Al-Wehdat SC

Al-Wehdat Sports Club (Arabic: نادي الوحدات الرياضي‎) is a Jordanian sports club founded in 1956. The club is based in and represents the Amman New Camp, a Palestinian refugee camp which is also known as Al-Wehdat. Al-Wehdat's home games are played at King Abdullah II Stadium (cap. 13,000), also known as the Stadium of fire and victory. There are several other sports offered in the club, such as volleyball, and basketball.

Al-Wehdat SC
Full nameAl-Wehdat Sports Club
Nickname(s)المارد الأخضر
(The Green Giant)
Short nameWEH
WDT
Founded1956 (1956), as Al-Wehdat Youth Center
GroundKing Abdullah II Stadium
Capacity13,000[1]
ChairmanBashar Al-Hawamdeh
ManagerAbdullah Abu Zema
LeagueJordan League
2018–193rd
WebsiteClub website
Active departments of Al-Wehdat
Football Basketball Volleyball

History

The club was founded in 1956[2] under the name Al-Wehdat Youth Center. In 1974, they changed their name to Al-Wehdat Sports Club and have been called that since then (with the exception of 1986-1988 when it was named Al-Diffatain Sports Club.)

Al-Wehdat has 50 local trophies from 1975 and appears in 11 AFC Cup but did not achieve the title. Al-Wehdat won the second division in 1975 and were promoted to the first division for the first time ever, but were relegated in their first season. The next season, the club was promoted again and has not been relegated since then. Through these 10 years Al-Wehdat won the league 6 times and many other trophies. Since 2005, Al-Faisaly won the league 4 times which made Al-Wehdat the dominant team in Jordanian football.

Colours

Ever since the club's foundation, the traditional and primary colors of Al-Wehdat are green and red. The kit has varied over the years. Currently the away kit is a full white. The home kit however is a green top with white socks and red shorts.

Al Quwaysimah incident

After a 1–0 win in the Derby of Jordan versus Al-Faisaly on 10 December 2010, rioting broke out following the game between rival Amman clubs. Some Al-Faisaly fans threw bottles at Al-Wehdat players and their fans. About 250 people were injured. 243 of them Al-Wehdat fans, according to senior officials from the hospitals. A similar riot occurred in 2009.[3]

Honours

Source:[4]

League

Cups
1982, 1985, 1988–1989, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2008–2009, 2009–2010, 2010–2011, 2013–2014
1982, 1983, 1988, 1995, 2002, 2004, 2008, 2010, 2017, 2020 (record)
1989, 1992, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2005, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2014, 2018

Performance in AFC and UAFA competitions
1995: First round
2002–03: Preliminary round 2
2015: Preliminary round 2
2016: Play-off round
2017: Play-off round
2019: Preliminary round 1
2006: Semi-finals
2007: Semi-finals
2008: Group stage
2009: Group stage
2010: Group stage
2011: Semi-finals
2012: Quarter-finals
2015: Round of 16
2016: Round of 16
2017: Zonal semi-finals
2019: Zonal semi-finals
  • AFC Cup Winners Cup: 2 Appearances
2000–01: Quarter-finals
2001–02: Second round
  • Arab Club Champions Cup / Arab Champions League: 10 Appearances
1988: Preliminary round
1995: Group stage
1996: Group stage
1997: Group stage
1998: Group stage
1999: Group stage
2003–04: Second round
2005–06: Semi-finals
2007–08: Round of 16
2008–09: Quarter-finals

IFFHS Rankings

Players

First-team squad
As of the 2020 season.[6]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK  JOR Ahmed Abdel-Sattar
2 DF  JOR Feras Shelbaieh (4th captain)
3 DF  JOR Abdullah Naseeb
4 DF  JOR Mohammad Al-Dmeiri (captain)
5 DF  JOR Yazan Al-Arab
6 MF  JOR Ahmad Tannous
7 FW  JOR Ibrahim Al-Jawabreh
9 FW  TUN Hichem Essifi
10 MF  JOR Saleh Rateb
11 MF  JOR Ahmad Elias (vice-captain)
16 MF  JOR Yazan Thalji
17 MF  JOR Rajaei Ayed
No. Pos. Nation Player
18 DF  JOR Tareq Khattab (3rd captain)
20 FW  JOR Shaher Shelbaieh
21 FW  SEN Abdou Aziz Ndiaye
23 MF  JOR Ahmad Tha'er
26 DF  JOR Daniel Afaneh
29 MF  JOR Mohanad Simreen
30 MF  SYR Fahd Youssef
66 DF  JOR Salim Obaid
77 MF  JOR Fadi Awad
88 GK  JOR Feras Saleh
90 MF  JOR Ahmed Samir
99 GK  JOR Abdallah Al-Fakhouri

Under-20s

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
— GK  JOR Mohammad Irshidat
— DF  JOR Jafar Al-Najjar
— DF  JOR Mohammad Hisham
— DF  JOR Tha'er Simreen
— MF  JOR Hamza Al-Mardi
— MF  JOR Jafar Al-Mahsiri
No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF  JOR Malek Allan
— MF  JOR Moaz Al-Amouri
— MF  JOR Mohammad Abu Taha
— MF  JOR Moheisen Abu Jableh
— MF  JOR Tha'er Al-Dirabany

Out on loan

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
— DF  JOR Adham Al-Qureishi (at Al-Salt until 31 December 2020)
— DF  JOR Tariq Nabil (at Sahab until 31 December 2020)
— MF  JOR Ahmad Al-Tarify (at Shabab Al-Aqaba until 31 December 2020)
— MF  JOR Anas Al-Awadat (at Al-Jazeera until 30 June 2020)
No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF  JOR Khader Al-Haj (at Al-Jazeera until 31 December 2020)
— MF  JOR Moaz Al-Qadi (at Mughier Al-Sarhan until 31 December 2020)
— MF  JOR Yazan Shawkat (at Al-Baqa'a until 31 December 2021)
— FW  JOR Ibrahim Al-Mashaleh (at That Ras until 31 December 2020)

Personnel

Technical staff

Source:[7]

Position Name
Head coach Abdullah Abu Zema
Director general Marwan Al-Shamali
Assistant coach Amjad Al-Taher
Assistant coach Ghiath Al-Tamimi
Goalkeeping coach Ali Mahmoud
Fitness coach Mohammad Abdelrahman
Massuer Mohammad Shkleh
Physiotherapist Ma'mun Harb

Source:

Management
Position Name
President Bashar Al-Hawamdeh
Vice-president Ghasab Khalil
Members Ziad Shelbaieh
Abdelrahman Al-Najjar
Awad Al-Asmar
Basam Shelbaieh
Naser Doghmesh
Khaled Abu Quta
Waleed Al-Saoudi
Abdelhakem Al-Sinawy

Source:

Managerial history

Last update: 30 May 2019[8]

 
Name Nationality Years
Fat'hi Keshek 1976–1979
Ezzat Hamza 1979–1980
Othman Al-Qurayni 1980–1981
Fat'hi Keshek 1981–1982
Vojo Gardašević 1983–1985
Math'har Al-Saeed 1985–1986
Vojo Gardašević 1986–1987
Mohammed Mustafa 1987–1988
Ezzat Hamza 1988–1989
Wathiq Naji 1989–1991
Mohammed Mustafa 1991–1992
Mohammed Thamer 1992–1993
Nazar Ashraf 1993–1994
Yuve 1994–1995
Kadhim Khalaf 1995–1996
Wathiq Naji 1996
Ali Kadhim 1996
Kadhim Khalaf 1996–1997
Anwar Jassim 1997
Mohammed Mustafa 1997
Badr Al-Khatib 1997–1998
Anwar Jassim 1998
Hassan Farhan 1998–1999
Ezzat Hamza 1999–2000
Kadhim Khalaf 2000
Nazar Ashraf 2000–2001
Mohammed Mustafa 2001
Druvko 2001
  
Name Nationality Years
Miroslav Maksimović 2001–2002
Amer Jamil 2002
Hisham Abdul-Munam 2002
Nader Zatar 2002
Issa Al-Turk 2002–2003
Nader Zatar 2003–2004
Mohammed Omar 2004–2005
Kes 2005
Adil Yousuf 2005–2006
Tha'er Jassam 2006–2007
Mohammed Omar 2007
Akram Ahmad Salman 2008–2009
Jamal Mahmoud 2009
Omar Meziane 2009
Tha'er Jassam 2009–2010
Dragan Talajić 2010–2011
Mohammed Qwayed 2011–2012
Hisham Abdul-Munam 2012
Branko Smiljanić 2012
Mohammed Omar 2012–2013
Abdullah Abu Zema 2013–2015
Emad Khankan 2015
Akram Ahmad Salman 2015
Ra'ed Assaf 2016
Adnan Hamad 2016–2017
Jamal Mahmoud 2017–2018
Kais Yâakoubi 2018–2019
Abdullah Abu Zema 2019–

Kit manufacturers and shirt sponsors
 
Period Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
1980–1982 Adidas None
1982–1984 Puma
1984–1986 Under Armour
1986–1988 Adidas
1988–1991 Diadora
1991–1992 Umbro Pepsi
1992–1993 Under Armour National Paints
1993–1998 Diadora None
1998–1999 Pepsi
1999–2002 Adidas
2002–2004 Mobilecom
2004–2007 Fastlink
2007–2010 Diadora Zain
2010–2012 Adidas
2012–2014 Uhlsport
2014–2015 Errea
2015–2017 Jako
2017–2018 Givova Umniah
2019 Joma
2020– Jako

Supporters and rivalries

Fans

Al Wehdat has one of the largest number of fans in Jordan and the club has fans in almost every city in Jordan. There are about 3 million Al Wehdat fans in Jordan. The fan's most popular chant is "Allah, Wehdat, Al Quds Arabiya" (God, Wehdat, Jerusalem is Arabian).[9] Al-Wehdat has an ultras named Wehdaty Group (WG) that was founded on 13 September 2012. Their motto is "We support until death".[10]

Derby of Jordan

Derby of Jordan is a football traditional game between Al-Wehdat and Al-Faisaly. These games receive great interest among the sports community on the Domestic and Arab level due to its intensity and a long history between the two teams. According to Al Jazeera, supporters of Al-Wehdat are generally of Palestinian origin, while Faisaly fans are of Jordanian origin. The Derby is as known for its intensity on the pitch as it is for the tensions off the pitch. The two clubs first met on 28 November 1976. [11]

# Tournament Al-Faisaly Wins Al-Wehdat Wins Draws Total Al-Faishaly Goals Al-Wehdat Goals
1 Premier League 29 29 26 84 76 82
2 FA Cup 8 8 7 23 38 37
3 FA Shield 9 6 2 17 30 24
4 Super Cup 5 5 2 12 13 13
5 AFC Cup 2 0 2 4 5 3
6 Total 53 48 39 140 162 159
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References
  1. FIFA.com. "FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup Uruguay 2018 - Amman - FIFA.com". FIFA.com.
  2. Tuastad, Dag (2 May 2010). "Al-Wihdat: The Pride of the Palestinians in Jordan". Washington, DC: Middle East Institute. Retrieved 28 January 2018.
  3. "Rival Jordan football fans clash". Al Jazeera. 11 December 2010. Retrieved 28 January 2018.
  4. "History". Al Wehdat Club. nd. Retrieved 28 January 2018.
  5. "Club World Ranking by footballdatabase". footballdatabase. 31 October 2019.
  6. "فريق: الوحدات". m.kooora.com.
  7. "The team". KOOORA. nd. Retrieved 28 January 2018.
  8. "هؤلاء من درّبوا الوحدات عبر التاريخ". alweehdat.net. Retrieved 21 February 2013.
  9. Montague, James (28 October 2008). "No place like home as Palestine redefine the meaning of winning". theguardian.com. The Guardian. Retrieved 11 March 2015.
  10. "وراء كل صورة حكاية .... مجموعة وحداتي .... - ::.. منتديات جماهير الوحدات ..::". www.alweehdat.net.
  11. http://jo.gitsport.net/?p=5940
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