Qadsia SC
نادي القادسية الرياضي

Full name	Qadsia Sporting Club
Nickname(s)	القلعة الصفراء (The Yellow Fort)
Founded	20 October 1960
Ground	Mohammed Al-Hamad Stadium Hawalli, Kuwait
Capacity	22,000[1]
Chairman	Fawaz Al Hasawi
Manager	Rodion Gačanin
League	Kuwaiti Premier League
Home colours Away colours

Qadsia Sporting Club (Arabic: نادي القادسية الرياضي) was founded in the State of Kuwait on 20 October 1960. Qadsia was first called Al Jzzira club. Based in Kuwait City Qadsia Club is one of the most popular clubs^{[citation needed]} in Kuwait and were voted the best team in Kuwait of 2007–2008^{[citation needed]}. Al Qadsia currently play in the Kuwaiti Premier League and have won this league thirteen times.

Qadsia play in Mohammed Al-Hamad Stadium which is in Hawalli, Hawalli and is the largest stadium in Kuwait. Al Qadsia has the biggest fan base in Kuwait and a large fan bases in the gulf region and arab world. The rivel team of Qadsia is al Arabi club, with the majority of wins for Al-Qadsia(51 wins for Qadsia against 41 wins for Al-Arabi)

Honours

Domestic

• Kuwaiti Premier League: 14
  • 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.
• Kuwait Emir Cup: 13
  • 1965, 1967, 1968, 1972, 1974, 1975, 1979, 1989, 1994, 2003, 2004, 2007, 2010
• Kuwait Federation Cup: 3
  • 2008, 2008–09, 2010–11

• Kuwait Super Cup: 2
  • 2009, 2011
• 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

Club Colors

Performance in AFC competitions

• AFC Champions League: 3 appearances

2004: Group Stage

2006: Semi-Finals

2008: Quarter-Finals

• AFC Cup: 3 appearances

2010: Final

2011: Round of 16

2012:

• 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	-	-
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
		QF		AL Ain	2–2	3–0
		SF		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
		QF		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
		QuarterFinal		Thai Port	3–0	0–0
		SemiFinal		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
		Group		Al-Ittihad
		Group		Al-Faisaly

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 3 MF  KUW Fahad Al Ansari 4 DF  KUW Hussain Fadel 5 DF  KUW Mohammad Rashed 6 MF  KUW Fayez Bander 7 FW  KUW Hamad Al Enezi 8 MF  KUW Saleh Al Sheikh 9 FW  KUW Ahmad Ajab 10 FW  KUW Abdulaziz Al Misha'an 11 MF  KUW Ali Al Shamali 12 MF  KUW Bader Buhamad 13 DF  KUW Musaed Neda 14 MF  KUW Talal Al Amer 16 MF  CIV Ibrahima Keita 17 FW  KUW Bader Al-Mutwa 18 MF  KUW Amer Al Fadhel 19 MF  KUW Nawaf Al Mutairi 20 MF  KUW Omar Buhamad 21 GK  KUW Ali Jawad 22 GK  KUW Nawaf Al Khaldi

No. Pos. Nation Player 24 MF  KUW Faisal Al Enezi 25 MF  KUW Adel Humoud 26 GK  KUW Ahmad Al Fadhli 28 MF  KUW Mohammad Al Fahad 29 MF  ALG Lazhar Hadj Aïssa 30 FW  SYR Omar Al Soma 31 MF  KUW Mohammed Shoail 31 MF  KUW Adel Matar 40 DF  KUW Dhari Said 46 DF  KUW Khaled Al Qahtani 50 FW  SYR Firas Al-Khatib — GK  KUW Ali Taleb — MF  KUW Fawaz Buhamad — MF  KUW Jaber Jazaa — MF  KUW Hamad Aman — MF  KUW Yousef Farhan — MF  KUW Saad Farhan — MF  KUW Mohammed Al Qattan

Technical staff

• Rodion Gačanin – Head Coach
• Abdulaziz Hamad – Assistant Coach
• Ahmed Dashti – Goalkeeper Coach
• Slobodan Pavlovic – Physical Coach
• Hasan Saif – Team Coordinator

Season Transfers

In

• Lazhar Hadj Aïssa (from ES Sétif)
• Ibrahima Keita (from Al Ain)
• Khaled Al Qahtani (from Al Hilal)
• Saad Farhan (from Al-Hilal)
• Yousef Farhan (from Al-Hilal)
• Adel Humoud (from Muscat FC)
• Ali Taleb (from Al Salibikhaet)
• Firas Al-Khatib (from Umm Salal)
• Omar Al Soma (from Al Futowa)

Out

• Ahmad Al Beloushi (to Al Yarmouk)
• Ali Al Isa (to Al Salmiya)
• Soud Al Mejmed (to Al Naser)
• Abdulrahman Al Mousa (to Al Salmiya)
• Ali Al Namash (to Al Salmiya)
• Khalaf Al Salamah (to Al Salmiya)
• Nohair Al-Shammari (to Al Salmiya)
• Issam Jomaa (to Al Yarmouk)
• Saleh Mahdi (to Al Shabab)
• Issam El Adoua (to Vitória S.C.)
• Jehad Al Hussain (to Najran SC)

Kuwaiti Players Of Qadsia

From Al Jahra Khalaf Al Salamah Adel Humoud From Al Naser Naser Al Adwani Bader Al Shammari From Al Salibikhaet Naif Al Dhufiri Nohair Al-Shammari Fayez Bandar Sami Enad Saqer Kuder Ali Taleb From Al Shabab Misheal Al Saeed From Al Yarmouk Husain Al-Mekaimi Husain Sami

From Fahaheel Abdulrahman Al Mosaed From Kazma Khaled Diab From Khaitan Moayad Al-Haddad Nawaf Al Khaldi Abdulrhman Musa From Sahel Ahmad Ajab From Tadamon Yousef Dabes Naser Darwesh Jamal Mobark

From Qadsia SC Faisal Al-Dakheel Fawaz Al Fadel Moaed Al Haddad Adel Al Hsawi Mohamed Bnean Al Khaldi Nasser Bnean Al Khaldi Mohammed Rashed Al Otibi Bader Jumaa Al Rbiaa Hani Salem Al-Saqer Ahmed Al Shammari Obead Al Shammari Sadoun Al Shammari Saleh Al Sheikh Nawaf Auda Faisel Borugobah Adel Humoud Ahmed Jasem Mishari Jasem Mohammed Jasem Redha Marafi Mohammed Mubarek Jasem Yagoub

Famous players

Asia Mahmood Abdulrahman Mohammed Hussain Talal Yousef Hamid Reza Estili Essam Abu Touk Anas Bani Yaseen Yosef Zidan Mohammed Mubarek Al Hinai Sultan Al-Touqi Fawzi Bashir Mohammed Salem Al-Enazi Ahmed Khalifa Adel Khames Jehad Al Hussain Firas Al Khatib Omar Al Soma

African Rachid Amrane Lazhar Hadj Aïssa Seydou Traoré Ibrahima Keita Abou Kone Mustafa Al Khalfi Tareq Al Khalfi Mohammed Al Qadmere Maroan Al Qamel Simo Abo Zaid Omar Diouf Baba Samba Kon Flu Adam Al Hajj Selim Benachour

South America Adiel Oliveira Anderson Verera Gláucio Lúcio Rodrigo Careca Abel Lobatón North America Rónald Gómez Europe Goran Stepanovic Sérgio Conceição Miladen Jovancic

FIFA World Cup Players

FIFA World Cup1982

•  Kuwait
  • Faisal Al-Dakhil
  • Jasem Bahman
  • Jasem Yacob

Presidents and Managers

Presidential history

Qadsia has had numerous presidents over the course of their history

Name Years Suliman Al-Khaled 1960–61 Faisel Al-Mutawa 1961–62 Rashed Al-Rashed 1962–63 Khaled Al-Masaod 1963–65 Khaled Al-Hamed 1965–66 Mohammed Al-Hamed 1966–67 Khaled Al-Masaod 1967–68 Khaled Al-Hamad 1968–70 Fahad Al-Ahmad Al-Subah 1970–79 Khaled Al-Hamad 1979–85 Yousef Al-Mushari 1985–87 Abdulaziz Al-Mokhled 1989 Abdulmohsen Al-Faris 1989/1997 Talal Al-Fahad Al-Subah 1997–2010 Fawaz Al Hasawi 2010–

Managerial history

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

Name Nationality Years Mohammed Al Hamed 1962-61 Abdulmhsen Al Faris 1962–63 Omar Shandi 1963–65 Ala Adin Neazy 1964–65 Jan Cresto 1966–67 Posovitsh 1967–70 Ronald Lewin 1970–75 Peter Macbraind 1975–77 Mohammed Al Masaod 1976–77 Tomason 1976–77 Joy Carlos 1976–78 Ronald Lewin 1978–79 Abdullah Al Asfor 1979–80 Bonero 1980–83 Melan Melanitch 1983–85 Bobby Campbell 1985–86 Saleh Zakria 1986–87 Luiz Felipe Scolari 1987–90 Vola 1991–92 Luiz Felipe Scolari 1992–93 Dragan 1993–95 Mohammed Al Zaer 1995 Enaldo Batresio 1995–97 Vellar 1997–98 Jorvan Vieira 1997–99 Mohammed Ibrahem 1999–00 Fakro Al Deen 2000 Senad Kreso 2000–01 Branko Totak 2000–01 Radojko Avramović 2001 Willem Leushuis 2001–02 Mohammed Ibrahem 2002–04 Doliu Junior 2004–05 Mohammed Ibrahem 2005–07 José Garrido 2007–08 Mohammed Ibrahem 2008–2011 Rodion Gačanin 2011–

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 Team Achievements

• Asian Club League Handball Championship:2

2006 in Muscat

2007 in Kuwait City

Sponsors

• Wataniya Telecom
• Vito
• LG

References

1. ^ http://goal.sportal.com.au/national/kuwait/league/2009-2010/relegationpromotion-playoff/venues/
2. ^ "TOP 350 Club World Ranking". IFFHS. 1 December 2010.

External links

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

Preceded by Al-Arabi	Gulf Club Champions Cup Runner up: Al Wasl 2005	Succeeded by Al-Ittifaq
Preceded by Al-Ittihad	Gulf Club Champions Cup Runner up: Al Hilal 2000	Succeeded by Al-Ain

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