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Kuwait Premier League

FIFA Region

AFC

Season

2025-2026

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 2025-2026 KUW1 season, the KUW1 teams listed below qualify for the following non-league play:

2027 AFC Champions League 2 - Qualifying Playoff Round:
- 1st place 2025-2026 KUW1 Championship Round team
2027 AFC Challenge League - Group Stage:
- 2nd place 2025-2026 KUW1 Championship Round team

The winner of the 2026 Kuwait Emir Cup, typically an KUW1 team, also receives a berth in the Group Stage of the 2027 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 12 Sep 2025 - 29 Mar 2026	Champ/Releg Rounds 3 Apr 2026 - 29 Jun 2026		10: KUW1 (8), KUW2 (0)

Season Format

The 2025-2026 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 2025-2026 Regular season, the 3rd and 4th place KUW1 Relegation Round teams will be relegated directly to the KUW2.

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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	23	15 -8-0	53	-	56	15	41	13	11 -2-0	35	37	7	30	10	4 -6-0	18	19	8	11
2	Al-Arabi SC	23	11 -6-6	39	-	37	17	20	11	6 -4-1	22	19	6	13	12	5 -2-5	17	18	11	7
3	Qadsia SC	23	11 -6-6	39	-	38	20	18	12	7 -2-3	23	27	11	16	11	4 -4-3	16	11	9	2
4	Kazma SC	23	10 -8-5	38	-	28	21	7	11	4 -4-3	16	15	12	3	12	6 -4-2	22	13	9	4
5	Al-Salmiyah SC	23	10 -7-6	37	-	29	22	7	12	6 -4-2	22	17	9	8	11	4 -3-4	15	12	13	-1
6	Al-Fahaheel FC	23	6 -4-13	22	-	23	48	-25	11	3 -2-6	11	9	18	-9	12	3 -2-7	11	14	30	-16
Relegation
1	Al-Tadhamon SC	21	6 -4-11	22	-	19	32	-13	11	3 -2-6	11	12	16	-4	10	3 -2-5	11	7	16	-9
2	Al-Nasar SC	21	5 -6-10	21	-	22	26	-4	10	2 -4-4	10	10	12	-2	11	3 -2-6	11	12	14	-2
3	Al-Shabab SC	21	5 -6-10	21	-	16	39	-23	11	2 -3-6	9	5	20	-15	10	3 -3-4	12	11	19	-8
4	Al-Jahra SC	21	3 -3-15	12	-	14	42	-28	9	1 -2-6	5	6	14	-8	12	2 -1-9	7	8	28	-20
2026 AFC Champions League 2 Relegation to KUW2 2026 AFC Challenge League 2026-2027 AGCFF Gulf Club CL

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	14	11 -3-0	36	-	39	9	30	9	8 -1-0	25	28	5	23	5	3 -2-0	11	11	4	7
2	Al-Arabi SC	14	7 -3-4	24	-	24	10	14	6	3 -2-1	11	11	4	7	8	4 -1-3	13	13	6	7
3	Kazma SC	14	6 -6-2	24	-	16	11	5	8	3 -4-1	13	10	7	3	6	3 -2-1	11	6	4	2
4	Al-Salmiyah SC	14	6 -5-3	23	-	15	10	5	7	3 -2-2	11	8	5	3	7	3 -3-1	12	7	5	2
5	Qadsia SC	14	6 -4-4	22	-	26	13	13	7	4 -1-2	13	18	6	12	7	2 -3-2	9	8	7	1
6	Al-Fahaheel FC	14	5 -3-6	18	-	18	27	-9	7	3 -1-3	10	8	9	-1	7	2 -2-3	8	10	18	-8
7	Al-Shabab SC	14	3 -6-5	15	-	11	26	-15	6	1 -3-2	6	3	11	-8	8	2 -3-3	9	8	15	-7
8	Al-Nasar SC	14	3 -3-8	12	-	12	19	-7	7	2 -2-3	8	7	8	-1	7	1 -1-5	4	5	11	-6
9	Al-Tadhamon SC	14	3 -2-9	11	-	12	26	-14	7	2 -1-4	7	9	11	-2	7	1 -1-5	4	3	15	-12
10	Al-Jahra SC	14	2 -1-11	7	-	10	32	-22	6	1 -1-4	4	5	10	-5	8	1 -0-7	3	5	22	-17
Championship Round Relegation Round Withdrew from KUW1