2020–21 Kuwaiti Premier League

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Kuwaiti Premier League
Season	2020–21
Dates	15 October 2020 – 17 May 2021
Champions	Al-Arabi (17)
Relegated	Khaitan Al Sahel
2021 AFC Cup	Al-Kuwait
Matches played	90
Goals scored	263 (2.92 per match)
Top goalscorer	Oday Dabbagh (13 goals)
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59th edition of the tournament. Kuwait SC are the defending champions.

Teams

Al Arabi, Al Fahaheel, Kazma, Kuwait, Qadsia

Al Nasr, Khaitan

Al Sahel

Al Shabab

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Team	Based	Home stadium	Capacity
Al Arabi	Kuwait City	Sabah Al-Salem Stadium	26,000
Al-Fahaheel	Al-Ahmadi	Fahaheel Stadium	2,000
Kazma	Kuwait City	Al-Sadaqua Walsalam Stadium	21,500
Khaitan	Al Farwaniyah	Khaitan Stadium	11,000
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-Shabab	Al-Ahmadi	Al-Ahmadi Stadium	18,000
Al-Sahel	Abu Halifa	Abu Halifa City Stadium	2,000
Al-Salmiya	Hawalli	Thamir Stadium	16,105

Main league table

The main league, consisting of 15 teams, was played between 15 October, 2020 and 26 December, 2020 to determine the clubs competing in the league and relegating to the second division.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Al-Nasar	14	10	2	2	26	5	+21	32	Qualification for Championship Group
2	Al-Qadsia	14	10	2	2	28	14	+14	32
3	Al-Salmiya	14	8	5	1	30	13	+17	29
4	Kazma	14	8	4	2	22	10	+12	28
5	Al-Kuwait	14	7	3	4	25	16	+9	24
6	Al-Arabi	14	6	4	4	19	17	+2	22
7	Al-Shabab	14	6	4	4	19	18	+1	22
8	Al-Fahaheel	14	5	3	6	12	12	0	18
9	Khaitan	14	5	3	6	16	26	−10	18
10	Al-Sahel	14	5	2	7	14	15	−1	17
11	Burgan (R)	14	4	5	5	13	16	−3	17	Relegation to Kuwaiti Division One
12	Al-Jahra (R)	14	2	5	7	13	20	−7	11
13	Al-Yarmouk (R)	14	2	2	10	22	36	−14	8
14	Al Tadhamon (R)	14	2	2	10	14	31	−17	8
15	Al-Sulaibikhat (R)	14	1	2	11	9	33	−24	5

Source: KFA, Goalzz
(R) Relegated
Notes:

^ Goal Difference: Al-Nasar +21, Al-Qadsia +14
^ Goal Difference: Al-Arabi +2, Al-Shabab +1
^ Goal Difference: Al-Fahaheel 0, Khaitan −10
^ Goal Difference: Al-Sahel −1, Burgan −3
^ Goal Difference: Al-Yarmouk −14, Al Tadhamon −17

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Al-Arabi (C)	18	13	5	0	39	16	+23	44	Qualification for AFC Cup Play-off round
2	Al-Qadsia	18	10	6	2	32	16	+16	36
3	Al-Kuwait	18	9	7	2	37	20	+17	34
4	Kazma	18	6	7	5	30	22	+8	25
5	Al-Nasar	18	6	4	8	20	23	−3	22
6	Al-Salmiya	18	6	2	10	25	32	−7	20
7	Al-Shabab	18	4	7	7	16	23	−7	19
8	Al-Fahaheel	18	3	7	8	22	36	−14	16
9	Khaitan (R)	18	3	5	10	21	39	−18	14	Relegation to Kuwaiti Division One
10	Al-Sahel (R)	18	3	4	11	21	36	−15	13	Relegation to Kuwaiti Division One

Source: KFA, Goalzz
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Statistics

Top scorers

Rank	Name	Team	Goals
1	Oday Dabbagh	Al-Arabi	13
2	Jaime Siaj	Khaitan	12
3	Yousef Nasser	Kuwait	11
4	Odai Al-Saify	Qadsia	8
4	Patrick Fabiano	Al-Salmiya	8

References

"Kuwait League".
"Kuwait League". FIFA.com. Archived from the original on April 14, 2016.

External links

Official website (in Arabic and English)
Kuwait League Fixtures and Results at FIFA
(in Arabic)

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