Kazma Sporting Club () is a Kuwaiti professional football club. Founded in 1964, the club competes in the Kuwaiti Premier League.
Club history
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.
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.
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.
Stadium
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. 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.
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
Futsal
Kuwaiti Futsal League: 2 2014–15, 2015–16
Kuwait Futsal Super Cup: 3 2015, 2017, 2018
Current squad
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 CompetitionPldWDLGFGA 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 Away1987–88Asian Club ChampionshipQ1Al Hilal0–1Q1Muharraq Club3–0Q1Al Nasr1–0Q1Al-Fanja2–0GSYomiuri1–2GSAugust 1st1–0GSFederal Territory1–11988–89Asian Club ChampionshipQ1West Riffa2–0Q1Al-Fanja3–1Q1Sharjah3–0Q1Al-Ittifaq1–11–2GSMohun Bagan1–0GSAl-Rasheed0–2GSGuangdong1–11992Asian Cup Winners CupR1Al Sadd1–1 (2–4p)1–1QFAl Nassr0–11–21994–95Asian Club ChampionshipR1Al Arabi2–10–11996Asian Cup Winners CupR1Oman Club3–11–1R2Al Ain2–04–1QFRiyadh SC1–01–21996–97Asian Club ChampionshipR1Dhofar9–01–1R2Al-Rayyan0–11–11998Asian Cup Winners CupR1Bahrain2–23–2R2Al Ittihad0–00–11999Asian Cup Winners CupR1Al Wahda2–03–2R2Al Nassr3–01–2QFAl Talaba–2010AFC CupGSAl-Ahed1–02–1GSAl Jaish0–11–0GSNasaf Qarshi0–02–1R16Shabab Al-Ordon1–1 (aet)(6–5 p)QFAl-Ittihad0–12–32012AFC CupGSArbil1–21–1GSEast Bengal3–02–1GSAl-Oruba1–12–1R16Al-Wehdat1–2 (aet)
FIFA World Cup and AFC Asian Cup Players FIFA World Cup 1982
Nassir Al-Ghanim Jamal Al-Qabendi Hamoud Al-Shemmari Yussef Al-Suwayed Adam Marjam Abdullah Mayouf 1984 AFC Asian Cup
Jamal Al-Qabandi Homoud Al-Shammari Yousef Suwayed1996 AFC Asian Cup
Fawaz Al Ahmad Yousef Al Dookhi Ayman Al Husaini Badr Haji Esam Sakeen2000 AFC Asian Cup
Falah Al Majidi Ahmed Al Mutairi Naser Al Omran Shehab Kankoune Esam Sekin2004 AFC Asian Cup
Fahad Al Hamad Nawaf Al Humaidan Khaled Al Shammari Shehab KankouneAFC Asian Cup 2007
Mohamed Husain
Younis Al MushaifriAFC Asian Cup 2011
Fahad Al Enezi Yousef Nasser
Managerial history
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 2013–2015Jacenir 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
References
External links (archived)