2013–14 Kuwaiti Premier League
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The 2013–14 Kuwaiti Premier League season was the 52nd since the league's establishment. This season in the
Kuwaiti Premier League The Kuwait Premier League (), known as STC Premier League due to sponsorship reasons, is the top division of the Kuwait football pyramid system. Formed in 1961, Al-Arabi, Qadsia and Kuwait both hold the best record in the competition, having won ...
, there were 14 teams. This was the first time there had been 14 teams since the 2005–06 season.
Kuwait SC Kuwait Sporting Club ( ar, نادي الكويت الرياضي) is a Kuwaiti professional association football, football club based in Kuwait City. The football team has won Kuwaiti Premier League 17 times. Kuwait SC also has over 50 trophies ...
came into this tournament as defending champion after they won the title last season following four seasons without a league title.


Teams

This season's Kuwaiti Premier League featured all 14 teams of the football pyramid, combining both the Premier League and Division One together, a structure last used in the 2005–06 Kuwaiti Premier League season. Fourteen teams played each other twice to determine the league champions. Therefore,
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, who came bottom in the 2012–13 campaign avoided relegation. The end-of-season playoff between
Al Salmiya Salmiya (Arabic السالمية; transliterated As-Sālmīya(h)) is a city in Hawalli Governorate in Kuwait. Salmiya is administratively divided into 12 blocks. The blocks located closer to the interior of the district tend to be mostly resid ...
and Al Shabab in which Al Salmiya won, thus didn't matter. Teams joining the top flight are
Khaitan Khaitan is an area of Farwaniya Governorate in Kuwait City. It is the home of Khaitan Sporting Club Khaitan Sporting Club (Arabic: نادي خيطان الرياضي) is a Kuwaiti professional football club named after Khaitan, a suburb of ...
(back after relegation in 2005–06), Al Fahaheel (back after relegation in 2006–07), Al Sahel (back after relegation in 2010–11), Al Shabab (back after relegation in 2011–12), Al Yarmouk (back after relegation in 2005–06), and Al Tadamun (back after relegation in 2009–10).


Stadia and locations

:''Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.


Standings

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Kuwaiti Premier League The Kuwait Premier League (), known as STC Premier League due to sponsorship reasons, is the top division of the Kuwait football pyramid system. Formed in 1961, Al-Arabi, Qadsia and Kuwait both hold the best record in the competition, having won ...
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