Football
Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ...
is the most popular sport in Kuwait.
Kuwait Football Association
The
Kuwait Football Association
The Kuwait Football Association ( ar, الإتحاد الكويتي لكرة القدم) is the governing body of football in Kuwait.
Kuwait has thrice been suspended by FIFA for political interference since 2007 and were allowed to participate ...
( ar, الإتحاد الكويتي لكرة القدم) is headquartered in Udailiya, Al-Ittihad Street,
Kuwait City
Kuwait City ( ar, مدينة الكويت) is the capital and largest city of Kuwait. Located at the heart of the country on the south shore of Kuwait Bay on the Persian Gulf, it is the political, cultural and economical centre of the emirate, ...
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The Kuwait Football Association (KFA) was founded in 1952.
Tournaments
Domestic tournaments
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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 ...
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Kuwaiti Division One
The Kuwaiti Division One is a second-tier professional Kuwaiti football league. Winners of the league are promoted to the Kuwait Premier League. Kuwaiti Division One was introduced for the 2006–07 season, when the bottom 6 clubs in the Premier ...
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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.
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Kuwait Crown Prince 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
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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 ...
Futsal
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Kuwaiti Futsal League
The Kuwaiti Futsal League started in 2009 Which was inspired b Al-roudan Famous Tournemnt. The first ever Champion was Al-Yarmouk SC of the 2009-10 season.
Champions
* 2009-10: Al-Yarmouk SC
* 2010-11: Al-Yarmouk SC
* 2011-12: Al-Salmiya SC
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Kuwait Futsal Federation Cup
The Kuwaiti Futsal Federation Cup started in 2009 in which Al-Fahaheel FC won against Al-Salmiya SC to be crowned the first champion along with Al Yarmouk Kuwait, Al-Yarmouk SC winning the Kuwaiti futsal league, Kuwaiti Futsal League.
Champions
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Kuwait Futsal Super Cup
The Kuwaiti Futsal super cup started in 2010 after the first season of futsal football finished.
Champions
* 2010: Al-Yarmouk SC
* 2011: Al-Yarmouk SC
* 2012: Qadsia SC
* 2013: Qadsia SC
* 2014: Al-Yarmouk SC
* 2015: Kazma SC
* 2016: Qadsia SC 7 ...
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Mini World Futsal Club Tournament
The Kuwait Mini World Futsal Club Tournament is the first Mini World Futsal Club tournament. It was held in Kuwait City, Kuwait between July 10 and July 26, 2013.
Qualified teams
The following sixteen teams played the final tournament.
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Defunct
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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 ...
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Kuwait Joint League
Kuwait Joint League is a League system tournament were all teams compete in and was defunct in 1988-89 Kuwait SC final champion.
Champions
*1969–70: Al Arabi SC
*1970–71: Al Arabi SC
*1971–72: Al Arabi SC
*1972–73: Al-Yarmouk SC
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Al-Khurafi Cup
The Al Kurafi Cup ( ar, كأس الخرافي) was a Kuwaiti football competition. The competition ran from 1999 to 2007. It was named after M. A. Kharafi & Sons.
Previous winners
*1998–99 : Al Arabi Kuwait
*1999–2000 : Al Salmiya Club
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Other tournaments held in Kuwait
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1964 Arab Nations Cup
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3rd Arabian Gulf Cup
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1975 AFC Youth Championship
The 1975 AFC Youth Championship was held in Kuwait.
Teams
The following teams entered the tournament:
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Note: Sri Lanka withdrew before the draw.
Group stage Group A
Group B
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1980 AFC Asian Cup
The 1980 AFC Asian Cup was the 7th edition of the men's AFC Asian Cup, a quadrennial international football tournament organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). The finals were hosted by Kuwait between 15 and 30 September 1980. The fie ...
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10th Arabian Gulf Cup
The 10th Arabian Gulf Cup ( ar, كأس الخليج العربي) was held in Kuwait, between 21 February to 9 March 1990. All matches were played at Peace & Friendship Stadium.
Saudi Arabia withdrew before the tournament, as they considered ...
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2002 West Asian Games
The 2002 West Asian Games was the second edition of the multi-sport event for countries in West Asia and was held in Kuwait City from 3 to 12 April 2002.
The competition was initially expected to be organised in Qatar in 1999, but due to unforesee ...
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2002 Arab Nations Cup
The 2002 Arab Cup was the eighth edition of the Arab Cup football competition, hosted in the nation of Kuwait. Saudi Arabia, who were the defending champions from the last Arab Cup, again won the title for a 2nd time at the conclusion of the compe ...
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16th Arabian Gulf Cup
The 16th Arabian Gulf Cup ( ar, كأس الخليج العربي) was held in Kuwait, between 26 December 2003 to 11 January 2004. All matches were played Al-Sadaqua Walsalam Stadium. Yemen made their debut in the Arabian Gulf Cup.
Iraq contin ...
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2012 WAFF Championship
The 2012 WAFF Championship was the 7th WAFF Championship, an international tournament for member nations of the West Asian Football Federation. It was hosted by Kuwait from 8 to 20 December 2012. The defending champions were Kuwait. However, the ...
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23rd Arabian Gulf Cup
The 23rd Arabian Gulf Cup ( ar, كأس الخليج العربي) was the 23rd edition of the biennial football competition for the eight members of the Arab Gulf Cup Football Federation. It took place in Kuwait from 22 December 2017 until ...
Kuwait football achievements
Asian Cup
* 1 time champions of
AFC Asian Cup
The AFC Asian Cup is the primary association football competition contested by the senior men's national teams of the members of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC), determining the continental champion of Asia. It is the second oldest cont ...
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1980 AFC Asian Cup
The 1980 AFC Asian Cup was the 7th edition of the men's AFC Asian Cup, a quadrennial international football tournament organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). The finals were hosted by Kuwait between 15 and 30 September 1980. The fie ...
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* 1 time runners-up of
AFC Asian Cup
The AFC Asian Cup is the primary association football competition contested by the senior men's national teams of the members of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC), determining the continental champion of Asia. It is the second oldest cont ...
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1976 AFC Asian Cup
The 1976 AFC Asian Cup was the 6th edition of the men's AFC Asian Cup, a quadrennial international football tournament organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). The finals were hosted by Iran between 3 and 13 June 1976. The field of six ...
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* 1 time third place of
AFC Asian Cup
The AFC Asian Cup is the primary association football competition contested by the senior men's national teams of the members of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC), determining the continental champion of Asia. It is the second oldest cont ...
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1984 AFC Asian Cup
The 1984 AFC Asian Cup was the 8th edition of the men's AFC Asian Cup, a quadrennial international football tournament organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). The finals were hosted by Singapore between 1 December and 16 December 198 ...
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World Military Cup
* 2 times champions of
World Military Cup
The World Military Cup is a football competition for national military teams. It is organized by the International Military Sports Council (CISM). The tournament has been held since 1946 and was originally called the World Military Championship. ...
(Qatar 1981, Kuwait 1983)
* 1 time runners-up of
World Military Cup
The World Military Cup is a football competition for national military teams. It is organized by the International Military Sports Council (CISM). The tournament has been held since 1946 and was originally called the World Military Championship. ...
(Syria 1977)
* 3 times third place of
World Military Cup
The World Military Cup is a football competition for national military teams. It is organized by the International Military Sports Council (CISM). The tournament has been held since 1946 and was originally called the World Military Championship. ...
(Congo 1973, West Germany 1975, Kuwait 1979)
Football clubs in Kuwait
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Al Arabi
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Al Fahaheel
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Al Jahra
Al Jahra ( ar, الجهراء) is a town and city located west of the centre of Kuwait City in Kuwait. Al Jahra is the capital of the Al Jahra Governorate of Kuwait as well as the surrounding Al Jahra District which is agriculturally based. Ency ...
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Al Kuwait
Kuwait City ( ar, مدينة الكويت) is the capital and largest city of Kuwait. Located at the heart of the country on the south shore of Kuwait Bay on the Persian Gulf, it is the political, cultural and economical centre of the emirate, ...
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Al Naser
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Al Salmiya
Salmiya (Arabic السالمية; transliterated As-Sālmīya(h)) is a city in Hawalli Governorate in Kuwait.
Salmiya is administratively divided into 12 blocks. The blocks located closer to the interior of the district tend to be mostly resid ...
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Al Shabab
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Al Qadsia
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Al Yarmouk
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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 ...
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Khaitan SC
Khaitan Sporting Club (Arabic: نادي خيطان الرياضي) is a Kuwaiti professional football club named after Khaitan, a suburb of Kuwait City. Khaitan is the first Kuwaiti club to win the Division One title.
Hounors
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Sulaibikhat
Sulaibikhat ( ar, الصليبخات, aṣ-Ṣulaybikhāt) is a district of Kuwait City in Kuwait. It comprises five blocks.
Sulaibkhat Camp
The British camp was built in Sulaibikhat during the British mandate, and consisted of approximately 20 ...
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Sahel
The Sahel (; ar, ساحل ' , "coast, shore") is a region in North Africa. It is defined as the ecoclimatic and biogeographic realm of transition between the Sahara to the north and the Sudanian savanna to the south. Having a hot semi-arid c ...
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Tadamon
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Burgan SC
Burgan Sports Club ( ar, نادي برقان الرياضي ) is a professional sports club best known for its football team. Based in Al Farwaniyah, the club competes in the Kuwaiti Division One.
History 2014–15 inaugural season
Burgan SC ...
National football team
The Kuwait national team greatest achievement is winning the
1980 AFC Asian Cup Final. The Kuwait national team has qualified for the
1982 FIFA World Cup
The 1982 FIFA World Cup was the 12th FIFA World Cup, a quadrennial Association football, football tournament for men's senior national teams, and was played in Spain between 13 June and 11 July 1982. The tournament was won by Italy national foo ...
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Women's football
Women's football is slowly growing in Kuwait.
Largest football stadiums in Kuwait
References
External links
Kuwaitat the FIFA website.
Kuwaitat the AFC website.
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