Kuwait SC
Kuwaiti sports club
| Kuwait SC active departments | ||
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Football (men's) |
Handball (men's) |
Basketball (men's) |
Kuwait Sports Club, also known as Al-Kuwait, (Arabic: نادي الكويت الرياضي) is a Kuwaiti professional football club based in Kuwait City. They have won the Kuwait Premier League 19 times and over 50 trophies overall. The club plays at the Al Kuwait Sports Club Stadium located in Kaifan. It is the first Kuwaiti club to win an Asian title, having won the 2009 AFC Cup, 2012 AFC Cup, 2013 AFC Cup, and the 2025-26 AFC Challenge League.
01History
The club is also called Al Kuwait and Al Ameed. 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-Qadsia.
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.
02Honours
- record
- S shared record
03Statistics in Asian football
| Season | Competition | Round | Club | Home | Away | Aggregate |
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| 2001-02 | Asian Club Championship | First round | Jableh | 2-0 | 0-0 | 2-0 |
| Second round | Al-Quds Club | 3-2 | 6-1 | 9-3 | ||
| Group stage | Nasaf | 1-1 | 3rd out of 4 | |||
| Al-Wahda | 2-2 | |||||
| Esteghlal | 0-3 | |||||
| 2002-03 | AFC Champions League | Second round | Al-Ahli | 3-1 | 0-2 | 3-3 (a) |
| 2005 | AFC Champions League | Group stage | Neftchi | 1-0 | 0-1 | 3rd out of 4 |
| Al-Sadd | 0-1 | 0-2 | ||||
| Al-Ahli | 1-0 | 3-3 | ||||
| 2007 | AFC Champions League | Group stage | Al-Hilal | 0-0 | 1-1 | 3rd out of 3 |
| Pakhtakor | 0-1 | 1-2 | ||||
| 2008 | AFC Champions League | Group stage | Saipa | 1-1 | 0-1 | 4th out of 4 |
| 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 | 1st out of 4 |
| Al-Karamah | 2-1 | 1-2 | ||||
| Mohun Bagan | 6-0 | 1-0 | ||||
| Round of 16 | Dempo | 3-1 | ||||
| Quarter-final | Arbil | 1-1 | 1-0 | 2-1 | ||
| Semi-final | South China | 2-1 | 1-0 | 3-1 | ||
| Final | Al-Karamah | 2-1 | ||||
| 2010 | AFC Cup | Group stage | Al Hilal | 2-2 | 2-0 | 1st out of 3 |
| Churchill Brothers | 7-1 | 2-2 | ||||
| Round of 16 | Al-Ittihad | 1-1 (a.e.t.) (4-5 p) | ||||
| 2011 | AFC Cup | Group stage | Al-Wahdat | 1-3 | 0-1 | 2nd out of 4 |
| Al-Suwaiq | 0-0 | 3-1 | ||||
| Al Talaba | 1-0 | 2-1 | ||||
| Round of 16 | Qadsia | 2-2 (a.e.t.) (3-2 p) | ||||
| Quarter-final | Muangthong United | 1-0 | 0-0 | 1-0 | ||
| Semi-final | Arbil | 3-3 | 2-0 | 5-3 | ||
| Final | Nasaf | 1-2 | ||||
| 2012 | AFC Cup | Group stage | Al-Ettifaq | 1-5 | 2-2 | 2nd out of 4 |
| VB Sports Club | 7-1 | 2-2 | ||||
| Al Ahed | 1-0 | 4-0 | ||||
| Round of 16 | Qadsia | 1-1 (a.e.t.) (3-1 p) | ||||
| Quarter-final | Al-Wehdat | 0-0 | 3-0 | 3-0 | ||
| Semi-final | Al-Ettifaq | 4-1 | 2-0 | 6-1 | ||
| Final | Arbil | 4-0 | ||||
| 2013 | AFC Cup | Group stage | Regar-TadAZ | 5-0 | 3-1 | 1st out of 4 |
| Al-Safa | 3-1 | 0-1 | ||||
| Riffa SC | 2-3 | 2-0 | ||||
| Round of 16 | Dohuk | 1-1 (a.e.t.) (4-1 p) | ||||
| Quarter-final | New Radiant | 5-0 | 7-2 | 12-2 | ||
| Semi-final | East Bengal | 4-2 | 3-0 | 7-2 | ||
| Final | Al-Qadsia | 2-0 | ||||
| 2014 | AFC Champions League | Qualifying play-off round one | Al-Shorta | 1-0 | ||
| Qualifying play-off round two | Lokomotiv Tashkent | 3-1 | ||||
| Qualifying play-off round three | Lekhwiya SC | 1-4 | ||||
| AFC Cup | Group stage | Nejmeh SC | 2-1 | 0-0 | 1st out of 4 | |
| Fanja | 4-0 | 1-3 | ||||
| Al-Jaish | 2-0 | 2-0 | ||||
| Round of 16 | Al Riffa | 2-0 | ||||
| Quarter-final | Persipura Jayapura | 3-2 | 1-6 | 4-8 | ||
| 2015 | AFC Cup | Group stage | Nejmeh SC | 4-1 | 2-1 | 2nd out of 4 |
| Riffa S.C. | 2-1 | 1-2 | ||||
| Al-Jaish | 0-1 | 0-0 | ||||
| Round of 16 | Al Shorta SC | 2-0 | ||||
| Quarter-final | Kitchee SC | 6-0 | 1-1 | 7-1 | ||
| Semi-final | FC Istiklol | 4-0 | , N/a | 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 | 2nd out of 4 | |
| Al-Najma | 2-1 | 1-0 | ||||
| Al-Ittihad | 0-0 | 2-0 | ||||
| 2020 | AFC Champions League | Preliminary round 1 | Al-Faisaly | 2-1 | ||
| Preliminary round 2 | Esteghlal | 0-3 | ||||
| AFC Cup | Group stage | Al-Ansar | 1-0 | , N/a | Cancelled | |
| Al-Wathba | , N/a | 0-0 | ||||
| Al-Faisaly | , N/a | , N/a | ||||
| 2021 | AFC Cup | Group stage | Markaz Shabab | 4-1 | 1st out of 4 | |
| Tishreen SC | 3-3 | |||||
| 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 | 2nd out of 4 | |
| Al-Seeb | 2-1 | |||||
| Jableh | 0-0 | |||||
| 2023-24 | AFC Cup | Group stage | Al-Kahrabaa | 0-1 | 0-0 | 3rd out of 4 |
| Al-Wehdat | 2-1 | 1-1 | ||||
| Al Ittihad | 1-1 | 1-1 | ||||
| 2024-25 | AFC Champions League Two | Group stage | Nasaf | 0-0 | 2-1 | 3rd out of 4 |
| Al-Hussein | 2-2 | 1-2 | ||||
| Shabab Al Ahli | 3-3 | 1-4 | ||||
| 2025-26 | AFC Challenge League | Group stage | Al-Ansar | 3-2 | 1st out of 4 | |
| Al-Seeb | 1-1 | |||||
| Bashundra | 2-0 | |||||
| Quarter-final | Al-Shabab | 5-3 | ||||
| Semi-final | Muras United | 2-1 | ||||
| Final | PKR Svay Rieng | 4-3 (a.e.t.) | ||||
| 2026-27 | AFC Champions League Two | Group stage | Al Wahda | |||
| Al-Khaldiya | ||||||
| Nasaf | ||||||
04Players
First team squad
- As of 31 August 2026
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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05List 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 |
06List of managers/coaches
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07Other 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.
Sources and credits
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