Wej SC

Wej Sports Club (Arabic: نادي وج الرياضي), is a Saudi Arabian football club based in Al Hawiyah, Ta'if, that plays in the Saudi First Division, the second tier of the Saudi Arabian football league system, formed in 1976.^[2][3]

Wej SC

Full name	Wej Sports Club
Nickname(s)	Fakhar Taif (Pride of Taif)
Founded	1976; 47 years ago (1976)
Ground	King Fahd Stadium
Capacity	20,000 ^[1]
President	Hanan Al-Qurashi
Manager	Mahdi El Sifi
League	Saudi Second Division
2016–17	Saudi First Division, 16th (relegated)
Home colours Away colours

On 26 February 2016, Wej promoted to the Saudi First Division for the first time in their history after beating Al-Badaya 1–0 on aggregate in the play-off of Saudi Second Division.^[4]

Current squad

As of 3 January 2019:

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 4 DF   KSA Ahmed Fallatah 5 MF   ALG Aziz Fegaâs 6 DF   KSA Khaled Al-Saqan 7 FW   TUN Othman Saidi 8 MF   KSA Fawaz Al-Eisa 9 FW   KSA Faisal Al-Samrani 10 MF   KSA Ibrahim Al-Telhi 11 FW   ALG Mhend Sedery 13 GK   KSA Abdullah Al-Arraf 14 DF   KSA Ahmed Al-Harbi 16 DF   KSA Balghaith Al-Shehri 17 DF   KSA Mahmoud Muaaz

No. Pos. Nation Player 18 DF   KSA Amjad Hawsawi 21 MF   KSA Waleed Al-Wothainani 26 GK   KSA Mohammed Al-Zahrani 27 FW   TUN Khalil Balbouz 33 DF   ALG Ahmed Arbaoui 34 GK   KSA Naif Al-Bedidi 35 MF   KSA Yahya Kharmi 50 FW   KSA Abdulrahman Al-Shanqeeti 70 MF   KSA Ali Al-Rie 77 MF   KSA Ibrahim Al-Shehri 88 MF   KSA Mansour Asiri

Honours

• Saudi Second Division
  • Third place (1): 2015–16
• Saudi Third Division
  • Third place (1): 2013–14

See also

• List of football clubs in Saudi Arabia

References

1. "الملاعب والمدن الرياضية" (in Arabic). Saudi Arabian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 14 March 2016.
2. "فريق: وج" [Wajj team]. Kooora.com (in Arabic). Retrieved 14 March 2016.
3. "وج" (in Arabic). Saudi Arabian Football Federation. Retrieved 14 March 2016.
4. "نادي وج يتأهل إلى مصاف أندية الدرجة الأولى" [Wej Club qualified to the First Division League] (in Arabic). Saudi Arabian Football Federation. 26 February 2016. Retrieved 14 March 2016.

•  Saudi Arabia portal