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
1 GK Nahar Al-Yami  Saudi Arabia
2 DF Hadi Yahya  Saudi Arabia
3 DF Ibrahim Al-Jadaani  Saudi Arabia
4 DF Hossam Al-Khalid  Saudi Arabia
5 DF Mansor Sharahili  Saudi Arabia
7 MF Shadi Al-Zahrani  Saudi Arabia
8 MF Morad Al-Qaisi  Saudi Arabia
9 FW Khaled Al-Qurashi  Saudi Arabia
10 MF Achraf Ben Dhiaf  Tunisia
11 FW Mohammed Al-Thobaiti  Saudi Arabia
14 MF Abdulaziz Al-Eisa  Saudi Arabia
15 MF Yahya Oun  Saudi Arabia
20 MF Khaled Al-Hossaini  Saudi Arabia
22 MF Khaled Gharsellaoui  Tunisia
25 DF Ibrahim Assiri  Saudi Arabia
27 DF Ahmed Al-Qurashi  Saudi Arabia
30 GK Suliman Sofyani  Saudi Arabia
32 DF Wael Al-Tas  Saudi Arabia
33 GK Hassan Moamenah  Saudi Arabia
41 MF Abdullah Al-Damak  Saudi Arabia
42 MF Thamer Al-Harbi  Saudi Arabia
55 DF Ghassan Al-Qurashi  Saudi Arabia
66 MF Hassan Hawsawi  Saudi Arabia
70 FW Mazen Al-Johani  Saudi Arabia
80 MF Turki Al-Sohaymi  Saudi Arabia
97 DF Muaid Moaafa  Saudi Arabia
99 FW Mohamed Salem Dianos (on loan from Al-Kholood)  Mauritania

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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