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
Al-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
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Crests
The 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
Al-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
Domestic
- 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
- Runners-up: 1999
Friendly
- Brigadiers Cup: 1
- Winners: 2012–13
Futsal
- Kuwaiti futsal league:
- Winners: 2011–12
Handball
- Asian Club League Handball Championship: 5
- Runners-up: 1999, 2001
Performance in AFC competitions
- AFC Champions League: 1 appearance
- 2005: Group stage
- Asian Club Championship: 3 appearances
- Asian Cup Winners Cup: 2 appearances
Players
Current squad
Note: 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
FIFA World Cup and AFC Asian Cup players
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Club chairmen
| Years | Chairman |
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| 1964–65 |  Abdulaziz Mohammed Al Rasheed |
| 1966 | Jasem Mohammed Al Wogayan |
| 1967–72 | Abdulaziz Mohammed Al Rasheed |
| 1973–75 | Ali Subah Al Salem Al Subah |
| 1975–81 | Mohammed Yousef Al Subah |
| 1981–82 | Salem Fahad Al Salem Al Subah |
| 1982–08 | Khaled Yousef Al Subah |
| 2008–11 | Abdullah Al Tereeji |
| 2012– | Shiekh Turki Yousef Al-Sabah |
Former head coaches
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| 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
References
External links
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