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Al Wehda FC

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Al-Wehda FC
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Full nameAl-Wehda Football Club
Nickname(s)Fursan Mecca (Knights of Mecca)
Al Mared Al Ahmar (The Red Giant)
Founded1945
GroundKing Abdul Aziz Stadium
Capacity38,000[1]
PresidentSultan Azhar
ManagerVacant
LeaguePro League
2019–20Pro League, 4th of 16
WebsiteClub website
Home colours
Away colours

Al-Wehda FC (Arabic: نادي الوحدة‎) is a multi-sports club from Mecca, Saudi Arabia, founded in 1916. The football section plays in the Saudi Professional League.[2] They also have a handball section.

Honours

Saudi First Division (Level 2)

  • Winners (4): 1982–83, 1995–96, 2002–03, 2017–18
  • Runners-up (2): 2011–12, 2014–15

King Cup

  • Winners (2): 1957, 1966
  • Runners-up (5): 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1970

Crown Prince Cup

  • Winners (1): 1959–60
  • Runners-up (5): 1958–59, 1963–64, 1969–70, 1972–73, 2010–11

(Source:[3])

Current squad

As of 22 September 2020[4][5]
No Position Player Nation
1 Goalkeeper Raghid Al-Najjar Saudi Arabia
2 Defender Mohammed Al-Amri Saudi Arabia
3 Midfielder Hussain Al-Eisa Saudi Arabia
4 Midfielder Waleed Bakshween Saudi Arabia
5 Defender Pedro Henrique (on loan from Vitória de Guimarães) Brazil
6 Defender Abdullah Al-Hafith Saudi Arabia
7 Midfielder Mishari Al-Qahtani Saudi Arabia
8 Midfielder Mohammed Al-Qarni Saudi Arabia
9 Midfielder Hernâni Fortes (on loan from Levante) Portugal
10 Midfielder Dimitri Petratos Australia
12 Midfielder Abdulkareem Al-Qahtani Saudi Arabia
14 Defender Alberto Botía Spain
17 Defender Ali Al-Zubaidi Saudi Arabia
18 Forward Youssouf Niakaté France
19 Forward Thamer Al-Ali Saudi Arabia
20 Forward Jaber Asiri Saudi Arabia
23 Defender Noor Al-Rashidi Saudi Arabia
24 Midfielder Mubarak Al-Suqoor Saudi Arabia
26 Goalkeeper Abdullah Al-Owaishir Saudi Arabia
28 Defender Hamad Al-Jayzani Saudi Arabia
33 Goalkeeper Ayman Al-Hussaini Saudi Arabia
38 Defender Naif Kariri Saudi Arabia
49 Midfielder Sultan Al-Sawadi Saudi Arabia
66 Goalkeeper Basem Atallah Saudi Arabia
71 Forward Ahmed Abdu Eritrea
77 Midfielder Ayman Al-Khulaif Saudi Arabia
87 Midfielder Anselmo Brazil
88 Midfielder Alaa Al Hejji Saudi Arabia
90 Midfielder Hazzaa Al-Ghamdi Saudi Arabia
91 Midfielder Luis Gustavo Brazil
99 Forward Sultan Hawsawi Saudi Arabia

Unregistered players

No Position Player Nation
50 Midfielder Nawaf Hawsawi Saudi Arabia

Out on loan

No Position Player Nation
44 Defender Hatem Belal (on loan to Al-Bukayriyah) Saudi Arabia
— Midfielder Craig Goodwin (on loan to Adelaide United) Australia

Managers

  • Egypt Raafat Attia (1974 – 1975)
  • Tunisia Redha Al Sayeh (1976 – 1977)
  • Tunisia Abdelmajid Chetali (1983 – 1985)
  • France Pavle Dolezar (1985)
  • Egypt Mahmoud Abou-Regaila (1985 – 1986)
  • France Jean Fernandez (1997)
  • Brazil Gaúcho (1998 – 1999)
  • Romania Eugen Moldovan (1999 – 2000)
  • Brazil Vantuir (2001 – 2002)
  • Serbia and Montenegro Zoran Đorđević (August 1, 2002 – October 23, 2002)
  • Saudi Arabia Khalid Al-Koroni (October 23, 2002 – June 1, 2004)
  • Tunisia Lotfi Benzarti (July 1, 2004 – June 30, 2006)
  • Germany Theo Bücker (July 6, 2006 – May 31, 2007)
  • Netherlands Jan Versleijen (June 2, 2007 – February 19, 2008)
  • Saudi Arabia Khalid Al-Koroni (February 19, 2008 – May 1, 2008)
  • Germany Theo Bücker (July 1, 2008 – June 30, 2009)
  • Portugal Eurico Gomes (August 13, 2009 – June 30, 2010)
  • France Jean-Christian Lang (July 1, 2010 – December 23, 2010)
  • Egypt Mokhtar Mokhtar (December 25, 2010 – May 8, 2011)
  • Tunisia Lotfi Benzarti (May 8, 2011 – May 25, 2011)
  • Egypt Bashir Abdel Samad (May 26, 2011 – June 30, 2011)
  • Serbia Dragan Cvetković (August 21, 2011 – November 24, 2011)
  • Tunisia Adel Latrach (November 26, 2011 – February 16, 2012)
  • Egypt Bashir Abdel Samad (February 17, 2012 – August 30, 2012)
  • Tunisia Wajdi Essid (September 15, 2012 – January 26, 2013)
  • Tunisia Khalil Obaid (January 26, 2013 – April 27, 2013)
  • Romania Florin Cioroianu (July 21, 2013 – October 1, 2013)
  • Egypt Mohamed Salah (October 1, 2013 – March 1, 2014)
  • Tunisia Abderrazek Chebbi (March 1, 2014 – April 5, 2014)
  • Algeria Djamel Menad (June 7, 2014 – September 20, 2014)
  • Saudi Arabia Khalid Al-Koroni (September 22, 2014 – October 28, 2014)
  • Uruguay Juan Rodríguez (November 17, 2014 – October 30, 2015)
  • Algeria Kheïreddine Madoui (November 9, 2015 – December 9, 2016)
  • Egypt Adel Abdel Rahman (December 11, 2016 – May 5, 2017)
  • Tunisia Jameel Qassem (July 1, 2017 – May 5, 2018)
  • Brazil Fábio Carille (May 22, 2018 – December 13, 2018)
  • Egypt Mido (December 17, 2018 – March 19, 2019)
  • Argentina Juan Brown (March 20, 2019 – May 17, 2019)
  • Croatia Mario Cvitanović (July 2, 2019 – September 16, 2019)
  • Uruguay José Daniel Carreño (September 16, 2019 – August 19, 2020)
  • Saudi Arabia Essa Al-Mehyani (caretaker) (August 19, 2020 – September 9, 2020)
  • Portugal Ivo Vieira (September 10, 2020 – February 2, 2021)
  • Jordan Mahmoud Al-Hadid (February 2, 2021 – )

References

  1. ^ "King Abdul Aziz Sport City Stadium". Saudi Pro League Statistics. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
  2. ^ "Al Wahda FC (Mecca)". Soccerway. Global Sports Media. Retrieved 6 November 2011.
  3. ^ Ian King and Mohammed Qayed (14 May 2010). "Saudi Arabia - List of Cup Winners". RSSSF. Retrieved 6 November 2011.
  4. ^ "Al-Wehda squad". kooora. Retrieved 26 July 2018.
  5. ^ "Al-Wehda squad 2018-19 season". slstat. Retrieved 26 July 2018.

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