2010–11 Kuwaiti Premier League

Kuwaiti Premier League
Season 2010–11

The 2010–11 Kuwaiti Premier League season was the 49th since its establishment. The season started in August and finished in April after a 3-month break for the 2011 AFC Asian Cup played in January.

Teams

Al Salibikhaet and Al Tadamon were relegated to the Kuwaiti Division One league after finishing bottom in the 2009-10 season and relegation playoff respectively.

The two relegated teams were replaced by Kuwaiti Division One champions Al Sahel and playoff winners Al Jahra.

Al Asimah
Hawalli
Abu Halifa
Al Jahra
Al Farwaniyah
Locations of teams in the 2010–11 Kuwaiti Premier League
Club Governorate, City Stadium Capacity
Al Arabi Al Asimah, Al Mansouriah Sabah Al Salem Stadium 28.000
Al Kuwait Al Asimah, Keifan Al Kuwait Sports Club Stadium 18.500
Al Naser Al Farwaniyah, Jleeb Al-Shuyoukh Ali Al-Salem Al-Sabah Stadium 10.000
Al Sahel Abu Halifa Abu Halifa City Stadium 2.000
Al Salmiya Hawalli, Salmiya Thamir Stadium 16.105
Al Jahra Al Jahra Mubarak Al Ayyar Stadium 17.000
Kazma Sporting Club Al Asimah, Adiliya Al-Sadaqua Walsalam Stadium 21.500
Qadsia Hawalli, Hawalli Mohammed Al-Hamad Stadium 22.000

League standing

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Qadsia SC (C) 21 16 3 2 47 10 +37 51 2012 AFC Cup group stage
2 Al Kuwait 21 14 5 2 46 17 +29 47 2012 AFC Cup group stage 1
3 Al Arabi 21 12 3 6 28 19 +9 39
4 Kazma Sporting Club 21 11 5 5 28 14 +14 38 2012 AFC Cup group stage 2
5 Al Jahra 21 5 4 12 14 31 17 19
6 Al Naser 21 4 4 13 18 34 16 16
7 Al-Salmiya 21 3 5 13 17 36 19 14 Relegation playoff
8 Al Sahel (R) 21 3 3 15 16 53 37 12 Relegation

Updated to games played on 8 April 2011.
Source: http://www.fifa.com/associations/association=kuw/nationalleague/standings.html
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
1. Qualified as 2011 AFC Cup Finalists.
2. Qualified as 2011 Kuwait Emir Cup winners.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Promotion/relegation playoff

11 April 2011
18:30 (UTC +3)
Al Salmiya 2 - 1 Khaitan

Al Salmiya retained Premier League status.

Top goalscorers

Rank Scorer Club Goals
1 Syria Firas Al Khatib Qadsia
15
2 Morocco Abdelmajid Eddine Al Arabi
12
3 Kuwait Ahmad Alazmy Al Sahel
10
Kuwait Ali Al Kandari Al Kuwait
10
5 Kuwait Hussain Al-Moussawi Al Arabi
9
6 Kuwait Khalid Ajab Al Kuwait
8
Iran Ali Ferydoon Al Salmiya
8
8 Oman Ismail Al-Ajmi Al Kuwait
7
Kuwait Bader Al-Mutwa Qadsia
7
10 Kuwait Fahad Al Enezi Kazma Sporting Club
6
Kuwait Waleed Ali Al Kuwait
6
Kuwait Jarah Al Ateeqi Al Kuwait
6

References

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