Al-Wahda F.C.

Al-Wahda FC
نادي الوحـدة لكرة القدم
Full name Al-Wahda Football Club
Nickname(s)

The Capital Metro )

مترو العاصمة)
Their Excellencies (اصحاب السعادة)
The Universal Team (العالمي)
The Maroon (العنابي)
Founded 1974
Ground Al-Nahyan Stadium
Ground Capacity 10,000[1]
Owner Dhiab Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan
Chairman Dhiab Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan
Manager Javier Aguirre
League UAE Pro League
2014–15 UAE Pro League, 4th
Website Club home page
Al Nahyan Stadium

Al-Wahda Football Club (Arabic: نادي الوحدة لكرة القدم) is a football club based in Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates that plays in the UAE Arabian Gulf League. The club was founded in 1974 and plays its home games at the Al-Nahyan Stadium. The club's colours are maroon, grey and white.

Al Wahda has won the UAE Arabian Gulf League four times, with the most recent title coming in the 2009–10 UAE Pro-League season.

Honours

Champion: 1999, 2001, 2005, 2010
Champion: 2000
Champion: 2002, 2011
Champion: 1986, 1995, 2001

Performance in AFC competitions

2004: Quarter-Finals
2006: Group Stage
2007: Semi-Finals
2008: Group Stage
2010: Group Stage
2000: First Round
2002: Group Stage
1998/99: First Round
2000/01: First Round

Al Nahyan stadium

The Al Nahyan stadium is the home of 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.

Players

As of UAE Arabian Gulf League:

No Position Player Nation
1 Goalkeeper Mohammed Al-Shamsi      United Arab Emirates
18 Goalkeeper Ali Al Hosani      United Arab Emirates
19 Goalkeeper Jamal Al Hosani      United Arab Emirates
40 Goalkeeper Adel Al Hosani      United Arab Emirates
55 Goalkeeper Fahad Dhanhani      United Arab Emirates
2 Defender Mohammed Saif      United Arab Emirates
3 Defender Adel Abdulla      United Arab Emirates
8 Defender Hamdan Al-Kamali      United Arab Emirates
12 Defender Mohammed Al-Dhahri      United Arab Emirates
21 Defender Salem Al-Sharji      United Arab Emirates
23 Defender Rim Chang-woo      South Korea
24 Defender Abduraheem Abdurahman      United Arab Emirates
25 Defender Marwan Mesmari      United Arab Emirates
28 Defender Mohammed Barqesh      United Arab Emirates
29 Defender Saif Al-Aamri      United Arab Emirates
37 Defender Ahmed Rashed      United Arab Emirates
44 Defender Mansor Shawkan      United Arab Emirates
45 Defender Omar Abdullah      United Arab Emirates
5 Midfielder Tawfeeq Abdul Razzaq      United Arab Emirates
No Position Player Nation
6 Midfielder Sultan Al Ghaferi      United Arab Emirates
7 Midfielder Mohamed Al Shehhi      United Arab Emirates
9 Midfielder Jorge Valdivia      Chile
14 Midfielder Khaled Ba Wazir      United Arab Emirates
15 Midfielder Denilson      Brazil
16 Midfielder Abdulla Al Noubi      United Arab Emirates
17 Midfielder Suhail Al Mansouri      United Arab Emirates
22 Midfielder Amer Omar      United Arab Emirates
23 Midfielder Badr Al Harthi      United Arab Emirates
26 Midfielder Mohammed Abdulbasit      United Arab Emirates
34 Midfielder Issa Al-Aamri      United Arab Emirates
77 Midfielder Khalil Ibrahim      United Arab Emirates
99 Midfielder Mayed Mesmari      United Arab Emirates
10 Forward Ismail Matar (Captain)     United Arab Emirates
11 Forward Sebastián Tagliabué      Argentina
20 Forward Mohammed Salam      United Arab Emirates
27 Forward Sultan Saif      United Arab Emirates
31 Forward Omar Al-Rashdi      United Arab Emirates
42 Forward Mohammed Al-Akberi      United Arab Emirates

Past managers

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