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 nameWej Sports Club
Nickname(s)Fakhar Taif (Pride of Taif)
Founded1976 (1976)
GroundKing Fahd Stadium
Capacity20,000 [1]
PresidentMbarak Al-Yami
ManagerMahdi El Sifi
LeagueSaudi Second Division
2016–17Saudi First Division, 16th (relegated)

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
3 DF Ibrahim Al-Jadaani  Saudi Arabia
7 MF Shadi Al-Zahrani  Saudi Arabia
8 MF Fawaz Al-Eisa  Saudi Arabia
10 MF Bandar Qaisi  Saudi Arabia
11 FW Hazem Mbarek  Tunisia
12 GK Mohammed Abu Aseda (on loan from Al-Ittihad)  Saudi Arabia
15 MF Faisal Al-Yami  Saudi Arabia
19 FW Akrem Demane  Algeria
20 FW Bassem Al-Harbi  Saudi Arabia
22 GK Basem Almas  Saudi Arabia
23 MF Abdullah Al-Damak  Saudi Arabia
24 DF Mohammed Al-Thobaiti  Saudi Arabia
25 DF Ibrahim Assiri  Saudi Arabia
30 MF Chamseddine Harrag  Algeria
32 MF Islam Bouloudene  Algeria
35 MF Yahya Kharmi  Saudi Arabia
42 FW Abdulaziz Al-Hassani (on loan from Al-Ittihad)  Saudi Arabia
45 DF Mohammed Marzouq (on loan from Al-Tai)  Saudi Arabia
49 MF Saeed Al-Saeed  Saudi Arabia
50 MF Morad Al-Rashidi  Saudi Arabia
55 DF Ghassan Al-Qurashi  Saudi Arabia
72 GK Jaber Al-Jizani  Saudi Arabia
78 DF Musab Al-Sanea  Saudi Arabia
85 DF Yasser Mbarki  Saudi Arabia
88 MF Mansour Asiri  Saudi Arabia
99 FW Mazen Al-Johani  Saudi Arabia

Honours

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.


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