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Kuwaiti football club From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Kazma Sporting Club (Arabic: نادي كاظمة الرياضي) is a Kuwaiti professional association football club. Founded in 1964, the club competes in the Kuwaiti Premier League.
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| Full name | Kazma Sporting Club | ||
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| Short name | Kazma | ||
| Founded | 31 August 1964 | ||
| Ground | Al-Sadaqua Walsalam Stadium Adiliya | ||
| Capacity | 21,500 | ||
| Chairman | Ali Alobaid | ||
| Manager | Sérgio Farias | ||
| League | Kuwait Premier League | ||
| 2023–24 | 7th of 10 | ||
| Website | http://www.kazmasc.com/ | ||
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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]
On 21 December 2009, under head coach Ilie Balaci, Kazma played a friendly match against reigning La Liga champions FC Barcelona 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]
Kazma  | 1–1 |  FC Barcelona |
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Abdullah Al Dhafiri  90' |
Bojan Krkić 80' |
Won the Kuwait Emir Cup in 2011 a 1–0 over Kuwait SC.
On November 10, 2015, after 4 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]
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 2 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 6th place, which is their worst ever ranking. It has also hosted many finals of the Kuwait Emir Cup and Kuwait Crown Cup.[citation needed]
Kazma has 20 official championships.
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Ismaily FC Barcelona| Competition | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA |
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| 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 |
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| Years | Name | Nationality |
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| 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 |
Besides football, the club has teams for handball, basketball, volleyball, waterpolo, Squash, athletics, Gymnastics, Swimming, Boxing, Judo, Weightlifting, Taekwando, and Ice Hockey.
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