Information about football in Kuwait



** Name : Kuwait Football Association.

** Foundation: Kuwait Football Association originally founded in 1952,
affiliated to the FIFA in 1962, AFC (Asian Football
Confederation) in 1964, and the Union Arabe de Football
Association in 1974. There is 14 football clubs in Kuwait. The
Kuwait Football Association then declared by the Ministry of
Social Affairs and Labor under no. 95/79 on 10/12/1979 in
accordance with the provisions of the Law no. 42 for the year 78
in respect of clubs and general welfare societies to encourage,
spread and promote the standard of football game within the
state of Kuwait and to take part in Arab and International
activities connected with the game in this field in co-operation
with the members clubs.

** Telephone : 00965 – 22555851 / 22555822,
** Telefax: 22555935 / 22549955
** e-mail: info@kfa.org.kw
** National Stadium: Friendship & Peace Stadium, Kazma Sporting Club
Capacity : 25 000.
There are another three international club stadiums for which capacity varies
from 20,000 to 23,000.
A new Stadium, Jaber Stadium with capacity of 60,000 will be opened in the
first half of 2010
** Number of Clubs in Premier Division : 8 Clubs
Number of Clubs in 1st Division : 6 Clubs
Number of Clubs in U19 Category : 14 Clubs
Number of Clubs in U17 Category : 14 Clubs
Number of Clubs in U14 Category : 14 Clubs



The competition of U12 is organized in the form of 2-3 day festivals (4 times
per season under different sponsorships).

** League Champion 2008/2009 : Qadsia SC

** Crown Prince Cup 2008/2009 : Qadsia SC

** Amir of Kuwait Cup 2008/2009 : Kuwait SC



** Official Colors of the National Team :

Jersey : Blue
Short : Blue
Socks : Blue
ACHIEVEMENTS :
FIRST : KUWAIT OLYMPIC & SENIOR NATIONAL TEAMS

** Most Attractive Olympic Appearance :
Olympic Football Tournament, Finals, Moscow 1980
Olympic Football Tournament, Finals, Barcelona 1992.

** Most attractive International appearance :
FIFA World Cup, Finals, Spain, 1982

** Last Arab appearance :
Arab Cup Tournament, Syria, Aug 1992, 3rd place
All Arab Games, Lebanon, July 1997, 4th place
Arab Cup Tournament, Qatar, November 1998, 3rd place

** Most attractive Asian achievements :
Asian Cup Championship, Kuwait, 1980, 1st place
9th Asian Games, India, 1982, 2nd place
10th Asian Games, Seoul, S.Korea, 1986, 3rd place
12th Asian Games, Hiroshima, Japan, 1994, 3rd place
11th Asian Cup, U.A.E. 1996 4th place
13th Asian Games, Thailand 1998 2nd place

** Gulf Cup Tournaments (Started in Bahrain 1970 ) :
Winner of 9 out of 18 times as follows:
Bahrain 1970, S. Arabia 1972, Kuwait 1974, Qatar 1976, United Arab Emirates 1982, Bahrain 1986, Kuwait 1990, Oman 1996, Bahrain 1998).



SECOND : NATIONAL TEAM U19

17th Asian Youth Championship, Kuwait, Kuwait 1975, 3rd place
20th Asian Youth Championship, Bangladesh 1978, 3rd place
29th Asian Youth Championship, Indonesia 1994, Finals Round
30th Asian Youth Championship, Thailand 1998, Finals Round

** Participation in AFC Club Competitions : Kuwait clubs are fully committed to take part in these events every year. Kazma SC has reached the Semi Final of the 16th Asian Club Championship 1996 but withdrawn to avoid playing against an Iraqi Club. In the 9th Asian Cup Winners Cup 1998, Kazma SC also reached the Quarter Finals Round and withdrawn to avoid playing against an Iraqi club.
Kuwait SC is the AFC Cup 2009 winner.

** Referees 2009
FIFA Referees & Assist. Referees : 12 (6 + 8)
1st division : 23
2nd division : 17
3rd division : 15
New : 7

** Number of club registered players’ 2006/2007 : 2111
U12/542, U15/396, U17/397, U19/342, 1st team/334

** Number of club Coaches & Assist. Coaches’ 2006/2007 : 118 Kuwaiti/78, Arab/16, and Foreigner/23

** Publications : Kuwait FA issues one magazine on Irregular basis, specially on
some important occasions such as the final of H.H. the Amir of
Kuwait Cup, H.H. the Crown Prince Cup, final of the National
League and international matches.

Kuwait FA is on the Internet: www.kfa.org.kw. Kuwait FA has short-term sponsorship contracts with local companies.

We hope that this brief information will be useful for you.

General Secretariat
Kuwait Football Association