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 ...

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, ...

. The Kuwait Football Association (KFA) was founded in 1952.

Tournaments

Domestic tournaments

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 A ...

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

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 ...

* Kuwait Futsal Federation Cup * Kuwait Futsal Super Cup * Mini World Futsal Club Tournament

Defunct

Kuwait Federation Cup The Kuwaiti Federation Cup ( ar, كأس الاتحاد الكويتي) is a competition organised by the Kuwait Football Association The Kuwait Football Association ( ar, الإتحاد الكويتي لكرة القدم) is the governing body ...

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 *1973 ...

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 ...

Other tournaments held in Kuwait

* 1964 Arab Nations Cup * 3rd Arabian Gulf Cup *

1975 AFC Youth Championship The 1975 AFC Youth Championship was held in 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 ...

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 fi ...

* 10th Arabian Gulf Cup * 2002 West Asian Games *

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 ...

* 16th Arabian Gulf Cup *

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, t ...

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 ...

(

) * 1 time runners-up of

(

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 ...

) * 1 time third place of

(

1984 AFC Asian Cup The 1984 AFC Asian Cup was the 8th edition of the men's AFC Asian Cup, a quadrennial international association football, football tournament organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). The finals were hosted by Singapore between 1 Decemb ...

) World Military Cup * 2 times champions of

World Military Cup The World Military Cup is a Association football, 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 Mi ...

(Qatar 1981, Kuwait 1983) * 1 time runners-up of

(Syria 1977) * 3 times third place of

(Congo 1973, West Germany 1975, Kuwait 1979)

Football clubs in Kuwait

* Al Arabi * Al Fahaheel *

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 ...

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 ...

* Al Naser *

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 ...

* Al Shabab * Al Qadsia * Al Yarmouk * Kazma *

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 * Kuwaiti Divisio ...

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 ...

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 cli ...

* Tadamon *

Burgan SC Burgan Sports Club ( ar, نادي برقان الرياضي ) is a professional sports club best known for its association football, football team. Based in Al Farwaniyah, the club competes in the Kuwaiti Division One. History 2014–15 inaugura ...

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 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, who defeated West Germany 3–1 ...

Kuwait Football Association

Tournaments

Domestic tournaments

Futsal

Defunct

Other tournaments held in Kuwait

Kuwait football achievements

Football clubs in Kuwait

National football team

Women's football

Largest football stadiums in Kuwait

References

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