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

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 Iraq–Ku ...

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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 ...

. They have won 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 ...

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 Thamir Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Al Salmiya, Kuwait. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of Al Salmiya Club Al-Salmiya Sporting Club ( ar, نادي السالمية الرياضي) is a Kuwai ...

. 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

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 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 A ...

: 2 **Winners: 2000–01, 2015–16 *

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 Premie ...

: 1 **Winners: 1971–72 *

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 *200 ...

: 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 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 ...

: **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 As ...

: 5 **Runners-up: 1999, 2001

Performance in AFC competitions

AFC Champions League 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 competition ...

: 1 appearance ::

2005 File:2005 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: Hurricane Katrina in the Gulf of Mexico; the Funeral of Pope John Paul II is held in Vatican City; " Me at the zoo", the first video ever to be uploaded to YouTube; Eris was discover ...

: 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 File:1996 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: A bomb explodes at Centennial Olympic Park in Atlanta, set off by a radical anti-abortionist; The center fuel tank explodes on TWA Flight 800, causing the plane to crash and killing everyone o ...

: Second round ::

1999 File:1999 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The funeral procession of King Hussein of Jordan in Amman; the 1999 İzmit earthquake kills over 17,000 people in Turkey; the Columbine High School massacre, one of the first major school shoot ...

: First round ::

2001 The September 11 attacks against the United States by Al-Qaeda, which killed 2,977 people and instigated the global war on terror, were a defining event of 2001. The United States led a multi-national coalition in an invasion of Afghanist ...

: Second round *

Asian Cup Winners Cup The Asian Cup Winners' Cup was an association football competition run by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). The competition was started in 1991 as a tournament for all the domestic cup winners from countries affiliated to the AFC. The winne ...

: 2 appearances ::

1994 File:1994 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 1994 Winter Olympics are held in Lillehammer, Norway; The Kaiser Permanente building after the 1994 Northridge earthquake; A model of the MS Estonia, which sank in the Baltic Sea; Nels ...

: First Round ::

2002 File:2002 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 2002 Winter Olympics are held in Salt Lake City; Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother and her daughter Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon die; East Timor gains East Timor independence, indepe ...

: 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
{{Football in Kuwait