Wej SC

Wej Sports Club (Arabic: نادي وج الرياضي) is a Saudi Arabian professional football club based in Al Hawiyah, Ta'if, that competes in the Saudi Second Division, third tier of the Saudi Arabian football league system, formed in 1976.^[2][3]

Wej SC

Full name	Wej Sports Club
Nickname(s)	Fakhar Taif (Pride of Taif)
Founded	1976; 49 years ago (1976)
Ground	King Fahd Stadium
Capacity	20,000[1]
President	Hanan Al-Qurashi
Manager	Yousri bin Kahla
League	Saudi Second Division
2023-24	Saudi Second Division, 7th (Group B)
Home colours Away colours

On 26 February 2016, Wej promoted to the Saudi First Division for the first time in their history after beating Al-Badaya 1–0 on aggregate in the play-off of Saudi Second Division.^[4] They, however, were subsequently relegated back to the third tier the following season.

Current squad

As of 27 January 2024:^[5]

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  KSA Malek Tolah 3 DF  KSA Naif Saeed 4 DF  KSA Raed Al-Malki 5 DF  KSA Ghassan Al-Qurashi 6 MF  MAR Hicham Nouali 7 MF  KSA Abdullah Al-Ghamdi 8 MF  KSA Fawaz Al-Eisa 9 FW  COD Glody Kilangalanga 11 FW  KSA Abdulrahman Al-Zahrani 12 DF  KSA Meshal Al Faraj 14 MF  KSA Waddah Al-Otaibi 15 FW  KSA Abdulrahman Al-Shanqeeti 17 MF  TUN Elyes Brini

No. Pos. Nation Player 18 MF  KSA Mohammed Al-Maawi 19 FW  KSA Khalid Al-Muntashiri 20 DF  KSA Hatem Fallatah 21 MF  KSA Waleed Al-Wothainani 27 MF  KSA Fares Al-Khoraimi 29 MF  KSA Yahya Kharmi 31 DF  KSA Mohammed Al-Nasser 33 GK  KSA Hamza Jouhary 34 GK  KSA Naif Al-Bedidi 37 DF  BRA Guilherme Andrade 88 DF  KSA Hussain Al-Khulaif 92 DF  KSA Mujtaba Al-Khulaif

Honours

• Saudi Second Division
  • Third place (1): 2015–16
• Saudi Third Division
  • Third place (1): 2013–14

See also

• List of football clubs in Saudi Arabia