Kuwait SC

Kuwait SC
نادي الكويت

Full name	Kuwait Sporting Club
Nickname(s)	The Brigadiers
Founded	20 October 1960
Ground	Al Kuwait Sports Club Stadium Kaifan, Kuwait City
Capacity	18,500
Chairman	Abdulaziz Al Marzouq
Manager	Aziz Hamada
League	VIVA Premier League
2014–15	VIVA Premier League, 1st
Website	Club home page
Home colours Away colours

Kuwait Sporting Club (Arabic: نادي الكويت الرياضي‎) is a Kuwaiti professional football and basketball ^[1] club. The football team has won the Kuwaiti Premier League 11 times, with the most recent one coming in 2013. Kuwait SC also have 37 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

39 Official Titles

• VIVA Premier League:
  • Winners (12): 1964–65, 1967–68, 1971–72, 1973–74, 1976–77, 1978–79, 2000–01, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2012–13, 2014–15
  • 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 (11): 1976, 1977, 1978, 1980, 1985, 1987, 1988, 2002, 2009, 2014, 2016
  • 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 (6): 2002, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2009, 2014–2015
• Kuwait Federation Cup:
  • Winners (5): 1977–78, 1991–92, 2009–10, 2011–12 2014–15
  • Runners-up (2): 2008, 2015-16
• Kuwait Super Cup:
  • Winners (2): 2010, 2015
  • 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: 7 appearances

2009: Winners

2010: Round of 16

2011: Runners-up

2012: Winners

2013: Winners

2014: Quarter Finals

2015: Semi 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
2015	AFC Cup	Group		Nejmeh SC	4–1	2–1
		Group		Riffa S.C.	2–1	1–2
		Group		Al-Jaish	0–1	0–0
		Round of 16		Al Shorta SC	2–0

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. Position Player 1 GK Mos'aab Al Kandari 3 DF Fahad Awadh 4 FW Abdallah Al Faraj 7 MF Fahad Al Enezi 8 MF Abdullah Al Buraiki 10 FW Rogério Coutinho 11 FW Ali Al Kandari 13 MF Chadi Hammami 14 DF Khaled Al Kandari 15 MF Waleed Ali 18 MF Jarah Al Ateeqi (captain) 19 FW Vinícius Lopes 20 DF Hussain Hakem 21 DF Sami Al Sanea

No. Position Player 22 GK Bader Al Azmi 23 MF Naser Al Qahtani 24 DF Abdullah Al Rifai 25 DF Ahmad Al Subaih 27 FW Abdulaziz Al Marshod 32 FW Abdallah Al Mulla 33 DF Fahad Hamoud 34 GK Abdulrahman Al Hussainan 37 MF Sherida Khaled 38 FW Yousef Yaqoub 40 MF Abdulhadi Khamis 42 FW Abdullah Al Sallal 45 FW 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 2014– Mohamad Ibrahim

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

Other sports

See also Al Kuwait SC (basketball)

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

1. Al Kuwait SC basketball, asia-basket.com, accessed 2 March 2016.

External links

• Official website