Al Wehda FC explained

Clubname:	Al-Wehda
Fullname:	Al-Wehda Football Club
Nickname:	Fursan Mecca (Knights of Mecca) Al Mared Al Ahmar (The Red Genie)
Ground:	King Abdul Aziz Stadium
Capacity:	38,000^[1]
Chrtitle:	President
Chairman:	Sultan Azhar
Mgrtitle:	Head coach
Manager:	Josef Zinnbauer
League:	Saudi Pro League
Season:	2023–24
Position:	Pro League, 13th of 18
Current:	2024–25 Al-Wehda Club season
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Website:	https://alwehdaclub.sa/

Al-Wehda FC (Arabic: نادي الوحدة لكرة القدم|Nādī al-Waḥdah li-kurat al-qadam|lit=Union Football Club) is a multi-sports club from Mecca, Saudi Arabia, founded in 1916, making it the oldest club in Mecca.^[2] The football section plays in the Saudi Professional League. They also have a handball section.

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 Cup

• Winners (2): 1957, 1966
• Runners-up (6): 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1970, 2022–23

Crown Prince Cup

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

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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	Vacant
Doctor	Vacant
Physiotherapist	Vacant
Sports Scientist	Rustem Gashi
Director of football	Vacant
Technical Director	Vacant

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

• 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. Web site: 2024-04-03 . ar . تاريخ نادي الوحدة .
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.