Al Wehda FC explained

Al-Wehda FC (ar|نادي الوحدة لكرة القدم|Nādī al-Waḥdah li-kurat al-qadam|lit=Unity Football Club) is a multi-sports club based Mecca, Saudi Arabia.

History

founded in 1945, making it the 3rd oldest club in Saudi Arabia^[2] 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 (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'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:^[3])

Current squad

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Out on loan

Management 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 –)

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

• List of football clubs in Saudi Arabia

External links

• • Al-Wehda Logo and mascot designer
• Profile's team – kooora.com

Notes and References

1. Web site: King Abdul Aziz Sport City Stadium. Saudi Pro League Statistics. 30 December 2015. 16 August 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170816235251/http://www.slstat.com/spl2015-2016en/stadium.php?id=10. live.
2. Al-Wehda 5th oldest club in Saudi Arabiahttps://makkahnewspaper.com/article/1116315/
3. Web site: Saudi Arabia – List of Cup Winners. Ian King and Mohammed Qayed. 14 May 2010. RSSSF. 6 November 2011. 3 August 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220803151707/https://www.rsssf.org/tabless/saucuphist.html. live.
4. Web site: Al-Wehda squad. kooora. 26 July 2018. 1 May 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180501045605/http://www.kooora.com/?team=740. live.
5. Web site: Al-Wehda squad 2018–19 season. slstat. 26 July 2018. 5 January 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200105151415/http://slstat.com/spl2018-2019ar/team.php?id=6. live.