Qadsia SC
نادي القادسية الرياضي

Full name	Qadsia Sporting Club
Nickname(s)	(The Kings) (The Yellow Fort) (The Royals)
Founded	1953; 71 years ago (1953), as Al-Jazira SC 20 October 1960, as Qadsia SC
Ground	Mohammed Al-Hamad Stadium Hawalli, Kuwait
Capacity	22,000[1]
Manager	Mohammed Ibrahem
League	Kuwaiti Premier League
Home colours Away colours

Qadsia Sporting Club (Arabic: نادي القادسية الرياضي) is primarily an association football club. Based in Kuwait City, Qadsia Club is one of the most popular clubs in Kuwait. Al Qadsia was founded in 1953 and it was called Al Jazira before being renamed to Qadsia SC in 20 October 1960. Qadsia currently plays in the Kuwaiti Premier League and has won this league fifteen times.

Qadsia plays in the Mohammed Al-Hamad Stadium, which is in Hawalli, and is the 3rd largest stadium in Kuwait. Qadsia has the biggest fan base in Kuwait and a large fan base in the gulf region and Arab world. The rival team of Qadsia is Al-Arabi and Al-Kuwait club.

History

AL-Qadsia SC was found in 1953 as Al-Jazzera It was renamed As AL-Qadsia in the early 1960. AL Qadsia won its first league title in the 1968-1969 season. Al-Qadsia former owner Fawaz AL-Hasawi who is the current owner of English club Nottingham Forest has won 2 league titles with was historical. Al qadsia has won the Kuwaiti Emir cup 14 times starting in the 1964-65 season until 2011-12 this was the final time and Al-Qadsia are the current champions of the Kuwaiti Emir cup. Al-Qadsia has entered the AFC cup final in 2009, losing to Al-Itihad al Soory 4-2 on penalty after the match ending 1-1 after extra time. Hamed al Enzi opened the goal scoring in the 29th minute but sadly Taha Diab equlised the score on the 53rd minted. on penalty's Hamed Al-Bloushi and souad al mojamed scored but Firas AL-kahtib and Fahed AL-Ansari missed. Al Qadsia Biggest rival are Al Arabi Sc and Kuwait SC Kuwait SC were recently the rivals of Kuwait on the 2009-10 season after the becoming runners up until the 2011-12 season on the 20-12-13 season Al-Kuwait Sc won the league title for the 11th time.

Club colors

yellow

black

Honours

Domestic

• Kuwaiti Premier League: 15
  • 1968–69, 1970–71, 1972–73, 1974–75, 1975–76, 1977–78, 1991–92, 1998–99, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12.
• Kuwait Emir Cup: 15
  • Kuwait Emir Cup 1965, 1967, 1968, 1972, 1974, 1975, 1979, 1989, 1994, 2003, 2004, 2007, 2010, 2012, 2013
• Kuwait Crown Prince Cup:8
  • 1998, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2009, 2013, 2014
• Kuwait Federation Cup: 4
  • 2008, 2008–09, 2010–11, 2012–13
• Kuwait Super Cup: 3
  • 2009, 2011, 2013
• Al Kurafi Cup (defunct): 2
  • 2002–03, 2005–06

International

• AFC Cup
  • Runners-up: 2010
• Gulf Club Champions Cup: 2
  • 2000, 2005
  • Runners-up: 2006

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 2 DF  KUW Khalid Ibrahim 4 DF  KUW Hussain Fadel 5 MF  CIV Ibrahima Keita 7 MF  KUW Hamad Aman 8 MF  KUW Saleh Al Sheikh 10 FW  SYR Omar Al Soma 11 MF  KUW Fahad Al Ansari 13 DF  KUW Musaed Neda 14 MF  KUW Talal Al Amer 15 FW  KUW Saoud Al Mojmund 17 FW  KUW Bader Al-Mutwa 19 MF  KUW Nawaf Al Mutairi

No. Pos. Nation Player 22 GK  KUW Nawaf Al Khaldi 23 GK  KUW Ahmed Al Fahdli 25 DF  KUW Dhari Said 26 MF  KUW Mohammad Al Fahad 27 MF  KUW Hamad Al Enezi 28 MF  KUW Mohammad Al Fadhli 32 MF  KUW Sultan Al Enzi 35 DF  KUW Soud Al Ansari 42 FW  KUW Saif Al Hashan 45 FW  BRA Michel Simplicio 46 MF  KUW Khaled Al Qahtani

Performance in AFC competitions

• AFC Champions League: 4 appearances

2004: Group Stage

2006: Semi-Finals

2008: Quarter-Finals

2014:

• AFC Cup: 4 appearances

2010: Final

2011: Round of 16

2012: Round of 16

2013: Final

• Asian Club Championship: 1 appearance

2000: First Round (Withdrew)

• Asian Cup Winners Cup: 2 appearances

1990–91: First Round

1994–95: Second Round

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	-	-
2005–06	AFC Champions League	Group		Foolad	2–0	0–6
		Group		Pakhtakor	2–1	2–2
		Group		Al Ittihad	1–0	2–2
		Quarter Final		Al Ain	2–2	3–0
		Semi Final		Al-Karamah	0–1	0–0
2007–08	AFC Champions League	Group		Pakhtakor	2–2	1–0
		Group		Arbil	1–1	2–4
		Group		Al-Gharafa	1–0	1–0
		Quarter Final		Urawa	3–2	0–2
2010	AFC Cup	Group		East Bengal	4–1	3–2
		Group		Al Ittihad	3–0	0–0
		Group		Al Nejmeh	1–1	3–1
		Round of 16		Churchill Brothers	2–1
		Quarter Final		Thai Port	3–0	0–0
		Semi Final		Riffa	4–1	0–2
		Final		Al-Ittihad	1–1 (aet) 2–4 (pso)
2011	AFC Cup	Group		Shurtan	4–0	1–1
		Group		Al-Ittihad	3–2	2–0
		Group		Al-Saqr	3–0	2–2
		Round of 16		Al-Kuwait	2–2 (aet) 2–3 (pso)
2012	AFC Cup	Group		Al-Suwaiq	2–0	5–1
		Group		Al-Ittihad	5–2	0–1
		Group		Al-Faisaly	1–2	1–1
		Round of 16		Al-Kuwait	1–1 (aet) 1–3 (pso)
2013	AFC Cup	Group		Al-Shorta	0–1	2–0
		Group		Al-Ramtha	2–2	3–0
		Group		Ravshan	3–0	3–1
		Round of 16		Fanja SC	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

Technical staff

• Mohammed Ibrahem – Head Coach
• Abdulaziz Hamad – Assistant Coach
• Ahmed Dashti – Goalkeeper Coach
• Hasan Saif – Team Coordinator

Presidents and managers

Presidential history

Qadsia has had numerous presidents over the course of their history

Managerial history

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

Asian Football Clubs (by IFFHS)

Rankings are calculated by the IFFHS.^[2]

AFC	IFFHS	Club	Points
1	80	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	130,5
2	82	Zob Ahan Isfahan FC	128,0
3	90	Kashima Antlers	123,5
4	94	Suwon Samsung Bluewings	121,0
5	100	Gamba Osaka	119,5
6	113	Muangthong United F.C.	113,5
7	116	Al-Hilal FC	112,0
8	125	Cerezo Osaka	108,0
9	131	Al-Wahdat SC	105,0
10	136	Sepahan Esfahan FC	103,5
11	148	Nagoya Grampus	100,0
12	156	FC Seoul	98,5
13	158	Qadsia SC	97,5
14	176	Persipura Jayapura	93,5
15	185	Jeju United	91,0
16	200	FC Bunyodkor	87,5
17	201	Al-Shabab Riyadh	87,0
=	201	Al-Ittihad Jeddah	87,0
19	204	Nasaf Qarshi	86,0
=	204	Al-Sadd Club	86,0

Last updated December 1st, 2010

Other sports

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

Handball

• Asian Club League Handball Championship:2

2006 in Muscat

2007 in Kuwait City

Sponsors

• Wataniya Telecom
• Samsung الباطين
• قادساوي
• Vito
• LG
• Power Horse

References

External links

• Qadsiafans.com (Official fans Website) Template:Ar icon

Preceded by Al-Arabi	Gulf Club Champions Cup 2005	Succeeded by Al-Ittifaq
Preceded by Al-Ittihad	Gulf Club Champions Cup 2000	Succeeded by Al-Ain

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