# Al-Jahra SC

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Football club in Kuwait

For the basketball section, see [Al-Jahra SC (basketball)](/source/Al-Jahra_SC_(basketball)).

Football club

Al-Jahra SC نادي الجهراء Full name Al-Jahra Sporting Club Nickname Sons of the Martyrs (أبناء الشهداء) Founded 1966; 60 years ago (1966) (as Al-Shuhada) 1972; 54 years ago (1972) (as Al-Jahra) Ground Al Shabab Mubarak Alaiar Stadium Jahra, Kuwait Capacity 17,000 Chairman Nawaf Jded Manager Abdullah Al Mutairi League Kuwait Premier League 2025 Kuwaiti Division One, 1st of 5 (champions) Home colours Away colours Current season

**Al Jahra Sporting Club** ([Arabic](/source/Arabic_language): نادي الجهراء الرياضي) is a [Kuwaiti](/source/Kuwait) professional [football](/source/Association_football) club based in [Jahra](/source/Jahra). They won the [Kuwaiti Premier League](/source/Kuwaiti_Premier_League) once, in 1990. Al Jahra reached the [Kuwait Emir Cup](/source/Kuwait_Emir_Cup) final twice in recent times, 1996 and 2002, where they lost to [Al Arabi](/source/Al-Arabi_SC_(Kuwait)) 1–2 and [Kuwait Club](/source/Kuwait_SC) 0–1.

Al-Jahra also offers various sports such as [basketball](/source/Al-Jahra_SC_(basketball)), [volleyball](/source/Volleyball), [boxing](/source/Boxing), and prides itself in [fencing](/source/Fencing).

## Achievements

### Official

- **[Kuwait Premier League](/source/Kuwait_Premier_League)** - Champions (1): 1990

- **[Kuwaiti Division One](/source/Kuwaiti_Division_One)** - Champions (5): 1987–88, 2002–03, 2019–20, 2021–22, [2024-25](/source/2025_Kuwaiti_Division_One)

- **[Kuwait Emir Cup](/source/Kuwait_Emir_Cup)** - Runners-up (3): 1996, 2002, 2013

### Friendly

- **Tishreen Cup** - Winners (1): 2007

## Players

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under [FIFA eligibility rules](/source/FIFA_eligibility_rules); some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK KUW Bader Al-Sanoun 2 DF CMR Aaron Mbimbe 5 DF KUW Adel Al Enezi 10 FW KUW Mohammed Al Ajmi 13 DF KUW Mohammed Al-Alati 14 MF KUW Abdel Rahman Al-Sarbal 15 DF KUW Ahmed Hmoud 17 FW KUW Mohamed Dahash 19 MF KUW Dahi Ibrahim No. Pos. Nation Player — DF KUW Ahmed Al Dhafiri — MF KUW Ahmed Matar — MF KUW Obaid Rafee — MF KUW Mohamed Al Ajrash — MF KUW Abdullah Ayed — FW KUW Fahad Bajea — FW GHA Izaka Aboudou — MF KUW Omar Al rougi — MF KUW Ahmed Al-Nasser — DF BIH Enes Sipović

### AFC Asian Cup players

[1996 AFC Asian Cup](/source/1996_AFC_Asian_Cup)

- [Kuwait](/source/Kuwait_national_football_team) - **[Wail Al Habashi](/source/Wail_Al_Habashi)**

[2000 AFC Asian Cup](/source/2000_AFC_Asian_Cup)

- [Kuwait](/source/Kuwait_national_football_team) - **[Khalaf Al-Salamah](/source/Khalaf_Al-Salamah)**

[2012 Africa Cup of Nations](/source/2012_Africa_Cup_of_Nations_squads) [Gabon](/source/Gabon) / [Equatorial Guinea](/source/Equatorial_Guinea)

- [Angola](/source/Angola_national_football_team) - **[André Macanga](/source/Andr%C3%A9_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](/source/GCC_Champions_League): 4 appearances**

- - [1992](/source/GCC_Champions_League): 6th position - [2012](/source/2012_GCC_Champions_League): Quarterfinal - [2014](/source/2014_GCC_Champions_League): Quarterfinal - [2015](/source/2015_GCC_Champions_League): 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](/source/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](/source/List_of_football_clubs_in_Kuwait)

## External links

- [Official website](http://www.aljahraclub.com)

- [Al Jahra page](http://www.goalzz.com/main.aspx?team=398) on goalzz.com

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