Kuwait SC

Kuwait SC
نادي الكويت
Full name Kuwait Sporting Club
Nickname(s) العميد {Al-Ameed}
Founded 20 October 1960
Ground Al Kuwait Sports Club Stadium
Kaifan, Kuwait City, Kuwait
(Capacity: 18,000)
President Abdulaziz Al Marzouq
Coach Dragan Talajić
League Kuwaiti Premier League
Home colours
Away colours

Kuwait Sporting Club (Arabic: نادي الكويت‎) is a Kuwaiti professional football (soccer) club. They have won the Kuwaiti Premier League 10 times, with the most recent one coming in 2008. Kuwait SC also has 23 trophies to their name in Kuwaiti Club Football history. Kuwait SC plays in Al Kuwait Sports Club Stadium in Al Asimah, Keifan which is the 5th largest stadium in Kuwait. Kuwait SC in the first Kuwaiti club to ever win an Asian title, The AFC Cup in 2009.

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Achievements

Stadium

Al Kuwait Kaifan 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 holds 18,500. The Stadium hosted the final matches of the Kuwait Emir Cup and Kuwait Crown Cup for the last 5 seasons.This Stadium also hosted matches for the National team during the 1974 Gulf Cup of Nations, were Kuwait won their third title after winning 4–0 against Saudi Arabia.

Performance in AFC competitions

2002–03: Qualifying West – 2nd Round
2005: Group Stage
2007: Group Stage
2008: Group Stage
2009: Winners
2010: Round of 16
2011: Runner-up
2012:
2002: Group Stage

Club 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

Current squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
1 GK Musab Al Kanderi
2 DF Yaqoub Al Taher
3 DF Fahad Awadh
4 DF Youssouf Al Youha
5 DF Khaled Al Shammari (on loan from Kazma)
6 MF Ebrahim Shehab
8 MF Lassana Fané
9 FW Abdullah Nahar
10 FW Rogério
11 FW Ali Al Kandari
14 DF Khaled Al Kandari
15 MF Waleed Ali
16 FW Khalid Ajab
17 MF Abdullah Al Buraiki
18 MF Jarah Al Ateeqi
20 DF Hussain Hakem
21 DF Samer Al Marta
No. Position Player
22 GK Bader Al Azmi
23 GK Khaled Al Fadhli
25 DF Ahmad Al Subaih
27 FW Abdulaziz Al Marshod
28 FW Boris Kabi
29 MF Abdulhadi Al Khamis
31 DF Sami Al Sanea
32 FW Abdallah Al Mulla
33 DF Fahad Hamoud
35 MF Naser Al Qahtani
37 MF Sherida Khaled
38 FW Yousef Yaqoub
DF Abdullah Al Rifai
DF Fahad Al Ansari
FW Abdallah Al Faraj
FW Abdullah Al Sallal

2011 Summer Transfers

In

Out

Kuwait SC Stat.

Kuwait Sport Club
Season Pos. Crown Prince Cup Emir Cup
2000–01 Champion Semi-Final Round 1
2001–02 4 Runners Up Champion
2002–03 4 Champion Quarterfinal
2003–04 4 Runners Up Runners Up
2004–05 Runners Up Runners Up Round 1
2005–06 Champion Runners Up Semi Final
2006–07 Champion Round 1 Semifinal
2007–08 Champion Champion QuarterFinal
2008–09 3 Runners Up Champion
2009–10 Runners Up Champion Runners Up
2010–11 Runners Up Champion Runners Up
2011-12 Round 1
2006: Kuwait SC 0–4 Brazil

League results


Notable players

Kuwait

Asia

Africa

South America

Europe

AFC Cup

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Al-Kuwait 6 4 1 1 12 4 +8 13
Al-Karama 6 4 0 2 12 7 +5 12
Al-Wahdat 6 3 1 2 12 7 +5 10
Mohun Bagan 6 0 0 6 1 19 −18 0
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Al-Kuwait 4 2 2 0 13 5 +8 8
Churchill Brothers 4 2 1 1 6 10 −4 7
Al-Hilal 4 0 1 3 3 7 −4 1
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Al-Wahdat 6 4 2 0 11 3 +8 14
Al-Kuwait 6 3 1 2 7 6 +1 10
Al-Talaba 6 1 2 3 4 6 −2 5
Al-Suwaiq 6 0 3 3 5 12 −7 3

Kuwait SC in Asia

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 Nasaf Qarshi 1–1
Group Al-Wahda 2–2
Group Esteghlal 0–3
2002–03 AFC Champions League 2nd Round Al-Ahli 3–1 0–2
2005 AFC Champions League Group Neftchi 1–0 0–1
Group Al-Sadd 0–1 0–1
Group Al-Ahli 1–0 3–3
2007 AFC Champions League Group Al-Hilal 0–0 1–1
Group Pakhtakor 0–1 1–2
2008 AFC Champions League Group Saipa 1–1 0–1
Group Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 1–2 0–0
Group Al-Wasl 2–1 0–1
2009 AFC Cup Group Al-Wahdat 1–0 1–1
Group Al-Karamah 2–1 1–2
Group 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 Al Hilal 2–2 2–0
Group Churchill Brothers 7–1 2–2
Round of 16 Al-Ittihad 1–1(aet)
(4–5) pso)
2011 AFC Cup Group Al-Wahdat 1–3 0–1
Group Al-Suwaiq 0–0 3–1
Group 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
ACL PO loser
Group VB Sport Club
Group Al Ahed

FIFA World Cup ,AFC Asian Cup Players, and CAF African cup of nations

FIFA World Cup1982

1996 Asian cup

2000 Asian Cup

2004 Asian Cup

CAF 2006

2007 Asian Cup

CAF 2008

2011 Asian Cup

Notable Coaches

Years Name Nationality
1995–96 John Cartwright England
1996 Oleh Bazylevych Ukraine
1996–97 Slobodan Pavković Yugoslavia
2001–02 Rainer Bonhof Germany
2002–03 Ján Pivarník Slovakia
2003 Saleh Zakaria Kuwait
2003–04 Gilberto Brazil
2004 Saleh Zakaria Kuwait
2004 Mohamed Abdullah Kuwait
2005 Theo Bücker Germany
2005–06 Rodion Gačanin Croatia
2006 Mohamed Abdullah Kuwait
2006–07 Willem Leushuis Netherlands
2007 Mohamed Abdullah Kuwait
2007–08 Rodion Gačanin Croatia
2008 Radmilo Ivančević Serbia
2008 – June 09 Laurent Banide France
Jul 2009 – Sep 09 Néstor Clausen Argentina
Oct 2009 – Dec 09 Mohamed Abdullah Kuwait
Jan 2010 – Apr 10 Arthur Bernardes Brazil
Apr 2010 – May 10 Mohamed Abdullah Kuwait
May 2010–2011 José Romão Portugal
2011– Dragan Talajić Croatia

World Football Clubs (by IFFHS)

Rankings are calculated by the IFFHS.[1]

The 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 ACF Fiorentina 78
253 FC Girondins de Bordeaux 78
253 Kelantan FA 78

The 2011 Kuwait SC ranking

IFFHS Club Points
207 Jeju United FC
208 IF Elfsborg
209 C.D. Universidad César Vallejo
210 Kuwait SC
211 JS Kabylie
212 Everton F.C.
213 Ittihad FC

Last updated December 1st, 2010

Other sports

Besides football, the Club has teams for handball, basketball, volleyball, waterpolo, Squash, athletics, Gymnastics, Swimming, Boxing, Judo, Weightlifting. Kuwait SC,made a magazine that is monthly, the magazing starting from 2007.

References

  1. ^ "TOP 350 Club World Ranking". IFFHS. 1 December 2010. http://www.iffhs.de/?10f42e00fa2d17f73702fa3016e23c17f7370eff3702bb1c2bbb6f28f53512. 

External links

Preceded by
Al-Muharraq
 AFC Cup
Runner up: Al-Karamah
2009		 Succeeded by
Al-Ittihad
Arabi · Kazma · Kuwait · Naser · Qadsia · Salmiya · Al Shabab · Jahra
Champions
Runners-up
Al-Kuwait
Eliminated in the semi-finals
Eliminated in the quarter-finals
Eliminated in the round of 16
West Asia: Al-Ahed · Dempo · Al-Faisaly · Al-Qadsia · Shurtan
East Asia: Sông Lam Nghệ An · Sriwijaya  · Tampines Rovers
Eliminated in the group stage
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