# Al Wehda FC

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

Founded in 1916, making it the 3rd oldest club in Saudi Arabia 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 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
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## International record

| Season | Competition | Round | Opponent | Home | Away | Aggregate |
| 2021 | AFC Champions League | Play-off round | Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya | 1–1 (a.e.t.) (2–3 p) | 1–1 (a.e.t.) (2–3 p) | 1–1 (a.e.t.) (2–3 p) |

## Current squad

    As of January 2025
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 | SWE | Oscar Franck (on loan from Al-Ettifaq) |
| 2 | DF | KSA | Saeed Al-Muwallad |
| 4 | MF | KSA | Waleed Bakshween |
| 5 | DF | MAR | Jawad El Yamiq |
| 6 | MF | ROU | Alexandru Crețu |
| 8 | MF | KSA | Alaa Al-Hejji |
| 9 | FW | NGA | Odion Ighalo |
| 10 | MF | CUW | Juninho Bacuna |
| 11 | MF | IRQ | Youssef Amyn |
| 13 | DF | KSA | Meshal Al-Alaeli (on loan from Al-Ettifaq) |
| 14 | DF | KSA | Bandar Darwish |
| 16 | MF | KSA | Nawaf Al-Azizi |
| 17 | DF | KSA | Abdullah Al-Hafith |
| 18 | MF | TUN | Saad Bguir |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 19 | DF | KSA | Saad Al-Qahtani |
| 22 | DF | KSA | Ali Makki |
| 23 | MF | AUS | Craig Goodwin |
| 24 | MF | KSA | Abdulaziz Noor |
| 28 | MF | KSA | Hussain Al-Eisa |
| 34 | GK | KSA | Mohammed Makbashi |
| 35 | MF | MAR | Mohamed Al Makahasi |
| 44 | DF | KSA | Ridha Ambadu $^{U19}$ |
| 47 | GK | KSA | Ahmed Al-Rashidi |
| 49 | DF | KSA | Ali Al-Salem |
| 55 | DF | KSA | Mohammed Al-Sufyani $^{U19}$ |
| 71 | GK | KSA | Abdullah Fallatah $^{U19}$ |
| 77 | FW | KSA | Mourad Khodari |
| 80 | FW | KSA | Yahya Al-Najei |

### 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 |
| 50 | DF | KSA | Saad Al-Khayri |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | KSA | Wadhah Malik |

### 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 |
| 21 | GK | KSA | Abdulrahman Al-Shammari (on loan to Al-Faisaly) |
| 25 | MF | KSA | Sattam Al-Tambakti (on loan to Jeddah) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 29 | MF | KSA | Sultan Al-Akouz (on loan to Al-Najma) |
| 33 | DF | KSA | Rakan Al-Harbi (on loan to Al-Bukiryah) |

## Coaching staff

| Position | Name |
| Head coach | José Daniel Carreño |
| Assistant coach | Mario Rodrigo Agustín Perez Mahmoud Abbas Osama Barnawi Issa Al-Muhaini |
| Goalkeeper coach | Fernando Perez |
| Fitness coach | Rodrigo Costas Santiago Mendaña |
| Chief analyst | Saad Al-Dossari |
| Doctor | Fahad Al-Menhali |
| Physiotherapist | Mohammed Al-Shalwi |
| Sports scientist | Rustem Gashi |
| Interpreter | Khalid Baker Boujrafawi |
| 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 – November 15, 2024)
* Mahmoud Abbas (caretaker) (November 15, 2024 – November 27, 2024)
* José Daniel Carreño (November 27, 2024 – )