Kazma Sporting Club ( ar, نادي كاظمة الرياضي) is a Kuwaiti professional

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club. Founded in 1964, the club competes in 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 ...

Club history

Naming

The club is named after the area of Kathma. In 630 A.D., the battle of 'That Alslasil' took place in Kathma, which is located forty kilometers north of Kuwait City on the coast of Kuwait.

Recent history

On 21 December 2009, under head coach

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, Kazma played a

friendly match An exhibition game (also known as a friendly, a scrimmage, a demonstration, a preseason game, a warmup match, or a preparation match, depending at least in part on the sport) is a sporting event whose prize money and impact on the player's or ...

against reigning

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champions

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to commemorate the 45th anniversary of the club. The match ended with 1–1 draw and Barcelona received

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1.7 million to participate in the match. Won the

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 ...

in 2011 a 1–0 over

Kuwait SC Kuwait Sporting Club ( ar, نادي الكويت الرياضي) is a Kuwaiti professional association football, football club based in Kuwait City. The football team has won Kuwaiti Premier League 17 times. Kuwait SC also has over 50 trophies ...

2011-

On November 10, 2015, after 4 years of trophy-less seasons the club won the 2015-16 Kuwait Federation Cup vs

2-1 goals scored by

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Stadium

Kazma's stadium,

Al-Sadaqua Walsalam Stadium The Al-Sadaqua Walsalam Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Adiliya Kuwait City, Kuwait. It is currently used mostly for football (soccer), football matches. The stadium holds 21,500. It is the 2nd largest stadium in Kuwait. The Stadium hosted ...

, is a multi-purpose stadium located in Kuwait City, Kuwait. It is currently used mostly for football matches. The stadium has a 21,500 holding capacity. It is the 2nd largest stadium in Kuwait and is the home ground for Kazma. The stadium hosted 2

Arabian Gulf Cup The Arabian Gulf Cup ( ar, كأس الخليج العربي, ''Kass Al-Khaleej Al-Arabi''), often referred to simply as the Gulf Cup, is a biennial football competition governed by the Arab Gulf Cup Football Federation for its eight member nat ...

tournaments, the first being in

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, which

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 the nort ...

won for the seventh time. However, the second time in

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Kuwait ended up in 6th place, which is their worst ever ranking. It has also hosted many finals of the

and

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 Ar ...

Presidents

* Ahmad Khalid Al-Fozan ''(Oct 1964 – Oct 1965)'' * Yousef Abdullah Mohammed Shaheen Al-Ghanim ''(Nov 1965 – June 1995)'' * Abdullah Al-Dakheel Al-Rasheed ''(June 1995 – Sep 1995)'' * Suleiman Mohamed Saleh Al-Adsani ''(Sept 1995 – May 1997)'' * Khalid Nasser Al-Sanea ''(May 1997 – May 2000)'' * Suleiman Mohamed Saleh Al-Adsani ''(May 2000 – May 2006)'' * Asad Ahmed Al-Banwan ''(May 2006–)''

Achievements

Kazma has 20 official championships.

Official

* Viva Premier League: 4 ::1986, 1987, 1994, 1996 *

: 8 ::1982, 1984, 1990, 1995, 1997, 1998,

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: 1 ::1995 ::Runners-up : 2007 * Gulf Club Champions Cup: 2 ::

1987 File:1987 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: The MS Herald of Free Enterprise capsizes after leaving the Port of Zeebrugge in Belgium, killing 193; Northwest Airlines Flight 255 crashes after takeoff from Detroit Metropolitan Airport, k ...

1995 File:1995 Events Collage V2.png, From left, clockwise: O.J. Simpson is O. J. Simpson murder case, acquitted of the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman from the 1994, year prior in "The Trial of the Century" in the United States; The ...

::Runners-up

1988 File:1988 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The oil platform Piper Alpha explodes and collapses in the North Sea, killing 165 workers; The USS Vincennes (CG-49) mistakenly shoots down Iran Air Flight 655; Australia celebrates its Australian ...

1997 File:1997 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The movie set of ''Titanic'', the highest-grossing movie in history at the time; ''Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone'', is published; Comet Hale-Bopp passes by Earth and becomes one of t ...

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 ...

: 1 ::1968–69 * Kuwait Super Cup: :: Runners-up : 2011 *

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 ...

: 2 :: 2015–16, 2017–18 :: Runners-up : 2009, 2012 *

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 ...

: 2 ::2004, 2007

Friendly

*Al Hasawi Super Cup: 1 ::2007

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 * 2 ...

: 2 :: 2014–15, 2015–16 *

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 ...

: 3 :: 2015, 2017, 2018

Current squad

Recent seasons

;Kazma's biggest wins * In Asia ::

: Kazma 3–0 Muharraq Club ::

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: Kazma 3–0 Sharjah ::

: Kazma 9–0 Dhofar ::

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: Kazma 4–1

Al Ain Al Ain ( ar, ٱلْعَيْن, , ) is a city in the western side of Tawam (region), Tuwwam region and the seat of the administrative division of its namesake, Al-Ain Region, Abu Dhabi, Al Ain in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. ...

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: Kazma 3–0

Al Nassr Al Nassr Football Club ( ar, نادي النصر السعودي; '' Naṣr'' meaning ''Victory'') is a Saudi Arabian football club based in Riyadh. Formed in 1955, the club plays its home games at the Mrsool Park. Their home colours are yellow ...

* Friendlies ::2008: Kazma 7–1 Spartak Trnava ::2009: Kazma 1–1 Ismaily ::2009: Kazma 1–1

Kazma in Asia

FIFA World Cup and AFC Asian Cup Players

FIFA World Cup 1982 * **Nassir Al-Ghanim **Jamal Al-Qabendi **Hamoud Al-Shemmari **Yussef Al-Suwayed **Adam Marjam **Abdullah Mayouf

Managerial history

Affiliated clubs

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Other sports

Besides

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 ...

, the club has teams for

handball Handball (also known as team handball, European handball or Olympic handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt players and a goalkeeper) pass a ball using their hands with the aim of throwing it into the g ...

, basketball, volleyball, waterpolo, Squash, athletics, Gymnastics, Swimming, Boxing, Judo, Weightlifting, Taekwando, and Ice Hockey.

Basketball

FIBA Asia Champions Cup The FIBA Asia Champions Cup, previously known as the Asian Basketball Confederation (ABC) Champions Cup until 2002, is the Asian club championship for professional basketball. It is organised by FIBA Asia, and takes place once a year (since 199 ...

: twice finished third in Indonesia

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and Thailand

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in Bangkok

Handball team achievements

* Asian Club League Handball Championship: 2 **1998 in

Amman Amman (; ar, عَمَّان, ' ; Ammonite language, Ammonite: 𐤓𐤁𐤕 𐤏𐤌𐤍 ''Rabat ʻAmān'') is the capital and largest city of Jordan, and the country's economic, political, and cultural center. With a population of 4,061,150 a ...

**1999 in

Isfahan Isfahan ( fa, اصفهان, Esfahân ), from its Achaemenid empire, ancient designation ''Aspadana'' and, later, ''Spahan'' in Sassanian Empire, middle Persian, rendered in English as ''Ispahan'', is a major city in the Greater Isfahan Regio ...

Performance in AFC (Asian) Competitions

* Asian Club Championship: 4 appearances ::

: Group Stage (Top 8) ::

: First Round ::

: 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 ...

: 4 appearances :: 1991–92: Quarter-Finals :: 1995–96: Quarter-Finals :: 1997–98: Second Round :: 1998–99: Quarter-Finals (withdrew) *

AFC Cup The AFC Cup is an annual continental club football competition organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). Under its current rules, the competition is played primarily between clubs from nations that did not receive direct qualifying s ...

: 2 appearances ::

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: Quarter-Finals ::

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: Round of 16

References

External links

Official site
{{Football in Kuwait

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 ...

Association football clubs established in 1964 1964 establishments in Kuwait Sports teams in Kuwait