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Kuwait SC
نادي الكويت
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Full name	Kuwait Sporting Club
Nickname(s)	The Brigadiers
Founded	20 October 1960; 63 years ago
Ground	Al Kuwait Sports Club Stadium ; Kaifan, Kuwait City
Capacity	18,500
Chairman	Abdulaziz Al Marzouq
Manager	Aziz Hamada
League	Kuwaiti Premier League
2013–14	Kuwaiti Premier League, 2nd
Website	Club website
Home colours	Away colours

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Kuwait Sporting Club (Arabic: نادي الكويت الرياضي) is a Kuwaiti professional football (soccer) club. They have won the Kuwaiti Premier League 11 times, with the most recent one coming in 2013. Kuwait SC also have 35 trophies to their name 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. Kuwait SC is the first Kuwaiti club to ever win an Asian title that is, the AFC Cup in 2009, 2012, 2013. Kuwait SC is also one of the first sports club to have been established in Kuwait.

Stadium

Al Kuwait Sports Club Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Kuwait City, Kuwait. It is currently used mostly for football matches and hosts the home matches of Al Kuwait Kaifan. The stadium has a capacity of 18,500 seats. The stadium hosted the final matches of the Kuwait Emir Cup and Kuwait Crown Cup for the past five seasons. It also hosted matches for the national team during the 1974 Gulf Cup of Nations, where Kuwait won their third title after winning 4–0 against Saudi Arabia.

Honours

Domestic

VIVA Premier League:
- Winners (11): 1964–65, 1967–68, 1971–72, 1973–74, 1976–77, 1978–79, 2000–01, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2012–13
- Runners-up (10): 1969–70, 1971–72, 1974–75, 1975–76, 1984–85, 1987–88, 2004–05, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2013–14

Kuwait Emir Cup:
- Winners (10): 1976, 1977, 1978, 1980, 1985, 1987, 1988, 2002, 2009, 2014
- Runners-up (9): 1963, 1969, 1971, 1975, 1981, 1982, 2004, 2010, 2011

Kuwait Crown Prince Cup:
- Winners (5): 1994, 2003, 2008, 2010, 2011
- Runners-up (5): 2002, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2009

Kuwait Federation Cup:
- Winners (4): 1977–78, 1991–92, 2010, 2012
- Runners-up (1): 2008

Kuwait Super Cup:
- Winners (1): 2010
- Runners-up (4): 2008, 2009, 2013, 2014

Al Kurafi Cup:(defunct)
- Winners (1): 2005

Kuwait Joint League : 2 (defunct)
- Winners (2): 1976–77, 1988–89

Asian

AFC Cup:
- Winners (3): 2009, 2012, 2013
- Runners-up (1): 2011

Friendly

Bani Yas International Tournament:
- Winners (1): 2012

List of seasons

Kuwait SC seasons
Season	League Division	League Position	Kuwait Emir Cup	Crown Prince Cup	Federation Cup	AFC Competitions
1961–62	KPL	3rd	Semifinals	–	–	–	–
1962–63	KPL	3rd	Runners-up	–	–	–	–
1963–64	KPL	3rd	Semifinals	–	–	–	–
1964–65	KPL	1st	Semifinals	–	–	–	–
1965–66	KPL	3rd	Semifinals	–	–	–	–
1966–67	KPL	3rd	Semifinals	–	–	–	–
1967–68	KPL	1st	Semifinals	–	–	–	–
1968–69	KPL	4th	Runners-up	–	–	–	–
1969–70	KPL	2nd	–	–	–	–	–
1970–71	KPL	3rd	Runners-up	–	–	–	–
1971–72	KPL	Champions (Playoffs)	–	–	–	–	–
1972–73	KPL	4th	Semifinals	–	–	–	–
1973–74	KPL	1st	Runners-up	–	–	–	–
1974–75	KPL	2nd	Runners-up	–	–	–	–
1975–76	KPL	2nd	Champions	–	–	–	–
1976–77	KPL	1st	Champions	–	–	–	–
1977–78	KPL	3rd	Champions	–	–	–	–
1978–79	KPL	1st	3rd Place	–	–	–	–
1979–80	KPL	4th	Champions	–	–	–	–
1980–81	KPL	6th	Runners-up	–	–	–	–
1981–82	KPL	4th	Runners-up	–	–	–	–
1982–83	KPL	3rd	–	–	–	–	–
1983–84	KPL	4th	4th Place	–	–	–	–
1984–85	KPL	2nd	Champions	–	–	–	–
1985–86	KPL	4th	–	–	–	–	–
1986–87	KPL	3rd	Champions	–	–	–	–
1987–88	KPL	2nd	Champions	–	–	–	–
1988–89	KPL	3rd	–	–	–	–	–
1989–90	KPL	4th	–	–	–	–	–
1991–92	KPL	4th (Group 2)	4th Place	–	Champions	–	–
1992–93	KPL	6th	–	–	–	–	–
1993–94	KPL	9th	3rd Place	Champions	–	–	–
1994–95	KPL	5th	Round 1	–	–	–	–
1995–96	KPL	10th	Quarterfinals	–	–	–	–
1996–97	KPL	5th	Round 1	–	–	–	–
1997–98	KPL	7th	Round 1	–	–	–	–
1998–99	KPL	3rd Place (Playoffs)	3rd Place	–	–	–	–
1999–00	KPL	3rd (Final Round)	Round 1	–	–	–	–
2000–01	KPL	1st	Round 1	3rd Place	–	–	–
2001–02	KPL	4th	Champions	Runners-up	–	–	–
2002–03	KPL	4th	Quarterfinals	Champions	–	–	–
2003–04	KPL	4th Place (Playoffs)	Runners-up	Runners-up	–	–	–
2004–05	KPL	2nd (Final Round)	Round 1	Runners-up	–	–	–
2005–06	KPL	1st	3rd Place	Runners-up	–	–	–
2006–07	KPL	Champions (Playoffs)	4th Place	Group Stages	–	–	–
2007–08	KPL	1st	Quarterfinals	Champions	Runners-up	–	–
2008–09	KPL	3rd	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinals	2009 AFC Cup	Champions
2009–10	KPL	2nd	Runners-up	Champions	Champions	2010 AFC Cup	Round of 16
2010–11	KPL	2nd	Runners-up	Champions	Semifinals	2011 AFC Cup	Runners-up
2011–12	KPL	2nd	Quarterfinals	Group Stages	Champions	2012 AFC Cup	Champions
2012–13	KPL	1st	Quarterfinals	Quarterfinals	3rd (Group)	2013 AFC Cup	Champions

Statistics in Asian football

AFC Champions League:5 appearances

2002–03: Qualifying West – 2nd Round

2005: Group Stage

2007: Group Stage

2008: Group Stage

2014: 3rd Round Qualifying

AFC Cup: 6 appearances

2009: Winners

2010: Round of 16

2011: Runners-up

2012: Winners

2013: Winners

2014: Quarter Finals

Asian Club Championship: 1 appearance

2002: Group Stage

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
		QuarterFinal	Arbil	1–1	1–0
		Semifinal	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)
		QuarterFinal	Muangthong United	1–0	0–0
		SemiFinal	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)
		Quarterfinal	Al-Wehdat	0–0	3–0
		Semifinal	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)
		Quarterfinal	New Radiant	5–0	7–2
		Semifinal	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	Fanja	4–0	1–3
		Group	Al-Jaish	2–0	2–0
		Round of 16	Al Riffa	2–0
		Quarterfinal	Persipura Jayapura	3–2	1–6

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
2	DF	KUW	Yaqoub Al Taher
3	DF	KUW	Fahad Awadh
4	FW	KUW	Abdallah Al Faraj
5	MF	BRA	Makelele
7	MF	KUW	Fahad Al Enezi
8	MF	KUW	Abdullah Al Buraiki
10	MF	KUW	Naser Al Qahtani
11	FW	KUW	Ali Al Kandari
12	DF	KUW	Fahad Al Ansari
13	MF	TUN	Chadi Hammami
14	DF	KUW	Khaled Al Kandari
15	MF	KUW	Waleed Ali
16	MF	KUW	Ebrahim Shehab
17	FW	IRN	Reza Ghoochannejhad (on loan from Charlton Athletic)
18	MF	KUW	Jarah Al Ateeqi (captain)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
19	MF	BRA	Rafael Bastos
20	DF	KUW	Hussain Hakem
21	DF	KUW	Sami Al Sanea
22	GK	KUW	Bader Al Azmi
24	DF	KUW	Abdullah Al Rifai
25	DF	KUW	Ahmad Al Subaih
27	FW	KUW	Abdulaziz Al Marshod
32	FW	KUW	Abdallah Al Mulla
33	DF	KUW	Fahad Hamoud
34	GK	KUW	Abdulrahman Al Hussainan
37	MF	KUW	Sherida Khaled
38	FW	KUW	Yousef Yaqoub
40	MF	KUW	Abdulhadi Khamis
42	FW	KUW	Abdullah Al Sallal
45	FW	KUW	Ahmed Hezam

Presidents and managers

List of presidents

Years	Chairman
1961–63	Mohamed Al Khaled Al Zayed
1963–65	Fahad Al Marzoq
1965–72	Khidair Masha'an
1972–74	Mubarak Al Asfoor
1974–81	Khidair Masha'an
1981–92	Ali Thunaien 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–	Abdulaziz Al Marzouq

List of managers

Years	Name
1987–89	Allan Jones
1989–96	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

Years	Name
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
2010	Arthur Bernardes
2010	Mohamed Abdullah
2010–11	José Romão
2011–12	Dragan Talajić
2012–14	Marin Ion
2014–	Aziz Hamada

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

World football rankings (by IFFHS)

Rankings are calculated by the IFFHS.^[1]

2010 Kuwait SC ranking

IFFHS	Club	Points
249	FK Ekranas	79
249	Sông Lam Nghệ An	79
249	Gaziantepspor	79
249	Kuwait SC	79
253	Fiorentina	78
253	Bordeaux	78
253	Kelantan FA	78

2011 Kuwait SC ranking

IFFHS		Club	Points
207		Jeju United
208		Elfsborg
209		Universidad César Vallejo
210		Kuwait SC
211		JS Kabylie
212		Everton
213		Ittihad

2012 Kuwait SC ranking

IFFHS	Club	Points
175	Linfield	94
175	Haras El-Hodood	93.5
177	Ittihad	93
177	Kuwait SC	93
177	Zob Ahan	93
180	Dundee United	92
180	FK Ventspils	92

Last updated December 1st, 2010

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

^ "TOP 350 Club World Ranking". IFFHS. 1 December 2010.

External links

Official website

Preceded by Al-Muharraq	AFC Cup Runner up: Al-Karamah 2009	Succeeded by Al-Ittihad
Preceded by Nasaf Qarshi	AFC Cup Runner up: Arbil 2012	Succeeded by Holders
Preceded by Holders	AFC Cup Runner up: Qadsia SC 2013	Succeeded by Incumbent

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[1] "TOP 350 Club World Ranking". IFFHS. 1 December 2010.

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 ===Friendly===
-*'''[[Baniyas SC|Baniyas SC Cup]]''':
+*'''[[Bani Yas International Tournament]]''':
-**''Winners (1):'' 2012–13
+**''Winners (1):'' [[2012]]
 ===List of seasons===

v t e Kuwait Premier League
2022–23 clubs	Al-Arabi Al-Fahaheel Al-Jahra Kazma SC Kuwait SC Al-Nasr Qadsia SC Al-Sahel Al-Salmiya Al-Shabab Al-Tadamon Al-Yarmouk
Former clubs	Khaitan SC Al-Sulaibikhat
Associated competitions	Kuwait Emir Cup Kuwait Crown Prince Cup Kuwait Super Cup

v t e Football in Kuwait
Kuwait Football Association
National teams	Men's Men's Futsal U-23 U-20 U-17 Women's
League competitions	Zain Premier League Kuwaiti Division One Kuwaiti Women's League Futsal League
Cups	Emir Cup Crown Prince Cup Federation Cup Super Cup Futsal Federation Cup Futsal Super Cup
Defunct Tournaments	Al-Khurafi Cup (defunct) Joint League (defunct)
List of clubs List of footballers List of venues Kuwaiti Football Records