Al-Wehdat SC

Al-Wehdat SC
Full name Al-Wehdat Sports Club of Amman
Nickname(s) المارد الأخضر
Al-Mared Al-Akhdar
(The Green Giant)
Founded 1956 (1956)
Ground King Abdullah Stadium, Amman
Ground Capacity 18,000
Chairman Tareq Khouri
Manager Ra'ed Assaf
League Jordan League
2014–15 1st
Website Club home page

Al-Wehdat Sports Club (Arabic: نادي الوحدات) 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. In football, it has a fierce rivalry with Al-Faisaly. There are several other sports offered in the club, such as volleyball, basketball, and table tennis.

History

The club was founded in 1956 under the name Al-Wehdat Youth Center; in 1974 it took the name Al-Wehdat Sports Club till now with the exception that it was named Al-Diffatain Sports Club from 1986 to 1988.

Achievements

1980, 1987, 1991, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2014, 2015, 2016
1982, 1985, 1989, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2014
1983, 1984, 1989, 1996, 2003, 2005, 2008, 2010
1989, 1992, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2005, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2014

Performance in AFC competitions

2002–03: Qualifying West – 2nd round
2015: Qualifying play-off – Preliminary round 2
2016: Qualifying play-off – Play-off round
1995: First round
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
2000–01: Quarter-Finals
2001–02: Second round

Players

No Position Player Nation

1 Goalkeeper Amer Shafi (3rd Captain)     Jordan
22 Goalkeeper Mahmoud Qandeel      Jordan
33 Goalkeeper Mohammad Abu Nabhan      Jordan

4 Defender Mohammad Al-Dmeiri      Jordan
6 Defender Mohammad Mustafa      Jordan
12 Defender Mohammad Al-Basha      Jordan
16 Defender Feras Shelbaieh      Jordan
18 Defender Munther Raja      Jordan
25 Defender Rami Al-Radaidah      Jordan
26 Defender Lobato Helder      Brazil
27 Defender Omar Qandeel      Jordan

5 Midfielder Ahmed Hisham      Jordan
7 Midfielder Fadi Awad      Jordan
No Position Player Nation

8 Midfielder Amer Deeb (Vice Captain)     Jordan
11 Midfielder Ahmed Elias      Jordan
14 Midfielder Saleh Rateb      Jordan
17 Midfielder Raja'i Ayed      Jordan
19 Midfielder Ahmed Sariweh      Jordan
20 Midfielder Ahmed Abu Kabeer      Jordan

3 Forward Laith Al-Bashtawi      Jordan
9 Forward Mahmoud Shelbaieh (Captain)     Jordan
10 Forward Abdallah Deeb      Jordan
15 Forward Francisco Wagsley      Brazil
21 Forward Hatem Abu Khadra      Jordan
37 Forward Baha' Faisal      Jordan
38 Forward El Hadji Malick Tall      Senegal

Out on loan

No Position Player Nation

-- Midfielder Ashraf Nu'man (at Hajer Club)     Palestine

Current technical staff

Position Staff
First team head coach Ra'ed Assaf
Assistant coach Hisham Abdul-Munam
Goalkeeping coach Ahmad Jassim
Team doctor Ma'moun Harb
Managing director Mohammad Jamal

Source:

Former/notable players

Managerial history

Last update: 27 December 2015[1]

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

Team Info

Fans

Al Wehdat have the largest number of fans in Jordan and the club has fans in almost every city in Jordan. There are about 4 million Al Wehdat fans in Jordan. The fan's most popular chant is "Allah, Wehdat, Al Quds Arabiya" (God, Wehdat, Jerusalem is Arabian).[2]

Rivalry

Derby of Jordan

Derby of Jordan is a football traditional game which combines clubs Al-Wehdat and Al-Faisaly and these games received great interest among the sports community on the Domestic and Arab level to afford the sensitivities and a long history between the two teams with meetings since 1976:

# Tournament Al-Faisaly Wins Al-Wehdat Wins Draws Total Al-Faisaly Goals Al-Wehdat Goals
1 Jordan Premier League 28 30 20 78 70 76
2 Jordan FA Cup 7 8 6 21 36 37
3 Jordan FA Shield 8 5 3 16 29 24
4 Jordan Super Cup 5 5 2 12 13 13
5 AFC Cup 3 0 1 4 4 2
6 Total 51 48 32 131 152 152

References

  1. "هؤلاء من درّبوا الوحدات عبر التاريخ". alweehdat.net. Retrieved 21 February 2013.
  2. Montague, James (28 October 2008). "No place like home as Palestine redefine the meaning of winning". theguardian.com. The Guardian. Retrieved 11 March 2015.

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