Kazma SC

For the basketball section, see Kazma SC (basketball).

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

Kazma SC

Full name	Kazma Sporting Club
Short name	Kazma
Founded	31 August 1964; 60 years ago (1964-08-31)
Ground	Al-Sadaqua Walsalam Stadium Adiliya
Capacity	21,500
Chairman	Ali Alobaid
League	Kuwait Premier League
2024–25	Kuwait Premier League, 7th of 10
Website	www.kazmasc.com
Home colours Away colours

Club history

Hassan Shehata with Kazma in 1972

Naming

The club is named after the area of Kathma, which is located 40 kilometers north of Kuwait City, on the Kuwait coast. In 630 A.D., the battle of Chains took place in Kathma.^[1]

Recent history

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

2009-12-21

19:35 UTC+3

Kazma	1–1	Barcelona
Abdullah Al Dhafiri 90'		Bojan Krkić 80'

Al-Sadaqua Walsalam Stadium, Kuwait City

Attendance: 21,500

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

2011-

On November 10, 2015, after four 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

Al-Sadaqua Walsalam Stadium in Adiliya

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.^{[citation needed]} The stadium hosted two Arabian Gulf Cup tournaments, the first being in 1990, which Kuwait won for the seventh time. However, the second time in 2003 Kuwait ended up in sixth place, which is their worst ever ranking. It has also hosted many finals of the Kuwait Emir Cup and Kuwait Crown Cup.^{[citation needed]}

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

• Kuwaiti Premier League: 4

1985–86, 1986–87, 1993–94, 1995–96

• Kuwait Emir Cup: 8

1982, 1984, 1990, 1995, 1997, 1998, 2011, 2022

• Kuwait Crown Cup: 1

1995

Runners-up : 2007

• Gulf Club Champions Cup: 2

1987, 1995

Runners-up 1988, 1997

• Kuwaiti Division One: 1

1968–69

• Kuwait Super Cup:

Runners-up : 2011, 2022, 2023–24

• Kuwait Federation Cup: 2

2015–16, 2017–18

Runners-up : 2009, 2012

• Al Khurafi Cup: 2

2004, 2007

Friendly

• 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; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  KUW Hussain Kankoune 2 DF  PLE Michel Termanini 4 DF  KUW Ali Ateej 6 MF  KUW Abdullah Al Fahd 7 MF  KUW Omar Al Hubaiter 8 MF  KUW Naser Faleh 9 FW  KUW Bandar Boresli 10 FW  KUW Nasser Faraj 11 MF  KUW Talal Al ajmi 12 MF  KUW Hamad Harbi 14 DF  KUW Othman Al shammari

No. Pos. Nation Player 16 DF  KUW Fahd Zouiad 17 FW  KUW Shabaib Al-Khaldi 20 DF  KUW Mohamed al azmi 21 FW  BRA Mathews Eduardo 23 GK  KUW Saud Al Hushan 25 DF  KUW Mubarak Said 26 DF  KUW Abdulaziz Al Rassam 28 DF  KUW Mohammed Safar 29 DF  ALG Imaddine Azzi 30 MF  JOR Anas Al-Awadat 70 DF  KUW Mohammed Al Farsi

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 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	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

Ilie Balaci coach of Kazma 2009–10

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
2021–2022	Darko Nestorović	Bosnia
2022	Željko Markov	Serbia
2022–2023	Ilie Stan	Romania
2023–	Sérgio Farias	Brazil

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

1987: Group Stage (Top 8)

1988: Group Stage (Top 8)

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 (withdrew)

• AFC Cup: 2 appearances

2010: Quarter-Finals

2012: Round of 16

See also

• List of football clubs in Kuwait