Al Wehda FC

Al-Wehda
Full nameAl-Wehda Football Club
NicknamesAl-Amid (The Chief) Al-mundiali (The Mundial)
Fursan Mecca (Knights of Mecca)
Al Mared Al Ahmar (The Red Giants)
Founded1916 (1916) (as Al-Hizb)
GroundKing Abdulaziz Sports City
Capacity38,000[1]
PresidentSultan Azhar
Head coachRusmir Cviko
LeagueSaudi First Division
2024–25Pro League, 16th of 18 (relegated)
Websitealwehdaclub.sa

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

Al-Wehda is the 5th oldest club in Saudi Arabia, founded in 1945,[2] but if the club's establishment date (1916) is considered with the old name, this makes it the oldest club in the Kingdom.[3]

The football section plays in the Saudi Pro League. They also have a handball section.

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

(Source:[4])

International record

Overview

As of 20 May 2021
Competition Pld W D L GF GA
AFC Champions League 1 0 1 0 1 1
Arab Club Champions Cup 6 3 1 2 24 8
TOTAL 7 3 2 2 25 9

Record by country

Country Pld W D L GF GA GD Win%
Algeria 4 1 1 2 5 8 −3 025.00
Djibouti 2 2 0 0 19 0 +19 100.00
Iraq 1 0 1 0 1 1 +0 000.00
TOTAL 7 3 2 2 25 9 +16 042.86

International record

Matches

Season Competition Round Club Home Away Aggregate
2007–08 Arab Champions League R32 Djibouti CDE-Colas 11–0 8−0 19–0
R16 Algeria ES Sétif 1–1 1−3 2–4
2008–09 Arab Champions League R32 Algeria USM Alger 3–1 0−3 3–4
2021 AFC Champions League PO Iraq Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 1–1 (2–3 p) 1–1 (2–3 p)

Current squad

As of 1 August 2025[5][6]

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
2 DF  KSA Saeed Al-Muwallad
3 DF  KSA Hani Al-Sebyani
4 MF  ALG Mehdi Boudjemaa
5 DF  ALG Farouk Chafaï
6 DF  KSA Rawaf Al-Moqaadi
7 DF  KSA Adil Khadhari
11 FW  MLI Demba Diallo
12 MF  KSA Abdulaziz Makin
13 DF  KSA Mohammed Al-Sufyani
14 DF  KSA Abdulmohsen Fallatah
15 DF  KSA Hattan Asiri
16 MF  KSA Nawaf Al-Azizi
17 FW  KSA Sattam Al-Lehiyani
18 MF  KSA Mohammed Al-Qunayan
20 MF  KSA Khalid Majrashi
22 MF  KSA Abdulwahed Al-Nakhli (on loan from Al-Najma)
23 MF  KSA Abdulaziz Majrashi
No. Pos. Nation Player
24 MF  KSA Salem Al-Moqaadi
26 MF  KSA Munther Al-Nakhli (on loan from Al-Bukiryah)
28 FW  NOR Bjørn Maars Johnsen
29 MF  KSA Fahad Al-Taleb
30 MF  EGY Hazem Ismail
32 DF  KSA Masoud Bakheet
44 GK  KSA Abdulrahman Al-Shammari
47 GK  KSA Ahmed Al-Rashidi
53 DF  IRQ Ali Adnan
55 DF  KSA Saad Al-Qahtani
60 GK  KSA Khaled Al-Sherif
70 DF  KSA Ahmed Al-Muwallad
77 FW  KSA Murad Khadhari
79 MF  KSA Salman Al-Moasher
87 DF  KSA Ridha Amidou
88 GK  KSA Sultan Al-Harbi
90 MF  KSA Ammar Al-Najjar (on loan from Al-Najma)
99 FW  KSA Saif Al-Omari

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
33 DF  KSA Rakan Al-Harbi
No. Pos. Nation Player
— DF  KSA Bandar Darwish

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
49 DF  KSA Ali Al-Salem (on loan to Al-Khaleej)

Coaching staff

Position Name
Head coach Bosnia and Herzegovina Rusmir Cviko
Assistant coach Bosnia and Herzegovina Bakir Serbo
Egypt Mahmoud Abbas
Saudi Arabia Osama Barnawi
Goalkeeper coach Bosnia and Herzegovina Elvis Karic
Chief analyst Saudi Arabia Saad Al-Dossari
Doctor Saudi Arabia Fahad Al-Menhali
Physiotherapist Saudi Arabia Mohammed Al-Shalwi
Sports scientist Kosovo Rustem Gashi
Director of football Saudi Arabia Yassin Al-Zahrani
Technical director Saudi Arabia Hazim Al-Freej

Managerial history

  • Saudi Arabia Hassan Sultan (1955–1957)
  • Saudi Arabia Hassan Sultan (1965–1968)
  • Egypt Raafat Attia (1974–1975)
  • Tunisia Redha Al Sayeh (1976–1977)
  • Egypt Taha Ismail (1981–1983)
  • Tunisia Abdelmajid Chetali (1983–1985)
  • Saudi Arabia Khaled Al-Jizani (1985)
  • Egypt Mahmoud Abou-Regaila (1985–1986)
  • Brazil Jairzinho (1988–1989)
  • Egypt Mimi Abdelhamid (1989–1990)
  • France Pavle Dolezar (1995)
  • France Jean Fernandez (1997)
  • Brazil Gaúcho (1998–1999)
  • Romania Eugen Moldovan (1999–2000)
  • Saudi Arabia Khaled Al-Jizani (caretaker) (November 10, 1999 – November 27, 1999)
  • England David Roberts (November 27, 1999 – May 30, 2000)
  • Romania Dumitru Marcu (July 13, 2000 – March 2, 2001)
  • Tunisia Adel Latrach (March 2, 2001 – May 30, 2001)
  • Brazil Vantuir (July 5, 2001 – January 14, 2002)
  • Brazil Luis Carlos (January 14, 2002 – May 1, 2002)
  • Serbia and Montenegro Zoran Đorđević (August 1, 2002 – October 23, 2002)
  • Saudi Arabia Khalid Al-Koroni (October 23, 2002 – June 1, 2004)
  • Tunisia Lotfi Benzarti (July 1, 2004 – June 30, 2006)
  • Germany Theo Bücker (July 6, 2006 – May 31, 2007)
  • Netherlands Jan Versleijen (June 2, 2007 – February 19, 2008)
  • Saudi Arabia Khalid Al-Koroni (February 19, 2008 – May 1, 2008)
  • Germany Theo Bücker (July 1, 2008 – June 30, 2009)
  • Portugal Eurico Gomes (August 13, 2009 – June 30, 2010)
  • France Jean-Christian Lang (July 1, 2010 – December 23, 2010)
  • Egypt Mokhtar Mokhtar (December 25, 2010 – May 8, 2011)
  • Tunisia Lotfi Benzarti (May 8, 2011 – May 25, 2011)
  • Egypt Bashir Abdel Samad (May 26, 2011 – June 30, 2011)
  • Serbia Dragan Cvetković (August 21, 2011 – November 24, 2011)
  • Tunisia Adel Latrach (November 26, 2011 – February 16, 2012)
  • Egypt Bashir Abdel Samad (February 17, 2012 – August 30, 2012)
  • Tunisia Wajdi Essid (September 15, 2012 – January 26, 2013)
  • Tunisia Khalil Obaid (January 26, 2013 – April 27, 2013)
  • Romania Florin Cioroianu (July 21, 2013 – October 1, 2013)
  • Egypt Mohamed Salah (October 1, 2013 – March 1, 2014)
  • Tunisia Abderrazek Chebbi (March 1, 2014 – April 5, 2014)
  • Algeria Djamel Menad (June 7, 2014 – September 20, 2014)
  • Saudi Arabia Khalid Al-Koroni (September 22, 2014 – October 28, 2014)
  • Uruguay Juan Rodríguez (November 17, 2014 – October 30, 2015)
  • Algeria Kheïreddine Madoui (November 9, 2015 – December 9, 2016)
  • Egypt Adel Abdel Rahman (December 11, 2016 – May 5, 2017)
  • Tunisia Jameel Qassem (July 1, 2017 – May 5, 2018)
  • Brazil Fábio Carille (May 22, 2018 – December 13, 2018)
  • Egypt Mido (December 17, 2018 – March 19, 2019)
  • Argentina Juan Brown (March 20, 2019 – May 17, 2019)
  • Croatia Mario Cvitanović (July 2, 2019 – September 16, 2019)
  • Uruguay José Daniel Carreño (September 16, 2019 – August 19, 2020)
  • Saudi Arabia Essa Al-Mehyani (caretaker) (August 19, 2020 – September 9, 2020)
  • Portugal Ivo Vieira (September 10, 2020 – February 2, 2021)
  • Jordan Mahmoud Al-Hadid (February 2, 2021 – March 21, 2021)
  • Greece Georgios Donis (March 23, 2021 – May 31, 2021)
  • Tunisia Habib Ben Romdhane (July 26, 2021 – June 1, 2022)
  • Bosnia and Herzegovina Bruno Akrapović (June 16, 2022 – October 20, 2022)
  • Chile José Luis Sierra (October 20, 2022 – June 1, 2023)
  • Greece Georgios Donis (July 11, 2023 – June 1, 2024)
  • Germany Josef Zinnbauer (July 24, 2024 – November 15, 2024)
  • Egypt Mahmoud Abbas (caretaker) (November 15, 2024 – November 27, 2024)
  • Uruguay José Daniel Carreño (November 27, 2024 – June 1, 2025)
  • Chile José Luis Sierra (September 1, 2025 – November 2, 2025)
  • Egypt Mahmoud Abbas (caretaker) (November 2, 2025 – December 15, 2025)
  • Bosnia and Herzegovina Rusmir Cviko (December 15, 2025 – present)

See also

  • List of football clubs in Saudi Arabia

References

  1. ^ "King Abdul Aziz Sport City Stadium". Saudi Pro League Statistics. Archived from the original on 16 August 2017. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
  2. ^ "الوحدة من حلم عمادة التأسيس إلى الخامس" (in Arabic). makkahnewspaper.com. 13 November 2019.
  3. ^ أكشن مع وليد (2022-06-07). #وليد_الفراج: متى تأسس نادي الوحدة ؟ سلطان أزهر - رئيس نادي #الوحدة: 1916 م. Retrieved 2025-06-20 – via YouTube.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ "Al-Wehda squad". kooora. Archived from the original on 1 May 2018. Retrieved 26 July 2018.
  6. ^ "Al-Wehda squad 2018–19 season". slstat. Archived from the original on 5 January 2020. Retrieved 26 July 2018.
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