Al-Wehdat Sc

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

Al-Wehdat

Full name	Al-Wehdat Sports Club
Nickname(s)	المارد الأخضر (The Green Giant)
Short name	WEH
Founded	10 March 1956; 68 years ago (1956-03-10), (as Al-Wehdat Youth Center)
Ground	King Abdullah II Stadium
Capacity	13,265
Chairman	Bashar Al-Hawamdeh
Manager	Ra'fat Ali
League	Jordanian Pro League
2022	Jordanian Pro League, 2nd of 12
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours
Current season

Active departments of Al-Wehdat
Football	Basketball	Volleyball	Table tennis

The club was founded in 1956 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 53 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 green and red. The kit has varied over the years. Currently the away kit is a full white. The home kit is a green top with white socks and red 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.

Source:

Type	Competition	Titles	Seasons
Domestic	Premier League	17	1980, 1987, 1991, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 2004–2005, 2006–2007, 2007–2008, 2008–2009, 2010–2011, 2013–2014, 2014–2015, 2015–2016, 2017–2018, 2020
	FA Cup	11	1982, 1985, 1988, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2008–2009, 2009–2010, 2010–2011, 2013–2014, 2022
	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		53

•   record
• ^s shared record

• 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: 12 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

• 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

First-team squad

As of the 2023—24 season.

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK   JOR Ahmed Abdel-Sattar 2 DF   JOR Arafat Al-Haj 4 DF   JOR Danial Afaneh 6 FW   JOR Mohannad Abu Taha 7 FW   JOR Mohammad Al-Mawaly 8 MF   JOR Mahmoud Shawkat 9 FW   JOR Mahmoud Za'tara 10 MF   JOR Saleh Rateb 11 FW   CIV Henri Doumbia 12 MF   CGO Christ Kouvouama 13 DF   MAR Mouhcine Rabja 14 DF   JOR Fadi Al-Natour 15 FW   JOR Anas Al-Awadat 16 DF   JOR Feras Shelbaieh (vice-captain) 17 FW   JOR Mohammad Aburiziq

No. Pos. Nation Player 18 DF   JOR Tareq Khattab (captain) 19 MF   JOR Ahmed Sariweh 20 FW   JOR Baha' Faisal 21 FW   JOR Ibrahim Sabra 22 GK   JOR Murad Al-Faluji 23 DF   JOR Yousef Abu Al-Jazar 27 MF   JOR Amer Jamous (on loan from Al-Jazeera) 29 FW   JOR Sharara 70 DF   SYR Khaled Kourdoghli 80 FW   JOR Hassan Al-Zahrawi 90 MF   JOR Ahmad Sameer 99 GK   JOR Abdallah Al-Fakhouri — GK   JOR Ahmad Al-Juaidi — DF   JOR Shoqi Al-Quz'a

Other players under contract

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player — DF   JOR Alaa Dayyeh — MF   JOR Omar Al-Azazmeh

No. Pos. Nation Player — FW   JOR Mohannad Semreen

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player — DF   JOR Mohammad Hisham (at Markaz Balata until 30 June 2024) — DF   JOR Suhaib Al-Qadi (at Jenin until 30 June 2024)

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF   JOR Mohammad Abdulaziz (at Ma'an until 30 June 2024) — FW   JOR Mohammad Ali (at Markaz Balata until 30 June 2024)

Technical staff

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Coaching staff
Ra'fat Ali	Head coach
Basem Fathi	Assistant coach
Wessam Hazeen	Goalkeeping coach
Saad Ismail	Fitness coach
Analysis department
Rafat Al-Alamy	Performance analyst
Medical department
Moayyad Omar	Team doctor
Basil Younes	Physiotherapist
Management department
Mohammad Jamal	Team director

Management

Last update: 15 March 2024

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 BAl-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–

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 Arabian). 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".

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.