# Kuwait Football Association

The Kuwait Football Association (Arabic: الإتحاد الكويتي لكرة القدم) is the governing body of association football in Kuwait.
Kuwait has thrice been suspended by FIFA for political interference since 2007 and were allowed to participate in the 2011 Asian Cup qualifying campaign and other international competitions on a provisional basis.

## Association staff

| Name | Position |
| Shakh Ahmad Yousef Alsabah | President (Acting) |
| Osama Husain | Vice-president |
| Saleh Almajroub | General secretary |
| Mubarak Abdulaziz | Vice-President |
| Bader Abduljalil | Technical director |
| Juan Antonio Pizzi | Team coach (men's) |
| n/a | Team coach (women's) |
| Sattam Al-Sahli | Media/communications manager |
| n/a | Futsal Coordinator |
| Mike Bössler | Director of Refereeing |

## FIFA suspension

Contrary to the road map established by FIFA and the AFC, the Kuwaiti Public Authority for Youth and Sport continued to interfere. Elections were held on 9 October in direct violation of the FIFA Executive Committee's May 2007 decision to the contrary. As a consequence, the committee recommended to the FIFA Executive Committee that the Kuwait Football Association be suspended. Kuwait's football federation board resigned days after world governing body FIFA suspended the Persian Gulf state. The suspension was lifted after the federation said it will ratify new statutes to prevent government interference in the sport as demanded by FIFA. "Otherwise FIFA will immediately suspend the (federation) again," FIFA said in a statement. The suspension was conditionally lifted and extended by the FIFA Congress in June 2009. FIFA was closely monitoring the situation within Kuwait.
On 16 October 2015, FIFA suspended Kuwait and all remaining results from AFC Asian Cup and FIFA World Cup qualification were added as forfeits while all Kuwaiti teams that were participating in international competitions were withdrawn. Kuwait tried to get the suspension lifted at the 66th FIFA Congress but this was rejected and therefore from the earlier announcement on 27 April 2016, the hosting of the Arabian Gulf Cup tournament was moved to Qatar. The suspension was eventually lifted on 6 December 2017 after Kuwait's adoption of a new sports law.

## Competitions

* Zain Premier League
* Kuwaiti Division One
* Kuwaiti Futsal League
* Kuwait Joint League (defunct)
* Kuwait Emir Cup
* Kuwait Crown Prince Cup
* Al Khurafi Cup (defunct)
* Kuwait Federation Cup
* Kuwait Super Cup
* Kuwaiti Futsal Federation Cup
* Kuwaiti Futsal Super Cup

### Friendly Competitions

* Kuwait Champions Challenge

## Current champions

| Championship | Current champion(s) | Title number(s) won | Date won | Previous Champions | Season |
| Zain Premier League | Kuwait SC | 19 | 26 May 2024 | Kuwait SC | 2023-24 |
| Kuwaiti Division One | Al-Yarmouk | 4 | 14 May 2024 | Al Shabab | 2023-24 |
| Kuwait Emir Cup | Qadsia SC | 17 | 21 May 2024 | Kuwait SC | 2023-24 |
| Kuwait Crown Prince Cup | Al-Arabi SC | 9 | 6 February 2023 | Al-Arabi SC | 2022-23 |
| Zain Cup | Qadsia SC | 6 | 27 March 2023 | Al-Nasr | 2022-23 |
| Kuwait Super Cup | Kuwait SC | 7 | 27 February 2024 | Kuwait SC | 2023-24 |

## Defunct/paused

| Championship | Final champion(s) | Title number(s) won | Date won | Previous Champions | Season |
| Kuwait Joint League | Kuwait SC | 2 | 1989 | Al-Arabi SC (Kuwait) | 1988-89 |
| Al Khurafi Cup | Kazma SC | 2 | 2007 | Qadsia SC | 2006-07 |