Kazma SC

Kazma

Full name	Kazma Sporting Club
Founded	31 August 1964; 57 years ago (1964-08-31)
Ground	Al-Sadaqua Walsalam Stadium Adiliya
Capacity	21,500
Chairman	Ali Alobaid
Manager	Darko Nestorović
League	Kuwait Premier League
2020–21	Kuwait Premier League, 4th of 10
Website	Club website
Home colours

Kazma Sporting Club (Arabic: نادي كاظمة الرياضي) is a Kuwaiti professional association football club. Founded in 1964, the club competes in the Kuwaiti Premier League.

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.^[1]

Recent history[]

On 21 December 2009, under head coach Ilie Balaci, Kazma played a friendly match against reigning La Liga champions FC Barcelona to commemorate the 45th anniversary of the club. The match ended with 1–1 draw and Barcelona received €1.7 million to participate in the match.^[2]

Won the Kuwait Emir Cup in 2011 a 1-0 over Kuwait SC.

2011-[]

On November 10, 2015 after 4 years of trophy-less seasons the club won the 2015-16 Kuwait Federation Cup vs Kuwait SC 2-1 goals scored by Patrick Fabiano.^[3]

Stadium[]

Kazma's stadium, Al-Sadaqua Walsalam Stadium, 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 Gulf Cup of Nations tournaments, the first being in 1990, which Kuwait won for the seventh time. However, the second time in 2003 Kuwait ended up in 6th place, which is their worst ever ranking. It has also hosted many finals of the Kuwait Emir Cup and Kuwait Crown Cup.

Presidents[]

• Ahmad Khalid Al-Fozan (Oct 1964 – Oct 65)
• Yousef Abdullah Mohammed Shaheen Al-Ghanim (Nov 1965 – June 95)
• Abdullah Al-Dakheel Al-Rasheed (June 1995 – Sept 95)
• Suleiman Mohamed Saleh Al-Adsani (Sept 1995 – May 97)
• Khalid Nasser Al-Sanea (May 1997 – May 00)
• Asad Ahmed Al-Banwan (2004–)

Achievements[]

Kazma Has 15 official championships

Official[]

• Viva Premier League: 4

1986, 1987, 1994, 1996

• Kuwait Emir Cup: 7

1982, 1984, 1990, 1995, 1997, 1998, 2011

• Kuwait Crown Cup: 1

1995

• Gulf Club Champions Cup: 2

1987, 1995

Runners-up 1988, 1977

• Kuwaiti Division One: 1

1968–67

• Kuwait Super Cup:

Runners-up 2011

Friendly[]

• Kuwait Federation Cup:2

2015-16, 2017-18

• Al Khurafi Cup: 2

2004, 2007

• Al Hasawi Super Cup: 1

2007^[4]

Futsal[]

• Kuwaiti Futsal League: 2

2014–15, 2015–16

• Kuwait Futsal Super Cup: 3

2015, 2017, 2018

Current squad[]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  KUW 5 MF  KUW Redha Abujabarah — DF  KUW 7 MF  KUW 9 FW  KUW 10 FW  KUW 11 MF  KUW — MF  PLE Michel Termanini

No. Pos. Nation Player 12 MF  KUW 15 DF  KUW 16 DF  KUW 17 MF  KUW Shabaib Al-Khaldi 19 MF  KUW 20 DF  KUW 25 DF  KUW — MF  JOR Ahmad Ersan

Recent seasons[]

Kazma's biggest wins

• In Asia

1988: Kazma 3–0 Muharraq Club

1989: Kazma 3–0 Sharjah

1995: Kazma 9–0 Dhofar

1996: Kazma 4–1 Al Ain

1999: Kazma 3–0 Al Nassr

• Friendlies

2008: Kazma 7–1 Spartak Trnava

2009: Kazma 1–1 Ismaily

2009: Kazma 1–1 FC Barcelona

Kazma in Asia[]

Competition	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
Asian Club Championship	21	10	4	6	33	16
Asian Cup Winners Cup	18	8	5	5	46	25
AFC Cup	18	8	3	7	22	20
Total	57	26	12	18	101	61

Competition	Round	Country	Club	Home	Away
1987–88
Asian Club Championship	Q1		Al Hilal	0–1
	Q1		Muharraq Club	3–0
	Q1		Al Nasr	1–0
	Q1		Al-Fanja	2–0
	GS		Yomiuri	1–2
	GS		August 1st	1–0
	GS		Federal Territory	1–1
1988–89
Asian Club Championship	Q1		West Riffa	2–0
	Q1		Al-Fanja	3–1
	Q1		Sharjah	3–0
	Q1		Al-Ittifaq	1–1	1–2
	GS		Mohun Bagan	1–0
	GS		Al-Rasheed	0–2
	GS		Guangdong	1–1
1992
Asian Cup Winners Cup	R1		Al Sadd	1–1 (2–4p)	1–1
	QF		Al Nassr	0–1	1–2
1994–95
Asian Club Championship	R1		Al Arabi	2–1	0–1
1996
Asian Cup Winners Cup	R1		Oman Club	3–1	1–1
	R2		Al Ain	2–0	4–1
	QF		Riyadh SC	1–0	1–2
1996–97
Asian Club Championship	R1		Dhofar	9–0	1–1
	R2		Al-Rayyan	0–1	1–1
1998
Asian Cup Winners Cup	R1		Bahrain club	2–2	3–2
	R2		Al Ittihad	0–0	0–1
1999
Asian Cup Winners Cup	R1		Al Wahda	2–0	3–2
	R2		Al Nassr	3–0	1–2
	QF		Al Talaba	–
2010
AFC Cup	GS		Al-Ahed	1–0	2–1
	GS		Al Jaish	0–1	1–0
	GS		Nasaf Qarshi	0–0	2–1
	R16		Shabab Al-Ordon	1–1 (aet) (6–5 p)
	QF		Al-Ittihad	0–1	2–3
2012
AFC Cup	GS		Arbil	1–2	1–1
	GS		East Bengal	3–0	2–1
	GS		Al-Oruba	1–1	2–1
	R16		Al-Wehdat	1–2 (aet)

FIFA World Cup and AFC Asian Cup Players[]

FIFA World Cup 1982

•  Kuwait
  • Nassir Al-Ghanim
  • Jamal Al-Qabendi
  • Hamoud Al-Shemmari
  • Yussef Al-Suwayed
  • Adam Marjam
  • Abdullah Mayouf

1984 AFC Asian Cup  Kuwait Jamal Al-Qabandi Homoud Al-Shammari Yousef Suwayed

1996 AFC Asian Cup  Kuwait Fawaz Al Ahmad Yousef Al Dookhi Ayman Al Husaini Badr Haji Esam Sakeen

2000 AFC Asian Cup  Kuwait Falah Al Majidi Ahmed Al Mutairi Naser Al Omran Shehab Kankoune Esam Sekin

2004 AFC Asian Cup  Kuwait Fahad Al Hamad Nawaf Al Humaidan Khaled Al Shammari Shehab Kankoune

AFC Asian Cup 2007  Bahrain Mohamed Husain  Oman Younis Al Mushaifri

AFC Asian Cup 2011  Kuwait Fahad Al Enezi Yousef Nasser

Managerial history[]

Years	Name	Nationality
1985–90	Eddie Firmani	Italy
1994–96	Milan Máčala	Czech Republic
1997–99	Theo Bücker	Germany
1999	Adam Marjan	Kuwait
2001–02	Fouzy Ibrahim	Kuwait
2002–03	Acácio Casimiro	Portugal
June 2004–Nov 2004	Júlio César Leal	Brazil
2004–05	Johan Boskamp	Netherlands
2005–06	Zlatko Krmpotić	Serbia
June 2006–July 2007	José Garrido	Portugal
2007–08	Marinko Koljanin	Croatia
2008–09	Robertinho	Brazil
2009–10	Ilie Balaci	Romania
2010	Jamal Yaqoob	Kuwait
2010–June 2012	Milan Máčala	Czech Republic
July 2012 – 2013	Miodrag Radulović	Montenegro
2013–2015	Jacenir Silva	Brazil
May 2015–July 2017	Florin Motroc	Romania
July 2017 – 2019	Toni	Portugal
2019–2020	Boris Bunjak	Serbia
2020–2021	Beto Bianchi	Brazil
2021–	Darko Nestorović	Bosnia

Affiliated clubs[]

• Boca Juniors

Other sports[]

Besides football, the Club has teams for handball, basketball, volleyball, waterpolo, Squash, athletics, Gymnastics, Swimming, Boxing, Judo, Weightlifting, Taekwando, and Ice Hockey.

Basketball[]

• FIBA Asia Champions Cup: twice finished third in Indonesia 1990 in Jakarta and Thailand 1992 in Bangkok

Handball team achievements[]

• Asian Club League Handball Championship: 2
  • 1998 in Amman
  • 1999 in Isfahan

Performance in AFC (Asian) Competitions[]

• Asian Club Championship: 4 appearances

1988: Group Stage

1989: Group Stage

1995: First Round

1997: Second Round

• Asian Cup Winners Cup: 4 appearances

1991–92: Quarter-Finals

1995–96: Quarter-Finals

1997–98: Second Round

1998–99: Quarter-Finals

• AFC Cup: 2 appearance

2010: Quarter-Finals

2012: Round of 16

References[]

External links[]

• (in Arabic) Official site

Preceded by Al-Shabab	Gulf Club Champions Cup 1995	Succeeded by Al-Nasr
Preceded by Al-Hilal	Gulf Club Champions Cup 1987	Succeeded by Al-Ittifaq