Qadsia Sporting Club
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| Full name | Qadsia Sporting Club |
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| Nickname(s) | (The Kings) (The Yellow castle) |
| Founded | October 20, 1953 |
| Ground |
Mohammed Al-Hamad Stadium Hawalli, Kuwait |
| Capacity | 26,000 |
| Chairman | Khaled Fahad Ahmad |
| Manager | Dalibor Starcevic |
| League | VIVA Premier League |
| 2015-16 | Kuwaiti Premier League, 1st |
Qadsia Sporting Club (Arabic: نادي القادسية الرياضي) is primarily an association football club. Based in Kuwait City, Qadsia Club is one of the most popular clubs in Kuwait. Al Qadsia was founded in 1953 and it was called Al Jazira before being renamed to Qadsia SC on 20 October 1960. Qadsia currently plays in the Kuwaiti Premier League and has won this league 16 times as the most winning club in the league alongside Al-Arabi SC.
Qadsia plays in the Mohammed Al-Hamad Stadium, which is in Hawalli, and is the fourth largest stadium in Kuwait. Qadsia has the biggest fans base in Kuwait more than any other club.
Qadsia SC was one of the first Kuwaiti teams to be established in Kuwait alongside Al-Arabi and Kuwait SC. They started football in 1961–62 football season and finished second in three years in a row behind Al-Arabi which started the Kuwaiti Classico between them. their first league title came in 1968–69.
Through these 20 years Qadsia won the league 5 times and many other trophies. Also competed in the GCC Champions League.
Since 2002, Al-Arabi never won the league which made Qadisa make there dominance in football by winning the league three times after Al-Arabi SC's last run and then losing it three times to Kuwait SC then winning it again four times in a row Making Qadsia the second team in Kuwait to win the league four times in a row at the time Qadsia SC has been to the final if the AFC Cup twice in 2010 and 2013 but lost both first to Al-Ittihad Aleppo from Syria in 2010 and Kuwait SC in 2013. In the 2013–14 season Al Qadsia won their 16th title.
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