Jaber Al-Ahmad International Stadium

Jaber al-Ahmad International Stadium (Arabic: ملعب جابر الأحمد الدولي) is a multi-purpose stadium in the Ardhiyah area of Kuwait City, Kuwait. Completed in 2009, it is used mostly for football matches and athletics. The stadium has a capacity of 60,001 seated spectators, the building is constructed in 4 levels, with 54 corporate boxes and parking lot with a 6,000 car capacity. It was expected to open in second quarter of 2010, but the building failed structural-integrity testing and remained closed due to a miscalculation by structural engineers for nearly half a decade. However it was finally opened on 18 December 2015. Jaber Al-Ahmad stadium is currently the new home of the Kuwait national football team.[1]

Jaber al-Ahmad International Stadium
Shiekh Jaber Stadium
Kuwait International Stadium
LocationKuwait City, Kuwait
OwnerKuwait national football team, Kuwait Football Association
OperatorKuwait national football team
Capacity60,000
SurfaceGrass
Construction
Broke ground2 June 2006
Built2006–2010 (4 years)
Opened10 September 2010
Renovated2015
Reopened18 December 2015
Construction cost120 million Kuwaiti dinar (US$394.6 million)
Tenants
Kuwait national football team 2010–2011, 2015–
2010 AFC Cup Final
Kuwait Champions Challenge:2015
Kuwait Crown Prince Cup Finals: 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19
Kuwait Emir Cup Finals: 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18
Kuwait Super Cup: 2016, 2017
VIVA Premier League: 2016–17
2017 Gulf Cup of Nations

The stadium was named after late Amir of Kuwait Shaikh Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah. Kuwait celebrated their winning of Gulf Cup 20 in that stadium.

History

First match

Was an International Friendly between Kuwait National Team and Bahrain National Team ended 3-1 win to Bahrain.

8 October 2010 Kuwait 1 – 3 Bahrain Kuwait City, Kuwait
Ahmad Ajab  66' Ismaeel Latif  9'
Fouzi Ayesh  47'
Salma Isa  51'
Stadium: Jaber Al-Ahmad International Stadium
Attendance: 10,000

Second match

12 October 2010 Kuwait 3 – 1 Vietnam Kuwait City, Kuwait
Ahmad Ajab  66' Stadium: Jaber Al-Ahmad International Stadium
Attendance: 10,000

AFC Cup 2010

The first ever official match held in the stadium was the 2010 AFC Cup Final between Qadsia SC and Al-Ittihad SC the match ended with a total of 59,783 total attendance and a scored of 1–1. The final score was 5–3 on penalties for the Syrian Team.

6 November 2010 Al-Qadsia 1 – 1 (a.e.t.)
(2 – 4 p)
Al-Ittihad Jaber Al-Ahmad International Stadium, Kuwait City
19:00 (UTC+3) Al Enezi  29' Report Dyab  53' Attendance: 58,604
Referee: Khalil Al Ghamdi (Saudi Arabia)
Penalties
(penalty takers may not be in correct order)
Al Ansari
Al Bloushi
Al Khatib
Al Mejmed
(penalty takers may not be in correct order)
Hemidi
Dyab
Dakka
Kalaji

Renovations

In 2010 after the 2010 AFC Cup Final problems started to occur to the stadium which led to closing the stadium in 2011. Renovations started in 2014 and ended in 2015.

Re-opening

The Re-Opening was announced on 28 November 2015 for the 2015 Kuwait Champions Challenge where Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah came to the opening. The match was between Kuwait XI and World Stars XI, it ended in a 4–2 win for the Kuwaiti's. LET'S PLAY!, the opening show was performed right before the match. That multimedia show was produced by Laser System Europe and Groupe F. It was written and directed by Rodolph Nasillski[2]

FIFA banned Kuwait in October 2015 so Steven Gerrard, Xavi and Andrea Pirlo could not come cause they play in leagues that are in associations that are still on FIFA and not banned.[3]

Crown Prince Cup

The Crown Prince Cup Final between Kuwait SC and Al-Salmiya SC was hosted there. The KFA was given 150,000 KD to host the final. The final show was right before the match, and it included prizes for the visitors, including phones, cars, computers. There was also a firework show before and after the match.[4]

The match was played on Tuesday 12 January 2016.[5] The referee was Ahmed Al-Ali.[6]

The match ended a 1–0 win for Al-Salmiya SC over Kuwait SC in the final of 2015–16 Kuwait Crown Prince Cup and gave Al-Salmiya their 9th official Championship and the first ever team to win a championship in this stadium.

12-1-2016 Kuwait SC 0 – 1 Al-Salmiya SC Jaber Al-Ahmad International Stadium
17:30 (KSA) Faisal Al Enezi

Emir's Cup

KFA decided to just host the final of the Kuwait Emir Cup.[7] It will be Al-Arabi SC against Kuwait SC The match was played on 5 April 2016 6:30 GMT+3, and ended 3-1 win for Kuwait SC.[8] Kuwait SC won their 11th Emir Cup and the second team to win a domestic championship in the stadium.[9]

5-4-2016 Al-Arabi SC 1 – 3 Kuwait SC Jaber International Stadium, Kuwait City
19:00 (UTC+3) Hussain Al-Musawi  60' Report Yassine Salhi  3'
Talal Al-Enizi  9'
Yassine Salhi  19'
Attendance: 42,604

Super Cup 2016

KFA decided that Jaber International Stadium will host the Super Cup on 23 September after being delayed twice, and the dates were 21 September and 9 September.[10] The Game will be the league champions Qadsia SC against the emir cup champions Kuwait SC.[11] Kuwait won 3-2 on penalties after drawing 2-2 at full time.

23-9-2016 Kuwait SC 2 – 2
(3 – 2 p)
Qadsia SC Jaber Al-Ahmad International Stadium
Final

2016-17 league matches

During the season a couple of match weeks were played on the stadium due to lack of stadiums available due to Burgan SC joining the league, while 2 other teams renovating their own respectful stadiums, one of these matches include the Kuwaiti Classico.

28-9-2016 Sahel SC0 – 1 Qadsia SC Week 1
Bader Al-Mutawa 12'
28-9-2016 Al-Sulaibikhat SC 1 – 2 Kuwait SC Week 1
Mishaal Deyab 61' Khalid Ajab 28'
Adel Arhily 93'
14-10-2016 Al-Arabi SC 0 – 0 Al-Salmiya SC Week 2
28-10-2016 Al-Jahra SC 0 – 2 Qadsia SC Week 5
28-10-2016 Al-Fahaheel FC 0 – 4 Kazma SC Week 5
24-12-2016 Al-Tadhamon SC 3 – 0 Khaitan SC Week 8
25-12-2016 Al-Nasr SC 1 – 1 Al-Salmiya SC Week 8
3-1-2017 Kazma SC 0 – 2 Kuwait SC Week 10

2016-17 Crown Prince Cup

Same as the league that season due to lack of available stadiums some matches will be played on this stadium.

8-12-2016 Al-Shabab SC 2 – 7 Kazma SC Group B Week 5
12-12-2016 Kazma SC 4 – 2 Burgan SC Group B Week 6
16-12-2016 Al-Arabi SC 0 – 0 Kuwait SC Group B Week 7
Semi-Finals
21-12-2016 Qadsia SC 4 – 0 Al-Salmiya SC Jaber Al-Ahmad International Stadium
21-12-2016 Kuwait SC 5 – 0 Al-Jahra SC Jaber Al-Ahmad International Stadium
Final
17-1-2017 Qadsia SC 0 – 0 (a.e.t.)
(3 – 5 p)
Kuwait SC Jaber Al-Ahmad International Stadium
Final

2016–17 Emir Cup

21-2-2017 Kazma SC 2 – 4 Kuwait SC Jaber Al-Ahmad International Stadium
Final

2017 Super Cup

7-9-2017 Kuwait SC 0 – 0
(5 – 4 p)
Qadsia SC Jaber Al-Ahmad International Stadium
Final

2017–18 Kuwait Crown Prince Cup

16-11-2017 Al-Salmiya SC 1 – 1 Qadsia SC Group B Week 1
28-11-2017 Kazma SC 3 – 1 Al-Jahra SC Group B week 3
9-12-2017 Kuwait SC 2 – 1 Al-Arabi SC Group A Week 4
Final
30-1-2018 Kuwait SC 1 – 1 (a.e.t.)
(5 – 6 p)
Qadsia SC Final

2017 Gulf Cup of Nations

the Gulf Cup returns to Kuwait after 3 years and after the Ban by FIFA has been lifted the AGCFF all decided to switch the host country to Kuwait. Oman were crowned Champions for the 2nd time after beating UAE on penalties in the final.

Group Stage
22-12-2017 Kuwait 1 – 2 Saudi Arabia Group A
18:30
Report
Attendance: 59,762
Referee: Ali Abdulnabi (Bahrain)
22-12-2017 Oman 0 – 1 United Arab Emirates Group A
21:00 Report
Referee: Ali Sabah (Iraq)
25-12-2017 Saudi Arabia 0 – 0 United Arab Emirates Group A
17:30 Report Attendance: 47,556
Referee: Aziz Asimov (Uzbekistan)
25-12-2017 Kuwait 0 – 1 Oman Group A
20:00 Report Al-Mahaijri  58' (pen.) Attendance: 58,583
Referee: Saoud Al-Athbah (Qatar)
28-12-2017 Kuwait 0 – 0 United Arab Emirates Group A
18:30 Report Attendance: 24,563
Referee: Ali Sabah (Iraq)
29-12-2017 Qatar 1 – 1 Bahrain Group B
18:30 Al-Haydos  45+5' (pen.) Report Ali Madan  57' Attendance: 23,412
Referee: Aziz Asimov (Uzbekistan)
Semi-Finals
2-1-2018 Oman 1 – 0 Bahrain
17:15 M. Al Jabar  29' (o.g.) Report Attendance: 19,534
Referee: Hettikamkanamge Perera (Sri Lanka)
Final

National Team friendlies

25-3-2018 Kuwait 1 – 3 Cameroon
18:30
Report
Attendance: 4,762
Referee: Adel Al Naqbi (United Arab Emirates)
25-5-2018 Kuwait 1 – 1 Egypt
18:30
Report
Attendance: 24,322
Referee: )

2017-18 Emir Cup

25-4-2018 Qadsia SC 0 – 3 Al-Arabi SC Round of 16
Final
8-5-2018 Al-Arabi SC 0 – 3 Kuwait SC Jaber Al-Ahmad International Stadium
Attendance: 23,465

2018–19

With the start of Evolution and expansions in Kuwait organized by Kuwait Football Association this is the first time the football season starts this early in August.

2018–19 Crown prince Cup final

28-2-2019 Qadsia SC 0-1 Kuwait SC Final

Statistics

Most appearances & wins

    As of 28 February 2019

    Club

    Club appearances wins draws loses
    Kuwait SC
    13
    1012
    Kazma SC
    6
    402
    Al-Salmiya SC
    7
    331
    Qadsia SC
    10
    415
    Al-Ittihad SC
    1
    100
    Al-Tadhamon SC
    2
    110
    Al-Fahaheel FC
    2
    101
    Al-Nasr SC
    1
    010
    Al-Arabi SC
    6
    123
    Khaitan SC
    1
    001
    Al-Shabab SC
    3
    012
    Burgan SC
    1
    001
    Sahel SC
    2
    011
    Al-Sulaibikhat SC
    2
    011
    Al-Jahra SC
    3
    003

    Country

    Club appearances wins draws loses
    Oman
    4
    301
    United Arab Emirates
    5
    221
    Saudi Arabia
    2
    110
    Cameroon
    1
    100
    Bahrain
    3
    111
    Kuwait
    7
    124
    Qatar
    1
    010
    Egypt
    1
    010
    Iraq
    1
    001
    Vietnam
    1
    001

    Goals

    • Number of goals scored in the stadium: 106
    • Scored in First Half: 44
    • Scored in Second Half: 62
    • Scored at Extra Time: 0

    Records

    Most team played in the stadium: Kuwait SC 10 times
    Highest scoring Match: 9 Goals Kazma SC 7-2 Al-Shabab SC
    Most team winning in the stadium: Kuwait SC 7 times
    Most team losing: Qadsia SC 3 times
    First goal in the stadium: Ismail Abdul-Latif
    First red card: Hussain Ali Baba

    References

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