Kuwaiti Division One

Kuwaiti Division One
Founded	1965; 59 years ago
Country	Kuwait
Number of teams	5
Level on pyramid	2
Promotion to	Kuwait Premier League
Domestic cup(s)	Kuwait Federation Cup ; Kuwait Crown Prince Cup ; Kuwait Emir Cup
Current champions	Al-Yarmouk (4th title)
Most championships	Fahaheel ; Al-Shabab ; (6 titles each)
TV partners	KTV Sport
	Current: 2025 Kuwaiti Division One

The Kuwaiti Division One (Arabic: دوري الدرجة الأولى الكويتي) is a second-tier professional Kuwaiti football league. Winners of the league are promoted to the Kuwait Premier League. Kuwaiti Division One was introduced for the 2006–07 season, when the bottom 6 clubs in the Premier League were relegated to Division One.

On 25 April 2016 it was stated that the Division One league would return for 2017–18 due to Kuwait Football Association being banned by FIFA therefore not allowing the tournament to return until reinstatement by FIFA.

Division One clubs 2025

Source:^[1]

Previous winners

1965–66: Khaitan
1966–67: Tadhamon
1967–68: Yarmouk
1968–69: Kazma
1969–70: Fahaheel
1970–71: Khaitan
1971–72: Al-Salmiya
1972–73: Fahaheel
1973–74: Khaitan
1974–75: Al Shabab
1975–76: Fahaheel
1976–77: Al Salibikhaet
1977–78: Al Nasr
1978–79: Fahaheel
1979–84: Not Held
1985–86: Tadhamon
1986–87: Al Nasr
1987-88: Al-Jahra
1988–89: Al-Yarmouk
1989–90: Fahaheel
1990–91: Stopped Due to Gulf War
1992–93: Tadhamon
1993–94: Khaitan
1995–96: Al-Sahel
1996–00: Not Held
2000–01: Al-Sahel
2001–02: Al Shabab
2002–03: Al-Jahra
2003–05: Not Held
2006–07: Al Nasr
2007–08: Al Shabab
2008–09: Al Salibikhaet
2009–10: Al-Sahel
2010–11: Al Shabab
2011–12: Al Salibikhaet
2012–13: Fahaheel
2013–17 stopped due to all teams competing in VIVA Premier League / Kuwaiti premier league
2017–18: Al Shabab
2018–19: Al-Yarmouk
2019–20: Al-Jahra
2020–21: Tadhamon
2021–22: Al-Jahra
2022–23: Al Shabab
2023–24: Al-Yarmouk
2025: ongoing

References

^ "Summary - Division 1 - Kuwait - Results, fixtures, tables and news - Soccerway". us.soccerway.com.

External links

Soccerway page

[1] "Summary - Division 1 - Kuwait - Results, fixtures, tables and news - Soccerway". us.soccerway.com.

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National teams	Men's Men's Futsal U-23 U-20 U-17 Women's
League competitions	Zain Premier League Kuwaiti Division One Kuwaiti Women's League Futsal League
Cups	Emir Cup Crown Prince Cup Federation Cup Super Cup Futsal Federation Cup Futsal Super Cup
Defunct Tournaments	Al-Khurafi Cup (defunct) Joint League (defunct)
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Founded	1965; 59 years ago (1965)
Country	Kuwait
Number of teams	5
Level on pyramid	2
Promotion to	Kuwait Premier League
Domestic cup(s)	Kuwait Federation Cup Kuwait Crown Prince Cup Kuwait Emir Cup
Current champions	Al-Yarmouk (4th title)
Most championships	Fahaheel Al-Shabab (6 titles each)
TV partners	KTV Sport
Current: 2025 Kuwaiti Division One