# Kuwait SC

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 Al-Qasdia from Kuwait.
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; Kuwait SC and Qadsia have met in more than 6 finals in the Emir Cup and Crown Prince Cup. They also met in the 2013 AFC Cup final, which was won by Kuwait SC.
Kuwait SC is the most traveled Kuwaiti team. Kuwait SC has played matches in the following countries: Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, UAE, Oman, Iraq, Syria, Jordan, Iran, Palestine, India, Indonesia, Uzbekistan, Hong Kong, Lebanon, Thailand, The Maldives, Tajikistan, Algeria, Tunisia, Morocco, Mauritania, and Egypt. Kuwait SC has an amazing record in Asian football winning across 20 different seasons at least once in their participation. They have taken part in the AFC Champions League, AFC Cup, and now defunct Asian Club Championship.

## Honours

Kuwait SC Achievements :
| Type | Competition | Title Holder | Seasons | Runners-Up | Seasons |
| Domestic | Kuwaiti Premier League | 19 | 1964–65, 1967–68, 1971–72, 1973–74, 1976–77, 1978–79, 2000-01, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2012–13, 2014–15, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20, 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24 | 11 | 1969–70, 1974–75, 1975–76, 1984–85, 1987–88, 2004-05, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2013–14 |
| Domestic | Kuwait Emir Cup | 16$^S$ | 1976, 1977, 1978, 1980, 1985, 1987, 1988, 2002, 2009, 2013–14, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2020–21, 2022–23 | 10 | 1963, 1969, 1971, 1975, 1981, 1982, 2004, 2010, 2011, 2020 |
| Domestic | Kuwait Crown Prince Cup | 9$^S$ | 1993-1994, 2002-2003, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2016–17, 2018–19, 2019–20, 2020–21 | 9 | 2002, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2009, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2017–18, 2021–22 |
| Domestic | Kuwait Super Cup | 8 | 2010, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2020, 2022, 2023–24, 2024–25 | 7 | 2008, 2009, 2013, 2014, 2018, 2019, 2021 |
| Domestic | Kuwait Federation Cup | 5 | 1977–78, 1991–92, 2009–10, 2011–12, 2014–15 | 2 | 2008, 2015–16 |
| Domestic | Al Kurafi Cup (defunct) | 1 | 2005 | 0 | |
| Domestic | Kuwait Joint League (defunct) | 2 | 1976–77, 1988–89 | 0 |
| Asia | AFC Cup / AFC Champions League Two | 3$^S$ | 2009, 2012, 2013 | 1 | 2011 |
| Friendly | Bani Yas International Tournament | 1 | 2012 | 0 |
* record
* $^S$ shared record

## Statistics in Asian football

* AFC Champions League: 7 appearances
       2002–03: Qualifying West – 2nd round
       2005: Group stage
       2007: Group stage
       2008: Group stage
       2014: 3rd round qualifying
       2019: 2nd qualifying round
       2020: 2nd qualifying round
* AFC Cup: 12 appearances
       2009: Winners
       2010: Round of 16
       2011: Runners-up
       2012: Winners
       2013: Winners
       2014: Quarter-finals
       2015: Semi-finals
       2019: Group stage
       2020: Canceled
       2021: Semi-finals (final zone-west)
       2022 : Group stage
       2023–24 : Group Stage
* AFC Champions League Two: 1 appearance
       2024-25 : Group Stage
* Asian Club Championship: 1 appearance
       2002: Group stage (Top 8)
| Season | Competition | Round | Club | Home | Away |
| 2001–02 | Asian Club Championship | 1st round | Jableh | 2–0 | 0–0 |
| 2001–02 | Asian Club Championship | 2nd round | Al-Quds Club | 3–2 | 6–1 |
| 2001–02 | Asian Club Championship | Group stage | Nasaf Qarshi | 1–1 | 1–1 |
| 2001–02 | Asian Club Championship | Group stage | Al-Wahda | 2–2 | 2–2 |
| 2001–02 | Asian Club Championship | Group stage | Esteghlal | 0–3 | 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 |
| 2005 | AFC Champions League | Group stage | Al-Sadd | 0–1 | 0–2 |
| 2005 | AFC Champions League | Group stage | Al-Ahli | 1–0 | 3–3 |
| 2007 | AFC Champions League | Group stage | Al-Hilal | 0–0 | 1–1 |
| 2007 | AFC Champions League | Group stage | Pakhtakor | 0–1 | 1–2 |
| 2008 | AFC Champions League | Group stage | Saipa | 1–1 | 0–1 |
| 2008 | AFC Champions League | Group stage | Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya | 1–2 | 0–0 |
| 2008 | AFC Champions League | Group stage | Al-Wasl | 2–1 | 0–1 |
| 2009 | AFC Cup | Group stage | Al-Wahdat | 1–0 | 1–1 |
| 2009 | AFC Cup | Group stage | Al-Karamah | 2–1 | 1–2 |
| 2009 | AFC Cup | Group stage | Mohun Bagan | 6–0 | 1–0 |
| 2009 | AFC Cup | Round of 16 | Dempo | 3–1 | 3–1 |
| 2009 | AFC Cup | Quarter-final | Arbil | 1–1 | 1–0 |
| 2009 | AFC Cup | Semi-final | South China | 2–1 | 1–0 |
| 2009 | AFC Cup | Final | Al-Karamah | 2–1 | 2–1 |
| 2010 | AFC Cup | Group stage | Al Hilal | 2–2 | 2–0 |
| 2010 | AFC Cup | Group stage | Churchill Brothers | 7–1 | 2–2 |
| 2010 | AFC Cup | Round of 16 | Al-Ittihad | 1–1(aet) 4–5(pso) | 1–1(aet) 4–5(pso) |
| 2011 | AFC Cup | Group stage | Al-Wahdat | 1–3 | 0–1 |
| 2011 | AFC Cup | Group stage | Al-Suwaiq | 0–0 | 3–1 |
| 2011 | AFC Cup | Group stage | Al Talaba | 1–0 | 2–1 |
| 2011 | AFC Cup | Round of 16 | Qadsia | 2–2(aet) 3–2(pso) | 2–2(aet) 3–2(pso) |
| 2011 | AFC Cup | Quarter-final | Muangthong United | 1–0 | 0–0 |
| 2011 | AFC Cup | Semi-final | Arbil | 3–3 | 2–0 |
| 2011 | AFC Cup | Final | Nasaf Qarshi | 1–2 | 1–2 |
| 2012 | AFC Cup | Group stage | Al-Ettifaq | 1–5 | 2–2 |
| 2012 | AFC Cup | Group stage | VB Sports Club | 7–1 | 2–2 |
| 2012 | AFC Cup | Group stage | Al Ahed | 1–0 | 4–0 |
| 2012 | AFC Cup | Round of 16 | Qadsia | 1–1(aet) 3–1(pso) | 1–1(aet) 3–1(pso) |
| 2012 | AFC Cup | Quarter-final | Al-Wehdat | 0–0 | 3–0 |
| 2012 | AFC Cup | Semi-final | Al-Ettifaq | 4–1 | 2–0 |
| 2012 | AFC Cup | Final | Arbil | 4–0 | 4–0 |
| 2013 | AFC Cup | Group stage | Regar-TadAZ | 5–0 | 3–1 |
| 2013 | AFC Cup | Group stage | Al-Safa | 3–1 | 0–1 |
| 2013 | AFC Cup | Group stage | Riffa SC | 2–3 | 2–0 |
| 2013 | AFC Cup | Round of 16 | Dohuk | 1–1(aet) 4–1(pso) | 1–1(aet) 4–1(pso) |
| 2013 | AFC Cup | Quarter-final | New Radiant | 5–0 | 7–2 |
| 2013 | AFC Cup | Semi-final | East Bengal | 4–2 | 3–0 |
| 2013 | AFC Cup | Final | Al-Qadsia | 2–0 | 2–0 |
| 2014 | AFC Champions League | 1st round | Al-Shorta | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| 2014 | AFC Champions League | 2nd round | Lokomotiv Tashkent | 3–1 | 3–1 |
| 2014 | AFC Champions League | 3rd round | Lekhwiya SC | 1–4 | 1–4 |
| 2014 | AFC Cup | Group | Nejmeh SC | 2–1 | 0–0 |
| 2014 | AFC Cup | Group stage | Fanja | 4–0 | 1–3 |
| 2014 | AFC Cup | Group stage | Al-Jaish | 2–0 | 2–0 |
| 2014 | AFC Cup | Round of 16 | Al Riffa | 2–0 | 2–0 |
| 2014 | AFC Cup | Quarter-final | Persipura Jayapura | 3–2 | 1–6 |
| 2015 | AFC Cup | Group | Nejmeh SC | 4–1 | 2–1 |
| 2015 | AFC Cup | Group stage | Riffa S.C. | 2–1 | 1–2 |
| 2015 | AFC Cup | Group stage | Al-Jaish | 0–1 | 0–0 |
| 2015 | AFC Cup | Round of 16 | Al Shorta SC | 2–0 | 2–0 |
| 2015 | AFC Cup | Quarter-final | Kitchee SC | 6–0 | 1–1 |
| 2015 | AFC Cup | Semi-final | FC Istiklol | 4–0 | w/o |
| 2019 | AFC Champions League | Preliminary round 1 | Al-Wehdat SC | 3–2 | 3–2 |
| 2019 | AFC Champions League | Preliminary round 2 | Zob Ahan SC | 0–1 | 0–1 |
| 2019 | AFC Cup | Group stage | Al-Jazeera Club | 1–2 | 0–1 |
| 2019 | AFC Cup | Group stage | Al-Najma | 2–1 | 1–0 |
| 2019 | AFC Cup | Group stage | Al-Ittihad | 0–0 | 2–0 |
| 2020 | AFC Champions League | Preliminary round 1 | Al-Faisaly | 2–1 | 2–1 |
| 2020 | AFC Champions League | Preliminary round 2 | Esteghlal | 0–3 | 0–3 |
| 2020 | AFC Cup | Group stage | Al-Ansar | 1–0 | - |
| 2020 | AFC Cup | Group stage | Al-Wathba | - | 0–0 |
| 2020 | AFC Cup | Group stage | Al-Faisaly | - | - |
| 2021 | AFC Cup | Group Stage | Markaz Shabab | 4–1 | 4–1 |
| 2021 | AFC Cup | Group stage | Tishreen SC | 3–3 | 3–3 |
| 2021 | AFC Cup | Group stage | Al-Faisaly | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| 2021 | AFC Cup | Quarter-final | Al-Salt SC | 2–0 | 2–0 |
| 2021 | AFC Cup | West Asia Zone Final | Al-Muharraq SC | 0–2 | 0–2 |
| 2022 | AFC Cup | Group | Al-Ansar | 1–1 | 1–1 |
| 2022 | AFC Cup | Group | Al-Seeb | 2–1 | 2–1 |
| 2022 | AFC Cup | Group | Jableh | 0–0 | 0–0 |
| 2023-24 | AFC Cup | Group | Al-Kahrabaa | 0-1 | 0–0 |
| 2023-24 | AFC Cup | Group | Al-Wehdat | 2–1 | 1–1 |
| 2023-24 | AFC Cup | Group | Al Ittihad | 1–1 | 1–1 |
| 2024-25 | AFC Champions League Two | Group | FC Nasaf | 0–0 | 2–1 |
| 2024-25 | AFC Champions League Two | Group | Al-Hussein | 2-2 | 1–2 |
| 2024-25 | AFC Champions League Two | Group | 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.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 2 | DF | KUW | Sami Al-Sanea |
| 3 | DF | KUW | Meshari Al-Enezi |
| 4 | MF | KUW | Redha Abujabarah |
| 5 | DF | KUW | Fahed Al Hajri |
| 6 | DF | KUW | Yousif Al-Khebizi |
| 7 | FW | KUW | Yousef Ayedh |
| 8 | MF | KUW | Ahmed Al-Dhefiri |
| 9 | MF | KUW | Faisal Zayid |
| 10 | MF | KUW | Talal Al Fadhel |
| 11 | MF | KUW | Mohammad Daham |
| 13 | DF | KUW | Fahad Hamoud |
| 14 | DF | KUW | Mohammad Frieh |
| 19 | FW | EGY | Ahmed Alaa |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 20 | FW | KUW | Yousef Nasser |
| 21 | DF | IRN | Ali Pourdara |
| 22 | DF | MAR | Amine Aboulfath |
| 23 | MF | EGY | Amro Abdelfatah |
| 26 | FW | BHR | Mohamed Marhoon |
| 27 | FW | TUN | Taha Yassine Khenissi |
| 29 | MF | KUW | Ahmad Zanki |
| 33 | GK | KUW | Saud Al Hoshan |
| 34 | GK | KUW | Dhari Al-Otaibi |
| 35 | DF | COD | Arsène Zola |
| 37 | MF | MAR | Yahya Jabrane |
| 40 | GK | KUW | Abdulrahman Kameel |
| 45 | DF | KUW | Sultan Al-Faraj |
| 99 | FW | KUW | Ebrahim Kameel |
| — | DF | ARG | Sergio Vittor |

## Presidents and managers
### List of presidents

| Years | Chairman |
| 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

Kuwait SC also played the final of the Arab Cup Championship

### Final
## Handball

Kuwait SC Handball team is among the most successful teams in the list of different teams which are part of Kuwait SC
Kuwait SC has one of the strongest Handball teams in Kuwait, furthermore they are the only Kuwaiti team to win three international tournaments.
In August 2023, Kuwait SC won the Arab Handball championship tournament defeating El Zamalek of Egypt in the final that was held in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia.

## 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.

## Club sponsors

* Ooredoo Kuwait
* Platinum
* BMW