Kuwait SC (basketball)

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 SC
Kuwait SC logo
NicknameThe Brigadiers (العميد)
LeaguesKuwaiti Division I Basketball League
FoundedOctober 20, 1960 (1960-10-20)
LocationKuwait City, Kuwait
Team colorsRed, Blue, White, Black
       
ChairmanKhalid Al Ghanim
Head coachPeter Schomers

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

Honours

National competitions

Kuwaiti Division 1 League

  • Champions (14):[1] 2004, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023

Kuwaiti Cup of Martyr Fahed al Ahmad

  • Winners (1): 2004

Kuwaiti Federation Cup

  • Winners (3): 2009, 2013, 2020

Kuwaiti SuperCup

  • Winners (1): 2020

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 Kuwait Alhamdan, Yousif 185 m (606 ft 11 in) 29 – (1994-10-22)22 October 1994
G 0 Georgia (country) Pullen, Jacob 184 m (603 ft 8 in) 33 – (1989-11-10)10 November 1989
SF 2 Kuwait Matwali, Mustafa 203 m (666 ft 0 in) 25 – (1998-02-26)26 February 1998
G 5 Kuwait Hasan, Hamad 194 m (636 ft 6 in) 26 – (1997-08-25)25 August 1997
SG 6 Kuwait Alshammari, Sahou 192 m (629 ft 11 in) 20 – (2002-12-31)31 December 2002
PG 9 Kuwait Alshemmari, Turki 176 m (577 ft 5 in) 29 – (1994-08-24)24 August 1994
PG 10 Kuwait Aldhafairi, Fahed 179 m (587 ft 3 in) 33 – (1989-12-18)18 December 1989
C 20 Kuwait Jawhar, Omran 203 m (666 ft 0 in) 23 – (2000-01-05)5 January 2000
PF 21 Kuwait Hasan, Mohammad 194 m (636 ft 6 in) 23 – (2000-06-04)4 June 2000
C 25 Haiti Lalanne, Cady 208 m (682 ft 5 in) 31 – (1992-04-22)22 April 1992
PF 68 Kuwait Alhadhoud, Ali 203 m (666 ft 0 in) 28 – (1995-05-17)17 May 1995
G 94 United States Georges-Hunt, Marcus 198 m (649 ft 7 in) 29 – (1994-03-28)28 March 1994
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 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.

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. "Kuwait Club complete historic sweep, become first-ever WASL-Gulf champs". FIBA.basketball. 15 May 2023. Retrieved 30 May 2023.
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