Burgan Sports Club ( ar, نادي برقان الرياضي ) is a professional sports club best known for its
football
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team. Based in
Al Farwaniyah
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, the club competes in the
Kuwaiti Division One.
History
2014–15 inaugural season
Burgan SC is set to compete in pre-season matches and tournaments inside Kuwait due to it just being added to the football league and would play a number of teams for Kuwait to get ready for the league. It won two unofficial silverware during Ramadan of 2014.
Their first match ended in a 5–0 loss to
Al-Naser SC in their reserve league match. Their first league goal came against
Al-Arabi SC in a 4–1 loss scored by Marzouq Zaki.
Their first historical victory was against
Al-Jahra SC on September 7, 2014 which ended 3–2; Mohammed Kouli scored and Marzouq Zaki scored twice. Their first draw was against
Kuwait SC on September 21, 2014.
After seven weeks in the reserve league, Burgan played 7 games where they lost 3, drew 1 and won 2.
As they drew with
Kazma SC on November 22, 2014, they were 3rd in the league with 21 points and recorded 3 losses, 3 draws and 6 wins. After January 3, Burgan dropped to 4th, 3 points behind
Qadsia SC with a game in hand.
On January 25, 2015, Burgan signed their first official loan deal with Goalkeeper Yousef Al-Saraff from
Al-Arabi SC with a buy out option in the summer. Rashid Abdullah Al-Bous said to the press that the team would have to re-evolve to the team at the start of the season and get back to winning form.
After finishing the league, Burgan participated in the
Kuwait Federation Cup, and the 14 teams were drawn into 2 groups, and Burgan's group included
Qadsia SC,
Al-Yarmouk,
Khaitan SC
Khaitan Sporting Club (Arabic: نادي خيطان الرياضي) is a Kuwaiti professional football club named after Khaitan, a suburb of Kuwait City. Khaitan is the first Kuwaiti club to win the Division One title.
Hounors
* Kuwaiti Divisio ...
,
Al Salibikhaet SC,
Al-Naser SC and
Al-Shabab.
Their first official cup match was against
Al Salibikhaet SC which ended in a 2–1 loss, and their first official win was on May 1, 2015, against
Al-Shabab 2–0. They ended their season finishing 4th in their group in the
Kuwait Federation Cup.
2015–2017
It was decided by the management and announced on May 7, 2015, that Burgan's first pre-season tour would take place in
Italy.
Burgan exited
Kuwait Federation Cup with 2 wins and 4 losses on 18 September 2015. On 27 October 2015 the club management had problems with making a profit off the season's budget of the club; 40% of the management disagreed with it which cause major problems and affected the club's current form on the
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that season.
On 29 October the club played their first match in
Kuwait Emir Cup vs
Al-Tadamun SC
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Honours
*Kuwaiti Division One
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, The match ended with their first win in the cup and the goal was scored by
Tarik Lugman. On November 15
Fayez Frieh became the new Burganian manager.
On April 25, 2016 it was stated that the League division one would return for 2017-2018 due to
Kuwait Football Association being banned by fifa thus not allowing the tournament to be returned until reinstated by
FIFA
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.
On September 6, 2016 it was announced burgan would return to play in an official tournaments starting 2016-17 alongside new manager
Hamad Al Harbi.
On September 28, 2016 the club played their first historical match in the
Kuwaiti Premier League against
Al-Nasr SC, which they lost 2-0. The following week they scored their first goal in the league in a 1-5 loss to
Al-Shabab. The following week on 14 October the club got their first win against
Al-Fahaheel FC 1-0.
After finishing 15th place in 2016-17 premier league the club got relegated to the lower division.
2017–
As the
2017–18 Kuwaiti Division One ended, Burgan's first season ended in the league at 4th place who were one of the contenders to win it.
Development
Before Burgan SC was registered, it had entered many friendly matches and competitions, several against
KOC FC and against universities ranging from
AUK to Kuwait University.
Their final match as an unregistered team was against the Kuwait Military Gov. FC and they lost 3–2,.
Burgan have started to scout and build up age group teams from under-9, 12, 14, 16, 18 and under-21.
Honours
Friendly
*Faraz Cup:1
::2014
*Shamlan Cup:1
::2014
Crest and colors
Crest evolution
File:BurganSC,logo.gif, 2007–13
File:Burgan_SC,logo_2.png, 2013–2016
File:Burgan,SC,logo,2016.gif, 2016–present
Burgan SC's crest is represented as a shield of honor of
Kuwait and sports, with the Kuwait map and flag and a football representing all kinds of sports.
The first idea for the logo was the same shield but without an English name on it, but they decided to add this, due to it being a new team.
Their first logo was introduced in 2007 and was replaced in 2014 after being officiated by the
KFA to compete in
Kuwait football. The 2014 logo has a larger sized body with a lighter color added to it with the 2007 date added to the logo.
On March 19, 2016 the club announced their new logo. They became the first Kuwaiti team to have a circular Logo.
Club colors
The club colors are light yellow and light blue, although the light yellow was previously darker.
Club kits
Home
Away and alternates
Burgan managerial history
Derbies and classicos
Burgan vs
Khaitan SC
Khaitan Sporting Club (Arabic: نادي خيطان الرياضي) is a Kuwaiti professional football club named after Khaitan, a suburb of Kuwait City. Khaitan is the first Kuwaiti club to win the Division One title.
Hounors
* Kuwaiti Divisio ...
Their first derby match happened in pre-season 2014, when Burgan beat
Khaitan 1–0, and then beat them again in the league (1–0 and 2–0).
The season after Burgan defeated them in the Federation Cup 8–1.
References
External links
Burgan SC Twitter page
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