Kuwaiti sports club
Football club
Al-Salmiya Sporting Club (Arabic : نادي السالمية الرياضي ) is a Kuwaiti professional football and sports club in Salmiya . They have won the Kuwaiti Premier League four times, most recently in 2000. They were founded in 1964 and the club covers a total area of 94 thousand square metres comprising ten sports: football, volleyball , table tennis , tennis , squash , fencing , judo , taekwondo , karate and athletics .
Stadium
Thamir Stadium at night
Al-Salmiya plays their home games at Thamir Stadium in Salmiya . The stadium was Opened on 2004. It has a current capacity of 16,105 spectators.
Crests and colours
Crests
The club crest is inspired by location of Salmiya on the map
of Kuwait, with green representing the land, while the color blue represents the sea.
Colours
Al-Salmiya's home kit is all sky blue shirts and white shorts, while their away kit is all white shirts and sky blue shorts.
Honours
Domestic
Regional
Runners-up: 1999
Friendly
Futsal
Handball
2005 : Group stage
1996 : Second round
1999 : First round
2001 : Second round
1994 : First Round
2002 : Withdrew
Players
Current squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
FIFA World Cup and AFC Asian Cup players
Club chairmen
Years
Chairman
1964–65
Abdulaziz Mohammed Al Rasheed
1966
Jasem Mohammed Al Wogayan
1967–72
Abdulaziz Mohammed Al Rasheed
1973–75
Ali Subah Al Salem Al Subah
1975–81
Mohammed Yousef Al Subah
1981–82
Salem Fahad Al Salem Al Subah
1982–08
Khaled Yousef Al Subah
2008–11
Abdullah Al Tereeji
2012–
Shiekh Turki Yousef Al-Sabah
Alfred Riedl managed Salmiya from 2001 to 2003
See also
References
External links
National teams League competitions Cups Defunct Tournaments