Al Kuwait Kaifan

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Al Kuwait

Full name	Al Kuwait Sports Club
Founded	1960
Ground	Al Kuwait Sports Club Stadium Kuwait City, Kuwait (Capacity: 18,000)
Chairman	Marzooq Ali Alghanim
Manager	Dragan
League	Kuwaiti Premier League
Home colours Away colours

Al Kuwait Sports Club (Arabic: الكويت‎) is a Kuwaiti professional football (soccer) club. They have won the Kuwaiti Premier League 10 times, with the most recent one coming in 2008.

Contents 1 Achievements 2 Performance in AFC Competitions 3 Current squad 4 Local transfers 5 Club Chairmen 6 Kuwait SC Stat. 7 Notable Players 8 AFC Cup 9 Kuwait SC in Asia 10 AFC Asian Cup Players 11 Notable Coaches 12 External links

[edit] Achievements

• Kuwaiti Premier League: 10

1965, 1968, 1972, 1974, 1977, 1979, 2001, 2006, 2007, 2008

• Kuwait Emir Cup: 9

1976, 1977, 1978, 1980, 1985, 1987, 1988, 2002, 2009

• Kuwait Crown Prince Cup: 3
  • Winner : 1994, 2003, 2008

• Al Kurafi Cup: 1
  • Winner : 2005

[edit] Performance in AFC Competitions

• AFC Champions League: 4 appearances

2002-03: Qualifying West - 2nd Round

2005: Group Stage

2007: Group Stage

2008: Group Stage

• AFC Cup: 1 appearance

2009: QuarterFinal

• Asian Club Championship: 1 appearance

2002: Group Stage

[edit] Current squad

No. Position Player 1 GK Musaab Al Kanderi 2 DF Yaqoub Al Taher 3 DF Fahad Awad 4 DF Youssouf Al Youha 5 MF Ibrahim Shehab 6 FW Jehad Al Hussein 7 MF Meshal Hameed 8 MF André Macanga 9 FW Abdulla Nahar 15 MF Waleed Jumah

No. Position Player 16 FW Khalid Ajab 17 FW Abdulrahman Al Awadi 18 MF Jarah Al Ataiqi 19 FW Faraj Laheeb 20 MF Hussain Hakem 23 GK Khaled Al Fadhli 26 DF Abdulrazaq AlButti 27 FW Ismail Al Ajmi 29 DF Samir Al Martah 33 DF Abdulla Al Marzooqi 36 DF Fahad Humod 38 Dominic Elsey

[edit] Local transfers

In

• Yousef Alyouha
• Waled Ali
• Khaled Alfadli

Out

• Khalaf Salama
• Bashar Abdullah

[edit] Club Chairmen

Years	Chairman
1961/1963	Mohamed Al Khaled Al Zayed
1963/1965	Fahad Al Marzoq
1972/1973	Khidair Masha'an
1973/1974	Mubarak Al Asfoor
1974/1981	Khidair Masha'an
1982/1991	Ali Thunaien Al Ghanim
2002/2008	Marzouq Al Ghanim

[edit] Kuwait SC Stat.

Kuwait Sport Club

Season	Pos.	Crown Prince Cup	Emir Cup
2000\2001	Champion	Semi-Final	Round 1
2001\2002	4	Runners Up	Champion
2002\2003	4	Champion	Quarterfinal
2003\2004	4	Runners Up	Runners Up
2004\2005	Runners Up	Runners Up	Round 1
2005\2006	Champion	Runners Up	Semi Final
2006\2007	Champion	Round 1	Semifinal
2007\2008	Champion	Champion	QuarterFinal
2008\2009	3	Runners Up	Champion

[edit] Notable Players

• Abdulaziz Al-Anberi
• Ahmed Al-Tarabilsi
• Saleh Al Hasawi
• Saad Al Hooty
• Mohamed Abdullah
• Khalid Al Fadli
• Bashar Abdullah
• Dominic Elsey

• Ziad Jaziri
• André Macanga
• Samad Marfavi
• Reza Hassanzadeh
• Talal Yousef
• Mohamed Hubail
• A'ala Hubail
• Abdulla Al Marzooqi
• Hussain Ali Baba

[edit] AFC Cup

• AFC Cup 2009
  • Group D

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Al-Kuwait	6	4	1	1	12	4	+8	13
Al-Karama	6	4	0	2	12	7	+5	12
Al-Wahdat	6	3	1	2	12	7	+5	10
Mohun Bagan	6	0	0	6	1	19	-18	0

[edit] Kuwait SC in Asia

Season	Competition	Round		Club	Home	Away
2001-2002	Asian Club Championship	1st Round		Jableh	2-0	0-0
		2nd Round		Al-Quds Club	3-2	6-1
		Group		Nasaf Qarshi		1-1
		Group		Al Wahda		2-2
		Group		Esteghlal		0-3
2002-2003	AFC Champions League	2nd Round		Al Ahli	3-1	0-2
2005	AFC Champions League	Group		Neftchi	1-0	0-1
		Group		Al Sadd	0-1	0-1
		Group		Al Ahli	1-0	3-3
2007	AFC Champions League	Group		Al-Hilal	0-0	1-1
		Group		Pakhtakor	0-1	1-2
2008	AFC Champions League	Group		Saipa	1-1	0-1
		Group		Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	1-2	0-0
		Group		Al Wasl	2-1	0-1
2009	AFC Cup	Group		Al-Wihdat	1-0	1-1
		Group		Al-Karamah	2-1	1-2
		Group		Mohun Bagan	6-0	1-0
		Round of 16		Dempo	3-1
		QuarterFinal		Arbil

[edit] AFC Asian Cup Players

1996 AFC Asian Cup Kuwait Khaled Al Fadhli Ali Mohammad

2000 AFC Asian Cup Kuwait Faraj Laheeb

2004 AFC Asian Cup Kuwait Yaqoub Al Taher Bashar Abdulla Waleed Juma Bahrain Talal Yousef

AFC Asian Cup 2007 Bahrain Talal Yousef Hussain Ali Baba

[edit] Notable Coaches

Years	Name	Nationality
1995/1996	Carter Wright
1996	Oleg Baselivic
1996/1997	Bob Slowbdan
2001/2002	Rainer Bonhof
2002/2003	Ján Pivarník
2003	Saleh Zakaria
2003/2004	Gilberto
2004	Saleh Zakaria
2004	Mohamed Abdullah
2005	Theo Bücker
2005/2006	Rodion Gačanin
2006	Mohamed Abdullah
2006/2007	Willem Leushuis
2007	Mohamed Abdullah
2007/2008	Rodion Gačanin
2008 Present	Dragan

[edit] External links

• Official website

Kuwaiti Premier League 2008/2009 v • d • e
Arabi | Kazma | Kuwait | Naser | Qadsia | Salmiya | Al Shabab | Tadamon
v • d • e AFC Cup 2009 Quarter-finalists Al-Arabi · Al-Karamah · Al-Kuwait · Arbil · Binh Duong · Chonburi · Neftchi Farg'ona · South China Eliminated in round of 16 West Asia Al-Majd · Al-Zawraa · Busaiteen · Dempo · Safa East Asia Home United · Kedah · PSMS Medan Eliminated in group stage West Asia Al-Ahed · Al-Faisaly · Al-Hilal · Al-Mabarrah · Al-Oruba · Al-Suwaiq · Al-Tilal · Al-Wihdat · Mohun Bagan · Muharraq East Asia Club Valencia · Eastern · Hanoi ACB · Johor · PEA · VB Group stage · Knockout stage · Final