Al Wehda FC

This article is about the Saudi football team. For other uses, see Al-Wahda (disambiguation).

Al-Wehda FC (Arabic: نادي الوحدة, romanized: Nādī al-Waḥda, lit. 'Union Club') is a multi-sports club from Mecca, Saudi Arabia, founded in 1946, making it the oldest club in Mecca. The football section plays in the Saudi Professional League. They also have a handball section.

Al-Wehda

Full name	Al-Wehda Football Club
Nickname(s)	Fursan Mecca (Knights of Mecca) Al Mared Al Ahmar (The Red Giant)
Founded	1946; 77 years ago (1946)
Ground	King Abdul Aziz Stadium
Capacity	38,000^[1]
President	Sultan Azhar
Manager	Giorgos Donis
League	Pro League
2022–23	Pro League, 13th of 16
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours Third colours
Current season

Honours

Saudi First Division (Level 2)

• Winners (4): 1982–83, 1995–96, 2002–03, 2017–18
• Runners-up (2): 2011–12, 2014–15
• Third place (1): 2021–22

King Cup

• Winners (2): 1957, 1966
• Runners-up (6): 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1970, 2022–23

Crown Prince Cup

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

(Source:^[2])

International record

Season	Competition	Round	Opponent	Home	Away	Aggregate
2021	AFC Champions League	Play-off round	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	1–1 (a.e.t.) (2–3 p)

Current squad

As of 22 September 2020^[3][4]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK   MAR Munir Mohamedi 2 DF   KSA Saeed Al-Muwallad 3 DF   KSA Abdulelah Bukhari 4 MF   KSA Waleed Bakshween 5 DF   MAR Jawad El Yamiq 6 DF   CRC Óscar Duarte 7 FW   NED Vito van Crooij 8 MF   KSA Mohammed Al-Qarni 9 FW   NGA Odion Ighalo 11 MF   KSA Sultan Al-Akouz 12 MF   KSA Abdulkareem Al-Qahtani 13 GK   KSA Abdulquddus Atiah 14 MF   KSA Wadhah Malik 15 FW   KSA Azzam Al-Bishi 16 MF   KSA Nawaf Al-Azizi 17 DF   KSA Abdullah Al-Hafith 18 DF   KSA Abdulrahman Al-Hajri 19 FW   KSA Thamer Al-Ali

No. Pos. Nation Player 20 FW   KSA Jaber Asiri 21 GK   KSA Ayman Al-Hussaini 22 DF   KSA Ali Makki 23 MF   AUS Craig Goodwin 24 MF   SDN Abdulaziz Noor 27 DF   KSA Islam Hawsawi 28 MF   KSA Hussain Al-Eisa 30 GK   KSA Ahmed Al-Rashidi 34 GK   KSA Mohammed Makbashi 35 MF   KSA Yousef Al-Harbi 38 DF   KSA Naif Kariri 50 DF   KSA Saad Al-Khayri 55 MF   KSA Nawaf Hawsawi 76 MF   MAR Fayçal Fajr 80 FW   KSA Yahya Al-Naji 87 MF   BRA Anselmo 88 MF   KSA Alaa Al-Hejji 90 MF   KSA Hazzaa Al-Ghamdi

Unregistered players

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player — FW   FRA Jean-David Beauguel

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 25 MF   KSA Sattam Al-Tambakti (on loan to Al-Ain) 33 DF   KSA Rakan Al-Harbi (on loan to Najran)

No. Pos. Nation Player 60 MF   KSA Mohammed Al-Shalwi (on loan to Al-Entesar) 99 FW   KSA Sultan Hawsawi (on loan to Al-Qaisumah)

Management staff

Position	Name
Manager	Giorgos Donis
Assistant Manager	Makis Angelinas
Assistant Manager	Miodrag Medan
Goalkeeper Coach	Panagiotis Maliaritsis
Fitness Coach	Grigoris Georgitsas
Chief Analyst	Georgios Georgiadis
Doctor	Dr Amr El Ashlam
Physiotherapist	Vacant
Physiotherapist	Vacant
Physiotherapist	Vacant
Sports Scientist	Rustem Gashi
Director of football	Vacant
Technical Director	Vacant

Managerial history

•   Hassan Sultan (1955–1957)
•   Hassan Sultan (1965–1968)
•   Raafat Attia (1974–1975)
•   Redha Al Sayeh (1976–1977)
•   Taha Ismail (1981–1983)
•   Abdelmajid Chetali (1983–1985)
•   Khaled Al-Jizani (1985)
•   Mahmoud Abou-Regaila (1985–1986)
•   Jairzinho (1988–1989)
•   Mimi Abdelhamid (1989–1990)
•   Pavle Dolezar (1995)
•   Jean Fernandez (1997)
•   Gaúcho (1998–1999)
•   Eugen Moldovan (1999–2000)
•   Khaled Al-Jizani (caretaker) (November 10, 1999 – November 27, 1999)
•   David Roberts (November 27, 1999 – May 30, 2000)
•   Dumitru Marcu (July 13, 2000 – March 2, 2001)
•   Adel Latrach (March 2, 2001 – May 30, 2001)
•   Vantuir (July 5, 2001 – January 14, 2002)
•   Luis Carlos (January 14, 2002 – May 1, 2002)
•   Zoran Đorđević (August 1, 2002 – October 23, 2002)
•   Khalid Al-Koroni (October 23, 2002 – June 1, 2004)
•   Lotfi Benzarti (July 1, 2004 – June 30, 2006)
•   Theo Bücker (July 6, 2006 – May 31, 2007)
•   Jan Versleijen (June 2, 2007 – February 19, 2008)
•   Khalid Al-Koroni (February 19, 2008 – May 1, 2008)
•   Theo Bücker (July 1, 2008 – June 30, 2009)
•   Eurico Gomes (August 13, 2009 – June 30, 2010)
•   Jean-Christian Lang (July 1, 2010 – December 23, 2010)
•   Mokhtar Mokhtar (December 25, 2010 – May 8, 2011)
•   Lotfi Benzarti (May 8, 2011 – May 25, 2011)
•   Bashir Abdel Samad (May 26, 2011 – June 30, 2011)
•   Dragan Cvetković (August 21, 2011 – November 24, 2011)
•   Adel Latrach (November 26, 2011 – February 16, 2012)
•   Bashir Abdel Samad (February 17, 2012 – August 30, 2012)
•   Wajdi Essid (September 15, 2012 – January 26, 2013)
•   Khalil Obaid (January 26, 2013 – April 27, 2013)
•   Florin Cioroianu (July 21, 2013 – October 1, 2013)
•   Mohamed Salah (October 1, 2013 – March 1, 2014)
•   Abderrazek Chebbi (March 1, 2014 – April 5, 2014)
•   Djamel Menad (June 7, 2014 – September 20, 2014)
•   Khalid Al-Koroni (September 22, 2014 – October 28, 2014)
•   Juan Rodríguez (November 17, 2014 – October 30, 2015)
•   Kheïreddine Madoui (November 9, 2015 – December 9, 2016)
•   Adel Abdel Rahman (December 11, 2016 – May 5, 2017)
•   Jameel Qassem (July 1, 2017 – May 5, 2018)
•   Fábio Carille (May 22, 2018 – December 13, 2018)
•   Mido (December 17, 2018 – March 19, 2019)
•   Juan Brown (March 20, 2019 – May 17, 2019)
•   Mario Cvitanović (July 2, 2019 – September 16, 2019)
•   José Daniel Carreño (September 16, 2019 – August 19, 2020)
•   Essa Al-Mehyani (caretaker) (August 19, 2020 – September 9, 2020)
•   Ivo Vieira (September 10, 2020 – February 2, 2021)
•   Mahmoud Al-Hadid (February 2, 2021 – March 21, 2021)
•   Giorgos Donis (March 23, 2021 – May 31, 2021)
•   Habib Ben Romdhane (July 26, 2021 – June 1, 2022)
•   Bruno Akrapović (June 16, 2022 – October 20, 2022)
•   José Luis Sierra (October 20, 2022 – June 1, 2023)
•   Giorgos Donis (July 11, 2023 – Present)

See also

•  Saudi Arabia portal

• List of football clubs in Saudi Arabia

References

1. "King Abdul Aziz Sport City Stadium". Saudi Pro League Statistics. from the original on 16 August 2017. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
2. Ian King and Mohammed Qayed (14 May 2010). "Saudi Arabia – List of Cup Winners". RSSSF. from the original on 3 August 2022. Retrieved 6 November 2011.
3. "Al-Wehda squad". kooora. from the original on 1 May 2018. Retrieved 26 July 2018.
4. "Al-Wehda squad 2018–19 season". slstat. from the original on 5 January 2020. Retrieved 26 July 2018.

External links

• Official website
• Al-Wehda Logo and mascot designer
• Profile's team – kooora.com