Khaitan Sporting Club () is a
Kuwait
Kuwait, officially the State of Kuwait, is a country in West Asia and the geopolitical region known as the Middle East. It is situated in the northern edge of the Arabian Peninsula at the head of the Persian Gulf, bordering Iraq to Iraq–Kuwait ...
i professional
football
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club named after
Khaitan
Khaitan () is an area of Farwaniya Governorate, Kuwait near Kuwait City. It is the home of Khaitan Sporting Club
Khaitan Sporting Club () is a Kuwaiti professional football club named after Khaitan, a suburb of Kuwait City. Khaitan is the fi ...
, a suburb of
Kuwait City
Kuwait City (; ) is the capital and largest city of Kuwait. Located at the heart of the country on the south shore of Kuwait Bay on the Persian Gulf, it is the political, cultural and economic center of the emirate, containing Kuwait's Seif Pal ...
. Khaitan is the first Kuwaiti club to win the
Division One title.
Khaitan has always been among the clubs fighting off relegation on multiple occasions. The club is known for producing talent rather than buying ready-made stars.
Khaitan play their local derby match against rivals
Al-Tadamon SC.
Hounors
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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 ...
: Winners 2
*: 1965–66, 1970–71
*
Kuwait Crown Prince 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 ...
: Runners-up 1
*:
2011
The year marked the start of a Arab Spring, series of protests and revolutions throughout the Arab world advocating for democracy, reform, and economic recovery, later leading to the depositions of world leaders in Tunisia, Egypt, and Yemen ...
*
Kuwait Federation Cup
The Kuwaiti Federation Cup () is a competition organised by the Kuwait Football Association, and has been played in its current format since 2008.
The first edition of the Federation Cup was played in the 1969–70 season, although not much is kn ...
: 1
*: 1974–75
2011 Crown Prince Cup
During the
2011
The year marked the start of a Arab Spring, series of protests and revolutions throughout the Arab world advocating for democracy, reform, and economic recovery, later leading to the depositions of world leaders in Tunisia, Egypt, and Yemen ...
, Khaitan reached the final.
FIFA World Cup and AFC Asian Cup players
FIFA World Cup 1982
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**
Muayad Al-Haddad
1984 AFC Asian Cup
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**
Muayad Al-Haddad
2004 AFC Asian Cup
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**
Hussain Mustahil
Other sports
Khaitan maintains a sports complex hosting different sports including
handball
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,
volleyball
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,
basketball
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,
judo
is an unarmed gendai budō, modern Japanese martial art, combat sport, Olympic sport (since 1964), and the most prominent form of jacket wrestling competed internationally.『日本大百科全書』電子版【柔道】(CD-ROM version of Encyc ...
,
taekwando,
table tennis
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and
athletics
Athletics may refer to:
Sports
* Sport of athletics, a collection of sporting events that involve competitive running, jumping, throwing, and walking
** Track and field, a sub-category of the above sport
* Athletics (physical culture), competitio ...
.
See also
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List of football clubs in Kuwait
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Khaitan
Khaitan () is an area of Farwaniya Governorate, Kuwait near Kuwait City. It is the home of Khaitan Sporting Club
Khaitan Sporting Club () is a Kuwaiti professional football club named after Khaitan, a suburb of Kuwait City. Khaitan is the fi ...
Football clubs in Kuwait City
Association football clubs established in 1965
1965 establishments in Kuwait
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