The season started with 2 new teams Burgan SC and Al-Tadhamon SC.
Kuwait SC narrowly won the title by edging out rivals Al Qadsia with a 2–1 win over Al Salmiya clinched in injury time, just moments after Al Qadsia's final league match.VIVA Kuwait League 2016/2017
Teams Lists of teams and locations
TeamBasedHome stadiumCapacityAl ArabiKuwait CitySabah Al Salem Stadium26,000Al FahaheelKuwait CityFahaheel Stadium2,000Al JahraJahraMubarak Al-Aiar Stadium17,000Al KuwaitKuwait CityAl Kuwait Sports Club Stadium18,500Al NasarAl FarwaniyahAli Al-Salem Al-Sabah Stadium10,000Al QadsiaKuwait CityMohammed Al-Hamad Stadium22,000Al SahelAbu HulayfahAbu Halifa City Stadium2,000Al SulaibikhatSulaibikhatAl Salibikhaet Stadium7,000Al SalmiyaAl SalmiyaThamir Stadium16,105Al ShababAl AhmadiAl-Ahmadi Stadium18,000Al TadhamonFarwaniyaFarwaniya Stadium14,000YarmoukMishrefMishref Stadium12,000BurganAl FarwaniyahAli Sabah Al-Salem Stadium10,000KazmaKuwait CityAl-Sadaqua Walsalam Stadium21,500KhaitanKhaitanKhaitan Stadium10,000
Personnel and sponsorship Team Chairman Head coach Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsorAl-Arabi Jamal Al-Kazmi Fawzi IbrahimAli MaqseedMacron Ahli Bank of KuwaitKuwaitMarzouq Al-GhanimLaurent BanideJarah Al AteeqiHHBMWQadsiaShiekh Khaled Al-FahadDalibor StarčevićSaleh Al SheikhGivovaSamsungKazmaAsaad Al-Banwan UnrevealedYousef NasserErreàVivaAl-SalmiyaShiekh Turki Al-YousefHutam DheliesBrahima KeitaAdidasThe Sultan CenterAl-TadhamonMohammed IbrahimAl-JahraD'Ham AL-ShammariDa SilvaNino SantosGivovaVivaAl-FahaheelMohammed HammadAndrey ChernyshovAbdullah Al EnaziGivova noneKhaitan SCAleksandar Dixon JovanovskiZeusSamsungAl-NasrGivovaVivaSahelZeusVivaAl-SulaibikhatMohammad Al DabousErreàLGAl-ShababUhlsportNoneAl-Yarmouk SCAdidasSamsungBurgan SC Hamlan Al-Hamlan Hamad Al Harbi Tarik LugmanGivovanone
Foreign players
Club Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 Asian Player Former Players Al-Arabi Amine Chermiti Nino Santos Ibrahima Keita Ali Hosni Elias Joël DamahouAl-Fahaheel Atir Thomas Abdullah Coulibaly Habib Meïté Abdou Kader FallAl-Jahra Guy Toindouba Rogerinho Jovica StokićAl-Nasr SC Eric Epuko Ayrinsku Barifu Mahmoud Al BaherAl-Salmiya SC Ygor Saleh Rateb Odai Al-Saify Mahmoud Za'taraAl Tadhamon Cristian Lucca Ânderson Grafite Hamid Mido Mauricio NunesAl Yarmouk Samuel Prince AbediKuwait SC Juma Saeed Jairo Palomino Abdul Sallam Amur MedoQadsia SC David da Silva Ricardo Blanco Sharif Al-Nawaisheh Ahmed Al-ReyahiKazma SC Alex Lima Jaja Chaker Rguiî Patrick Fabiano Diego GuerraBurgan SC Wesam Idrees Emile Damey
League table
References
External links Kuwait League Fixtures and Results at FIFA Kuwaiti Premier League (Arabic) xscores.com Kuwait Premier League goalzz.com - Kuwaiti League RSSSF.com - Kuwait - List of Champions