The club is also calledAl Kuwait andAl Ameed. Members of the club during the 1980s formed a part of the Kuwaiti national team which reached the1982 FIFA World Cup. The second golden age for the club was in the 2000s, as they have been winning most of the league titles and participating inAFC Cup. In 2009, Kuwait won the firstAFC Cup winning againstAl-Karamah from Syria with the victory of 2–1. In 2011, they reached the AFC Cup final, but they lost againstNasaf Qarshi from Uzbekistan. The club became champion ofAFC Cup in 2012 and 2013 defeatingErbil SC from Iraq with 4-0 and fellow sideAl-Qasdia.
Kuwait SC has been growing steadily over the last two decades from 2000 to 2020, over the two decades the team has won many domestic titles and Asian titles in the form of AFC CUP. Kuwait SC has been also among the teams to represent Kuwait in international tournaments including theArab Champions Cup.
Kuwait SC is a team based inKuwait City. There are two other teams in the capital of Kuwait:Al Arabi SC, andKazma SC, who are naturally the team's rivals. The 2000s were a new era of dominance for Kuwait SC alongsideQadsia, which is based inHawalli. The dominance of both sides for almost 10 years winning all local tournaments between them has created an important rivalry between both teams.
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