Al Wehda FC

This article is about the Saudi football team. For other uses, see Al-Wahda (disambiguation).

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. The football section plays in the Saudi Professional League. They also have a handball section.

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 (1945)
Ground	King Abdul Aziz Stadium
Capacity	38,000
President	Sultan Azhar
Manager	Al-Habib bin Ramadan
League	First Division League
2020–21	Pro League, 15th of 16 (relegated)
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours Third colours

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

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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

No Position Player Nation 1 GK Raghid Al-Najjar Saudi Arabia 2 DF Ali Makki Saudi Arabia 3 DF Abdulelah Bukhari Saudi Arabia 4 MF Waleed Bakshween Saudi Arabia 5 DF Soualio Ouattara Ivory Coast 7 MF Mishari Al-Qahtani Saudi Arabia 8 MF Alaa Al Hejji Saudi Arabia 9 FW Ousmane Barry Guinea 11 FW Thamer Al-Ali Saudi Arabia 12 DF Khaled Al-Sulami Saudi Arabia 13 GK Abdulquddus Atiah Saudi Arabia 14 DF Alberto Botía Spain 15 MF Azzam Al-Bishi Saudi Arabia 20 FW Jaber Asiri Saudi Arabia 21 GK Ayman Al-Hussaini Saudi Arabia 24 MF Mubarak Al-Sagoor Saudi Arabia 27 DF Islam Hawsawi Saudi Arabia 28 DF Hamad Al-Jayzani Saudi Arabia 29 MF Sultan Al-Akouz Saudi Arabia 31 DF Turki Al-Bakri Saudi Arabia 33 DF Rakan Al-Harbi Saudi Arabia 34 GK Mohammed Makbashi 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 74 MF Karim Yoda France 77 MF Ahmed Fallatah Saudi Arabia 88 FW Yahya Naji Saudi Arabia 90 MF Hazzaa Al-Ghamdi Saudi Arabia Unregistered players No Position Player Nation 91 MF Luisinho Brazil Out on loan No Position Player Nation 6 DF Abdullah Al-Hafith (on loan to Al-Ittihad) Saudi Arabia 10 MF Dimitri Petratos (on loan to Western Sydney Wanderers) Australia 35 MF Yousef Al-Harbi (on loan to Al-Fayha) Saudi Arabia 87 MF Anselmo (on loan to Al-Nassr) Brazil 99 FW Sultan Hawsawi (on loan to Jeddah) Saudi Arabia — MF Mohammed Al-Qarni (on loan to Al-Batin) Saudi Arabia — MF Craig Goodwin (on loan to Adelaide United) Australia — MF Abdulkareem Al-Qahtani (on loan to Al-Tai) Saudi Arabia — MF Hussain Al-Eisa (on loan to Al-Batin) Saudi Arabia

Managerial history

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

External links

• Official club website
• Al-Wehda Logo and mascot designer
• Profile's team - kooora.com