2025–26 Al-Arabi SC season

Al-Arabi
2025–26 season
PresidentAbdulaziz Ashour
Head coachNasser Al-Shatti
StadiumSabah Al Salem Stadium
Sulaibikhat Stadium (selected matches)
Premier LeagueTBD
Kuwait Emir CupTBD
AFC Challenge LeagueTBD
Kuwait Super CupSemi-final
Kuwait Crown Prince CupTBD

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.

Players

First-team squad

As of 31 January 2025

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
3 DF Kuwait KUW Abdullah Ammar
4 DF Kuwait KUW Mohammed Khaled
5 DF Syria SYR Jumma Abboud
7 MF Kuwait KUW Bader Al-Fadhel
8 MF Kuwait KUW Hussain Ashkanani
9 ST Kuwait KUW Salman Al-Awadhi
10 MF Kuwait KUW Bandar Al Salamah
11 FW Nigeria NGA Christopher John
12 MF Kuwait KUW Bader Al-Mutairi
14 MF Kuwait KUW Khaled Al-Mershed
15 DF Kuwait KUW Hamad Al-Qallaf
16 DF Kuwait KUW Ali Abdul Rasul
17 MF Kuwait KUW Ali Khalaf
19 FW Kuwait KUW Abdulrahman Karam
No. Pos. Nation Player
20 MF Kuwait KUW Nayef Al-Shemmari
21 MF Iran IRN Ali Porusaniei
22 GK Kuwait KUW Sulaiman Abdulghafour
25 DF Kuwait KUW Abdulwahab Al-Awadi
26 GK Kuwait KUW Ahmed Dashti
29 DF Kuwait KUW Jassem Shammouh
30 MF Kuwait KUW Yousef Majed
32 MF Kuwait KUW Ahmed Awadh
42 DF Kuwait KUW Abdullah Essa
77 FW Nigeria NGA Anayo Iwuala
99 FW Kuwait KUW Hussain Al-Aryan

Out on loan

Technical staff

Position Name
Manager Portugal Marco Alves
Assistant Manager Jordan Ahmed Hayel
Assistant Manager Portugal Blessing Lumueno
Analyist Algeria Mahfoud Janad
Physiotherapist Tunisia Khalil AlJabable

Transfers and loans

Transfers in

Entry date Position No. Player From club Fee Ref.
12 July 2025 DF 12 Kuwait Hamad Al-Harbi Kuwait Kazma Free [1]
15 July 2025 MF 18 France Hassimi Fadiga Bulgaria Levski Sofia Free [2]
15 July 2025 DF 28 Uganda Kenneth Semakula Tunisia Club Africain Free [3]
21 July 2025 DF 2 Iran Abdulaziz Nasari Kuwait Qadsia Free [4]
29 July 2025 FW 20 Belgium Julien Ngoy Belgium Mechelen Free [5]
Expenditure: Rise $0

Loans in

Transfers out

Exit date Position No. Player To club Fee Ref.
16 June 2025 MF 98 Bahrain Kamil Al-Aswad Bahrain Al-Khaldiya End of loan [6]
16 June 2025 FW 23 Morocco Hamza Khabba Morocco AS FAR Free [7]
16 June 2025 DF 13 Algeria Sofiane Bouchar Kuwait Qadsia Free [8]
20 June 2025 MF 78 Kuwait Dhahi Al-Shammari Kuwait Al-Shabab Free [9][10]
29 June 2025 MF 6 Kuwait Sultan Al Enezi Kuwait Kazma Free [11]
18 July 2025 DF 2 Kuwait Hassan Al-Enezi Jordan Al Ahli $117,800 [12]
18 July 2025 DF 33 Kuwait Nasser Saeed Kuwait Al Salmiya Free [13]

Total income: Increase $117,800

Loans out

Start date End date Position No. Player To club Fee Ref.
8 August 2024 31 July 2026 GK 99 Kuwait Hussain Kankouni Kuwait Kazma None [14]
13 July 2025 31 July 2026 FW 91 Kuwait Magdad Saffar Kuwait Burgan None
25 July 2025 31 July 2026 GK 31 Kuwait Abdulredha Shehab Kuwait Al-Fahaheel None

Pre-season and friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

31 July 2025 Friendly Al-Arabi Kuwait Football Association 1–2 United Arab Emirates Football Association Hatta Dubai, United Arab Emirates
18:30 AST Iwuala 68' igbokwe 38' 43' Stadium: Rashid Stadium
Referee: Hamad Ali Yousef Abdulla
6 August 2025 2025 BIT Al-Arabi Kuwait Football Association 0–1 United Arab Emirates Football Association Baniyas Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
18:30 AST Stadium: Baniyas Stadium
Referee: Mohammed Abdulla Hassan
8 August 2025 2025 BIT Al-Arabi Kuwait Football Association 0–2 United Arab Emirates Football Association Al-Wahda Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
18:30 AST Rivera 36' 85' Stadium: Al-Nahyan Stadium
Referee: Mohammed Abdulla Hassan
21 August 2025 Friendly Al-Arabi Kuwait Football Association – United Arab Emirates Football Association Dubai City Dubai, United Arab Emirates
18:30 AST Stadium: Umm al Quwain Stadium
Referee: Mohammed Abdulla Hassan
24 August 2025 Friendly Al-Arabi Kuwait Football Association – United Arab Emirates Football Association Al-Arabi Dubai, United Arab Emirates
18:30 AST Stadium: Umm al Quwain Stadium
Referee: Mohammed Abdulla Hassan
28 August 2025 Friendly Al-Arabi Kuwait Football Association – United Arab Emirates Football Association Shabab Al-Ahli Dubai, United Arab Emirates
18:30 AST Stadium: Rashid Stadium
Referee: Hamad Ali Yousef Abdulla

Competitions

Overview

Competition Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Premier League 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 !—
Emir Cup 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 !—
AFC Challenge League 1 1 0 0 4 0 +4 100.00
Super Cup 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 !—
Crown Prince Cup 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 !—
Total 1 1 0 0 4 0 +4 100.00

Source: Competitions

Pro League

Main articles: 2025–26 Kuwaiti Premier League and Kuwaiti Premier League

Results summary

Results by round

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Result
Position
First match(es) will be played on 17 August 2025. Source:
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

12 September 2025 1 Al-Arabi v Al-Shabab Mansuriyah, Kuwait City
AST 21:00 Stadium: Sabah Al Salem Stadium
20 September 2025 2 Al-Fahaheel v Al-Arabi Mangaf, Fahaheel
AST 21:00 Stadium: Fahaheel Stadium
27 September 2025 3 Al-Arabi v Kuwait Mansuriyah, Kuwait City
AST 21:00 Stadium: Sabah Al Salem Stadium
3 October 2025 4 Kazma v Al-Arabi Adiliya, Kuwait City
AST 21:00 Stadium: Al-Sadaqua Walsalam Stadium
17 October 2025 5 Al-Arabi v Al-Salmiya Mansuriyah, Kuwait City
AST 21:00 Stadium: Sabah Al Salem Stadium
24 October 2025 6 Al-Tadamon v Al-Arabi Al Farwaniyah
AST 21:00 Stadium: Farwaniya Stadium
31 October 2025 7 Al-Arabi v Al-Jahra Mansuriyah, Kuwait City
AST 21:00 Stadium: Sabah Al Salem Stadium
7 November 2025 8 Al-Nasr v Al-Arabi Ardiya, Al Farwaniyah
AST 21:00 Stadium: Ali Sabah Al-Salem Stadium
12 November 2025 9 Qadsia v Al-Arabi Hawally, Kuwait
AST 21:00 Stadium: Mohammed Al-Hamad Stadium
24 December 2025 10 Al-Shabab v Al-Arabi Al-Ahmadi, Kuwait
AST 21:00 Stadium: Al-Ahmadi Stadium
3 January 2026 11 Al-Arabi v Al-Fahaheel Mansuriyah, Kuwait City
AST 21:00 Stadium: Sabah Al Salem Stadium
10 January 2026 12 Kuwait v Al-Arabi Sulaibikhat, Kuwait
AST 21:00 Stadium: Sulaibikhat Stadium
17 January 2026 13 Al-Arabi v Kazma Mansuriyah, Kuwait City
AST 21:00 Stadium: Sabah Al Salem Stadium
24 January 2026 14 Al-Salmiya v Al-Arabi Al Salmiya, Kuwait
AST 21:00 Stadium: Thamir Stadium
31 January 2026 15 Al-Arabi v Al-Tadamon Mansuriyah, Kuwait City
AST 21:00 Stadium: Sabah Al Salem Stadium
7 February 2026 16 Al-Jahra v Al-Arabi Jahra, Kuwait
AST 21:00 Stadium: Mubarak Al-Aiar Stadium
14 February 2026 17 Al-Arabi v Al-Nasr Mansuriyah, Kuwait City
AST 21:00 Stadium: Sabah Al Salem Stadium
21 February 2026 18 Al-Arabi v Qadsia Mansuriyah, Kuwait City
AST 21:00 Stadium: Sabah Al Salem Stadium
March 2026 19 Al-Arabi v TBD
AST 21:00
March 2026 20 Al-Arabi v TBD
AST 21:00
March 2026 21 TBD v Al-Arabi
AST 21:00
April 2026 22 Al-Arabi v TBD
AST 21:00
April 2026 23 Al-Arabi v TBD
AST 21:00

Emir Cup

Main articles: 2024-25 Kuwait Emir Cup, 2025–26 Kuwait Emir Cup, and Kuwait Emir Cup

2024-25 Final

  • this is the postponed Final from the 2024-25 season
19 August 2025 (2025-08-19) Al-Arabi – Kuwait
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AFC Challenge League

Main articles: 2025–26 AFC Challenge League and AFC Challenge League

Preliminary stage

12 August 2025 West Q1 Maldives Maziya 0-4 Kuwait Al-Arabi Maldives
AST 13:00 Iwuala 3'
Ngoy 41'
John 55'
Ashkanani 87'		 Stadium: National Football Stadium
Referee: Jordan Ahmad Faisal

Group Stage

25 October 2025 1 - Kuwait Al-Arabi
AST 13:00
28 October 2025 2 Kuwait Al-Arabi -
AST 13:00
31 October 2025 3 - Kuwait Al-Arabi
AST 13:00

Super Cup

Main articles: 2025-26 Kuwait Super Cup and Kuwait Super Cup

Crown Prince Cup

Main articles: 2025-26 Kuwait Crown Prince Cup and Kuwait Crown Prince Cup

Statistics

Appearances

Last updated on 12 August 2025.
No. Pos Nat Player Total Premier League Emir Cup ACL Super Cup Crown Prince Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Goalkeepers
22 GK Kuwait KUW Sulaiman Abdulghafour 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
26 GK Kuwait KUW Ahmed Dashti 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
31 GK Kuwait KUW Abdulredha Shehab 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Defenders
25 DF Uganda UGA Kenneth Semakula 1 0 0 0 0 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0
5 DF Syria SYR Jumma Abboud 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
3 DF Kuwait KUW Abdullah Ammar 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 DF Kuwait KUW Mohammed Khaled 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
12 DF Kuwait KUW Hamad Al-Harbi 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
15 DF Kuwait KUW Hamad Al-Qallaf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 DF Kuwait KUW Ali Abdul Rasul 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
2 DF Kuwait KUW Abdulwahab Al-Awadi 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
29 DF Kuwait KUW Jassem Shammouh 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
38 DF Kuwait KUW Abdullah Essa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Midfielders
7 MF Kuwait KUW Bader Al-Fadhel 1 0 0 0 0 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0
8 MF Kuwait KUW Hussain Ashkanani 1 1 0 0 0 0 0+1 1 0 0 0 0
10 MF Kuwait KUW Bandar Al Salamah 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 MF Kuwait KUW Bader Al-Mutairi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
97 MF France FRA Hassimi Fadiga 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
14 MF Kuwait KUW Khaled Al-Mershed 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 MF Kuwait KUW Ali Khalaf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 MF Kuwait KUW Nayef Al-Shemmari 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 MF Iran IRN Ali Porusaniei 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
21 MF Kuwait KUW Yousef Majed 1 0 0 0 0 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0
32 MF Kuwait KUW Ahmed Awadh 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Strikers
9 FW Kuwait KUW Salman Al-Awadhi 1 0 0 0 0 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0
11 FW Nigeria NGA Christopher John 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
77 FW Nigeria NGA Anayo Iwuala 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
99 FW Kuwait KUW Hussain Al-Aryan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 FW Kuwait KUW Abdulrahman Karam 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 FW Belgium BEL Julien Ngoy 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0

Goalscorers

Rank No. Pos. Nat. Player League Emir Cup ACL Super Cup Crown Prince Cup Total
1 77 FW Nigeria Anayo Iwuala 0 0 1 0 0 1
1 9 FW Belgium Julien Ngoy 0 0 1 0 0 1
1 11 FW Nigeria Christopher John 0 0 1 0 0 1
1 8 MF Kuwait Hussain Ashkanani 0 0 1 0 0 1
Total 0 0 4 0 0 4

Last Updated: 12 August 2025

Assists

Rank No. Pos. Nat. Player League Emir Cup ACL Super Cup Crown Prince Cup Total
1 4 DF Kuwait Mohammed Khaled 0 0 1 0 0 1
1 97 MF France Hassimi Fadiga 0 0 1 0 0 1
1 6 MF Iran Ali Porusaniei 0 0 1 0 0 1
1 30 MF Kuwait Yousef Majed 0 0 1 0 0 1
Total 0 0 4 0 0 4

Last Updated: 12 August 2025

Clean sheets

Rank No. Pos. Nat. Player League Emir Cup ACL Super Cup Crown Prince Cup Total
1 22 GK Kuwait Sulaiman Abdulghafour 0 0 1 0 0 1
2 26 GK Kuwait Ahmed Dashti 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 31 GK Kuwait Abdullah Al-Ayoub 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 0 0 1 0 0 1

Last Updated: 12 August 2025

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