Kuwait Sports Club (Arabic: نادي الكويت الرياضي) is a Kuwaiti professional football club based in Kuwait City. Their football team has won Kuwait Premier League 19 times and has won over 50 trophies overall. The club plays in the Al Kuwait Sports Club Stadium located in Kaifan, which is the 5th largest stadium in Kuwait. It is the first Kuwaiti club to ever win an Asian title, having won the 2009 AFC Cup, 2012 AFC Cup and 2013 AFC Cup.
History
Kuwait SC is the oldest football club in Kuwait, the first to be founded after independence. The club is also called Al Kuwait and Al Ameed, which translates to "the oldest club in the nation". Members of the club during the 1980s formed a part of the Kuwaiti national team which reached the 1982 FIFA World Cup. The second golden age for the club was in the 2000s, as they have been winning most of the league titles and participating in AFC Cup. In 2009, Kuwait won the first AFC Cup winning against Al-Karamah from Syria with the victory of 2–1. In 2011, they reached the AFC Cup final, but they lost against Nasaf Qarshi from Uzbekistan. The club became champion of AFC Cup in 2012 and 2013 defeating Erbil SC from Iraq with 4-0 and fellow side Al-Qasdia.
Kuwait SC has been growing steadily over the last two decades from 2000 to 2020, over the two decades the team has won many domestic titles and Asian titles in the form of AFC CUP. Kuwait SC has been also among the teams to represent Kuwait in international tournaments including the Arab Champions Cup.
Kuwait SC is a team based in Kuwait City. There are two other teams in the capital of Kuwait: Al Arabi SC, and Kazma SC, who are naturally the team's rivals. The 2000s were a new era of dominance for Kuwait SC alongside Qadsia, which is based in Hawalli. The dominance of both sides for almost 10 years winning all local tournaments between them has created an important rivalry between both teams.
Honours
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Statistics in Asian football
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 | 0–2 | |||
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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(pen.) | |||
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 Sports Club | 7–1 | 2–2 | |||
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Al Ahed | 1–0 | 4–0 | |||
Round of 16 | ![]() |
Qadsia | 1–1(aet) 3–1(pen.) | |||
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(pen.) | |||
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 stage | ![]() |
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 stage | ![]() |
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 | rowspan="2" 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 | 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 stage | ![]() |
Al-Ansar | 1–1 | |
Group stage | ![]() |
Al-Seeb | 2–1 | |||
Group stage | ![]() |
Jableh | 0–0 | |||
2023-24 | AFC Cup | Group stage | ![]() |
Al-Kahrabaa | 0-1 | 0–0 |
Group stage | ![]() |
Al-Wehdat | 2–1 | 1–1 | ||
Group stage | ![]() |
Al Ittihad | 1–1 | 1–1 | ||
2024-25 | AFC Champions League Two | Group stage | ![]() |
FC Nasaf | 0–0 | 2–1 |
Group stage | ![]() |
Al-Hussein | 2-2 | 1–2 | ||
Group stage | ![]() |
Shabab AlAhli | 3-3 | 1–4 |
Players
First team squad
- As of 9 January 2025
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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List of presidents
Years | President |
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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/coaches
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Arab Club Championship Final
Other sports
Besides football, the club has teams for handball, basketball, volleyball, water polo, squash, athletics, gymnastics, swimming, boxing, judo, and weightlifting. The club has also maintained a monthly magazine since 2007.[citation needed]
See also
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.
- ^ "Nasaf win 2011 AFC Cup Archived 16 November 2018 at the Wayback Machine. the-afc.com, 29 October 2011.
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