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
Home colours Away colours

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

• Jordan League: 14

1980, 1987, 1991, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2014, 2015

• Jordan FA Cup: 10

1982, 1985, 1989, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2014

• Jordan FA Shield: 8

1983, 1984, 1989, 1996, 2003, 2005, 2008, 2010

• Jordan Super Cup: 12

1989, 1992, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2005, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2014

Performance in AFC competitions

• AFC Champions League: 2 Appearances

2002–03: Qualifying West – 2nd round

2015: Qualifying play-off – Preliminary round 2

2016: Qualifying play-off – Play-off round

• Asian Club Championship: 1 Appearance

1995: First round

• AFC Cup: 8 Appearances

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

• AFC Cup Winners Cup: 2 Appearances

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 Torres      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

Former/notable players

Managerial history

Last update: 27 December 2015^[1]

Name Nationality Years Fat'hi Keshek 1976–1979 Ezzat Hamza 1979–1980 Othman Al-Qurayni 1980–1981 Fat'hi Keshek 1981–1982 Vojo Gardašević 1983–1985 Math'har Al-Saeed 1985–1986 Vojo Gardašević 1986-1987 Mohammed Mustafa 1987-1988 Ezzat Hamza 1988–1989 Wathiq Naji 1989–1991 Mohammed Mustafa 1991–1992 Mohammed Thamer 1992–1993 Nazar Ashraf 1993–1994 Yuve 1994–1995 Kadhim Khalaf 1995–1996 Wathiq Naji 1996 Ali Kadhim 1996 Kadhim Khalaf 1996–1997 Anwar Jassim 1997 Mohammed Mustafa 1997 Badr Al-Khatib 1997-1998 Ibrahim Abdullah 1998 Anwar Jassim 1998 Hassan Farhan 1998–1999 Ezzat Hamza 1999–2000 Kadhim Khalaf 2000 Nazar Ashraf 2000–2001

Name Nationality Years Mohammed Mustafa 2001 Druvko 2001 Miroslav Maksimović 2001–2002 Amer Jamil 2002 Hisham Abdul-Munam 2002 Nader Zatar 2002 Issa Al-Turk 2002–2003 Nader Zatar 2003–2004 Mohammed Omar 2004–2005 Kes 2005 Adil Yousuf 2005–2006 Tha'er Jassam 2006–2007 Mohammed Omar 2007 Ismail Youssef 2007–2008 Akram Ahmad Salman 2008–2009 Jamal Mahmoud 2009 Omar Meziane 2009 Tha'er Jassam 2009–2010 Dragan Talajić 2010–2011 Mohmmad Qwayed 2011–2012 Hisham Abdul-Munam 2012 Branko Smiljanić 2012 Mohammed Omar 2012–2013 Abdullah Abu Zema 2013–2015 Emad Khankan 2015 Akram Ahmad Salman 2015 Ra'ed Assaf 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:

References

External links

• National Football Teams
• Kooora
• Soccerway
• Official website
• Al-Weehdat