Al-Salmiya Sporting Club ( ar, نادي السالمية الرياضي) is a

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i professional football and sports club in Salmiya. They have won the

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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,

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Stadium

Night panorama of Salmiya from our living room

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 logo of the club 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 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 ...

: 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

GCC Champions League 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 ...

: ::Runners-up: 1999

Friendly

*Brigadiers Cup: 1 **Winners: 2012–13

Futsal

* Kuwaiti futsal league: **Winners: 2011–12

Handball

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 ...

: 5 **Runners-up: 1999, 2001

Performance in AFC competitions

* AFC Champions League: 1 appearance :: 2005: Group stage *

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 ...

: 3 appearances :: 1996: Second round :: 1999: First round :: 2001: Second round * Asian Cup Winners Cup: 2 appearances :: 1994: First Round :: 2002: Withdrew

Players

Current squad

Former players

FIFA World Cup and AFC Asian Cup players

Club chairmen

Former head coaches

Alfred Riedl, Fußballtrainer, Österreich (02)

References

External links

Official site
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