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Al-Salmiya Sporting Club (Arabic: نادي السالمية الرياضي) is a Kuwaiti professional football and sports club in Salmiya. They have won the Kuwaiti Premier League four times, most recently in 2000. They were founded in 1964 and the club covers a total area of 94 thousand square metres comprising ten sports: football, volleyball, table tennis, tennis, squash, fencing, judo, taekwondo, karate and athletics.
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| Full name | Al-Salmiya Sporting Club نادي السالمية الرياضي | ||
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| Nickname(s) | Al-Samawi Terrible Troublers | ||
| Founded | 1964 | ||
| Ground | Thamir Stadium Al Salmiya | ||
| Capacity | 20005[1] | ||
| Chairman | Turki Alyousef Alsabah | ||
| Manager | Ante Miše | ||
| League | Kuwait Premier League | ||
| 2023–24 | 4th of 6 | ||
| Website | Club website | ||
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Stadium
editAl-Salmiya plays their home games at Thamir Stadium in Salmiya. The stadium was Opened on 2004. It has a current capacity of 16,105 spectators.
Crests and colours
editCrests
editThe club crest is inspired by location of Salmiya on the map of Kuwait, with green representing the land, while the color blue represents the sea.
Colours
editAl-Salmiya's home kit is all sky blue shirts and white shorts, while their away kit is all white shirts and sky blue shorts.
Honours
editDomestic
edit- VIVA Premier League: 4
- Winners: 1980–81, 1994–95, 1997–98, 1999–00
- Kuwait Emir Cup: 2
- Winners: 1992–93, 2000–01
- Kuwait Crown Cup: 2
- Winners: 2000–01, 2015–16
- Kuwaiti Division One: 1
- Winners: 1971–72
- Al-Khurafi Cup: 1
- Winners: 1999–00
Regional
edit- Runners-up: 1999
Friendly
edit- Brigadiers Cup: 1
- Winners: 2012–13
Futsal
edit- Kuwaiti futsal league:
- Winners: 2011–12
Handball
edit- Asian Club League Handball Championship: 5
- Runners-up: 1999, 2001
Performance in AFC competitions
edit- AFC Champions League: 1 appearance
- 2005: Group stage
- Asian Club Championship: 3 appearances
- Asian Cup Winners Cup: 2 appearances
Players
editCurrent squad
editNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Former players
editFIFA World Cup and AFC Asian Cup players
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Club chairmen
edit| Years | Chairman |
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| 1964–65 | |
| 1966 | |
| 1967–72 | |
| 1973–75 | |
| 1975–81 | |
| 1981–82 | |
| 1982–08 | |
| 2008–11 | |
| 2012– |
Former head coaches
edit| Years | Name | Nationality |
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| 1991–94 | Gildo Rodrigues | |
| 1995–96 | David Roberts | |
| 1996 | Saleh Al Asfoor | |
| 1998 | Alexandru Moldovan | |
| 1999–00 | William Thomas | |
| 2000–01 | Ivan Buljan | |
| 2001 | Adel Abdul Nabi | |
| 2001–03 | Alfred Riedl | |
| 2005–06 | Saleh Al Asfoor | |
| 2006–07 | Sándor Egervári | |
| 2007–08 | Neca | |
| 2008 | Mohammed Ibrahem | |
| 2008–09 | Mihai Stoichiţă | |
| 2009 | Saleh Zakaria | |
| 2009–10 | Tamás Krivitz | |
| 2010 | Saleh Zakaria | |
| 2010–11 | Zijad Švrakić | |
| 2011 | Muhammad Karam | |
| 2011–13 | Sanjin Alagić | |
| 2013–14 | Mihai Stoichiţă | |
| 2014–17 | Mohammed Dehelees | |
| 2017–18 | Abdel Aziz Hamada | |
| 2018–19 | Miloud Hamdi | |
| 2019–20 | Salman Awad | |
| 2020–2021 | Mohammed Al Mashaan | |
| 2021 | Thamer Enad | |
| 2021 | Hatem Al Moadab | |
| 2021–2023 | Mohammed Ibrahem | |
| 2023–2024 | Mohammed Al-Mashaan | |
| 2024– | Ante Miše |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Premier League - Kuwait - Results, fixtures, tables and news - Sportal". Archived from the original on 6 July 2011. Retrieved 14 May 2010.
External links
edit- Official website (in Arabic)