Al Qadsia SC

Full name	Al-Qadsia Sporting Club
Nickname(s)	The Royal Club (Arabic: الملكي) Bani Qadis (Arabic: بني قادس) The Yellow Castle (Arabic: القلعة الصفراء)
Founded	1953 (1953) as Al-Jazira 20 October 1960 (1960-10-20) as Qadsia[1]
Ground	Mohammed Al-Hamad Stadium Hawalli
Capacity	22,000
Chairman	Khaled Fahad Al Sabah
Manager	Mohammed Mashaan
League	Kuwait Premier League
2022–23	4th of 10
Home colours Away colours

Al-Qadsia Sporting Club (Arabic: نادي القادسية الرياضي) is primarily a professional football club. Based in Kuwait City, Al Qadsia was founded in 1953 and first called Al-Jazira, before being renamed to Al Qadsia SC on 20 October 1960. Qadsia currently plays in the Kuwait Premier League and has won the league 17 times. Qadsia plays in the Mohammed Al-Hamad Stadium, which is in Hawalli, and is the third largest stadium in Kuwait.

History

Al Qadsia was one of the first Kuwaiti teams to be established, alongside Al-Arabi and Kuwait SC. They started playing in 1961–62 and finished second for three years in a row, behind Al-Arabi, which started the Kuwaiti El Clásico between them. Their first league title came in 1968–69.

The team has officially been recognized as inferior to their football overlords, Al-Arabi Club, who have repeatedly humiliated Qadsia.

Honours

•   record
• ^S shared record

Futsal

• Kuwaiti Futsal League: 2

2012–13, 2013–14

• Kuwait Futsal Federation Cup: 5

2010–11, 2011–12, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16

• Kuwait Futsal Super Cup: 3

2013, 2014, 2016

Current squad

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  KUW Mubarak Al-Hrbi 2 DF  KUW Sultan Salboukh 4 DF  KUW Rashed Al-Dawsari 5 MF  KUW Faisel Al Shatti 5 DF  KUW Dhari Said 6 MF  KUW Mishary Al-Azmi 7 MF  LBY Mohammed Soulah 8 MF  KUW Salman Al Bose 10 FW  MLI Ibrahima Tandia 11 MF  KUW Eid Al-Rashidi 12 MF  KUW Mohammad Khalil 13 DF  KUW Abdulrahmab Al Dihani 14 DF  KUW Abdulaziz Wadi 17 FW  KUW Bader Al-Mutawa (captain) 18 MF  KUW Talal Al Ansari

No. Pos. Nation Player 19 MF  KUW Abdullwahab Al-Sulili 20 FW  KUW Naif Zuwaid 21 MF  KUW Abdullah Al Shamali 22 GK  KUW Abdulaziz Al-Bahar 23 DF  IRN Abdulaziz Nassari 25 DF  KUW Yousef Al-Haqan 30 FW  TUN Youssef Ben Souda 32 GK  KUW Ali Jarragh 33 DF  ARG Sergio Vittor 35 GK  KUW Khaled Al-Rashidi 36 DF  KUW Khalid El Ebrahim 40 FW  KUW Meshal Khaled 43 MF  KUW Abdullah Al Enai 44 MF  NGA Daniel Ajibola 54 MF  EGY Abdullah Mutwa

Performance in AFC competitions

• AFC Champions League: 4 appearances

2006: Semi-finals

2008: Quarter-finals

2014: 3rd round qualifying

2015: 3rd round qualifying

• AFC Cup: 8 appearances

2010: Runners-up

2011: Round of 16

2012: Round of 16

2013: Runners-up

2014: Winner

2015: Semifinal

2019: Group stage

2020: Cancelled

• Asian Club Championship: 1 appearance

2000: First round (withdrew)

• Asian Cup Winners Cup: 1 appearances

1994–95: Second round (withdrew)

Season	Competition	Round		Club	Home	Away
1991	Asian Cup Winners Cup	1st round		Al Faisaly	-	-
1995	Asian Cup Winners Cup	1st round		Al Oruba Sur	2–0	0–1
		2nd round		Al Sadd	-	0–2
2000	Asian Club Championship	1st round		Al-Wahda	-	-
2006	AFC Champions League	Group stage		Foolad	2–0	0–6
		Group stage		Pakhtakor	2–1	2–2
		Group stage		Al Ittihad	1–0	2–2
		Quarterfinal		Al Ain	2–2	3–0
		Semifinal		Al-Karamah	0–1	0–0
2008	AFC Champions League	Group stage		Pakhtakor	2–2	1–0
		Group stage		Arbil	1–1	2–4
		Group stage		Al-Gharafa	1–0	1–0
		Quarterfinal		Urawa	3–2	0–2
2010	AFC Cup	Group stage		East Bengal	4–1	3–2
		Group stage		Al Ittihad	3–0	0–0
		Group stage		Al Nejmeh	1–1	3–1
		Round of 16		Churchill Brothers	2–1
		Quarterfinal		Thai Port	3–0	0–0
		Semifinal		Riffa	4–1	0–2
		Final		Al-Ittihad	1–1 (a.e.t.) 2–4 (p)
2011	AFC Cup	Group stage		Shurtan	4–0	1–1
		Group stage		Al-Ittihad	3–2	2–0
		Group stage		Al-Saqr	3–0	2–2
		Round of 16		Al-Kuwait	2–2 (a.e.t.) 2–3 (p)
2012	AFC Cup	Group stage		Al-Suwaiq	2–0	5–1
		Group stage		Al-Ittihad	5–2	0–1
		Group stage		Al-Faisaly	1–2	1–1
		Round of 16		Al-Kuwait	1–1 (a.e.t.) 1–3 (p)
2013	AFC Cup	Group stage		Al-Shorta	0–1	2–0
		Group stage		Al-Ramtha	2–2	3–0
		Group stage		Ravshan	3–0	3–1
		Round of 16		Fanja	4–0
		Quarterfinal		Al-Shorta	0–0	2–2
		Semifinal		Al-Faisaly	2–1	1–0
		Final		Al-Kuwait	0–2
2014	AFC Champions League	1st round		Al-Suwaiq	1–0
		2nd round		Bani Yas	4–0
		3rd round		El Jaish	0–3
	AFC Cup	Group stage		Al Shorta SC	3–0	0–0
		Group stage		Al-Hidd	2–0	2–3
		Group stage		Al-Wahda	1–1	3–1
		Round of 16		That Ras	4–0
		Quarterfinal		Al-Hidd	1–1	2–2
		Semifinal		Persipura Jayapura	4–2	6–0
		Final		Arbil	0–0 (a.e.t.) 4–2 (p)
2015	AFC Champions League	Playoff 2		Al-Wehdat SC	1–0
		Playoff 3		Al-Ahli	1–2
	AFC Cup	Group stage		FC Ahal	2–0	1–0
		Group stage		FC Istiklol	2–2	0–2
		Group stage		Arbil	1–2	1–0
		Round of 16		Al-Wehdat SC	1–0
		Quarterfinal		Al-Jaish	3–0	0–2
		Semifinal		Johor Darul Ta'zim F.C.	3–1	w/o
2019	AFC Cup	Group stage		Suwaiq Club	2–0	1–2
		Group stage		Malkiya Club	1–2	2–1
		Group stage		Al-Ahed SC	0–1	0–0
2020	AFC Cup	Group stage		Dhofar Club
		Group stage		Riffa SC		2–1
		Group stage		Al-Jazeera

Presidents and managers

Managerial history

Below is a list of Qadsia coaches from 1960 until the present day.

Name Nationality Years Mohammed Al Hamed 1960–1962 Abdulmhsen Al Faris 1962–1963 Omar Shendi 1963–1965 Aladdin Niazi 1965–1966 Jan Cestić 1966–1967 Vojin Božović 1967–1970 Ron Lewin 1970–1972 Žarko Mihajlović 1972–1975 Peter McBride 1975–1977 Mohammed Al Masaod 1976–1977 Tomason 1977 Žarko Mihajlović 1977–1978 Ron Lewin 1978–1979 Abdullah Al Asfor 1979–1980 Bonero 1980–1983 Miljan Miljanić 1983–1985 Bobby Campbell 1985–1986 Saleh Zakaria 1986–1987 Luiz Felipe Scolari 1987–1990 Vola 1990–1992 Luiz Felipe Scolari 1992–1993 Alexandru Moldovan 1993 Dragan Gugleta 1993–1995 Mohammed Al Zaer 1995 Ednaldo Patricio 1995–1997 René Feller 1997–1998 Jorvan Vieira 1997–1999 Mohammed Ibrahem 1999–2000 Fakro Al Deen 2000 Senad Kreso 2000–2001 Branko Totak 2001 Radojko Avramović 2001 Willem Leushuis 2001–2002 Mohammed Ibrahem 2002–2004 Duílio 2004–2005 Mohammed Ibrahem 2005–2007 José Garrido 2007–2008 Mohammed Ibrahem 2008–2011 Rodion Gačanin 2011–2012 Mohammed Ibrahem 2012–2014 Antonio Puche 2014–2015 Rashed Al Bediah 2015 Dalibor Starčević 2015–2018 Yousef AlMusaibeeh 2018 Marin Ion[2] 2018–2019 Pablo Franco 2019–2021 Kheïreddine Madoui 2021–2022 Nasser Al-Shatti 2022 Boris Bunjak 2022–2023 Mohammed Ibrahem 2023–2024 Mohammed Mashaan 2024– Asian clubs ranking As of 18 September 2018.[3] Current Rank Country Team 244 Qadsia 237 Gokulam Kerala 238 Hà Nội 240 DSK Shivajians 241 Badak Lampung 242 Persijap Jepara See also List of football clubs in Kuwait References ↑ On 20 October 1960, the name was changed to Qadsia. ↑ "الروماني إيوان مارين مدربًا للقادسية". Kooora. Retrieved 9 July 2018. ↑ "AFC Football / Soccer Clubs Ranking". {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |url= (help) External links Wikimedia Commons has media related to Al Qadsia Kuwait.