Kazma SC


Kazma Sporting Club is a Kuwaiti football club founded in 1964. Kazma play in Al-Sadaqua Walsalam Stadium in Adiliya, Al Asimah Governorate, Kuwait City and is the 3rd largest stadium in Kuwait. They have won the Kuwaiti Premier League 4 times. Kazma faced FC Barcelona at the end of the 2009–10 season, drawing 1–1 after Bojan Krkić scored in the 80th minute for Barcelona, before Abdullah Al Dhafiri equalised in the 90th minute with a fine effort for Kazma. On 19 April 2013 Kazma SC were relegated for the first time in their history after losing to Al-Arabi SC 3–0 in the final game of the 2012–13.

Club history

Naming

The club is named after the area of Kathma. In 630 A.D., the battle of 'That Alslasil' took place in Kathma, which is located forty kilometers north of Kuwait City on the coast of Kuwait.

Recent history

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 with 1–1 draw and Barcelona received €1.7 million to participate in the match.
Won the Kuwait Emir Cup in 2011 a 1-0 over Kuwait SC.

2011-

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.

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. It is the 2nd largest stadium in Kuwait and is the home ground for Kazma.
The stadium hosted 2 Gulf Cup of Nations 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.

Presidents

Kazma Has 19 official championships

Official

Recent seasons

;Kazma's biggest wins

FIFA World Cup and AFC Asian Cup Players

FIFA World Cup 1982
YearsNameNationality
1985–90Eddie Firmani Italy
1994–96Milan Máčala Czech Republic
1997–99Theo Bücker Germany
1999Adam Marjan Kuwait
2001–02Fouzy Ibrahim Kuwait
2002–03Acácio Casimiro Portugal
June 2004 – Nov 2004Júlio César Leal Brazil
2004–05Johan Boskamp Netherlands
2005–06Zlatko Krmpotić Serbia
June 2006 – July 2007José Garrido Portugal
2007–08Marinko Koljanin Croatia
2008–09Robertinho Brazil
2009–10Ilie Balaci Romania
2010Jamal Yaqoob Kuwait
2010 – June 2012Milan Máčala Czech Republic
July 2012 – 2013Miodrag Radulović Montenegro
2013–2015Jacenir Silva Brazil
May 2015 – July 2017Florin Motroc Romania
July 2017 – 2019Toni Portugal
2019 – presentBoris Bunjak Serbia

Affiliated clubs

Besides football, the Club has teams for handball, basketball, volleyball, waterpolo, Squash, athletics, Gymnastics, Swimming, Boxing, Judo, Weightlifting, Taekwando, and Ice Hockey.

Basketball