The Kuwait national football team is the national team of Kuwait and is controlled by the Kuwait Football Association. Kuwait made one World Cup finals appearance, in 1982, managing one point in the group stages. In the Asian Cup, Kuwait reached the final in 1976 and won the tournament in 1980.
The AFC Champions League is an annual continental club football competition organised by the Asian Football Confederation, and contested by Asia's top-division football clubs. It is the most prestigious club competition in Asian football, played by the national league champions of their national associations.
Al-Ittihad Saudi Arabian Club, simply known as Al-Ittihad SFC, is a Saudi professional football club based in Jeddah founded in 1927. The club has spent its entire history in the top flight of football in Saudi Arabia, currently known as the Saudi Pro League.
The FIFA Club World Cup is an international men's association football competition organised by the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), the sport's global governing body. The competition was first contested in 2000 as the FIFA Club World Championship. It was not held from 2001 to 2004 due to a combination of factors in the cancelled 2001 tournament, most importantly the collapse of FIFA's marketing partner International Sport and Leisure (ISL), but since 2005 it has been held every year, and has been hosted by Brazil, Japan, the United Arab Emirates, Morocco and Qatar. Views differ as to the cup's prestige: it struggles to attract interest in most of Europe, and is the object of heated debate in South America.
Rónald Alfonso González Brenes is a Costa Rican former professional footballer and current manager. He is the current manager for Liga Nacional club Antigua.
The Saudi Arabian Football Federation is the football governing body of Saudi Arabia. Founded in 1956, its responsibilities include administration of club competitions and national teams. The founder of the Saudi Arabian Football Federation is Prince Abdullah bin Faisal Al Saud.
Emad Mohamed Abdelnaby Ibrahim Moteab is an Egyptian semi-retired professional footballer who played as a striker.
Randall Azofeifa Corrales is a Costa Rican former football midfielder His last team was Sporting San José.
Redha Hassan Tukar Fallatha is a Saudi Arabian former footballer who played as a defender for Al Ittihad.
Flávio da Silva Amado, better known as Flávio, is an Angolan former professional footballer who played as striker. He is the assistant of Angolan side Petro Atlético.
Ahmad Al-Dokhi Al-Dossary is a former Saudi Arabian footballer who last played as a defender for Al-Nassr.
Mohammad Bandar Al-Shalhoub a Saudi Arabian former footballer and current assistant manager of Al-Hilal. He played as an attacking midfielder for Al Hilal in the Saudi Professional League. A legend of Saudi football, he won 33 trophies with Al Hilal and one title with the Saudi Arabia national team, making him one of the most decorated footballers of all time.
Saud Ali Kariri is a Saudi Arabian former footballer who played as a midfielder, and who previously played with Al Ittihad. He also previously played for Al-Qadisiyah the team that introduced most of Saudi football stars.
The 2005 FIFA Club World Championship was the second FIFA Club World Championship, a football competition organised by FIFA for the champion clubs of the six continental confederations. It was the first to be held after by the merger between the Intercontinental Cup and the FIFA Club World Championship.
Hussein Jawad Al-Sadiq is a Saudi Arabian former footballer in goalkeeper role.
Ahmed Mubarak Obaid al-Mahaijri, commonly known as Ahmed Mubarak or Ahmed Kano, is an Omani professional footballer.
Nader El Sayed is an Egyptian retired professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.
Osama Al-Muwallad is a retired Saudi Arabian football (soccer) player who played as a defender for Al Ittihad his entire career.
Christian Bolaños Navarro is a Costa Rican professional footballer who plays as a winger for Liga FPD club Saprissa. Since his international debut in 2005, Bolaños has earned over 80 international caps and played at three FIFA World Cups.
The Jeddah Derby is the name given to football matches contested between Al-Ahli and Al-Ittihad, both from Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. For more than 70 years, it used to be the longest running top-flight derby in Saudi Arabian football. The rivalry started in 1951 and is considered to be one of the strongest and most viewed matches in Asia and the Arab world. The rivalry was halted when Al-Ahli were relegated in 2022 to the first division league for the first time in their history.
