Al-Wehdat SC

Not to be confused with Al-Wihdeh SC.

Al-Wehdat Sports Club (Arabic: نادي الوحدات الرياضي) is a Jordanian sports club founded in 1956. They compete in the Jordanian Pro League, the top flight of Jordanian football.

Al-Wehdat

Full name	Al-Wehdat Sports Club
Nickname(s)	المارد الأخضر (The Green Giant)
Short name	WEH
Founded	10 March 1956; 69 years ago (1956-03-10) (as Al-Wehdat Youth Center)
Ground	King Abdullah II Stadium
Capacity	13,265[1]
Chairman	Yousef Al-Sqour
Manager	Kais Yaâkoubi
League	Jordanian Pro League
2023–24	Pro League, 3rd of 12
Website	wehdatclub.jo
Home colours Away colours
Current season

Active departments of Al-Wehdat
Football	Basketball	Volleyball	Table tennis

The club is based in and represents the Amman New Camp, a Palestinian refugee camp also known as Al-Wehdat. Their home games are played at King Abdullah II Stadium (cap. 13,265).^[2]

History

The club was founded in 1956^[3] under the name Al-Wehdat Youth Center. In 1974, they changed their name to Al-Wehdat Sports Club and have been called that since then (with the exception of 1986–1989 when it was named Al-Diffatain Sports Club.)^{[citation needed]}

Al-Wehdat has 54 local trophies from 1980. They won the second division in 1975 and promoted to the first division for the first time, but were relegated in their first season. The next season the club was promoted again and has so far not been relegated. Al-Wehdat is the only Jordanian team that has won the four Jordanian competitions (League, Cup, Super, Shield) in a single season in the 2008–09, 2010–11 seasons Al-Wehdat is the first Jordanian team to play in the AFC Champions League (group stage).^{[citation needed]}

Colours

The traditional and primary colors of Al-Wehdat are blue and white. The kit has varied over the years. Currently the away kit is a full white. The home kit is a blue top with white socks and white shorts^{[citation needed]}

Al Quwaysimah riot

After a 1–0 win in the Derby of Jordan versus Al-Faisaly on 10 December 2010, rioting broke out following the game between rival Amman clubs. Some Al-Faisaly fans threw bottles at Al-Wehdat players and their fans. About 250 people were injured. 243 of them Al-Wehdat fans, according to senior officials from the hospitals.^[4]

Honours

Source:^[5]

Type	Competition	Titles	Seasons
Domestic	Premier League	17	1980, 1987, 1991, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 2004–05, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2010–11, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2017–18, 2020
	FA Cup	12	1982, 1985, 1988, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2013–14, 2022, 2023–24
	FA Shield	10	1982, 1983, 1988, 1995, 2002, 2004, 2008, 2010, 2017, 2020
	Super Cup	15	1989, 1992, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2005, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2014, 2018, 2021, 2023
Total		54

•   record
• ^s shared record

Performance in AFC and UAFA competitions

• Asian Club Championship / AFC Champions League: 10 Appearances

1989–90: Qualifying stage

1995: First round

2002–03: Preliminary round 2

2015: Preliminary round 2

2016: Play-off round

2017: Play-off round

2019: Preliminary round 1

2021: Group stage

2022: Group stage

2023–24: Preliminary round 1

• AFC Cup / AFC Champions League Two: 13 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

2016: Round of 16

2017: Zonal semi-finals

2019: Zonal semi-finals

2023–24: Group stage

2024–25: Round of 16

• AFC Cup Winners Cup: 2 Appearances

2000–01: Quarter-finals

2001–02: Second round

• Arab Club Champions Cup / Arab Champions League: 10 Appearances

1988: Preliminary round

1995: Group stage

1996: Group stage

1997: Group stage

1998: Group stage

1999: Group stage

2003–04: Second round

2005–06: Semi-finals

2007–08: Round of 16

2008–09: Quarter-finals

• Arab Cup Winners' Cup :4 Appearances

1996: Group stage

1997: Group stage

1998: Preliminary round

2000: Group stage

IFFHS rankings

Club world ranking Footballdatabase club's points 3 November 2024.[6] Pos. Team Points 497 Kasımpaşa 1444 498 Orense 1444 499 Al-Wehdat 1443 500 CSKA Sofia 1443 501 Middlesbrough 1443

AFC club rankings Footballdatabase club's points 3 November 2024. Pos. Team Points 35 Pakhtakor 1451 36 Seoul 1449 37 Al-Wehdat 1443 38 Gimcheon Sangmu 1438 39 Cerezo Osaka 1435

National club rankings Footballdatabase club's points 3 November 2024. Pos. Team Points 1 Al-Wehdat 1443 2 Al-Faisaly 1408 3 Al-Hussein 1346 4 Al-Ramtha 1333 5 Al-Jazeera 1296

Players

First-team squad

As of 26 January 2025^[7]

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  JOR Ahmad Al-Juaidi 2 DF  JOR Arafat Al-Haj 3 DF  JOR Omar Hasanain 4 DF  JOR Danial Afaneh 6 MF  JOR Amer Jamous 7 FW  JOR Ibrahim Sabra 8 MF  JOR Mahmoud Shawkat 9 FW  JOR Mohammed Al-Mawaly 10 MF  JOR Saleh Rateb 11 FW  JOR Mohannad Semreen 13 MF  JOR Abdel-Halim Al-Zugheir 16 DF  JOR Feras Shelbaieh (captain) 17 FW  JOR Mohammad Abu Arqob 18 FW  JOR Saif Al-Bashabsheh

No. Pos. Nation Player 19 MF  JOR Omar Al-Azazmeh 20 FW  CIV Joseph Gnadou 21 DF  JOR Mustafa Kamal 22 DF  JOR Shoqi Al-Quz'a 23 DF  JOR Yousef Abu Al-Jazar 26 MF  JOR Karam Abu Shaban 30 DF  JOR Ali Abu Qadoom 43 MF  GHA Abdul Halik Hudu 70 FW  JOR Ahmad Abu Shaireh (on loan from Al-Jazeera) 77 FW  SEN Ousseynou Gueye 88 GK  JOR Ahmad Erbash 90 FW  JOR Hassan Al-Zahrawi 99 GK  JOR Abdallah Al-Fakhouri

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 — DF  JOR Suhaib Al-Qadi (at Shabab Al-Aqaba until 30 June 2025) — FW  JOR Mohammad Aburiziq (at Al-Salt until 30 June 2025)

Al-Wehdat (B)

As of 11 December 2024^[8]

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 — GK  JOR Mohammad Al-Taraireh — DF  JOR Ayham Al-Samamreh — DF  JOR Nouraldin Yaseen — DF  JOR Raed Zakaria — MF  JOR Ahed Jado — MF  JOR Mohammad Al-Assad

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  JOR Assem Hammad — MF  JOR Abdelrahman Ammar — MF  JOR Abdelrahman Al-Azzeh — MF  JOR Ali Diranieh — FW  JOR Abdelkader Al-Alem — FW  JOR Aseem Abu Ayyash

Personnel

Technical staff

Source:^[9]

Coaching staff
Kais Yaâkoubi	Head coach
Ghiath Al-Tamimi	Assistant coach
Wessam Hazeen	Goalkeeping coach
Tariq Ben Nasser	Fitness coach
Analysis department
Mohammad Al-Barghouthi	Head analyst
Medical department
Moayyad Omar	Team doctor
Omar Abu Lawi	Physiotherapist
Management department
Mohammad Jamal	Team director

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Management

Position	Name
President	Yousef Al-Sqour
Board Members
	Abdelrahman Jomaa
	Ali Muslem
	Awad Al-Asmar
	Basam Shelbaieh
	Ghasab Khalil
	Khaled Al-Absy
	Nasser Doghmesh
	Waleed Al-Saoudi
	Zaid Abu Humaid
	Ziad Shelbaieh

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Managerial history

Last update: 15 March 2025^[10]

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 Ali Kadhim 1996 Kadhim Khalaf 1996–1997 Anwar Jassim 1997 Mohammed Mustafa 1997 Badr Al-Khatib 1997–1998 Hassan Farhan 1998–1999 Ezzat Hamza 1999–2000 Kadhim Khalaf 2000 Nazar Ashraf 2000–2001 Mohammed Mustafa 2001 Miroslav Maksimović 2001–2002 Amer Jamil 2002 Hisham Abdul-Munam 2002 Issa Al-Turk 2002–2003 Nader Zatar 2003–2004

Name Nationality Years Mohammed Omar 2004–2005 Kes 2005 Adil Yousuf 2005–2006 Tha'er Jassam 2006–2007 Mohammed Omar 2007 Akram Salman 2008–2009 Jamal Mahmoud 2009 Omar Meziane 2009 Tha'er Jassam 2009–2010 Dragan Talajić 2010–2011 Mohammed Qwayed 2011–2012 Hisham Abdul-Munam 2012 Branko Smiljanić 2012 Mohammed Omar 2012–2013 Abdullah Abu Zema 2013–2015 Emad Khankan 2015 Akram Salman 2015 Ra'ed Assaf 2016 Adnan Hamad 2016–2017 Jamal Mahmoud 2017–2018 Kais Yâakoubi 2018–2019 Abdullah Abu Zema 2019–2021 Jorvan Vieira 2022 Ra'ed Assaf 2022 Didier Gomes 2022 Darko Nestorović 2023 Rashid Jaber 2023 Amjad Abu Tuaimeh 2024 Ra'fat Ali 2024–2025 Kais Yâakoubi 2025–

Kit manufacturers and shirt sponsors

Period Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor 1980–1982 Adidas None 1982–1984 Puma 1984–1986 Under Armour 1986–1988 Adidas 1988–1991 Diadora 1991–1992 Umbro Pepsi 1992–1993 Under Armour National Paints 1993–1998 Diadora None 1998–1999 Pepsi 1999–2002 Adidas 2002–2004 Mobilecom 2004–2007 Fastlink 2007–2010 Diadora Zain 2010–2012 Adidas 2012–2014 Uhlsport 2014–2015 Errea 2015–2017 Jako 2017–2018 Givova Umniah 2019 Joma 2020–2022 Jako 2022– Kelme

Supporters and rivalries

Fans

Al-Wehdat has more than 3 million Wehdati fans in Jordan. The fan's most popular chant is "Allah, Wehdat, Al-Quds Arabiya" (God, Wehdat, Jerusalem is Arab).^[11] Al-Wehdat has an ultras named Wehdaty Group (WG), the first ultras in Jordan it was founded on 13 September 2012. Their motto is "We support until death".^[12]

Derby of Jordan

Derby of Jordan is a football traditional game between Al-Wehdat and Al-Faisaly. The Derby is as known for its intensity on the pitch as it is for the tensions off the pitch. The two clubs first met on 28 November 1976.^[13]