Al-Jahra SC

For the basketball section, seeAl-Jahra SC (basketball).

Al-Jahra SC
نادي الجهراء

Full name	Al-Jahra Sporting Club
Nickname(s)	Sons of the Martyrs (أبناء الشهداء)
Founded	1966(1966)(asAl-Shuhada) 1972(1972)(asAl-Jahra)
Ground	Al Shabab Mubarak Alaiar Stadium Jahra,Kuwait
Capacity	17,000
Chairman	Nawaf Jded
Manager	Abdullah Al Mutairi
League	Kuwaiti Premier League
2023–24	10th
Home colours Away colours

Al Jahra Sporting Club(Arabic:نادي الجهراء الرياضي) is aKuwaitiprofessionalfootballclub based inJahra.They won theKuwaiti Premier Leagueonce, in 1990. They participated in the Kuwaiti Premier League 21 times, most recently in the 2007–08 season. Al Jahra reached theKuwait Emir Cupfinal twice in recent times, 1996 and 2002, where they lost toAl Arabi1–2 andKuwait Club0–1.

Al-Jahra also offers various sports such asbasketball,volleyball,bo xing,and prides itself infencing.

Achievements

Official

• Kuwait Premier League
  • Champions (1): 1990
• Kuwaiti Division One
  • Champions (4): 1987–88, 2002–03, 2019–20, 2021–22
• Kuwait Emir Cup
  • Runners-up (3): 1996, 2002, 2013

Friendly

• Tishreen Cup
  • Winners (1): 2007

Players

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined underFIFA eligibility rules.Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	KUW	Bader Al-Sanoun
5	DF	KUW	Adel Al Enezi
—	DF	KUW	Ahmed Al Dhafiri
13	DF	KUW	Mohammed Al-Alati
15	DF	KUW	Ahmed Hmoud
2	DF	CMR	Aaron Mbimbe
14	MF	KUW	Abdel Rahman Al-Sarbal
—	MF	KUW	Omar Al rougi
—	MF	KUW	Ahmed Al-Nasser
—	DF	BIH	Enes Sipović

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	KUW	Ahmed Matar
—	MF	KUW	Obaid Rafee
—	MF	KUW	Mohamed Al Ajrash
—	MF	KUW	Abdullah Ayed
19	MF	KUW	Dahi Ibrahim
17	FW	KUW	Mohamed Dahash
—	FW	KUW	Fahad Bajea
10	FW	KUW	Mohammed Al Ajmi
—	FW	GHA	Izaka Aboudou

AFC Asian Cup players

1996 AFC Asian Cup

• Kuwait
  • Wail Al Habashi

2000 AFC Asian Cup

• Kuwait
  • Khalaf Al-Salamah

2012 Africa Cup of NationsGabon/Equatorial Guinea

• Angola
  • André Macanga

Managerial history

Years	Name	Nationality
1984–86	Antal Szentmihályi
1986–87	Allan Jones
1990	Saleh Zakaria
1993–94	Jefico
1994	Abdulqader Al Ejayan
1995–96	Volla
1996	Karim Salman
1997–98	Diethelm Ferner
1998–99	Alexandru Moldovan
1999	Karim Salman
2000–01	Karim Salman
2001	Jawad Maqseed
2001–03	Abdulqader Al Ejayan
2003–04	Grigore Sichitiu
2004	Florin Motroc
2006–07	Aurel Țicleanu
2007	Ghlafis Al Ajmi
2007–08	Alexander Klebar
2008–09	Marian Mihail
2009	Saleh Al Asfor
2009–10	Zijad Švrakić
2010–201x	Ginés de Silva
2015–2016	Skënder Gega
2016	Mohammed Al-Sheikh
2016–2017	Thamer Enad
2019–2020	Mohammed Mashaan
2020–2021	Maher Al-Shammari
2021–2023	Sandi Sejdinovski
2023	Ginés de Silva
2023–	Abdullah Al Mutairi

Asian record

• GCC Champions League:4 appearances

1992:6th position

2012:Quarterfinal

2014:Quarterfinal

2015:Quarterfinal

Season	Competition	Round		Club	Home	Away
1992	GCC Champions League	Group stage		Riffa	2–2
		Group stage		Al Rayyan	0–1
		Group stage		Al-Hilal	0–1
		Group stage		Al Shabab	0–3
		Group stage		Dhofar	0–0
2012	GCC Champions League	Group		Fanja SC	2–2	1–1
		Group stage		Muharraq	1–0	0–1
		Quarterfinal		Al-Khor	not held	0–1
2014	GCC Champions League	Group		Saham Club	3–4	1–1
		Group stage		Al-Raed	2–2	3–2
		Quarterfinal		Al-Nasr	2–2(aet) (2–4)pso)
2015	GCC Champions League	Group		East Riffa	1–1	4–2
		Group stage		Al-Faisaly	1-2	1-0
		Quarterfinal		Al-Seeb	0-2

• Arab Champions League:1 appearance

2012: First round

Season	Competition	Round		Club	Home	Away
2012	Arab Champions League	Preliminary round		Al-Fateh	1–2	0–1

Club sponsors

• Al Shahed
• Al Jeraiwey

See also

• List of football clubs in Kuwait

External links

• Official website
• Al Jahra pageon goalzz