By means of Abdellatif Sharaa

KUWAIT: The Kuwait Premier Soccer League in its 61st 12 months is underway with a brand new board of administrators, new sponsor (Zain Telecommunications) and a changed structure.

Ten groups are competing within the ‘Zain League’: Al-Nasr, Al-Arabi, Al-Salmiya, Tadhamon, Kuwait, Jahra, Sahel, Qadisiya, Kazma and Fahaheel.

The groups will play in line with a changed machine this time round, as they are going to play suits house and away towards every different to decide their order within the standings, and then two teams can be shaped. The primary will come with the highest six groups who will stay their issues general and compete in house and away structure to claim the winner. The ground 4 groups will compete in the similar house and away structure, and the closing two can be relegated to the primary department.

The league this 12 months is anticipated to be extra aggressive as groups had higher arrangements and coaching outside and inside Kuwait, but even so having added new skilled gamers, whilst some groups employed new succesful coaches.

In the meantime, president of Kuwait Soccer Affiliation (KFA) Abdallah Al-Shaheen used to be on TV lately and stated Kuwait soccer league used to be going via hardships and may now not make any success all the way through the previous 10 years. He famous FIFA’s claims that “KFA does now not have any transparent philosophy for building”, and that is what the brand new board has followed now.

Shaheen stated KFA determined to undertake the theory of general renewal of the nationwide workforce, including “there is probably not gamers of an older age on it.”

Commenting on price tag costs, he stated that is left for the golf equipment and KFA is not going to intrude in them. He stated the suits of His Highness the Amir Cup and His Highness the Crown Prince Cup can be held at Jaber Stadium.

Shaheen stated the premier league champion will obtain KD 100,000, 2nd position will obtain KD 60,000 and 3rd position will obtain KD 40,000.

As for the primary department, the champion will obtain KD 30,000 and 2nd position KD 20,000.

Zain League first spherical time table of suits:

Thursday 25/8

Nasr vs Al-Arabi

Salmiya vs Tadhamon

Friday 26/8

Kuwait vs Jahra at 6:50 PM

Sahel vs Qadisiya at 9:10 PM

Saturday 27/8

Kazma vs Fahaheel 8:10 pm