2016–17 Kuwaiti Premier League

Football league season

Kuwaiti Premier League
Season	2016–17
Champions	Kuwait SC
2018 AFC Champions League 2018 AFC Cup	Kuwait SC Qadsia SC
Arab Club Championship GCC Champions League Gulf Cup Winners Cup	Al-Nasr Al-Arabi SC Al-Salmiya SC
Matches played	210
Goals scored	648 (3.09 per match)
Biggest home win	Kuwait SC 9-1 Burgan SC
Highest scoring	Kuwait SC 9-1 Burgan SC
← 2015–16 2017–18 →

The season started with 2 new teams Burgan SC and Al-Tadhamon SC.

Kuwait SC narrowly won the: title by, edging out rivals Al Qadsia with a 2-1 win over Al Salmiya clinched in injury time, "just moments after Al Qadsia's final league match."

Teams※

Lists of teams. And locations※

Team	Based	Home stadium	Capacity
Al Arabi	Kuwait City	Sabah Al Salem Stadium	26,000
Al Fahaheel	Kuwait City	Fahaheel Stadium	2,000
Al Jahra	Jahra	Mubarak Al-Aiar Stadium	17,000
Al Kuwait	Kuwait City	Al Kuwait Sports Club Stadium	18,500
Al Nasar	Al Farwaniyah	Ali Al-Salem Al-Sabah Stadium	10,000
Al Qadsia	Kuwait City	Mohammed Al-Hamad Stadium	22,000
Al Sahel	Abu Hulayfah	Abu Halifa City Stadium	2,000
Al Sulaibikhat	Sulaibikhat	Al Salibikhaet Stadium	7,000
Al Salmiya	Al Salmiya	Thamir Stadium	16,105
Al Shabab	Al Ahmadi	Al-Ahmadi Stadium	18,000
Al Tadhamon	Farwaniya	Farwaniya Stadium	14,000
Yarmouk	Mishref	Mishref Stadium	12,000
Burgan	Al Farwaniyah	Ali Sabah Al-Salem Stadium	10,000
Kazma	Kuwait City	Al-Sadaqua Walsalam Stadium	21,500
Khaitan	Khaitan	Khaitan Stadium	10,000

Personnel and sponsorship※

Team	Chairman	Head Coach	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Al-Arabi	Jamal Al-Kazmi	Fawzi Ibrahim	Ali Maqseed	Macron	Ahli Bank of Kuwait
Kuwait	Marzouq Al-Ghanim	Laurent Banide	Jarah Al Ateeqi	HH	BMW
Qadsia	Shiekh Khaled Al-Fahad	Dalibor Starčević	Saleh Al Sheikh	Givova	Samsung
Kazma	Asaad Al-Banwan	Unrevealed	Yousef Nasser	Erreà	Viva
Al-Salmiya	Shiekh Turki Al-Yousef	Hutam Dhelies	Brahima Keita	Adidas	The Sultan Center
Al-Tadhamon			Mohammed Ibrahim
Al-Jahra	D'Ham AL-Shammari	Da Silva	Nino Santos	Givova	Viva
Al-Fahaheel	Mohammed Hammad	Andrey Chernyshov	Abdullah Al Enazi	Givova	none
Khaitan SC		Aleksandar Dixon Jovanovski		Zeus	Samsung
Al-Nasr				Givova	Viva
Sahel				Zeus	Viva
Al-Sulaibikhat			Mohammad Al Dabous	Erreà	LG
Al-Shabab				Uhlsport	None
Al-Yarmouk SC				Adidas	Samsung
Burgan SC	Hamlan Al-Hamlan	Hamad Al Harbi	Tarik Lugman	Givova	none

Foreign players※

Club	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3	Asian Player	Former Players
Al-Arabi	Amine Chermiti	Nino Santos	Ibrahima Keita	Ali Hosni	Elias Joël Damahou
Al-Fahaheel	Atir Thomas	Abdullah Coulibaly	Habib Meïté		Abdou Kader Fall
Al-Jahra	Guy Toindouba	Rogerinho			Jovica Stokić
Al-Nasr SC	Eric Epuko	Ayrinsku Barifu		Mahmoud Al Baher
Al-Salmiya SC	Ygor	Saleh Rateb	Odai Al-Saify	Mahmoud Za'tara
Al Tadhamon	Cristian Lucca	Ânderson Grafite		Hamid Mido	Mauricio Nunes
Al Yarmouk	Samuel	Prince Abedi
Kuwait SC	Juma Saeed	Jairo Palomino		Abdul Sallam Amur	Medo
Qadsia SC	David da Silva	Ricardo Blanco	Sharif Al-Nawaisheh	Ahmed Al-Reyahi
Kazma SC	Alex Lima	Jaja	Chaker Rguiî	Patrick Fabiano	Diego Guerra
Burgan SC	Wesam Idrees				Emile Damey

League table※

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification/relegation
1	Al Kuwait	28	21	6	1	70	17	+53	69	Qualification——to Champions League preliminary round 1
2	Al Qadsia	28	21	4	3	57	17	+40	67
3	Al Nasar	28	18	3	7	49	30	+19	57
4	Al Arabi	28	14	9	5	55	36	+19	51
5	Kazma	28	12	10	6	54	36	+18	46
6	Al Salmiya	28	12	7	9	47	33	+14	43
7	Al Jahra	28	12	4	12	52	51	+1	40
8	Al Tadhamon	28	10	9	9	39	37	+2	39
9	Al Fahaheel	28	11	5	12	39	43	−4	38	Relegation——to Kuwaiti Division One
10	Al Shabab	28	6	11	11	39	46	−7	29
11	Yarmouk	28	6	8	14	40	51	−11	26
12	Al Sulaibikhat	28	6	5	17	32	44	−12	23
13	Khaitan	28	6	4	18	25	56	−31	22
14	Sahel	28	5	7	16	27	61	−34	22
15	Burgan	28	3	2	23	23	90	−67	11

Updated to match(es) played on 11 May 2017. Source:
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head goals scored

References※

^ VIVA Kuwait League 2016/2017

External links※

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