Kuwait SC

Kuwait Sporting Club (Arabic: نادي الكويت الرياضي) is a Kuwaiti professional football club based in Kuwait City. The football team has won Kuwaiti Premier League 17 times. Kuwait SC also has over 50 trophies in Kuwaiti Club football history. Kuwait SC 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.

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

Kuwait SC
Full nameKuwait Sporting Club
Nickname(s)The Brigadiers (العميد)
FoundedOctober 20, 1960 (1960-10-20)
GroundAl Kuwait Sports Club Stadium
Kaifan
Capacity12,350
ChairmanKhalid Al-Ghanim
ManagerAli Ashoor
LeagueKuwait Premier League
2021–22Kuwait Premier League, 1st of 10

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 2000s, as they have been winning most of the league titles, and participating in AFC Cup.

Achievements

Domestic

Asian

Friendly

Statistics in Asian football
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
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)
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 Sport 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 Al-Am'ari 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

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  IRQ Sherko Karim
8 MF  KUW Ahmed Al-Dhefiri
9 MF  KUW Faisal Zayid
10 MF  KUW Talal Al Fadhel
11 FW  KUW Yousef Nasser
13 DF  KUW Fahad Hamoud
14 DF  KUW Mohammad Frieh
15 MF  KUW Sheridah Al-Sheridah
17 MF  KUW Talal Jaza’a
18 MF  KUW Abdulmohsen Al-Turkmani
No. Pos. Nation Player
19 DF  TUN Bilel Ifa
20 DF  KUW Hussain Hakem
21 DF  IRN Ali Hussain
23 MF  EGY Amro Abdelfatah
26 MF  OMA Arshad Al-Alawi
27 FW  TUN Taha Yassine Khenissi
29 MF  KUW Ahmad Zanki
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
77 FW  KUW Yousef Al-Rashidi
— GK  KUW Hameed Youssef

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

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.

Club sponsors

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