Kuwait (Kuwait)

Al-Azraq (The Blue)

First kit: 1961

Iconic kits

1982

VM in Spain — Kuwaits only World Cup appearance. I the match against France (defeat 1-4) protested Kuwaits prins Fahad Al-Ahmed against a franskt mål and hotakede dra hemåt; domaren uppvev the goal (unikt VM-beslut).

1980

Asian Cup-the win 1980 in Kuwait — the blue the shirt took Kuwait to the whole kontinentens topp for only gången. Generatennen runt Faisal Al-Dakhil and Jasem Yacoub was Kuwaits guldår.

Manufacturer

Adidas 1982–1990

Burda/Jako/varierande 1991–now

💡 Trivia

Kuwait has bara played a VM (1982) — the only the match against a europeisk storsläkt slutakede with World Cup's konstigaste beslut: domaren uppvev Frankrikes 4:e mål after sheikens protest.
Smeknamnet 'Al-Azraq' betyder 'the blå' on arabiska — namnet comes from shirt colouren, not tvärtom.