Ibrahim | | |
| Al-Jahra | D'Ham AL-Shammari | Da Silva | Nino Santos | Givova | Viva |
| Al-Nasr | | | | Givova | Viva |

### Foreign players

The total number of foreign players is restricted to five per club.
| Club | Player 1 | Player 2 | Player 3 | Player 4 | Player 5 | Former Players |
| Al-Arabi | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Al Fahaheel | Gershon Koffie | Munther Abu Amarah | Ibrahim Al-Zawahreh | Bouchaib Soufiani | | Ahmed El Aash |
| Al-Kuwait | Lucão | Jumaa Saeed | Hamid Mido | Hamza Lahmar | Issam El Adoua | Saber Khalifa Mohammed Fatau |
| Al-Qadsia | Ronald Ngah | Axel Méyé | Ebiabowei Baker | | | |
| Kazma | Alex Lima | Vanderlei | Medo Kamara | Denis Iguma | | Hítalo Rogério Hernán Hinostroza |
| Al-Salmiya | Marclei | Odai Al-Saify | Tareq Khattab | Firas Al-Khatib | | Patrick Fabiano Guy Toindouba |
| Al-Shabab | Helder | Ricardinho | Naby Soumah | Igor Filipović | Aleksandar Trninić | Darlan Zizo |
| Al-Tadhamon | Alexandre Hans | Nixon Guylherme | Talisson | Jackson Owusu | Hasan Owaid | |
| Al-Jahra | Nicholas Olsen | Moussa Dao | Samuel Bitte | Aaron Mbimbe | Rudolph Ngombé | |
| Al Naser | Sayed Baqer | Ernest Barfo | John Makwata | Tunde Adeniji | | |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Al-Kuwait (C) | 18 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 52 | 14 | +38 | 42 | Qualification for AFC Champions League preliminary round 1 |
| 2 | Al-Qadsia | 18 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 34 | 15 | +19 | 36 | Qualification for AFC Cup group stage |
| 3 | Al-Salmiya | 18 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 31 | 23 | +8 | 33 | |
| 4 | Kazma | 18 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 30 | 24 | +6 | 28 | |
| 5 | Al-Arabi | 18 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 27 | 24 | +3 | 27 | |
| 6 | Al-Nasar | 18 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 26 | −10 | 18 | |
| 7 | Al-Tadhamon | 18 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 18 | 27 | −9 | 17 | |
| 8 | Al-Shabab | 18 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 18 | 39 | −21 | 16 | |
| 9 | Al-Jahra (R) | 18 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 16 | 29 | −13 | 15 | Relegation to Kuwaiti Division One |
| 10 | Al-Fahaheel (R) | 18 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 21 | 42 | −21 | 13 | Relegation to Kuwaiti Division One |
* ↑ If the league champions cannot qualify for the AFC Champions League group stage, they will enter the AFC Cup group stage.
* ↑ Since league champions Al-Kuwait were also Kuwait Emir Cup winners, the league runners-up qualified for the AFC Cup group stage.

## Statistics
### Top scorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Hussein Al-Musawi | Al Arabi | 17 |
| 2 | Jumaa Saeed | Kuwait SC | 13 |
| 3 | Nabi Somah | Al Shabab | 11 |
| 4 | Patrick Fabiano | Al Salmiya | 10 |
| 4 | Saber Khalifa | kuwait SC | 10 |
| 4 | Yousef Nasser | Qadsia SC | 10 |

### Best player in the season

* the first Golden One Bader Al-Mutawa.