Al Wehda FC

Al-Wehda FC (Arabic: نادي الوحدة, romanized: Nādī al-Waḥda, lit. 'Union Club') is a multi-sports club from Mecca, Saudi Arabia, founded in 1916, making it the oldest club in Mecca.[2] The football section plays in the Saudi Professional League. They also have a handball section.

Al-Wehda
Full nameAl-Wehda Football Club
Nickname(s)Fursan Mecca (Knights of Mecca)
Al Mared Al Ahmar (The Red Giant)
Founded1916 (1916)
GroundKing Abdul Aziz Stadium
Capacity38,000[1]
PresidentSultan Azhar
ManagerGiorgos Donis
LeaguePro League
2022–23Pro League, 13th of 16
WebsiteClub website

Honours

Saudi First Division (Level 2)

  • Winners (4): 1982–83, 1995–96, 2002–03, 2017–18
  • Runners-up (2): 2011–12, 2014–15
  • Third place (1): 2021–22

King Cup

  • Winners (2): 1957, 1966
  • Runners-up (6): 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1970, 2022–23

Crown Prince Cup

  • Winners (1): 1959–60
  • Runners-up (5): 1958–59, 1963–64, 1969–70, 1972–73, 2010–11

(Source:[3])

International record
Season Competition Round Opponent Home Away Aggregate
2021 AFC Champions League Play-off round Iraq Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
1–1 (a.e.t.)
(2–3 p)





Current squad
As of 22 September 2023[4][5]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Morocco MAR Munir Mohamedi
2 DF Saudi Arabia KSA Saeed Al-Muwallad
3 DF Saudi Arabia KSA Abdulelah Bukhari
4 MF Saudi Arabia KSA Waleed Bakshween
5 DF Morocco MAR Jawad El Yamiq
6 DF Costa Rica CRC Óscar Duarte
7 FW Netherlands NED Vito van Crooij
8 MF Saudi Arabia KSA Mohammed Al-Qarni
9 FW Nigeria NGA Odion Ighalo
11 MF Saudi Arabia KSA Sultan Al-Akouz
12 MF Saudi Arabia KSA Abdulkareem Al-Qahtani
13 GK Saudi Arabia KSA Abdulquddus Atiah
14 MF Saudi Arabia KSA Wadhah Malik
15 FW Saudi Arabia KSA Azzam Al-Bishi
16 MF Saudi Arabia KSA Nawaf Al-Azizi
17 DF Saudi Arabia KSA Abdullah Al-Hafith
18 DF Saudi Arabia KSA Abdulrahman Al-Hajri
No. Pos. Nation Player
19 FW Saudi Arabia KSA Thamer Al-Ali
20 FW Saudi Arabia KSA Jaber Asiri
21 GK Saudi Arabia KSA Ayman Al-Hussaini
22 DF Saudi Arabia KSA Ali Makki
23 MF Australia AUS Craig Goodwin
24 MF Saudi Arabia KSA Abdulaziz Noor
27 DF Saudi Arabia KSA Islam Hawsawi
28 MF Saudi Arabia KSA Hussain Al-Eisa
34 GK Saudi Arabia KSA Mohammed Makbashi
35 MF Saudi Arabia KSA Yousef Al-Harbi
38 DF Saudi Arabia KSA Naif Kariri
47 GK Saudi Arabia KSA Ahmed Al-Rashidi
76 MF Morocco MAR Fayçal Fajr
80 FW Saudi Arabia KSA Yahya Al-Najei
87 MF Brazil BRA Anselmo
88 MF Saudi Arabia KSA Alaa Al-Hejji
90 MF Saudi Arabia KSA Hazzaa Al-Ghamdi

Out on loan

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
25 MF Saudi Arabia KSA Sattam Al-Tambakti (on loan to Al-Ain)
33 DF Saudi Arabia KSA Rakan Al-Harbi (on loan to Najran)
50 DF Saudi Arabia KSA Saad Al-Khayri (on loan to Al-Safa)
No. Pos. Nation Player
55 MF Saudi Arabia KSA Nawaf Hawsawi (on loan to Jeddah)
60 MF Saudi Arabia KSA Mohammed Al-Shalwi (on loan to Al-Entesar)
99 FW Saudi Arabia KSA Sultan Hawsawi (on loan to Al-Qaisumah)

Management staff
Position Name
ManagerGreece Giorgos Donis
Assistant ManagerGreece Makis Angelinas
Assistant ManagerSerbia Miodrag Medan
Goalkeeper CoachGreece Panagiotis Maliaritsis
Fitness CoachGreece Grigoris Georgitsas
Chief AnalystGreece Georgios Georgiadis
DoctorEgypt Dr Amr El Ashlam
PhysiotherapistGreece Dimitrios Konstantinopoulos
PhysiotherapistGreece Sokratis Kosidis
PhysiotherapistGreece Anastasios Ioannidis
Sports ScientistKosovo Rustem Gashi
Director of footballGreece Kyriakos Stefanidis
Technical DirectorGreece Charalambos Anastasiadis

Managerial history
  • Saudi Arabia Hassan Sultan (1955–1957)
  • Saudi Arabia Hassan Sultan (1965–1968)
  • Egypt Raafat Attia (1974–1975)
  • Tunisia Redha Al Sayeh (1976–1977)
  • Egypt Taha Ismail (1981–1983)
  • Tunisia Abdelmajid Chetali (1983–1985)
  • Saudi Arabia Khaled Al-Jizani (1985)
  • Egypt Mahmoud Abou-Regaila (1985–1986)
  • Brazil Jairzinho (1988–1989)
  • Egypt Mimi Abdelhamid (1989–1990)
  • France Pavle Dolezar (1995)
  • France Jean Fernandez (1997)
  • Brazil Gaúcho (1998–1999)
  • Romania Eugen Moldovan (1999–2000)
  • Saudi Arabia Khaled Al-Jizani (caretaker) (November 10, 1999 – November 27, 1999)
  • England David Roberts (November 27, 1999 – May 30, 2000)
  • Romania Dumitru Marcu (July 13, 2000 – March 2, 2001)
  • Tunisia Adel Latrach (March 2, 2001 – May 30, 2001)
  • Brazil Vantuir (July 5, 2001 – January 14, 2002)
  • Brazil Luis Carlos (January 14, 2002 – May 1, 2002)
  • Serbia and Montenegro Zoran Đorđević (August 1, 2002 – October 23, 2002)
  • Saudi Arabia Khalid Al-Koroni (October 23, 2002 – June 1, 2004)
  • Tunisia Lotfi Benzarti (July 1, 2004 – June 30, 2006)
  • Germany Theo Bücker (July 6, 2006 – May 31, 2007)
  • Netherlands Jan Versleijen (June 2, 2007 – February 19, 2008)
  • Saudi Arabia Khalid Al-Koroni (February 19, 2008 – May 1, 2008)
  • Germany Theo Bücker (July 1, 2008 – June 30, 2009)
  • Portugal Eurico Gomes (August 13, 2009 – June 30, 2010)
  • France Jean-Christian Lang (July 1, 2010 – December 23, 2010)
  • Egypt Mokhtar Mokhtar (December 25, 2010 – May 8, 2011)
  • Tunisia Lotfi Benzarti (May 8, 2011 – May 25, 2011)
  • Egypt Bashir Abdel Samad (May 26, 2011 – June 30, 2011)
  • Serbia Dragan Cvetković (August 21, 2011 – November 24, 2011)
  • Tunisia Adel Latrach (November 26, 2011 – February 16, 2012)
  • Egypt Bashir Abdel Samad (February 17, 2012 – August 30, 2012)
  • Tunisia Wajdi Essid (September 15, 2012 – January 26, 2013)
  • Tunisia Khalil Obaid (January 26, 2013 – April 27, 2013)
  • Romania Florin Cioroianu (July 21, 2013 – October 1, 2013)
  • Egypt Mohamed Salah (October 1, 2013 – March 1, 2014)
  • Tunisia Abderrazek Chebbi (March 1, 2014 – April 5, 2014)
  • Algeria Djamel Menad (June 7, 2014 – September 20, 2014)
  • Saudi Arabia Khalid Al-Koroni (September 22, 2014 – October 28, 2014)
  • Uruguay Juan Rodríguez (November 17, 2014 – October 30, 2015)
  • Algeria Kheïreddine Madoui (November 9, 2015 – December 9, 2016)
  • Egypt Adel Abdel Rahman (December 11, 2016 – May 5, 2017)
  • Tunisia Jameel Qassem (July 1, 2017 – May 5, 2018)
  • Brazil Fábio Carille (May 22, 2018 – December 13, 2018)
  • Egypt Mido (December 17, 2018 – March 19, 2019)
  • Argentina Juan Brown (March 20, 2019 – May 17, 2019)
  • Croatia Mario Cvitanović (July 2, 2019 – September 16, 2019)
  • Uruguay José Daniel Carreño (September 16, 2019 – August 19, 2020)
  • Saudi Arabia Essa Al-Mehyani (caretaker) (August 19, 2020 – September 9, 2020)
  • Portugal Ivo Vieira (September 10, 2020 – February 2, 2021)
  • Jordan Mahmoud Al-Hadid (February 2, 2021 – March 21, 2021)
  • Greece Giorgos Donis (March 23, 2021 – May 31, 2021)
  • Tunisia Habib Ben Romdhane (July 26, 2021 – June 1, 2022)
  • Bosnia and Herzegovina Bruno Akrapović (June 16, 2022 – October 20, 2022)
  • Chile José Luis Sierra (October 20, 2022 – June 1, 2023)
  • Greece Giorgos Donis (July 11, 2023 – Present)

See also
  • List of football clubs in Saudi Arabia

References
  1. "King Abdul Aziz Sport City Stadium". Saudi Pro League Statistics. Archived from the original on 16 August 2017. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
  2. "تاريخ نادي الوحدة" (in Arabic). Retrieved 2024-04-03.
  3. Ian King and Mohammed Qayed (14 May 2010). "Saudi Arabia – List of Cup Winners". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 3 August 2022. Retrieved 6 November 2011.
  4. "Al-Wehda squad". kooora. Archived from the original on 1 May 2018. Retrieved 26 July 2018.
  5. "Al-Wehda squad 2018–19 season". slstat. Archived from the original on 5 January 2020. Retrieved 26 July 2018.


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