Al-Wehda Club (Mecca)

Al-Wehda Club (Arabic: نادي الوحدة‎) is a multi-sports club from Mecca, Saudi Arabia, founded in 1945. The football section plays in the Saudi Professional League.[2] They also have a handball section.

Al-Wehda Club

Full name	Al-Wehda Football Club
Nickname(s)	Fursan Mecca (Knights of Mecca) Al Mared Al Ahmar (The Red Giant)
Founded	1945 (1945)
Ground	King Abdul Aziz Stadium
Capacity	38,000[1]
President	Sultan Azhar
Manager	José Daniel Carreño
League	Pro League
2018–19	Pro League, 7th of 16
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Honours

Saudi First Division (Level 2)

• Winners (4): 1982–83, 1995–96, 2002–03, 2017–18
• Runners-up (2): 2011–12, 2014–15

King Cup

• Winners (2): 1957, 1966
• Runners-up (5): 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1970

Crown Prince Cup

• Winners (1): 1959–60
• Runners-up (5): 1958–59, 1963–64, 1969–70, 1972–73, 2010–11

(Source:[3])

Current squad

As of Saudi Professional League:

As of 6 September 2018[4][5]

No Position Player Nation 1 Goalkeeper Raghid Al-Najjar  Saudi Arabia 2 Defender Radhi Al-Otaibi  Saudi Arabia 4 Midfielder Waleed Bakshween  Saudi Arabia 6 Defender Renato Chaves  Brazil 7 Midfielder Mishari Al-Qahtani  Saudi Arabia 8 Midfielder Mohammed Al-Qarni  Saudi Arabia 9 Midfielder Craig Goodwin  Australia 12 Defender Abdulrahman Al-Rio  Saudi Arabia 13 Goalkeeper Abdulquddus Atiah  Saudi Arabia 14 Defender Alberto Botía  Spain 15 Midfielder Jaber Mustafa  Saudi Arabia 16 Midfielder Ali Al-Nemer  Saudi Arabia 17 Defender Ali Al-Zubaidi (on loan from Al-Ahli)  Saudi Arabia 18 Forward Youssouf Niakaté  France 19 Forward Thamer Al-Ali  Saudi Arabia 20 Forward Jaber Asiri  Saudi Arabia 21 Defender Yassin Hamzah  Saudi Arabia 22 Defender Faris Abdi  Saudi Arabia 23 Defender Noor Al-Rashidi  Saudi Arabia 24 Midfielder Ayman Al-Khulaif  Saudi Arabia 27 Defender Fawaz Al-Sqoor  Saudi Arabia 28 Defender Hamad Al-Jizani  Saudi Arabia 29 Midfielder Rakan Al-Shamlan (on loan from Al-Nassr)  Saudi Arabia 33 Goalkeeper Abdullah Al-Jadaani  Saudi Arabia 44 Midfielder Hatem Belal  Saudi Arabia 49 Midfielder Sultan Al-Sawadi  Saudi Arabia 50 Midfielder Nawaf Hawsawi  Saudi Arabia 51 Forward Mousa Madkhali  Saudi Arabia 55 Goalkeeper Mohaya Al-Sulami  Saudi Arabia 71 Forward Ahmed Abdu  Eritrea 87 Midfielder Anselmo  Brazil 88 Defender Hassan Tambakti (on loan from Al-Shabab)  Saudi Arabia 91 Midfielder Luis Gustavo  Brazil 99 Midfielder Élton José  Brazil Out on loan No Position Player Nation 77 Midfielder Mohammed Sufyani (on loan to Jeddah)  Saudi Arabia 80 Midfielder Khaled Ba Butain (on loan to Jeddah)  Saudi Arabia — Midfielder Nawaf Al-Harthi (on loan to Al-Ain)  Saudi Arabia Managers Raafat Attia (1974 – 1975) Redha Al Sayeh (1976 – 1977) Abdelmajid Chetali (1983 – 1985) Pavle Dolezar (1985) Mahmoud Abou-Regaila (1985 – 1986) Jean Fernandez (1997) Gaúcho (1998 – 1999) Eugen Moldovan (1999 – 2000) Vantuir (2001 – 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 Essayed (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) Abdulrazaq Al Shabi (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 – ) References "King Abdul Aziz Sport City Stadium". Saudi Pro League Statistics. Retrieved 30 December 2015. "Al Wahda FC (Mecca)". Soccerway. Global Sports Media. Retrieved 6 November 2011. Ian King and Mohammed Qayed (14 May 2010). "Saudi Arabia - List of Cup Winners". RSSSF. Retrieved 6 November 2011. "Al-Wehda squad". kooora. Retrieved 26 July 2018. "Al-Wehda squad 2018-19 season". slstat. Retrieved 26 July 2018. External links Official club website Al-Wehda Logo and mascot designer Profile's team - kooora.com