Al-Salmiya Sporting Club () is a Kuwaiti professional football 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.
Stadium
Al-Salmiya plays their home games at Thamir Stadium in Salmiya. The stadium was opened in 2004. It has a capacity of 16,105 spectators.
Crests and colours
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 Kuwait Premier League: 4 Winners: 1980–81, 1994–95, 1997–98, 1999–00 Kuwait Emir Cup: 2 Winners: 1992–93, 2000–01 Kuwait Crown Prince Cup: 2 Winners: 2000–01, 2015–16 Kuwaiti Division One: 1 Winners: 1971–72 Al-Khurafi Cup: 1 Winners: 1999–00
Regional GCC Champions League: Runners-up: 1999
Friendly Brigadiers Cup: 1 Winners: 2012–2013 Season
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 1996: Second round 1999: First round 2001: Second round Asian Cup Winners Cup: 2 appearances 1994: First Round 2002: Withdrew
Players Current squad
Former players
FIFA World Cup and AFC Asian Cup players FIFA World Cup 1982
Mahboub Juma'a FIFA World Cup 2006
André Macanga 1996 AFC Asian Cup
Bashar Abdullah Jassem Al Houwaidi2000 AFC Asian Cup
Bashar Abdullah Jassem Al Houwaidi Ali Asael Saleh Buraiki Husain Khodari2004 AFC Asian Cup
Bashar Abdullah Ali Abdulreda Mohammad Al Buraiki Saleh Buraiki Saleh MehdiAFC Asian Cup 2007
Sulaiman Al Shukairi Sultan Al-TouqiAFC Asian Cup 2011
Hameed YoussefAFC Asian Cup 2015
Odai Al-Saify
Khaled Al-Rashidi Faisal Al Enezi
Club chairmen Years Chairman 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
Years Name Nationality 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 List of football clubs in Kuwait
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