Al-Jazeera FC

Al-Jazeera FC
نادي الجزيرة لكرة القدم
Full nameAl-Jazeera Football Club
Founded12 February 2025 (12 February 2025), as Al-Jazeera FC
GroundNo stadium
CapacityN/A
Head coach Ibrahim Obaid
LeagueKuwaiti Division One
2025–26Inaugural season

Al-Jazeera Football Club [1] (Arabic: نادي الجزيرة لكرة القدم) is a professional football club based in Kuwait, the club competes in the Kuwaiti Division One from 2025–26. It is the first sports club in Kuwait that is privately owned with no governmental control over the club while also having a single dedicated sport.

History

Founding season

On 20 December 2024, during an interview with KFA President Shiekh Ahmed Al-Yousef Al-Sabah, stated new clubs are to join the Kuwait Division One with a new club yet to be established named Al-Jazeera alongside a new initiative by Ahmed Al-Yousef Al-Sabah in having new guidelines from the KFA in allowing the private sector to own their respective sports team.[2] The following weeks' trials and signings started in Early February, alongside logo unveiling on 19 February 2025, showed the team's beige and brown colors with major signings like the head coach Ibrahim Obaid and goalkeeper Bader Al-Sanoun. After confirming their debut in both cups with their Debut Match against Al Jahra in 2024–25 Kuwait Crown Prince Cup and later against Kuwait SC in the 2024-25 Kuwait Emir Cup. The club went on to sign multiple players. On March 17, the club's debut match in a friendly vs Al-Shabab winning 1-0, a 0-0 draw against Al-Sahel, and lastly a 1-2 defeat to Al-Tadamon SC (Kuwait), all within a week. On April 2, the club announced its 23-man squad going into the cup tournaments,[3] including multiple international stars Lasha Parunashvili, Ismaïl Sassi, and Souleymane Cissé, Saikou Janneh. Abdulaziz Al-Hadhoud was placed as Chief Executive Officer of the club. The club's official first match ended in a 1-2 defeat to Al-Jahra in 2024–25 Kuwait Crown Prince Cup, with Ismaïl Sassi scoring the club's first ever official goal in the 94th minute equalizer. Then losing 3-0 to Kuwaiti champions Kuwait SC in 2024-25 Kuwait Emir Cup with all 3 goals being own goals, with that ending the 2025 season.

First Official Match

2 April 2025 2024-25 Kuwait Crown Prince Cup Al-Jazeera 1 – 2 Al-Jahra Mishref, Kuwait
Sassi 90+4' Al-Shammeri 16'
Zakari 90+8'		 Stadium: Abdullah Alkhalifa Alsabah Stadium

Logo and Colours

The original start-up crest and logo were unveiled on 19 February 2025, showing the team's beige and brown colours,[4] which gained criticism due to their unimaginative and bland colours.

Current Squad

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK  KUW Bader Al-Sanoun
2 DF  KUW Ibrahim Al-Tamimi
3 DF  KUW Khaled Al-Mutairi
4 DF  KUW Jassim Al-Hamadi
5 DF  KUW Mesha’al Al-Enzi
7 DF  KUW Ahmad Al-Enzi
13 DF  KUW Abdulwahab Al-Shammari
14 DF  KUW Ibrahim Ghali
16 DF  SEN Idrisse Cissay
21 DF  KUW Abdulmohsen Al-Ajmi
6 MF  GEO Lasha Parunashvili
8 MF  KUW Bader Miteb
No. Pos. Nation Player
11 MF  TUN Ismaïl Sassi
15 MF  SEN Souleymane Cissé
19 MF  KUW Minwer Al-Mutairi
23 MF  KUW Mubarak Mabrook
9 FW  KUW Ahmed Al-Shammeri
10 FW  GAM Saikou Janneh
12 FW  KUW Yousef Al-Rashidi
18 FW  KUW Jarrah Al-Bouti
20 FW  KUW Fahad Thiyab
1 GK  KUW Jamal Mahmoud Jamal
22 GK  KUW Fahad Al-Duaij

Managerial History

Managerial record by Name and period
Manager Nat. From To Record
G W D L GF GA GD Win %
Ibrahim Obaid 13 February 2025 present 2 0 0 2 1 5 −4 000.00
Career totals 2 0 0 2 1 5 −4 000.00

See also

References

  1. ^ https://www.aljarida.com/article/89935/amp
  2. ^ https://nabd.com/s/148037136-8488a5/%D8%B1%D8%A6%D9%8A%D8%B3-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%AD%D8%A7%D8%AF-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%83%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%AA%D9%8A-%D9%84%D9%83%D8%B1%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%82%D8%AF%D9%85-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B4%D9%8A%D8%AE-%D8%A3%D8%AD%D9%85%D8%AF-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%88%D8%B3%D9%81-%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%8A-%D8%AC%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%AF-%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%83-%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%8A-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%83%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%AA%D9%8A-%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%85-%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%8A-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AC%D8%B2%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%A9-%D9%81%D9%8A-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D9%88%D8%B3%D9%85-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%82%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%85-%D9%88%D8%B3%D9%86%D8%AD%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%84-%D8%B6%D9%85-%D9%81%D8%B1%D9%82-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AC%D9%8A%D8%B4-%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AD%D8%B1%D8%B3-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%88%D8%B7%D9%86%D9%8A
  3. ^ https://www.instagram.com/p/DH62ZNjsPe1/?igsh=bWEwaWMycDd4Ym4z
  4. ^ https://www.instagram.com/p/DGQDPhuqG5B/?igsh=bTJvb2E2dXRoNjFv

(in Arabic)

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