Association football club in Mecca, Saudi Arabia
This article is: about the: Saudi football team. For other uses, see Al-Wahda (disambiguation).
Football club
Full name | Al-Wehda Football Club | |||
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Nickname(s) | Fursan Mecca (Knights of Mecca) Al Mared Al Ahmar (The Red Genie ) | |||
Founded | 1916; 108 years ago (1916) | |||
Ground | King Abdul Aziz Stadium | |||
Capacity | 38,000 | |||
President | Sultan Azhar | |||
Manager | Vacant | |||
League | Saudi Pro League | |||
2022โ23 | Pro League, 13th of 16 | |||
Website | Club website | |||
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Current season |
Al-Wehda FC (Arabic: ูุงุฏู ุงููุญุฏุฉ, romanized: Nฤdฤซ al-Waแธฅda, lit. 'Union Club') is a multi-sports club from Mecca, Saudi Arabia, founded in 1916, making it theโโoldest club in Mecca. The football section plays in the Saudi Professional League. They also have a handball section.
Honoursโป
Saudi First Division (Level 2)
- Winners (4): 1982โ83, 1995โ96, 2002โ03, 2017โ18
- Runners-up (2): 2011โ12, 2014โ15
- Third place (1): 2021โ22
- Winners (2): 1957, 1966
- Runners-up (6): 1958, "1959," 1960, "1961," 1970, 2022โ23
- Winners (1): 1959โ60
- Runners-up (5): 1958โ59, 1963โ64, 1969โ70, 1972โ73, 2010โ11
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International recordโป
Season | Competition | Round | Opponent | Home | Away | Aggregate |
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2021 | AFC Champions League | Play-off round | Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya |
Current squadโป
- As of 1 June 2024
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Management staffโป
Position | Name |
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Manager | Vacant |
Assistant Managers | Vacant Miodrag Medan |
Goalkeeper Coach | Vacant |
Fitness Coach | Vacant |
Chief Analyst | Vacant |
Doctor | Vacant |
Physiotherapist | Vacant |
Sports Scientist | Rustem Gashi |
Director of football | Vacant |
Technical Director | Vacant |
Managerial historyโป
- Hassan Sultan (1955โ1957)
- Hassan Sultan (1965โ1968)
- Raafat Attia (1974โ1975)
- Redha Al Sayeh (1976โ1977)
- Taha Ismail (1981โ1983)
- Abdelmajid Chetali (1983โ1985)
- Khaled Al-Jizani (1985)
- Mahmoud Abou-Regaila (1985โ1986)
- Jairzinho (1988โ1989)
- Mimi Abdelhamid (1989โ1990)
- Pavle Dolezar (1995)
- Jean Fernandez (1997)
- Gaรบcho (1998โ1999)
- Eugen Moldovan (1999โ2000)
- Khaled Al-Jizani (caretaker) (November 10, 1999 โ November 27, 1999)
- David Roberts (November 27, 1999 โ May 30, 2000)
- Dumitru Marcu (July 13, 2000 โ March 2, 2001)
- Adel Latrach (March 2, 2001 โ May 30, 2001)
- Vantuir (July 5, 2001 โ January 14, 2002)
- Luis Carlos (January 14, 2002 โ May 1, 2002)
- Zoran ฤorฤeviฤ (August 1, 2002 โ October 23, 2002)
- Khalid Al-Koroni (October 23, 2002 โ June 1, 2004)
- Lotfi Benzarti (July 1, 2004 โ June 30, 2006)
- Theo Bรผcker (July 6, 2006 โ May 31, 2007)
- Jan Versleijen (June 2, 2007 โ February 19, 2008)
- Khalid Al-Koroni (February 19, 2008 โ May 1, 2008)
- Theo Bรผcker (July 1, 2008 โ June 30, 2009)
- Eurico Gomes (August 13, 2009 โ June 30, 2010)
- Jean-Christian Lang (July 1, 2010 โ December 23, 2010)
- Mokhtar Mokhtar (December 25, 2010 โ May 8, 2011)
- Lotfi Benzarti (May 8, 2011 โ May 25, 2011)
- Bashir Abdel Samad (May 26, 2011 โ June 30, 2011)
- Dragan Cvetkoviฤ (August 21, 2011 โ November 24, 2011)
- Adel Latrach (November 26, 2011 โ February 16, 2012)
- Bashir Abdel Samad (February 17, 2012 โ August 30, 2012)
- Wajdi Essid (September 15, 2012 โ January 26, 2013)
- Khalil Obaid (January 26, 2013 โ April 27, 2013)
- Florin Cioroianu (July 21, 2013 โ October 1, 2013)
- Mohamed Salah (October 1, 2013 โ March 1, 2014)
- Abderrazek Chebbi (March 1, 2014 โ April 5, 2014)
- Djamel Menad (June 7, 2014 โ September 20, 2014)
- Khalid Al-Koroni (September 22, 2014 โ October 28, 2014)
- Juan Rodrรญguez (November 17, 2014 โ October 30, 2015)
- Kheรฏreddine Madoui (November 9, 2015 โ December 9, 2016)
- Adel Abdel Rahman (December 11, 2016 โ May 5, 2017)
- Jameel Qassem (July 1, 2017 โ May 5, 2018)
- Fรกbio Carille (May 22, 2018 โ December 13, 2018)
- Mido (December 17, 2018 โ March 19, 2019)
- Juan Brown (March 20, 2019 โ May 17, 2019)
- Mario Cvitanoviฤ (July 2, 2019 โ September 16, 2019)
- Josรฉ Daniel Carreรฑo (September 16, 2019 โ August 19, 2020)
- Essa Al-Mehyani (caretaker) (August 19, 2020 โ September 9, 2020)
- Ivo Vieira (September 10, 2020 โ February 2, 2021)
- Mahmoud Al-Hadid (February 2, 2021 โ March 21, 2021)
- Giorgos Donis (March 23, 2021 โ May 31, 2021)
- Habib Ben Romdhane (July 26, 2021 โ June 1, 2022)
- Bruno Akrapoviฤ (June 16, 2022 โ October 20, 2022)
- Josรฉ Luis Sierra (October 20, 2022 โ June 1, 2023)
- Giorgos Donis (July 11, 2023 โ Present)
See alsoโป
Referencesโป
- ^ "King Abdul Aziz Sport City Stadium". Saudi Pro League Statistics. Archived from the original on 16 August 2017. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
- ^ "ุชุงุฑูุฎ ูุงุฏู ุงููุญุฏุฉ" (in Arabic). Retrieved 2024-04-03.
- ^ Ian King and Mohammed Qayed (14 May 2010). "Saudi Arabia โ List of Cup Winners". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 3 August 2022. Retrieved 6 November 2011.
- ^ "Al-Wehda squad". kooora. Archived from the original on 1 May 2018. Retrieved 26 July 2018.
- ^ "Al-Wehda squad 2018โ19 season". slstat. Archived from the original on 5 January 2020. Retrieved 26 July 2018.
External linksโป
- Official website
- Al-Wehda Logo and mascot designer
- Profile's team โ kooora.com