Kuwait SC (basketball)

Kuwait SC
Kuwait SC logo
NicknameThe Brigadiers (العميد)
LeaguesKuwaiti Division I Basketball League
Founded20 October 1960; 64 years ago (1960-10-20)
LocationKuwait 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.

Kuwait Club were the runners-up in the 2022–23 West Asia Super League, and have won the Gulf League subdivision title two times (2023 and 2024).[3][4]

Honours

National competitions

Kuwaiti Division 1 League

  • Champions (15): 1966, 1982, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024

Kuwaiti Basketball Association Cup

  • Winners (16): 1965, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023[5]

Kuwaiti Basketball Super Cup

  • Winners (8): 2012, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023

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 nationalities not displayed.

Kuwait SC roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Age
G 0 Kuwait Alhamdan, Yousif 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 30 – (1994-10-22)22 October 1994
SF 1 Kuwait Matwali, Mustafa 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 26 – (1998-02-26)26 February 1998
G 2 United States Weber, Brianté 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 32 – (1992-12-29)29 December 1992
G 5 Kuwait Hasan, Hamad 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) 27 – (1997-08-25)25 August 1997
SG 6 Kuwait Alshammari, Sahou 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) 22 – (2002-12-31)31 December 2002
PG 9 Kuwait Alshemmari, Turki 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) 30 – (1994-08-24)24 August 1994
PG 10 Kuwait Aldhafairi, Fahed 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) 35 – (1989-12-18)18 December 1989
C 20 Kuwait Jawhar, Omran 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 25 – (2000-01-05)5 January 2000
SF 21 Kuwait Hasan, Mohammad 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) 24 – (2000-06-04)4 June 2000
PF 23 United States Sampson, JaKarr 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 31 – (1993-03-20)20 March 1993
C 25 Haiti Lalanne, Cady 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 32 – (1992-04-22)22 April 1992
PF 68 Kuwait Alhadhoud, Ali 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 29 – (1995-05-17)17 May 1995
Head coach
  • Germany Peter Schomers
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Injured Injured

Notable players

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationalities 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.

See also

References

  1. ^ "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. ^ a b "Kuwait Club complete historic sweep, become first-ever WASL-Gulf champs". FIBA.basketball. 15 May 2023. Retrieved 30 May 2023.
  4. ^ a b "Kuwait Club defend FIBA WASL-Gulf League title". FIBA.basketball. 6 May 2024. Retrieved 8 May 2024.
  5. ^ "Kuwait Club won the 16 Kuwaiti Basketball Association Cup title". 23 May 2023.