Al Wehda FC
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.[2] The football section plays in the Saudi Professional League.[3] They also have a handball section.
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| Full name | Al-Wehda Football Club | |||
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| Nickname(s) | Fursan Mecca (Knights of Mecca) Al Mared Al Ahmar (The Red Giant) | |||
| Founded | 1945 | |||
| Ground | King Abdul Aziz Stadium | |||
| Capacity | 38,000[1] | |||
| President | Sultan Azhar | |||
| Manager | Al-Habib bin Ramadan | |||
| League | First Division League | |||
| 2020–21 | Pro League, 15th of 16 (relegated) | |||
| Website | Club website | |||
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Honours
Saudi First Division (Level 2)
- Winners (2): 1957, 1966
- Runners-up (5): 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1970
- Winners (1): 1959–60
- Runners-up (5): 1958–59, 1963–64, 1969–70, 1972–73, 2010–11
(Source:[4])
International record
| Season | Competition | Round | Opponent | Home | Away | Aggregate |
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| 2021 | AFC Champions League | Play-off round |  Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya |
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Current squad
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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)
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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 – )
References
- "King Abdul Aziz Sport City Stadium". Saudi Pro League Statistics. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
- Saudi Arabian, Football Federation Official Website. "Saudi Arabian Football Federation Official Website". Saudi Arabian Football Federation Official Website. Saudi Arabian Football Federation. Archived from the original on 2021-09-15. Retrieved 7 September 2021.
- "Al Wahda FC (Mecca)". Soccerway. Global Sports Media. Retrieved 6 November 2011.
- Ian King and Mohammed Qayed (14 May 2010). "Saudi Arabia - List of Cup Winners". RSSSF. Retrieved 6 November 2011.
- "Al-Wehda squad". kooora. Retrieved 26 July 2018.
- "Al-Wehda squad 2018-19 season". slstat. Retrieved 26 July 2018.
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