Al-Arabi SC (Kuwait)
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| Full name | Al-Arabi Sporting Club |
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| Nickname(s) |
Al-Za'eem (The Boss) El-Akhthar (The Green) The Green Castle The Castle Of Trophies |
| Founded | 1953, as Al-Uruba 1960, as Al-Arabi |
| Ground |
Sabah Al-Salem Stadium Al-Mansouriah (Kuwait City) |
| Capacity | 26,000 |
| Chairman | Jamal Al-Kazemi |
| Manager | Miodrag Ješić |
| League | VIVA Premier League |
| 2015–16 | VIVA Premier League, 5th |
| Website | Club home page |
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 'Football' |
 Basketball |
 Handball |
Paintball |
 Swimming |
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 Futsal |
 Athletics |
 Boxing |
 Judo |
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| The Castle of Cups | |
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| Full name | Sabah Al Salem Stadium |
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| Location |
 Mansuriyah, Kuwait City, Kuwait
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| Owner | Public Authority For Youth And Sport |
| Operator | Al Arabi Kuwait |
| Capacity | 26,000 |
| Construction | |
| Broke ground | 1977 |
| Opened | 5 January 1979 |
| Architect | Public Authority For Youth And Sport (1977) |
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| Al-Arabi SC (1979–present) | |
Al-Arabi Sporting Club (Arabic: النادي العربي الرياضي) is a Kuwaiti Club based in Mansuriya that sponsors a number of teams, the most notable of which is the football team in the VIVA Premier League. Al-Arabi SC was named Al-Uruba (Arabic: العُروبَة, "Arabians") at the beginning of 1953, and changed to Al-Arabi SC (The Arabian) in 1960. As winners of the Kuwait Emir Cup in 2008, Al-Arabi SC was the first Kuwaiti team to compete in the AFC Cup. Al-Arabi SC has 57 official trophies next to its name in the Kuwaiti Club Football history(55 domestic and 2 GCC), the most of any Kuwaiti football team. Al-Arabi SC's stadium is Sabah Al-Salem Stadium in Mansūriya, a suburb of the capital of the country, Kuwait City. It is the second largest stadium in Kuwait. Al-Arabi has never won any league title since the 2001–02 season. It had the same points as Kuwait SC in 2014–15 season, but the title went to Kuwait by the principle of the results of the matches between the two team. Al-Arabi SC is the only team in Kuwait that has never lost in the Kuwait Super Cup. Holding both records to be in the final of the Kuwait Crown Prince Cup 4 consecutive times tied with Kuwait SC and in Kuwait Emir Cup going to the final 11 consecutive times since 1962 to 1973, more than any Kuwaiti team.
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