Kuwait SC (basketball)

Kuwait SC
Kuwait SC logo
NicknameThe Brigadiers (العميد)
LeaguesKuwaiti Division I Basketball League
Founded20 October 1960 (1960-10-20)
LocationKuwait City, Kuwait
Team colorsRed, White
     
ChairmanKhalid Al Ghanim
Head coachDušan Stojkov
Championships9 (2004, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2025)
Kuwait SC active departments

Football
(men's)
Handball
(men's)
Basketball
(men's)

Kuwait Sporting Club, shortly known as Kuwait SC or Kuwait Club, is a Kuwaiti professional basketball club. The club competes in the Kuwaiti Division I Basketball League, which it has won fourteen times.[1] Kuwait SC has won the Arab Club Basketball Championship once, in 2022 and is the first team from Kuwait to win an Arab title.[2] The club has traditionally provided Kuwait's national basketball team with key players.

Kuwait Club were the runners-up in the 2022–23 West Asia Super League, and have won the Gulf League subdivision title two times (2023 and 2024).[3][4]

Honours

National competitions

Kuwaiti Division 1 League

  • Champions (15): 1966, 1982, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024

Kuwaiti Basketball Association Cup

  • Winners (16): 1965, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023[5]

Kuwaiti Basketball Super Cup

  • Winners (8): 2012, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023

International competitions

Arab Clubs Championship

  • Winners (2): 2022, 2025
  • Runners-up (1): 2021

WASL

Players

Current roster

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationalities not displayed.

Kuwait SC roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.Nat.NameHt.Age
F 00 United States Jones, Jamal 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 33 – (1993-02-17)17 February 1993
SF 1 Kuwait Matwali, Mustafa 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 28 – (1998-02-26)26 February 1998
PG 3 Kuwait Germany Alghais, Alexander 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 32 – (1993-11-15)15 November 1993
G 5 Kuwait Hasan, Hamad 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) 29 – (1997-08-25)25 August 1997
SG 6 Kuwait Alshammari, Sahou 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) 23 – (2002-12-31)31 December 2002
PG 9 Kuwait Alshemmari, Turki 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) 32 – (1994-08-24)24 August 1994
PG 10 Kuwait Aldhafairi, Fahed 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) 36 – (1989-12-18)18 December 1989
G 11 Kuwait Alhamdan, Yousif 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 31 – (1994-10-22)22 October 1994
C 20 Kuwait Jawhar, Omran 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 26 – (2000-01-05)5 January 2000
SF 21 Kuwait Hasan, Mohammad 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) 26 – (2000-06-04)4 June 2000
F/C 32 United States Onuaku, Chinanu 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 29 – (1996-11-01)1 November 1996
PF 68 Kuwait Alhadhoud, Ali 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 31 – (1995-05-17)17 May 1995
Head coach
  • Serbia Dušan Stojkov
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Injured Injured
Updated: 10 August 2026

Notable players

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationalities not displayed.

Criteria

To appear in this section a player must have either:

  • Set a club record or won an individual award while at the club
  • Played at least one official international match for their national team at any time
  • Played at least one official NBA match at any time.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "KUNA : Kuwait SC crowned champion of basketball league '22–23 – Sports – 31/05/2023". www.kuna.net.kw. Retrieved 3 June 2023.
  2. ↑ "Kuwait SC wins Arab Club Basketball trophy". BNA.bh. 16 October 2022. Retrieved 16 October 2022.
  3. 1 2 "Kuwait Club complete historic sweep, become first-ever WASL-Gulf champs". FIBA.basketball. 15 May 2023. Retrieved 30 May 2023.
  4. 1 2 "Kuwait Club defend FIBA WASL-Gulf League title". FIBA.basketball. 6 May 2024. Retrieved 8 May 2024.
  5. ↑ "Kuwait Club won the 16 Kuwaiti Basketball Association Cup title". 23 May 2023.
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