Kuwait SC

"Al Kuwait SC" redirects here. For the basketball team, see Al Kuwait SC (basketball).

Kuwait Sports Club (Arabic: نادي الكويت الرياضي) is a Kuwaiti professional football club based in Kuwait City. Their football team has won Kuwait Premier League 18 times and has won over 50 trophies. The club plays in the Al Kuwait Sports Club Stadium located in Kaifan, which is the 5th largest stadium in Kuwait. It is the first Kuwaiti club to ever win an Asian title, winning the 2009 AFC Cup, 2012 AFC Cup and 2013 AFC Cup.

Kuwait SC

Full name	Kuwait Sports Club
Nickname(s)	The Brigadiers (العميد)
Founded	October 20, 1960; 63 years ago (1960-10-20)
Ground	Al Kuwait Sports Club Stadium Kaifan
Capacity	12,350
Chairman	Khalid Al-Ghanim
Manager	Nabil Maâloul
League	Kuwait Premier League
2022–23	Kuwait Premier League, 1st of 6
Home colours Away colours Third colours
Current season

History

Kuwait SC is the oldest football club in Kuwait, the first to be founded after independence. The club is also called "Al Kuwait" and Al Ameed, which translates to "the oldest club in the nation". Members of the club during the 1980s formed a part of the Kuwaiti team which reached the FIFA World Cup 1982. The second golden age for the club was in the 2000s, as they have been winning most of the league titles and participating in AFC Cup. In 2009, Kuwait won the first AFC Cup winning against Al-Karamah from Syria with the victory of 2–1. In 2011, they reached the AFC Cup final, but they lost against Nasaf Qarshi from Uzbekistan. The club became champion of AFC Cup in 2012 and 2013 defeating Arbil from Iraq with 4-0 and Al-Qasdia from Kuwait.

Kuwait SC has been growing steadily over the last two decades from 2000 to 2020, over the two decades the team has won many domestic titles and Asian titles in the form of AFC CUP. Kuwait SC has been also among the teams to represent Kuwait in international tournaments including the Arab Champions Cup.

Kuwait SC is a team based in Kuwait City. There are two other teams in the capital of Kuwait: Al Arabi SC, and Kazma SC, who are naturally the team's rivals. The 2000s were a new era of dominance for Kuwait SC alongside Qadsia, which is based in Hawalli. The dominance of both sides for almost 10 years winning all local tournaments between them has created an important rivalry between both teams; Kuwait SC and Qadsia have met in more than 6 finals in the Emir Cup and Crown Prince Cup. They also met in the 2013 AFC Cup final, which was won by Kuwait SC.

Kuwait SC is the most traveled Kuwaiti team. Kuwait SC has played matches in the following countries: Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, UAE, Oman, Iraq, Syria, Jordan, Iran, Palestine, India, Indonesia, Uzbekistan, Hong Kong, Lebanon, Thailand, The Maldives, Tajikistan, Algeria, Tunisia, Morocco, Mauritania, and Egypt. Kuwait SC has an amazing record in Asian football winning across 20 different seasons at least once in their participation. They have taken part in the AFC Champions League, AFC Cup, and now defunct Asian Club Championship.

Honours

Kuwait SC Achievements

Type	Competition	Title Holder	Seasons	Runners-Up	Seasons
Domestic	Kuwaiti Premier League	18	1964–65, 1967–68, 1971–72, 1973–74, 1976–77, 1978–79, 2000-01 , 2005–06, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2012–13, 2014–15, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20, 2021–22, 2022–23	11	1969–70, 1974–75, 1975–76, 1984–85, 1987–88, 2004-05, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2013–14
	Kuwait Emir Cup	16^S	1976, 1977, 1978, 1980, 1985, 1987, 1988, 2002, 2009, 2013–14, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2020–21, 2022–23	10	1963, 1969, 1971, 1975, 1981, 1982, 2004, 2010, 2011, 2020
	Kuwait Crown Prince Cup	9^S	1993-1994, 2002-2003, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2016–17, 2018–19, 2019–20, 2020–21	9	2002, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2009, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2017–18, 2021–22
	Kuwait Super Cup	7	2010, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2020, 2022, 2023–24	7	2008, 2009, 2013, 2014, 2018, 2019, 2021
	Kuwait Federation Cup	5	1977–78, 1991–92, 2009–10, 2011–12, 2014–15	2	2008, 2015–16
	Al Kurafi Cup (defunct)	1	2005	0
	Kuwait Joint League (defunct)	2	1976–77, 1988–89	0
Asia	AFC Cup	3^S	2009, 2012, 2013^[1]	1	2011
Friendly	Bani Yas International Tournament	1	2012	0

•   record
• ^S shared record

Statistics in Asian football

• AFC Champions League: 7 appearances

2002–03: Qualifying West – 2nd round

2005: Group stage

2007: Group stage

2008: Group stage

2014: 3rd round qualifying

2019: 2nd qualifying round

2020: 2nd qualifying round

• AFC Cup: 12 appearances

2009: Winners

2010: Round of 16

2011: Runners-up

2012: Winners

2013: Winners

2014: Quarter-finals

2015: Semi-finals

2019: Group stage

2020: Canceled

2021: Semi-finals (final zone-west)

2022 : Group stage

2023–24

• Asian Club Championship: 1 appearance

2002: Group stage (Top 8)

Season	Competition	Round		Club	Home	Away
2001–02	Asian Club Championship	1st round		Jableh	2–0	0–0
		2nd round		Al-Quds Club	3–2	6–1
		Group stage		Nasaf Qarshi	1–1
				Al-Wahda	2–2
				Esteghlal	0–3
2002–03	AFC Champions League	2nd round		Al-Ahli	3–1	0–2
2005	AFC Champions League	Group stage		Neftchi	1–0	0–1
				Al-Sadd	0–1	0–3
				Al-Ahli	1–0	3–3
2007	AFC Champions League	Group stage		Al-Hilal	0–0	1–1
				Pakhtakor	0–1	1–2
2008	AFC Champions League	Group stage		Saipa	1–1	0–1
				Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	1–2	0–0
				Al-Wasl	2–1	0–1
2009	AFC Cup	Group stage		Al-Wahdat	1–0	1–1
				Al-Karamah	2–1	1–2
				Mohun Bagan	6–0	1–0
		Round of 16		Dempo	3–1
		Quarter-final		Arbil	1–1	1–0
		Semi-final		South China	2–1	1–0
		Final		Al-Karamah	2–1
2010	AFC Cup	Group stage		Al Hilal	2–2	2–0
				Churchill Brothers	7–1	2–2
		Round of 16		Al-Ittihad	1–1(aet) 4–5(pso)
2011	AFC Cup	Group stage		Al-Wahdat	1–3	0–1
				Al-Suwaiq	0–0	3–1
				Al Talaba	1–0	2–1
		Round of 16		Qadsia	2–2(aet) 3–2(pso)
		Quarter-final		Muangthong United	1–0	0–0
		Semi-final		Arbil	3–3	2–0
		Final		Nasaf Qarshi	1–2
2012	AFC Cup	Group stage		Al-Ettifaq	1–5	2–2
				VB Sports Club	7–1	2–2
				Al Ahed	1–0	4–0
		Round of 16		Qadsia	1–1(aet) 3–1(pso)
		Quarter-final		Al-Wehdat	0–0	3–0
		Semi-final		Al-Ettifaq	4–1	2–0
		Final		Arbil	4–0
2013	AFC Cup	Group stage		Regar-TadAZ	5–0	3–1
				Al-Safa	3–1	0–1
				Riffa SC	2–3	2–0
		Round of 16		Dohuk	1–1(aet) 4–1(pso)
		Quarter-final		New Radiant	5–0	7–2
		Semi-final		East Bengal	4–2	3–0
		Final		Al-Qadsia	2–0
2014	AFC Champions League	1st round		Al-Shorta	1–0
		2nd round		Lokomotiv Tashkent	3–1
		3rd round		Lekhwiya SC	1–4
	AFC Cup	Group		Nejmeh SC	2–1	0–0
		Group stage		Fanja	4–0	1–3
		Group stage		Al-Jaish	2–0	2–0
		Round of 16		Al Riffa	2–0
		Quarter-final		Persipura Jayapura	3–2	1–6
2015	AFC Cup	Group		Nejmeh SC	4–1	2–1
		Group stage		Riffa S.C.	2–1	1–2
		Group stage		Al-Jaish	0–1	0–0
		Round of 16		Al Shorta SC	2–0
		Quarter-final		Kitchee SC	6–0	1–1
		Semi-final		FC Istiklol	4–0	w/o
2019	AFC Champions League	Preliminary round 1		Al-Wehdat SC	3–2
		Preliminary round 2		Zob Ahan SC	0–1
	AFC Cup	Group stage		Al-Jazeera Club	1–2	0–1
		Group stage		Al-Najma	2–1	1–0
		Group stage		Al-Ittihad	0–0	2–0
2020	AFC Champions League	Preliminary round 1		Al-Faisaly	2–1
		Preliminary round 2		Esteghlal	0–3
	AFC Cup	Group stage		Al-Ansar	1–0	-
		Group stage		Al-Wathba	-	0–0
		Group stage		Al-Faisaly	-
2021	AFC Cup	Group Stage		Markaz Shabab	4–1
		Group stage		Tishreen SC	3–3
		Group stage		Al-Faisaly	1–0
		Quarter-final		Al-Salt SC	2–0
		West Asia Zone Final		Al-Muharraq SC	0–2
2022	AFC Cup	Group		Al-Ansar	1–1
		Group		Al-Seeb	2–1
		Group		Jableh	0–0
2023-24	AFC Cup	Group		Al-Kahrabaa	0-1	0–0
		Group		Al-Wehdat	2–1	1–1
		Group		Al Ittihad	1–1	1–1

Players

First team 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 Fawaz Al-Fadhli 2 DF   KUW Sami Al-Sanea 3 DF   KUW Meshari Al-Enezi 4 MF   KUW Redha Abujabarah 5 DF   KUW Fahed Al Hajri 6 DF   KUW Yousif Al-Khebizi 7 FW   KUW Yassine Amri 8 MF   KUW Ahmed Al-Dhefiri 9 MF   KUW Faisal Zayid 10 MF   KUW Talal Al Fadhel 11 FW   KUW Yousef Nasser 12 MF   KUW Mohsen Ghareeb 13 DF   KUW Fahad Hamoud 14 DF   KUW Mohammad Frieh 15 MF   KUW Sheridah Al-Sheridah 16 MF   KUW Mohammad Daham 17 MF   KUW Talal Jaza’a 18 MF   KUW Abdulmohsen Al-Turkmani

No. Pos. Nation Player 19 DF   TUN Bilel Ifa 21 DF   IRN Ali Hussain 23 MF   EGY Amro Abdelfatah 27 FW   TUN Taha Yassine Khenissi 29 MF   KUW Ahmad Zanki 33 GK   KUW Saud Al Hoshan 34 GK   KUW Dhari Al-Otaibi 40 GK   KUW Abdulrahman Kameel 50 FW   KUW Ibrahim Kameel 52 DF   KUW Sultan Al-Faraj 60 DF   KUW Abdulaziz Naji 66 MF   MAR Mehdi Berrahma 60 MF   TUN Yassine Amri — MF   KUW Redha Hani

Presidents and managers

List of presidents

Years	Chairman
1961–63	Mohamed Al Khaled Al Zayed
1963–65	Fahad Al Marzoq
1965–72	Khidair Al Mashaan
1972–74	Mubarak Al Asfoor
1974–81	Khidair Al Mashaan
1981–92	Ali Thunyan Al Ghanim
1992–94	Ghassan Al Nesf
1994–00	Mohammed Al-Sager
2000–02	Jassim Al Mahri
2002	Issam Al Sager
2002	Youssuf Al Munais
2002–08	Marzouq Al-Ghanim
2008–18	Abdulaziz Al Marzouq
2018–	Khalid Al-Ghanim

List of managers

Years Name 1978–82   Saleh Zakaria 1982–84   Geoff Hurst 1987–89   Allan Jones 1995–96   John Cartwright 1996   Oleh Bazylevych 1996–97   Slobodan Pavković 2001–02   Rainer Bonhof 2002–03   Ján Pivarník 2003   Saleh Zakaria 2003–04   Giba 2004   Saleh Zakaria 2004–05   Mohamed Abdullah 2005   Theo Bücker 2005–06   Rodion Gačanin 2006   Mohamed Abdullah 2006–07   Willem Leushuis 2007   Mohamed Abdullah 2007–08   Rodion Gačanin 2008   Radmilo Ivančević 2008–09   Laurent Banide 2009   Néstor Clausen 2009–10   Mohamed Abdullah

Years Name 2010   Arthur Bernardes 2010   Mohamed Abdullah 2010–11   José Romão 2011–12   Dragan Talajić 2012–14   Marin Ion 2014   Aziz Hamada 2014–2016   Mohammed Ebrahim Hajeyah 2016–2017   Laurent Banide 2017–2018   Abdullah Abu Zema 2018   Mohamed Abdullah 2019   Hussam Al Sayed 2020   Ruud Krol 2020–21   Mohamed Abdullah 2021   Carlos González Juárez 2021   Fathi Al-Jabal 2021–22   Nabil Maâloul 2022   Rodion Gačanin 2022–23   Ali Ashoor 2023   Boris Bunjak 2023–   Nabil Maâloul

Marin Ion, manager of the club from 2012 to 2014, having won the Kuwaiti Premier League and the AFC Cup twice in 2012 and 2013 with the team

Kuwait SC also played the final of the Arab Cup Championship

Final

Main article: 2003 Arab Unified Club Championship Final

20 July 2003

20:00 UTC+2

Zamalek	2 – 1	Kuwait SC
Saleh   23' Mahmoud   58'		Oliveira   88'

Cairo Stadium

Referee: Jasem Al-Hail (Qatar)

Handball

Main article: Kuwait SC (handball)

Kuwait SC Handball team is among the most successful teams in the list of different teams which are part of Kuwait SC

Kuwait SC has one of the strongest Handball teams in Kuwait, furthermore they are the only Kuwaiti team to win three international tournaments.

In August 2023, Kuwait SC won the Arab Handball championship tournament defeating El Zamalek of Egypt in the final that was held in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia.

Other sports

Besides football, the club has teams for handball, basketball, volleyball, water polo, squash, athletics, gymnastics, swimming, boxing, judo, and weightlifting. The club has also maintained a monthly magazine since 2007.^{[citation needed]}

Club sponsors

•   Ooredoo Kuwait
•   Platinum
•   BMW

See also

• List of football clubs in Kuwait

References

1. "Kuwait SC retain AFC Cup title". the-afc.com. Asian Football Confederation. 3 November 2013. from the original on 4 November 2013. Retrieved 2 November 2013.

External links

• Kuwait SC on Facebook
• Kuwait SC at Soccerway