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Al Wehda FC

Al-Wehda

Full name	Al-Wehda Football Club
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[1]
President	Sultan Azhar
Manager	Vacant
League	Saudi Pro League
2022–23	Pro League, 13th of 16
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours Third colours
Current season

Al-Wehda FC (Arabic: نادي الوحدة لكرة القدم, romanized: Nādī al-Waḥdah li-kurat al-qadam, lit. 'Union Football 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.

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])

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)

As of 1 June 2024^[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 2 DF  KSA Saeed Al-Muwallad 4 MF  KSA Waleed Bakshween 5 DF  MAR Jawad El Yamiq 6 DF  CRC Óscar Duarte 7 FW  NED Vito van Crooij 9 FW  NGA Odion Ighalo 11 MF  KSA Sultan Al-Akouz 12 MF  KSA Abdulkareem Al-Qahtani 13 GK  KSA Abdulquddus Atiah 14 MF  KSA Wadhah Malik 15 FW  KSA Azzam Al-Bishi 16 MF  KSA Nawaf Al-Azizi 17 DF  KSA Abdullah Al-Hafith 19 FW  KSA Thamer Al-Ali

No. Pos. Nation Player 22 DF  KSA Ali Makki 23 MF  AUS Craig Goodwin 24 MF  KSA Abdulaziz Noor 25 MF  KSA Sattam Al-Tambakti 28 MF  KSA Hussain Al-Eisa 34 GK  KSA Mohammed Makbashi 47 GK  KSA Ahmed Al-Rashidi 50 DF  KSA Saad Al-Khayri 60 MF  KSA Mohammed Al-Shalwi 76 MF  MAR Fayçal Fajr 80 FW  KSA Yahya Al-Najei 87 MF  BRA Anselmo 88 MF  KSA Alaa Al-Hejji 99 FW  KSA Sultan Hawsawi

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 33 DF  KSA Rakan Al-Harbi (on loan to Al-Bukiryah)

Position	Name
Manager	Vacant
Assistant Managers	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

Hassan Sultan (1965–1968)

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)

Khaled Al-Jizani (caretaker) (November 10, 1999 – November 27, 1999)

David Roberts (November 27, 1999 – May 30, 2000)

Dumitru Marcu (July 13, 2000 – March 2, 2001)

Adel Latrach (March 2, 2001 – May 30, 2001)

Vantuir (July 5, 2001 – January 14, 2002)

Luis Carlos (January 14, 2002 – May 1, 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)

Habib Ben Romdhane (July 26, 2021 – June 1, 2022)

Bruno Akrapović (June 16, 2022 – October 20, 2022)

José Luis Sierra (October 20, 2022 – June 1, 2023)

Giorgos Donis (July 11, 2023 – Present)

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