Kuwait SC

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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

Marin Ion

League

Kuwaiti Premier League

2012–13

Kuwaiti Premier League, 1st

Website

Club home page

Home colours

Away colours

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 32 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 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

Kuwaiti 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 (9): 1969–70, 1971–72, 1974–75, 1975–76, 1984–85, 1987–88, 2004–05, 2010–11, 2011–12

Kuwait Emir Cup:
- Winners (9): 1976, 1977, 1978, 1980, 1985, 1987, 1988, 2002, 2009
- 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 (3): 1992, 2010, 2012
- Runners-up (1): 2008

Kuwait Super Cup:
- Winners (1): 2010
- Runners-up (3): 2008, 2009, 2013

Al Kurafi Cup:
- Winners (1): 2005

Asian

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

List of seasons

Club's official bus

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:

AFC Cup: 5 appearances

2009: Winners

2010: Round of 16

2011: Runners-up

2012: Winners

2013: Winners

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

Players

First team squad

Javad Nekounam has been playing for the club, is also Kuwait SC's most expensive signing

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
2	DF	Yaqoub Al Taher
3	DF	Fahad Awadh
4	FW	Abdallah Al Faraj
6	MF	Javad Nekounam
9	MF	Fahad Al Enezi
10	FW	Ali Al Kandari
11	FW	Samir Dželpić
12	DF	Fahad Al Ansari
13	DF	Abdullah Al Rifai
14	DF	Khaled Al Kandari
15	MF	Waleed Ali
16	MF	Ebrahim Shehab
17	MF	Abdullah Al Buraiki
18	MF	Jarah Al Ateeqi (captain)
19	DF	Hussain Ali Baba

No.	Position	Player
20	DF	Hussain Hakem
21	DF	Sami Al Sanea
22	GK	Bader Al Azmi
23	GK	Khaled Al Fadhli
24	MF	Chadi Hammami
25	DF	Ahmad Al Subaih
27	FW	Abdulaziz Al Marshod
32	FW	Abdallah Al Mulla
33	DF	Fahad Hamoud
34	GK	Abdulrahman Al Hussainan
35	MF	Naser Al Qahtani
37	MF	Sherida Khaled
38	FW	Yousef Yaqoub
40	MF	Abdulhadi Khamis
42	FW	Abdullah Al Sallal

Presidents and managers

List of presidents

Years	Chairman
1961–1963	Mohamed Al Khaled Al Zayed
1963–1965	Fahad Al Marzoq
1965–1972	Khidair Masha'an
1972–1974	Mubarak Al Asfoor
1974–1981	Khidair Masha'an
1981–1992	Ali Thunaien Al Ghanim
1992–1994	Ghassan Al Nesf
1994–2000	Mohammed Al-Sager
2000–2002	Jassim Al Mahri
2002	Issam Al Sager
2002	Youssuf Al Munais
2002–2008	Marzouq Al-Ghanim
2008–	Abdulaziz Al Marzouq

List of managers

Marin Ion is the current manager of the club, having won the Kuwaiti Premier League and the AFC Cup twice in 2012 and 2013 with the team

Years	Name
1987–1989	Allan Jones
1989–1996	John Cartwright
1996	Oleh Bazylevych
1996–1997	Slobodan Pavković
2001–2002	Rainer Bonhof
2002–2003	Ján Pivarník
2003	Saleh Zakaria
2003–2004	Gilberto
2004	Saleh Zakaria
2004–2005	Mohamed Abdullah
2005	Theo Bücker
2005–2006	Rodion Gačanin
2006	Mohamed Abdullah
2006–2007	Willem Leushuis
2007	Mohamed Abdullah
2007–2008	Rodion Gačanin
2008	Radmilo Ivančević
2008–09	Laurent Banide
2009	Néstor Clausen
2009–2010	Mohamed Abdullah
2010	Arthur Bernardes
2010	Mohamed Abdullah
2010–2011	José Romão
2011–2012	Dragan Talajić
2012–	Marin Ion

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

2011 Kuwait SC ranking

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

2012 Kuwait SC ranking

IFFHS	Club	Points
175	Linfield F.C.	94
175	Haras El-Hodood	93.5
177	Ittihad FC	93
177	Kuwait SC	93
177	Zob Ahan	93
180	Dundee United F.C.	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
Lotto
Adidas
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

v t e Kuwaiti Premier League 2011/12

Arabi Kazma Kuwait Naser Qadsia Salmiya Al Shabab Jahra

v t e 2011 AFC Cup

Champions	Nasaf Qarshi

Runners-up	Al-Kuwait

Eliminated in the semi-finals	Arbil Al-Wehdat

Eliminated in the quarter-finals	Chonburi Duhok Muangthong United Persipura Jayapura

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	West Asia Al-Ansar Al-Ittihad Al-Jaish Al-Karamah Al-Nasr Al-Oruba Al-Saqr Al-Suwaiq Al-Talaba Al-Tilal East Asia Hà Nội T&T Kingfisher East Bengal South China TSW Pegasus VB Victory

Group stage Knockout stage Final

v t e AFC Cup winners

2004: Al-Jaish 2005: Al-Faisaly 2006: Al-Faisaly 2007: Shabab Al-Ordon 2008: Al-Muharraq 2009: Al-Kuwait 2010: Al-Ittihad 2011: Nasaf Qarshi 2012: Al-Kuwait

v t e Football in Kuwait

Kuwait Football Association

National teams	Men's U-23 U-20 U-17 Women's

Leagues	Premier League First Division

Cups	Emir Cup Crown Prince Cup Federation Cup Al Kurafi Cup (defunct) Super Cup

List of clubs List of footballers List of venues Kuwaiti Football Records

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