2025–26 Kuwaiti Division One

Kuwaiti Division One
Season2025–26
Dates14 September 2025 – May 2026
Biggest home winAl-Jazeera 3-0 Sporty
Biggest away winSporty 0-2 Al-Yarmouk
Al-Shamiya 0-2 Al-Yarmouk
Highest scoringAl-Jazeera 3-0 Sporty
2025
2026–27 →
All statistics correct as of 24 September 2025.

40th edition of the tournament.

Al-Jazeera make their debut in the Kuwaiti Football League alongside Sporty and Al-Shamiya.

On July 21st 2025, it was announced that Ministry of Interior had applied to join the Kuwaiti Division One and both domestic cup competitions.[1] A week later Sporty and Al-Shamiya officially joined the league.

On August 3rd 2025, it was announced that the acceptance period for privately owned clubs will end on August 25th, 2025.[2]

Changes

The following teams have changed divisions since the 2025 season:

To Division One

Relegated from Kuwait Premier League

From Division One

Promoted to Kuwait Premier League

New Clubs

Teams

Stadia and locations

Club City/Town Stadium Capacity
Burgan Ardiya Ali Al-Salem Stadium 10,000
Al-Sahel Abu Hulayfah Abu Halifa City Stadium 5,000
Al-Sulaibikhat Sulaibikhat Al Salibikhaet Stadium 7,000
Khaitan Khaitan Khaitan Stadium 10,000
Al-Yarmouk Mishref Abdullah Alkhalifa Satduim 12,000
Al-Jazeera Al Ahmadi Al-Ahmadi Stadium 18,000
Sporty TBD TBD TBD
Al-Shamiya TBD TBD TBD

Source:

Personnel and kits

Team Head Coach Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor Other sponsors
Burgan Wolves Sport None None
Al-Sahel HH Sports None None
Al-Sulaibikhat Wolves Sport None None
Khaitan Kelme None None
Al-Yarmouk Macron
Jako (GK)
None None
Al-Jazeera Ibrahim Obaid VS Sports Platinum None
Sporty Khalid Al-Turki Scorpion None None
Al-Shamiya Falah Al-Sahli Erreà None None

Foreign players

Clubs can register a total of five foreign players throughout the season, in addition to two Kuwaiti-born (Domestic) players and 1 Mother Citizenship player, but five of them are allowed to participate in the match.

Team Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 Player 4 Player 5 Domestic 1 Domestic 2 Mother Citizenship
Khaitan Marcos Martinelli Mohamed Zaghrawi Oussema Ben Ayed Stephen Sey Pablo Vinicius
Al-Yarmouk Moriba Diarra Lusoko Reuben Acquah Hazem Haj Hassen Presnel Banga Abdullah Al Shami
Al-Sulaibikhat Wilker Santos Bruno Domingos Emmanual Evaristus Lucas Shallon
Burgan John Musi Peter Seikh Mohammed Traori Issac James Ogiri Vlad Christian Motrok Savio Dos Santos
Al-Sahel Brahim Gaye Lucas Lucena Victor Lisboa
Al-Jazeera Edrissa Ceesay Malick Mbaye Matheus Vieira Nando Walter
Sporty Mahmoud Zaid Oukla Miracle Nwoagu
Al-Shamiya Mohammad Al-Rohi Abdulhakim Bassaine Mishary Ahmad

Main league table

The main league, consisting of 8 teams in which the top two clubs get promoted.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion
1 Al-Yarmouk 6 5 0 1 11 3 +8 15 Promotion to the 2026–27 Kuwaiti Premier League
2 Al-Sahel 6 4 2 0 10 2 +8 14
3 Al-Sulaibikhat 6 4 0 2 9 5 +4 12
4 Al-Jazeera 6 3 1 2 10 7 +3 10
5 Burgan 6 2 2 2 7 8 −1 8
6 Khaitan 6 2 1 3 4 6 −2 7
7 Al-Shamiya 6 1 0 5 6 15 −9 3
8 Sporty 6 0 0 6 1 12 −11 0
Updated to match(es) played on 28 October 2025. Source: [1]
Home \ Away BUR SAH SUL KHA YAR JAZ SPO SHM
Burgan Round 9 29 September Round 12 Round 11 0–0 Round 14 26 October
Al-Sahel 0–0 Round 13 0–0 3 November Round 12 Round 10 4 October
Al-Sulaibikhat Round 10 27 October Round 9 Round 12 Round 14 4 October 2–1
Khaitan 20 October Round 8 1–2 Round 10 4 October Round 13 Round 14
Al-Yarmouk 4 October Round 14 20 October 29 September Round 13 Round 8 Round 9
Al-Jazeera Round 8 20 October 3 November Round 11 27 October 3–0 Round 10
Sporty 3 November 29 September Round 11 26 October 0–2 Round 9 Round 12
Al-Shamiya Round 13 Round 11 Round 8 3 November 0–2 29 September 20 October
First match(es) will be played: 24 September 2025. Source: [2]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

See also

References

[3]

  1. ^ "Ministry of Interior joins the Kuwaiti Division One and the two cups".
  2. ^ https://x.com/lzrq82/status/1952044410796998868?s=46
  3. ^ "Tables - Division 1 - Kuwait - Results, fixtures, tables and news - Soccerway". us.soccerway.com. Retrieved 2024-08-11.