Al Nasr SC (Kuwait)

Al Nasr Sporting Club (Arabic: نادي النصر الرياضي) is a Kuwaiti professional football club, founded on 8 June 1965, and based in Farwaniya. The team has participated in the Kuwait Premier League 26 times. Al Nasr had been promoted to the Premier League three times, as champions of Kuwaiti Division One.

Al-Nasr

Full name	Al Nasr Sporting Club
Nickname(s)	Al Inabii (Arabic: العنابي) Al Sougour (Arabic: الصقور)
Founded	1965; 60 years ago (1965)
Ground	Ali Sabah Al-Salem Stadium
Capacity	11,000
Chairman	Khalid Al-Shereeda
Manager	Dhahir Al-Adwani
League	Kuwaiti Premier League
2023–24	6th of 6
Home colours Away colours

Players

Current squad

As of 14 January 2025^[1]

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 Kahled Ajaji 2 DF  KUW Abdullah Abdulaziz 9 FW  NGA Dennis Sesugh 10 MF  KUW Mesh'al Fawaz 11 MF  KUW Hamoud Ayed 17 MF  KUW Soulman Bouramya 19 DF  KUW Khalifa Al Rajhi

No. Pos. Nation Player 21 MF  KUW Talal Jaza’a 22 GK  KUW Khalifa Al Dhufairi 25 DF  KUW Ahmed Al Shamri 33 MF  KUW Khaled Al-Mutairi 44 MF  KUW Ahmed Shalal — FW  JAM Khori Bennett — FW  DOM Carlos Ventura

Managerial history

Years	Name	Nationality
1995–1999	Jaroslav Gürtler		Czech Republic
1999–2000	John Benson		Scotland
2001–2002	Ali Al Shammary		Kuwait
2001–2002	Ali Al Shammary		Kuwait
2003–2004	Abdelkader Youmir		Morocco
2004–2005	Slobodan Pavković		Serbia
2005	Maher Al Shamary		Kuwait
2005–2006	Fouzi Ebrahim		Kuwait
2006	Mser Al Adwani		Kuwait
2007–2008	Fernando Merquiez		Portugal
April 2008	Mser Al Adwani		Kuwait
2008–2009	Ali Al Shammary		Kuwait
2009–2010	Marcelo Cabo		Brazil
2010	Edgar Parreira		Brazil
2010–2011	Ali Al Shammary		Kuwait
2011	Abdulaziz Al-Hajri		Kuwait
2011	Valeriu Tiţa		Romania
2011–2012	José Rachão		Portugal
2012–2014	José Garrido		Portugal
2014	Rodion Gačanin		Croatia
2014–2019	Dhahir Al-Adwani		Kuwait
2019–2020	Lotfy Raheem		Tunisia
2020	Lakhdar A'roush		Algeria
2020–2021	Ahmad Abdulkareem		Kuwait
2021	Salman Awad		Kuwait
2021–2023	Mohammed Al-Mashaan		Kuwait
2023	Jamal Mahmoud		Jordan
2023–	Dhahir Al-Adwani		Kuwait

Honours

• Kuwaiti Division One
  • Winners (3): 1977–78, 1986–87, 2006–07
• Kuwaiti Federation Cup
  • Winners (1): 2021–22

Asian record

• AFC Cup: 1 appearance

2011: Group Stage

Season	Competition	Round		Club	Home	Away
2011	AFC Cup	Group		Duhok	0–1	0–1
		Group		Al Jaish	0–4	1–2
		Group		Al Faisally	0–1	1–2

• GCC Champions League: 2 appearances

2012: Quarter-finals

2014: Group stage

Season	Competition	Round		Club	Home	Away
2012	GCC Champions League	Group		Al-Khor	0–1	1–2
		Group		Busaiteen	2–2	3–1
		QuarterFinal		Al-Muharraq	not held	0–3(aet)
2014	GCC Champions League	Group		Al-Nahda Club	1–1	0–4
		Group		Al Kharaitiyat	1–4	4–4

See also

• List of football clubs in Kuwait