Wej SC

Wej SC
Full name	Wej Sports Club
Nickname(s)	Fakhar Taif (Pride of Taif)
Founded	1976; 46 years ago
Ground	King Fahd Stadium
Capacity	20,000
President	Mbarak Al-Yami
Manager	Mahdi El Sifi
League	Saudi Second Division
2016–17	Saudi First Division, 16th (relegated)
Home colours	Away colours

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]

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:

No	Position	Player	Nation
1	GK	Nahar Al-Yami	Saudi Arabia
2	DF	Hadi Yahya	Saudi Arabia
3	DF	Ibrahim Al-Jadaani	Saudi Arabia
4	DF	Hossam Al-Khalid	Saudi Arabia
5	DF	Mansor Sharahili	Saudi Arabia
8	MF	Morad Al-Qaisi	Saudi Arabia
9	FW	Khaled Al-Qurashi	Saudi Arabia
10	MF	Achraf Ben Dhiaf	Tunisia
11	FW	Mohammed Al-Thobaiti	Saudi Arabia
12	DF	Mohammed Homairan	Saudi Arabia
14	MF	Abdulaziz Al-Eisa	Saudi Arabia
15	MF	Yahya Oun	Saudi Arabia
16	MF	Muteb Al-Rooqi	Saudi Arabia
17	MF	Badr Ba Eisa	Saudi Arabia
18	FW	Slim Mezlini	Tunisia
19	DF	Ahmed Al-Qurashi	Saudi Arabia
20	MF	Khaled Al-Hossaini	Saudi Arabia
22	MF	Khaled Gharsellaoui	Tunisia
23	DF	Muaid Moaafa	Saudi Arabia
24	MF	Issam Al-Qarni	Saudi Arabia
25	DF	Ibrahim Assiri	Saudi Arabia
30	GK	Suliman Sofyani	Saudi Arabia
32	DF	Wael Al-Tas	Saudi Arabia
33	GK	Hassan Moamenah	Saudi Arabia
41	MF	Abdullah Al-Damak	Saudi Arabia
55	DF	Ghassan Al-Qurashi	Saudi Arabia
66	MF	Hassan Hawsawi	Saudi Arabia
77	MF	Ibrahim Al-Telhi	Saudi Arabia
80	MF	Turki Al-Sohaymi	Saudi Arabia

Honours[]

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

References[]

^ "الملاعب والمدن الرياضية" (in Arabic). Saudi Arabian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 14 March 2016.
^ "فريق: وج" [Wajj team]. Kooora.com (in Arabic). Retrieved 14 March 2016.
^ "وج" (in Arabic). Saudi Arabian Football Federation. Retrieved 14 March 2016.
^ "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.

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[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.

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