Khaitan Sporting Club ( ar, نادي خيطان الرياضي) is a Kuwaiti professional

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club named after

Khaitan Khaitan is an area of Farwaniya Governorate in Kuwait City. It is the home of Khaitan Sporting Club Khaitan Sporting Club (Arabic: نادي خيطان الرياضي) is a Kuwaiti professional football club named after Khaitan, a suburb of ...

, a suburb of

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, ...

. Khaitan is the first Kuwaiti club to win the

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title. Khaitan has always been among the clubs fighting off relegation on multiple occasions. The club is known for producing talent rather than buying ready-made stars. Khaitan play their local derby match against rivals Al-Tadamon SC.

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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 ...

: Winners 2 *: 1965–66, 1970–71 *

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 *1999 : Al Ar ...

: Runners-up 1 *:

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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 ...

: 1 *: 1974–75

2011 Final Kuwait Crown Prince Cup

During the

, Khaitan reached the final. The team played against Kuwait SC and lost 1–2, it was the team's first final in more than 30 years. On route to the final Khaiatn defeated Sulabikhat in the quarterfinal and Al Arabi in the semifinal.

FIFA World Cup and AFC Asian Cup players

FIFA World Cup 1982 * **

Muayad Al-Haddad Muayad Rehayyem Gamal Al-Haddad (born 3 March 1960) is a Kuwaiti former football forward who played for Kuwait in the 1982 FIFA World Cup. He also played for Khaitan Sporting Club Khaitan Sporting Club (Arabic: نادي خيطان الريا ...

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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2004 AFC Asian Cup The 2004 AFC Asian Cup was the 13th edition of the men's AFC Asian Cup, a quadrennial international association football, football tournament organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). It was held from 17 July to 7 August 2004 in China. ...

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Hussain Mustahil Hussain Mustahil Rabia ( ar, حسين مستهيل ربيعة; born 2 May 1980), commonly known as Hussain Mustahil, is a retired Omani footballer who last played for Al-Nasr S.C.S.C. International career Hussain was part of the first team squad ...

Famous players

Khaitan Sports Club has been among the clubs that always produced special talent and players such as international players who later represented Kuwait in multiple tournaments. Such players include Waleed Ali and Mouayad Al Haddad.

Other sports

Khaitan maintains a multiple sports complex hosting different sports including football, handball, volleyball, and basketball. Other individual sports in Khaitan include Judo, Taekwando, Table tennis and Athletics.

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2011 Final Kuwait Crown Prince Cup

FIFA World Cup and AFC Asian Cup players

Famous players

Other sports

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See also