Al-Salmiya SC
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| Full name | Al-Salmiya Sporting Club نادي السالمية الرياضي | ||
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| Nickname(s) | Al-Samawi Terrible Troublers | ||
| Founded | 1964 | ||
| Ground | Thamir Stadium Al Salmiya | ||
| Capacity | 20005[1] | ||
| Chairman | Turki Alyousef Alsabah | ||
| League | Kuwait Premier League | ||
| 2022–23 | 5th of 10 | ||
| Website | Club website | ||
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Al-Salmiya Sporting Club (Arabic: نادي السالمية الرياضي) is a Kuwaiti professional football and sports club in Salmiya. They have won the Kuwaiti Premier League four times, most recently in 2000. They were founded in 1964 and the club covers a total area of 94 thousand square metres comprising ten sports: football, volleyball, table tennis, tennis, squash, fencing, judo, taekwondo, karate and athletics.
Stadium
Al-Salmiya plays their home games at Thamir Stadium in Salmiya. The stadium was Opened on 2004. It has a current capacity of 16,105 spectators.
Crests and colours
Crests
The club crest is inspired by location of Salmiya on the map of Kuwait, with green representing the land, while the color blue represents the sea.
Colours
Al-Salmiya's home kit is all sky blue shirts and white shorts, while their away kit is all white shirts and sky blue shorts.
Honours
Domestic
- VIVA Premier League: 4
- Winners: 1980–81, 1994–95, 1997–98, 1999–00
- Kuwait Emir Cup: 2
- Winners: 1992–93, 2000–01
- Kuwait Crown Cup: 2
- Winners: 2000–01, 2015–16
- Kuwaiti Division One: 1
- Winners: 1971–72
- Al-Khurafi Cup: 1
- Winners: 1999–00
Regional
- Runners-up: 1999
Friendly
- Brigadiers Cup: 1
- Winners: 2012–13
Futsal
- Kuwaiti futsal league:
- Winners: 2011–12
Handball
- Asian Club League Handball Championship: 5
- Runners-up: 1999, 2001
Performance in AFC competitions
- AFC Champions League: 1 appearance
- 2005: Group stage
- Asian Club Championship: 3 appearances
- Asian Cup Winners Cup: 2 appearances
Players
Current squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Former players
FIFA World Cup and AFC Asian Cup players
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Club chairmen
| Years | Chairman |
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| 1964–65 |  Abdulaziz Mohammed Al Rasheed
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| 1966 | Jasem Mohammed Al Wogayan
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| 1967–72 | Abdulaziz Mohammed Al Rasheed
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| 1973–75 | Ali Subah Al Salem Al Subah
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| 1975–81 | Mohammed Yousef Al Subah
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| 1981–82 | Salem Fahad Al Salem Al Subah
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| 1982–08 | Khaled Yousef Al Subah
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| 2008–11 | Abdullah Al Tereeji
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| 2012– | Shiekh Turki Yousef Al-Sabah
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Former head coaches
| Years | Name | Nationality |
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| 1991–94 | Gildo Rodrigues |  |
| 1995–96 | David Roberts |  |
| 1996 | Saleh Al Asfoor | |
| 1998 | Alexandru Moldovan |  |
| 1999–00 | William Thomas |  |
| 2000–01 | Ivan Buljan |  |
| 2001 | Adel Abdul Nabi | |
| 2001–03 | Alfred Riedl |  |
| 2005–06 | Saleh Al Asfoor | |
| 2006–07 | Sándor Egervári |  |
| 2007–08 | Neca |  |
| 2008 | Mohammed Ibrahem | |
| 2008–09 | Mihai Stoichiţă | |
| 2009 | Saleh Zakaria | |
| 2009–10 | Tamás Krivitz | |
| 2010 | Saleh Zakaria | |
| 2010–11 | Zijad Švrakić |  |
| 2011 | Muhammad Karam | |
| 2011–13 | Sanjin Alagić | |
| 2013–14 | Mihai Stoichiţă | |
| 2014–17 | Mohammed Dehelees | |
| 2017–18 | Abdel Aziz Hamada | |
| 2018–19 | Miloud Hamdi |  |
| 2019–20 | Salman Awad | |
| 2020–2021 | Mohammed Al Mashaan | |
| 2021 | Thamer Enad | |
| 2021 | Hatem Al Moadab |  |
| 2021–2023 | Mohammed Ibrahem | |
| 2023–2024 | Mohammed Al-Mashaan | |
See also
References
- ^ "Premier League - Kuwait - Results, fixtures, tables and news - Sportal". Archived from the original on 6 July 2011. Retrieved 14 May 2010.
External links
- Official website (in Arabic)
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