2016–17 Kuwaiti Premier League

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

Kuwaiti Premier League
Season2016–17
ChampionsKuwait 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 played210
Goals scored648 (3.09 per match)
Biggest home winKuwait SC 9-1 Burgan SC
Highest scoringKuwait SC 9-1 Burgan 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.[1]

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 1
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 or 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
  1. VIVA Kuwait League 2016/2017


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.