Kuwait SC (basketball)

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Kuwait SC
Kuwait Sporting Club logo.png
NicknameThe Brigadiers (العميد)
Leagues Kuwaiti Division I Basketball League
FoundedOctober 20, 1960;63 years ago (1960-10-20)
Location Kuwait City, Kuwait
Team colorsRed, Blue, White, Black
    
ChairmanKhalid Al Ghanim
Head coachPeter Schomers

Kuwait Sporting Club, shortly known as Kuwait SC or Kuwait Club, is a Kuwaiti professional basketball club. The club competes in the Kuwaiti Division I Basketball League, which it has won fourteen times. [1] Kuwait SC has won the Arab Club Basketball Championship once, in 2022 and is the first team from Kuwait to win an Arab title. [2] The club has traditionally provided Kuwait's national basketball team with key players.

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Kuwait Club were the runners-up in the 2022–23 West Asia Super League.

Honours

National competitions

Kuwaiti Division 1 League

Kuwaiti Cup of Martyr Fahed al Ahmad

Kuwaiti Federation Cup

Kuwaiti SuperCup

International competitions

Arab Clubs Championship

WASL

Players

Current roster

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationality not displayed.

Kuwait SC roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.Nat.NameHt.Age
G 00 Flag of Kuwait.svg Alhamdan, Yousif 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)29 – (1994-10-22)22 October 1994
G 0 Flag of Georgia.svg Pullen, Jacob 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)33 – (1989-11-10)10 November 1989
SF 2 Flag of Kuwait.svg Matwali, Mustafa 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)25 – (1998-02-26)26 February 1998
G 5 Flag of Kuwait.svg Hasan, Hamad 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)26 – (1997-08-25)25 August 1997
SG 6 Flag of Kuwait.svg Alshammari, Sahou 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)20 – (2002-12-31)31 December 2002
PG 9 Flag of Kuwait.svg Alshemmari, Turki 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)29 – (1994-08-24)24 August 1994
PG 10 Flag of Kuwait.svg Aldhafairi, Fahed 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)33 – (1989-12-18)18 December 1989
C 20 Flag of Kuwait.svg Jawhar, Omran 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)23 – (2000-01-05)5 January 2000
PF 21 Flag of Kuwait.svg Hasan, Mohammad 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)23 – (2000-06-04)4 June 2000
C 25 Flag of Haiti.svg Lalanne, Cady 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in)31 – (1992-04-22)22 April 1992
PF 68 Flag of Kuwait.svg Alhadhoud, Ali 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)28 – (1995-05-17)17 May 1995
G 94 Flag of the United States.svg Georges-Hunt, Marcus 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)29 – (1994-03-28)28 March 1994
Head coach

Flag of Germany.svg Peter Schomers

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Cruz Roja.svg Injured

Notable players

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationality not displayed.

Criteria

To appear in this section a player must have either:

  • Set a club record or won an individual award while at the club
  • Played at least one official international match for their national team at any time
  • Played at least one official NBA match at any time.

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References

  1. 1 2 "KUNA : Kuwait SC crowned champion of basketball league '22-23 - Sports - 31/05/2023". www.kuna.net.kw. Retrieved 3 June 2023.
  2. ↑ "Kuwait SC wins Arab Club Basketball trophy". BNA.bh. 16 October 2022. Retrieved 16 October 2022.
  3. ↑ "Kuwait Club complete historic sweep, become first-ever WASL-Gulf champs". FIBA.basketball. 15 May 2023. Retrieved 30 May 2023.
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