Al-Arabi SC (Kuwait)

Al-Arabi SC
Full nameAl-Arabi Sporting Club
Nickname(s)Al-Za'eem (The Boss)
El-Akhthar (The Green)
The Castle Of Trophies
Founded1953; 71 years ago (1953) (as Al-Uruba)
October 20, 1960; 64 years ago (1960-10-20) (as Al-Arabi)[1]
GroundSabah Al-Salem Stadium
Al-Mansouriah (Kuwait City)
Capacity15,000[2]
ChairmanAbdulaziz Ashour
ManagerNasser Al-Shatti
LeagueKuwait Premier League
2023–242nd of 6
Websitehttps://alarabiclub.store/
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Active departments of Al-Arabi

'Football'

Basketball

Handball

Squash

Swimming

Volleyball

Futsal

Athletics

Boxing

Judo

Al-Arabi Sporting Club[3][4] (Arabic: النادي العربي الرياضي) is a Kuwaiti sports club based in Mansuriya district of Kuwait City. The most notable section is football team in the Kuwait Premier League.

Al-Arabi SC was named Al-ʿUrūba (Arabic: العُروبَة, lit.'The Arabism') at the beginning of 1953, and changed to Al-Arabi SC (The Arabian) in 1960. As winners of the Kuwait Emir Cup in 2008,[5] Al-Arabi SC was the first Kuwaiti team to compete in the AFC Cup. Al-Arabi SC has 63 official trophies next to its name (61 domestic and 2 GCC), the most of any Kuwaiti football team. Al-Arabi SC's stadium is Sabah Al-Salem Stadium in Mansūriya, a suburb of the capital of the country, Kuwait City. It is the second-largest stadium in Kuwait. It had the same points as Kuwait SC in 2014–15 season, but the title went to Kuwait by the principle of the results of the matches between the two teams.

Al-Arabi SC is the only team in Kuwait that has never lost in the Kuwait Super Cup. Holding both records for appearances in the final of the Kuwait Crown Prince Cup 4 consecutive times tied with Kuwait SC and in Kuwait Emir Cup going to the final 11 consecutive times since 1962 to 1973, more than any Kuwaiti team.

  1. ^ On 20 October 1960, the name was changed to Al-Arabi.
  2. ^ "حضور جماهيري غير مسبوق في مباراة العربي والكويت" [Unprecedented public attendance in the Arab and Kuwait match]. kooora.com. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 13 April 2015.
  3. ^ "arabiclub.net". Al-Arabi sporting club. Archived from the original on 5 January 2011. Retrieved 9 April 2007.
  4. ^ "Al-Arabi Profile". Kooora.com. Archived from the original on 27 April 2010. Retrieved 9 October 2008.
  5. ^ "Emir Cup winners". Kooora. Retrieved 25 May 2008.[permanent dead link]