2012–13 Kuwaiti Premier League

Kuwaiti Premier League
Season	2012–13
Champions	Al Kuwait
Relegated	Kazma Sporting Club
AFC Cup	Al Kuwait Qadsia
Matches played	84
Goals scored	211 (2.51 per match)
Top goalscorer	Rogério Issam Jemâa (11 goals)
Biggest home win	Qadsia SC 7–1 Al Salibikhaet (14 February 2013)
Biggest away win	Al Salibikhaet 1–5 Al Kuwait (9 November 2012)
Highest scoring	Qadsia SC 7–1 Al Salibikhaet (14 February 2013)
Longest winning run	5 games Al Kuwait
Longest unbeaten run	21 games Al Kuwait
Longest winless run	9 games Al Jahra
Longest losing run	5 games Al Jahra
← 2011–12 2013–14 →

The 2012–13 Kuwaiti Premier League season is the 51st since the league's establishment. The season starts on 14 September 2012 and ends on the 19 April 2013. Kuwait SC won the league title for the 11th time. Kuwait SC has the longest unbeaten record for 21 games. Rogério and Issam Jemâa won the top goal scorers of the season with 11 goal each.

Teams

Al Shabab were relegated to the Kuwaiti Division One league after finishing bottom in the 2011-12 season. They were replaced by Al Salibikhaet, back in the top flight for the first time since relegation in the 2009-10 campaign.

Al Asimah

Hawalli

Al Jahra

Al Farwaniyah

Locations of teams in the 2012–13 Kuwaiti Premier League

Club	Governorate, City	Stadium	Capacity
Al Arabi	Al Asimah, Al Mansouriah	Sabah Al Salem Stadium	28.000
Al Jahra	Al Jahra	Mubarak Al Ayyar Stadium	17.000
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 Salmiya	Hawalli, Salmiya	Thamir Stadium	16.105
Al Salibikhaet	Al Asimah, Sulaibikhat	Al Salibikhaet Stadium	7.000
Kazma Sporting Club	Al Asimah, Adiliya	Al-Sadaqua Walsalam Stadium	21.500
Qadsia	Hawalli, Hawalli	Mohammed Al-Hamad Stadium	22.000

Personnel and sponsorship

Team	Chairman	Head Coach	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Al Arabi SC	Jamal Al-Kazemi	José Romão	Hussain Al-Moussawi	TBD	Wataniya Telecom and Al-Ahli Bank of Kuwait
AL-Jahra	D'Ham AL-Shammari	Ginés de Silva	André Macanga	TBD	Al Shahed and Al Jeraiwey
Kuwait SC	Abdulaziz Al Marzouq	Ion Marin	Jarah Al Ateeqi	TBD	Wataniya Telecom and Platinum and BMW
Al Naser SC	Falah Ghanem	José Rachão	Suleiman Al Mutairi	TBD	Wataniya
Al-Salmiya SC	Abdullah Al Tereeji	Sanjin Alagic	Nasser Al Othman	Lotto	Template:Sports Man
Al Salibikhaet SC	Mohammad Al Hajri	Dragan Gavrilovic	Nasser Al Hajri	TBD	Template:Sports Man
Kazma SC	Asaad Al-Banwan	Miodrag Radulović	Nawaf Al Humaidan	Addidas
Qadsia SC	TBD	Mohammed Ibrahim	Nawaf Al Mutari	TBD	Samsung AL-Babtian

League standing


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Al Kuwait	21	16	5	0	54	13	+41	53	Template:Fb round2 2014 AFC playoff
2	Qadsia SC	21	11	8	2	39	16	+23	41	Template:Fb round2 2014 AFC Playoffs
3	Al-Arabi	21	11	6	4	35	20	+15	39
4	Al-Nasr	21	6	4	11	20	29	−9	22
5	Al Jahra	21	5	6	10	15	26	−11	21
6	Al Salibikhaet	21	5	4	12	18	47	−29	19
7	Al-Salmiya	21	4	7	10	15	30	−15	19	Relegation playoff
8	Kazma Sporting Club	21	3	6	12	17	32	−15	15	Relegation

Updated to games played on 25 April 2013.
Source: http://www.fifa.com/associations/association=kuw/nationalleague/standings.html
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(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

1st Leg

Al Shabab v Al Salmiya

26 April 2013
16:30 (UTC +3)

Al Shabab	1 - 3	Al Salmiya

2nd Leg

Al Salmiya v Al Shabab

3 May 2013
16:30 (UTC +3)

Al Salmiya	2 - 1	Al Shabab

Al Salmiyah secured place in the top flight after winning 5–2 on aggregate.

Results

Matches 1 - 14

Home \ Away^[1]	ARB	JAH	KWT	NAS	SAL	SLM	KAZ	QAD
Al-Arabi		1–1	1–1	3–1	1–1	0–1	4–3	0–0
Al Jahra	0–2		1–3	2–1	3–1	0–0	1–4	1–1
Al Kuwait	2–2	3–0		1–0	4–1	1–0	4–1	1–1
Al-Nasr	0–1	0–0	1–3		3–0	4–2	1–0	0–3
Al Salibikhaet	0–3	1–0	1–5	0–1		3–0	0–0	0–3
Al-Salmiya	1–4	0–0	0–0	0–0	2–0		1–1	0–2
Kazma Sporting Club	0–2	2–0	2–4	2–0	1–1	0–3		0–0
Qadsia SC	2–2	1–0	0–1	1–0	7–1	3–1	0–0

Source:
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For coming matches, an a indicates there is an article about the match.

Matches 15 - 21

Home \ Away^[1]	ARB	JAH	KWT	NAS	SAL	SLM	KAZ	QAD
Al-Arabi		0–2			2–0
Al Jahra				1–0			1–0	2–2
Al Kuwait	3–0	2–0
Al-Nasr						2–2		2–1
Al Salibikhaet			0–5			1–0
Al-Salmiya							0–0
Kazma Sporting Club			0–1	0–1	1–0
Qadsia SC	2–1					2–1

Awards and season statistics

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Issam Jemâa	Kuwait SC	11
	Rogério	Kuwait SC	11
3	Omar Al Soma	Qadsia SC	8
	Wilson Antonio	Al Salibikhaet SC	8
5	Chadi Hammami	Kuwait SC	7
6	Ali Al Kandari	Kuwait SC	6
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Domestic cups	Bahrain Bangladesh '11–'12 '12 Brunei Cambodia '12 '12–'13 China Hong Kong Shield '11–'12 League Cup '11–'12 FA Cup '12 Shield '12–'13 FA Cup '12–'13 India Fed Cup Durand Cup Indonesia Iran '11–'12 '12–'13 Iraq '12–'13 Japan Emperor's Cup '11 (final) League Cup Emperor's Cup '12 Jordan FA Cup '11–'12 FA Cup '12–'13 Korea Republic Kuwait Emir Cup '11–'12 Crown Prince Cup '12–'13 Fed Cup '12–'13 Kyrgyzstan Lebanon FA Cup '11–'12 Elite Cup FA Cup '12–'13 Macau Malaysia FA Cup Malaysia Cup Maldives FA Cup President's Cup Mongolia Myanmar Nepal Oman Fed Cup '12–'13 Sultan Qaboos Cup '12–'13 Pakistan Palestine Philippines Qatar Stars Cup '11–'12 Crown Prince Cup Emir Cup Sheikh Jassem Cup Stars Cup '12–'13 Saudi Arabia King Cup of Champions CP Cup '11–'12 '12–'13 Singapore Singapore Cup League Cup Sri Lanka Syria Tajikistan Thailand FA Cup '11 (final rounds) League Cup '11 (final) FA Cup '12 League Cup '12 Turkmenistan UAE Emirates Cup '11–'12 President's Cup '11–'12 Emirates Cup '12–'13 President's Cup '12–'13 Uzbekistan Vietnam Yemen

Regional club competitions	2012 GCC Champions League 2012–13 GCC Champions League 2012–13 UAFA Club Cup

AFC club competitions	AFC Champions League Qualifying play-off Group stage Knockout stage Final AFC Cup Qualifying play-off Group stage Knockout stage Final AFC President's Cup

National team competitions	2014 FIFA World Cup qualification 2012 AFC Challenge Cup 2012 AFF Suzuki Cup 2012 Arab Nations Cup 2013 EAFF East Asian Cup Preliminary 2012 West Asian Football Federation Championship

National team results	Afghanistan Australia Bahrain Bangladesh Bhutan Brunei Cambodia China PR Chinese Taipei Guam Hong Kong India Indonesia Iran Iraq Japan Jordan Korea DPR Korea Republic Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Lebanon Macau Malaysia Maldives Mongolia Myanmar Nepal Oman Pakistan Palestine Philippines Qatar Saudi Arabia Singapore Sri Lanka Syria Tajikistan Thailand Timor-Leste Turkmenistan UAE Uzbekistan Vietnam Yemen

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National team competitions	2014 FIFA World Cup qualification 2015 AFC Asian Cup qualification 2014 AFC Challenge Cup qualification 2013 EAFF East Asian Cup 2013 East Asian Games 2013 Southeast Asian Games 2014 WAFF Championship

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