Al-Jazeera FC
{{Short description|Kuwaiti sports club}}
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| clubname = Al-Jazeera FC
نادي الجزيرة لكرة القدم
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| fullname = Al-Jazeera Football Club
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| founded = {{Start date and age|12 February 2025|df=y}}, as Al-Jazeera FC
| ground = No stadium
| capacity = N/A
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| chrtitle = Chief
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| mgrtitle = Head coach
| manager = {{flagicon|KUW}} Ibrahim Obaid
| league = Kuwaiti Division One
| season = 2025–26
| position = Inaugural season
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Al-Jazeera Football Club https://www.aljarida.com/article/89935/amp ({{langx|ar|نادي الجزيرة لكرة القدم }}) is a professional football club based in Kuwait, the club competes in the Kuwaiti Division One from 2025–26. It is the first sports club in Kuwait that is privately owned with no governmental control over the club while also having a single dedicated sport.
History
=Founding season=
On 20 December 2024, during an interview with KFA President Shiekh Ahmed Al-Yousef Al-Sabah, stated new clubs are to join the Kuwait Division One with a new club yet to be established named Al-Jazeera alongside a new initiative by Ahmed Al-Yousef Al-Sabah in having new guidelines from the KFA in allowing the private sector to own their respective sports team.https://nabd.com/s/148037136-8488a5/%D8%B1%D8%A6%D9%8A%D8%B3-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%AD%D8%A7%D8%AF-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%83%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%AA%D9%8A-%D9%84%D9%83%D8%B1%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%82%D8%AF%D9%85-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B4%D9%8A%D8%AE-%D8%A3%D8%AD%D9%85%D8%AF-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%88%D8%B3%D9%81-%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%8A-%D8%AC%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%AF-%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%83-%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%8A-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%83%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%AA%D9%8A-%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%85-%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%8A-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AC%D8%B2%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%A9-%D9%81%D9%8A-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D9%88%D8%B3%D9%85-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%82%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%85-%D9%88%D8%B3%D9%86%D8%AD%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%84-%D8%B6%D9%85-%D9%81%D8%B1%D9%82-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AC%D9%8A%D8%B4-%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AD%D8%B1%D8%B3-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%88%D8%B7%D9%86%D9%8A The following weeks' trials and signings started in Early February, alongside logo unveiling on 19 February 2025, showed the team's beige and brown colors with major signings like the head coach Ibrahim Obaid and goalkeeper Bader Al-Sanoun. After confirming their debut in both cups with their Debut Match against Al Jahra in 2024–25 Kuwait Crown Prince Cup and later against Kuwait SC in the 2024-25 Kuwait Emir Cup. The club went on to sign multiple players. On March 17, the club's debut match in a friendly vs Al-Shabab winning 1-0, a 0-0 draw against Al-Sahel, and lastly a 1-2 defeat to Al-Tadamon SC (Kuwait), all within a week. On April 2, the club announced its 23-man squad going into the cup tournaments,https://www.instagram.com/p/DH62ZNjsPe1/?igsh=bWEwaWMycDd4Ym4z including multiple international stars Lasha Parunashvili, Ismaïl Sassi, and Souleymane Cissé, Saikou Janneh. Abdulaziz Al-Hadhoud was placed as Chief Executive Officer of the club. The club's official first match ended in a 1-2 defeat to Al-Jahra in 2024–25 Kuwait Crown Prince Cup, with Ismaïl Sassi scoring the club's first ever official goal in the 94th minute equalizer. Then losing 3-0 to Kuwaiti champions Kuwait SC in 2024-25 Kuwait Emir Cup with all 3 goals being own goals, with that ending the 2025 season.
==First Official Match==
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| date = 2 April 2025
| team1 = Al-Jazeera
|round=2024-25 Kuwait Crown Prince Cup|score = 1 – 2
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|team2 = Al-Jahra
|goals1 = Sassi {{goal|90+4}}
|goals2 = Al-Shammeri {{goal|16}}
Zakari {{goal|90+8}}
|stadium = Abdullah Alkhalifa Alsabah Stadium
|location = {{flagicon|Kuwait}} Mishref, Kuwait
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Logo and Colours
The original start-up crest and logo were unveiled on 19 February 2025, showing the team's beige and brown colours,https://www.instagram.com/p/DGQDPhuqG5B/?igsh=bTJvb2E2dXRoNjFv which gained criticism due to their unimaginative and bland colours.
Current Squad
{{Fs start}}
{{Fs player|no=1|nat=KUW|name=Bader Al-Sanoun|pos=GK}}
{{Fs player|no=2|nat=KUW|name=Ibrahim Al-Tamimi|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player|no=3|nat=KUW|name=Khaled Al-Mutairi|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player|no=4|nat=KUW|name=Jassim Al-Hamadi|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player|no=5|nat=KUW|name=Mesha’al Al-Enzi|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player|no=7|nat=KUW|name=Ahmad Al-Enzi|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player|no=13|nat=KUW|name=Abdulwahab Al-Shammari|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player|no=14|nat=KUW|name=Ibrahim Ghali|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player|no=16|nat=SEN|name=Idrisse Cissay|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player|no=21|nat=KUW|name=Abdulmohsen Al-Ajmi|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player|no=6|nat=GEO|name=Lasha Parunashvili|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player|no=8|nat=KUW|name=Bader Miteb|pos=MF}}
{{Fs mid}}
{{Fs player|no=11|nat=TUN|name=Ismaïl Sassi|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player|no=15|nat=SEN|name=Souleymane Cissé|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player|no=19|nat=KUW|name=Minwer Al-Mutairi|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player|no=23|nat=KUW|name=Mubarak Mabrook|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player|no=9|nat=KUW|name=Ahmed Al-Shammeri|pos=FW}}
{{Fs player|no=10|nat=GAM|name=Saikou Janneh|pos=FW}}
{{Fs player|no=12|nat=KUW|name=Yousef Al-Rashidi|pos=FW}}
{{Fs player|no=18|nat=KUW|name=Jarrah Al-Bouti|pos=FW}}
{{Fs player|no=20|nat=KUW|name=Fahad Thiyab|pos=FW}}
{{Fs player|no=1|nat=KUW|name=Jamal Mahmoud Jamal|pos=GK}}
{{Fs player|no=22|nat=KUW|name=Fahad Al-Duaij|pos=GK}}
{{Fs end}}
Managerial History
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|+ Managerial record by Name and period |
rowspan="2"|Manager
!rowspan="2"|Nat. !rowspan="2"|From !rowspan="2"|To !colspan="8"|Record |
---|
{{Tooltip|G|Games managed}}
!{{Tooltip|W|Games won}} !{{Tooltip|D|Games drawn}} !{{Tooltip|L|Games lost}} !{{Tooltip|GF|Goals for}} !{{Tooltip|GA|Goals against}} !{{Tooltip|GD|Goal difference}} !{{Tooltip|Win %|Winning percentage}} |
Ibrahim Obaid
| {{flagicon|KUW}} | 13 February 2025 | present {{WDL|2|0|0|2|for=1|against=5|diff=yes}} |
colspan=4|Career totals
{{WDLtot|2|0|0|2|for=1|against=5|diff=yes}} |
See also
References
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External links
- [https://www.instagram.com/jfc.kw Instagram page]
{{in lang|ar}}
{{Football in Kuwait}}