Al Jahra Sporting Club () is a

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club based in Jahra. They won the

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once, in 1990. Al Jahra reached the

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final twice in recent times, 1996 and 2002, where they lost to Al Arabi 1–2 and Kuwait Club 0–1. Al-Jahra also offers various sports such as

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, and prides itself in

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Achievements

Official

* Kuwait Premier League ** Champions (1): 1990 *

Kuwaiti Division One The Kuwaiti Division One () is a second-tier professional Kuwaiti football league. Winners of the league are promoted to the Kuwait Premier League. Kuwaiti Division One was introduced for the 2006–07 season, when the bottom 6 clubs in the Pre ...

** Champions (5): 1987–88, 2002–03, 2019–20, 2021–22,

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** Runners-up (3): 1996, 2002, 2013

Friendly

* Tishreen Cup ** Winners (1): 2007

Players

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AFC Asian Cup players

1996 AFC Asian Cup The 1996 AFC Asian Cup was the 11th edition of the men's AFC Asian Cup, a quadrennial international football tournament organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). The finals were held in the United Arab Emirates between 4 and 21 Decembe ...

* ** Wail Al Habashi

2000 AFC Asian Cup The 2000 AFC Asian Cup was the 12th edition of the men's AFC Asian Cup, a quadrennial international football tournament organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). The finals were held in Lebanon between 12 and 29 October 2000. Japan def ...

* ** Khalaf Al-Salamah

2012 Africa Cup of Nations The 2012 Africa Cup of Nations, also known as the Orange Africa Cup of Nations for sponsorship reasons, was the 28th edition of the Africa Cup of Nations, the football championship of Africa organized by the Confederation of African Football (C ...

/ * ** André Macanga

Managerial history

Asian record

GCC Champions League The AGCFF Gulf Club Champions League (), formerly known as the GCC Champions League, is a regional association football, football competition governed by the Arab Gulf Cup Football Federation (AGCFF) for clubs from its Arab Gulf Cup Football Feder ...

: 4 appearances ::

1992 1992 was designated as International Space Year by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 – Boutros Boutros-Ghali of Egypt replaces Javier Pérez de Cuéllar of Peru as United Nations Secretary-General. * January 6 ** The Republ ...

: 6th position ::

2012 2012 was designated as: *International Year of Cooperatives *International Year of Sustainable Energy for All Events January *January 4 – The Cicada 3301 internet hunt begins. * January 12 – Peaceful protests begin in the R ...

: Quarterfinal ::

2014 The year 2014 was marked by the surge of the Western African Ebola epidemic, West African Ebola epidemic, which began in 2013, becoming the List of Ebola outbreaks, most widespread outbreak of the Ebola, Ebola virus in human history, resul ...

: Quarterfinal ::

2015 2015 was designated by the United Nations as: * International Year of Light * International Year of Soil __TOC__ Events January * January 1 – Lithuania officially adopts the euro as its currency, replacing the litas, and becomes ...

: Quarterfinal *

Arab Champions League The Arab Club Champions Cup (, ) is a club football competition organised by the Union of Arab Football Associations (UAFA) and contested by top clubs from the Arab world. The tournament is contested by a total of 37 teams from Asia and Africa. F ...

: 1 appearance ::2012: First round

Club sponsors

* Al Shahed * Al Jeraiwey

External links

*
Al Jahra page
on goalzz.com {{Football in Kuwait Jahra Association football clubs established in 1966 1966 establishments in Kuwait