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.

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Khaitan
خيطان

Full name	Khaitan Sporting Club نادي خيطان الرياضي
Nickname(s)	AC Khaitan
Founded	1965; 59 years ago (1965)
Ground	Khaitan Stadium Kuwait
Capacity	10,000
Chairman	Abdullah Al Otaibi
League	Kuwait Premier League
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Khaitan play their local derby match against rivals Al-Tadamon SC.

• Kuwaiti Division One: Winners 2

  1965–66, 1970–71

• Kuwait Crown Prince Cup: Runners-up 1

  2011

• Kuwait Federation Cup: 1

  1974–75

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.

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FIFA World Cup 1982

•  Kuwait
  • Muayad Al-Haddad

1984 AFC Asian Cup

•  Kuwait
  • Muayad Al-Haddad

2004 AFC Asian Cup

•  Oman
  • Hussain Mustahil

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.

Khaitan maintain 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

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