Full name | Kuwait Sporting Club |
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Nickname(s) | The Brigadiers |
Founded | 20 October 1960 |
Ground |
Al Kuwait Sports Club Stadium Kaifan, Kuwait City |
Capacity | 18,500 |
Chairman | Abdulaziz Al Marzouq |
Manager | Laurent Banide |
League | VIVA Premier League |
2014–15 | VIVA Premier League, 1st |
Website | Club home page |
Kuwait Sporting Club (Arabic: نادي الكويت الرياضي) is a Kuwaiti professional football and basketball club. The football team has won the Kuwaiti Premier League 14 times, with the most recent one coming in 2013-2014. Kuwait SC also have 37 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 Kuwait.
Al Kuwait Sports Club Stadium 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.
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