Sporty FC

Sporty FC
نادي سبورتي لكرة القدم
Full nameSporty Football Club
FoundedSeptember 8, 2024 (September 8, 2024), as Sporty FC
GroundMubarak Al-Aiar Stadium
Capacity12,000
ManagerKuwait Khalid Al-Turki
LeagueKuwaiti Division One
2025–26Inaugural season
Websitehttps://sportyfa.com/

Sporty Football Club [1] (Arabic: نادي سبورتي لكرة القدم) is a professional Football club based in Kuwait, the club competes in the Kuwaiti Division One. It is the first sports team in the country that is privately owned with no governmental control over the club.

History

Originally Founded in 2009 as a Football Academy Sporty Sports Group ventured in 2023 in forming their own Football clubs. Originally in 2022 applied to form a football club based in Kuwait but was rejected due to not meeting the criteria's slated by Kuwait Sports Authority. Moving on in 2024 the Group operated 2 football Clubs Sporty Abu Dhabi FC[2] competing in UAE Third Division League at the start of 2022-23 and Georgian 5th Division with Sporty Gardabani FC[3] based in Gardabani in 2024, which both dissolved at the end of the 2024-25 season.

Founding Season

On February 20, 2025, during an interview with Number 1 Football web show [1] stated after competing in the 2024-25 Football seasons in Kuwait youth divisions and competing in UAE Third Division League and in Georgian 5th Division its time to compete in Kuwaiti Division One. Alongside 5 other new established teams including Al-Jazeera FC to compete in the 2025-26 Season. On July 28 the Club announced their official participation in all competitions main and youth divisions.[4]

On July 31, 2025, Sporty held open tryouts with over 100 players registering within the first hour which was held in the Kazma club facilities in preparation for the Kuwaiti Division One[5] week later the club announced former national coach Khalid Al-Turki as head coach, with Abdullah Al-Fahd appointed as his assistant.[6][7] the clubs first ever friendly ended in a 2-2 draw against Al-Sahel[8]

Staff

As of 16 August 2025
Position Name
Head Coach Khalid Al-Turki
Assistant Coach Abdullah Al-Fahd
Team Administor Turki Al-Mutari
Goalkeeper Coach Fahd Al-Shashtari
Team Therapist Abdulrahman Al-Khalidi

Managerial History

Managerial record by Name and period
Manager From To Record
G W D L GF GA GD Win %
Kuwait Khalid Al-Turki 14 August 2025 present 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 !—
Career totals 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 !—

Crest and Colors

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "ALDERBY on X". x.com.
  2. ^ https://www.uaefa.ae/en/club/539
  3. ^ "Group a East". 11 June 2018.
  4. ^ https://www.instagram.com/p/DL7cKxGI_O7/?igsh=MWRmaWx4NHQ3MGZidw==
  5. ^ "Sporty Trials".
  6. ^ "نادي سبورتي يتعاقد مع المدرب الوطني " خالد التركي " لقيادة الفريق الأول لكرة القدم للموسم المقبل".
  7. ^ "نادي سبورتي يتعاقد مع المدرب الوطني " عبدالله الفهد " مساعدًا لمدرب الفريق الأول لكرة القدم".
  8. ^ https://x.com/sportyclub_/status/1957788604840735114?s=46&t=GpanI5lZxjL3R6zeUTtG4g
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