Al Wehda FC

Al-Wehda FC
Full name	Al-Wehda Football Club
Nickname(s)	Fursan Mecca (Knights of Mecca); Al Mared Al Ahmar (The Red Giant)
Founded	1945; 76 years ago
Ground	King Abdul Aziz Stadium
Capacity	38,000
President	Sultan Azhar
Manager
League	First Division League
2020–21	Pro League, 15th of 16 (relegated)
Website	Club website
	Current season

Al-Wehda FC (Arabic: نادي الوحدة‎) is a multi-sports club from Mecca, Saudi Arabia, founded in 1945, making it the third oldest club in Saudi Arabia.^[2] The football section plays in the Saudi Professional League.^[3] 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:^[4])

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^[5]^[6]

No	Position	Player	Nation
1	GK	Raghid Al-Najjar	Saudi Arabia
2	DF	Ali Makki	Saudi Arabia
4	MF	Waleed Bakshween	Saudi Arabia
7	MF	Mishari Al-Qahtani	Saudi Arabia
8	MF	Alaa Al Hejji	Saudi Arabia
10	MF	Ayman Al-Khulaif	Saudi Arabia
11	FW	Thamer Al-Ali	Saudi Arabia
13	GK	Abdulquddus Atiah	Saudi Arabia
14	DF	Alberto Botía	Spain
20	FW	Jaber Asiri	Saudi Arabia
21	GK	Ayman Al-Hussaini	Saudi Arabia
24	MF		Saudi Arabia
27	DF	Islam Hawsawi	Saudi Arabia
28	DF	Hamad Al-Jayzani	Saudi Arabia
33	DF		Saudi Arabia
38	DF	Naif Kariri	Saudi Arabia
44	DF	Hatim Belal	Saudi Arabia
49	MF	Sultan Al-Sawadi	Saudi Arabia
50	MF	Nawaf Hawsawi	Saudi Arabia
66	GK	Basem Atallah	Saudi Arabia
68	DF	Noor Al-Rashidi	Saudi Arabia
70	DF	Ali Dagarshawi	Saudi Arabia
71	FW	Ahmed Abdu	Eritrea
77	MF	Ahmed Fallatah	Saudi Arabia
90	MF	Hazzaa Al-Ghamdi	Saudi Arabia
99	FW	Sultan Hawsawi	Saudi Arabia

Unregistered players[]

No	Position	Player	Nation
5	DF	Soualio Ouattara	Ivory Coast
9	FW	Ousmane Barry	Guinea
74	MF	Karim Yoda	France
91	MF	Luis Gustavo	Brazil
—	DF	Abdulelah Bukhari	Saudi Arabia
—	DF	Hussein Halawani	Saudi Arabia
—	MF	Ali Al-Shaikhi	Saudi Arabia
—	FW	Hussain Al-Moeini	Saudi Arabia
—	FW	Yahya Naji	Saudi Arabia

Out on loan[]

No	Position	Player	Nation
3	MF	Hussain Al-Eisa (on loan to Al-Batin)	Saudi Arabia
6	DF	Abdullah Al-Hafith (on loan to Al-Ittihad)	Saudi Arabia
12	MF	Abdulkareem Al-Qahtani (on loan to Al-Tai)	Saudi Arabia
35	MF	Yousef Al-Harbi (on loan to Al-Fayha)	Saudi Arabia
87	MF	Anselmo (on loan to Al-Nassr)	Brazil
—	MF	Mohammed Al-Qarni (on loan to Al-Batin)	Saudi Arabia
—	MF	Craig Goodwin (on loan to Adelaide United)	Australia
—	MF	Dimitri Petratos (on loan to Western Sydney Wanderers)	Australia

Managerial history[]

Raafat Attia (1974 – 1975)
Redha Al Sayeh (1976 – 1977)
Taha Ismail (1981 – 1983)
Abdelmajid Chetali (1983 – 1985)
(1985)
Mahmoud Abou-Regaila (1985 – 1986)
Jairzinho (1988 – 1989)
Mimi Abdelhamid (1989 – 1990)
Pavle Dolezar (1995)
Jean Fernandez (1997)
(1998 – 1999)
Eugen Moldovan (1999 – 2000)
Dumitru Marcu (2000 – 2001)
(2001)
Vantuir (2001 – 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)
(November 26, 2011 – February 16, 2012)
Bashir Abdel Samad (February 17, 2012 – August 30, 2012)
Wajdi Essid (September 15, 2012 – January 26, 2013)
(January 26, 2013 – April 27, 2013)
(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)
(February 2, 2021 – March 21, 2021)
Giorgos Donis (March 23, 2021 – May 31, 2021)
(July 26, 2021 – )

References[]

^ "King Abdul Aziz Sport City Stadium". Saudi Pro League Statistics. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
^ Saudi Arabian, Football Federation Official Website. "Saudi Arabian Football Federation Official Website". Saudi Arabian Football Federation Official Website. Saudi Arabian Football Federation. Retrieved 7 September 2021.
^ "Al Wahda FC (Mecca)". Soccerway. Global Sports Media. Retrieved 6 November 2011.
^ Ian King and Mohammed Qayed (14 May 2010). "Saudi Arabia - List of Cup Winners". RSSSF. Retrieved 6 November 2011.
^ "Al-Wehda squad". kooora. Retrieved 26 July 2018.
^ "Al-Wehda squad 2018-19 season". slstat. Retrieved 26 July 2018.

External links[]

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[1] "King Abdul Aziz Sport City Stadium". Saudi Pro League Statistics. Retrieved 30 December 2015.

[2] Saudi Arabian, Football Federation Official Website. "Saudi Arabian Football Federation Official Website". Saudi Arabian Football Federation Official Website. Saudi Arabian Football Federation. Retrieved 7 September 2021.

[3] "Al Wahda FC (Mecca)". Soccerway. Global Sports Media. Retrieved 6 November 2011.

[4] Ian King and Mohammed Qayed (14 May 2010). "Saudi Arabia - List of Cup Winners". RSSSF. Retrieved 6 November 2011.

[5] "Al-Wehda squad". kooora. Retrieved 26 July 2018.

[6] "Al-Wehda squad 2018-19 season". slstat. Retrieved 26 July 2018.

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