Kuwait SC
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Full name | Kuwait Sporting Club | ||
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Nickname(s) | The Brigadiers (العميد) | ||
Founded | October 20, 1960 | ||
Ground | Al Kuwait Sports Club Stadium Kaifan | ||
Capacity | 12,350 | ||
Chairman | Khalid Al-Ghanim | ||
League | Kuwait Premier League | ||
2021–22 | Kuwait Premier League, 1st of 10 | ||
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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, in Kaifan, which is the 5th largest stadium in Kuwait. It is the first Kuwaiti club to ever win an Asian title (currently three times), 2009 AFC Cup, 2012 AFC Cup and 2013 AFC Cup.
History
Kuwait SC (also referred as "Al Kuwait" or nicknamed Al Ameed, which means 'the oldest club in the nation') is the first founded club since independence. The team has been doing well in the 1980s as their players have later been part of the national team that 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.
Honours
Domestic
- STC Premier League:
- Kuwait Emir Cup:
- Kuwait Crown Prince Cup:
- Kuwait Super Cup:
- Kuwait Federation Cup:
- Al Kurafi Cup: (defunct)
- Winners (1): 2005
- Kuwait Joint League: 2 (defunct)
- Winners (2): 1976–77, 1988–89
Asian
Friendly
- Bani Yas International Tournament:
- Winners (1): 2012
Statistics in Asian football
- AFC Champions League: 7 appearances
- AFC Cup: 10 appearances
- Asian Club Championship: 1 appearance
- 2002: Group stage (Top 8)
Season | Competition | Round | Club | Home | Away | |
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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 | |||
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Al-Wahda | 2–2 | ||||
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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 |
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Al-Sadd | 0–1 | 0–3 | |||
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Al-Ahli | 1–0 | 3–3 | |||
2007 | AFC Champions League | Group stage | ![]() |
Al-Hilal | 0–0 | 1–1 |
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Pakhtakor | 0–1 | 1–2 | |||
2008 | AFC Champions League | Group stage | ![]() |
Saipa | 1–1 | 0–1 |
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Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya | 1–2 | 0–0 | |||
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Al-Wasl | 2–1 | 0–1 | |||
2009 | AFC Cup | Group stage | ![]() |
Al-Wahdat | 1–0 | 1–1 |
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Al-Karamah | 2–1 | 1–2 | |||
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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 |
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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 |
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Al-Suwaiq | 0–0 | 3–1 | |||
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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 |
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VB Sport Club | 7–1 | 2–2 | |||
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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 |
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Al-Safa | 3–1 | 0–1 | |||
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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.
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Presidents and managers
List of presidents
Years | Chairman |
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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
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Other sports
Besides football, the club has teams for handball, basketball, volleyball, water polo, squash, athletics, gymnastics, swimming, boxing, judo, and weightlifting. Kuwait SC publishes a monthly magazine since 2007.
Club sponsors
Wataniya Telecom
Platinum
BMW
References
- ^ "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.