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Association football club in Mecca, Saudi Arabia This article is about the Saudi football team. For other uses, see Al-Wahda (disambiguation). Football club

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) (as Al-Hizb)
1945; 79 years ago (1945) (as Al-Wehda)

Ground

King Abdulaziz Sports City

Capacity

38,000

President

Sultan Azhar

Head coach

Josef Zinnbauer

League

Saudi Pro League

2023–24

Pro League, 13th of 18

Website

alwehdaclub.sa

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. 'Unity Football Club') is a multi-sports club based in Mecca, Saudi Arabia.

History

founded in 1945, making it the 3rd oldest club in Saudi Arabia The football section plays in the Saudi Pro League. They also have a handball section.

If the club's establishment date is considered with the old name, this makes it the oldest club in the Kingdom.

Al-Wehda were the first ever winners of the King's Cup in 1957.

Honours

Saudi First Division League (tier 2)

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

King's Cup

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

Crown Prince's 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 1 June 2024

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	KSA	Abdullah Al-Owaishir (on loan from Al-Ettifaq)
2	DF	KSA	Saeed Al-Muwallad
4	MF	KSA	Waleed Bakshween
5	DF	MAR	Jawad El Yamiq
6	MF	ROU	Alexandru Crețu
8	MF	KSA	Alaa Al-Hejji
9	FW	NGA	Odion Ighalo
10	MF	CUW	Juninho Bacuna
11	MF	IRQ	Youssef Amyn
13	DF	KSA	Meshal Al-Alaeli (on loan from Al-Ettifaq)
14	DF	KSA	Bandar Darwish
16	MF	KSA	Nawaf Al-Azizi
17	DF	KSA	Abdullah Al-Hafith
18	MF	TUN	Saad Bguir


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
19	DF	KSA	Saad Al-Qahtani
21	GK	KSA	Abdulrahman Al-Shammari
22	DF	KSA	Ali Makki
23	MF	AUS	Craig Goodwin
24	MF	KSA	Abdulaziz Noor
28	MF	KSA	Hussain Al-Eisa
35	MF	MAR	Mohamed Al Makahasi
47	GK	KSA	Ahmed Al-Rashidi
49	DF	KSA	Ali Al-Salem
55	DF	KSA	Mohammed Al-Sufyani
71	GK	KSA	Abdullah Fallatah
77	FW	KSA	Mourad Khodari
80	FW	KSA	Yahya Al-Najei

Other players under contract

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
15	FW	KSA	Azzam Al-Bishi
29	MF	KSA	Sultan Al-Akouz
34	GK	KSA	Mohammed Makbashi


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
50	DF	KSA	Saad Al-Khayri
60	MF	KSA	Mohammed Al-Shalwi
—	MF	KSA	Wadhah Malik

Out on loan

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
25	MF	KSA	Sattam Al-Tambakti (on loan to Jeddah)


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

Coaching staff

Position	Name
Head coach	Josef Zinnbauer
Assistant head coach	Dragan Paljić
Goalkeeper coach	Michael Kraft
Fitness coach	Franck Plaine
Chief analyst	Saad Al-Dossari
Doctor	Fahad Al-Menhali
Physiotherapist	Mohammed Al-Shalwi
Sports scientist	Rustem Gashi
Director of football	Yassin Al-Zahrani
Technical Director	Hazim Al-Freej

Managerial history

Hassan Sultan (1955–1957)
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 – June 1, 2024)
Josef Zinnbauer (July 24, 2024 – )

References

"King Abdul Aziz Sport City Stadium". Saudi Pro League Statistics. Archived from the original on 16 August 2017. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
Al-Wehda 5th oldest club in Saudi Arabiahttps://makkahnewspaper.com/article/1116315/
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.
"Al-Wehda squad". kooora. Archived from the original on 1 May 2018. Retrieved 26 July 2018.
"Al-Wehda squad 2018–19 season". slstat. Archived from the original on 5 January 2020. Retrieved 26 July 2018.

External links

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Seasons

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1980s	1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90
1990s	1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000
2000s	2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10
2010s	2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20
2020s	2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25

Categories:

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Honours

International record

Current squad

Other players under contract

Out on loan

Coaching staff

Managerial history

See also

References

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