Al-Jahra SC
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For the basketball section, see Al-Jahra SC (basketball).
Al Jahra Sporting Club (Arabic: نادي الجهراء الرياضي) is a Kuwaiti professional football club based in Jahra. They won the Kuwaiti Premier League once, in 1990. They participated in the Kuwaiti Premier League 21 times, most recently in the 2007–08 season. Al Jahra reached the Kuwait Emir Cup final twice in recent times, 1996 and 2002, where they lost to Al Arabi 1–2 and Kuwait Club 0–1.
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Full name | Al-Jahra Sporting Club | ||
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Nickname(s) | Sons of the Martyrs (أبناء الشهداء) | ||
Founded | 1966; 58 years ago (1966) (as Al-Shuhada) 1972; 52 years ago (1972) (as Al-Jahra) | ||
Ground | Al Shabab Mubarak Alaiar Stadium Jahra, Kuwait | ||
Capacity | 17,000 | ||
Chairman | Nawaf Jded | ||
Manager | Abdullah Al Mutairi | ||
League | Kuwaiti Premier League | ||
2022–23 | 8th | ||
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Al-Jahra also offers various sports such as basketball, volleyball, boxing, and prides itself in fencing.