Al-Wehda FC () is a
multi-sports club based in
Mecca
Mecca, officially Makkah al-Mukarramah, is the capital of Mecca Province in the Hejaz region of western Saudi Arabia; it is the Holiest sites in Islam, holiest city in Islam. It is inland from Jeddah on the Red Sea, in a narrow valley above ...
,
Saudi Arabia
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.
History
Al-Wehda 5th oldest club in Saudi Arabia
https://makkahnewspaper.com/article/1116315/ The
football
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section plays in the
Saudi Pro League
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. They also have a
handball
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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
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(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
Events January
* January 1 – The Saarland joins West Germany.
* January 3 – Hamilton Watch Company introduces the first electric watch.
* January 5 – South African player Russell Endean becomes the first batsman to be Dismissal (cricke ...
,
1966
Events January
* January 1 – In a coup, Colonel Jean-Bédel Bokassa takes over as military ruler of the Central African Republic, ousting President David Dacko.
* January 3 – 1966 Upper Voltan coup d'état: President Maurice Yaméogo i ...
*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
(Source:)
International record
Current squad
Other players under contract
Out on loan
Coaching staff
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
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(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 – November 15, 2024)
* Mahmoud Abbas
(caretaker) (November 15, 2024 – November 27, 2024)
*
José Daniel Carreño (November 27, 2024 – )
See also
https://makkahnewspaper.com/article/1116315/%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D9%84%D8%B9%D8%A8/%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%88%D8%AD%D8%AF%D8%A9-%D9%85%D9%86-%D8%AD%D9%84%D9%85-%D8%B9%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%AF%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA%D8%A3%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%B3-%D8%A5%D9%84%D9%89-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AE%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%B3
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List of football clubs in Saudi Arabia
References
External links
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Al-Wehda Logo and mascot designerProfile's team– ''kooora.com''
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Sport in Mecca
Sports clubs and teams established in 1916
Handball clubs in Saudi Arabia
Football clubs in Mecca Province
Football clubs in Saudi Arabia