Kuwait SC
Kuwait Sporting Club is a Kuwaiti professional football and basketball club based in Kuwait City. The football team has won the Kuwaiti Premier League 15 times, with the most recent one coming in 2018–19. Kuwait SC also have 47 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 KuwaitStadium
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
51 Official Titles
- VIVA Premier League:
- *Winners : 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
- *Runners-up : 1969–70, 1974–75, 1975–76, 1984–85, 1987–88, 2004–05, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2013–14
- Kuwait Emir Cup:
- *Winners : 1976, 1977, 1978, 1980, 1985, 1987, 1988, 2002, 2009, 2013–14, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19
- *Runners-up : 1963, 1969, 1971, 1975, 1981, 1982, 2004, 2010, 2011
- Kuwait Crown Prince Cup:
- *Winners : 1994, 2003, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2016–17, 2018–19, 2019–20
- *Runners-up : 2002, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2009, 2014–2015, 2015–2016, 2017–2018
- Kuwait Federation Cup:
- *Winners : 1977–78, 1991–92, 2009–10, 2011–12, 2014–15
- *Runners-up : 2008, 2015–16
- Kuwait Super Cup:
- *Winners : 2010, 2015, 2016, 2017
- *Runners-up : 2008, 2009, 2013, 2014, 2018, 2019
- Al Kurafi Cup:
- *Winners : 2005
- Kuwait Joint League: 2
- * Winners : 1976–77, 1988–89
Asian
- AFC Cup:
- *Winners : 2009, 2012, 2013
- *Runners-up : 2011
Friendly
- Bani Yas International Tournament:
- *Winners : 2012
Statistics in Asian football
- AFC Champions League: 7 appearances
- AFC Cup: 9 appearances
- Asian Club Championship: 1 appearance
Players
Presidents and managers
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 |
2014–2016 | Mohammed Ebrahim Hajeyah |
2016–2017 | Laurent Banide |
2017–2018 | Abdullah Abu Zema |
2018 | Mohamed Abdullah |
, 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 teamOther 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