Kazma SC

Kazma Sporting Club (Arabic: نادي كاظمة الرياضي) is a Kuwaiti professional association football club. Founded in 1964, the club competes in the Kuwaiti Premier League.

Kazma

Full name	Kazma Sporting Club
Founded	31 August 1964; 59 years ago (1964-08-31)
Ground	Al-Sadaqua Walsalam Stadium Adiliya
Capacity	21,500
Chairman	Ali Alobaid
Manager	Sérgio Farias
League	Kuwait Premier League
2022–23	3rd of 10
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours

Club history

Naming

The club is named after the area of Kathma, which is located 40 kilometers north of Kuwait City, on the Kuwait coast. In 630 A.D., the battle of 'That Alslasil' took place in Kathma.^[1]

Recent history

On 21 December 2009, under head coach Ilie Balaci, Kazma played a friendly match against reigning La Liga champions FC Barcelona to commemorate the 45th anniversary of the club. The match ended in a 1–1 draw. Barcelona received €1.7 million for participating in the match.^[2]

2009-12-21

19:35 UTC+3

Kazma	1–1	FC Barcelona
Abdullah Al Dhafiri   90'		Bojan Krkić   80'

Al-Sadaqua Walsalam Stadium, Kuwait City

Attendance: 21,500

Won the Kuwait Emir Cup in 2011 a 1–0 over Kuwait SC.

2011-

On November 10, 2015, after 4 years of trophy-less seasons the club won the 2015-16 Kuwait Federation Cup vs Kuwait SC 2-1 goals scored by Patrick Fabiano.^[3]

Stadium

 

Al-Sadaqua Walsalam Stadium in Adiliya

Kazma's stadium, Al-Sadaqua Walsalam Stadium, is a multi-purpose stadium located in Kuwait City, Kuwait. It is currently used mostly for football matches. The stadium has a 21,500 holding capacity.^{[citation needed]} The stadium hosted 2 Arabian Gulf Cup tournaments, the first being in 1990, which Kuwait won for the seventh time. However, the second time in 2003 Kuwait ended up in 6th place, which is their worst ever ranking. It has also hosted many finals of the Kuwait Emir Cup and Kuwait Crown Cup.^{[citation needed]}

Presidents

• Ahmad Khalid Al-Fozan (Oct 1964 – Oct 1965)
• Yousef Abdullah Mohammed Shaheen Al-Ghanim (Nov 1965 – June 1995)
• Abdullah Al-Dakheel Al-Rasheed (June 1995 – Sep 1995)
• Suleiman Mohamed Saleh Al-Adsani (Sept 1995 – May 1997)
• Khalid Nasser Al-Sanea (May 1997 – May 2000)
• Suleiman Mohamed Saleh Al-Adsani (May 2000 – May 2006)
• Asad Ahmed Al-Banwan (May 2006–)

Achievements

Kazma has 20 official championships.

Official

• Kuwaiti Premier League: 4

1985–86, 1986–87, 1993–94, 1995–96

• Kuwait Emir Cup: 8

1982, 1984, 1990, 1995, 1997, 1998, 2011, 2022

• Kuwait Crown Cup: 1

1995

Runners-up : 2007

• Gulf Club Champions Cup: 2

1987, 1995

Runners-up 1988, 1997

• Kuwaiti Division One: 1

1968–69

• Kuwait Super Cup:

Runners-up : 2011, 2022, 2023–24

• Kuwait Federation Cup: 2

2015–16, 2017–18

Runners-up : 2009, 2012

• Al Khurafi Cup: 2

2004, 2007

Friendly

• Al Hasawi Super Cup: 1

2007^[4]

Futsal

• Kuwaiti Futsal League: 2

2014–15, 2015–16

• Kuwait Futsal Super Cup: 3

2015, 2017, 2018

Current squad

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK   KUW Hussain Kankoune 2 DF   PLE Michel Termanini 4 DF   KUW Ali Ateej 6 MF   KUW Abdullah Al Fahd 7 MF   KUW Omar Al Hubaiter 8 MF   KUW Naser Faleh 9 FW   KUW Bandar Boresli 10 FW   KUW Nasser Faraj 11 MF   KUW Talal Al ajmi 12 MF   KUW Hamad Harbi 14 DF   KUW Othman Al shammari

No. Pos. Nation Player 16 DF   KUW Fahd Zouiad 17 FW   KUW Shabaib Al-Khaldi 20 DF   KUW Mohamed al azmi 21 FW   BRA Mathews Eduardo 23 GK   KUW Saud Al Hushan 25 DF   KUW Mubarak Said 26 DF   KUW Abdulaziz Al Rassam 28 DF   KUW Mohammed Safar 29 DF   ALG Imaddine Azzi 31 MF   JOR Ahmad Ersan 70 DF   KUW Mohammed Al Farsi

Recent seasons

Kazma's biggest wins

• In Asia

1988: Kazma 3–0   Muharraq Club

1989: Kazma 3–0   Sharjah

1995: Kazma 9–0   Dhofar

1996: Kazma 4–1   Al Ain

1999: Kazma 3–0   Al Nassr

• Friendlies

2008: Kazma 7–1   Spartak Trnava

2009: Kazma 1–1   Ismaily

2009: Kazma 1–1   FC Barcelona

Kazma in Asia

Competition	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
Asian Club Championship	21	10	4	6	33	16
Asian Cup Winners Cup	18	8	5	5	46	25
AFC Cup	18	8	3	7	22	20
Total	57	26	12	18	101	61

Competition	Round	Country	Club	Home	Away
1987–88
Asian Club Championship	Q1		Al Hilal	0–1
	Q1		Muharraq Club	3–0
	Q1		Al Nasr	1–0
	Q1		Al-Fanja	2–0
	GS		Yomiuri	1–2
	GS		August 1st	1–0
	GS		Federal Territory	1–1
1988–89
Asian Club Championship	Q1		West Riffa	2–0
	Q1		Al-Fanja	3–1
	Q1		Sharjah	3–0
	Q1		Al-Ittifaq	1–1	1–2
	GS		Mohun Bagan	1–0
	GS		Al-Rasheed	0–2
	GS		Guangdong	1–1
1992
Asian Cup Winners Cup	R1		Al Sadd	1–1 (2–4p)	1–1
	QF		Al Nassr	0–1	1–2
1994–95
Asian Club Championship	R1		Al Arabi	2–1	0–1
1996
Asian Cup Winners Cup	R1		Oman Club	3–1	1–1
	R2		Al Ain	2–0	4–1
	QF		Riyadh SC	1–0	1–2
1996–97
Asian Club Championship	R1		Dhofar	9–0	1–1
	R2		Al-Rayyan	0–1	1–1
1998
Asian Cup Winners Cup	R1		Bahrain club	2–2	3–2
	R2		Al Ittihad	0–0	0–1
1999
Asian Cup Winners Cup	R1		Al Wahda	2–0	3–2
	R2		Al Nassr	3–0	1–2
	QF		Al Talaba	–
2010
AFC Cup	GS		Al-Ahed	1–0	2–1
	GS		Al Jaish	0–1	1–0
	GS		Nasaf Qarshi	0–0	2–1
	R16		Shabab Al-Ordon	1–1 (aet) (6–5 p)
	QF		Al-Ittihad	0–1	2–3
2012
AFC Cup	GS		Arbil	1–2	1–1
	GS		East Bengal	3–0	2–1
	GS		Al-Oruba	1–1	2–1
	R16		Al-Wehdat	1–2 (aet)

FIFA World Cup and AFC Asian Cup Players

FIFA World Cup 1982  

•   Kuwait
  • Nassir Al-Ghanim
  • Jamal Al-Qabendi
  • Hamoud Al-Shemmari
  • Yussef Al-Suwayed
  • Adam Marjam
  • Abdullah Mayouf

1984 AFC Asian Cup   Kuwait Jamal Al-Qabandi Homoud Al-Shammari Yousef Suwayed

1996 AFC Asian Cup   Kuwait Fawaz Al Ahmad Yousef Al Dookhi Ayman Al Husaini Badr Haji Esam Sakeen

2000 AFC Asian Cup   Kuwait Falah Al Majidi Ahmed Al Mutairi Naser Al Omran Shehab Kankoune Esam Sekin

2004 AFC Asian Cup   Kuwait Fahad Al Hamad Nawaf Al Humaidan Khaled Al Shammari Shehab Kankoune

AFC Asian Cup 2007   Bahrain Mohamed Husain   Oman Younis Al Mushaifri

AFC Asian Cup 2011   Kuwait Fahad Al Enezi Yousef Nasser

Managerial history

 

Ilie Balaci coach of Kazma 2009–10

Years	Name	Nationality
1985–90	Eddie Firmani	Italy
1994–96	Milan Máčala	Czech Republic
1997–99	Theo Bücker	Germany
1999	Adam Marjan	Kuwait
2001–02	Fouzy Ibrahim	Kuwait
2002–03	Acácio Casimiro	Portugal
June 2004–Nov 2004	Júlio César Leal	Brazil
2004–05	Johan Boskamp	Netherlands
2005–06	Zlatko Krmpotić	Serbia
June 2006–July 2007	José Garrido	Portugal
2007–08	Marinko Koljanin	Croatia
2008–09	Robertinho	Brazil
2009–10	Ilie Balaci	Romania
2010	Jamal Yaqoob	Kuwait
2010–June 2012	Milan Máčala	Czech Republic
July 2012 – 2013	Miodrag Radulović	Montenegro
2013–2015	Jacenir Silva	Brazil
May 2015–July 2017	Florin Motroc	Romania
July 2017 – 2019	Toni	Portugal
2019–2020	Boris Bunjak	Serbia
2020–2021	Beto Bianchi	Brazil
2021–2022	Darko Nestorović	Bosnia
2022	Željko Markov	Serbia
2022–2023	Ilie Stan	Romania
2023–	Sérgio Farias	Brazil

Affiliated clubs

•   Boca Juniors

Other sports

Besides football, the club has teams for handball, basketball, volleyball, waterpolo, Squash, athletics, Gymnastics, Swimming, Boxing, Judo, Weightlifting, Taekwando, and Ice Hockey.

Basketball

 

• FIBA Asia Champions Cup: twice finished third in   Indonesia 1990 in Jakarta and   Thailand 1992 in Bangkok

Handball team achievements

 

• Asian Club League Handball Championship: 2
  • 1998 in   Amman
  • 1999 in   Isfahan

Performance in AFC (Asian) Competitions

• Asian Club Championship: 4 appearances

1987: Group Stage (Top 8)

1988: Group Stage (Top 8)

1995: First Round

1997: Second Round

• Asian Cup Winners Cup: 4 appearances

1991–92: Quarter-Finals

1995–96: Quarter-Finals

1997–98: Second Round

1998–99: Quarter-Finals (withdrew)

• AFC Cup: 2 appearances

2010: Quarter-Finals

2012: Round of 16

See also

• List of football clubs in Kuwait

References

1. . Archived from the original on 2007-12-30.
2. "Barcelona To Play Lucrative Friendly Against Kazma Sporting Club In December | Goal.com". from the original on 2021-02-24. Retrieved 2009-12-20.
3. "كووورة: الموقع العربي الرياضي الأول". from the original on 2015-11-17. Retrieved 2015-11-11.
4. "Today in Kuwait's history 07/02/2015". Kuwait News Agency (KUNA). 7 February 2015. from the original on 12 June 2015. Retrieved 11 June 2015.

External links

• (in Arabic)

Preceded by Al-Shabab	Gulf Club Champions Cup 1995	Succeeded by Al-Nasr
Preceded by Al-Hilal	Gulf Club Champions Cup 1987	Succeeded by Al-Ittifaq