Al-Arabi SC (Kuwait)
Al-Arabi Sporting Club (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.
| Full name | Al-Arabi Sporting Club | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nickname(s) | Al-Za'eem (The Boss) El-Akhthar (The Green) The Castle Of Trophies | |||
| Founded | 1953 (as Al-Uruba) October 20, 1960 (as Al-Arabi) | |||
| Ground | Sabah Al-Salem Stadium Al-Mansouriah (Kuwait City) | |||
| Capacity | 15,000 | |||
| Chairman | Abdulaziz Ashour | |||
| Manager | Nasser Al-Shatti | |||
| League | Kuwait Premier League | |||
| 2022–23 | 2nd of 10 | |||
| Website | Club website | |||
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| Active departments of Al-Arabi | |||||
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'Football' |
Basketball |
Handball |
Squash |
Swimming | |
Volleyball |
Futsal |
Athletics |
Boxing |
Judo | |
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, 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.