2018–19 Kuwaiti Premier League
57th edition of the tournament. Kuwait SC are the defending champions. Originally the league was structured at 8 teams but Kuwait FA announced its expansion in football so last seasons 2017–18 relegated team have been un-relegated and 2017–18 Kuwaiti Division One winners Al-Shabab SC and losing play-off team Al-Fahaheel FC will all compete this season.
Teams
Lists of teams and locations
| Team | Based | Home stadium | Capacity |
| Al Arabi | Kuwait City | Sabah Al-Salem Stadium | 26,000 |
| Al Qadsia | Kuwait City | Mohammed Al-Hamad Stadium | 22,000 |
| Kazma | Kuwait City | Al-Sadaqua Walsalam Stadium | 21,500 |
| Al Kuwait | Kuwait City | Al Kuwait Sports Club Stadium | 18,500 |
| Al-Shabab | Al-Ahmadi | Al-Ahmadi Stadium | 18,000 |
| Al Jahra | Jahra | Mubarak Al-Aiar Stadium | 17,000 |
| Al-Salmiya | Al Salmiya | Thamir Stadium | 16,105 |
| Al Tadhamon | Al Farwaniyah | Farwaniya Stadium | 14,000 |
| Al Nasar | Al Farwaniyah | Ali Al-Salem Al-Sabah Stadium | 10,000 |
| Al Fahaheel | Kuwait City | Fahaheel Stadium | 2,000 |
Personnel and sponsorship
| Team | Chairman | Head Coach | Captain | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor |
| Al-Arabi | Jamal Al-Kazmi | Hussam Al Sayed | Ali Maqseed | Erreà | Ahli Bank of Kuwait |
| Al-Fahaheel | Mohammed Hammad | Andrey Chernyshov | Abdullah Al Enazi | Givova | none |
| Kuwait | Marzouq Al-Ghanim | Hussain Hakem | HH | BMW | |
| Qadsia | Shiekh Khaled Al-Fahad | Dalibor Starčević | Saleh Al Sheikh | Givova | Samsung |
| Kazma | Asaad Al-Banwan | Yousef Nasser | Erreà | Viva | |
| Al-Salmiya | Shiekh Turki Al-Yousef | Hutam Dhelies | Adidas | The Sultan Center | |
| Al-Shabab | Mohammed Ibrahim | Adidas | |||
| Al-Tadhamon | Mohammed Ibrahim | ||||
| Al-Jahra | D'Ham AL-Shammari | Da Silva | Nino Santos | Givova | Viva |
| Al-Nasr | Givova | Viva |
Foreign players
The total number of foreign players is restricted to five per club.| Club | Player 1 | Player 2 | Player 3 | Player 4 | Player 5 | Former Players |
| Al-Arabi | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Al Fahaheel |  Gershon Koffie |  Munther Abu Amarah | Ibrahim Al-Zawahreh |  Bouchaib Soufiani |  Ahmed El Aash | |
| Al-Kuwait |  Lucão |  Jumaa Saeed |  Hamid Mido |  Hamza Lahmar | Issam El Adoua | Saber Khalifa Mohammed Fatau |
| Al-Qadsia |  Ronald Ngah Wanja |  Axel Méyé |  Ebiabowei Baker | |||
| Kazma | Alex Lima | Vanderlei |  Mohamed Kamara |  Denis Iguma | Hítalo Rogério Hernán Hinostroza | |
| Al-Salmiya | Marclei | Odai Al-Saify | Tareq Khattab | Firas Al-Khatib | Patrick Fabiano Guy Toindouba | |
| Al-Shabab | Helder | Ricardinho |  Naby Soumah |  Igor Filipović | Aleksandar Trninić | Darlan Zizo |
| Al-Tadhamon | Alexandre Hans | Nixon Guylherme | Talisson | Jackson Owusu | Hasan Owaid | |
| Al-Jahra |  Nicholas Olsen |  Moussa Dao | Samuel Bitte | Aaron Mbimbe | Rudolph Ngombé | |
| Al Naser |  Sayed Baqer | Ernest Barfo |  John Makwata | Tunde Adeniji |