Kuwait SC

For the basketball team, see Al Kuwait SC (basketball). For the handball team, see Kuwait SC (handball).

Kuwait SC
Full nameKuwait Sports Club
Nickname(s)The Brigadiers (العميد)
Founded20 October 1960 (1960-10-20)
GroundAl Kuwait Sports Club Stadium
Kaifan
Capacity12,350
ChairmanKhalid Al-Ghanim
ManagerNebojša Jovović
LeagueKuwait Premier League
2024–25Kuwait Premier League, 1st of 10 (champions)

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 19 times and has won over 50 trophies overall. 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, having won the 2009 AFC Cup, 2012 AFC Cup and 2013 AFC Cup.

History

The club is also called Al Kuwait and Al Ameed. Members of the club during the 1980s formed a part of the Kuwaiti national team which reached the 1982 FIFA World Cup. 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 Erbil SC from Iraq with 4-0 and fellow side Al-Qasdia.

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.

Honours

Type Competition Title holder Seasons Runners-up cSeasons
Domestic Kuwait Premier League 20 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, 2023–24, 2024–25 11 1969–70, 1974–75, 1975–76, 1984–85, 1987–88, 2004-05, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2013–14
Kuwait Emir Cup 16S 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 10 1993-1994, 2002-2003, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2016–17, 2018–19, 2019–20, 2020–21, 2024–25 9 2002, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2009, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2017–18, 2021–22
Kuwait Super Cup 8 2010, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2020, 2022, 2023–24, 2024–25 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
Asia AFC Cup / AFC Champions League Two 3S 2009, 2012, 2013[1] 1 2011[2]
Friendly Bani Yas International Tournament 1 2012 0
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Statistics in Asian football

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 Group stage Neftchi 1–0 0–1
Al-Sadd 0–1 0–2
Al-Ahli 1–0 3–3
2007 Al-Hilal 0–0 1–1
Pakhtakor 0–1 1–2
2008 Saipa 1–1 0–1
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 1–2 0–0
Al-Wasl 2–1 0–1
2009 AFC Cup 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 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 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(pen.)
Quarter-final Muangthong United 1–0 0–0
Semi-final Arbil 3–3 2–0
Final Nasaf Qarshi 1–2
2012 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(pen.)
Quarter-final Al-Wehdat 0–0 3–0
Semi-final Al-Ettifaq 4–1 2–0
Final Arbil 4–0
2013 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(pen.)
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 stage Nejmeh SC 2–1 0–0
Fanja 4–0 1–3
Al-Jaish 2–0 2–0
Round of 16 Al Riffa 2–0
Quarter-final Persipura Jayapura 3–2 1–6
2015 Group stage Nejmeh SC 4–1 2–1
Riffa S.C. 2–1 1–2
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
Al-Najma 2–1 1–0
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 -
Al-Wathba - 0–0
Al-Faisaly -
2021 Markaz Shabab 4–1
Tishreen SC 3–3
Al-Faisaly 1–0
Quarter-final Al-Salt SC 2–0
West Asia Zone Final Al-Muharraq SC 0–2
2022 Group stage Al-Ansar 1–1
Al-Seeb 2–1
Jableh 0–0
2023-24 Al-Kahrabaa 0-1 0–0
Al-Wehdat 2–1 1–1
Al Ittihad 1–1 1–1
2024-25 AFC Champions League Two FC Nasaf 0–0 2–1
Al-Hussein 2-2 1–2
Shabab AlAhli 3-3 1–4

Players

First team squad

As of 9 January 2025

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
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 Yousef Ayedh
8 MF  KUW Ahmed Al-Dhefiri
9 MF  KUW Faisal Zayid
10 MF  KUW Talal Al Fadhel
11 MF  KUW Mohammad Daham
13 DF  KUW Fahad Hamoud alenezi
14 DF  KUW Mohammad Frieh
19 FW  EGY Ahmed Alaa
No. Pos. Nation Player
20 FW  KUW Yousef Nasser
21 DF  IRN Ali Pourdara
22 DF  MAR Amine Aboulfath
23 MF  EGY Amro Abdelfatah
26 FW  BHR Mohamed Marhoon
27 FW  TUN Taha Yassine Khenissi
29 MF  KUW Ahmad Zanki
33 GK  KUW Saud Al Hoshan
34 GK  KUW Dhari Al-Otaibi
35 DF  COD Arsène Zola
37 MF  MAR Yahya Jabrane
40 GK  KUW Abdulrahman Kameel
45 DF  KUW Sultan Al-Faraj
7 FW  KUW Ebrahim Kameel
— DF  ARG Sergio Vittor

List of presidents

Years President
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/coaches

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.

See also

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.
  2. ^ "Nasaf win 2011 AFC Cup Archived 16 November 2018 at the Wayback Machine. the-afc.com, 29 October 2011.
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