The 2025–26 season is Al-Arabi's 64th consecutive season in the top flight of Kuwait football. The club participates in the Premier League, the Kuwait Emir Cup, the AFC Challenge League, the Super Cup and Kuwait Crown Prince Cup.
The season covers the period from 1 July 2025 to 30 June 2026.
Overview
The club signed with Portuguese manager Marco Alves after the departure of Nasser Al-Shatti, and alongside Ahmed Hayel former club striker as assistant coach. With the club Summer camp being in United Arab Emirates where the club played 6 Friendlies ahead of the season.
The club was initiated new contract extensions to multiple domestic players in pre season after the Hassan Al-Enezi incident with Jordanian club Al-Ahli.
Marco Alves and his crew were sacked after the first league loss to Al-Nasr, and resigned with Nasser Al-Shatti days later.
Players First-team squad
Out on loan
Technical staff
PositionNameManager Marco AlvesAssistant Manager Ahmed HayelAssistant Manager Blessing LumuenoAnalyist Mahfoud JanadPhysiotherapist Khalil AlJabable
Transfers and loans
Transfers in Entry date Position No. Player From club Fee Ref. 12 July 2025 DF 12 Hamad Al-Harbi Kazma Free 15 July 2025 MF 18 Hassimi Fadiga Levski Sofia Free 15 July 2025 DF 28 Kenneth Semakula Club Africain Free 21 July 2025 DF 2 Abdulaziz Nasari Qadsia Free 29 July 2025 FW 20 Julien Ngoy Mechelen Free 28 August 2025 DF 28 Nabil Marmouk Wydad AC Free 12 September 2025 FW 90 Omar Al-Azmi Free 20 September 2025 FW 9 Zaid Qunbar Al Ahly Free 11 January 2026 MF 19 Kamil Al-Aswad Al-Khaldiya undisclosed 25 February 2026 DF 29 Reynaldo Remo undisclosed 25 February 2026 DF 28 Leonardo Sheldon Al-Arabi undisclosed
Expenditure: $0
Loans in
Transfers out
Exit datePosition No. Player To clubFee Ref. 16 June 2025 MF 98 Kamil Al-Aswad Al-Khaldiya End of loan 16 June 2025 FW 23 Hamza Khabba AS FAR Free 16 June 2025 DF 13 Sofiane Bouchar Qadsia Free 20 June 2025 MF 78 Dhahi Al-Shammari Al-Shabab Free 29 June 2025 MF 6 Sultan Al Enezi Kazma Free 18 July 2025 DF 2 Hassan Al-Enezi Al Ahli $117,800 24 August 2025 DF 28 Kenneth Semakula Al-Adalah Free Total income: $117,800
Loans out
Start dateEnd datePosition No. Player To clubFee Ref. 8 August 2024 31 July 2026 GK 99 Hussain Kankouni Kazma None 13 July 2025 31 July 2026 FW 91 Magdad Saffar Burgan None 25 July 2025 31 July 2026 GK 31 Abdulredha Shehab Burgan None
Pre-season and friendlies
Competitions
Overview
CompetitionRecord Premier League Emir Cup Emir Cup (24-25) AFC Challenge League Super Cup Crown Prince Cup Total
Premier League
Results summary
Results by round
Matches
Emir Cup
2024-25 Final this is the postponed Final from the 2024-25 season
2025-26
AFC Challenge League
Preliminary stage
Group Stage
Super Cup
Crown Prince Cup
Statistics Appearances Last updated on 29 June 2026.GoalkeepersDefendersMidfieldersStrikers
Goalscorers RankPlayerLeagueEmir CupACLSuper CupCrown Prince CupTotal177FWAnayo Iwuala5031110297MFHassimi Fadiga610108398MFZaid Qunbar6000410411FWChristopher John201014439FWSalman Al-Awadhi310004530MFYousef Majed20101466MFAli Porusaniei20000269FWJulien Ngoy10100278MFHussain Ashkanani001001712MFHamad Al-Harbi20000277MFBader Al-Fadhel200002719MFKamil Al-Aswad100102717MFAli Khalaf200013717MFAbdullah Al-Garzaei100001721DFNabil Marmouk200002721DFMohammed Khaled000011721DFAbdulaziz Nasari001001Own goal001001Total37293960 Last Updated: 29 June 2026
Assists RankPlayerLeagueEmir CupACLSuper CupCrown Prince CupTotal14DFMohammed Khaled001001197MFHassimi Fadiga20111516MFAli Porusaniei002002130MFYousef Majed10100219FWJulien Ngoy100001198FWZaid Qunbar502018111FWChristopher John200013112MFHamad Al-Harbi200002114MFKhaled Al-Mershed100001121DFAbdulaziz Nasari200002127DFNabil Marmouk100001111FWAnayo Iwuala7100311111FWSalman Al-Awadhi00020215DFJumma Abboud100001122GKSulaiman Abdulghafour100001119MFKamil Al-Aswad10001 2119MFAli Khalaf10001 2Total28173847 Last Updated: 29 June 2026
Clean sheets RankPlayerLeagueEmir CupACLSuper CupCrown Prince CupTotal122GKSulaiman Abdulghafour8110313226GKAhmed Dashti200002331GKAbdullah Al-Ayoub000000Total10110317 Last Updated: 29 June 2026
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