Al-Wahda FC (Abu Dhabi)

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Al Wahda

Full name

Al Wahda Football Club

Founded

1974

Ground

Al-Nahyan Stadium,
Abu Dhabi, UAE

Capacity

12,000

League

UAE League

2006





Home colours





Away colours

Al Wahda (Arabic: نادي الوحدة الرياضي و الثقافي) is a football club based in Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates. They won the UAE League in 2004-2005.

International footballers who have played or signed for the team include Nigerian Oluwasegun Abiodun, Zambian Kalusha Bwalya (in 1998), as well as Iranian Javad Nekounam and Egyptian Hany Ramzy who signed for them in 2005.

Al Wahda wear the following colors: maroon, grey and white.

1 History
2 Achievements
3 Al Nahyan stadium
4 2006/2007 Squad
5 Famous Players
6 External links

[edit] History

Al Wahda is one of the UAE's most famous clubs, founded when the Emirates Club merged with Abu Dhabi in 1984. Al Wahda remains proud of the history that formed it's roots, the club's chairman was (and still is) Shaikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, with the head of the executive board for the club being led by Shaikh Tahnoon bin Saeed Al Nahyan. After shaky beginnings, the club began to fill its trophy cabinet in the 1990s with Al Wahda winning the Federation Cup winners in 1995, league champions in 1998-1999 and President Cup winners in 2000. The 1999 season rests in the annals: Hussain Ali was voted the league's best goalkeeper, Fahad Massaood was voted player of the year and Al Bouri Lah finished the season as the league's top goalscorer. During the 1990's Al Wahda boasts many internationals in their ranks, Yasir Salim, Abdul Raheem Jumaa and Abdul Salam among them, but also relied on a well-organised scouting system with a tradition of unearthing young talent. Since 1993, it has organised an annual international U-17 tournament for sides from Europe and South America now called the Zayed Cup (formerly called "Al Wahda Cup").

Al Wahda has a large following in the UAE, and are always considered as one of the favourites in major competitions within the UAE. Al Wahda also had stints with regards to major Asian competition, and reached the last 8 of the Asian Champions League, but lost after away and home matches to Bakhtakor FC of Uzbekistan (2003/2004 season).

Al Wahda also won the League title in 2004/2005 season. and now they are aiming to win the asian cup in 2007/2008

[edit] Achievements

UAE League: 3
- Champion : 1999, 2001, 2005

UAE Emir Cup: 1
- Champion : 2000

UAE Super Cup: 1
- Champion : 2002

Al Etihd "Union" Cup: 3
- Champion : 1985, 1998, 2001

[edit] Al Nahyan stadium

The Al Nahyan stadium is home to Al Wahda, and although Al-Nahyan Stadium is perhaps less impressive in terms of infrastructure (12,000 seats) it still boasts a fervent atmosphere on match days and has the added advantage of being only three kilometres from the city centre.

[edit] 2006/2007 Squad

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Shaiban Saleh
2	MF	Tawfeeq Abdul Razzaq
3	DF	Abdulla Salem
4	DF	Ali Jumaa
5	MF	Abdul Salam Jumaa
6	MF	Yaser Matar
7	FW	Maurito
8	DF	Omar Ali
9	MF	Abdulla Belal
10	FW	Ismail Matar
11	FW	Saleh Al Menhali
12	DF	Marwan Mohamed
13	DF	Talal Abdulla
14	FW	Mamadou Bagayoko
15	MF	Fahed Masoud

No.	Position	Player
16	MF	Mohamed Othman
17	GK	Nadir Lamyaghri
18	MF	Abdulla Al Ameri
19	FW	Saeed Salem
20	FW	Mohamed Saeed
21	DF	Basheer Saeed
22	GK	Abdulbaset Al Hammadi
23	MF	Haidar Alo Ali
24	MF	Abdulraheem Jumaa
25	DF	Yaser Abdulla
26	MF	Mahmoud Khamis
27	FW	Abdulla Ali
28	MF	Eisa Ahmed
29	FW	Abdulrahim Al Hosani
30	DF	Hamdan Ismaeel