Al-Wehda FC ( ar, نادي الوحدة, nādī al-waḥda, Union Club) is a
multi-sports club
A sports club or sporting club, sometimes an athletics club or sports society or sports association, is a group of people formed for the purpose of playing sports.
Sports clubs range from organisations whose members play together, unpaid, and ...
from
Mecca
Mecca (; officially Makkah al-Mukarramah, commonly shortened to Makkah ()) is a city and administrative center of the Mecca Province of Saudi Arabia, and the holiest city in Islam. It is inland from Jeddah on the Red Sea, in a narrow val ...
,
Saudi Arabia
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, founded in 1916, making it the third oldest club in Saudi Arabia. The
football section plays in the
Saudi Professional League
The Saudi Pro League (SPL for short) ( ar, دوري المحترفين السعودي, link=no, ''Dawriyy al-Muḥtarifayni as-Suʿūdī''), known as the Roshn Saudi League (RSL for short) for sponsorship reasons, is the top division of associat ...
. They also have a
handball section.
Honours
Saudi First Division
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(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
The King Cup (sometimes spelled King's), officially known as The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques' Cup ( ar, كأس خادم الحرمين الشريفين), is the Saudi Arabian football knockout cup competition, run by the Saudi Arabian Foot ...
*Winners (2): 1957, 1966
*Runners-up (5): 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1970
Crown Prince Cup
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*Winners (1): 1959–60
*Runners-up (5): 1958–59, 1963–64, 1969–70, 1972–73,
2010–11
(Source:)
International record
Current squad
Out on loan
Managerial history
*
Hassan Sultan (1955–1957)
*
Hassan Sultan (1965–1968)
*
Raafat Attia
Raafat Attia ( ar, رأفت عطية, 6 February 1934 – 21 July 1978) was an Egyptian footballer who played as a forward for Al Ittihad Alexandria and Zamalek. He also managed Saudi Arabian club Al-Wehda in 1976. He also played for the ...
(1974–1975)
* Redha Al Sayeh (1976–1977)
*
Taha Ismail
Taha Ismail ( ar, طه اسماعيل; born 8 February 1939) is an Egyptian former footballer who played as a forward for Al-Ahly and the Egypt national team. He represented his country in the 1964 Summer Olympics.
After retiring, Ismail tran ...
(1981–1983)
*
Abdelmajid Chetali (1983–1985)
*
Khaled Al-Jizani (1985)
*
Mahmoud Abou-Regaila (1985–1986)
*
Jairzinho
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(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
Adel may refer to:
Places United States
* Adel, Georgia
* Adel, Indiana
* Adel, Iowa
* Adel Township, Dallas County, Iowa
* Adel, Oklahoma
* Adel, Oregon
* Adel Mountains Volcanic Field, West-central Montana
Elsewhere
* Adelaide, Austr ...
(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
Lotfi Benzarti is a Tunisian football manager.
References
Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
Tunisian football managers
Al Wehda FC managers
Al-Khaleej FC managers
Najran SC managers
Baniyas SC managers
Al Khar ...
(July 1, 2004 – June 30, 2006)
*
Theo Bücker
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Coaching career
Return to Lebanon
On 8 August 2011, Bücker w ...
(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
Johannes Theodor "Theo" Bücker (born 10 July 1948) is a German football manager and a former player, who is the current coach of the under-15 team of Lebanese club Athletico SC.
Coaching career
Return to Lebanon
On 8 August 2011, Bücker w ...
(July 1, 2008 – June 30, 2009)
*
Eurico Gomes
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(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
Lotfi Benzarti is a Tunisian football manager.
References
Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
Tunisian football managers
Al Wehda FC managers
Al-Khaleej FC managers
Najran SC managers
Baniyas SC managers
Al Khar ...
(May 8, 2011 – May 25, 2011)
*
Bashir Abdel Samad (May 26, 2011 – June 30, 2011)
*
Dragan Cvetković
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He coached Étoile du Sahel.
In June 2016 he became coach of Limoges FC
Limoges Football ...
(August 21, 2011 – November 24, 2011)
*
Adel Latrach
Adel may refer to:
Places United States
* Adel, Georgia
* Adel, Indiana
* Adel, Iowa
* Adel Township, Dallas County, Iowa
* Adel, Oklahoma
* Adel, Oregon
* Adel Mountains Volcanic Field, West-central Montana
Elsewhere
* Adelaide, Austr ...
(November 26, 2011 – February 16, 2012)
*
Bashir Abdel Samad (February 17, 2012 – August 30, 2012)
*
Wajdi Essid
Wajdi Essid is a Tunisian football manager
Management (or managing) is the administration of an organization, whether it is a business, a nonprofit organization, or a government body. It is the art and science of managing resources of the bus ...
(September 15, 2012 – January 26, 2013)
*
Khalil Obaid (January 26, 2013 – April 27, 2013)
*
Florin Cioroianu (July 21, 2013 – October 1, 2013)
*
Mohamed Salah
Mohamed Salah Hamed Mahrous Ghaly ( ar, محمد صلاح حامد محروس غالي, ; born 15 June 1992), also known as Mo Salah, is an Egyptian professional footballer who plays as a forward for club Liverpool and captains the Egypt ...
(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
Hosny Adel Abdel Rahman (born December 11, 1967) is an Egyptian professional football coach and former player. He was previously the manager of Al-Ittihad, Al-Shabab, Al-Batin
Bāṭin or baten ( ar, باطن) literally means "inner", "inw ...
(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
Ivo Ricardo Abreu Vieira (born 10 January 1976) is a Portuguese former footballer who played as a defender, currently head coach of Brazilian club Cuiabá.
He spent his entire playing career with Nacional, where he also began his manageria ...
(September 10, 2020 – February 2, 2021)
*
Mahmoud Al-Hadid
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...
(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 – ''Present'')
See also
References
External links
Official club websiteAl-Wehda Logo and mascot designerProfile's team– ''kooora.com''
Sport in Mecca
Sports clubs established in 1945
Saudi Arabian handball clubs
Football clubs in Mecca
Wehda
1945 establishments in Saudi Arabia
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