Al-Jahra SC

For the basketball section, see Al-Jahra SC (basketball).

Al Jahra Sporting Club (Arabic: نادي الجهراء الرياضي) is a Kuwaiti professional football club based in Jahra. They won the Kuwaiti Premier League once, in 1990. Al Jahra reached the Kuwait Emir Cup final twice in recent times, 1996 and 2002, where they lost to Al Arabi 1–2 and Kuwait Club 0–1.

Al-Jahra SC
نادي الجهراء

Full name	Al-Jahra Sporting Club
Nickname(s)	Sons of the Martyrs (أبناء الشهداء)
Founded	1966; 59 years ago (1966) (as Al-Shuhada) 1972; 53 years ago (1972) (as Al-Jahra)
Ground	Al Shabab Mubarak Alaiar Stadium Jahra, Kuwait
Capacity	17,000
Chairman	Nawaf Jded
Manager	Abdullah Al Mutairi
League	Kuwait Premier League
2025	Kuwaiti Division One, 1st of 5 (champions)
Home colours Away colours

Al-Jahra also offers various sports such as basketball, volleyball, boxing, and prides itself in fencing.

Achievements

Official

• Kuwait Premier League
  • Champions (1): 1990
• Kuwaiti Division One
  • Champions (5): 1987–88, 2002–03, 2019–20, 2021–22, 2024-25
• Kuwait Emir Cup
  • Runners-up (3): 1996, 2002, 2013

Friendly

• Tishreen Cup
  • Winners (1): 2007

Players

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  KUW Bader Al-Sanoun 5 DF  KUW Adel Al Enezi — DF  KUW Ahmed Al Dhafiri 13 DF  KUW Mohammed Al-Alati 15 DF  KUW Ahmed Hmoud 2 DF  CMR Aaron Mbimbe 14 MF  KUW Abdel Rahman Al-Sarbal — MF  KUW Omar Al rougi — MF  KUW Ahmed Al-Nasser — DF  BIH Enes Sipović

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  KUW Ahmed Matar — MF  KUW Obaid Rafee — MF  KUW Mohamed Al Ajrash — MF  KUW Abdullah Ayed 19 MF  KUW Dahi Ibrahim 17 FW  KUW Mohamed Dahash — FW  KUW Fahad Bajea 10 FW  KUW Mohammed Al Ajmi — FW  GHA Izaka Aboudou

AFC Asian Cup players

1996 AFC Asian Cup

•  Kuwait
  • Wail Al Habashi

2000 AFC Asian Cup

•  Kuwait
  • Khalaf Al-Salamah

2012 Africa Cup of Nations Gabon / Equatorial Guinea

•  Angola
  • André Macanga

Managerial history

Years	Name	Nationality
1984–86	Antal Szentmihályi
1986–87	Allan Jones
1990	Saleh Zakaria
1993–94	Jefico
1994	Abdulqader Al Ejayan
1995–96	Volla
1996	Karim Salman
1997–98	Diethelm Ferner
1998–99	Alexandru Moldovan
1999	Karim Salman
2000–01	Karim Salman
2001	Jawad Maqseed
2001–03	Abdulqader Al Ejayan
2003–04	Grigore Sichitiu
2004	Florin Motroc
2006–07	Aurel Țicleanu
2007	Ghlafis Al Ajmi
2007–08	Alexander Klebar
2008–09	Marian Mihail
2009	Saleh Al Asfor
2009–10	Zijad Švrakić
2010–201x	Ginés de Silva
2015–2016	Skënder Gega
2016	Mohammed Al-Sheikh
2016–2017	Thamer Enad
2019–2020	Mohammed Mashaan
2020–2021	Maher Al-Shammari
2021–2023	Sandi Sejdinovski
2023	Ginés de Silva
2023–	Abdullah Al Mutairi

Asian record

• GCC Champions League: 4 appearances

1992: 6th position

2012: Quarterfinal

2014: Quarterfinal

2015: Quarterfinal

Season	Competition	Round		Club	Home	Away
1992	GCC Champions League	Group stage		Riffa	2–2
		Group stage		Al Rayyan	0–1
		Group stage		Al-Hilal	0–1
		Group stage		Al Shabab	0–3
		Group stage		Dhofar	0–0
2012	GCC Champions League	Group		Fanja SC	2–2	1–1
		Group stage		Muharraq	1–0	0–1
		Quarterfinal		Al-Khor	not held	0–1
2014	GCC Champions League	Group		Saham Club	3–4	1–1
		Group stage		Al-Raed	2–2	3–2
		Quarterfinal		Al-Nasr	2–2(aet) (2–4) pso)
2015	GCC Champions League	Group		East Riffa	1–1	4–2
		Group stage		Al-Faisaly	1-2	1-0
		Quarterfinal		Al-Seeb	0-2

• Arab Champions League: 1 appearance

2012: First round

Season	Competition	Round		Club	Home	Away
2012	Arab Champions League	Preliminary round		Al-Fateh	1–2	0–1

Club sponsors

• Al Shahed
• Al Jeraiwey

See also

• List of football clubs in Kuwait

External links

• Official website
• Al Jahra page on goalzz.com