Khaitan SC

Khaitan
خيطان

Full name	Khaitan Sporting Club نادي خيطان الرياضي
Nickname(s)	AC Khaitan
Founded	1965 (1965)
Ground	Khaitan Stadium Kuwait
Capacity	10,000
Chairman	Abdullah Al Otaibi
League	Kuwait Premier League
Home colours Away colours

Khaitan Sporting Club (Arabic: نادي خيطان الرياضي) is a Kuwaiti professional football club named after Khaitan, a suburb of Kuwait City. Khaitan is the first Kuwaiti club to win the Division One title. Khaitan has always been among the clubs fighting off relegation on multiple occasions. The club is known for producing talent rather than buying ready-made stars.

Khaitan play their local derby match against rivals Al-Tadamon SC.

Hounors

• Kuwaiti Division One: Winners 2

  1965–66, 1970–71

• Kuwait Crown Prince Cup: Runners-up 1

  2011

• Kuwait Federation Cup: 1

  1974–75

2011 Final Kuwait Crown Prince Cup

During the 2011, Khaitan reached the final.

The team played against Kuwait SC and lost 1–2, it was the team's first final in more than 30 years. On route to the final Khaiatn defeated Sulabikhat in the quarterfinal and Al Arabi in the semifinal.

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

Al-Nasr v Khaitan

2011 First Round	Al-Nasr	1–3	Khaitan	Al Ardiya
				Attendance: 260

Sulaibikhat v Khaitan

2011 Quarter-finals	Sulaibikhat	1–2	Khaitan	Sulaikhbat
				Attendance: 399

Al-Arabi v Khaitan

2011 Semifinal	Al-Arabi	1–2	Khaitan	Kuwait City
				Attendance: 5680

Kuwait SC v Khaitan

2011 Final	Kuwait SC	2–1	Khaitan	Kuwait City
				Attendance: 6790

FIFA World Cup and AFC Asian Cup players

FIFA World Cup 1982

• Kuwait
  • Muayad Al-Haddad

1984 AFC Asian Cup

• Kuwait
  • Muayad Al-Haddad

2004 AFC Asian Cup

• Oman
  • Hussain Mustahil

Famous players

Khaitan Sports Club has been among the clubs that always produced special talent and players such as international players who later represented Kuwait in multiple tournaments. Such players include Waleed Ali and Mouayad Al Haddad.

Other sports

Khaitan maintains a multiple sports complex hosting different sports including football, handball, volleyball, and basketball. Other individual sports in Khaitan include Judo, Taekwando, Table tennis and Athletics.

Sponsors

• Health House Nutrition

See also

• List of football clubs in Kuwait