Al-Salmiya SC

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.

Al-Salmiya SC
السالمية
Full nameAl-Salmiya Sporting Club
نادي السالمية الرياضي
Nickname(s)Al-Samawi
Terrible Troublers
Founded1964; 60 years ago (1964)
GroundThamir Stadium
Al Salmiya
Capacity20005[1]
ChairmanTurki Alyousef Alsabah
ManagerAnte Miše
LeagueKuwait Premier League
2023–244th of 6
WebsiteClub website

Stadium

Thamir Stadium at night

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

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

Regional

Runners-up: 1999

Friendly

  • Brigadiers Cup: 1
    • Winners: 2012–13

Futsal

Handball

Performance in AFC competitions

2005: Group stage
1996: Second round
1999: First round
2001: Second round
1994: First Round
2002: Withdrew

Players

Current squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.Pos. NationPlayer
22DF  KUWMohammad Al-Suwaidan
23DF  GAMSang Per Mendy
25DF  KUWAyed Al-Enezi
26GK  KUWAhmed Al-Khaldi
29FW  BRARoninho
70MF  KUWAbdullah Al Dhafiri
88DF  BRAAlex Lima
FW  AUTSrđan Spiridonović

Former players

FIFA World Cup and AFC Asian Cup players

FIFA World Cup 1982

FIFA World Cup 2006

1996 AFC Asian Cup

2000 AFC Asian Cup

2004 AFC Asian Cup

AFC Asian Cup 2007

AFC Asian Cup 2011

AFC Asian Cup 2015

Club chairmen

YearsChairman
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

Alfred Riedl managed Salmiya from 2001 to 2003
YearsNameNationality
1991–94Gildo Rodrigues
1995–96David Roberts
1996Saleh Al Asfoor
1998Alexandru Moldovan
1999–00William Thomas
2000–01Ivan Buljan
2001Adel Abdul Nabi
2001–03Alfred Riedl
2005–06Saleh Al Asfoor
2006–07Sándor Egervári
2007–08Neca
2008Mohammed Ibrahem
2008–09Mihai Stoichiţă
2009Saleh Zakaria
2009–10Tamás Krivitz
2010Saleh Zakaria
2010–11Zijad Švrakić
2011Muhammad Karam
2011–13Sanjin Alagić
2013–14Mihai Stoichiţă
2014–17Mohammed Dehelees
2017–18Abdel Aziz Hamada
2018–19Miloud Hamdi
2019–20Salman Awad
2020–2021Mohammed Al Mashaan
2021Thamer Enad
2021Hatem Al Moadab
2021–2023Mohammed Ibrahem
2023–2024Mohammed Al-Mashaan
2024–Ante Miše

See also

References