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
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

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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 Kuwait Ibrahim Obaid VS Sports Platinum None
Sporty Kuwait Khalid Al-Turki Scorpion None None
Al-Shamiya Kuwait 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 Brazil Marcos Martinelli Tunisia Mohamed Zaghrawi Tunisia Oussema Ben Ayed Ghana Stephen Sey Brazil Pablo Vinicius
Al-Yarmouk Mali Moriba Diarra Republic of the Congo Lusoko Ghana Reuben Acquah Tunisia Hazem Haj Hassen Ivory Coast Presnel Banga Syria Abdullah Al Shami
Al-Sulaibikhat Brazil Wilker Santos Brazil Bruno Domingos Nigeria Emmanual Evaristus Brazil Lucas Shallon
Burgan Nigeria John Musi Peter Ivory Coast Seikh Mohammed Traori Nigeria Issac James Ogiri Romania Vlad Christian Motrok Brazil Savio Dos Santos
Al-Sahel Senegal Brahim Gaye Brazil Lucas Lucena Brazil Victor Lisboa
Al-Jazeera The Gambia Edrissa Ceesay Senegal Malick Mbaye Brazil Matheus Vieira Brazil Nando Walter
Sporty Syria Mahmoud Zaid Oukla Nigeria Miracle Nwoagu
Al-Shamiya Morocco Mohammad Al-Rohi Morocco Abdulhakim Bassaine Syria 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.
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