Kuwait national football team

The origin of football in Kuwait may be traced back to 1932, when Kuwaiti merchants moving between India and Kuwait were acquainted with the game, which arrived in India quite early through England. Kuwait Football Association was founded in 1952 and joined the International Football Association in 1962, the same year it joined the Asian Federation. In 1969, the federation hired Austrian coach Edmond, who developed a formidable squad that won the inaugural Gulf Cup. Kuwait football’s greatest success dates back to 1982, when it reached the World Cup final in Spain. FIFA decided to suspend the Kuwait Federation’s activity on ground of administrative issues at the end of 2008.
Kuwait national team participation in the Gulf Cup:

The Kuwait national team participated in the Gulf Cup in all the competitions, and it is the team that holds the record for winning, winning it nine times:

  • First place : 1970, 1972, 1974, 1976, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1996 and 1998
  • Second place : 1979
  • Third place: 2002 – 2009
  • Fourth place: 2005
  • Fifth place: 1988, 1994
  • Sixth place : 1984، 2004
Kuwait national team participation in the Asian Cup
The Kuwait National Team participated in the Asian Cup 9 times, and won the championship title once
1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2007 2011 2015
Did not enter Did not enter Did not enter Did not enter First Round Runner-Up Champion Third place First Round Did not qualify Fourth place Quarter-finals First Round Did not qualify First Round First Round

Name

blue

Trainer

D. Romeo Jozak

Assistant coach

Scorer

Jassem Al-Huwaidi (125)

Main Stadium

Jaber International Stadium

Top Rank

24 (December 1998)

lowest ranking

173 (July 2017)

World Cup:

first

1 (in 1982)

Best Mattresses

First round 1982

Asia Cup:

qualify

9 times

Champion

Once /1980/

The most representative players for the team:
Arrange Player Period matches Objectives
1 Bader Al-Mutawa 2003 – continuous 156 51
2 Bashar Abdullah 1996 – 2007 133 76
3 Walid Ali 2002 – 2015 135 3
4 Nada Assistant 2002 – continuous 121 20
5 Nawaf Al-Khalidi 2000 – 2014 114 0
6 Surgeon Al-Atiki 2001 – 2013 111 4
7 Wael Soliman 1985 – 1994 110
8 Nahir al-Shammari 1996 – 2009 108 2
9 Gamal Mubarak 1994 – 2004 107 9

National Team Colors

 

First international match:

Libya

2:2

Kuwait

(Morocco, September 3, 1961)

 

Biggest win:

Kuwait

0:20

Bhutan

(Kuwait City, Kuwait, February 14, 2000)

 

Biggest loss:

Egypt

0:8

Kuwait

(Kuwait City, Kuwait, February 14, 2000)

Portugal

0:8

Kuwait

 
Most scoring players for the national team:
Arrange Player Period Objectives matches
1 Bashar Abdullah 1996 – 2007 75 133
2 Jassem Al-Huwaidi 1996 – 2000 65 100
3 Bader Al-Mutawa 2003 – continuous 51 156
4 Faisal Al-Dakhil 1974 – 1986 36*
5 Jassim Yaqoub 1972 – 1982 34*
National team coaches

Trainers (1955-present):

  • Ali Othman (1955). – Egypt
  • Ahmed Abu Taha (1957). – Egypt
  • Edmund Maiewski (1958). – Austria
  • Lubisa Prosch (Actor 1962). – Serbia
  • Mohammed Abdo Saleh al-Wahsh (November 1964). – Egypt
  • 1966/1969 Dmitriy Tadic
  • Taha Al-Toukhi (1970). – Egypt
  • Ljubisa Prosic (July 1971 to 1973) – Serbia
  • Hassan Nasser (June 1973) – Kuwait
  • Ljubisa Prosic (1973-1975) – Serbia
  • Mario Zagallo (1976-1978) – Brazil
  • Saleh Zakaria (1978) – Kuwait
  • 1978/1983 Carlos Alberto Pereira – Brazil
  • March 31, 1983 to 1985 Antonio Lopes dos Santos – Brazil
  • April 1985 to 1986 Malcolm Allison
  • Saleh Zakaria (1986) – Kuwait
  • Gyorgy Miesi (1986-1987) – Hungary
  • Antonio Vieira (January 18, 1987 to 1988)
  • George Armstrong (February 1988) – England
  • Miguel Pereira (April 1989)
  • Otacilio (1989-1990)
  • Luis Felipe Scolari (January 27, 1990) – Brazil
  • 1990 Muhammad Karam (temporary) – Kuwait
  • 1990/1992 Valmir Louruz – Brazil
  • 1992/1993 Paulo Luiz Campos – Brazil
  • 1993 Gildo Rodriguez
  • Jawad Makseed 1993 – Kuwait
  • Valery Lobanovsky 1993/1996 – Ukraine
  • Milan Machala 1996/1999 – Czech Republic
  • Dushan Ohren (1999-2001) – Slovakia
  • Bertie Vogts (August 2001 to January 2002)
  • Rade Avramovic 2002/2003- Serbia
  • Paulo Cesar Carpigiani (2003/2004) – Brazil
  • Mohamed Ibrahim (2004) – Kuwait
  • Slobodan Pavkovic (2005) – Serbia
  • Mohamed Ibrahim (2005) – Kuwait
  • Mihai Stoikita (2005-13 December 2006) – Romania
  • Saleh Zakaria (2006- 2007) – Kuwait
  • Radan Gasanin (2007 to June 2008) – Croatia
  • Muhammad Ibrahim (June 2008 to 2009) – Kuwait
  • Goran Tovacic (2009-June 2013) – Serbia
  • Jorvan Vieira (from June 2013) – Brazil
  • Nabil Maaloul (December 2014 to May 2015) – Tunisia
  • Boris Buniak (during the 23rd Gulf Championship) from 12-2-2017 – 2018/5 – Serbia
  • Rady Avramovic (Temporary for the national team matches with Jordan – Cameroon – Palestine – Egypt) – February 2018 – Serbia