Kuwait SC
Kuwaiti professional football club
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.
History
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.
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