Al-Salmiya Sporting Club () is a

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. They have won the

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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,

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Stadium

Night panorama of Salmiya from our living room

Al-Salmiya plays their home games at

Thamir Stadium Thamir Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Al Salmiya, Kuwait. It is currently used mostly for football (soccer), football matches and is the home stadium of Al Salmiya Club. The stadium holds 16,105 people. See also * List of football stadi ...

. The stadium was opened in 2004. It has a capacity of 16,105 spectators.

Crests and colours

Crests

The club crest is inspired by location of

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

* VIVA Premier League: 4 **Winners: 1980–81, 1994–95, 1997–98, 1999–00 *

Kuwait Emir Cup The Kuwait Amir/Emir Cup () is a Kuwaiti football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kick (football), kicking a football (ball), ball to score a goal (sports), goal. Unqualified, football (word), the word ...

: 2 **Winners: 1992–93, 2000–01 *

Kuwait Crown Cup The Crown Prince Cup () is a Kuwaiti annual football competition created in 1994. Previous winners *1994: Al-Kuwait *1995: Kazma *1996: Al Arabi *1997: Al Arabi *1998: Qadsia *1999: Al Arabi *2000: Al Arabi *2001: Al-Salmiya *2002: Qadsi ...

: 2 **Winners: 2000–01, 2015–16 *

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 ...

: 1 **Winners: 1971–72 *

Al-Khurafi Cup The Al Kurafi Cup () was a Kuwaiti football competition. The competition ran from 1999 to 2007. It was named after M. A. Kharafi & Sons. Previous winners *1998–99 : Al Arabi Kuwait *1999–2000 : Al Salmiya Club *2000–01 : Al Arabi Kuwait ...

: 1 **Winners: 1999–00

Regional

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 ...

: ::Runners-up: 1999

Friendly

*Brigadiers Cup: 1 **Winners: 2012–13

Futsal

* Kuwaiti futsal league: **Winners: 2011–12

Handball

Asian Club League Handball Championship The Asian Men's Club League Handball Championship (AHF Club League Championship) is the annual international competition organised by Asian Handball Federation for the men's handball clubs of Asia. In addition to crowning the Asian champions, t ...

: 5 **Runners-up: 1999, 2001

Performance in AFC competitions

AFC Champions League The AFC Champions League Elite (abbreviated as the ACL Elite) is an annual continental club association football, football competition organised by the Asian Football Confederation, and contested by Asia's List of top-division football clubs i ...

: 1 appearance ::

2005 2005 was designated as the International Year for Sport and Physical Education and the International Year of Microcredit. The beginning of 2005 also marked the end of the International Decade of the World's Indigenous Peoples, Internationa ...

: Group stage *

Asian Club Championship The AFC Champions League Elite (abbreviated as the ACL Elite) 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 cl ...

: 3 appearances ::

1996 1996 was designated as: * International Year for the Eradication of Poverty Events January * January 8 – A Zairean cargo plane crashes into a crowded market in the center of the capital city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo ...

: Second round ::

1999 1999 was designated as the International Year of Older Persons. Events January * January 1 – The euro currency is established and the European Central Bank assumes its full powers. * January 3 – The Mars Polar Lander is launc ...

: First round ::

2001 The year's most prominent event was the September 11 attacks against the United States by al-Qaeda, which Casualties of the September 11 attacks, killed 2,977 people and instigated the global war on terror. The United States led a Participan ...

: Second round *

Asian Cup Winners Cup The Asian Cup Winners' Cup was an Asian football club competition contested annually by the winners of domestic cup competitions. The cup was, chronologically, the second seasonal inter-Asian club competition organised by Asian Football Confedera ...

: 2 appearances ::

1994 The year 1994 was designated as the " International Year of the Family" and the "International Year of Sport and the Olympic Ideal" by the United Nations. In the Line Islands and Phoenix Islands of Kiribati, 1994 had only 364 days, omitti ...

: First Round ::

2002 The effects of the September 11 attacks of the previous year had a significant impact on the affairs of 2002. The war on terror was a major political focus. Without settled international law, several nations engaged in anti-terror operation ...

Stadium

Crests and colours

Crests

Colours

Honours

Domestic

Regional

Friendly

Futsal

Handball

Performance in AFC competitions

Players

Current squad

Former players

FIFA World Cup and AFC Asian Cup players

Club chairmen

Former head coaches

See also

References

External links