Kazma Sporting Club ( ar, نادي كاظمة الرياضي) is a Kuwaiti professional

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club. Founded in 1964, the club competes in the

Kuwaiti Premier League The Kuwait Premier League (), known as STC Premier League due to sponsorship reasons, is the top division of the Kuwait football pyramid system. Formed in 1961, Al-Arabi, Qadsia and Kuwait both hold the best record in the competition, having won ...

Club history

Naming

The club is named after the area of Kathma. In 630 A.D., the battle of 'That Alslasil' took place in Kathma, which is located forty kilometers north of Kuwait City on the coast of Kuwait.

Recent history

On 21 December 2009, under head coach

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, Kazma played a

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against reigning

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champions

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to commemorate the 45th anniversary of the club. The match ended with 1–1 draw and Barcelona received

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1.7 million to participate in the match. Won the

Kuwait Emir Cup The Kuwait Amir/Emir Cup ( ar, كأس أمير الكويت) is a Kuwaiti football competition created in 1962. The Emir Cup, is the last football competition held in the Kuwaiti football season. It is considered the most valuable cup. Al Arabi ...

in 2011 a 1–0 over

Kuwait SC Kuwait Sporting Club ( ar, نادي الكويت الرياضي) is a Kuwaiti professional football club based in Kuwait City. The football team has won Kuwaiti Premier League 17 times. Kuwait SC also has over 50 trophies in Kuwaiti Club foot ...

2011-

On November 10, 2015, after 4 years of trophy-less seasons the club won the 2015-16 Kuwait Federation Cup vs

2-1 goals scored by Patrick Fabiano.

Stadium

Kazma's stadium, Al-Sadaqua Walsalam Stadium, is a multi-purpose stadium located in Kuwait City, Kuwait. It is currently used mostly for football matches. The stadium has a 21,500 holding capacity. It is the 2nd largest stadium in Kuwait and is the home ground for Kazma. The stadium hosted 2 Arabian Gulf Cup tournaments, the first being in

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, which

Kuwait Kuwait (; ar, الكويت ', or ), officially the State of Kuwait ( ar, دولة الكويت '), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated in the northern edge of Eastern Arabia at the tip of the Persian Gulf, bordering Iraq to the nort ...

won for the seventh time. However, the second time in 2003 Kuwait ended up in 6th place, which is their worst ever ranking. It has also hosted many finals of the

and

Kuwait Crown Cup The Crown Prince Cup ( ar, كأس ولي العهد) is a Kuwaiti domestic annual football competition created in 1994. Previous winners *1994 : Kuwait SC *1995 : Kazma SC *1996 : Al Arabi SC *1997 : Al Arabi SC *1998 : Qadsia SC *1999 : Al Ar ...

Presidents

* Ahmad Khalid Al-Fozan ''(Oct 1964 – Oct 1965)'' * Yousef Abdullah Mohammed Shaheen Al-Ghanim ''(Nov 1965 – June 1995)'' * Abdullah Al-Dakheel Al-Rasheed ''(June 1995 – Sep 1995)'' * Suleiman Mohamed Saleh Al-Adsani ''(Sept 1995 – May 1997)'' * Khalid Nasser Al-Sanea ''(May 1997 – May 2000)'' * Suleiman Mohamed Saleh Al-Adsani ''(May 2000 – May 2006)'' * Asad Ahmed Al-Banwan ''(May 2006–)''

Achievements

Kazma has 20 official championships.

Official

* Viva Premier League: 4 ::1986, 1987, 1994, 1996 *

: 8 ::1982, 1984, 1990, 1995, 1997, 1998, 2011,

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: 1 ::1995 ::Runners-up : 2007 *

Gulf Club Champions Cup The GCC Champions League ( ar, دوري أبطال الخليج للأندية), formerly known as the Gulf Cup for Clubs ( ar, كأس الخليج للأندية), was an annually organized football league tournament for clubs of the Arabian penin ...

: 2 ::

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::Runners-up

1988 File:1988 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The oil platform Piper Alpha explodes and collapses in the North Sea, killing 165 workers; The USS Vincennes (CG-49) mistakenly shoots down Iran Air Flight 655; Australia celebrates its Bicenten ...

1997 File:1997 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The movie set of ''Titanic'', the highest-grossing movie in history at the time; '' Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone'', is published; Comet Hale-Bopp passes by Earth and becomes one of ...

* Kuwaiti Division One: 1 ::1968–69 *

Kuwait Super Cup The Kuwait Super Cup ( ar, كأس السوبر الكويتي) is an annual one-match association football competition in Kuwait organised by Kuwait Football Association (KFA). This competition serves as the season opener and is played between the ...

: :: Runners-up : 2011 *

Kuwait Federation Cup The Kuwaiti Federation Cup ( ar, كأس الاتحاد الكويتي) is a competition organised by the Kuwait Football Association, the Kuwaiti version of a League cup and has been played in its current format every year since 2008. The first e ...

: 2 :: 2015–16, 2017–18 :: Runners-up : 2009, 2012 * Al Khurafi Cup: 2 ::2004, 2007

Friendly

*Al Hasawi Super Cup: 1 ::2007

Futsal

* Kuwaiti Futsal League: 2 :: 2014–15, 2015–16 * Kuwait Futsal Super Cup: 3 :: 2015, 2017, 2018

Current squad

Recent seasons

;Kazma's biggest wins * In Asia ::

: Kazma 3–0

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: Kazma 3–0

Sharjah Sharjah (; ar, ٱلشَّارقَة ', Gulf Arabic: ''aš-Šārja'') is the third-most populous city in the United Arab Emirates, after Dubai and Abu Dhabi, forming part of the Dubai-Sharjah-Ajman metropolitan area. Sharjah is the capital ...

: Kazma 9–0

Dhofar The Dhofar Governorate ( ar, مُحَافَظَة ظُفَار, Muḥāfaẓat Ẓufār) is the largest of the 11 Governorates in the Sultanate of Oman in terms of area. It lies in Southern Oman, on the eastern border with Yemen's Al Mahrah G ...

:: 1996: Kazma 4–1 Al Ain ::

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: Kazma 3–0

Al Nassr Al Nassr Football Club ( ar, نادي النصر السعودي; '' Naṣr'' meaning ''Victory'') is a Saudi Arabian football club based in Riyadh. Formed in 1955, the club plays its home games at the Mrsool Park. Their home colours are yello ...

* Friendlies ::2008: Kazma 7–1

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::2009: Kazma 1–1

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::2009: Kazma 1–1

Kazma in Asia

FIFA World Cup and AFC Asian Cup Players

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* **Nassir Al-Ghanim **Jamal Al-Qabendi **Hamoud Al-Shemmari **Yussef Al-Suwayed **Adam Marjam **Abdullah Mayouf

Managerial history

Affiliated clubs

* Boca Juniors

Other sports

Besides football, the club has teams for handball,

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volleyball Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules. It has been a part of the official program of the Sum ...

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Swimming Swimming is the self-propulsion of a person through water, or other liquid, usually for recreation, sport, exercise, or survival. Locomotion is achieved through coordinated movement of the limbs and the body to achieve hydrodynamic thrust that r ...

Boxing Boxing (also known as "Western boxing" or "pugilism") is a combat sport in which two people, usually wearing protective gloves and other protective equipment such as hand wraps and mouthguards, throw punches at each other for a predetermine ...

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, and

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Basketball

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: twice finished third in

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in Jakarta and

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1992 in

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Handball team achievements

Asian Club League Handball Championship The Asian Men's Club League Handball Championship (AHF Club League Championship) is the official competition organised by Asian Handball Federation for the men's handball clubs of Asia, and takes place every year. In addition to crowning the Asi ...

: 2 **1998 in Amman **1999 in Isfahan

Performance in AFC (Asian) Competitions

Asian Club Championship The AFC Champions League (abbreviated as ACL) is an annual continental club football competition organised by the Asian Football Confederation, and contested by Asia's top-division football clubs. It is the most prestigious club competitio ...

: 4 appearances ::

: Group Stage (Top 8) ::

: First Round ::

: Second Round * Asian Cup Winners Cup: 4 appearances :: 1991–92: Quarter-Finals :: 1995–96: Quarter-Finals :: 1997–98: Second Round :: 1998–99: Quarter-Finals (withdrew) * AFC Cup: 2 appearances :: 2010: Quarter-Finals ::

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: Round of 16

References

External links

Official site
{{Football in Kuwait

Kazma Kazma () is an ancient city in Kuwait. It is located in Al Jahra Governorate, north of Kuwait City, the capital of Kuwait. It is an ancient city with a long history, known to Persians and Arabs since the Sassanid, Jahiliyyah and the early Isla ...

Association football clubs established in 1964 1964 establishments in Kuwait Sports teams in Kuwait